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A glitch Pokémon is a Pokémon that exists in a game due to a programming or level design oversight or for beta testing, and as it was not intentionally placed inside the game by Nintendo or Game Freak, it might be hazardous to saved data. They were originally supposed to be place-holders for unused Hex-addresses in the game. Glitch Pokémon are supposedly to be avoided due to the risks they may pose to a player's save file. In reality, most, if not all of them, are absolutely harmless.

In Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow

This is a chart of all 24 known glitch Pokémon that can be found in the wild in the Red, Blue and Yellow versions without using a cheating device^[1]:

Sources:

• http://www.trsrockin.com/glitchdex.html

• http://www.trsrockin.com/hexlist.html

• http://www.trsrockin.com/bizarre.html

• http://www.trsrockin.com/linkcable.html

Until the discovery of the Mew glitch, the only glitch Pokémon which could be caught in the Red, Blue and Yellow versions without the use of a cheating device were Missingno., Missingno. (Yellow), 'M and 3TrainerPoké. The Mew glitch allowed an additional 20 glitch Pokémon to be found in those versions.

Non-obtainable glitch Pokémon

The following Glitch Pokémon can only be found by using a cheating device such as GameShark and cannot be found using the Mew glitch or any other known in-game trick. They are sometimes seen being used by Glitch trainers.

In Red and Blue

• $
• ゥU?
• .g
• .G'Mp
• 7PkMnv
• 8
• 94
• EC
• Glitch Nidorino
• Ké......
• 'Ng'Mp
• PkMn n

In Yellow

• ゥゥ♂
• ゥゥ]
• ゥ(I'
• (h4to89
• g
• gJ1
• .8
• 4,ゥ
• Pkmn (F7)
• 'B'
• 4,ゥ

In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

The following glitch Pokémon can be found in the Gold and Silver Versions, but require GameShark to complete them.
(Note: after capturing these Pokémon, the game's graphics have been known to malfunction, and the player will find themselves in a Glitch City-like area.)^[2][3]

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, and LeafGreen

• #000 Ten question marks
• #000 Eleven question marks
• #000 Twelve question marks
• #390 Question mark
• #?87 Ten question marks
• #??? B óË ÁN
• #??? Q:
• #252 -

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

• #??? Invisible Shiny Bulbasaur
• #??? DPbox
• #??? DP hybrids
• #??? Bad egg

Pictures

• Missingno.jpg

  Missingno.

• LM4found.PNG

  LM4

• Alowercase.jpg

  Lowercase a glitch Pokémon

• XxGlitch.jpg

  The X - x glitch Pokémon

• DittoQGlitch2.jpg

  In this screenshot, a Ditto transformed into the player's Q, and then the player sent out a Spearow

• Hpoke.jpg

  H POKé, a difficult-to-catch glitch Pokémon

• 000MissingnoGSC.png

  "Five question marks", a glitch Pokémon which accounts for the hexadecimal slots 000, 252, 254 and 255 in the Gold/Silver versions

• 

  Glitch egg, which accounts for the hexadecimal slot 253 in the Gold/Silver versions

• MissingnoYellow.jpg

  Missingno. found in the Yellow Version (by using the Mew glitch)

• 7 g.png

  7g being encountered in the Yellow version

• FemaleSymbol4.PNG

  ♀ (female symbol glitch) being encountered in the Yellow version

• Catching a Pokemon in Glitch City Youtube Version 009 1 0001.jpg

  Ké...... in a player's party

Pokémon with glitchy characteristics

• Deoxys, given its viral nature, and it being found on a southern island, is similar to the glitch Pokémon Missingno. and 'M, as well as the best-known method of obtaining them.
• Porygon-Z is supposedly a glitched version of Porygon2, given that the item that is used for evolving Porygon2, the Dubious Disc, appears to be unlicensed software of a dubious origin, and that Porygon-Z appears to exhibit erratic behavior.

Notes

• Missingno.'s special stats for the Mew trick vary (see here).
• The Yellow version Missingno. is different from the Red/Blue Missingno., but both share the same name. For the Yellow version Missingno., using a Pokémon in Method #3 of the Mew glitch with a special stat of 31, 32, 61, 62 , 63, 67, 68, or 69 would make it appear([1]). Missingno will revert to level 0 if leveled up to over level 255 with Rare Candies or to level 100 if it fights in battle and wins.
• The Pokémon 'M, 3TrainerPoké, Charizard 'M and Q are the only known catchable glitch Pokémon that cannot be directly caught using the Mew glitch. Other glitches can be obtained by interfering with the game link cable during a trade. 'M and 3TrainerPoke cannot be caught using the Mew glitch because the special stat required for method #3 of the Mew glitch is 0, a number which no Pokémon has. Charizard 'M and Q cannot because Q can only be found by evolving a 44Hy, and Charizard 'M can only be found by trading a Q. The special stat numbers which would cause Charizard 'M and Q to appear in a Mew glitch-type battle freeze the game.
• The glitch known as ".4" can corrupt saved data if it uses a certain glitch move, making it impossible to continue and forcing the player to start a new game.
• The 24 catchable glitch Pokémon, plus the original 151 Pokémon, brings the total number of catchable Pokémon in the Red/Blue/Yellow versions to 175.
• The characteristics of one glitch Pokémon usually do not apply to its Red/Blue or Yellow equivalent. For example, LM4 will evolve into Clefairy and then immediately into Nidoking, whereas its Yellow version equivalent, 7g, has no evolutions.
• Catching a glitch Pokémon will sometimes caused Pokédex data to appear which will freeze the game. To avoid this, the player should have "owned" for a specific Pokémon. For example, h POKé will cause the game to freeze if its Pokédex data is seen, but if a player has captured Gengar (and Gengar is listed as "owned"), no faulty Pokédex data will appear.

Related articles

• Glitch
• Hybrid Glitch Pokémon
• List of glitch Pokémon

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