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Some Things Just Should Not Be (i.imgur.com)

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[–]kieferbutt 40 points41 points ago

Shouldn't have attempted human transmutation.

[–]NegimaSonic 99 points100 points ago

If missingno destroys the Pokemon world, will that create the digital world?

[–]Wild_MissingNo 31 points32 points ago

░

[–]OverzealousPanda 0 points1 point ago

OverzealousPanda uses Masterball.

[–]shitsfuckedupalot 52 points53 points ago

digimon

[–]Brobi-Wan 11 points12 points ago

the worse part of digimon was the fact that they used the term digivolve. I mean at that point you are just turning into the smurfs.

[–]tempestjg 5 points6 points ago

I think that was just in the english version. In the original they just say evolve.

[–]tazjin 1 point2 points ago

In the German version they used "digitate" instead.

[–]Andygoesrawr 2 points3 points ago

I get it, like potatoes!

[–]TheGreat69 17 points18 points ago

ahhhh I see what you did there!

[–]X-Craft 10 points11 points ago

They will eventually realize

It was a digital world all along

[–]m23snoopy31 11 points12 points ago

Digimon!!!

[–]Iamkazam 7 points8 points ago

DIGIMON, DIGITAL MONSTERS! DIGIMON ARE THE CHAMPIONS!

[–]TKOL 4 points5 points ago

I used to think they were saying DIGIMON GARLIC CHAMPIONS lol

[–]truedemocracy 0 points1 point ago

LOL!!!!

[–]yinyangyan 0 points1 point ago

Until just now I thought it was "Digital Guardian Champions"

[–]Overdriver18 1 point2 points ago

This reminds me of the story arc in Series 3 in which the Chaos blob thing essentially eats the digital and real worlds.

[–]NegimaSonic 2 points3 points ago

oh man, that sounds kind of familiar but I can't totally remember it.

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    [–]xSmoothx[S] 160 points161 points ago

    Source

    [–]TheGreat69 61 points62 points ago

    That guys theory is ten times better than just seeing the picture. Thank you!

    [–]1Overdrive 2 points3 points ago

    Could you provide a link to said theory?

    [–]spikestoker 15 points16 points ago

    It's in the source link OP posted above.

    Note: some experience with Lovecraft suggested.

    [–]hobo_shinobi 11 points12 points ago

    So Missingno is the pokemon version of Cthulu?

    [–]BobIV 5 points6 points ago

    I'd buy it.

    [–]Sriad 2 points3 points ago

    More like Nyarlathotep "the crawling chaos" (except for one of his forms appearing human); Nyar walks the earth sewing madness and corruption in his wake rather than just sleeping:

    "Nyarlathotep enacts the will of the Outer Gods, and is their messenger, heart and soul; he is also a servant of Azathoth, whose wishes he immediately fulfills. Unlike the other Outer Gods, causing madness is more important and enjoyable than death and destruction to Nyarlathotep. It is suggested by some that he will destroy the human race and possibly the earth as well."

    [–]Justamaaan 1 point2 points ago

    Have you heard of the Apotheosis Saga

    [–]Sarria22 1 point2 points ago

    That is not dead which can eternal lie. And with strange aeons even death may die.

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

    Nameless Horror. Abject Terror.

    [–]1Overdrive 2 points3 points ago

    Sorry, using RES. Can't tell links from images.

    [–]TheGreat69 4 points5 points ago

    It's the source I commented on

    [–]DrPeacemaker 7 points8 points ago

    Beneath the seas, besides the flame, Off the coast where the lost beast came,

    To bring the world misery and shame, A piece of the world is missing.

    The path you should have never crossed, The Beast exacts a heavy cost,

    The number of the Beast is lost, You will know it by its hissing.

    The bones from hell you cannot tame, Devour your life and all your fame,

    That is the price to play its game, And all while you're reminiscing.

    [–]mouser58907 56 points57 points ago

    This reminds me of Steven King's The Langoliers.

