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:''For other uses of question marks in the [[Pokémon games]], see [[Question marks]].''
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{{GlitchPkmnInfobox |
| name=?????????? |
| image=Tenquestionmarks.png
| size=64px
| caption=??????????
| ndex=000
| species=Unknown{{sup|RSE}}<br>???????????{{sup|FRLG}}
| typen=1
| type1=Normal
| games={{5v2|Ruby|Sapphire|Emerald|FireRed|LeafGreen}}
| footprint=F001.png
| hex=00, various slots contribute values 183 and over
| gendercode=127
| catchrate=Varies
| generation=3
}}

'''??????????''', also known as '''Ten question marks''' or '''Decamarks''', is a [[glitch Pokémon]] that usually occupies slot 0000 in {{5v2|Ruby|Sapphire|Emerald|FireRed|LeafGreen}}. It was programmed into the game to prevent game crashes and is technically not a glitch because its information was defined by the programmers. However, ?????????? can also occupy other values of the 65536 slots available as well as cause glitchy behavior in games.

??????????'s sprite usually appears as three concentric circles alternating between white and black around a question mark in the center. Whereas index number 0000 and other ?????????? usually use {{p|Bulbasaur}}'s footprint, there are a few which use other Pokémon's footprints.

==Obtaining ??????????==
[[File:Firered-MissingNo.png|thumb|left|?????????? in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}]]
This glitch data is most commonly encountered in-game by using a [[GameShark]] or [[Action Replay]] code for a Pokémon that doesn't exist. There are several other methods for encountering ??????????, however. 

===Level-up method===
A GameShark code can be used to quickly level-up a Pokémon in {{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}}'s [[Pokémon Day Care]]. If any Pokémon is placed into the day care before the code is activated, after a short while of walking around, the Pokémon in the daycare will produce an Egg all by itself. The Egg will soon hatch into a Level 0 ??????????, which cannot be leveled up without using a {{DL|Vitamin|Rare Candy}}, as the experience points required to reach level 1 are infinite. 

If ?????????? is traded to {{game|Emerald}}, it can be left in the day care and will instantly grow to level 100. At this point, it can learn any of the eight [[HM]] moves and will be safe for the game unless its summary is looked at. If given Rare Candies, it will start rapidly learning {{m|Ice Punch}}, even if the player refuses to teach it. This can be fixed by activating the "access fly map" GameShark code. ??????????'s National Pokédex number can vary, ranging from 0 to over 386, depending on its hexadecimal identifier. If the hexadecimal identifier number is over 1000 then a ? mark replaces the hundreds column, e.g. ?24

[[File:Ten Question Marks III.png|208px|left|thumb|Battling ??????????]]
[[File:Emerald 10 Question marks.png|208px|right|thumb|The summary that freezes the game, viewed in {{game|Emerald}}]]
[[Image:FireRed-MissingNo-Summary.png|208px|right|thumb|The summary that doesn't freeze the game, viewed in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}]]

===Pre-starter method===
Another method for obtaining ?????????? is to use an Action Replay code to teleport or walk through walls to an area where a wild Pokémon can be captured before getting a [[starter Pokémon]] from either [[Professor Birch]] in {{game2|Ruby|Sapphire|Emerald}} or [[Professor Oak]] in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}. If a wild Pokémon battle is initiated, the player will send out a ?????????? with 0/0 HP and with a hexadecimal identifier of 0. If the Pokémon gets hit, the player will white out and be sent to a [[Pokémon Center]] where 65536 [[Poké Ball]]s will begin to appear in seemingly random locations all over the screen (this is because the game will refer to the number 0 as one more than a full two bytes (65535)). A very similar effect occurs when one performs a variation of the [[Pomeg glitch]]; when the Pokémon's HP goes below 0 it will skip to the largest value. This system uses two bytes, so the Pokémon's HP will start to drop down from 65535.

After this Pokémon is captured, if one chooses to nickname ?????????? or looks at it in the party screen, its sprite may appear as a gold-colored {{p|Bulbasaur}}, which might suggest that Nintendo originally planned to make thumbnail images of Shiny Pokémon and this thumbnail was the last stable sprite that remained. It could also be because this Pokémon uses Bulbasaur's data for its icon, and simply uses icon palette 0 as a default because it is undefined. There is also a difference between the Shiny and normal color: the white on the Shiny Pokémon appears to be darker. (Another way to see this glitch is to use the "walk through walls" code, go to the Link Cable area, and battle. Since there is no connected opponent, this glitch appears instead (as value 000).)

