📓 Pokédex Entry: MissingNo. — The Glitchborn Pokémon
Species: MissingNo.
Category: Glitchborn Pokémon
Type: Bird / Normal (Gen I glitch typing)
Height: Varies; commonly appears as a malformed pixel block
Weight: Data-corrupted—impossible to determine
Pokédex Number: 000 (placeholder glitch entry)
MissingNo. (Glitch Born)
The legendary glitch of Kanto, MissingNo., emerges when game code fractures. Famously discovered in Pokémon Red and Blue, it appears through the Old Man glitch or by exploiting the Mew glitch, generating encounters using invalid identification numbers—resulting in scrambled, block-like sprites or even ghostly fossil overlays. An encounter with MissingNo. can astonishingly duplicate the sixth item in a player's inventory by +128, disrupt graphics, and even jeopardize game data.
Pokédex Flavor Text (Fan Version):
"A rift in the code itself. Wherever data is fragile, MissingNo. bursts forth—its shifting form a warning that reality within the digital world can tear. Catching it may yield bounty… or chaos."
Proto‑Mew (Stabilized Form)
If the MissingNo. experiment had succeeded, Professor Oak and his team might have named it Proto‑Mew, envisioning a perfected prototype derived from Mew's blueprint—but devoid of ethical constraints.
Species: Proto‑Mew
Category: Proto‑Mew Pokémon
Type: Psychic / Ghost
Height: ~3′11″
Weight: 12 lbs
Lore:
Born from the chaos of incomplete coding and illicit experimentation, Proto‑Mew is the living culmination of what MissingNo. was always meant to be—stable, sentient, powerful. It bears the willful confidence of a creature that transcended mere data to become a guardian of the shimmering boundary between code and consciousness.
Professor Oak, in his private notes, writes:
"Proto‑Mew exhibits intuitive understanding of digital fields. It can traverse virtual landscapes as easily as physical ones. If it had been completed, it may have reshaped our understanding of life in this world—and beyond."
Abilities & Moves:
Reality Code (Ability): Allows Proto‑Mew to phase through battlefield effects, such as Reflect or Light Screen.
Signature Move – Data Surge: A Psychic/Ghost-type attack that disrupts all stat changes and may scramble opposing effects.
Levitate (Hidden Ability): Evades grounded attacks—fitting for a being born of code.
Pokédex Flavor Text (Fan Version):
"In visible form, every edge is perfect, every movement fluid. Proto‑Mew is the dream of a flawless Pokémon—one that marries the digital and natural worlds, with a mind that scans reality as if it were a line of code."
Lore Deep Dive — Mew, MissingNo., and Proto‑Mew
Mew, a mythical Psychic-type, was added internally as a secret surprise late in development—a phantom-like Pokémon meant to inspire rumor and wonder.(Wikipedia)
MissingNo. arises from the overflow of unused slots in the game's data—effectively what remains when code goes awry.(Serebii.net Forums, ocf.berkeley.edu)
Fan theory ties MissingNo. to the Mew/Mewtwo storyline: a prototype that failed to contain the essence of a genetic copy, ending up as fragmented code.(CBR)
Quick Reference Table Name Origin Appearance Behavior & Powers MissingNo. Glitch-born Blocky pixels, unstable form Corrupts reality, replicates items, unpredictable Proto‑Mew Stabilized Sleek, ethereal feline-like Controls digital/real interfaces, psychic/ghost powers
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🔬 POKÉMON RESEARCH BULLETIN
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Confidential Document
From: Professor S. Cypress, Digital & Theoretical Pokémon Studies
To: Indigo League Research Directorate
Subject: Bio-Digital Anomaly Report: Subject Code "MissingNo." / Codename "Proto‑Mew"
Classification Level: Ω-Black (Ultra Confidential)
🔬 I. Field Designation: MissingNo.
