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.
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.
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 always freezes. 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
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Trivia
- In Pokemon Green, Super Glitch index 0xB3 sometimes, after its long glitchy effect to the battle screen, will end the battle and allow the user to access the Pokédex, use field HMs, view their Trainer Card, ect.. Most of the time the game crashes, however.
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