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| caption=The five forms of Missingno (clockwise from left: Normal, [[Missingno./B8|Ghost]], [[Missingno./B7|Aerodactyl]], Yellow, [[Missingno./B6|Kabutops]])

| typen=4

| height-ftin={{tt|3'3"{{sup/1|JB}}|1m}}<br> {{tt|10'0"{{sup/1|RB}}|3.3m}}

| weight-lbs={{tt|22.1{{sup/1|JB}} lbs.|10kg}}<br>{{tt|3507.2{{sup/1|RB}}|1590.8kg}}

| lv100exp={{tt|345420|Red and Blue}}<br>{{tt|136684|Yellow}}<br>{{tt|1000000|Hex B6, B7, and B8 in Yellow}}

| catchrate=3

'''Missingno.''' (Japanese: '''けつばん''' ''Ketsuban'') is a dual-type {{2t|Bird|Normal}} [[glitch Pokémon]] in {{game|Red and Blue|s}}, and a dual-type {{2t|Normal|999}} [[glitch Pokémon]] in {{game|Yellow}}. Due to the ease of which it can be found, it is one of the best-known glitch Pokémon.

In later generations, other glitch Pokémon are referred to as "a Missingno.", such as {{?|10}}, {{gp|?}}, and [[-----]]. Despite this, they have little relation to the one found in {{game|Red and Blue|s}} or {{v2|Yellow}}.

Missingno.'s [[cry]] is the game's equivalent of a "blank" cry: a {{p|Nidoran♂}}'s cry with a pitch of 0 and no echo. However, a few Missingno. have different cries, such as a {{p|Rhydon}}'s cry.

The Pokédex entries of Missingno. and all glitch Pokémon with a Pokédex number of 0 will only appear upon capture if the player has not encountered {{p|Cubone}}, but as with all glitch Pokédex entries, they normally remain inaccessible through the actual Pokédex. An exception to this is in {{2v2|Red|Green}}, where Missingno. can be "registered"; in the Pokédex if the player enables the 'seen' flag for #152 through select button glitches and memory corruption. If Missingno.'s Pokédex data is viewed, it will consist of a very long string of glitchy sounds, much like [[ゥ .4]] or [[h POKé]]'s entries. However, unlike their entries, Missingno.'s does not [[game freeze|freeze]] the game.

The leveling up learnset, base stats and types of the Kabutops Fossil, Aerodactyl Fossil and Ghost forms are the same as the Pokémon whose data was accessed last.

==Forms==  

==={{v2|Red and Blue|s}} forms===

====Normal form====

Missingno.'s Red and Blue normal form has a sprite that is a strange block of glitched pixels in a backward-L shape. Due to the larger number of characters that can be used to make it appear, it is the most common form. Normal form is exclusive to {{game|Red and Blue|s}}.

Missingno.'s {{p|Kabutops}} Fossil form uses the sprite of the {{p|Kabutops}} Fossil found in the [[Pewter Museum of Science]].

Missingno.'s {{p|Aerodactyl}} Fossil form uses the sprite of the {{p|Aerodactyl}} Fossil found in the [[Pewter Museum of Science]].

Missingno.'s Ghost form uses the sprite of the {{OBP|Ghost|literal|ghost}} found in [[Pokémon Tower]] if the player does not have the [[Silph Scope]].

* This form appears through evolving [[Z ゥ]] at level 224.

 

==={{v2|Yellow}} forms===

Missingno.'s {{v2|Yellow}} forms are {{2t|Normal|999}}, whereas Missingno.'s forms in {{game|Red and Blue|s}} are {{2t|Bird|Normal}}. They use the palette of {{p|Pikachu}}, and so appear as yellow and red glitched boxes. They also cause glitches that Missingno. in Red and Blue did not. If caught, they will cause graphical glitches, possibly rendering the player invisible and making duplicates of the player and all other on-screen characters walk in random locations on the screen. The Yellow forms are exclusive to Yellow. These forms do not appear through the [[old man glitch]], as it was removed in Yellow.

 

* This form appears through the [[Mew glitch]] with a {{stat|Special}} stat of 31, 32, 56, 61, 62, 63, 67, 68, 69 or 86.

* This form appears through the [[Mew glitch]].

* This form appears through the [[Mew glitch]].

 

{{main|Missingno./B8}}

* This form appears through the [[Mew glitch]].

Missingno.'s appearance in-battle allows the [[Item duplication glitch#Pokédex 000 item duplication glitch|item duplication glitch]], which increases the number of items in the 6th bag slot by 128 unless the number of items in the slot already exceeds 128.

