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** And so does a Poliwhirl randomly appearing in a ''[[Pokémon Zensho]]'' artwork.

** As does Poliwhirl randomly being a Pokemon trophy in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Melee'' despite not appearing in the game either as playable, from a Pokeball or any other way.

** Also probably explains why Poliwhirl was the ~~cover~~ ~~Mon~~ on Time magazine once.

** Also probably explains why Poliwhirl was in the center of a [[Time (magazine)|Time magazine]] [http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19991122,00.html cover] once.

* Think you've got a guaranteed catch with a Master Ball? Think again; thanks to how catch rates are calculated in the game, there ''is'' a slim chance of the Master Ball failing. How slim? ''1 out of 65536''. That's ''eight times'' less likely to happen than encountering a shiny Pokemon.

** Don't know about the Gen. III games, but this is ''not'' true in the Gen. IV thanks to an early check in the formula. However, if you don't pass this early check but would still have a "100%" chance of capture, you do have a 1/65536 chance of failure.