Five question marks

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????? appears in Generation II games. It is the result of forcing a nonexistent Pokémon numbered 000, 252, 254, or 255 to appear, though it has been encountered in the wild during normal play. Although all these numbers appear identical (as just a nonsensical assortment of various graphics from other parts of the game), they each use a different palette, so #252 appears gold, #000 appears blue, and so on.

When viewing the status screen of any ?????, it may not render correctly and may even cause the game to stop functioning correctly. Usually the status screen reports an abnormal value under "level up" that indicates the quantity required to reach the next level. Different forms have different types. It will also display that it is a shiny Pokémon.

All variations of ????? lack their own battle sprites besides the one seen by the trainer battling it. When a trainer uses any variation of ?????, it will borrow the last sprite used in the battle area, be it the original trainer that appears before the battle starts, or another Pokémon that has been switched out. Any of these will have the color palette that the particular form of ????? uses.

It has no readable Pokédex data, however it has a footprint. The footprint is identical to that of Donphan, with the exception that the numbers 000, 252, 254, and 255 are printed in the middle of it for the appropriate Pokémon.

Hex 00

?????

Typical status screen

Types Species  Normal  GGQRRROO ROCKET  N/A Hexadecimal identifier Exp. at Lv. 100 00 Unknown Pokédex National #000 Johto #— Hoenn #— Sinnoh #— Games found in Unknown Ability ----- Height Weight ?.?m ?.?m Footprint Catch rate N/A Unknown Gender ratio Unknown Egg groups Egg cycles Unknown Unknown EV yield HP ? Atk ? Def ? Sp.Atk ? Sp.Def ? Speed ? Exp. ?

The 00 variation after being caught. Note that its name may look like six question marks due to the sentence ending with a question mark.

Appearance

The 00 variation shows up in blue colors.

Learnset

By leveling up

None.

Hex FC

Appearance

The FC variation shows up in gold colors.

Learnset

By leveling up

Hex FE

Learnset

By leveling up

None.

Hex FF

Learnset

By leveling up

None.

Trivia

• The FC variation is unique in that it naturally learns moves, unlike its three counterparts.

External links

• Page at TR's Rockin!
• Page at Glitch City

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