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AttackDex :: Super Glitch

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Name: No name, sometimes glitchy symbols or the name of a Pokémon. (Commonly called "Super Glitch")
Hex: Anything between A6 and C3; most commonly BE
Dec: Anything between 166 and 195; most commonly 190
G/S/C Equivalent: Various; most commonly Octazooka

Red/Blue Stats
Power: Various
Hit Rate: Various
PP: Various

Description of Effects
"Super Glitch" is a common nickname for the many volatile glitch moves that exist in HEX slots AC through C3. These moves typically have no name, or have glitchy symbols or the name of a party Pokémon as a name. They can cause many weird and glitchy effects, the most famous one being a strage chain of events that causes the music to slow down and then stop, changes the user's name to "[glitchy symbols] TM TRAINER DITTO," gives both Pokémon nearly infinite HP, and gives the opponent mutiple random status conditions. This sometimes causes the opponent to faint, and sometimes gives the opponent or the user random attacks that they didn't know before. It can also turn the opponent or the user into a different Pokémon. It is suspected that this happens because the attack scrambles some information in the game's RAM. After the battle in which Super Glitch was used, the game always freezes.

Super Glitch is a highly volatile move, hence its name. Almost anything done with this glitch move causes the game to freeze, including using it, replacing it with something else, even just viewing its name--sometimes the game crashes when a Pokémon is trying to learn this move. It has also been known to erase games when it is saved onto a game.

Just one of many changes that Super Glitch can make to your game.
Just one of many changes that Super Glitch can make to your game.
Super Glitch exists in many forms, not all of them dangerous, but the most common one is Super Glitch BE. Many of the most common traits of the Super Glitch move that were described in the above paragraphs were primarily traits of Super Glitch BE. Other versions have been known to behave like the TM and HM moves, and others have caused extremely weird things to occur, although few (if any) Glitch Pokémon learn these variations of it. There have been reports of a variation of Super Glitch causing the player to have hundreds of glitch Pokémon in their party--the Pokémon list scrolls when this occurs--and changing the player's name to "POKéPC."

Many people mistake the effects of Super Glitch to be the innate glitch effects of certain Glitch Pokémon, the most common example of this mistake being .4. Because .4 has Super Glitch as a starting move, many people mistakenly beleive that .4 itself is extremely dangerous to your game and your save file, while in reality, .4 itself is a perfectly benign Glitch Pokémon, no more dangerous than MissingNo. or 'M. In fact, a .4 acquired by trading a pPkMnp from Yellow Version will pose no threat whatsoever to your game.

Super Glitch has not been thoroughly studied by glitch researchers, so many things about it are still unknown. Because of the potential for damage to your game and savefile, few have been brave enough to study it at all on their cartridge Pokémon games. Even on ROM Pokémon games, Super glitch is still difficult to study because it often freezes the game. Still, new discoveries are being made, and perhaps one day the mystery of this highly dangerous glitch move will finally be understood.

"Super Glitch" is a Standard Move for: "Super Glitch" is an Advanced Move for:
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