Glitch Pokémon

An example of a glitch Pokémon

A glitch Pokémon is a Pokémon that exists in the games due to a programming or level design oversight, some and some not with characteristics derived from the game's default error handling capabilities for an invalid Pokémon, such as the name "Missingno." or "??????????". Another example of this is learn-set data for an Egg in Generation IV, which learns Splash as a starting move, likely to prevent the game freezing from an invalid attack from being used. As they were not intentionally placed inside the game by Nintendo or Game Freak, a few of them might be hazardous to saved data.

Catching a glitch Pokémon will sometimes cause Pokédex data to appear which may freeze the game. To avoid this, the player must have activated a specific flag, which will be either seeing a specific Pokémon or owning a specific Pokémon.

Obtainable glitch Pokémon

Main article: List of glitch Pokémon

In Generation I

Red/Blue # Yellow # Index # In Red/Blue In Yellow 000 176 000 'M 3TrainerPoké 000 000 39 different index numbers Missingno. Missingno. 250 250 191 A 4 4 061 080 192 a 44Hy 205 205 193 ゥ ♀ 234 230 194 .4 pPkMnp 094 015 195 h POKé Z4 205 203 196 PokéWTrainer X ゥ- xゥ, 250 055 197 PkMn 4. . 062 079 198 LM4 7g 205 006 199 p T Glitchy Charizard 205 000 202 PC4SH CA 062 084 209 4B 8 4 8 B 205 205 216 PkMnaPkMnfPkMnk D8 174 006 240 $ ( I' 040 195 246 G'Mp ゥ A 033 126 250 Glitchy Nidorino ゥゥ♂ 006 121 255 Charizard 'M Q

In Generation II

Pokédex # Name 000 ????? (000) 252 ????? (252) 253 Glitch egg 254 ????? (254) 255 ????? (255)

Gallery

• Missingno.
  Missingno.
• LM4
  LM4
• Lowercase a glitch Pokémon
  Lowercase a glitch Pokémon
• The X - x glitch Pokémon
  The X - x glitch Pokémon
• In this screenshot, a Ditto transformed into the player's Q, and then the player sent out a Spearow
  In this screenshot, a Ditto transformed into the player's Q, and then the player sent out a Spearow
• H POKé, a difficult-to-catch Glitch Pokémon
  H POKé, a difficult-to-catch Glitch Pokémon
• 
  "Five question marks", a Glitch Pokémon which accounts for the hexadecimal slots 000, 252, 254 and 255 in the Gold/Silver versions
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  Glitch egg, which accounts for the hexadecimal slot 253 in the Gold/Silver versions
• Missingno. found in the Yellow Version (by using the Mew glitch)
  Missingno. found in the Yellow Version (by using the Mew glitch)
• 7g being encountered in the Yellow version
  7g being encountered in the Yellow version
• ♀ (female symbol glitch) being encountered in the Yellow version
  ♀ (female symbol glitch) being encountered in the Yellow version

Trivia

• There are 39 "MISSINGNO." with identifiers in between real Pokémon, which would add up to 190 Pokémon.
  • Interestingly, recent words from Shigeki Morimoto state that there were once 190 Pokémon planned for development in Pokémon Red and Green. [1]
    • This may or not be a coincidence because the error handler MISSINGNO. is used for blank, or formatted Pokémon data. Many of its characteristics are either a translated 0 value (e.g. default Nidoran cry with pitch 0), or blank data rolled over to the next logical values (e.g. base stats denoting the rosters of several burglars.)

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)

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