Dubious Disc

The Dubious Disc (Japanese: あやしいパッチ Dubious Patch) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV. It allows Porygon2 to evolve into Porygon-Z.

Dubious Disc あやしいパッチ Dubious Patch

Pokémon Global Link artwork

Introduced in Generation IV Pocket Generation IV Items Generation V Items (Held items) Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Generation VIII Other Items Fling Power 50

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price DPPtHGSS BW XYORAS BDSP N/A $1,050 B2W2 $60000 $1050 SMUSUM SwSh N/A $1,000 LA N/A $500 SV N/A $ 1,000

Effect

Causes Porygon2 to evolve into Porygon-Z when traded while holding it. This consumes the Dubious Disc. In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, due to the absence of held items, the Dubious Disc simply needs to be used on Porygon2 to trigger the evolution, which consumes the item.

Description

Games Description DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS SMUSUMPE SwShBDSP A transparent device overflowing with dubious data. Its producer is unknown. LA SV A transparent device overflowing with dubious data. It's loved by a certain Pokémon.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods DPPt Route 225, Team Galactic HQPt HGSS Route 42 PBR Shop (12000 Poké Coupons, after completing Little Battle) BW P2 Laboratory Route 13 (treasure hunter) B2W2 P2 Laboratory Join Avenue (Antique Shop), Black City (Store 4) XYORAS Battle Maison (32 BP) PMC* Balloon Popping (Lv. 1) SMUSUM Aether Paradise Battle Tree (32 BP) SwShIA Workout Sea Cram-o-matic (Electric: 102-110 points) BDSP Route 225 Battle Park (5 BP) LA Trading post (1,400 MP) Ginkgo Guild cart (randomly sold by Ginter, as "Transparent Mechanism") Space-time distortions SVID Polar Biome Reward for registering 110 Pokémon in the Blueberry Pokédex Blueberry Academy School Store (250 BP) Item Printer

Distribution

Games Event Language/Region Distribution period PW Pokéwalker Spot items Korean January 7 to 31, 2011

Gallery

Sprites

Bag sprite from Legends: Arceus

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

The Dubious Disc appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky.

Price

Games Cost Sell price MDTDS 1000 1

Effect

If the player offers both a Link Cable and Dubious Disc at Luminous Spring, Porygon2 can be evolved into Porygon-Z. This consumes the Link Cable and Dubious Disc.

If thrown, it will deal 1 damage (2 if sticky). Using this item in a dungeon will consume it, with no effect.

Description

Games Description MDTDS An enigmatic disc that overflows with dubious data. It allows a certain kind of Pokémon to evolve.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods MDTDS Treasure Boxes, Job requests (★3-★9) Happy Outlook (Kecleon Shop: B3F, B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F, B19F), Mt. Mistral (Kecleon Shop: 3F, 5F, 7F, 9F, 11F, 13F, 15F, 17F, 19F), Shimmer Hill (Kecleon Shop: 2F, 4F, 6F, 8F, 10F, 12F, 14F, 16F), Lost Wilderness (Kecleon Shop: B3F, B5F, B7F, B9F, B11F, B13F, B15F, B17F)

Appearance

Sprite from Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky

In the TCG

Triumphant Porygon-Z

A Dubious Disc is featured in the artwork of the Triumphant Porygon-Z card.

Trivia

• Porygon-Z's Pokédex entries imply that the Dubious Disc was modified to enable it to work in alien dimensions, but that an unplanned error in the programming corrupted Porygon-Z and prevented it from fulfilling this purpose.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 可疑修正檔 Hóyìh Sāujingdóng Mandarin 可疑修正檔 Kěyí Xiūzhèngdàng * 可疑补丁 Kěyí Bǔdīng * French CD Douteux German Dubiosdisc Italian Dubbiodisco Korean 괴상한패치 Goesang-han Patch Spanish Disco ExtrañoGen VI+ DiscoxtrañoGen IV-V

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