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'''??????????''', also known as '''ten question marks''' or its fan-given nickname, '''Decamark(s)''', is a [[glitch Pokémon]] that occupies slot 0000, and all slots above 019D in {{5v2|Ruby|Sapphire|Emerald|FireRed|LeafGreen}}. It was programmed into the game to prevent game crashes and is technically not a glitch Pokémon because its information was defined by the programmers. However, ?????????? can also occupy other values of the 65536 slots available as well as cause glitchy behavior in games, some specific versions may even [[game freeze|freeze]] the game, such as hex DEFD.  

??????????'s sprite usually appears as three concentric circles alternating between white and black around a question mark in the center. Whereas index number 0000 and other ?????????? usually use {{p|Bulbasaur}}'s [[footprint]], there are a few which use other Pokémon's footprints.

A GameShark code can be used to quickly [[level-up]] a Pokémon in {{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}}'s [[Pokémon Day Care]]. If any Pokémon is placed into the day care before the code is activated, after a short while of walking around, the Pokémon in the daycare will produce an Egg all by itself. The Egg will soon hatch into a Level 0 ??????????, which is almost impossible to level up without using a {{DL|Vitamin|Rare Candy}}, as 1,000,000 EXP points are required to reach level 1.

If ?????????? is traded to {{game|Emerald}}, it can be left in the day care and will instantly grow to level 100. At this point, it can learn any of the eight [[HM]] moves and will be safe for the game unless its summary is looked at. If given Rare Candies, it will start rapidly learning {{m|Ice Punch}}, even if the player refuses to teach it. This can be fixed by activating the "access fly map" GameShark code. ??????????'s National Pokédex number can vary, ranging from 0 to over 386, depending on its hexadecimal identifier. If the hexadecimal identifier number is over 1000, then a ? mark replaces the hundreds column, e.g. ?24

[[Image:FireRed-MissingNo-Summary.png|208px|right|thumb|The summary that doesn't freeze the game, viewed in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}, note the backwards question mark.]]

Another method for obtaining ?????????? is to use an Action Replay code to teleport or walk through walls to an area where a wild Pokémon can be captured before getting a [[starter Pokémon]] from either [[Professor Birch]] in {{game2|Ruby|Sapphire|Emerald}} or [[Professor Oak]] in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}. If a wild Pokémon battle is initiated, the player will send out a ?????????? with 0/0 HP and with a hexadecimal identifier of 0. If the Pokémon gets hit, the player will white out and be sent to a [[Pokémon Center]] where 65536 [[Poké Ball]]s will begin to appear in seemingly random locations all over the screen (this is because the game will refer to the number 0 as one more than a full two bytes (65535)). A very similar effect occurs when one performs a variation of the [[Pomeg glitch]]; when the Pokémon's HP goes below 0 it will skip to the largest value. This system uses two bytes, so the Pokémon's HP will start to drop down from 65535.

{{Dex

|type=normal

|gen=3

|rsdex=This is a newly discovered Pokémon. It is currently under investigation.

|emeralddex=This is a newly discovered Pokémon. It is currently under investigation. No detailed information is available at this time.

|frlgdex={{tt|   |Blank entry}}

If you own a copy of DPPt, please attempt to migrate via Pal Park this Pokémon and the Pokédex entry. Thank you.

-->

|dpptdex=n/a

|hgssdex=n/a

|xydex=n/a

|}}

{{AvailabilityGlitch|

type=Normal |

gen=3 |

rsrarity=[[Cheating]] |

rsarea=[[Cheating]] |

frlgrarity=[[Cheating]] |

frlgarea=[[Cheating]] |

erarity=[[Cheating]] |

earea=[[Cheating]] |

}}

??????????'s learnset varies by game and by hexedecimal identifier. Due to the existance of several thousand different species between games, the full information cannot be listed here. 

 

One thing to note, however, is that some ?????????? have no moves.  When this happens, attempting to attack with it will result in using [[struggle]].  However, viewing the Pokémon's moves page will show a large amount of glitch text, in a way that could be considered similar to glitch moves such as [[Super_Glitch_(move)|Super Glitch]].  This text is not known to cause any side effects.

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** It is important to note that for higher numbers, the names stop being valid {{wp|String_(computer_science)|strings}}. Trying to nickname that Pokémon will result in the game crashing with glitch noises, or sometimes just freezing. <!-- Tested in firered, hexes 2800 to 28FF. -->

* ?????????? (000)'s learnset is identical to {{p|Bulbasaur}}'s [[Bulbasaur (Pokémon)/Generation III learnset|Generation III learnset]], albeit with different levels. Strangely, ?????????? can learn Ice Punch via tutor.

* A project (dubbed "Melchior") exists on [[Glitch City Laboratories]] concerning the research of the 65,097 variations of ?????????? (decamarks), although this is not expected to be completed in the near future. <!-- This is still important as it is the only research.  Also, I've done work in it, indexing 256 hexes in firered. -->