Chaotic name

A chaotic name refers to glitch strings in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow with names that are difficult to predict, and show a degree of randomness.

These may include the following:

• Strings taken from VRAM, randomized due to VRAM inaccessibility.
• Strings that are taken by the game searching for terminated 0x50 strings into RAM until the (n)th number is found (the case with examples like - (Generation I move)'s internal name).
• Strings taken from an area of RAM subject to change.

Chaotic names may be found on:

• Glitch moves - Example: - (move)
• Glitch Trainer class names - Example: Jacred
• Glitch items - Example: Hex:00 glitch item in Red/Green (there are no chaotic name glitch items in the English versions)
• Glitch types (often subject to VRAM inaccessibility) - Example: Hex:1E glitch type in Pokémon Red and Blue

See also

• Time Capsule exploit: There is a degree of randomness for some Generation II to Generation I trades for Pokémon not in the table.