Symbol
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A Symbol (Japanese: シンボル Symbol) is an item which denotes a Pokémon Trainer as having defeated one of Hoenn's Frontier Brains. They are the Hoenn Battle Frontier's equivalent of a Badge. There are two levels of them for each: silver and gold. The Sinnoh and Johto equivalent is a commemorative print. Unlike Badges, they do not allow new items to be sold at Poké Marts.
List of Symbols
| Symbols | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier Brain Japanese |
Facility Japanese |
Symbols | |
 Factory Head Noland ファクトリーヘッド ダツラ Factory Head Datsura |
Battle Factory バトルファクトリー Battle Factory |
 Silver Knowledge Symbol |
 Gold Knowledge Symbol |
 Arena Tycoon Greta アリーナキャプテン コゴミ Arena Captain Kogomi |
Battle Arena バトルアリーナ Battle Arena |
 Silver Guts Symbol |
 Gold Guts Symbol |
 Dome Ace Tucker ドームスーパースター ヒース Dome Superstar Heath |
Battle Dome バトルドーム Battle Dome |
 Silver Tactics Symbol |
 Gold Tactics Symbol |
 Pike Queen Lucy チューブクイーン アザミ Tube Queen Azami |
Battle Pike バトルチューブ Battle Tube |
 Silver Luck Symbol |
 Gold Luck Symbol |
 Palace Maven Spenser パレスガーディアン ウコン Palace Guardian Ukon |
Battle Palace バトルパレス Battle Palace |
 Silver Spirits Symbol |
 Gold Spirits Symbol |
 Pyramid King Brandon ピラミッドキング ジンダイ Pyramid King Jindai |
Battle Pyramid バトルピラミッド Battle Pyramid |
 Silver Brave Symbol |
 Gold Brave Symbol |
 Salon Maiden Anabel タワータイクーン リラ Tower Tycoon Lila |
Battle Tower バトルタワー Battle Tower |
 Silver Ability Symbol |
 Gold Ability Symbol |
In the anime
Ash was seen earning the Knowledge Symbol close to the end of the eighth season, and the rest of the Symbols during the ninth season. After earning his seventh Symbol in Pace - The Final Frontier!, Scott offered him a chance to become a Frontier Brain candidate, but he turned down the offer.
In Lost Leader Strategy!, it was revealed that Paul's big brother Reggie had earned six of the seven Symbols. However, he had been unable to defeat Brandon, thus never obtaining the Brave Symbol.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Emerald was seen earning all seven Symbols during the Emerald arc. For the Tactics Symbol, he had been unable to defeat Tucker on his first try, but later participated in a Battle Dome tournament with the other Pokédex holders and won, earning him his final Symbol.
In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga
Enta was seen earning six of the seven Symbols over the course of the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga, although most of them were won off-panel. However, his battle with Anabel ended in a draw, leaving him without the Ability Symbol.
Trivia
- In the Japanese version of Emerald, the patterns on the Symbols are originally the first letter of the Symbol's name: K (Knowledge), G (Guts), T (Tactics), L (Luck), S (Spirits), B (Brave), and A (Ability).
- However, the anime features the patterns used in the English version instead.
- Some of the patterns in the Symbols have similarities to the Frontier Brain's battle facility.
- The pattern on the Luck Symbol is identical to the hexagon patterns on Seviper, which the Battle Pike was modeled after.
- The pattern on the Tactics Symbol seems to be the Battle Dome if seen from above. It might also stand for the first letter in Tucker's Japanese name Heath.
- The pattern on the Brave Symbol seems to be the Battle Pyramid if seen from above.
- The pattern on the Ability Symbol seems to be the Battle Tower seen from below.
- The Knowledge Symbol is the only Symbol not to share a common first letter with its respective Frontier Brain in the English version. However, both are pronounced with the /n/ sound.
In other languages
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