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MissingNo.'s appearance in-battle allows what is known as the "[[Rare Candy cheat]]," the games' infamous item duplication bug. It is commonly used to duplicate valuable and hard-to-obtains items, such as the [[Rare Candy]] item (hence the name of the cheat). However, the duplication bug can affect any item in the game, not just Rare Candies. It even affects Key Items, making it nearly impossible to deposit them in the PC. However, this does allow players to revive a large number of {{p|Aerodactyl}} and {{p|Omanyte}}/{{p|Kabuto}}. | MissingNo.'s appearance in-battle allows what is known as the "[[Rare Candy cheat]]," the games' infamous item duplication bug. It is commonly used to duplicate valuable and hard-to-obtains items, such as the [[Rare Candy]] item (hence the name of the cheat). However, the duplication bug can affect any item in the game, not just Rare Candies. It even affects Key Items, making it nearly impossible to deposit them in the PC. However, this does allow players to revive a large number of {{p|Aerodactyl}} and {{p|Omanyte}}/{{p|Kabuto}}. | ||
Also, encountering MissingNo. has been known to interfere with the save game data in various ways, such as adversely affecting the [[Hall of Fame]] saved data and | Also, encountering MissingNo. has been known to interfere with the save game data in various ways, such as adversely affecting the [[Hall of Fame]] saved data and messing with some graphics until the stats of a normal Pokémon are viewed. However, neither of these do any significant damage. | ||
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MissingNo. (Japanese: けつばん Ketsuban) is a Bird and Normal-type Glitch Pokémon. It is the best-known of all the Glitch Pokémon. Its name is short for Missing Number.
Some other glitch Pokémon, even in later generations, have been referred to by people as a "MissingNo."; however, these aren't related to the Red/Blue MissingNo. in any way.
When a MissingNo. or other glitch Pokémon is viewed in Pokémon Stadium, it will appear as a baby Rhydon (the image used in the substitute attack). When viewed in Pokémon Stadium 2, MissingNo. will show up as a Ditto, and if the game is then saved from Stadium 2, the Pokémon will be a Ditto permanently.
Biology
Physiology
Missingno. has four well-known forms. For its alternate forms, a specific letter must be present in the player's name as the third, fifth or seventh letter. The specific letters are put in the description of each form.
Its normal form is as a box of pixels in a backwards 'L' shape that is similar to the shape of a Tetris piece. As it is not tied to one specific hex value, so there are many letters that can be used to make it appear.
File:RBghost.PNG Its second form is similar to the Ghosts found in Pokémon Tower before obtaining the Silph Scope. It appears only if a lowercase 'y' is found in the Player's name in the third, fifth or seventh slot.
File:Aeroskelton.PNG The third form is similar to the Aerodactyl fossil found in Pewter City's museum. It's obtainable if a lowercase 'x' is found in the Player's name in the third, fifth, or seventh slot.
File:Skeletops.PNG The final form is the Kabutops fossil found in the Pewter Museum as well. It appears if there's a lowercase 'w' is present in the Player's name in the third, fifth, or seventh slot.
Gender Differences
MissingNo.'s only appearances were in Generation I games, where genders were not yet specified. As a result, MissingNo. has no known gender.
Special Abilities
MissingNo. is notable as being one of the few not Flying-type Pokémon to learn Sky Attack.
MissingNo.'s appearance in-battle allows what is known as the "Rare Candy cheat," the games' infamous item duplication bug. It is commonly used to duplicate valuable and hard-to-obtains items, such as the Rare Candy item (hence the name of the cheat). However, the duplication bug can affect any item in the game, not just Rare Candies. It even affects Key Items, making it nearly impossible to deposit them in the PC. However, this does allow players to revive a large number of Aerodactyl and Omanyte/Kabuto.
Also, encountering MissingNo. has been known to interfere with the save game data in various ways, such as adversely affecting the Hall of Fame saved data and messing with some graphics until the stats of a normal Pokémon are viewed. However, neither of these do any significant damage.
Behavior
MissingNo. has no known behavior.
Habitat
MissingNo. is found most often on the east coast of Cinnabar Island, though has been known to appear on the eastern coast of the Seafoam Islands, and can be found via the Ditto Glitch and Mew Glitch.
Diet
MissingNo.'s dietary specifications are unknown.
Game data
Pokédex entries
If MissingNo. is caught, it will not appear in the Pokédex (unless caught via the Mew Glitch BEFORE passing through Rock Tunnel or getting it as a starter by using a cheat device, and even then, the entry is blank). This is because the bit of data that tells the game that MissingNo. is captured is the same as the data for battling a Cubone, and there are unavoidable trainers in Rock Tunnel who use Cubone. Because of this, there is no official Pokédex description for MissingNo. If Missingno.'s Pokédex data is viewed, it will consist of a very long string of glitchy sounds, much like .4 or ]h Poké's entries. However, unlike their entries, Missingno.'s does not lock up the game.
Game locations
Gen | Game | Rarity | Location |
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I | Pokémon Red and Blue | Glitch | Rare Candy cheat, Mew glitch |
Pokémon Yellow | Glitch | Mew glitch |
Base stats
HP: | 33 | |
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Attack: | 137 | |
Defense: | 1 | |
Special: | 29 | |
Speed: | 6 |
Since Missingno. does not exist in any game that uses the Special Attack and Special Defense stats, only its Special stat is listed.
Type effectiveness
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Note: The Bird type isn't weak, resistant, or immune to any type. MissingNo.'s secondary typing effectively does not affect its type advantages.
Learnset
By leveling up
By TM/HM
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