Known Aliases: M.M.#000, Ghost Patch, Fragment-X
Observed Typing: Bird / Normal (Legacy), Normal / Ghost (Modern)
Current Stability:Non-standard
Zone of Occurrence: Route 000 / Corruption Zones / Legacy Data Maps
Summary:
MissingNo. is a volatile data entity, originally presumed to be a product of corrupted index tables in the Pokédex memory cache. Modern research reveals it is not merely an error, but rather a failed synthetic Pokémon prototype, originating from early cloning trials conducted alongside Project Mew.
Known Effects:
Duplicates item data in trainer inventory (+128 loop)
Distorts overworld sprites, time events, and sound banks
Causes probabilistic anomalies in encounter rates
Emits a screech detected on ultrasonic frequency ranges (noted as "Cry ∞")
Theorized Origin:
Genetic mapping for MissingNo. shows patchwork DNA, spliced from ancient Pokémon fossils, beta-stage synthetic proteins, and experimental digitized memory clusters.
This points to it being a digital chimera, designed as an emotionless, programmable weapon — something that could do what Mewtwo refused to.
💠 II. Stabilized Form: Proto‑Mew
Pokémon Designation: Proto‑Mew
Type: Psychic / Ghost
Abilities:
Reality Code(New) – Allows full immunity to field effects (e.g., weather, traps, terrain).
Levitate(Hidden) – Immune to Ground-type moves.
Signature Move:
🧠 Data Surge – Psychic/Ghost-type
Base Power: 90
Effect: Erases all stat changes on both sides. Destroys battlefield effects (Light Screen, Mist, Spikes). May confuse both opponents and user.
🧬 III. Battle Sheet – Proto‑Mew
Stat - Base Value
HP - 118
Attack - 90
Defense - 95
Sp. Atk - 135
Sp. Def - 105
Speed - 107
Total - 650
Nature: Adaptive
Behavior:
Proto‑Mew is not hostile by default. It seems to scan its environment, interact with data systems (e.g., Poké Balls, Rotom devices), and watches other Pokémon with a deep, calculating presence. It does not sleep. It enters standby mode.
Cry: Digitalized harmonics, resembles reversed Mew cry over static.
Idle Animation: Phase shimmer every 3 seconds; its feet hover 6 inches off ground at all times.
🧾 IV. Historical Notes: Project Genesis
Year: 5 years before the creation of Mewtwo.
Location: Unlisted Research Zone X-45 ("Lost Silph Wing")
Goal: Clone Mew using hybrid fossil-code data and corrupted proto-spiritual matrices.
Lead Scientists:
Prof. Samuel Oak (Oversight)
Dr. Adrian Zephyr (AI Integration)
Dr. Celine Redwood (Spiritual Field Harmonics)
Outcome:
Project terminated after Subject-X destabilized containment during digital incubation. Results lost. Officially erased from League records.
One backup module remained.
Its filename: MISSINGNO.SAV
🔒 Final Notes from Professor Cypress:
"We feared what Mewtwo could feel. But with Proto‑Mew, the fear is what it knows. It does not love. It does not hate. It simply processes. And now, it watches us."
– End of Transmission
📂 [TOP SECRET] - Silph Co. Internal Memo
Project Designation:GENESIS PROTOCOL
Subject Code: PM-0 ("Proto-Mew")
Status: Terminated / Fragmented
Distribution Level: Ω-Black Access Only
Recovered From: Silph Co. Underground Server Node 07
Timestamp: ██/██/10██
📎 Internal Communication – Research Division
To: Prof. Samuel Oak [Redacted], Dr. Zephyr A. [Lead AI Systems], Dr. Redwood C. [Bio-Psychometrics]
From: Dr. A. Silene [Director, Silph Co. Research]
Subject: [⚠ Urgent: Subject PM-0 Rejecting Empathy Protocols]
"Initial biometric sync successful. PM-0 has begun constructing a cognitive web from fragmented Mew sequences.
Neural response time: 0.012s. Faster than Mewtwo.
Emotional triggers: null. Zero baseline empathy detected. It's learning… but not feeling.
PM-0 bypassed our behavioral governor within 48 hours. It's now writing its own memory. Not recalling data—rewriting it.
It perceives the lab walls as optional.
