diff --git a/Data/Scripts/001_Settings.rb b/Data/Scripts/001_Settings.rb
index 88d114c8f..98f09afb8 100644
--- a/Data/Scripts/001_Settings.rb
+++ b/Data/Scripts/001_Settings.rb
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ module Settings
   SUPER_SHINY          = (MECHANICS_GENERATION >= 8)
   # The odds of a wild Pokémon/bred egg having Pokérus (out of 65536).
   POKERUS_CHANCE       = 3
+  # Whether IVs and EVs are treated as 0 when calculating a Pokémon's stats.
+  # IVs and EVs still exist, and are used by Hidden Power and some cosmetic
+  # things as normal.
+  DISABLE_IVS_AND_EVS  = false
 
   #=============================================================================
 
diff --git a/Data/Scripts/007_Objects and windows/010_DrawText.rb b/Data/Scripts/007_Objects and windows/010_DrawText.rb
index 3a097c417..fd47e4f45 100644
--- a/Data/Scripts/007_Objects and windows/010_DrawText.rb	
+++ b/Data/Scripts/007_Objects and windows/010_DrawText.rb	
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ end
 #===============================================================================
 FORMATREGEXP = /<(\/?)(c|c2|c3|o|fn|br|fs|i|b|r|pg|pog|u|s|icon|img|ac|ar|al|outln|outln2)(\s*\=\s*([^>]*))?>/i
 
-def fmtescape(text)
+def fmtEscape(text)
   if text[/[&<>]/]
     text2 = text.gsub(/&/, "&amp;")
     text2.gsub!(/</, "&lt;")
@@ -84,13 +84,20 @@ def fmtescape(text)
   return text
 end
 
+# Modifies text; does not return a modified copy of it.
+def fmtReplaceEscapes(text)
+  text.gsub!(/&lt;/, "<")
+  text.gsub!(/&gt;/, ">")
+  text.gsub!(/&apos;/, "'")
+  text.gsub!(/&quot;/, "\"")
+  text.gsub!(/&amp;/, "&")
+  text.gsub!(/&m;/, "♂")
+  text.gsub!(/&f;/, "♀")
+end
+
 def toUnformattedText(text)
   text2 = text.gsub(FORMATREGEXP, "")
-  text2.gsub!(/&lt;/, "<")
-  text2.gsub!(/&gt;/, ">")
-  text2.gsub!(/&apos;/, "'")
-  text2.gsub!(/&quot;/, "\"")
-  text2.gsub!(/&amp;/, "&")
+  fmtReplaceEscapes(text2)
   return text2
 end
 
@@ -376,13 +383,7 @@ def getFormattedText(bitmap, xDst, yDst, widthDst, heightDst, text, lineheight =
 #    realtextStart = oldtext[0, oldtext.length - realtext.length]
 #  end
   textchunks.push(text)
-  textchunks.each do |chunk|
-    chunk.gsub!(/&lt;/, "<")
-    chunk.gsub!(/&gt;/, ">")
-    chunk.gsub!(/&apos;/, "'")
-    chunk.gsub!(/&quot;/, "\"")
-    chunk.gsub!(/&amp;/, "&")
-  end
+  textchunks.each { |chunk| fmtReplaceEscapes(chunk) }
   textlen = 0
   controls.each_with_index do |control, i|
     textlen += textchunks[i].scan(/./m).length
diff --git a/Data/Scripts/014_Pokemon/001_Pokemon.rb b/Data/Scripts/014_Pokemon/001_Pokemon.rb
index 86e5143a7..55e7e42c9 100644
--- a/Data/Scripts/014_Pokemon/001_Pokemon.rb
+++ b/Data/Scripts/014_Pokemon/001_Pokemon.rb
@@ -1085,11 +1085,13 @@ class Pokemon
   # @return [Integer] the maximum HP of this Pokémon
   def calcHP(base, level, iv, ev)
     return 1 if base == 1   # For Shedinja
+    iv = ev = 0 if Settings::DISABLE_IVS_AND_EVS
     return (((base * 2) + iv + (ev / 4)) * level / 100).floor + level + 10
   end
 
   # @return [Integer] the specified stat of this Pokémon (not used for total HP)
   def calcStat(base, level, iv, ev, nat)
+    iv = ev = 0 if Settings::DISABLE_IVS_AND_EVS
     return (((((base * 2) + iv + (ev / 4)) * level / 100).floor + 5) * nat / 100).floor
   end
 
diff --git a/Data/Scripts/017_Minigames/001_Minigame_Duel.rb b/Data/Scripts/017_Minigames/001_Minigame_Duel.rb
index c4bb571f7..84720d60a 100644
--- a/Data/Scripts/017_Minigames/001_Minigame_Duel.rb
+++ b/Data/Scripts/017_Minigames/001_Minigame_Duel.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class DuelWindow < Window_AdvancedTextPokemon
       name_tag = shadowc3tag(PLAYER_TEXT_BASE, PLAYER_TEXT_SHADOW)
     end
     hp_tag = shadowc3tag(HP_TEXT_BASE, HP_TEXT_SHADOW)
-    self.text = name_tag + fmtescape(@name) + "\n" + hp_tag + _INTL("HP: {1}", @hp)
+    self.text = name_tag + fmtEscape(@name) + "\n" + hp_tag + _INTL("HP: {1}", @hp)
   end
 end