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{{GlitchResearch|USUM details; every non-Poké Transporter related glitch to be checked to see if it still occurs in v1.1 and v1.2}}

This is a '''list of glitches in the [[Generation VII]] [[Pokémon games]]'''.

Some glitches are found on a separate page:

* [[List of battle glitches in Generation VII]]

==Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon==
===All versions===
====Case conversion bug====
On the [[text entry]] screen, pressing the X Button causes the last entered character to be converted between uppercase and lowercase. However, the characters that were added in Pokémon X and Y that could not be entered in the [[Generation V]] games are not converted, and are left as-is. The affected characters are É ↔︎ é in English- and German-language games and Ç/Ï/À/È/Ì/Ò/Ù ↔︎ ç/ï/à/è/ì/ò/ù in Spanish-language games. This glitch also exists in [[Generation VI]].

====Emoticon display bug====
[[File:Emoticon display bug.png|thumb|200px|A Pokémon with an affected nickname]]
The emoticons that can be [[Text entry|entered]] in [[nickname]]s and [[Original Trainer]]s in Japanese- and Chinese-language games are displayed incorrectly in the game's main font. For example, a Pokémon nicknamed {{ding|&#xE081;}}{{ding|&#xE082;}}{{ding|&#xE083;}}{{ding|&#xE084;}} (neutral face, happy face, sad face, angry face) in a Japanese-language [[Generation VI]] game will have its name displayed as {{ding|&#xE082;}}{{ding|&#xE084;}}{{ding|&#xE083;}}{{ding|&#xE081;}} (happy face, angry face, sad face, neutral face) in the game's main font when transferred to the Generation VII games.

This does not apply to the small font used for nicknames in battle or the font that was used on the [[Pokémon Global Link]], which display the four characters correctly, or to the equivalent emoticons that can be entered in the English-, French-, Italian-, German-, Spanish-, or Korean-language games, which are displayed correctly. While the affected characters cannot be entered in these languages, nicknames and OTs of Pokémon traded from a Japanese- or Chinese-language will still exhibit the bug.

====Giratina Nectar glitch====
If a {{p|Giratina}} in its [[Origin Forme]] has its [[Griseous Orb]] swapped for [[Nectar]], it will take various glitched forms depending on the Nectar's color:
* Red Nectar will return it to its [[Altered Forme]].
* Yellow Nectar will cause it to remain in Origin Forme.
* Pink and Purple Nectar will cause it to take a glitched form with the appearance of its Altered Forme but the cry of a {{p|Rotom}}.

====Thundurus Smart Strike glitch====
Due to a coding error, {{p|Thundurus}} in its {{form|Thundurus|Therian Forme}} cannot learn {{m|Smart Strike}}, even though it can in its Incarnate Forme.

==Pokémon Sun and Moon==
===All versions===
====Aether Paradise crate outline error====
[[File:Pokémon SM outline error.png|thumb|right|450px|Comparison image (existing outlines and removed outlines)]]
On [[Aether Paradise]]'s B1F, there are two groups of eight crates, to the left and the right of the elevator in the center. If the player stands so that part of their body is visible between the two columns of crates, the player's outline will not be drawn on the part of their body that would be blocked from view "behind" the crates if the columns did not have the gap between them. There is also a discolored line across the player's body on a line that stretches directly across the gap between the tops of the two crates.

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====Alolan Exeggutor trade glitch====
When receiving an {{rf|Alolan}} {{p|Exeggutor}} from a [[trade]], the Pokémon's head part can be seen for a split second on the bottom left of the screen after the [[Poké Ball]] opens.

====Berry tree shadow glitch====
In the [[Poni Wilds]], there is a [[Berry tree]] off to the far right of the map. When the player walks near this tree, a graphical glitch occurs that causes the shadow under it to briefly flicker.

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====Graphical glitches====
{{GlitchResearch|What is the cause and trigger?}}
Some copies of Sun and Moon have been afflicted by 3D graphical glitches in which players get stuck in the default 3D Modeling "T-Pose", graphical elements stretching and shrinking and other graphical oddities.<ref>[http://kotaku.com/people-are-finding-pokemon-sun-and-moon-glitches-it-se-1789253789 People Are Finding Pokémon Sun And Moon Glitches, It Seems]</ref>

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====GTS morphing glitch====
The player must first deposit a Pokémon onto the GTS that will not be traded during the period of the glitch. Next, the player will need to use the Seek Pokémon option and look up any Pokémon. Once done, the player will need to select a Pokémon that has already been traded for. Afterwards, the player should view the summary of the deposited Pokémon. This will lead to a visual glitch where the model of the deposited Pokémon is replaced with the model of the Pokémon that was viewed last.

