What was MissingNo meant to be?

(Japanese: けつばん Ketsuban) is a name shared by several glitch Pokémon in Pokémon Red, Blue
Pokémon Red, Blue
Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version are 1996 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. They are the first installments of the Pokémon video game series.
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, and also Yellow. The name is most commonly used to refer to a Bird/Normal-type glitch Pokémon whose sprite consists of corrupted data or a Normal/??? in Pokémon Yellow.
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What is MissingNo supposed to be?

A captured MissingNo. is functional as a Pokémon and appears in the games' Pokédex as number 000. The games classify it as a hybrid Bird/Normal-type Pokémon even though the category of Bird-type Pokémon was cut from the games before release.
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What is MissingNo made of?

MissingNo.'s Aerodactyl Fossil form uses the sprite of the Aerodactyl Fossil found in the Pewter Museum of Science. It is index number 183 (hex:B7). This form appears through the old man glitch if x is the character in the third, fifth, or seventh slot of the player's chosen name.
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What happens if you catch MissingNo?

If you catch Missingno and save your game while Missingno is in a PC box, there is a chance Missingno will "transform" into a random Pokemon with high levels. Example: a level 255 Nidorino. Catching Missingno. will corrupt all trainer sprites (including you) and Pokémon sprites.
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Is MissingNo a ghost?

Exp. This is a special form of MissingNo., known as the Ghost form. It is found only in Red and Blue at hex B8. This form uses the sprite of the ghost found in the Pokémon Tower if the player does not have the Silph Scope.
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MissingNo.'s Glitchy Appearance Explained



What does MissingNo evolve into?

MissingNo. does not evolve into any Pokémon. However, a different glitch Pokémon with a similar sprite and properties, but different name ('M) does evolve into the Pokémon, Kangaskhan.
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Can MissingNo be shiny?

Sorry, there's no shiny version of MissingNo. You also cannot trade MissingNo. to Generation II (Gold, Silver, Crystal) games.
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Can MissingNo ruin your game?

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 (if its stats are viewed) messing with some graphics until the stats of a non-glitch Pokémon are viewed.
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Is MissingNo legendary?

MissingNo. is a legendary programming error that first appeared in the Game Boy versions of Red and Blue. Although it's not technically a Pokémon, the mess of scrambled graphics could be used in battles and occupy a space in a player's party or storage box.
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Is MissingNo in Let's Go Pikachu?

As of writing, no one has found MissingNo in Pokemon Let's Go.
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What is buried alive Pokémon?

Once in “battle view”, the Buried Alive model appeared to be a decaying human corpse attempting to crawl out of the ground. It had been programmed to have two White Hands, a Gengar, and a Muk. Strangely enough, a protocol for the Buried Alive's actions after it was defeated were not written.
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What level is MissingNo?

All MissingNo. are Pokédex number 000. and cannot learn any level up moves, unlike 'M (00) which evolves into Kangaskhan at level 0 or Clefairy at level 128, and learns Pound at level 136. MissingNo.
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What is the Mew glitch?

The Mew glitch (also known as Long-range Trainer glitch) is a glitch found in all of the Generation I core series games. It was first reported in 2003. It is an extension of the Trainer-Fly glitch to specifically catch Mew (hence its common name).
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Can you transfer Missingno to Pokebank?

Capturing or encountering a Missingno can mess up your game pretty bad, though it's also fun to experiment with for things like an infinite item bug. Anyway, if you do capture one, you can attempt to transfer it to Pokemon Bank, but if you do, it doesn't work too well.
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How many glitch Pokemon are there?

The effect is that in Generation I games, there are 105 glitch Pokémon, including duplicates and not including "hybrids". In Generation II games, there are exactly 5 glitch Pokémon (including EGGs).
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Is MissingNo in the virtual console?

Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow are soon to be available on the 3DS eShop, providing an excellent way of celebrating the 20th anniversary of the franchise.
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What is shiny hunting?

Put simply, shiny hunting is the practice of actively seeking out, capturing, and collecting shiny Pokémon. Obviously, this is no easy feat. As any experienced shiny hunter will tell you, the odds of any given Pokémon generated by the game being shiny is 1 in 8192. You have better odds of finding a Chimecho on Mt.
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Does MissingNo evolve into Kangaskhan?

is traded to Pokémon Yellow, it will become a 3TrainerPoké $. having the ability to evolve into Kangaskhan while MissingNo.
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Is MissingNo ever coming back?

But with over two decades since it was last seen in the series (not counting the Nintendo 3DS re-releases of Red & Blue), it's unlikely that this will ever come to fruition. For now, MissingNo lives on unofficially through unintentional graphical errors in Pokemon Go.
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Is MissingNo coming back?

It is very unlikely Missingno in this form, or any other for that matter, will appear in Pokemon Sword or Shield. With that said though, a Missingno reintroduction would arguably generate as much hype as the inclusion of any other Pokemon.
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Who is strangled red?

Pokémon Strangled Red is a creepypasta based off the Pokémon video games. The unnamed narrator plays a hacked version of a classic game. The narrator finds a Pokémon Red cartridge in the trash.
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What is the White Hand in Pokémon?

White Hand is said to have four animations: An “introduction” animation, an idle animation, and two attack animations that are labeled in the game code as “Fist” and “Brutal.” When executing “Fist,” White Hand balls into a fist and swings forward.
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