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{{search|Gym Badges|the element in the Pokémon Trading Card Game|Pokémon League (TCG)}}

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[[File:Ash Unova Badges.png|thumb|250px|{{Ash}} with his badges from [[Unova]]]]

* ''"Show me the battle skills that got you six '''badges'''!"''

* ''"I hear you beat [[Grusha]] and earned yourself a '''Gym Badge'''! Way to go!"''

* ''"[[Nemona]]'s '''Gym Badges''' are squeaky-clean!"''

In [[Pokémon Masters EX]], this is consistently written as lowercase '''badge''', including '''PML badge''', except the title-case '''Gym Badge''' is sometimes mentioned. As in the core series games, the badge names themselves are written in title case as well, such as '''Fairy Badge'''. Some examples:

* ''"As Gym Leaders, it's part of our job to award '''badges''' to Trainers who've proven their skill."'' ([[Morty]])

* ''"The '''badge''' I give out is called... the '''Fairy Badge'''. It's a really beautiful '''badge''', too."'' ([[Valerie]])

* ''"So instead they faced me in their first battle for a '''Gym Badge'''."'' ([[Brock]])

* ''"When I got my first '''Gym Badge''', I used the move {{m|Thunderbolt}}."'' ([[Volkner]])

===Paldea===

====Paldea League====

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Katy gym badge.png|Katy's badge photo

Tulip gym badge.png|Tulip's badge photo

Grusha gym badge.png|Grusha's badge photo

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Arven rock badge.png|Arven's badge photo (Rock)

In the {{pkmn|anime}}, badges signify that a {{pkmn|Trainer}} has succeeded at a particular [[Gym]]. If a Trainer earns eight Gym Badges in one [[region]], they are eligible to enter that region's [[Pokémon League Conference]].

In ''[[EP044|The Problem with Paras]]'', {{OBP|Lacy|EP044}} mentioned that some Pokémon will not [[obedience|obey]] their Trainer if they do not respect them, due to their Trainer lacking in badges. For example, after evolving into Charmeleon, [[Ash's Charmander]] began to disobey him, which was only exacerbated upon evolving again into Charizard.

During the closing ceremony of [[Indigo Plateau Conference]], all participants are awarded the Pokémon League Badge. However, it is only referred to as a badge in the [[dub]].

The Trainers who defeat [[Ryuki]], the {{tc|Kantonian Gym|Leader}} of the unofficial [[Kantonian Gym]], get a novelty badge featuring his face.

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[[Team Rocket]] used seven Kanto Gym Badges to power a machine that combined Articuno, {{p|Zapdos}}, and {{p|Moltres}} into {{DL|Legendary birds (Adventures)|Thu-Fi-Zer|a single beast}}. The machine also had a secret slot for the Earth Badge, which Lance manipulated to further his own goals by turning [[Cerise Island]] into a giant badge energy amplifier to fuel {{p|Lugia}} with.

Six [[Pokédex holder|main characters]] have actively been collecting Gym Badges: {{adv|Red}}, who managed to collect seven Kanto badges (missing the Earth Badge); {{adv|Sapphire}}, {{adv|Platinum}}, and {{adv|Black}}, whom managed to collect all of the badges in their respective regions; {{Henry}}, who collected six [[Galar]] Gym Badges before withdrawing from the [[Galar League|Gym Challenge]]; and {{Casey}}, who managed to collect four Galar badges before losing her Gym Challenge. Other characters have also gathered badges, such as {{adv|Cheren}} and [[Hop]]. {{adv|Blue}} once competed for and won a Boulder Badge, but wasn't seen trying to obtain the other Kanto badges. {{adv|Silver}} once stole a badge from each Gym in Johto in order to gain access into the [[Indigo Plateau|Pokémon League]], but later returned them to their respective Gym Leaders.

[[File:Diamond Badge.png|thumb|The Diamond Badge from [[Pokémon Live!]]]]

In [[Pokémon Live!]], {{an|Giovanni}} offered the Diamond Badge to Trainers who would be able defeat his [[MechaMew2]]. He gave {{Ash}} the Diamond Badge prior to the battle, believing that Ash would never win. However, Ash defeated Giovanni with {{OBP|Mewtwo|M01}}'s assistance, proceeding to give the Diamond Badge to {{an|Misty}} as a belated [[birthday]] gift. Pokémon Live! is not in continuity with the {{pkmn|anime}}, and the Diamond Badge is not mentioned elsewhere in the series.

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[[File:Earth Badge.png|thumb|150px|Official artwork of the Earth Badge]]

[[File:Legend Badge slot.png|thumb|200px|The original badge slots in Ash's Unova badge case]]

* Official artwork of the Earth Badge (featured in media such as Pokémon Project Studio Red and Blue and [[Extreme Pokémon: The Guide for the Ultimate Fan]]) differs significantly from its appearance in the games, anime, manga, and TCG. The design in its official artwork resembles a plant, whereas its other design resembles a feather.

* [[Paldea]] has the most badges out of any region, at 18, although only eight of those are Gym Badges.

** It is also the only region to have a badge for every single type.

* The Orange League is the only known Pokémon League with fewer than eight badges.

** In Generation I and III, the Thunder Badge, Rainbow Badge, Soul Badge, Marsh Badge, and Volcano Badge can be obtained in almost any order the player desires, with the stipulation that the Soul Badge must be obtained before the Volcano Badge, as the Soul Badge is required in order to use Surf on the field, which, in turn, is required to reach Cinnabar Island where the Volcano Badge is obtained.

** In Generation II and IV, the Kanto badges can be obtained in virtually any order, although in [[Generation IV]] the player cannot obtain the Earth Badge until obtaining the other seven.

* Ash has not won a badge in the same episode as his first encounter with its respective Gym Leader since earning the Dynamo Badge from [[Wattson]] in ''[[AG040|Watts with Wattson?]]''.

* The Rain Badge is the only badge that Ash has earned twice, first earning one from [[Juan]] in ''[[AG111|Eight Ain't Enough]]'', and later receiving a second one from [[Wallace]] after defeating him in ''[[JN105|Reuniting for the First Time!]]''.

** This makes Alola the only region where the player cannot have all [[outsider Pokémon]] regardless of level obey them prior to becoming Champion.

* [[Galar]] is the only region with version-exclusive Gym Badges.

* The Trio and Insect Badges are the first badges since the Glacier Badge in Generation II to get renamed in the English version of the games, without there being a localization conflict between the Japanese and English versions.

** The Insect Badge is one of two badges whose English name coincides with the Japanese name of a pre-existing badge, in this case the Hive Badge. The other is the Ice Badge, mentioned above.

* The Storm Badge's English name may be derived from the {{wp|lucha libre}} wrestler {{wp|Fray Tormenta}}—also the inspiration for [[Crasher Wake]]—whose name translates as "Friar Storm".

==See also==

* {{cat|Award items}}

* {{cat|Episodes in which Ash gets a Badge}}