    [–]NARF_NARF 16 points17 points ago

    That movie stayed with me to this day. My first thoughts seeing this too.

    [–]kelsifer 0 points1 point ago

    Whoa there was a movie? Man the story scared me enough now I'm gonna have to look up a movie version too. DANGIT.

    [–]ForsakenBacon 10 points11 points ago

    SCARING THE LITTLE GIRL

    [–]callmesuspect 6 points7 points ago

    Yep. Can't forget that horrifying film.

    [–]dejaflu 10 points11 points ago*

    That terrifying mid-90s cgi.

    [–]mattlohkamp 4 points5 points ago

    Oh yeah - man the short story was so much better than the film.

    [–]Sklar_Hast 6 points7 points ago

    Did the book also have poorly rendered CGI meatballs as the climax of the story?

    [–]Sometimes_Raps 1 point2 points ago

    I always referred to them as "brown pac-men with teeth." I think I like "meatballs" better.

    [–]azcomputerguru 1 point2 points ago

    The movie depressed me, the book was a million times better. But exactly what I thought when I saw this picture.

    [–]TacoMagic 0 points1 point ago

    great great movie

    [–]Gingold 45 points46 points ago

    Missingno. is my favorite Pokemon

    it saddens me that everyone thinks he will break your game or the few who do catch him only do so for rare candies and nuggets

    He's really a power house with a ridiculous base attack and is super fun to battle with :D

    [–]BigMax55 124 points125 points ago

    Nice try, Missingno.

    [–]Wild_MissingNo 12 points13 points ago

    ░

    [–]neutralmilkmotel1 9 points10 points ago

    This is my favorite "nice try" comment ever posted.

    [–]BigMax55 0 points1 point ago

    What a coincidence, this is my favorite comment ever posted :)

    [–]neutralmilkmotel1 0 points1 point ago

    Did we just become best friends?

    [–]BigMax55 -1 points0 points ago

    Yup! You wanna go do karate in the garage?

    [–]neutralmilkmotel1 0 points1 point ago

    Yup!

    [–]PiExactlyThree 15 points16 points ago

    That's only if you encounter and capture the right version. The missingno you encounter is related to a garbage data overflow that is influenced by the characters in your player's name. When caught, sometime missingno will be a powerhouse, sometimes it will transform into a different pokemon of lvl>100 (I had lvl 250 golbats... win?), and other times it will corrupt all data.

    [–]bumwine 33 points34 points ago

    Yeah man, I agree, I really love hi▓░▓▒◙▓▓▄▓◙◙▓▐▄╢╕█╠▒╪ ▐ ▐▒▒▓▓◙▓▓▓.

    [–]andyfrank 14 points15 points ago

    i used to evolve it into a level 264 rapidash when i was finished using it for candies. man my friends would get pissed when we battled

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    [–]andyfrank 3 points4 points ago

    i knew it was 200 something i just threw 64 in there. everyone knew what i was talking about

    [–]Volvaux 12 points13 points ago

    Mine always turned into a level 1 kanghaskahn with sky attack =/

    [–]JTAP72 27 points28 points ago

    My missingno.s on blue version would evolve into a backwards snorlax, and later evolved all of my other pokemon into what can only be described on gameboy color as mangled flesh piles.

    [–]PohTayToez 1 point2 points ago

    There's a way to actually determine what Missingno will evolve into. IIRC, it has to do with what item is in a certain slot in your inventory when you encounter it.

    [–]kaydub88 -3 points-2 points ago

    My missingno would evolve into abra kadabra... or whatever the highest evolution of abra was.

    I had a level 200 of those... never could find people to battle me in 4th grade.

    [–]I_MAKE_USERNAMES 41 points42 points ago

    Alakazam. You suck at Pokemon if you don't know all 151 bro.

    [–]thebeanz 2 points3 points ago

    Well said!

    [–]Naisallat 20 points21 points ago

    Reminds me of the first episode of Fullmetal Alchemist.

