Teru-sama
Teru-sama (Japanese: カビチュウ Kabichū) is a glitch item that appears in Generation II. It appears to have no other use than to be sold for $19660. It is kept in either the key items case, or the items one. Teru-sama is a data filler between actual items (like Missingno. is filler between Pokémon).
Teru-sama can literally be translated from Japanese as "Lord Sunshine" or "Master Sunshine", coming from the word Teru (Sunshine or to Shine) and the suffix -sama (an honorific that shows extreme respect and is most often translated as "lord" or "master").
Despite popular fanon myth, Teru-sama is not the GS Ball; however, the item slot that the GS Ball is programmed into in Pokémon Crystal was an item slot containing the Teru-sama in Gold and Silver, as with the other Crystal-exclusive items (such as the Egg Ticket and Blue Card). Despite it not being the GS Ball, it can be transformed into the GS Ball if it is given to Kurt of Azalea Town.
Trivia
- The Teru-sama occupies 29 slots in Pokémon Gold and Silver, and, alongside the ? item, cancel option, and glitch HM08, fill the remaining slots not occupied by real items. There are fewer Teru-samas in Pokémon Crystal, however, as several new key items take the place of some of them.
- Teru-samas, through hacking, can be actually used. Two Teru-samas are actually usable. One brings up the Town Map. It displays the Kanto map for less than 1/10 of a second, and when returning to the item menu, the tiles become glitched. Another item is the Poké Flute, which works exactly the same as in Generation I (waking up a Pokémon in battle), but remains silent.
- The Teru-sama obtained via the Celebi egg trick when both parent Pokémon have Reflect occupying their fourth attack slot is the only Teru-sama that is a GS Ball. However, since the GS Ball was not programmed into Pokémon Gold and Silver, it is not usable unless it is held by a Pokémon and then traded over to Pokémon Crystal. When viewed in Stadium 2, this Teru-sama will show up as a GS Ball even in Gold and Silver.
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