Glitch Pokémon

File:GlitchHabitat.png

Glitch Pokémon

A glitch Pokémon is a Pokémon that exists in a game due to a programming or level design oversight, or for beta testing. As they were not intentionally placed inside the game by Nintendo or Game Freak, some of them might be hazardous to saved data. They were originally supposed to be place-holders for unused Hex-addresses in the game. Glitch Pokémon are supposedly to be avoided due to the risks they may pose to a player's save file. In reality though, most of them are completely harmless.

In Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow

This is a chart of all 24 known glitch Pokémon that can be found in the wild in the Red, Blue and Yellow versions without using a cheating device:

No. (Red/Blue)	No. (Yellow)	Mew glitch special required	Red/Blue version's equivalent	Yellow version's equivalent
#000	#000	Many	Missingno.	Missingno. (Yellow)
#000	#176	N/A	'M	3TrainerPoké
#061	#080	192	a	44Hy
#250	#250	191	A	4 4
#062	#079	198	LM4	7g
#094	#015	195	h POKé	Z4
#205	#205	193	Chiisai-u	♀
#205	#203	196	PokéWTrainer	X - x
#205	#006	199	p T	Glitchy Charizard
#234	#230	194	.4	pPkMnp
#250	#055	197	PkMn	4. .
#000	#121	N/A	Charizard 'M	Q

Sources:

• http://www.trsrockin.com/glitchdex.html

• http://www.trsrockin.com/hexlist.html

• http://www.trsrockin.com/bizarre.html

• http://www.trsrockin.com/linkcable.html

Until the discovery of the Mew glitch, the only glitch Pokémon which could be caught in the Red, Blue and Yellow versions without the use of a cheating device were Missingno., Missingno. (Yellow), 'M and 3TrainerPoké. The Mew glitch allowed an additional 20 glitch Pokémon to be found in those versions.

Non-obtainable glitch Pokémon

The following Glitch Pokémon can only be found by using a cheating device such as GameShark and cannot be found using the Mew glitch or any other known in-game trick. They are sometimes seen being used by Glitch Trainers.

In Red and Blue

• $
• ゥU?
• .g
• .G'Mp
• 7PkMnv
• 8
• 94
• EC
• Glitch Nidorino
• Ké......
• 'Ng'Mp
• PkMn n

In Yellow

• ゥゥ♂
• ゥゥ]
• ゥ(I'
• (h4to89
• g
• gJ1
• .8
• 4,ゥ
• PkMn (F7)
• 'B'

In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

The following glitch Pokémon can be found in the Gold and Silver Versions, but require GameShark to complete them.
(Note: after capturing these Pokémon, the game's graphics have been known to malfunction, and the player will find themselves in a Glitch City-like area.)

No. (Gold/Silver)	GameShark code required	Gold/Silver equivalent
#000	0100EDD0	????? (000)
#252	01FCEDD0	????? (252)
#253	01FDEDD0	Glitch egg
#254	01FEEDD0	????? (254)
#255	01FFEDD0	????? (255)

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, and LeafGreen

• #000 Ten question marks
• #000 Eleven question marks
• #000 Twelve question marks
• #390 Question mark
• #?87 Ten question marks
• #??? B óË ÁN
• #??? Q:
• #252 -

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

• #??? Invisible Shiny Bulbasaur
• #??? DPbox
• #??? DP hybrids
• #??? Bad egg

Pictures

• Missingno.jpg

  Missingno.

• LM4found.PNG

  LM4

• Alowercase.jpg

  Lowercase a glitch Pokémon

• XxGlitch.jpg

  The X - x glitch Pokémon

• DittoQGlitch2.jpg

  In this screenshot, a Ditto transformed into the player's Q, and then the player sent out a Spearow

• Hpoke.jpg

  H POKé, a difficult-to-catch glitch Pokémon

• 000MissingnoGSC.png

  "Five question marks", a glitch Pokémon which accounts for the hexadecimal slots 000, 252, 254 and 255 in the Gold/Silver versions

• 

  Glitch egg, which accounts for the hexadecimal slot 253 in the Gold/Silver versions

• MissingnoYellow.jpg

  Missingno. found in the Yellow Version (by using the Mew glitch)

• 7 g.png

  7g being encountered in the Yellow version

• FemaleSymbol4.PNG

  ♀ (female symbol glitch) being encountered in the Yellow version

• Catching a Pokemon in Glitch City Youtube Version 009 1 0001.jpg

  Ké...... in a player's party

Notes

• Missingno.'s special stats for the Mew trick vary (see here).
• The Yellow version Missingno. is different from the Red/Blue Missingno., but both share the same name. For the Yellow version Missingno., using a Pokémon in Method #3 of the Mew glitch with a special stat of 31, 32, 61, 62 , 63, 67, 68, or 69 would make it appear([1]). Missingno will revert to level 0 if leveled up to over level 255 with Rare Candies or to level 100 if it fights in battle and wins.
• The Pokémon 'M, 3TrainerPoké, Charizard 'M and Q are the only known catchable glitch Pokémon that cannot be directly caught using the Mew glitch. Other glitches can be obtained by interfering with the game link cable during a trade. 'M and 3TrainerPoke cannot be caught using the Mew glitch because the special stat required for method #3 of the Mew glitch is 0, a number which no Pokémon has. Charizard 'M and Q cannot because Q can only be found by evolving a 44Hy, and Charizard 'M can only be found by trading a Q. The special stat numbers which would cause Charizard 'M and Q to appear in a Mew glitch-type battle freeze the game.
• The glitch known as ".4" can corrupt saved data if it uses a certain glitch move, making it impossible to continue and forcing the player to start a new game.
• The 24 catchable glitch Pokémon, plus the original 151 Pokémon, brings the total number of catchable Pokémon in the Red/Blue/Yellow versions to 175.
• The characteristics of one glitch Pokémon usually do not apply to its Red/Blue or Yellow equivalent. For example, LM4 will evolve into Clefairy and then immediately into Nidoking, whereas its Yellow version equivalent, 7g, has no evolutions.
• Catching a glitch Pokémon will sometimes cause Pokédex data to appear which will freeze the game. To avoid this, the player should have "owned" for a specific Pokémon. For example, h POKé will cause the game to freeze if its Pokédex data is seen, but if a player has captured Gengar (and Gengar is listed as "owned"), no faulty Pokédex data will appear.

Related articles

• Glitch
• Hybrid Glitch Pokémon
• List of glitch Pokémon

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 glitch Pokémon article is part of Project GlitchDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on glitches in the Pokémon games.