    [–]p4r4digm 11 points12 points ago

    Couldn't stop myself

    [–]homer344 7 points8 points ago

    Drain you of your sanity,

    Face The Thing That Should Not Be

    [–]kds15 2 points3 points ago

    Came just for this. You are doing the god of Rock's work.

    [–]homer344 1 point2 points ago

    You can never go wrong with Metallica.

    [–]merfnad 2 points3 points ago

    This picture is not complete without the song! - The Thing that Should not Be

    [–]AffableJack 13 points14 points ago

    Gym? What's a gym?

    [–]omgscottlikewoah 7 points8 points ago

    Ohhh....a GYM.

    [–]meatwad75892 4 points5 points ago

    Reminds me of Truth taking people's limbs in Fullmetal Alchemist.

    [–]Br0keNw0n 4 points5 points ago

    two minutes too late =/

    [–]Taco_the_Penguin 0 points1 point ago

    well I was 7 hours too late...

    [–]nfiniteshade 4 points5 points ago

    I usually hate nostalgia posts, but I love the subtle details in this one, it's awesome!

    [–]screensplitter 4 points5 points ago

    Forget Black and White 2, I want RedGold and BlueSilver where Ethan and Red team up to save Kanto/Johto from Missingno.

    [–]tonyvila 12 points13 points ago

    So, Missingno as the Nothing from The Neverending Story? Cool. I guess that's Ash-treyu?

    [–]UEH 5 points6 points ago

    No, that would be Red.

    [–]Alchoholocaustic 1 point2 points ago

    Never ending story is exactly what I was thinking. I'm sad that this comment is so far down.

    [–]nomsville 3 points4 points ago

    Remember when this happened on my Pokemon Blue. I cried.

    [–]Fishbone_V 1 point2 points ago

    missingno appeared?

    [–]Wild_MissingNo 1 point2 points ago

    ░

    [–]moogoesthecat 5 points6 points ago

    I think Ash hates Silent Hill Downpour as much as all of us. Run, Ash...run.

    [–]McNoobLeet 15 points16 points ago

    RED. Not ASH, RED.

    [–]Scuttlebutt91 3 points4 points ago

    Happened to me on a red cartridge with 138 different pokemon. NEVAR FORGET!

    [–]Wild_MissingNo 4 points5 points ago

    ░

    [–]BRsteve 1 point2 points ago

    Happened to me with 151. Which sucked more because I had just got silver and a link cable.

    [–]MeSkata -2 points-1 points ago

    We never forgive... We never forget...

    [–]HardAssLurker 1 point2 points ago

    missingno strikes again!

    [–]Wild_MissingNo 4 points5 points ago

    ░

    [–]Strongba1 1 point2 points ago

    I... this is glorious!

    [–]Danielg19901 1 point2 points ago

    OH GOD WERE SCREWED

    [–]Slipskull 1 point2 points ago

    Red's not going very far running like that...

    [–]manbrasucks 1 point2 points ago

    TIL missingno is a Septentriones sent by Polaris to reset the world.

    [–]DoctorHardOn 1 point2 points ago

    I got the reference!

    [–]manbrasucks 0 points1 point ago

    I doubt many will. I've enjoyed the game so much the past 3 weeks though and had to make it.

    [–]DoctorHardOn 0 points1 point ago

    It was a pretty fun game. But it also made me rage quite a bit on some boss fights...

    [–]manbrasucks 1 point2 points ago

    Yeah the polaris fight made me pretty upset.

    [–]DoctorHardOn 1 point2 points ago

    Spent way too much time grinding to beat that guy...

    [–]manbrasucks 1 point2 points ago

    It was worse for me as I refused to grind and instead tried demon fusing my way out of it. Ended up getting attack range 4 demons and killing him outside his range.

    Thing that made me rage was "oh you just 1 shot the person that can't die...well I'll just revive him...oh it's game over...but I can revive him just give me 1 turn and his whole party will be revived with full health..."

