But as you might expect, the most peculiar creatures in this series also have the most interesting factoids buried in their history. Today I’ll share 40 weird interesting facts and tidbits of trivia surrounding your favorite miming duo: Mime Jr. and good ol’ Mr. Mime. It is said that Mr. Mime has been a skilled mime from birth. Mr. Mime appears in the live action movie Detective Pikachu (2019) where it is interrogated by Pikachu and Tim.
In true Mr. Mime fashion, they only get through to it when they interrogate it through the process of miming. Truly one of my favorite scenes in that movie. This allows Mr. Mime to create invisible objects or invisible walls by just moving his fingers. Okay that was a pun, but did you know that in the Pokémon Adventures manga Sabrina’s Mr. Mime was able to seal off the entirety of Saffron City? That’s pretty powerful just for a one-off Pokémon move. It is shown to have 4 fingers in the game sprites, but in episodes of the anime it had 5. Delia Ketchum is said to be its companion as we see it around the house. This was a replacement Mr. Mime supposed to be used in the circus. This episode explains why there’s a Mr. Mime in the house as it decides to live with Delia. Mr Mime’s FireRed Pokédex entry mentions that it is quite skilled at conning people. Please Mr. Mime, use your absurdly goofy powers for good! If Mr. Mime is interrupted while miming it’ll likely get upset and slap you. In the Ultra Sun Pokédex entry, it is said to attack you with a double slap. If I know I’m gonna get slapped then of course avoid it, but why slap twice?! It’s either you trade an Abra, Jigglypuff, or Clefairy – depending on which game version you’re playing. Or of course you can use a cheat code device but that’s no fun. Well not super easily, but its type is immune to Dragon. It kind of looks like a clown, and it can mime, and has the shoes of a jester or a juggler. Its leveling rate is considered medium-fast compared to most other monsters. Some people think that it’s reminiscent of a puppet that somehow came to life. But, why is it miming? Others say that since it seems a little jerky in movement it could be a tsukumogami meaning that it has acquired a spirit that gives the puppet life. I mean, in the Pokémon world I’m willing to believe almost anything. At 1.3m(a little over 4 feet) tall it has about the same height as a pony. But of course it’s lighter at only 54.5 kg(about 120 lbs, pretty heavy for a mime!) In Pokémon Stadium 2 you can play a minigame where you have to send Pokéballs to your opponent’s area by using the barrier move. This counts many of the original game generations including the very first gen. Starting in Generation VI it became dual Psychic and Fairy Type. This is extraordinarily special because there are only nine other Pokémon that have incense. Its incense is called Odd Incense. Regardless of the male honorific in front of Mime, there are female Mr. Mime’s too. This has led to various other nicknames such Mrs. Mime or Miss Mime. Now funny enough, Mime Jr, only appears in Generation IV although it is supposed to be the Pokémon that Mr. Mime evolves from. Here are a few facts about this cute garden gnome… Pokémon baby human thing. This is weird since Mr. Mime, which it evolves to, first appeared in generation I. How the heck did they get all the way to Kanto?! Since it appears three generations later it also derives its name from Mr. Mime as being its original baby version. If you were to compare all the Psychic and Fairy types, it has the lowest base HP by far. It was given to him by his grandparents. I might dislike Team Rocket for obvious reasons, but there is no denying that Mime Jr. thinks the world of them. Or at least James. Whenever Mime Jr. is around when Jessie and James are reciting their motto, Mime Jr. usually enters at the end of it yelling “Mime Mime!” Mime Jr. does this by mimicking expressions and motions. Isn’t that sweet? Its Pokédex entry in Ultra Sun will tell you that it’s not so good at mimicking its opponents. But if this baby mime keeps practicing I know it’ll grow into a great mime one day. Mime Jr. likes to mimic its foes so once they get distracted it can get away quickly from battles. If you look at his height it’s almost as big as one. I mean… I would be OK with this little guy hanging out in my garden. It stands at about 0.6m(just under 2 feet tall). Definitely as big as a regular garden gnome. Actually less, it’s only 13kg. That translates to only about 28lbs for all my American friends. If it happens to surprise an opponent, it gets pleased with itself forgetting that it was doing something. Typical baby behavior I know. But at least it can make a quick getaway if needed. This is the only Pokémon to have a catch rate of 145. Maybe this is because it’s just a little baby? Or maybe this is just a more friendly and innocent look at the world. I’m not really sure why, but according to the Pearl Pokédex entry Mime Jr. really likes hanging around places where people tend to gather. There’s only a couple others, with Mr. Mime being one of them. The others are Tapu Bulu, Tapu Lele, Tapu Fini, Tapu Koko, and of course, Type: Null. It’s different to Mr. Mime since it lacks characteristics that make it look like a jester or a comic relief monster. It actually looks more like a cute pixie for fairy that has a design like a clown. This is one big thing that sets Mime Jr. apart from the rest of the babies. It is one of the ten Pokémon that will evolve only when it knows a certain move and levels up. In this case, once it learns Mimic and gains one level it will evolve into Mr. Mime. Once it mimics you, you will not be able to take your eyes off of Mime Jr. I can’t say I’ve experienced this but it certainly seems annoying. In the Pokéathlon, the only event that where have maxed out skills are in the jump category. So I wouldn’t be taking these two on a lengthy triathalon anytime too soon! Sources:

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Mr._Mime_(Pok%C3%A9mon) https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Mime_Jr._(Pokémon) https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/PK01 https://pokemon.fandom.com/wiki/Mime_Jr. https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/James%27s_Mime_Jr. https://pokemon.fandom.com/wiki/Mr._Mime https://pokemongo.fandom.com/wiki/Mime_Jr.