===Pre-National Pokédex method===
A third way to obtain ?????????? is to use a GameShark or Action Replay to catch a [[Hoenn]] or [[Johto]] Pokémon in its original area ''before'' obtaining the [[National Pokédex]] as the game would search for a Pokémon using the Regional Pokédex number rather than the National Pokédex number; for example, if the player was to normally encounter a {{p|Yanma}}, instead the game would search for a Pokémon with a Regional Pokédex value of 193, possibly resulting in an encounter of another variety of this glitch with a different moveset and Ability or a {{p|Regirock}} in {{3v|Ruby|Sapphire|Emerald}}.

<!--This was commented as ?????????? may have variable effects (not common to one game). If this can be verfied to be always correct then the comment tags should be removed. Also, ??????????'s summary screen generally freezes the game. -->

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Having only ?????????? and either going down in summary screen or up in party screen can give strange results:

Summary (1st is without changing):
*1st-5th, 11th-48th, 50th, 53th-72nd - 0 in everything, even level. Other than that, nothing special.
*6th-9th - 65280 in Defense
*10th - 95 Special Attack, named with random characters 
*49th - 512 Speed
*51st - Level 6; paralyzed; 8 27, 64, 125, 216, 343 or 512 EXP points required to next lvl (full exp bar though); 3077/260 HP; Attack 1792-1805; 60 Defense and 224 Special Attack
*52nd - Music is glitched.
*73rd - Freezes game.

If not stated otherwise, they have Fainted status and 0 EXP points.

Party Screen (1st is the first changed)
*1st-6th - 0 in everything, even level. Other than that, nothing special.
*7th - [[Bad Egg|Bad EGG]] with ??????????'s sprite, about to hatch.
*8th - Bad Egg, has circle marked, freezes game
*9th - Unknown.
*10th-11th - Bad Egg poisoned.
*12th - Bad Egg with Sleep Status, freezes game, has circle marked.
-->

==Item==
[[File:FireRed 10 Question marks.png|thumb|A ???????? in the bag in {{game3|FireRed and LeafGreen|Pokémon FireRed|s}}]]
?????????? may [[Held item|hold]] an [[item]]. The item will be called ???????? (eight marks), with a description in the [[bag]] of ?????.  The item can only make a Pokémon that is holding it become glitched if migrated to {{game|Diamond}} or {{v2|Pearl}}. If the player tries to use it, [[Professor Oak]] will say that "the time isn't right" to use it. With the help of a [[GameShark]], it can be bought at a [[Poké Mart]] for {{PDollar}}0 but cannot be sold, as the [[Poké Mart]] cashier will say, "Oh, no. I can't buy that."


==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
[[File:Tenquestionmarks-Pokédex.png|thumb|left|Emerald entry]]
[[File:FireRed-PokedexMissingNo.png|thumb|right|FireRed and LeafGreen entry]]
{{Dex
|type=normal
|gen=3
|rsdex=This is a newly discovered Pokémon. It is currently under investigation.
|emeralddex=This is a newly discovered Pokémon. It is currently under investigation. No detailed information is available at this time.
|frlgdex=(blank)
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If you own a copy of DPPt, please attempt to migrate via Pal Park this Pokémon and the Pokédex entry. Thank you.
|dpdex=[Does not exist/Would appear as one of the 4th Generation Pokémon Egg or Bad Egg.]
|platinumdex=[Does not exist/Would appear as one of the 4th Generation Pokémon Egg or Bad Egg.]
|hgssdex=[Does not exist/Would appear as one of the 4th Generation Pokémon Egg or Bad Egg.]
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|}}

===Game locations===
{{Availability|
type=normal |
gen=3 |
rsrarity=[[Cheating]] |
rsarea=[[Cheating]] |
erarity=[[Cheating]] |
earea=[[Cheating]] |
frlgrarity=[[Cheating]] |
frlgarea=[[Cheating]] |
dprarity=None |
dparea=[[Pal Park]] |
ptrarity=None |
ptarea=[[Pal Park]] |
palarea=Unknown |
}}

===Base stats===
{{BaseStatNoCat |
type=Normal |
HP=0 |
Attack=0 |
Defense=0 |
SpAtk=0 |
SpDef=0 |
Speed=0 }}

===Type effectiveness===
{{Type effectiveness|
type1=normal|
Normal=  100 |
Flying=  100 |
Fighting=200 |
Ground=  100 |
Rock=    100 |
Bug=     100 |
Poison=  100 |
Ghost=     0 |
Fire=    100 |
Water=   100 |
Grass=   100 |
Electric=100 |
Psychic= 100 |
Ice=     100 |
Dragon=  100 |}}

