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'''Teru-sama''' (Japanese: '''{{j|カビチュウ}}''' ''Kabichū'') is a group of dummy [[item]]s that serve as fillers for the internal item list in {{game2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}. There are 29 variations of Teru-sama in Gold and Silver and 25 in Crystal.

Teru-sama can be sold for {{PDollar}}19,660 at [[Poké Mart]]s. The buy price of {{PDollar}}39,321 is 0x9999 in hexadecimal or 9999 in {{wp|binary-coded decimal}} (BCD), the latter being the format used by {{game4|Red|Green|Blue|Yellow}} for storing money data. The Generation II games instead use plain binary integers for money instead of BCD; however, the buy Teru-sama price uses the old format, suggesting that they were added early in the development of Gold and Silver.<ref>[https://tcrf.net/Pok%C3%A9mon_Gold_and_Silver#Teru-sama Pokémon Gold and Silver - The Cutting Room Floor] (price info courtesy of IIMarckus)</ref>

==Acquisition==
:''See [[List of items by index number (Generation II)]] for the Teru-sama item IDs.''
By performing the [[Celebi Egg glitch]] with a [[move]] ID value equal to that of an item ID, the player can obtain a Teru-sama.

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Teru-sama.png|A Teru-sama in the Bag
Teru-sama JP.png|A Teru-sama in the Bag (Japanese versions)
Teru-sama SK.png|A Teru-sama in the Bag (Korean versions)
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==Effects of specific Teru-sama==
[[File:Labeled Teru-Sama GoldSilver-KOR.png|thumb|Teru-sama 0x46, 0x73, and 0x74 (Korean Gold and Silver)]]
Teru-sama IDs 0x46, 0x73, 0x74, and 0x81 are items in Crystal and {{g|Stadium 2}}. They are respectively the [[Clear Bell]], [[GS Ball]], {{key|II|Blue Card}}, and {{key|II|Egg Ticket}}. Save for 0x81, these Teru-sama were renamed in Korean Gold and Silver to match the names of the corresponding items in Crystal.

Teru-sama IDs 0x06 and 0x38 are respectively the [[Town Map]] and [[Poké Flute]] from Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow and they can be enabled by hacking in the "USE" option. The Town Map is faulty and causes bugs while the Poké Flute still works, although the audio only plays if used on a {{status|Sleep|sleeping}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} outside of {{pkmn|battle}}. The Poké Flute also does not affect the sleeping {{p|Snorlax}} in [[Vermilion City]].

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==Name origin==
Teru-sama, as the English and European name of the item, may be a reference to [[Teruki Murakawa]], a member of the [[staff of Pokémon Gold and Silver|staff of Pokémon Gold, Silver,]] and [[Staff of Pokémon Crystal|Crystal]].

The Japanese name ''Kabichū'' ({{j|カビチュウ}}) is meaningless but it combines ''kabi'' ({{j|カビ}}) from {{p|Snorlax|Kabigon}} ({{j|カビゴン}}) and ''chū'' ({{j|チュウ}}) from {{p|Pichu}}, {{p|Pikachu}}, or {{p|Raichu}}.<ref>[http://wiki.ポケモン.com/wiki/カビチュウ {{j|カビチュウ - ポケモンWiki}}] <small>{{j|「おそらくカビゴンのカビとピカチュウのチュウを合わせて開発者の遊び心で造られた言葉と考えられる。」}}</small></ref>

Its Korean name is just the {{wp|Halfwidth and fullwidth forms|fullwidth}} question mark "{{k|？}}".

==References==
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