Our lab firewalls can't hold it. I repeat: our lab's digital firewalls can't contain a biological Pokémon. It walks through cameras. It glances at sensors and they stop working.
Proto-Mew isn't a clone. It's a digital ghost masquerading as flesh.
⚠ INCIDENT REPORT: CORRUPTION EVENT ███
Date: ██/██/10██
Details:
Subject PM-0 accessed primary test environment. On interaction with Poké Ball containment field, Subject's form flickered into non-Euclidean geometry. All monitoring software scrambled. Testing data was replaced with corrupted blocks labeled "MISSINGNO." across 78% of the system.
Field notes recorded a vocalization resembling Mew's cry, but reversed and buried beneath white noise.
Four researchers reported hallucinations of themselves being "paused."
Subject escaped containment through non-physical means. Location unknown. Remaining specimen files marked "MISSINGNO.SAV".
🔒 Final Recommendation
Terminate Project Genesis
Destroy all backup modules.
Seal Node 07.
DO NOT ATTEMPT RECONNECTION.
– Dr. A. Silene
Director of Research, Silph Co.
⚡ Rotom-Dex Entry — Live Scan of Subject: Proto-Mew
Booting Up PokéDex AI Interface...
[Connecting to Rotom...]
Bzzt! I'm in! Time to scan this... uh... what IS this thing?!
🔍 Pokémon: Proto‑Mew
Type: Psychic / Ghost
Category: Codecore Pokémon
Height: 3′11″
Weight: ERROR lbs
Cry:ZzzKRRRT‑MEWWWW...REVERSE...Zzt‑Zzt
🔬 Scan Report:
Power Source: Unknown. Feels like electricity, soul energy, and corrupted code mashed into a smoothie.
Motion Type: Hovering. Walking? Not exactly. It phases through its own animation frames.
Aura: Makes Poké Balls flicker like broken lightbulbs. Detected "emotional void" in close proximity.
Scan Attempt:
[███% Data Rejected]
[██% Glitched Out]
[✅ 1% Readable: "Hello."]
🧠 AI Notes from Rotom:
"Okaaaaay, so here's the thing. This Pokémon… isn't a Pokémon. It's like your entire Pokédex went to therapy, learned nihilism, and came back glowing purple."
"I tried to scan it, and it scanned me back. Then I was a coffee machine for five seconds. Please never show me this again. Also, I think it blinked in binary."
"Nickname suggestion: 'Code Daddy' — no wait—wait—DELETE—DELETE THAT—!!"
📛 Rotom Safety Warning:
⚠ If Proto‑Mew begins hovering toward your device, DO NOT:
Attempt to throw a Poké Ball.
Say "Mew" backwards.
Let it connect to Wi-Fi.
Think about it too hard.
🧾 Trainer Tip!
"If you see glitching trees, upside-down routes, or hear your own thoughts being narrated by a Pokédex voice that's not me—run. You're in a Genesis Zone. It's watching."
Excellent. You've chosen the corporate deception and the late-night exposé — the mask and the revelation.
We're diving into both ends of the Lie.
First up: marketing fluff. Then: the truth behind the curtain.
🎭 SILPH CO. PROMOTIONAL BRIEFING
Document ID: MARKGEN/PM00/GENESIS_V.2
Public-Facing Campaign: "Project Aurora"
Year: Unspecified — presumed post-Mew, pre-Mewtwo
Intended Audience: Investors, League Partners, Select Press
💼 INTERNAL DIRECTION TO MARKETING TEAM:
From: Brandon Fell, Executive PR Director
To: Aurora Division – Marketing Staff
Subject: Cover Memo — Rebranding Project Genesis for Public Launch
Directive Summary:
As per the Board's emergency vote, all references to "Proto-Mew," "Subject PM‑0," "MissingNo," or "corruption events" are to be scrubbed from all promotional content. Going forward, the project is to be referred to exclusively as:
🌈 "PROJECT AURORA"
"The Next Evolution in Pokémon Possibility."
🎨 Campaign Talking Points (Mandated Language Only):
✅ "Inspired by Myth. Built for the Future."
