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{{samename|event Pokémon distributions with the same Japanese name|List of Japanese event Pokémon distributions in Generation II#Pokémon Center Mystery Egg Campaigns|List of Japanese event Pokémon distributions in Generation II → Pokémon Center Mystery Egg Campaigns}}
The '''Odd Egg''' (Japanese: '''なぞのタマゴ''' ''Odd Egg'') is a specific {{pkmn2|gift}} {{pkmn|Egg}} the player receives in {{game|Crystal}}. The Pokémon it hatches into has a higher-than-usual chance of being {{Shiny}}.

The Egg can hatch into {{p|Pichu}}, {{p|Cleffa}}, {{p|Igglybuff}}, {{p|Tyrogue}}, {{p|Smoochum}}, {{p|Elekid}}, or {{p|Magby}}; regardless of what it will hatch into, it will take 20 [[Egg cycle]]s, and the hatching Pokémon will know {{m|Dizzy Punch}}.

==Acquisition==
In the Japanese version of {{game|Crystal}}, the player must have an [[Egg Ticket]] in order to obtain the Odd Egg. The Egg Ticket can be picked up from the [[Day-Care Couple|Day-Care Man]] at the [[Pokémon Day Care]] on {{rt|34|Johto}} after the player has started the game at least once with the [[Mobile Game Boy Adapter]] connected. While [[Mobile System GB]] services were available, the player could exchange the Egg Ticket for the Odd Egg by talking to the [[Pokémon Center lady]] in the Trade Corner at the [[Pokémon Communication Center]] in [[Goldenrod City]]. Because the Mobile System GB is inaccessible in all [[Virtual Console]] releases of Pokémon Crystal, players of the Japanese Virtual Console version of the game cannot receive an Odd Egg.

In the international versions of Pokémon Crystal, the player could receive the Odd Egg from the Day-Care Man at the Pokémon Day Care on Route 34. This change was likely due to the Mobile System GB not being a part of the international version of Pokémon Crystal.

==Hatched Pokémon==
Pokémon hatched from the Odd Egg can have one of two different sets of possible {{IV}}s ({{stat|Attack}}/{{stat|Defense}}/{{stat|Speed}}/{{stat|Special}}): 0/0/0/0 (not {{Shiny}}) or 2/10/10/10 (Shiny). Due to [[gender]] being determined by IVs in the [[Generation II]] games, this means that all hatched Pokémon will always be female (except {{p|Tyrogue}}, which is always male). Additionally, Shiny Pokémon hatched from the Odd Egg will always have {{type|Grass}} {{m|Hidden Power}} with power 49, while non-Shiny Pokémon will have {{type|Fighting}} Hidden Power with power 31.

All Pokémon hatched from the Odd Egg hatch with 125 total [[experience]]; while this is the minimum experience for a level 5 {{cat|Pokémon in the Medium Fast experience group}} experience group (most possible hatched Pokémon), this results in 25 excess experience for {{cat|Pokémon in the Fast experience group}} ({{p|Igglybuff}} and {{p|Cleffa}}), which only need 100 experience to be at level 5.

In the Japanese version of Pokémon Crystal, there is a 50% chance the hatched Pokémon will be Shiny (IVs 2/10/10/10) and a 50% chance it will not (IVs 0/0/0/0).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030424175247/http://upc.pkmn.co.uk/games/crystal/oddegg.shtml Odd Egg - Pokémon Crystal - The Ultimate Pokemon Center] (archived)</ref>

In the international versions of Pokémon Crystal, there is a 14% chance the hatched Pokémon will be Shiny (IVs 2/10/10/10) and an 86% chance it will not (IVs 0/0/0/0), but the chance of any particular Pokémon species hatching from the Egg and the chance of any given species being Shiny are not uniform.

[[Poké Transporter]] cannot [[transfer]] these Pokémon to [[Pokémon Bank]] if they know the move {{m|Dizzy Punch}}. This apparent oversight is presumably due to the fact that the Odd Egg is not obtainable in the Japanese Virtual Console version of Pokémon Crystal, making it impossible for these Pokémon to know Dizzy Punch in the Japanese Virtual Console games.

