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[[Image:Missingno RB.png|thumb|right|An example of a glitch Pokémon]]

A '''glitch Pokémon''' is a {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} that exists in the games due to a programming or level design oversight, some and some not with characteristics derived from the game's default error handling capabilities for an invalid Pokémon, such as the name "[[Missingno.]]" or "[[??????????]]". Another example of this is learn-set data for an {{pkmn|Egg}} Generation IV, where it learns {{m|Splash}} as a starting move, likely to prevent the game freezing from an [[list of glitch moves|invalid attack]] from being used. As they were not intentionally placed inside the game by [[Nintendo]] or [[Game Freak]], a few of them might be hazardous to saved data.

Catching a glitch Pokémon will sometimes cause [[Pokédex]] data to appear which may freeze the game. To avoid this, the player must have activated a specific flag, which will be either seeing a specific Pokémon or owning a specific Pokémon.

==Obtainable glitch Pokémon==
{{main|List of glitch Pokémon}}
===In [[Generation I]]===
{| {| align="center" style="background: #{{unknown color light}}; -moz-border-radius: 1em; border: 5px solid #{{unknown color}};"
|-
|
{| border=1 width="100%" align="center" class="sortable" style="background: #FFFFFF; border:1px solid #{{unknown color light}}; border-collapse:collapse;"
|-style="background: #{{unknown color light}};"
! Red/Blue #
! Yellow #
! Index #
! In Red/Blue
! In Yellow
|-
|000
|176
|000
|[['M]]
|[[3TrainerPoké]]
|-
|000
|000
|{{tt|Many|31, 32, 50, 52, 56, 61, 62, 63, 67, 68, 69, 79, 80, 81, 86, 87, 94, 95, 115, 121, 122, 127, 134, 135, 137, 140, 146, 156, 159, 160, 161, 162, 172, 174, 175, 181, 182, 183, 184}}
|[[Missingno.]]
|[[Missingno.#Yellow_Version_form|Missingno.]]
|-
|250
|250
|191
|{{OBP|A|uppercase}}
|[[4 4]]
|-
|061
|080
|192
|{{OBP|a|lowercase}}
|[[44Hy]]
|-
|205
|205
|193
|[[ゥ]]
|[[♀]]
|-
|234
|230
|194
|[[.4]]
|[[pPkMnp]]
|-
|094
|015
|195
|[[h POKé]]
|[[Z4]]
|-
|205
|203
|196
|[[PokéWTrainer]]
|[[X ゥ- xゥ,]]
|-
|250
|055
|197
|{{OBP|PkMn|glitch Pokémon}}
|[[4. .]]
|-
|062
|079
|198
|[[LM4]]
|[[7g]]
|-
|205
|006
|199
|[[p T]]
|[[Glitchy Charizard]]
|-
|205
|000
|202
|[[PC4SH]]
|[[Glitch (CA)|CA]]
|-
|062
|084
|209
|[[4B 8 4 8]]
|[[B]]
|-
|205
|205
|216
|[[PkMnaPkMnfPkMnk]]
|[[Glitch (D8)|D8]]
|-
|174
|006
|240
|[[$]]
|[[( I']]
|-
|040
|195
|246
|[[G'Mp]]
|[[ゥ A]]
|-
|033
|126
|250
|[[Glitchy Nidorino]]
|[[ゥゥ♂]]
|-
|006
|121
|255
|[[Charizard 'M]]
|[[Q]]
|}
|}

===In [[Generation II]]===
{| {| align="center" style="background: #{{unknown color light}}; -moz-border-radius: 1em; border: 5px solid #{{unknown color}};"
|-
|
{| border=1 width="100%" align="center" class="sortable" style="background: #FFFFFF; border:1px solid #{{unknown color light}}; border-collapse:collapse;"
|-style="background: #{{unknown color light}};"
! Pokédex #
! Name
|-
| 000
|{{?|5|hex=00}}
|-
| 252
|{{?|5|hex=FC}}
|-
| 253
|[[Glitch egg]]
|-
| 254
|{{?|5|hex=FE}}
|-
| 255
|{{?|5|hex=FF}}
|}
|}

==Trivia==   
* There are 39 [[Missingno.]] with identifiers in between real Pokémon, which would add up to 190 Pokémon.
** Interestingly, recent words from [[Shigeki Morimoto]] state that there were once 190 Pokémon planned for development in Pokémon Red and Green.<ref>[http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2958170#post2958170 Smogon Forums]</ref>
*** This may or not be a coincidence because the error handler <sc>MISSINGNO.</sc> is used for blank, or formatted Pokémon data. Many of its characteristics are either a translated 0 value (e.g. default {{p|Nidoran♂}} cry with pitch 0), or blank data rolled over to the next logical values (e.g. base stats denoting the rosters of several {{tc|burglar}}s.)

==References==
<references/>

{{Glitches}}
{{GlitchPkmn}}
{{Project Glitchdex notice}}

[[Category:Glitches]]
[[Category:Glitch Pokémon|*]]

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