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'''Teru-sama''' (Japanese: '''{{j|カビチュウ}}''' ''Kabichū'') is a group of dummy [[item]]s that serve as fillers for the internal item list in {{game2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}. There are 29 variations of Teru-sama in Gold and Silver and 25 in Crystal.
'''Teru-sama''' (Japanese: '''{{j|カビチュウ}}''' ''Kabichū'') is a group of dummy [[item]]s that serve as fillers for the internal item list in {{game2|Gold|Silver|Crystal}}. There are 29 variations of Teru-sama in Gold and Silver and 25 in Crystal.


==In the core series games==
==In the core series games==
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Teru-sama can be sold for {{PDollar}}19,660 at [[Poké Mart]]s. The buy price of {{PDollar}}39,321 is 0x9999 in hexadecimal or 9999 in {{wp|binary-coded decimal}} (BCD), the latter being the format used by {{game4|Red|Green|Blue|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.<ref>[https://tcrf.net/Pok%C3%A9mon_Gold_and_Silver#Teru-sama Pokémon Gold and Silver - The Cutting Room Floor] (price info courtesy of IIMarckus)</ref>
Teru-sama can be sold for {{PDollar}}19,660 at [[Poké Mart]]s. The buy price of {{PDollar}}39,321 is 0x9999 in hexadecimal or 9999 in {{wp|binary-coded decimal}} (BCD), the latter being the format used by {{game4|Red|Green|Blue|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.<ref>[https://tcrf.net/Pok%C3%A9mon_Gold_and_Silver#Teru-sama Pokémon Gold and Silver - The Cutting Room Floor] (price info courtesy of IIMarckus)</ref>


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{{YouTubeEmbed|n938w96Uf_I|channel/UCZz2ixp-5T6VeAPtAMQ5v5Q|name=ChickasaurusGL|Johto}}
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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 [[List of Pokémon by wild held item (Generation II)|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.
All other items called "Teru-sama" (item IDs not mentioned above) serve no practical purpose other than to be sold.
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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 and Silver|staff of Pokémon Gold, Silver,]] and [[Staff of Pokémon Crystal|Crystal]]. ''sama'' is a {{wp|Japanese honorific}} used for people of higher status than oneself.
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 and Silver|staff of Pokémon Gold, Silver,]] and [[Staff of Pokémon Crystal|Crystal]]. ''sama'' is a {{wp|Japanese honorific}} used for people of higher status than oneself.


The Japanese name ''Kabichū'' ({{j|カビチュウ}}) is meaningless but it combines ''kabi'' ({{j|カビ}}) from {{p|Snorlax|Kabigon}} ({{j|カビゴン}})—potentially in reference to programmer [[Kōji Nishino]]—and ''chū'' ({{j|チュウ}}) from {{p|Pichu}}, {{p|Pikachu}}, or {{p|Raichu}}.<ref>[http://wiki.ポケモン.com/wiki/カビチュウ {{j|カビチュウ - ポケモンWiki}}] <small>{{j|「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。」}}</small></ref>
The Japanese name ''Kabichū'' ({{j|カビチュウ}}) is meaningless but it combines ''kabi'' ({{j|カビ}}) from {{p|Snorlax|Kabigon}} ({{j|カビゴン}})—potentially in reference to programmer [[Kōji Nishino]]—and ''chū'' ({{j|チュウ}}) from {{p|Pikachu}} or {{p|Raichu}}.<ref>[http://wiki.ポケモン.com/wiki/カビチュウ {{j|カビチュウ - ポケモンWiki}}] <small>{{j|「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。」}}</small></ref>


Its Korean name is just the {{wp|Halfwidth and fullwidth forms|fullwidth}} question mark "{{k|?}}".
Its Korean name is just the {{wp|Halfwidth and fullwidth forms|fullwidth}} question mark "{{k|?}}".
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[[Category:Unreleased items]]
[[Category:Unreleased items]]


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