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====Legality checking false positives====
Several features in Pokémon Sun and Moon, such as online trading and [[Battle Spot]], check that a Pokémon is legal before allowing it to be traded or used. However, these checks are imperfect, and often believe legitimate Pokémon to be modified.
*For a brief period of time after the [[Pokémon Bank]] update, every Pokémon that can be caught via {{DL|QR Scanner|Island Scan}} could not be used in [[Battle Spot]] or traded on [[GTS]] or via [[Wonder Trade]] if it had its [[Hidden Ability]], due to the game believing the Pokémon to be illegal.
*For a brief period of time after the [[Pokémon Bank]] update, Pokémon caught in a [[Safari Ball]] or [[Dream Ball]] could not be used on Battle Spot.
*For a brief period of time after the [[Pokémon Bank]] update, if a Pokémon whose game of origin is a [[Generation I]] [[Virtual Console]] game but has been evolved into a [[List of cross-generational evolutionary lines|cross-generational evolutionary line]], the Pokémon is thought to be illegal and thus cannot be used on Battle Spot or traded.

====Momentary Evolution sprite glitch====
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[[File:Momentary evolution sprite glitch.png|thumb|The evolved form's model appearing briefly before Evolution]]
During an Evolution, before the "What? (POKéMON) is evolving!" text appears, the model of the evolved Pokémon may appear for a split second at the top-left corner of the screen. For Pokémon with tall models, it is also possible for the model to appear off the screen.

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====Pokémon Refresh form cry glitch====
{{GlitchResearch|Checking other Pokémon whose alternate forms have different cries: Giratina, Shaymin, Hoopa}}
If a [[Generation VII]] Pokémon with an alternate [[form]] is chosen to play with in [[Pokémon Refresh]], its first [[cry]] will be that of its species' default form, regardless of its own form. However, the rest of the time it will use the correct cry. This is only relevant for Pokémon species which have forms that exist outside of battle that have different cries to their default form.

{{p|Oricorio}} Pom-Pom Style, Pa'u Style, and Sensu Style will all use the cry of Baile Style in this instance. Midnight Form Lycanroc uses the cry of Midday Form in this instance.

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====TM text glitch====
If a Pokémon learns a [[TM]], the TM's bag text will be dark black (as if it never learned the TM) instead of gray (as it should be for Pokémon that already know the move).

====Vast Poni Canyon trial site muting glitch====
If, at the trial site of [[Vast Poni Canyon]], the player opens a tab on the [[menu]], the background music will be muted for as long as that tab is still open.

===Version 1.0 to 1.1 only===
====Poké Pelago end of month bug====
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When the date changes to a new month, all activities in [[Poké Pelago]] will immediately complete.

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====Scatterbug Egg Moves glitch====
{{GlitchResearch|Which Vivillon Patterns correspond the Scatterbug being unable to learn Egg Moves}}
Prior to version 1.2, depending on the pattern of {{p|Vivillon}} they correspond to, {{p|Scatterbug}} are unable to learn [[Egg Move]]s.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/Vivillon/comments/5qn0xc/egg_moves_glitching Egg Moves Glitching? : Pokémon]</ref><!--

Affected patterns include River Pattern.-->

===Version 1.0 only===
====Evolution move learning glitch====
{{GlitchResearch|Is it only for Pokémon who learn Evolution moves, or for all?}}
Immediately after [[Evolution]], some Pokémon will not attempt to learn moves they would otherwise learn at that level. This glitch only affects moves that the Pokémon also learn at level 1, but not those always learned upon Evolution. For example, {{p|Kadabra}} will not attempt to learn {{m|Confusion}} after evolving at level 16 (but will attempt to learn {{m|Kinesis}}), and {{p|Butterfree}} will not attempt to learn Confusion if evolved at level 11 (but will attempt to learn it after having evolved at level 10).

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===Version 1.2 only===
====NPC Egg reset glitch====
Sometimes after an Egg hatches, NPCs will stop moving and assume their default position. The glitch ends when the player moves.

==Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon==
===All versions===
====Disguised Chef Ditto glitch====
If a player talks to the [[Ditto (Pokémon)|Ditto]] disguised as a chef in a certain position and defeats or catches the Ditto in the battle, the player's character will block the real chef from moving into position, running in place after reaching the player's position for thirty seconds, then he will stop moving and start talking to the player as if he reached his destination.

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====Shiny Partner Cap Pikachu====
At any point after reaching [[Akala Island]], the player can scan a QR code to access [[Pikachu in a cap#Partner Cap|Partner Cap]] {{p|Pikachu}} from a deliveryman at [[Pikachu Valley]]. This Pikachu is intended to never appear as {{Shiny}}. However, instead of checking its [[personality value]] against the [[Trainer ID]] and Secret ID number of Pikachu's [[Original Trainer]] to prevent its personality value from making it Shiny, the game uses the player's data instead.

