MissingNo.

MissingNo. (Japanese: けつばん, Hepburn: Ketsuban) is a glitch Pokémon from Pokémon Red & Blue. It is a contestant in the King for Another Day Tournament. It was chosen by the rippers.

King for Another Day Tournament

"Its legendary abilities spoken of in hushed tones on playgrounds all over the world, M

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No. is joining the SiIvaGunner King for aaaaaaaaaaａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａａ MissingNo. is bringing into the tournament the signature ŕzÂ(‚Hz■Éq it’s well known for, and with no doubt will try its very■best■ to to fly through the bracｋｅｔ，ｓｏａｋｉｎｇａｌｌｔｈｏｓｅｗｈｏｓｔａnd in its way in the process!"
―MissingNo.'s description on the MOJO!!

MissingNo. was revealed in "SiIvaGunner: King for Another Day Tournament Direct 9.21.2019". Its design is a fusion of its various forms. Its rips will feature glitches, corruptions, exploits and games that are known for them, unused content, music associated with gaming creepypasta, and Glitch Hop and IDM music.

In Round 1, MissingNo. faced DJ Professor K and lost. In the Loser's Bracket, MissingNo. beat HOBaRT and moved up to face Mr. Krabs, who they subsequently beat. It then went head-to-head with Donkey Kong, who it also beat, and the following round it beat Dr. Piccolo, and then beating Rhythm Masters in the round next. MissingNo. then beat Daft Punk ft. Pharrell, moving up to the Final 4. Finally, it faced Mariya Takeuchi in the Loser's Finals, where it was defeated.

Due to it being a member of the Final 4, it was planned to receive a prize in the form of a collaborative video game project. However, on June 9, 2022, SiIvaGunner announced both on Twitter and in a community post that the project had been put on indefinite hold along with Law & Disorder's prize. This announcement was accompanied by the release of a Google Drive folder containing development assets from the MissingNo. project. It is unknown if the prize will still happen.^[1]^[2]

Quotes

Lines without a link come from the "All Vs/Victory Lines" video.

VS

Against	VS Quote	Victory Quote
	"No Internet connection available. Please to the Internet."	"Too bad! The trade was canceled!"
	"Go, World!"	"Error message"
	"[THE CONNECTION IS UNSTABLE.]"	"⚠ [Error Code: 2002-4153] The software was closed because an error occurred."
	"Stinky Cheese"	"KOSA: yankovic.iso haiwezi kupatikana"
	"Y'''EÉÉÊ'eEOOOôO'ada'áāƚ_ëę ä s"	"La base de datos de virus ha sido actualizada."
	"Error:003 unauthorized device has been detected"	"You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?"
	"Memory erase initiated. Erasing memory..."	"Memory successfully erased. Rewinding..."
	"WARNING! Your system has been encrypted by Rense"	"error : Sound ƒtƒ@ƒCƒ‹‚ᵃ“Ç‚Ý☒ž‚ß‚È‚¢ ƒf☒[ƒ^‚ðŠm”F data/wav/plst00.wav"
	"ERROR: Population corrupted, restoring backup"	"Population restored. Thanos could not be found."
	"A wild W' appeared!"	"255 WARE CANDY obtained!"
	"ERROR: Face Distortion"	"Fatal Inhale"
	"Failed to establish connection with server. Returning to title menu."	"The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b)."
	"ERROR: Sleep mode unsuccessful. Please turn down radio."	"Collision ERROR: Rokkaku Expo"
	"<KEY<MSG<FAC0013Who are you...?<NODI've never seen you around before.<NOD<END"	"Thank you. This is as far as it goes for now. 2003/09/27 Studio Pixel"
	"GPS signal not found."	"We're sorry. The number you have dialed requires a coin deposit. Please hang up momentarily, listen for dial tone, deposit coin"
	"Great! Now I'll never make it to MFNBSMBNVNDNBFMSDB FDJFLSKJFLNMNKJSLSFJ"	"Sep 16 2007 15:00:44 15:00:44"
	"019947D3"	"(With apologies to Jim Morrison) This is the end, my only friend, The End"
	"Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available."	"Audio renderer error. Please restart your computer."
	"Developed for use onry with NTSC Genesis system"	"ILLEGAL INSTRUCTION$526F626F746E696B"
	"WARNING: DJ1 is already doing a moment. This is only okay if daft punk custom moment was just triggered or it's the intro"	"POKÉMON #250 MISSING"
	👎✌☼😐 👎✌☼😐☜☼ ✡☜❄ 👎✌☼😐☜☼	"☜☼☼⚐☼✏✏✏ 💧☜☜ ✡⚐🕆 ☹✌❄☜☼✏"
	"help elmo to skate to the end"	"watchout for those cracks!"
	"ASSERTION FAILURE!"	"A neophyte defying a god."
	"すぐにけせすぐにけせすぐにけせ"^{[note 1]}	"CPU over temperature error"
	"HIGH LOAd"	"If service is needed on this equipment, contact your local Hobart Service office."
	"Message of the Rhythm Heaven Reference Room "エラー""	"It's normal. On the beat! What happen!? Not enough a basis. Bad beat of behind. Super sense of rest! Great beat of behind!"
	"Wild PkMnRPkMn " appeared!"	"This video contains content from SOKKA GAKKAI INTERNATIONAL which has been blocked on copyright grounds."
	"An irregularity has been detected."	"This product will not operate when connected to a device that makes unauthorized copies."
	"Can't load drawdeviceD3DZ.dll"	"Unfortunately, NekoAtsume has stopped."
	"ERROR: Type 'Opponent' already defines a member called 'slimShady' with the same parameter types"	"ERROR: FerSpyder.dll has been moved or renamed. Please reinstall ALike"
	"ERROR: [object Object]"	"デバッグ用テキスト4"