    [–]DoctorHardOn 1 point2 points ago

    http://imgur.com/r/gaming/BhM8U

    [–]Irrel_M 0 points1 point ago

    Source?

    [–]manbrasucks 2 points3 points ago*

    Ahh sorry. Shin megami tensei devil survivor 2

    The main boss, Polaris, is basically the ruler of all the universes and decides that the human universe has become lost and doesn't have a purpose.

    He decides to wipe everything out and replace it with a new universe. Some humans learn of this before he implements his plan and setup towers that stops the erasure of the universe. (The edges of where the erasure ends kind of looks like this picture but less missingno and more darkness.)

    Polaris sends 7 Septentriones to destroy the towers and if you defeat them you gain the right to stand before him and tell him how your species wants the next universe to be run. Basically how you want humans to be "programmed".

    It could be a world were merit rules and the weak serve the strong or a world where everyone is friendly with each other and lives to help others. (4 endings I believe, maybe 5.)

    [–]Irrel_M 1 point2 points ago

    Thanks for explaining. I haven't had a chance to get DS 2 even though I enjoyed the original so much. One question though, I don't have to get EVERY ending just to unlock stuff do I? That annoyed the fuck out of me.

    [–]manbrasucks 1 point2 points ago

    No. After first clear they give you points for how well you did(lvl 5 with characters, ending you got, first clear, ect) and you can buy stuff like 4 demon carried over, skills carried over, bonus xp, mecca carried over.

    [–]Irrel_M 0 points1 point ago

    That's great, I was hoping that wouldn't be a trend in this series. Now hopefully I can actually find it next time I have money...

    [–]manbrasucks 0 points1 point ago

    You could look into getting a flash cartage for the ds. Lets you d/l any game you like onto it and only costs 40 bucks.

    [–]Irrel_M 0 points1 point ago

    I like collecting the games themselves so I'll buy it. I plan to get a flashcart sooner or later as having my entire library on one kart sounds awesome. But I have no credit card and no real way to buy stuff online.

    [–]FappingFlapper 1 point2 points ago

    Reminds me of Megaman.

    [–]nearjat 1 point2 points ago

    As far as I know Missingno can only be found in one place, the same spot where you find all those insanely high level pokemon. It's almost like a ghost that possesses your mind for being greedy.

    [–]Upvotesgoodshit 1 point2 points ago

    Did anyone else think of the Never Ending Story?

    [–]td8219 1 point2 points ago

    is it just me or does this reminds you of silent hill downpour?

    [–]Questionable-Methods 1 point2 points ago

    No one can escape the NOTHING.

    [–]ScumbagSpruce 1 point2 points ago

    IT can do anything. The Missing One... Mine. Sometimes dead is best.

    [–]Patches111 1 point2 points ago

    I remember this pasta...it was pretty scary

    [–]toy205 0 points1 point ago

    Comic if anyone is interested

    [–]LonerGothOnline 1 point2 points ago

    repost

    [–]Clarkcsm 0 points1 point ago

    That's awesome!

    [–]AgentFlood 0 points1 point ago

    Reminds me of Dennō Coil. It's a really good anime, I highly recommend it.

    [–]kasar7133 0 points1 point ago

    oh missingno

    [–]mirshe 0 points1 point ago

    So missingno is a Great Old One? Guess that makes ditto a shoggoth.

    [–]Dyssomniac 0 points1 point ago

    This idea would be such a badass start to a new Pokemon game or movie.

    [–]Zinthorr 0 points1 point ago

    Did he commit human alchemy?

    [–]PyroSexTech 0 points1 point ago

    After I caught Missingo, he changed into a lv.73 Nidorina...

    [–]Stijakovic 0 points1 point ago

    There was no volcanic activity on Cinnabar Island. This is what really happened.

