Teru-sama

Teru-sama (Japanese: カビチュウ Kabichū) is a glitch item that appears in Generation II. It appears to have no other use than to be sold for $19660. It is kept in either the key items case, or the items one. Teru-sama is a data filler between actual items (like Missingno. is filler between Pokémon).

Teru-sama can literally be translated from Japanese as "Lord Sunshine" or "Master Sunshine", coming from the word Teru (Sunshine or to Shine) and the suffix -sama (an honorific that shows extreme respect and is most often translated as "lord" or "master").

Despite popular fanon myth, Teru-sama is not the GS Ball; however, the item slot that the GS Ball is programmed into in Pokémon Crystal was an item slot containing the Teru-sama in Gold and Silver, as with the other Crystal-exclusive items (such as the Egg Ticket and Blue Card).

Trivia

• The Teru-sama occupies 29 slots in Pokémon Gold and Silver, and, alongside the ? item, cancel option, and glitch HM08, fill the remaining slots not occupied by real items. There are fewer Teru-samas in Pokémon Crystal, however, as several new key items take the place of some of them.
• Teru-samas, through hacking, can actually be used. Two Teru-samas are actually usable. One brings up the Town Map. It displays the Kanto map for less than 1/10 of a second, and when returning to the item menu, the tiles become glitched. Another item is the Poké Flute, which works exactly the same as in Generation I (waking up a Pokémon in battle), but remains silent.
• The Teru-sama obtained via the Celebi egg trick when both parent Pokémon have Reflect occupying their fourth attack slot is the only Teru-sama that is a GS Ball. However, since the GS Ball was not programmed into Pokémon Gold and Silver, it is not usable unless it is held by a Pokémon and then traded over to Pokémon Crystal. When viewed in Stadium 2, this Teru-sama will show up as a GS Ball even in Gold and Silver.

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