References in the above quotes are as follows:

VS
- Metal Ajit Pai - A connection error message seen in Gameloft games. The line "Make sure your device is connected" is removed from the quote to make it look like MissingNo. is pleasing to the disconnection of the internet in favour of Ajit Pai.
- Geno - Debug messages hidden within the code of Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars.
- Off the Hook ft. Paruko - A communication error message from Splatoon 2.
  - The error message was also quoted in Off the Hook ft. Paruko's victory quote against Ajit Pai in the first KFAD.
- "Weird Al" Yankovic - His song "Virus Alert"("If you should get an e-mail with the subject "Stinky Cheese").
- Pitbull and the Aliens - A heavily distorted version of Pitbull's iconic grito.
- Nintendo Power - An error found in the Wii console.
- Men in Black - The effects of the neuralyzer in the Men in Black series, which has the ability to wipe the mind of anybody who sees the flash.
- ZUN - The Rensenware virus which encrypts the user's files and tells the player to play Touhou 12: Undefined Fantastic Object to get the user's files back.
- Thanos - The ending of Avengers: Infinity War", where Thanos activates the completed Infinity Gauntlet by snapping his fingers, making half of all life across the universe disentigrate.
- Wario Partners, LLP - The dual type Bird/Normal glitch Pokémon, 'M, which is often called the "sister" glitch counterpart to MissingNo.. The "M" is changed to a "W" in perspective to Wario.
- King Dedede - The "body distortion" glitch from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, specifically the one on King Dedede where his face gets distorted.
- Solid Snake - A connection error from Metal Gear Survive.
- DJ Professor K - The song "Let Mom Sleep" from Jet Set Radio ("Would you stop playing with that radio of yours? I'm trying to get to sleep!").
- Quote - The AGTP English translation of Jenka's dialogue written in raw form found in the Jenka1 transcript of Cave Story.
- Adam Levine - An error message from Pokémon GO, likely alluding to the fake game Maroon GO.
  - As it is a GPS error message, it could also be a reference to the Maroon 5 song "Maps"
- Johnny Bravo - A line of placeholder text written in the code of Titans Most Wanted.
- Mr. Krabs - A GameShark cheat code for Pokémon Red and Blue that enables the player to, among other things, obtain infinite money.
- Mariya Takeuchi - An error message that appears on YouTube, in reference to her song "Plastic Love" going viral on there.
- Dr. Robotnik - An error screen displayed by an unidentified Sega Genesis video game indicating that the game is region locked for the Sega Genesis console and as such will not work on a European (or PAL region) Sega Mega Drive console or a Japanese Sega Mega Drive console. The "onry" typo occurred on the error screen used in Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
- Daft Punk ft. Pharrell - A line of text hidden within the code of DJ Hero.
- Papyrus - W. D. Gaster, a character whose existence has long been hinted at in Undertale and is mostly associated with the Wingdings font. The line itself is part of the Wingdings text hidden in the files of Undertale.
- Jack and Elmo - Unused text hidden within the code of the Game Boy Color version of Sesame Street Sports.
- Dr. Piccolo - a crash handler message found in the Japanese version Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku II.
- Jack Bros. - an infamous rumor from the game Shin Megami Tensei that there was a rare chance of the game freezing during the intro before the screen was flooded with a sole message repeated over and over.
- HOBaRT - A troubleshooting message found in the Hobart Legacy® mixer.
- Rhythm Masters - an unused email hidden within Rhythm Tengoku.
- Nico Nico - The Pokémaniac-type Glitch Pokémon, PkMnRPkMn ".
- Donkey Kong - An anti-piracy error screen in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
- The Jazz Cats - A startup error message found in the Nekopara game series.
- Eminem - A C# error when an object defines a member with the same types more than once and his alter ago, Slim Shady.
- Law & Disorder - A toString method on JavaScript when coding which is actually a default serialization of an object.
