Change player color glitch

Miscellaneous glitches of Pokémon Gold and Silver and Pokémon Crystal

Battle transition oversight | Change player color glitch (Crystal only) | Daylight Saving Time exploit | Get all three starters (Generation II) | Glitch Unown | Glitch dolls | Horn Drill and Fissure glitch | Unused and redundant Egg moves

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The Change Player Color glitch is a glitch which allows the player to change colors of his or her character on Pokémon G/S/C.

Procedure

1. Start a game as either a boy or a girl and save it.
2. Start a new game as the opposite gender as the first save.
3. Save the game, but turn off the game while it says "SAVING...DO NOT TURN OFF THE POWER".
4. When you restart, you character should be the wrong color.

Normal Boy	New Boy
Normal Girl	New Girl

Notes

The player can can do this without starting a new game by skipping the first step, but he or she will lose all of the Pokémon that he or she has saved on the PC.