Teru-sama

Teru-sama (Japanese: カビチュウ Kabichū) is a group of dummy items that serve as fillers for the internal item list in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal. There are 29 variations of Teru-sama in Gold and Silver and 25 in Crystal.

Teru-sama
カビチュウ
Kabichū
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Teru-sama
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation II
Pocket
Generation II Bag Items pocket icon.png Items

In the core series games

Price

Teru-sama can be sold for $19,660 at Poké Marts. The buy price of $39,321 is 0x9999 in hexadecimal or 9999 in binary-coded decimal (BCD), the latter being the format used by Pokémon Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow for storing money data. The Generation II games instead use plain binary integers for money instead of BCD; however, the buy Teru-sama price uses the old format, suggesting that they were added early in the development of Gold and Silver.[1]

Games Cost Sell price
GSC $39,321 $19,660

Effect

 
Teru-sama 0x46, 0x73, and 0x74 (Korean Gold and Silver)

Teru-sama IDs 0x46, 0x73, 0x74, and 0x81 are items in Crystal and Pokémon Stadium 2. They are respectively the Clear Bell, GS Ball, Blue Card, and Egg Ticket. Save for 0x81, these Teru-sama were renamed in Korean Gold and Silver to match the names of the corresponding items in Crystal.

Teru-sama IDs 0x06 and 0x38 are respectively the Town Map and Poké Flute from Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow and they can be enabled by hacking in the "USE" option. The Town Map is faulty and causes bugs; the Poké Flute still works, although the audio only plays if used on a sleeping Pokémon outside of battle. The Poké Flute also does not affect the sleeping Snorlax in Vermilion City.


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Teru-sama IDs 0x19, 0x2D, 0x32, 0x5A, 0x64, 0x78, 0x87, and 0xBE occupy item ID slots which would be unsuitable for containing obtainable items, as they are replaced upon trading from Generation I to Generation II.

All other items called "Teru-sama" (item IDs not mentioned above) serve no practical purpose other than to be sold.

Description

Games Description
GSC ?

Acquisition

See List of items by index number (Generation II) for the Teru-sama item IDs.

By performing the Celebi Egg glitch with a move ID value equal to that of an item ID, the player can obtain a Teru-sama.

In other languages

Teru-sama, as the English and European name of the item, may be a reference to Teruki Murakawa, a member of the staff of Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal. sama is a Japanese honorific used for people of higher status than oneself.

The Japanese name Kabichū (カビチュウ) is meaningless but it combines kabi (カビ) from Kabigon (カビゴン)—potentially in reference to programmer Kōji Nishino—and chū (チュウ) from Pikachu or Raichu.[2]

Its Korean name is just the fullwidth question mark "".

Language Title
  Japanese カビチュウ Kabichū
  French Teru-sama
  German Teru-sama
  Italian Teru-Sama
  Korean
  Spanish Teru-sama

References

  1. Pokémon Gold and Silver - The Cutting Room Floor (price info courtesy of IIMarckus)
  2. カビチュウ - ポケモンWiki 「おそらくカビゴンのカビとピカチュウのチュウを合わせて開発者の遊び心で造られた言葉と考えられる。」


Multiple
generations
Transform glitchesGlitch TrainersCloning glitchesError messagesArbitrary code execution
Generation I GlitchesBattle glitchesOverworld glitches
--0 ERRORBroken hidden itemsCable Club escape glitchDual-type damage misinformation
Experience underflow glitchFight Safari Zone Pokémon trickGlitch CityItem duplication glitchItem underflow
Mew glitchOld man glitchPewter Gym skip glitchPokémon merge glitchRhydon glitchRival twins glitch
Select glitches (dokokashira door glitch, second type glitch) • Super Glitch
Time Capsule exploitWalking through wallsZZAZZ glitch
Generation II GlitchesBattle glitches
Bug-Catching Contest glitchCelebi Egg glitchCoin Case glitchesExperience underflow glitch
Glitch dimensionGlitch EggTeru-samaTime Capsule exploitTrainer House glitchesGS Ball mail glitch
Generation III GlitchesBattle glitches
Berry glitchDive glitchPomeg glitchGlitzer Popping
Generation IV GlitchesBattle glitchesOverworld glitches
Acid rainGTS glitchesPomeg glitchRage glitch
Surf glitchTweakingPal Park Retire glitch
Generation V GlitchesBattle glitches
Charge Beam additional effect chance glitchCharge move replacement glitchChoice item lock glitch
Frozen Zoroark glitchSky Drop glitch
Generation VI GlitchesBattle glitches
Charge Beam additional effect chance glitchCharge move replacement glitchChoice item lock glitch
Lumiose City save glitchSymbiosis Eject Button glitchToxic sure-hit glitch
Generation VII GlitchesBattle glitches
Charge Beam additional effect chance glitchCharge move replacement glitchChoice item lock glitch
Toxic sure-hit glitchRollout storage glitch
Generation VIII Glitches
Charge Beam additional effect chance glitchCharge move replacement glitchChoice item lock glitch
Toxic sure-hit glitchRollout storage glitchParty item offset glitch
Generation IX Glitches
Glitch effects Game freezeGlitch battleGlitch song
Gen I only: Glitch screenTMTRAINER effectInverted sprites
Gen II only: Glitch dimension
Lists Glitches (GOTCG GBSpin-off)
Glitch Pokémon (Gen IGen IIGen IIIGen IVGen VGen VIGen VIIGen VIII)
Glitch moves (Gen I) • Glitch types (Gen IGen II)


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