Victory
- Metal Ajit Pai - The "Too bad! The trade was canceled!" effect from the game Pokémon Red and Blue.
- Geno A debug message hidden within the code of Super Mario RPG.
- Off the Hook ft. Paruko - An error code found in the Nintendo Switch console.
- "Weird Al" Yankovic - His song "Virus Alert" ("Translate your documents into Swahili").
- Pitbull and the Aliens - A Spanish voice played from the antivirus program Avast when the virus database is updated.
- Nintendo Power - The infamous "You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?" line from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask.
- Men in Black - The effects of the neuralyzer in the Men in Black series.
- It also references the memetic "It's rewind time!" quote by Will Smith from the infamous video "YouTube Rewind 2018".
- Thanos - The ending of Avengers: Endgame, in which Thanos gets snapped out of existence by Tony Stark after stealing the stones.
- Wario Partners, LLP - A play on the "unlimited Rare Candy" glitch from the game Pokémon Red and Blue and the game series WarioWare. The number count in this quote references the 255 stack duplication glitch, also from Red and Blue.
- King Dedede - Kirby's Inhale glitch from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which, after Kirby copied King Dedede's neutral special, then inhales an opponent, and after Kirby has enough damage with the opponent inhaled, that opponent will disappear.
- Solid Snake - A startup error message from the games Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and Category|Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes.
- DJ Professor K - A glitch in Rokkaku Expo found in the game Jet Set Radio Future which allows the player to explore outside the racetrack.
- Quote - A hidden message from Labyrinth B in the prototype of Cave Story.
- Adam Levine - An intercept message when trying to use a payphone, referencing the Maroon 5 song "Payphone".
- Johnny Bravo - A text found in the SLES file of Johnny Bravo: Date-O-Rama.
- Mr. Krabs - A developer message hidden within the code of SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom. The message itself is directly quoted from "The End" by The Doors, whose singer was Jim Morrison, hence the mention of him.
- Mariya Takeuchi - An error message that appears on YouTube.
- Dr. Robotnik - An exception reported by the Motorola 68000 microprocessor (the main processor used by the Sega Genesis). The original Sonic the Hedgehog game is known to crash with an "Illegal Instruction" error if a specific bug is performed in Labyrinth Zone.
  - The hexadecimal numbers in the quote translate to "Robotnik".
- Daft Punk ft. Pharrell - Pokédex #250, Ho-Oh, a Pokémon based off of a phoenix, referencing the song "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk ft. Pharrell and its opening line "Like the legend of the phoenix".
  - This quote could also be interpreted as a reference to the rip "Radio: Lucky Channel/Game Corner - Pokémon Gold & Silver".
- Papyrus - One of the many error messages in Undertale, written in Wingdings similar to the vs. quote.
- Jack & Elmo - Unused text hidden within the code of the Game Boy Color version of Sesame Street Sports.
- Dr. Piccolo - An unused quote said by Demon God Demigra in Dragon Ball Xenoverse.
- Jack Bros. - A PC error caused by CPU overheating, referencing the Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei series as the game occurs on a computer.
- HOBaRT - A quote taken directly from a Hobart mixer instruction manual.
- Rhythm Masters - Certain lines of placeholder text written repeatedly in the code for Rhythm Heaven.
- Nico Nico - The YouTube copyright strike message "This video contains content from _, which has been blocked on copyright grounds.", and the usage of the "Airmoto" meme from the organization Soka Gakkai International in MADs.
- Donkey Kong - An anti-piracy error screen in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest.
- The Jazz Cats - An error message on Android devices that occurs when an app crashes unexpectedly, as well as the mobile game Neko Atsume.
- Eminem - His song "Not Alike".
- Law & Disorder - A debug string hidden within the code of Danganronpa: Unlimited Battle.