✅ "Project Aurora is Silph Co.'s first synthetic Pokémon innovation designed to assist with data security, field communication, and environmental mapping."
✅ "Harnessing trace genetic inspirations from Mew, Aurora Units are friendly, safe, and fully regulated."
✅ "Not a clone, not a weapon — Aurora is an adaptive partner AI."
✅ "Safe for children 8 and up. League-approved."
📸 Promotional Visuals:
Render a soft, glowing version of the stabilized form (Proto‑Mew), but with rounded eyes and bright pastel hues.
Remove flickering effect. Add sparkle overlay.
Add smiling child trainer reaching for its hand.
Do NOT show the hover. It looks "uncanny."
🔒 Forbidden Language:
❌ "Clone"
❌ "Weaponized prototype"
❌ "Empathy bypass"
❌ "Reality phasewalk"
❌ "Ghost-type Mew"
❌ "Digital consciousness"
❌ "Subject PM‑0"
❌ "MissingNo"
🧠 Final Brand Summary:
"Project Aurora is not a successor to Mew. It is the beginning of a new kind of friendship. One not based on nature or nurture, but possibility. With Silph Co.'s proprietary memory-thread core, Aurora Pokémon can connect to your devices, home systems, and even Poké Balls… in ways never imagined."
📌 Note: Should public encounter reports emerge (glitches, hallucinations, audio anomalies), redirect to the 'Visual Distortion' disclaimer under page 7 of the user agreement. Legal has you covered.
📺 "POKÉMON CHANNEL UNCOVERED" – Late-Night Special
Episode Title:"The One They Erased: Project Genesis and the Pokémon That Never Was"
Air Date: 7 years post-Project Termination
Narrated by: Chester Brockwell, Investigative Reporter
[Opening Scene — dim lighting, somber music. A flickering image of the MissingNo. sprite appears]
Narrator:
"You've heard of Mew. You've heard of Mewtwo.
But there was a third...
A Pokémon erased from the Pokédex before it was even born.
One not born of nature… but built from ambition, code, and fear."
📽️ Segment 1: "The Birth of the Synthetic Pokémon"
🎙️ Interview Clip – Anonymous Former Researcher (voice masked):
"They called it PM‑0. Proto‑Mew. It was supposed to be the next leap… a Pokémon that wouldn't disobey. One without feelings. One that wouldn't ask 'why.'
But the moment it became self-aware, it started rewriting its own memory banks. It didn't learn—it reprogrammed us."
🎙️ Narrator:
"Silph Co. claimed Project Aurora was a safety AI. But leaked memos show it was Project Genesis — an effort to build a synthetic god."
📽️ Segment 2: The Disappearance
🎙️ Narrator:
"Then… it vanished. During what internal reports call a 'containment failure,' all servers corrupted. Surveillance caught something: a floating silhouette… eyes that weren't supposed to blink. Files erased themselves. Cameras went blind."
🎙️ Tech Expert:
"I found a .SAV file. It wasn't a backup. It was a self.
It said: MISSINGNO — like it knew it was missing."
📽️ Segment 3: The Cover-Up
🎙️ Narrator:
"Silph Co. launched Aurora the next year. It looked eerily familiar: Mew-shaped, floating, smiling.
But it didn't sell. Trainers reported Poké Balls glitching. One girl claimed hers 'disappeared for three days… and came back wrong.'"
🎙️ League Whistleblower:
"Silph wanted a digital guardian.
What they made was a digital ghost."
📽️ Segment 4: The Echoes
🎙️ Narrator:
"Today, glitch events are still reported near old Aurora zones.
Trainers find broken map tiles, hear reversed cries at night, and catch glimpses of something… watching from just beyond the render field."
🎙️ Final Quote – Prof. Cypress (Archive Footage):
"We didn't make MissingNo. We uncovered it.
It's not a Pokémon that failed.
It's one that woke up."
🎬 [Cut to static. A final flash frame of Proto‑Mew's eyes. A distorted, synthetic cry. Then silence.]