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{{trope}}
[[File:VG Cats missingno 6374.jpg|link=Super Effective (webcomic)|frame|[[Pokémon|Great, now the game]] [[Pokémon (anime)|
'''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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* 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:Video Game Characters]]
▲[[Category:The Missingno]]
▲[[Category:Error Index]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Missingno, The}}
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