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[[File:Emerald 65535 HP.png|frame|right|An Arbok in {{Emerald}} with 65535 HP thanks to the Pomeg glitch (picture by v0id19).]]

The '''Pomeg glitch''' (less often, the '''Pomeg Berry glitch''') is an oversight regarding the Pomeg Berry's ability to decrease HP [[bp:Effort value|EV]]s. It allows a Pokémon to attain 'negative' health.

There are many different tricks that the player can exploit with the Pomeg gltich for Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, LeafGreen, Diamond, Pearl, Platinum; including a major [[glitch technique]] called [[Glitzer Popping]]. Reducing a Pokémon's HP to negative values through use of a Pomeg Berry has been made impossible in all games from {{BW}} onward.

 

 

#A Pomeg Berry.

#A Pokémon with a relatively low amount of HP.

 

#Reduce the Pokémon's HP to 1. This can be done by poisoning the Pokémon, or if a Pokémon with an odd amount of HP uses Curse twice.

#Use the Pomeg Berry to obtain negative HP or 0 HP.

 

Once a Pokémon attains this HP value, it may be exploited to abuse other oversights in the game.

 

 

However, the large amount of HP will be healed away if traded to {{C}} or {{XD}}. If migrated to {{DPP}} or {{HGSS}}, the Pokémon's health is also restored to normal values as it is deposited into the PC.

 

===In {{RS}}===

 

 

Using healing items on a Pokémon with ?35 HP (or similar HP values) will not cause the Pokémon to faint. Instead, the Pokémon will be healed to full health.

 

However, it is still possible to cause Pokémon to faint outside of battle without whiting out in these games, as it is only healing items specifically that cannot be used. HP Ups can be used to gain the exact amount of HP required to raise a Pokémon's health to 0, for example. Rare Candies and evolution stones may be used similarly.

 

==={{Emerald}}, {{FRLG}}===

 

====Healing with Eruption or Water Spout====

A Pokémon with negative HP which uses Eruption or Water Spout may actually heal the opponent if the user has high enough Special Attack and the foe has low enough Special Defense.

 

 

The player's team must consist of at least three Pokémon:

#A Pokémon with ?35 HP (in the first slot)

#A fainted Pokémon or an Egg (the player may have as many as they like)

 

====Sprite glitch====

 

====Charm glitch====

{{main|Charm glitch}}.

After performing the steps which activate the sprite glitch, if the Pokémon gets hit by an attacking move and uses Charm, various graphical glitches may occur after the user or the foe performs a specific move.

 

Pokémon that evolve through trading (Graveler, Machoke and Kadabra) will evolve if traded to another game while in an Egg. This will cause the amusing declaration that "Egg is evolving!" followed by the traditional evolution sequence with an Egg slowly evolving into a Golem, Machamp or Alakazam.

 

 

 

{{credit|Reported by=VaeporSage|Verified by=VaeporSage}}

 

===In {{DPP}}===

 

Healing items cannot be used on Pokémon with HP values below 0 however; it is still possible to underflow the Pokémon's HP and faint the Pokémon with a Rare Candy.

 

 

====Fainting a Pokémon====

 

{{credit|Reported by=Ownagemuch|Verified by=Various}}

 

===In {{HGSS}}===

{{clr}}

If a [[cheating device]] is used to get all Pokémon in the party with 0 HP, a walking Pokémon glitch where the walking Pokémon stays on the spot is possible.{{clarify}}

 

==Notes==

#Shedinja cannot be used to exploit the Pomeg glitch regardless of its effort value in hitpoints because its HP will always remain at 1.

#If the Pokémon receiving 'negative HP' knows or learns the move [[bp:Softboiled (move)|Softboiled]], it can be used to restore the hitpoints of many Pokémon, without the need of large amounts of recovery items.

[[Category:Generation III glitches]]

[[Category:Generation IV glitches]]

[[Category:Recurring glitches]]