#0568 · Unova · Generation 5

Trubbish

Trash Bag Pokémon · Poison-type

Trubbish is a Poison-type Pokémon, the Trash Bag Pokémon, number 568 (#0568) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the Unova region. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 31 kg.

Trubbish is the Trash Bag Pokémon: a bin bag that came to life when rubbish and industrial waste reacted together. It burps out toxic gas, and the Pokédex warns that an unlucky whiff can put a person in hospital.

How to pronounce Trubbish

Trubbish is pronounced TRUB-ish. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Trubbish said out loud:

In Japanese it is ヤブクロン (Yabukuron).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Trubbish looks like a dark green bin bag, with the knot at the top serving as ears. It has oval eyes and jagged triangular teeth like broken glass, and its arms are spills of rubbish with pink and blue objects poking out. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 31 kg. The Pokédex says the gas it belches can send a person to sleep for a week.

Behaviour

Trubbish follows people who litter, wanting more rubbish, and the Pokédex says it may even move into a messy room. In the anime its ear-like tufts stand up when it is startled, lift when it is happy and droop when it is sad.

Habitat

The Pokédex says it likes unsanitary places, and Bulbapedia lists dumps among them. Games place it around Malie City in Alola and among the bins of the Lost Hotel in Kalos.

Diet

The Pokédex says it gorges on rubbish until its stomach is full.

Powers

Its Abilities are Stench, which gives its hits a 10% chance of making the target flinch, and Sticky Hold, which stops its held item being taken. The hidden Ability Aftermath hurts anything that knocks it out with a contact move. It learns Sludge Bomb, Gunk Shot and Belch. Its best base stat is Speed at 65.

Name origin

Trubbish may blend 'trash' and 'rubbish'. The Japanese name is Yabukuron (ヤブクロン), which may combine words for tearing and for a bag.

Design inspiration

Trubbish is based on a rubbish bag. Bulbapedia, citing Nintendo Dream magazine, says it and Garbodor were meant to stand for pollution in cities.

Evolution notes

Evolves into Garbodor at level 36.

In the games

Trubbish roams the districts of Lumiose City in Legends: Z-A and also appears in the Mega Dimension DLC's Hyperspace Lumiose, though it is not available in Scarlet and Violet. It debuted in Black and White, where it lives on Routes 5 and 16.

In the anime

Trubbish debuted in 'Here Comes the Trubbish Squad!', where a class of kindergartners adopted one and found that its stench fades around people it trusts. In 'Healing the Healer!' Pokémon hunters used one to poison a lake and lure out Suicune.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia points out that Trubbish's line, Grimer's and Koffing's are all pure Poison types in their original forms, with a single evolution each, and have similar evolution levels and stat totals.
• In 'Lost at the League!', four Trubbish and a Garbodor were furious when Ash's Oshawott ate a box of their apples.
• A Trubbish appears in a flashback in the series Pokémon: Twilight Wings, belonging to a younger Oleana.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Trubbish (Pokémon) · Serebii: Trubbish (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 50
• Attack: 50
• Defense: 62
• Sp. Atk: 40
• Sp. Def: 62
• Speed: 65

Trubbish’s base stat total is 329. Its highest stat is Speed.

Type matchups

What is Trubbish weak to?

Trubbish takes extra damage from Ground (2×), Psychic (2×) moves.

It resists Grass (½×), Fighting (½×), Poison (½×), Bug (½×), Fairy (½×).

Evolution

How does Trubbish evolve?

Trubbish evolves into Garbodor at level 36.

The whole family: Trubbish, Garbodor.

Abilities

• Stench: Has a 10% chance of making target Pokémon flinch with each hit.
• Sticky Hold: Prevents a held item from being removed by other Pokémon.
• Aftermath (hidden ability): Damages the attacker for 1/4 its max HP when knocked out by a contact move.

Moves

Moves Trubbish learns by level up in Sword / Shield

TM moves (27)

Trubbish can learn 27 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Self-Destruct, Rest, Thief, Snore, Protect, Giga Drain, Attract, Rain Dance, Sunny Day, Facade, Rock Blast, Payback, Drain Punch, Venoshock, Round, Amnesia, Substitute, Sludge Bomb, Spikes, Endure, Sleep Talk, Toxic Spikes, Dark Pulse, Seed Bomb, Gunk Shot, Sludge Wave, Venom Drench.

Egg moves (5):Autotomize, Curse, Haze, Rollout, Sand Attack.

Move tutor moves (1): Corrosive Gas.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Mineral.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 190 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Speed effort value.
• Base experience yield: 66.

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was born from a bag stuffed with trash. Galarian Weezing relish the fumes belched by Trubbish. (Shield)

Its favorite places are unsanitary ones. If you leave trash lying around, you could even find one of these Pokémon living in your room. (Sword)

If a young Pokémon or child breathes in the toxic gas that Trubbish belches out, it could be a life-threatening situation. (Ultra Moon)

Poisonous gas leaks out of it when it breathes. Muk that catch a whiff of that stench will come drooling. (Ultra Sun)

It gorges on trash until its stomach is full. Then it belches toxic gas. An unlucky whiff of gas will put a person in the hospital. (Moon)

Unsanitary places are what they like best. They can be spotted in Alola, often with Grimer in hot pursuit. (Sun)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Taller than 25% of all Pokémon (0.6 m).
• Heavier than 53% of all Pokémon (31 kg).
• Base stat total 329, ranked #757 of 1,025.
• One of 83 Poison-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 130 green Pokémon.
• Number 75 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 46 different moves in Sword / Shield.
• Catch rate 190: about 24.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 9 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Trubbish (Pokémon), Serebii: Trubbish (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (TRUB-ish): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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