List of glitches (Generation V)

This is a list of glitches that occur in the Generation V main series Pokémon games.

In Pokémon Black and White

Assist Egg glitch

When Assist is used, it can use the moves of unhatched Eggs in the party.

Café Warehouse glitch

The tiles on the center and right of the door on the inside of the Café Warehouse say "It looks like a cabinet full of Pokémon goods." when the A Button is pressed while facing them.

Fainted Pokémon glitch

Sometimes in a Double Battle low level Pokémon will survive a would-be one-hit KO with one HP left, but will still faint. When the fainted Pokémon is switched out there will be no sprite, but it will still be in battle as a glitch Pokémon with all of the moves being what was in the first slot of that Pokémon. When the battle ends the game will be back to normal with the Pokémon fainted.

Gear Station glitch

When returning to Gear Station after riding a train from a location other than Gear Station, the location name "Gear Station" is not displayed until entering the center of the station, despite the platform itself being considered to be Gear Station by the game. This includes when the player reaches the rest area after seven wins in a row, since it is considered to be the Battle Subway by the game, but all other parts of the Battle Subway do not trigger this.

Global Terminal heal glitch

When entering the Global Terminal, Pokémon will be fully healed.

GTS morphing glitch

Main article: Global Terminal

GTS freeze glitch

This glitch appears to happen when the game does not display the sprites of Trainers that have the sought Pokémon for trade. When selecting a Trainer after an empty space the game freezes. Tapping on a Trainer after a space will cause the game to display that an error has occurred.

Gym Leader music glitch

If the player is in the middle of a move that inflicts damage over several turns consecutively (such as Rollout) and the Gym Leader sends out their last Pokémon, the battle music will not change until after the duration of the move ends. This is because the Gym Leader does not come out to speak, which is what cues the music change.

Icirrus Gym glitch

In Icirrus Gym, there are three rocks which are not solid—they can be walked on. Using one of these rocks, it is possible to reach Brycen without battling Black Belt Thomas.

Landing on person or item

When Surfing, by moving towards a tile directly adjacent to an NPC or item that is adjacent to water, then pressing the D-pad to dismount onto the NPC or item, the player will be standing on top of it. However, this won't occur if the person is moving.

Low HP cry glitch

While Pokémon with a yellow HP bar have a distorted cry to match their low HP, Pokémon with a red HP bar have the same cry as Pokémon with a green HP bar.

Music memory glitch

If the player goes below the first floor in the Dreamyard, Wellspring Cave, Chargestone Cave or Challenger's Cave, the music will usually play with a lower pitch and tempo. However, if the player saves and resets, the music will play as if the player was on the top floor.

Likewise, if the player rides to a different area after getting on the bicycle, the music will change from the cycling theme to that location's music. However, if the player then saves and resets, the cycling music will play.

Variable scoring is not affected by this.

Music speed glitch

When the player uses Dig or an Escape Rope while cycling (cycling music must be playing) or surfing while below the first floor in Wellspring Cave, Chargestone Cave or Challenger's Cave and travels to Pinwheel Forest, Moor of Icirrus or Desert Resort, the music will play with a lower pitch and tempo, as if the player was in an underground floor. Reentering the affected area will revert the music back to normal, as will surfing or using the bicycle.

Nacrene Gym bookcase glitch

After the bookcase in Nacrene Gym has been moved to reveal the secret stairs, it is still possible to read the book on the bookshelf from the stepladder. If the player stands on the stepladder, saves, then resets, upon resuming it is possible to read the book as if the bookcase had not moved. It is possible to do this until the player leaves the room.

Nimbasa Gym Trainer glitch

In Japanese versions of Pokémon Black and White, if the player loses to Lady Colette in Nimbasa Gym while directly facing her when encountered, this glitch will occur. When the player comes back in she will be standing on the same spot and will battle the player. After she is defeated, she still remains on the tracks of the roller coaster, and can be passed through while riding the roller coaster to Elesa.

Opelucid Gym air walk glitch

On the sloping part of the path before the first dragon's tail in Opelucid Gym, the two tiles directly up and down can be walked on, leaving the player walking on air.