    [–]ispeelgood 0 points1 point ago

    I found my Pokemon Blue cassete and my Gameboy Color a few days ago. Missingno had corrupted the save so much that I could not open the start menu :(

    [–]Granuloma 0 points1 point ago

    That'll teach him not to try human transmutation again...

    [–]Not_A_Bovine 0 points1 point ago

    Damn you, missingno. Damn you.

    [–]SOPA_NO 0 points1 point ago

    I just got a new idea for a game.

    [–]winesti 0 points1 point ago

    Should've drawn the old man on the roof.

    [–]giantbob 0 points1 point ago

    One of the best pictures about pokémon I've seen in a long while. Awesome, +1 and upvote for sharing.

    [–]vodenii 0 points1 point ago

    The thing that should not be.

    [–]imryano 0 points1 point ago

    Things that are not can't be!

    [–]Xelros 0 points1 point ago

    Oh, so that's...not the 2011 tsunami?

    Well. Carry on, then.

    [–]Varanae 0 points1 point ago

    It's like that shitty film with the energy aliens in Moscow..

    [–]EMP826 0 points1 point ago

    I don't get it...

    [–]feckineejit 0 points1 point ago

    Missing no?

    [–]CasperZick 0 points1 point ago

    I choose you Langolierachu!

    [–]nolandachief 0 points1 point ago

    DIGIMON TV SHOW MUCH BETTER than pokemon

    Pokemon GAME better than digimon games

    [–]thedarkdragon89 0 points1 point ago

    Only Linkara can save us!

    [–]IAmAtomato 0 points1 point ago

    Holy shit that is depressing...

    [–]ScreamingYeti 0 points1 point ago

    To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy’s first Law of Equivalent Exchange.

    [–]X52 0 points1 point ago

    Glitch City, formerly known as Fuschia City

    [–]shroomtat 0 points1 point ago

    rom concept

    [–]Iwouldntlistentome 0 points1 point ago

    I don't play pokemon and all I thought of was the Langoliers http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112040/

    [–]PTTGx2 0 points1 point ago

    Why is that kid wearing the wrong hat?

    [–]UEH 1 point2 points ago

    It's Red from Fire Red/Leaf Green, though Missigno wasn't in that.

    [–]gzrecoil 0 points1 point ago

    I just spent like 10 minutes researching MissingNo, and all this time had no idea it was actually a glitch and that there were a shit ton more of glitch pokemon. Wow.

    [–]dohertyo 0 points1 point ago

    Langoliers!

    [–]FupaLoofah 0 points1 point ago

    wow i just realized that missingno is just missing number.

    [–]Chachoregard -2 points-1 points ago

    I remember this from the Let's Break Pokemon LP Thread!

    [–]havocson -2 points-1 points ago

    Please tell me what this static looking thing is

    [–]MrFatalistic -1 points0 points ago

    looks like the Phalanx have arrived in Viridian City

    [–]thatdovahkiinyouknow -1 points0 points ago

    Is ash (or who ever has that type of attire) being sent into the twilight?

    [–]AtTheMAGNETO 0 points1 point ago

    It's Red, and Missingno. is destroying his save file (his world).

    [–]Jamiemaguireful -3 points-2 points ago

    Isn't this just when the battery dies?

    [–]dsvoid -5 points-4 points ago

    Pokemon? On MY r/gaming?

    [–]RetlaOge -2 points-1 points ago

    Still being a karmawhore huh? This shit is reposted too much.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

    If you don't like it, downvote it. Otherwise, shut the fuck up.

    [–]RetlaOge -1 points0 points ago

    Yeah... no, that really doesn't get the message across.

    [–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

    I'm sorry.

    [–]RetlaOge 0 points1 point ago

    It's okay, you've only been here for two months anyway.

    [–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

    It feels like so much longer...

    [–]ymahaguy3388 -3 points-2 points ago

    WTF did I miss

    [–]achillesfist -3 points-2 points ago

    I feel like ash should be yelling MISSIGNOOOOOOO!!!

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