Chaotic name

A chaotic name refers to glitch strings in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow and Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal 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 moves with index numbers between 0xA6-0xC3
• Glitch Trainer class names - Example: Jacred, artificial Trainer classes
• 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
• Glitch stats - Example: Hex:4F glitch stat in Yellow
• Glitch preset names

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.