The Missingno: Difference between revisions

[[File:VG_Cats_missingno_6374VG Cats missingno 6374.jpg|link=Super Effective (webcomic)|frame|[[Pokémon|Great, now the game]] [[Pokémon (anime)|AND the anime]] [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|are broken.]]]]

May be found in a [[Minus World]], and often exists for the same sort of reason -- thereason—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'' [['''The Missingno]]''' can trigger an unpredictable bevy of side effects, ranging from other [[Good Bad Bugs]] to game crashes, or even [[Game Breaking Bug]]s. In the rare worst-case scenario, [['''The Missingno]]''' can even corrupt the player's save file, forcing them to erase it and start the game over from the beginning.

* 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|Fan Nicknamed]]d "M-Block." The glitch is actually caused by the game trying to interpret your [[Player Character]]'s name as random-encounter data.

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