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Red/Blue Leaf Green Because the Cubone never removes its skull helmet, no one has ever seen this Pokémon's real face.

Yellow Wears the skull of its deceased mother. Its cries echo inside the skull and come out as a sad melody.

Fire Red It wears the skull of its dead mother on its head. When it becomes lonesome, it is said to cry loudly.

Gold If it is sad or lonely, the skull it wears shakes, and emits a plaintive and mournful sound.

Silver It always wears the skull of its dead mother, so no one has any idea what its hidden face looks like.

Crystal It lost its mother after its birth. It wears its mother's skull, never revealing its true face.

Ruby/Sapphire Cubone pines for the mother it will never see again. Seeing a likeness of its mother in the full moon, it cries. The stains on the skull the Pokémon wears are made by the tears it sheds.

Emerald It pines for the mother it will never see again. Seeing a likeness of its mother in the full moon, it cries. The stains on the skull it wears are from its tears.