diff --git a/src/data/pokemon-species.ts b/src/data/pokemon-species.ts
index 924c66277cb..c8965646957 100644
--- a/src/data/pokemon-species.ts
+++ b/src/data/pokemon-species.ts
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ export abstract class PokemonSpeciesForm {
     return `${/_[1-3]$/.test(spriteId) ? 'variant/' : ''}${spriteId}`;
   }
 
-  getSpriteId(female: boolean, formIndex?: integer, shiny?: boolean, variant?: integer): string {
+  getSpriteId(female: boolean, formIndex?: integer, shiny?: boolean, variant?: integer, back?: boolean): string {
     if (formIndex === undefined || this instanceof PokemonForm)
       formIndex = this.formIndex;
 
@@ -222,10 +222,10 @@ export abstract class PokemonSpeciesForm {
     
     let variantSet: VariantSet;
     let config = variantData;
-    baseSpriteKey.split('__').map(p => config = variantData[p]);
+    `${back ? 'back__' : ''}${baseSpriteKey}`.split('__').map(p => config ? config = config[p] : null);
     variantSet = config as VariantSet;
 
-    return `${shiny && (!variantSet || (!variant && !variantSet[variant || 0])) ? 'shiny__' : ''}${baseSpriteKey}${shiny && variantSet && variantSet[variant || 0] === 2 ? `_${variant + 1}` : ''}`;
+    return `${back ? 'back__' : ''}${shiny && (!variantSet || (!variant && !variantSet[variant || 0])) ? 'shiny__' : ''}${baseSpriteKey}${shiny && variantSet && variantSet[variant || 0] === 2 ? `_${variant + 1}` : ''}`;
   }
 
   getSpriteKey(female: boolean, formIndex?: integer, shiny?: boolean, variant?: integer): string {
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ export abstract class PokemonSpeciesForm {
           spritePath = `exp/${spritePath}`;
         let variantSet: VariantSet;
         let config = variantData;
-        spritePath.split('/').map(p => config = variantData[p]);
+        spritePath.split('/').map(p => config ? config = config[p] : null);
         variantSet = config as VariantSet;
         if (variantSet && variantSet[variant] === 1) {
           const populateVariantColors = (key: string): Promise<void> => {
diff --git a/src/field/pokemon.ts b/src/field/pokemon.ts
index 993d5bb41d9..6fd584d5311 100644
--- a/src/field/pokemon.ts
+++ b/src/field/pokemon.ts
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ export default abstract class Pokemon extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
                   const battleSpritePath = this.getBattleSpriteAtlasPath(back, ignoreOverride);
                   let variantSet: VariantSet;
                   let config = variantData;
-                  battleSpritePath.split('/').map(p => config = variantData[p]);
+                  battleSpritePath.split('/').map(p => config ? config = config[p] : null);
                   variantSet = config as VariantSet;
                   if (variantSet && variantSet[this.variant] === 1) {
                     if (variantColorCache.hasOwnProperty(key))
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ export default abstract class Pokemon extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
   getBattleSpriteId(back?: boolean, ignoreOverride?: boolean): string {
     if (back === undefined)
       back = this.isPlayer();
-    return `${back ? 'back__' : ''}${this.getSpriteId(ignoreOverride)}`;
+    return this.getSpeciesForm(ignoreOverride).getSpriteId(this.getGender(ignoreOverride) === Gender.FEMALE, this.formIndex, this.shiny, this.variant, back);
   }
 
   getSpriteKey(ignoreOverride?: boolean): string {
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ export default abstract class Pokemon extends Phaser.GameObjects.Container {
   getFusionBattleSpriteId(back?: boolean, ignoreOverride?: boolean): string {
     if (back === undefined)
       back = this.isPlayer();
-    return `${back ? 'back__' : ''}${this.getFusionSpriteId(ignoreOverride)}`;
+    return this.getFusionSpeciesForm(ignoreOverride).getSpriteId(this.getFusionGender(ignoreOverride) === Gender.FEMALE, this.fusionFormIndex, this.fusionShiny, this.fusionVariant, back);
   }
 
   getFusionBattleSpriteKey(back?: boolean, ignoreOverride?: boolean): string {