{| class="roundy sortable" style="margin:auto; background: #{{crystal color light}}; border: 3px solid #{{crystal color dark}}"
|+'''International versions'''
!colspan=2|Pokémon
!Coloration
!IVs
!Chance
|- style="background:#FFF"
|[[File:Spr 2c 172.png|link=Pichu (Pokémon)]]
|{{p|Pichu}}
|Normal
|0/0/0/0
|8%
|- style="background:#FFF"
|[[File:Spr 2c 172 s.png|link=Pichu (Pokémon)]]
|{{p|Pichu}}
|Shiny
|2/10/10/10
|1%
|- style="background:#FFF"
|[[File:Spr 2c 173.png|link=Cleffa (Pokémon)]]
|{{p|Cleffa}}
|Normal
|0/0/0/0
|16%
|- style="background:#FFF"
|[[File:Spr 2c 173 s.png|link=Cleffa (Pokémon)]]
|{{p|Cleffa}}
|Shiny
|2/10/10/10
|3%
|- style="background:#FFF"
|[[File:Spr 2c 174.png|link=Igglybuff (Pokémon)]]
|{{p|Igglybuff}}
|Normal
|0/0/0/0
|16%
|- style="background:#FFF"
|[[File:Spr 2c 174 s.png|link=Igglybuff (Pokémon)]]
|{{p|Igglybuff}}
|Shiny
|2/10/10/10
|3%
|- style="background:#FFF"
|[[File:Spr 2c 236.png|link=Tyrogue (Pokémon)]]
|{{p|Tyrogue}}
|Normal
|0/0/0/0
|10%
|- style="background:#FFF"
|[[File:Spr 2c 236 s.png|link=Tyrogue (Pokémon)]]
|{{p|Tyrogue}}
|Shiny
|2/10/10/10
|1%
|- style="background:#FFF"
|[[File:Spr 2c 238.png|link=Smoochum (Pokémon)]]
|{{p|Smoochum}}
|Normal
|0/0/0/0
|14%
|- style="background:#FFF"
|[[File:Spr 2c 238 s.png|link=Smoochum (Pokémon)]]
|{{p|Smoochum}}
|Shiny
|2/10/10/10
|2%
|- style="background:#FFF"
|[[File:Spr 2c 239.png|link=Elekid (Pokémon)]]
|{{p|Elekid}}
|Normal
|0/0/0/0
|12%
|- style="background:#FFF"
|[[File:Spr 2c 239 s.png|link=Elekid (Pokémon)]]
|{{p|Elekid}}
|Shiny
|2/10/10/10
|2%
|- style="background:#FFF"
|[[File:Spr 2c 240.png|link=Magby (Pokémon)]]
|{{p|Magby}}
|Normal
|0/0/0/0
|10%
|- style="background:#FFF"
|[[File:Spr 2c 240 s.png|link=Magby (Pokémon)]]
|{{p|Magby}}
|Shiny
|2/10/10/10
|2%
|}

==Possible Pokémon==
===Pichu===
<div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top">
{{Gen2ievent
|pokemon=Pichu
|ndex=0172
|shiny=no
|gender=f
|level=5
|type=Electric
|met=(Place hatched)
|move1=ThunderShock|move1type=Electric
|move2=Charm|move2type=Normal
|move3=Dizzy Punch|move3type=Normal
|ability=Lightning Rod
|method={{pkmn2|Gift}}
|egg=yes
|game=c
}}
</div>
<div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top">
{{Gen2ievent
|pokemon=Pichu
|ndex=0172
|shiny=yes
|image=HOME0172 s
|gender=f
|level=5
|atkiv=2
|defiv=10
|speiv=10
|spciv=10
|type=Electric
|met=(Place hatched)
|move1=ThunderShock|move1type=Electric
|move2=Charm|move2type=Normal
|move3=Dizzy Punch|move3type=Normal
|ability=Lightning Rod
|method={{pkmn2|Gift}}
|egg=yes
|game=c
}}
</div>

===Cleffa===
<div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top">
{{Gen2ievent
|pokemon=Cleffa
|ndex=0173
|shiny=no
|gender=f
|level=5
|type=Normal
|met=(Place hatched)
|move1=Pound|move1type=Normal
|move2=Charm|move2type=Normal
|move3=Dizzy Punch|move3type=Normal
|ability=Friend Guard
|method={{pkmn2|Gift}}
|egg=yes
|game=c
}}
</div>
<div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top">
{{Gen2ievent
|pokemon=Cleffa
|ndex=0173
|shiny=yes
|gender=f
|image=HOME0173 s
|level=5
|atkiv=2
|defiv=10
|speiv=10
|spciv=10
|type=Normal
|met=(Place hatched)
|move1=Pound|move1type=Normal
|move2=Charm|move2type=Normal
|move3=Dizzy Punch|move3type=Normal
|ability=Friend Guard
|method={{pkmn2|Gift}}
|egg=yes
|game=c
}}
</div>

===Igglybuff===
<div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top">
{{Gen2ievent
|pokemon=Igglybuff
|ndex=0174
|shiny=no
|gender=f
|level=5
|type=Normal
|met=(Place hatched)
|move1=Sing|move1type=Normal
|move2=Charm|move2type=Normal
|move3=Dizzy Punch|move3type=Normal
|ability=Friend Guard
|method={{pkmn2|Gift}}
|egg=yes
|game=c
}}
</div>
<div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top">
{{Gen2ievent
|pokemon=Igglybuff
|ndex=0174
|shiny=yes
|image=HOME0174 s
|gender=f
|level=5
|type=Normal
|atkiv=2
|defiv=10
|speiv=10
|spciv=10
|met=(Place hatched)
|move1=Sing|move1type=Normal
|move2=Charm|move2type=Normal
|move3=Dizzy Punch|move3type=Normal
|ability=Friend Guard
|method={{pkmn2|Gift}}
|egg=yes
|game=c
}}
</div>

