Defending underappreciated Pokémons #2: Muk
So today we have a big boy. I feel that Muk has always been more hated than Grimer overall. Maybe because it's just a bigger version of Grimer? I don't know. But let's defend this gen 1 poison type.
So, a lot of people seem to dislike this slimy dude because it's
"just" a blob.
But I think that this blob has too much personality to just be a blob.
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ALRIGHT LET ME EXPLAIN OKAY?!?
Muk looks like a zombie. Its pose looks like the classical picture of a zombie crawling out of a graveyard. I mean, just take a look a this and tell me that it doesn't have any similarities with the pose, the mouth and the "gross" aspect of it.
Just tell me:
So, yeah. I definitely think that this thing being a zombie makes it cool, man.
Another cool thing about Muk is that he looks like he is constantly trying to stand up and seems like if he didn't do enough effort to keep himself looking like a Pokémon, he would just colllapse and end up being some gelatinous purple mass. Muk is trying his best guys, don't be mean please.
...But how would he keep using his strength to do this? Does he have any strength? Does this thing have muscles? Can a Grimer fuse himself with another grimer to become a Muk?
So many questions that are not anwsered.
Come on, how could you hate Muk, the slimy zombie in constant effort with the menacing pose and the mysteries around his biology?
Also, I have to say that the little strand of slimy goo in his mouth adds a lot to his design. Props to the designer here!