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[[File:R3Artwork-Grimace.jpg|320px|thumb|right|An official piece of ''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc|Rayman 3]]'' artwork, doing a grimace on a [[mushroom]]]]

The '''grimace''' is [[Rayman]]'s initial line of defence, which he has been capable of right from the beginning of [[Rayman 1|the original game]]. To grimace, [[Rayman]] stretches his mouth wide with his hands, sticks out his tongue, rolls his eyes and makes a gurgling sound with his throat. The power's functions vary from game to game.

==In ''[[Rayman 1|Rayman]]''==

[[File:R1-Grimace.gif|316px|thumb|left|[[Rayman]] doing a grimace, in [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'' game]]]]

In ''[[Rayman 1|Rayman]]'' the only use for this power is to scare tall [[Livingstone]]s; when they see the grimace, they are driven mad with fear and start to run uncontrollably, usually killing themselves by falling into water. In the first part of [[the Swamps of Forgetfulness]], the grimace is temporarily replaced by the [[Magic Seed]] which [[Rayman]] receives from [[Tarayzan]]. When he defeats [[Mr Stone]] in [[Mr Stone's Peaks]], [[Betilla]] grants him [[Running|the power to run]], which permanently replaces the grimace.

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==In ''[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape|Rayman 2]]''==

[[File:R2-Grimace-DC.PNG|320px|thumb|right|[[Rayman]] doing a grimace, in ''[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape|Rayman 2]]'' game. This animation is triggered only in the Sega Dreamcast, Apple iPhone/iPod Touch and 3DS versions by letting [[Rayman]] idle for some time.]]

The grimace does not appear in most versions of ''[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape|Rayman 2]]''; however, in the Dreamcast, iPhone/iPod Touch and [[Rayman 3D|3DS]] versions of the game [[Rayman]] occasionally performs a grimace at the camera if left idle by the player for a time. He also does this in [[Rayman 3 (Game Boy Advance)|the Game Boy Advance and N-GAGE version of ''Rayman 3'']].

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==In ''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc|Rayman 3]]''==

[[File:R3-Grimace.jpg|320px|thumb|right|[[Rayman]] performing a grimace in ''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc|Rayman 3]]''. In this game, it can be used to revert [[Black Lum]]s into [[Red Lum]]s.]]

[[File:RaymanDoingAGrimace-PromotionalStatue.JPG|200px|thumb|left|A promotional statue for ''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]'']]

In ''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc|Rayman 3]]'', however, [[Gumsi]] uses [[the Sceptre of the Leptys]] to grant [[Rayman]] this power after he defeats [[Reflux]] in [[the Desert of the Knaaren]]. Rayman can then use this power to convert [[Black Lum]]s back into [[Red Lum]]s by making them laugh after defeating their [[Hoodlum]] costumes. It is known as ‘The Power of [[the Leptys]]’ in this game. A promotional statue to ''Rayman 3'' which recreates the grimace artwork was done in a limited number to hundreds of units worldwide, very few containing a box and an artwork book with conceptual art of the game.

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===In the [[Rayman 3 (GBA)|Game Boy Advance version of ''Rayman 3'']]===

[[File:Jano_Grimace_R3_GBA.PNG|frame|left|[[Rayman]] uses his grimace to taunt [[Jano]] in [[Rayman 3 (Game Boy Advance)|the handheld version of ''Rayman 3'']]]]

Much like in the Dreamcast, iOS and 3DS versions of ''Rayman 2'', Rayman does not use the grimace to any practical effect, nor can it be willingly triggered by the player, it plays as an idle animation if the player does not give an input for some time. Rayman can also be seen using the grimace to taunt [[Jano]] prior to their fight.

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==In the [[Rayman Raving Rabbids (GBA)|Game Boy Advance version of ''Rayman Raving Rabbids'']]==

[[File:Grimace RRR GBA.PNG|frame|left|[[Rayman]] idly grimaces in [[Rayman Raving Rabbids (GBA)|the Game Boy Advance version of ''Rayman Raving Rabbids'']]]]

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