Super Glitch

Super Glitch is the nickname for a large amount of volatile glitch moves that exist in hexadecimal slots AC to C3 in Pokémon Red and Blue. These moves generally have either no name, a number of glitchy symbols as a name, or the name of a Pokémon in one's party as its name. Super glitch effects can also occasionally be caused by the move --.

Effect

Super Glitch can cause some rather strange effects. The most famous scenario is a chain of events starting with the music slowly fading out before stopping altogether known as the 'TMTRAINER effect'. The opponent's name then changes to "TMTRAINER" followed by several lines of glitch dialogue, and the HP of his or her Pokémon would rise to a very large value which is often larger than the amount of total HP that the opponent Pokémon has, which causes the HP bar to stretch and wrap around the screen. It will display that the enemy Pokémon is poisoned, but the game will state that it is frozen solid, followed by the enemy Pokémon becoming hurt by a burn. This burn will often deplete all of the enemy Pokémon's health, causing the giant HP bar to loop several times before all the HP is depleted, causing it to faint. If the battle is won before the game freezes, the glitch Pokémon that used Super Glitch may grow to a random level (sometimes even exceeding lvl 100). Also, sometimes many random Pokémon not part of the player's team evolve right after a battle. On occasion, a player may return to the game after a battle in which Super Glitch was used, however everything will be severely messed up. It will appear as if some Pokémon are poisoned in the player's team as every few steps a Pokémon faints. However these Pokémon have glitchy names and were never part of the player's team before the battle. Some positions of the map will be glitchy and volatile, as if parts of glitch city merged with the regular map. The player's name will have changed to a scrambled string of symbols. The player will be unable to view his or her Pokémon (if the Pokémon option is selected in the menu, a blank screen will show from which one can't escape) and hence it becomes impossible to surf or fly. Pokémon will disappear out of the pokedex after taking a few steps. The music everywhere (except in battle) becomes eerie and glitched. The game may unexpectadly freeze at any point. Also the player may randomly get stuck.

Cause

It is suspected that this happens because the attack scrambles some information in the game's RAM. After the battle in which Super Glitch was used, the game freezes most of the time. Almost anything done with this glitch move can and usually will result in a game freeze: viewing the user's second stat page, selecting it in battle, even replacing it with another move (basically, anything that involves viewing the attack's name). However, there is a chance that one can view the move's name without the game freezing, thus allowing it to be overwritten.

Misconceptions

Something important to note is that it is the move that is dangerous, not its users. For example .4, which knows Super Glitch as a starting move, is mistakenly believed to be extremely dangerous to one's game and save file. However, .4 as a species is no more dangerous than Missingno. or 'M. In fact, a .4 acquired by trading a pPkMnp from Yellow Version will pose no threat whatsoever to the game, and a .4 that has forgotten Super Glitch is completely safe. Though obviously, a wild .4 will still pose a significant threat, as it will know Super Glitch.

Generation I

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
000		3TrainerPoké	Normal		Normal	--			'			'			'				'			'
000		PokéWTrainer	Normal	Ground	11 40 55 80			'			'			'				'			'
000		Z4	Bug	Poison	35 42 128 175 182			'			'			'				'			'
000		a (lowercase)	Water		Water	43 121 195 238 239 240			'			'			'				'			'
000		LM4	Water	Fighting	24 55 56 71			'			'			'				'			'
000		h POKé	Ghost	Poison	205			'			'			'				'			'
000		Q	Water	Psychic	9 224 234			'			'			'				'			'
000		X ゥ- xゥ,	Normal		Normal	11 40 55 80			'			'			'				'			'
000		ゥ	Normal	Ground	33			'			'			'				'			'
000		p T	Normal	Ground	243			'			'			'				'			'
000		PC4SH	Normal	Ground	28 62 207			'			'			'				'			'
000		PkMnaPkMnfPkMnk	Normal	Ground	24 140 158			'			'			'				'			'
000		Glitch (CA)	Poison		Poison	135 204			'			'			'				'			'
000		pPkMnp	?	Poison	100 240			'			'			'				'			'
000		.4	Pokémaniac		Pokémaniac	-- 97 170 195 234 240			'			'			'				'			'
000		A (uppercase)	Normal	Normal	224 248			'			'			'				'			'
006		Charizard 'M	Fire	Flying	28 62 207			'			'			'				'			'
006		u	Fire	Flying	96 175 224 240			'			'			'				'			'
033		Glitch Nidorino	Poison		Poison	22 195 213			'			'			'				'			'
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

External links

• Video of Super Glitch
• On Glitch City Laboratories

Glitches in the Pokémon games Multiple generations Transform glitches • Glitch Trainers • Cloning glitches • Error messages • Arbitrary code execution Generation I Glitches • Battle glitches • Overworld glitches -- • 0 ERROR • Broken hidden items • Cable Club escape glitch • Dual-type damage misinformation Experience underflow glitch • Fight Safari Zone Pokémon trick • Glitch City • Item duplication glitch • Item underflow Mew glitch • Old man glitch • Pewter Gym skip glitch • Pokémon merge glitch • Rhydon glitch • Rival twins glitch Select glitches (dokokashira door glitch, second type glitch) • Super Glitch Time Capsule exploit • Walking through walls • ZZAZZ glitch Generation II Glitches • Battle glitches Bug-Catching Contest glitch • Celebi Egg glitch • Coin Case glitches • Experience underflow glitch Glitch dimension • Glitch Egg • Teru-sama • Time Capsule exploit • Trainer House glitches • GS Ball mail glitch Generation III Glitches • Battle glitches • Overworld glitches Berry glitch • Dive glitch • Pomeg glitch • Glitzer Popping Generation IV Glitches • Battle glitches • Overworld glitches Acid rain • GTS glitches • Pomeg glitch • Rage glitch Surf glitch • Tweaking • Pal Park Retire glitch Generation V Glitches • Battle glitches • Overworld glitches Charge Beam additional effect chance glitch • Charge move replacement glitch • Choice item lock glitch Frozen Zoroark glitch • Sky Drop glitch Generation VI Glitches • Battle glitches • Overworld glitches Charge Beam additional effect chance glitch • Charge move replacement glitch • Choice item lock glitch Lumiose City save glitch • Symbiosis Eject Button glitch • Toxic sure-hit glitch Generation VII Glitches • Battle glitches Charge Beam additional effect chance glitch • Charge move replacement glitch • Choice item lock glitch Toxic sure-hit glitch • Rollout storage glitch Generation VIII Glitches Charge Beam additional effect chance glitch • Charge move replacement glitch • Choice item lock glitch Toxic sure-hit glitch • Rollout storage glitch • Party item offset glitch Generation IX Glitches Glitch effects Game freeze • Glitch battle • Glitch song Gen I only: Glitch screen • TMTRAINER effect • Inverted sprite Gen II only: Glitch dimension Lists Glitches (GO • Mystery Dungeon • TCG GB • Spin-off) Glitch Pokémon (Gen I • Gen II • Gen III • Gen IV • Gen V • Gen VI • Gen VII • Gen VIII) Glitch moves (Gen I) • Glitch types (Gen I • Gen II)

This article is part of both Project GlitchDex and Project Moves and Abilities, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on glitches in the Pokémon games and on two related aspects of the Pokémon games, respectively.