===Learnset===
====By [[Level|leveling up]]====
{{learnlist/levelh|??????????|normal|normal|3|0}}
{{learnlist/level3|Start|Tackle|Normal|35|95|35|Tough|4|0||'''}}
{{learnlist/level3|4|Growl|Normal|&mdash;|100|40|Cute|2|0}}
{{learnlist/level3|7|Leech Seed|Grass|&mdash;|90|10|Smart|2|2}}
{{learnlist/level3|10|Vine Whip|Grass|35|100|10|Cool|4|4}}
{{learnlist/level3|15|PoisonPowder|Poison|&mdash;|75|35|Smart|3|0}}
{{learnlist/level3|15|Sleep Powder|Grass|&mdash;|75|15|Smart|1|3}}
{{learnlist/level3|20|Razor Leaf|Grass|55|95|25|Cool|3|0}}
{{learnlist/level3|21|Sweet Scent|Normal|&mdash;|100|20|Cute|1|3}}
{{learnlist/level3|25|Growth|Normal|&mdash;|&mdash;|40|Beauty|1|0}}
{{learnlist/level3|33|Synthesis|Grass|&mdash;|&mdash;|5|Smart|1|0}}
{{learnlist/level3|37|SolarBeam|Grass|120|100|10|Smart|4|0}}
{{learnlist/levelf|??????????|normal|normal|3|5}}

====By [[TM]]/[[HM]]====
{{learnlist/tmh|??????????|normal|normal|3|0}}
{{learnlist/tm3null}}
{{learnlist/tmf|??????????|normal|normal|3|5}}

====By move tutor====
{{learnlist/tutorh|??????????|normal|normal|3|0}}
{{learnlist/tutor3|Ice Punch|Ice|75|100|15|Beauty|4|0|||yes|yes|no}}
{{learnlist/tutorf|??????????|normal|normal|3|5}}

==Evolution==
{{GlitchEvobox
|sprite1=Spr 3r 000
|name1=Ten question marks
|displayname1=??????????
|type1-1=Normal
|glitch=yes}}


==Trivia==
* There are many other variations of this Pokémon in the Generation III games. Their images are the same as ??????????'s, but the individual sprites can be backwards, differently colored, upside down, or any of several other minor differences in appearance.
* Many variations of ?????????? are named after moves or fragments of a move's name (truncated to the game maximum of ten characters) (e.g. {{m|Pound|POUND}}, {{m|Thunderbolt|RBOLT}}, {{m|Wing Attack|ING ATTACK}}, {{m|Quick Attack|ICK ATTACK}}, and so on.) This is due to the hexadecimal identifier of the variation calling for a name from text just past where Pokémon names are stored, which is where move names are stored.
* In the Generation I and II games, hexadecimal slots went from 00 to FF, totaling to exactly 256 Pokémon slots available. However, the hexes in those games range from 0000 to FFFF, allowing 65536 Pokémon to be defined. However, only 439 (counting {{pkmn|Egg}}, {{p|Unown}} forms, {{p|Deoxys}} formes and 25 {{gp|?}}) were defined, filling the remaining 65,097 slots with ?????????? variants, or "decamarks," as they are commonly referred to.
* Analysis of ?????????? (000)'s moveset has yielded {{p|Bulbasaur}}'s exact [[Bulbasaur (Pokémon)/Generation III learnset|Generation III learnset]]. However, the moves are all learned at different levels. Strangely, ?????????? can learn Ice Punch via tutor.
* It has been stated that there are also similar glitch Pokémon called "???????????" (eleven marks) and "????????????" (twelve marks), though there is no evidence to support this.
* There may be similar glitch Pokémon in the Generation IV games, but no investigation into this matter has been reported.
* A project (dubbed 'Melchior') exists on [[Glitch City Laboratories]] concerning the research of the 65,097 variations of ?????????? (decamarks), although this is not a serious project of the site and is not expected to be completed in the near future.
* If the player catches a variant of ?????????? and attempts to rename it, the renaming screen may show ??????????'s sprite as being a {{p|Bulbasaur}}'s sprite, but with a gold palette.

==External links==
* [http://forums.glitchcity.info/index.php/topic,2094.0.html DecDex-Decamark variation list (Melchior X)]
* [http://glitchcity.info/glitchdex/rubysapphire/tenquestion Glitch City Laboratories - Glitch Dex - ??????????]

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