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MissingNo. is one of the many glitch Pokemon in Pokémon Red and Blue games that can be found by a combination of events. It can cause many bad or good things to happen. MissingNos. earned their name from "missing number".
How to catch MissingNo.
In order to catch MissingNo. you must perform a series of in-game events. First, go to Viridian City and watch the old man perform a Pokémon capture. Next, go to Cinnabar Island and Surf along side it until find MissingNo. and then you have to capture it.
The effects of MissingNo.
MissingNo. causes a lot of in-game events. If you come in contact with MissingNo, it may freeze your game and corrupt your graphics. It also increases the sixth item in your bag by 128. It will also permanently glitch your hall of fame record.
Description
The Poké-Glitch Missingno. has six Forms as seen in Pokémon Blue, Pokémon Red, Pokémon Green, Pokémon Yellow and Pokémon Stadium. The first one, is the backward "L", the most common.* The form can be seen in Diamond Version and Pearl Version only with the use of an Action Replay and using the cheat to walk on water.
Its second form is similar to the Ghosts found in the Lavender Tower before obtaining the Silph Scope. It appears only if a lowercase 'y' is found in the third, fifth, or seventh slot of the Player's Name.
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 third, fifth, or seventh slot of the Player's name.
The fourth form is the Kabutops fossil found in the Pewter museum as well. It appears if there's a lowercase 'w' is present in the third, fifth, or seventh slot of the Player's name. (*This form is sometimes caught as 'M').
The fifth form is a glitched up mess that uses Pikachu's pallet and can only be found in Pokemon Yellow Version.
The final form is the Rhydon doll that is the same as the one as seen when the move Substitute is used in battle, and can only be found as a result of trading MissingNo. into Pokemon Stadium.
Up to this date, MissingNo. does not appear in any games in the 5th Generation of Pokemon.
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Trivia
- In Henry Stickmin: Stealing the Diamond, MissingNos. can be encountered if the player selects the Pokéball option on the Epic route. Their glitchy abilities end up destroying the area, killing the game's titular hero, Henry Stickmin, in the process, which causes a failure.