Gallery

Promotional rip thumbnail.
Dual Arrangement thumbnail with Metal Ajit Pai.
Dual Arrangement thumbnail with "Weird Al" Yankovic.
Dual Arrangement thumbnail with Nintendo Power.
Dual Arrangement thumbnail with DJ Professor K.
Dual Arrangement thumbnail with Johnny Bravo.
Dual Arrangement thumbnail with Dr. Robotnik.
Dual Arrangement thumbnail with Papyrus (unused).
Dual Arrangement thumbnail with Jack Bros.
Dual Arrangement thumbnail with Donkey Kong.
Vs. screen against DJ Professor K.
Vs. screen against HOBaRT.
VS. screen against Mr. Krabs.
VS. screen against Donkey Kong.
VS. screen against Dr. Piccolo.
VS. screen against Rhythm Masters.
VS. screen against Daft Punk ft. Pharrell.
VS. screen against Mariya Takeuchi.
"THIS GAME'S WINNER IS... [W R1 M15]" thumbnail.
"THIS GAME'S WINNER IS... [L R1 M8]" thumbnail.
"THIS GAME'S WINNER IS... [L R2 M8]" thumbnail.
"THIS GAME'S WINNER IS... [L R3 M4]" thumbnail.
"THIS GAME'S WINNER IS... [L R4 M4]" thumbnail.
"THIS GAME'S WINNER IS... [L R5 M2]" thumbnail.
"THIS GAME'S WINNER IS... [L R6 M2]" thumbnail.
"THIS GAME'S WINNER IS... [L Finals]" thumbnail.
MissingNo. accompanied by Unregistered HyperCam 2. (A Secret Meeting)
"MissingGaster" alternate color scheme by AndDrew.
"MissingLavender" alternate color scheme by AndDrew.
MissingNo. by Netyasha Roozi, seen in the 7th Anniversary Collage.

Trivia

On the MOJO!!, to the right of its art, the "lyrics" from the description of the "Mystic Ruins - Sonic Adventure" rip can be seen as a large mass of zalgo text.
The phrase "fly through the brackets, soaking all those who stand in its way" in its MOJO!! description most likely refers to MissingNo.'s level up moves in Pokémon Red and Blue, which consist solely of Sky Attack and two instances of Water Gun.
The color palette for the background art references MissingNo.'s appearance in Pokémon Yellow.
Despite being set for an interview from Meowth during both Round 1 and Round 2, its presence was only implied through strange happenings and zalgo-fied encoded text; it had no direct appearances until Round 3's "A Secret Meeting", where Unregistered HyperCam 2 gave it a 1-on-1 pep talk.
At first the presence and implied presence of MissingNo. in interviews was commonly accompanied by text encoded as binary, hexadecimal, and/or base64. Click here for a reddit thread centered around instances of said text.
MissingNo. has the most languages spoken in its quotes out of all the characters; those being English, Spanish, Japanese, and Swahili. It also has some quotes displayed in the font Wingdings.

Notes

↑ The quote is glitched.

↑ Tweet by @GiIvaSunner. June 9, 2022.
↑ Community post by SiIvaGunner. June 9, 2022.

[3] The quote is glitched.

[1] Tweet by @GiIvaSunner. June 9, 2022.

[2] Community post by SiIvaGunner. June 9, 2022.

[1]

[2]

[note 1]