Hyphens and dashes are often used to indicate blank things in the Pokémon games:

  • The glitch Pokémon named -.
  • Another glitch Pokémon, -----, also known as DPBox or invisible Shiny Bulbasaur.
  • The glitch move --, also known as Cooltrainer.
  • The Abilities --, ----- and -------, used to represent no Ability.
  • The Mystery Zone, also known as ----.