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Mr. Rime (Japanese: バリコオル Barrikohru) is a dual-type Ice/Psychic Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII.
It evolves from Galarian Mr. Mime starting at level 42. It is the final form of Mime Jr. in the Galar region.
Biology
Mr. Rime is a bipedal, humanoid Pokémon. Like its pre-evolved form Mr. Mime, it has growths resembling clown hair, but they are now black rather than blue and they cover the top of its head, resembling a bowler hat. It has yellow eyes and a moustache that covers its mouth. Its black-and-white torso resembles a coat or tuxedo and a face, with yellow shirt studs for its "eyes", a red lump as its "nose", and a white cummerbund for its "mouth". While its actual face remains almost expressionless, the features on its torso will change to convey emotions. Its lower body is blue and it has black and blue feet that resemble large shoes, presumably capped with ice. It has black spherical shoulders and blue arms with white, mitten-like hands. It always carries a blue formal cane made of ice.
Mr. Rime is highly skilled in tap dancing and waves its ice cane while it moves gracefully. It is popular due to its amusing movements and has been known to influence the Mime Jr. of the Galar region to learn its dancing steps, leading them to evolve into Galarian Mr. Mime. It can release psychic powers through the pattern on its belly.
Mr. Rime and its pre-evolution, Galarian Mr. Mime, are the only known Pokémon that can have Screen Cleaner as an Ability.
Evolution
Mr. Rime evolves from Galarian Mr. Mime and is the final form of Mime Jr.
Game data
Pokédex entries
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Game locations
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Stats
Base stats
Type effectiveness
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Learnset
Mr. Rime is available in Sword and Shield.
Mr. Rime is unavailable in Generation IX.
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Mr. Rime in Generation VIII
- Moves marked with a dagger (†) can only be bred onto Mr. Rime if it hatches as a Mime Jr., and cannot be obtained otherwise.
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Mr. Rime in that game.
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By transfer from another generation
By transfer, only via prior evolution
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- Transferred Pokémon only retain these moves in Pokémon Sword and Shield
- A striped background indicates a generation in which the move can only be obtained via event or as a special move
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Mr. Rime
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Mr. Rime
- × indicates a move that cannot be used in Sword and Shield
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see transfer-only moves for other generations
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Side game data
Evolution data
Sprites
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In the anime
Main series
Major appearances
Mr. Rime debuted in A Flood of Torrential Gains!, under the ownership of Leon. It was the third Pokémon he used in his Masters Eight Tournament match against Ash.
Minor appearances
Pokémon: Twilight Wings
In Assistant, a street performer's Mr. Rime put on a performance alongside its Trainer.
GOTCHA!
A Mr. Rime briefly appeared in GOTCHA!, under the ownership of Leon.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
A Mr. Rime belonging to Melony appeared in Crunch!! Snowy Battle. It was later given to Henry. Another Mr. Rime appeared in a fantasy in the same chapter.
In the TCG
- Main article: Mr. Rime (TCG)
Trivia
- Despite its English name containing a male-exclusive honorific, Mr. Rime's gender ratio is evenly split between male and female.
- Mr. Rime is the only Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII that can know an unusable move in Pokémon Sword and Shield. Specifically, it can know Double Slap, Meditate, Hidden Power, Barrier, Captivate, Flash, Frustration, Return, Natural Gift, Secret Power, Signal Beam, Snatch, Telekinesis, and Wake-Up Slap by evolving from a Mime Jr. that learned these moves in a previous game.
- Mr. Rime is the only Pokémon introduced in Pokémon Sword and Shield that can have the Sinnohan and Hisuian origin marks, due to Mime Jr. being able to have it.
Origin
Mr. Rime seems to be based on a mime, a tap dancer, and silent film actor Charlie Chaplin's iconic Tramp character. Like the Tramp, Mr. Rime appears to wear a bowler hat, a black suit jacket, baggy trousers, and large dress shoes, along with carrying a cane and sporting a mustache. Mr. Rime is native to the Galar region, which is inspired by Charlie Chaplin's home country, the United Kingdom. It could also be derived from the "city gent," a fashion style commonly associated with London businessmen during the 1970s, which prominently featured the bowler hat.
Mr. Rime may also be based on a clown, since its feet resemble oversized clown shoes and the pattern on its round body resembles a clown face. It may also be inspired by the はらだし haradashi, a humanoid yōkai with a large face on its belly, and is known for visiting people who feel sad or lonely in order to cheer them up, sometimes by dancing.
Mr. Rime's desaturated Shiny coloration may reference the black-and-white color of silent films — Charlie Chaplin is considered to be one of the most famous silent film actors.
Name origin
Mr. Rime may be derived from the abbreviation of Mister and rime (a type of frost) or rhyme (since its name rhymes with Mr. Mime).
Barrikohru may be a combination of barrier (referring to the invisible walls it can create) and 凍る kōru (to freeze).
In other languages
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| More languages |  Hindi | मिस्टर राइम Mister Rime | Transcription of English name |  Thai | บาริโคโอรุ Barikhooru | Transcription of Japanese name | |
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