===Tyrogue===
<div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top">
{{Gen2ievent
|pokemon=Tyrogue
|ndex=0236
|shiny=no
|gender=m
|level=5
|type=Fighting
|met=(Place hatched)
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Dizzy Punch|move2type=Normal
|ability=Vital Spirit
|method={{pkmn2|Gift}}
|egg=yes
|game=c
}}
</div>
<div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top">
{{Gen2ievent
|pokemon=Tyrogue
|ndex=0236
|shiny=yes
|gender=m
|image=HOME0236 s
|level=5
|type=Fighting
|atkiv=2
|defiv=10
|speiv=10
|spciv=10
|met=(Place hatched)
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Dizzy Punch|move2type=Normal
|ability=Vital Spirit
|method={{pkmn2|Gift}}
|egg=yes
|game=c
}}
</div>

===Smoochum===
<div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top">
{{Gen2ievent
|pokemon=Smoochum
|ndex=0238
|shiny=no
|gender=f
|level=5
|type=Ice|type2=Psychic
|met=(Place hatched)
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Lick|move2type=Ghost
|move3=Dizzy Punch|move3type=Normal
|ability=Vital Spirit
|method={{pkmn2|Gift}}
|egg=yes
|game=c
}}
</div>
<div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top">
{{Gen2ievent
|pokemon=Smoochum
|ndex=0238
|shiny=yes
|image=HOME0238 s
|gender=f
|level=5
|type=Ice|type2=Psychic
|met=(Place hatched)
|atkiv=2
|defiv=10
|speiv=10
|spciv=10
|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal
|move2=Lick|move2type=Ghost
|move3=Dizzy Punch|move3type=Normal
|ability=Vital Spirit
|method={{pkmn2|Gift}}
|egg=yes
|game=c
}}
</div>

===Elekid===
<div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top">
{{Gen2ievent
|pokemon=Elekid
|ndex=0239
|shiny=no
|gender=f
|level=5
|type=Electric
|met=(Place hatched)
|move1=Quick Attack|move1type=Normal
|move2=Leer|move2type=Normal
|move3=Dizzy Punch|move3type=Normal
|ability=Vital Spirit
|method={{pkmn2|Gift}}
|egg=yes
|game=c
}}
</div>
<div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top">
{{Gen2ievent
|pokemon=Elekid
|ndex=0239
|shiny=yes
|gender=f
|image=HOME0239 s
|level=5
|type=Electric
|met=(Place hatched)
|atkiv=2
|defiv=10
|speiv=10
|spciv=10
|move1=Quick Attack|move1type=Normal
|move2=Leer|move2type=Normal
|move3=Dizzy Punch|move3type=Normal
|ability=Vital Spirit
|method={{pkmn2|Gift}}
|egg=yes
|game=c
}}
</div>

===Magby===
<div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top">
{{Gen2ievent
|pokemon=Magby
|ndex=0240
|shiny=no
|gender=f
|level=5
|type=Fire
|met=(Place hatched)
|move1=Ember|move1type=Fire
|move2=Dizzy Punch|move2type=Normal
|ability=Vital Spirit
|method={{pkmn2|Gift}}
|egg=yes
|game=c
}}
</div>
<div style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top">
{{Gen2ievent
|pokemon=Magby
|ndex=0240
|gender=f
|shiny=yes
|image=HOME0240 s
|level=5
|type=Fire
|atkiv=2
|defiv=10
|speiv=10
|spciv=10
|met=(Place hatched)
|move1=Ember|move1type=Fire
|move2=Dizzy Punch|move2type=Normal
|ability=Vital Spirit
|method={{pkmn2|Gift}}
|egg=yes
|game=c
}}
</div>

==Trivia==
* When an Odd Egg is received, its [[Original Trainer]] is initially set to '''ODD''' (Japanese: '''なぞナゾ''' ''Nazonazo''), though this cannot be seen in regular gameplay.
** In the Japanese version of Pokémon Crystal, because the game does not automatically [[save]] changes to the player's [[Bag]] after receiving an Odd Egg from the Mobile System GB, the game removes the last two characters from the Egg's OT to indicate that the Egg Ticket has been redeemed. If the player loads into the Pokémon Communication Center while the player has an Egg Ticket and an Egg with the OT なぞナゾ (such as by restarting the game without saving), the game will remove the Egg Ticket from the Bag and remove the last two characters from the Egg's OT.

==In other languages==
{{langtable|color={{crystal color light}}|bordercolor={{crystal color dark}}
|zh_cmn=謎樣的蛋 ''Míyàng de Dàn''{{tt|*|Crystal Pokédex guidebook}}<br>謎樣的神奇寶貝蛋 ''Míyàng de Shénqí Bǎobèi Dàn''{{tt|*|Crystal map guidebook (p. 63)}}<br>神秘的神奇寶貝蛋 ''Shénmì de Shénqí Bǎobèi Dàn''{{tt|*|Crystal map guidebook (p. 65)}}
|fr=Œuf Bizarre
|de=Kurios-Ei
|it=Uovo Strano
|es=Huevo Extraño
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Project Games notice}}

[[Category:Pokémon Crystal]]
[[Category:Pokémon world]]

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