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'''Teru-sama''' (Japanese: '''カビチュウ''' ''Kabichū'') is an [[List of dummied out items|unused]] [[item]] in the [[Generation II]] {{pkmn|games}}. Therefore, it is considered a glitch in these games.

The Teru-sama is akin to [[Missingno.]] in the [[Generation I]] games; it was created by the [[Game Freak]] developers as a filler for the empty spaces in the internal item list of the games' {{wp|ROM cartridge|ROM}}. Beyond this purpose, it can be sold for {{PDollar}}19660.

==Acquisition==

By modifying the [[Bag]]'s item data to include items with certain index numbers or by performing the [[Celebi Egg glitch]] with a [[move]]'s index number that matches the index number of the item, the {{player}} can obtain a Teru-sama. There are 29 variations of it in {{game|Gold and Silver|s}} and 25 in {{game|Crystal}}, with three of them having unique effects in all games (when forced to have a <sc>Use</sc> button).

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These four Teru-sama, when viewed in {{g|Stadium 2}}, show up as the exclusive item from Pokémon Crystal, even if the games connected to the [[Transfer Pak]] are Pokémon Gold and Silver.

In all the [[Generation II]] games, Teru-sama with index numbers '''0x06''' and '''0x38''' actually have an effect after being modified to include the <sc>Use</sc> option onto them, which reveals that they are actually leftover items from the [[Generation I]] games.

* Teru-sama '''0x38''' is the [[Poké Flute]] and works exactly the same; however, the audio only plays if used on a {{status|Sleep|sleeping}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} outside of {{pkmn|battle}}. It also does not affect the sleeping {{p|Snorlax}} in [[Vermilion City]].

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Teru-sama '''0xBE''', if forced with the <sc>Use</sc> option, triggers an invalid pointer, indicating that it was likely never intended to support the function.

File:Teru-sama.png|The Teru-sama in the Bag

File:Teru-sama JP.png|The Teru-sama in the Bag (Japanese versions)

==Name origin==

Teru-sama, as the English name, is likely a reference to '''''Teru'''ki Murakawa'', a {{wp|programmer}} who appears listed on the [[staff of Pokémon Gold and Silver]] and [[Staff of Pokémon Crystal|Pokémon Crystal]] under "US Version Staff".

Its Japanese name, カビチュウ ''Kabichū'', could be a corruption of ガービッジ ''gābijji'', a {{wp|gairaigo}} for "garbage". Since it is a placeholder for [[item]] data, with no otherwise useful purpose, it can refer to {{jwp|ごみ (プログラミング)|ごみ}} ''gomi'' (also commonly spelled in katakana as ゴミ), the Japanese equivalent of {{wp|Garbage (computer science)|garbage}} in programming jargon, although ごみ is used to refer to {{wp|municipal solid waste}} as well. Of note is that カビ ''kabi'' is part of {{p|Snorlax}}'s Japanese name, '''カビ'''ゴン '''''Kabi'''gon'', while チュウ ''chū'' is part of the Japanese names of {{p|Pichu}}, {{p|Pikachu}}, and {{p|Raichu}}.

==See also==

[[Category:Glitches]]

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