It appears to be a pile of living sludge. Grimer may also be based on the imagined fear that heavy pollution, caused by the leakage and/or improper disposal of toxic/radioactive waste, may result in the creation of new and undesirable life.
Alolan Grimer may be based on an oil slick, particularly the multiple colors it produces when it mixes with water.
Grimer is derived from grime (dirt or filth).
Betbeter may be derived from べとべと betobeto and べたべた betabeta, both meaning sticky.
No: 088
English Name: Grimer
Japanese Name: Betobeta
Generation: 1
Type: Poison
Species: Sludge Pokémon
Abilities: Stench, Sticky Hold, Poison Touch (hidden ability)
Evolution: Grimer > Muk
Grimer is a slimy, amorphous blob-like Pokémon, made of living purple sludge. Its body contains a variety of pungent bacteria, which are so potent that it renders soil barren and incapable of supporting plant life. It has two large eyes with beady pupils, and a gaping mouth with a grey tongue. While it lacks any visible legs, it does have two arms with three digits on each hand. It is constantly oozing; endlessly leaking a bacteria-rich fluid from all parts of its body. Pieces of it often breaks off during travel, and from these pieces new Grimer will begin to grow. When combined with another Grimer, it produces new poisonous compounds.
Due to its lack of a solid form, it is capable of squeezing into any space or crevices with relative ease. It uses this to penetrate sewage pipes so that it may feed off of the filthy waste water inside. It happily consumes and thrives off nearly any form of waste or refuse. It can be found in polluted lakes and streams, as well as within cities and factories where trash and industrial waste can be found.
Grimer was brought to Alola to deal with the excess waste generated by the region’s increased population. However, with little liquid sludge to feed on, it took to eating solid garbage instead; this steady diet of trash caused its form to change. This variant’s body is green with a line of yellow sludge along its lower lip. It also has two “teeth” in its upper jaw; these are actually crystallized toxins formed from the garbage that Grimer has been eating. It is not known how to break down these toxic crystals, but direct contact with them is known to be dangerous. Lethal poisons leak out of Grimer’s body when these crystals fall out. Grimer is perpetually hungry and must constantly eat trash; if none is readily available, it will eat other manufactured products instead. Because it stores its toxins within the crystals, Alolan Grimer does not produce a foul stench like the standard version.
POKEDEX ENTRIES
Pokemon Red: Appears in filthy areas. Thrives by sucking up polluted sludge that is pumped out of factories.
Pokemon Blue: Appears in filthy areas. Thrives by sucking up polluted sludge that is pumped out of factories.
Pokemon Yellow: Made of hardened sludge. It smells too putrid to touch. Even weeds won’t grow in its path.
Pokemon Stadium: Sludge that was transformed when exposed to X-rays from the moon. Loves sludge, industrial waste and other refuse.
Pokemon Gold: As it moves, it loses bits of its body from which new Grimer emerge. This worsens the stench around it.
Pokemon Silver: Wherever Grimer has passed, so many germs are left behind that no plants will ever grow again.
Pokemon Crystal: When two of these Pokémon’s bodies are combined together, new poisons are created.
Pokemon Stadium 2: As it moves, it loses bits of its body from which new Grimer emerge. This worsens the stench around it.
Pokemon Ruby: Grimer’s sludgy and rubbery body can be forced through any opening, however small it may be. This Pokémon enters sewer pipes to drink filthy wastewater.
Pokemon Sapphire: Grimer emerged from the sludge that settled on a polluted seabed. This Pokémon loves anything filthy. It constantly leaks a horribly germ- infested fluid from all over its body.
Pokemon Emerald: Born from polluted sludge in the sea, Grimer’s favorite food is anything filthy. They feed on wastewater pumped out from factories.
Pokemon FireRed: Sludge exposed to X rays from the moon transformed into Grimer. It loves feeding on filthy things.
Pokemon LeafGreen: Appears in filthy areas. It thrives by sucking up polluted sludge that is pumped out of factories.
Pokemon Diamond: It was born when sludge in a dirty stream was exposed to the moon’s X-rays. It appears among filth.
Pokemon Pearl: It was born when sludge in a dirty stream was exposed to the moon’s X-rays. It appears among filth.
Pokemon Platinum: It was born when sludge in a dirty stream was exposed to the moon’s X-rays. It appears among filth.
Pokemon HeartGold: As it moves, it loses bits of its body from which new Grimer emerge. This worsens the stench around it.
Pokemon SoulSilver: Wherever Grimer has passed, so many germs are left behind that no plants will ever grow again.
Pokemon Black: It was born when sludge in a dirty stream was exposed to the moon’s X-rays. It appears among filth.
Pokemon White: It was born when sludge in a dirty stream was exposed to the moon’s X-rays. It appears among filth.
Pokemon Black 2: Born from sludge, these Pokémon now gather in polluted places and increase the bacteria in their bodies.
pokemon White 2: Born from sludge, these Pokémon now gather in polluted places and increase the bacteria in their bodies.
Pokemon X: Sludge exposed to X-rays from the moon transformed into Grimer. It loves feeding on filthy things.
Pokemon Y: Appears in filthy areas. It thrives by sucking up polluted sludge that is pumped out of factories.
Pokemon Omega Ruby: Grimer’s sludgy and rubbery body can be forced through any opening, however small it may be. This Pokémon enters sewer pipes to drink filthy wastewater.
Pokemon Alpha Sapphire: Grimer emerged from the sludge that settled on a polluted seabed. This Pokémon loves anything filthy. It constantly leaks a horribly germ- infested fluid from all over its body.
Pokemon SUN: Its main source of food is the slimy industrial waste of factories. This Pokémon’s numbers have been decreasing in recent years.
Pokemon MOON: It was born from sludge transformed by exposure to X-rays from the moon. When its internal load of germs decreases, it dies.