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 normal Pokémon are viewed. When a Trainer battles with Missingno. in their [[party]], both the Trainer sprite and their Pokémon's sprites will be scrambled, and all other sprites will be reversed. Viewing the [[stats]] screen of a non-glitch Pokémon will remove the effects.

In Pokémon Yellow, capturing Missingno. will cause multiple player sprites to walk around the screen.

Missingno. can be traded from Red and Blue into {{game|Yellow}}, but cannot be traded forward through the [[Time Capsule]] into {{game2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}. In Yellow, Missingno. levels down to level 1 if it gains any experience, and cannot grow any higher. The only way to use a Missingno. at a different level in battle is to use a [[link cable]] to battle between two games.

In the trade center, Missingno., due to its [[index number]], appears as many different [[Generation II]] Pokémon from the perspective of {{game2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}, most commonly {{p|Tyrogue}} (due to the common name of ASH in Generation I). For a full list of the Generation II Pokémon Missingno. can appear as, see [[list of Pokémon by index number (Generation I)]]. If the player tries to trade Missingno., a message will appear stating "''Your <name> appears abnormal''." and the trade will automatically be cancelled. Rarely, if a Missingno. is successfully traded, it will become the Pokémon it was said to be, and act normally (though it will retain any and all moves it had as a Missingno.). At this point, it only may be traded back into the Generation I game while the player is still in the Time Capsule (where it will again become a Missingno.), as if the player leaves, the Generation II game will detect it as a {{cat|Generation II Pokémon}} and not allow the player to enter the Time Capsule.

<blockquote>"MissingNO is a programming quirk, and not a real part of the game. When you get this, your game can perform strangely, and the [[#Glitches caused|graphics will often become scrambled]]. The MissingNO Pokémon is most often found after you perform the [[Old man glitch|Fight Safari Zone Pokémon trick]].

Nintendo was incorrect on the method for fixing graphical issues; releasing Missingno. does not fix the graphics. The actual way to fix these issues is to view the Pokédex data or stat page of a [[Glitch Pokémon family|hybrid glitch Pokémon]] or official Pokémon.

{{Dex

|gen=1

|type=bird

|type2=normal

|redbluedex={{tt|コメント さくせいちゅう|Comment to be written}} ([[Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|Japanese Blue Version]])

|}}

{{AvailabilityGlitch|

type={{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: z}} mod 5}}|4=Bird|Normal}}|

type2={{#switch: {{#expr: {{#time: z}} mod 5}}|4=Normal|999}}|

gen=1 |

rbrarity=[[Glitch]] |

rbarea=[[Old man glitch]], [[Mew glitch]] |

yrarity=[[Glitch]] |

yarea=[[Mew glitch]]|

}}

For the typical Bird/Normal type Missingno. associated with the end name marker with an [[index number]] of 80:

type=Bird |

type2=Normal }}

type2=999 }}

type1=Bird|

type2=Normal|

type2=999|

{{learnlist/levelh|Missingno.|Bird|normal|1|0}}

{{learnlist/levelf|Missingno.|Bird|normal|1|5}}

The leveling up learnset of the Kabutops Fossil, Aerodactyl Fossil and Ghost forms are the same as the Pokémon whose data was accessed last.

{{learnlist/levelh|Missingno.|Normal|999|1|0}}

{{learnlist/levelf|Missingno.|Normal|999|1|5}}

{{learnlist/tmh|Missingno.|Bird|normal|1|0}}

{{learnlist/tmf|Missingno.|Bird|normal|1|5}}

The TM/HM learnset of the Kabutops Fossil, Aerodactyl Fossil and Ghost forms are the same as the Pokémon whose data was accessed last.

{{learnlist/tmh|Missingno.|normal|999|1|0}}

{{learnlist/tmf|Missingno.|normal|999|1|5}}

<!--Just so y'all know, Missingno. does not, nor has it ever, evolved into Kangaskhan. That is 'M. NOT Missingno., Okay?-->

|loc1=Most index nos.

|loc2=Most index nos.

type1=Bird|

type2=Normal |

type1=Bird|

type2=Normal |

type1=Bird|

type2=Normal |

type1=Bird|

type2=Normal |

type1=Normal |

type2=999 |

 

type2=999 |

* Normal form Missingno.'s stats in {{v2|Red and Blue|s}} are actually determined by the [[Party|parties]] of several {{tc|Biker}}s, read as base stats.

* [http://www.blue-reflections.net/ragecandybar/projects/missingno/ RAGECANDYBAR - MissingNo.]

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