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{{trope}}
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'''The Missingno
May be found in a [[Minus World]], and often exists for the same sort of reason—the game accidentally tries to load character data from a section of memory that is intended for some other purpose entirely, leading to the resulting "character" appearing. If a Missingno is noticeably more powerful than anything obtainable at the point in the game that it can be gotten, using it treads into [[Fake Skill]] territory.
Note that because this character was never intended to actually exist, merely ''encountering''
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* ''[[Dennou Coil]]'' has Illegals, sentient viruses that feed on metabugs, and may or may not have been cyberpets once.▼
* The [[Trope Namer]] is the glitch [[Pokémon]] "[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Missingno MISSINGNO]" from Generation I. A similarly glitchy creature has a name consisting of a quote mark, the letter M, and two [[The Unpronounceable|unpronounceable]] symbols. It has been [[Fan Nickname]]d "M-Block." The glitch is actually caused by the game trying to interpret your [[Player Character]]'s name as random-encounter data.▼
* [[.hack//Sign]] and the first set of [[.hack R1 Games|games]] had "Data Bugs." Glitched monsters (and corresponding wonky graphics) within the [[Cyberspace|Virtual Reality]] MMORPG with infinite [[Hit Points]] who can send players into comas (not as permanently as the [[Boss Battle|Phases]]). Only a game reprogramming device like the Twilight Bracelet can defeat them.▼
* Mal of ''[[Inception]]'' is an [[Ax Crazy]] [[Humanoid Abomination]] projection of Dom's guilt, who tears through the dream levels shooting people and generally fucking things up.▼
▲* The [[Trope Namer]] is the glitch ''[[Pokémon]]'' "[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Missingno MISSINGNO]" from Generation I. A similarly glitchy creature has a name consisting of a quote mark, the letter M, and two [[The Unpronounceable|unpronounceable]] symbols. It has been [[Fan Nickname]]d "M-Block." The glitch is actually caused by the game trying to interpret your [[Player Character]]'s name as random-encounter data.
** Missingno., its [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Glitch_Pokemon glitchy kin], and the effects they have on the game make up an impressive amount of [[Pokémon/Nightmare Fuel|Pokémon's Nightmare Fuel page]]. In fanfiction, they're often portrayed as a form of [[Eldritch Abomination]].
** [[Good Bad Bugs|Missingno. also has the benefit of multiplying the sixth item in your bag to 128 or 255 in quantity]]. For competitive battling, this is quite the [[Game Breaker]]. Cloned Rare Candies + Cloned Technical Machines + Cloned Master Balls + Cloned Medicine = A team of six in the timeframe it would take to create one Pokémon without glitching.
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* There was a custom physics model for ''[[Marathon Trilogy|Marathon]]'' that turned the players weapons and the BOBs into stuff like this.
* ''[[Tales of Destiny]]'' had such a hidden character who was [[Dummied Out]], but still gettable because of a bug. This led to many a [[Misblamed]] as some fans believed he/she was edited out of the US version only, when in fact you couldn't get him/her in the Japanese version either. They merely corrected the bug in the US version.
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* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' parodies this with the Bugged Bugbear monster, and later the Baby Bugged Bugbear familiar based on it. Neither is actually glitched, but both have chunks of their images replaced with ones and zeroes, and both spit out [[MySQL]] error messages with almost everything they do.
* The ''[[Final Fantasy I]]'' [[Game Shark|Game Genie]] code VYUOKITE allows you to select from ''244'' of these at the beginning of the game. A large number of those are automatically killed when used, but a surprising number are actually usable.
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* The dungeon crawler game ''Mordor'' has one of these called the GOBLIE. This is a very weak companion monster that would be completely useless even if they didn't always turn up dead. It arises from a flaw in the acid spit attack that some monsters have. Occasionally an acid spitter will attempt to spit on your companions, but if your character has never had a companion then it generates a GOBLIE and immediately kills it.
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▲* ''[[Dennou Coil]]'' has Illegals, sentient viruses that feed on metabugs, and may or may not have been cyberpets once.
▲* [[.hack//Sign]] and the first set of [[.hack R1 Games|games]] had "Data Bugs." Glitched monsters (and corresponding wonky graphics) within the [[Cyberspace|Virtual Reality]] MMORPG with infinite [[Hit Points]] who can send players into comas (not as permanently as the [[Boss Battle|Phases]]). Only a game reprogramming device like the Twilight Bracelet can defeat them.
▲=== [[Film]] ===
▲* Mal of ''[[Inception]]'' is an [[Ax Crazy]] [[Humanoid Abomination]] projection of Dom's guilt, who tears through the dream levels shooting people and generally fucking things up.
▲=== [[Web Video]] ===
* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|The Entity]]}} was revealed to be the trope namer itself on ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]''.
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[[Category:Error Index]]
[[Category:Video Game Characters]]
▲[[Category:The Missingno]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Missingno, The}}
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