Perpetual spinning effect
The perpetual spinning glitch, also known as the spinning glitch, is a glitch in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow.
Summary
If the player performs the Safari Zone exit glitch but makes their 500th step be on a spinning tile, the spinning effect will persist while walking normally until the player uses another spinning tile.
Sprite transformation
While this glitch is in effect, it is possible to temporarily change the player's overworld sprite to a different one by using a PC, and holding a direction button while exiting the PC interface.
The sprite displayed depends on the location of the PC used. The correspondences below are for the English versions:
| Location | Type of sprite |
|---|---|
| Pallet Town | Professor Oak |
| Viridian City | Professor Oak |
| Pewter City | Girl |
| Cerulean City | Girl |
| Lavender Town | Boy |
| Vermilion City | Girl |
| Celadon City | Police officer |
| Fuchsia City | Swimmer |
| Saffron City | Boy |
| Cinnabar Island | Professor Oak |
| Indigo Plateau | Police officer |
| Other locations | Girl |
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Attribution
- Unknown, Paco81 - Discovery
- LanceAndMissingNo. - Different NPC sprites (based on location) information