This Pikachu has a [[Appendix:Fan terminology#TSV|TSV]] of 1009, and as long as the player has a TSV that is not 1009, this Pikachu has a chance of being Shiny.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Atrius97/status/1583498917731532800 Example of RNG abused Shiny Partner Cap Pikachu by Atrius97, via Twitter]</ref> If the player's TSV matches the Pikachu and is also 1009, this Pikachu can never be obtained as Shiny for that player. Shiny Partner Cap Pikachu are identical in appearance to normal Pikachu (aside from playing the typical Shiny sparkle animation upon entering battle), as no Shiny model for Cap Pikachu are programmed into the game.

====Silvally Move Tutor glitch====
{{p|Silvally}} is programmed to be able to learn all 3 Pledge moves; however, the Move Tutor offers only {{m|Grass Pledge}}, not {{m|Fire Pledge}} or {{m|Water Pledge}}.

This glitch is also present in the [[core series]] [[Generation VIII]] games.

===All versions (French)===
====Wrong pronoun used for player====
While playing the game in French, during the conversation after [[Mallow]]'s trial, [[Lana]]'s line ''«{{tt|Et elle n'a fait qu'une bouchée de Tarenbulle...|And she made short work of Araquanid...}}»'' (her corresponding line in the English localization is ''“Nor did the Araquanid that I had trained so carefully”'') always uses the pronoun ''{{tt|elle|she}}'' even if the chosen [[player character]] is male.

===Version 1.0 only===
These glitches were fixed in version 1.1.

====Litten crash glitch====
If the player picks {{p|Litten}} as their first partner Pokémon, the game may freeze after the cutscene where player chose the aforementioned first partner ends for an unknown reason.

====Move Tutor overwriting glitch====
When the player teaches a move to a Pokémon that knows fewer than four moves using a Move Tutor, its first move will be overwritten by the newly learnt move, instead of the move filling an empty move slot.

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==Poké Transporter==
===Poké Transporter name encoding glitch===
If a Pokémon's in-game species name was changed between [[Generation I]] or  [[Generation II]] and [[Generation VII]], [[Poké Transporter]] will mistakenly assume that these Pokémon are nicknamed upon being transported.

====French====
{{GlitchResearch|Confirm every Pokémon this occurs for ([http://pastebin.com/fZX8q3gu full potential list for French])}}
Some Generation I Pokémon include {{wp|diacritic}}s (such as "é") or the {{wp|Typographic ligature|ligature}} œ in their French names, but the Generation I games do not use these special characters in Pokémon's names. If sent through [[Poké Transporter]], the name of the Pokémon will be considered a nickname; it will not adjust to using lower case letters and will not change upon Evolution.

;Pokémon affected
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" |Pokémon
! colspan="2" |French name
|-
!Gen I
!Gen VII
|-
|{{p|Charmander}}
|SALAMECHE
|Salamèche
|-
|{{p|Clefairy}}
|MELOFEE
|Mélofée
|-
|{{p|Clefable}}
|MELODELFE
|Mélodelfe
|-
|{{p|Exeggcute}}
|NOEUNOEUF
|Nœunœuf
|-
|{{p|Ditto}}
|METAMORPH
|Métamorph
|-
|{{p|Eevee}}
|EVOLI
|Évoli
|}

====Mr. Mime====
In Generation I and Generation II, in English, Italian, and Spanish, {{p|Mr. Mime}} does not have a space in its name. Additionally, in Generation I the point in Mr. Mime's name in these games is the decimal point ({{OBP|Character encoding|Generation I|codepoint}} <code>0xF2</code>) rather than the period (codepoint <code>0xE8</code>) which can be entered in nicknames; Poké Transporter interprets the decimal point as a hyphen, but correctly interprets the period. As a result, Poké Transporter assigns the nickname MR-MIME to unnicknamed Mr. Mime transported from these languages coming from Generation I. For unnicknamed Mr. Mime transported from Generation II, the nickname MR.MIME will be assigned instead.

===Poké Transporter name shift glitch===
If a player attempts to transfer [[MissingNo.]], [['M (00)]] or another [[glitch Pokémon]] to [[Pokémon Bank]] from the 3DS Virtual Console versions of Red, Blue and Yellow, the software will not transfer it, but each Pokémon after it will have its [[nickname]], [[original Trainer]], and [[Trainer ID number]] changed to the nickname, original Trainer, and Trainer ID number of the Pokémon before it.

While Poké Transporter normally changes fully capitalized species names to regular capitalization (e.g. ALAKAZAM to Alakazam), because the shifted names are treated as nicknames, if the name is not the Pokémon's species name the name's capitalization will not be changed. Because glitch Pokémon often have characters in their names that cannot be entered when entering a nickname, such characters will be replaced by a space.

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