? (glitch Pokémon)

For other usages of question marks, see Question marks.

Not to be confused with ??????????.

? has extremely high attack and no ability

?'s summary page in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

? is a Glitch Pokémon which is actually 25 different species, each exactly the same as the other. They are meant to just be a data filler for old Unown information between Celebi and Treecko, index numbers 252-276. It also has the same exact physical base stats as another Pokémon, Deoxys.

The cry of this "Pokémon" is that of Unown. Its only attack is Tackle and it is incapable of learning any others. It has no ability (-------) and it says "No special ability" in the Pokédex screen.

Its Pokédex entry is nothing more than glitches, including many characters that would not be encountered through the normal course of play. Its footprint is a generic pawprint with a question mark inside.

?'s sprite was coded originally to represent an unseen Pokémon in the Pokédex, in beta versions of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, however, developers later changed the sprite to that of ??????????, leaving ? in the data as a placeholder.

Alternate form

Another form of ? does exist. It is a result of initiating a battle with no Pokémon. It has no moves, stats or hp. However in its info it says it is normal type, hardy nature and obtained in a trade. Looking at the description for one of ?'s move causes data to literally "flow across the screen".

Game locations

Learnset

By leveling up

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See also

• Glitch

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