Opelucid Gym pedestal glitch

In front of both "certified Trainers" pedestals in the Opelucid Gym is an empty tile that cannot be walked on. This tile is interacted with rather than the pedestal itself, and acts just like it. The pedestal cannot be walked on, however.

Relic Castle glitch

On B3F of the Relic Castle near the drop point from the hole closest to the correct drop point to B2F there is a non-solid wall tile. It is on the wall one tile to the left of the wall directly to the south of this drop point.

Sitrus Berry glitch

If a Pokémon holding a Sitrus Berry hurts itself from confusion and reaches under half of its max HP through the damage, then its Sitrus Berry will not activate until another form of damage is dealt.

Shed Shell glitch

Sometimes in in-game battles, if the player's lead Pokémon holds a Shed Shell, it will be unable to switch out. This glitch does not occur in link battles.

Sky Drop glitch

Main article: Sky Drop glitch

Due to this glitch, the move Sky Drop was banned in Wi-Fi Random Matches starting November 10, 2010.

This glitch can only occur in Double and Triple Battles. It is activated when Gravity is used while two Pokémon are in the semi-invulnerable state after Sky Drop is used. Gravity will bring the user of Sky Drop down while the target will be stuck in the semi-invulnerable state, unable to move until it is knocked out.

Text speed glitch

An old woman in Driftveil City talks one text speed slower than the selected text speed. This is due to her missing a large section of code, and is not intentional.

TM67 Retaliate glitch

Menu screen of TM67 in the Japanese versions

In Japanese versions of Pokémon Black and White, TM67 (Retaliate) appears as a Dark-type TM, despite the move being Normal-type.

TM94 Rock Smash glitch

Menu screen of TM94

In Pokémon Black and White, TM94 (Rock Smash) appears as a Rock-type TM, despite the move being Fighting-type.

Trick Room glitch

If a Pokémon has an effective speed greater than 1809, it will ignore the effects of Trick Room and act before slower Pokémon.

Variable scoring glitch

This glitch only works in cities and towns that can be flown or teleported to with variable scoring dependent on the player's location in the area: Nacrene City (accordion player), Icirrus City (clapping group walking in a circle), and Opelucid City (harmonica player). If the player is in the area that the variable scoring is active, and flies or teleports to that same city or town, the variable scoring will be active until the music is changed, regardless of the player's location within the city or town. Likewise, if the player is in an area where the variable score is not active and flies or teleports to that city or town, the variable score will not activate until the music is changed.

Walking Trainer glitch

When blocking the path of certain Trainers who walk in a loop, if their path is blocked at a corner so that they cannot change direction, they will continue walking in the direction they were without turning, so appear to be walking into nothing but behaving as if they are walking into a wall.

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Grass Glitch

In the Sangi Ranch there is a tile that appears to be a grass tile, but is instead a normal tile. It can be walked on without any wild pokémon appearing.

Pokéstar Studios Surfable Tree

In the Pokéstar Studios area, there in a tree on the right side that can be surfed on. There is no reason to do so, though.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xry3q5_pokemon-black-2-white-2-glitches-and-tricks_videogames

The beginning of the glitch is at 2:00 and ends at 2:42, with the results of the glitch being show from 2:26 to 2:42.

Pokémon World Tournament Bug

A minor bug occurs in the Pokémon World Tournament building. In a section of the building, there is a spot for the last important NPC the player has battled in for the Semifinals, Quarterfinals, and the Opening Round. If a player battles an important NPC in either the Semifinals or Quarterfinals in one tournament and the same character in the Quarterfinals or Opening Round of a second tournament, then the NPC will be shown in two different spots.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xry3q5_pokemon-black-2-white-2-glitches-and-tricks_videogames

The beginning of the glitch is at 0:14 and ends at 1:59, with the results of the glitch being show from 1:51 to 1:59.

Skyla Animation Bug

Some of the frames in Skyla's trainer sprite animation lack the object on her right leg.

Zoroark Frozen Bug

During the Post-Game in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 a player may see a Zoroark near a cave on Victory Road. Should the player leave the cave without following the Zoroark to the end, when the player returns to the area the Zoroark will be in its original spot, but will not move from the tile it is on. This prevents the player from being able to catch several pokémon, but will also mean that the player will not be able to meet with a NPC.

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