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The '''remaining HP glitch''' is present in {{game2|Red|Blue|Yellow}}. It allows players to convert the remaining {{stat|HP}} of a Pokémon into its [[List of Pokémon by index number (Generation I)|index number]], effectively allowing the player to obtain any Pokémon in Generation I.

This glitch requires a Pokémon with a [[catch rate]] of 255: {{p|Caterpie}}, {{p|Weedle}}, {{p|Pidgey}}, {{p|Rattata}}, {{p|Spearow}}, {{p|Ekans}}, {{p|Sandshrew}}, {{p|Zubat}}, {{p|Oddish}}, {{p|Diglett}}, {{p|Meowth}}, {{p|Poliwag}}, {{p|Bellsprout}}, {{p|Geodude}}, or {{p|Magikarp}}.

==Performing the glitch==
First, the player must deposit a Pokémon with a [[catch rate]] of 255 that has a remaining HP equal to the [[List of Pokémon by index number (Generation I)|index number]] of the desired resulting Pokémon into an empty [[PC]] Box, followed by three other Pokémon and a [[Q ◣]]/[['M (FF)]]. The player must then fill their party with Pokémon (but none of the Pokémon just deposited). The player must then change the Box back to the one which contains the deposited Pokémon. The player must then catch a [[wild Pokémon]]. All Pokémon but one from the party must then be deposited into a Box other than the one containing Q ◣/'M (FF). The Q ◣/'M (FF) must then be withdrawn to the player's party, followed by the caught wild Pokémon, two of the Pokémon deposited at the start, and the Pokémon with the remaining HP. The Pokémon with the remaining HP then becomes an unstable hybrid of the initial species and the species whose index number matched the remaining HP of the Pokémon. The Pokémon can be stabilized by taking it to the [[Pokémon Day Care|Day Care Center]].

==Video==
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