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* The Alola Elite Four is the only Elite Four with more female than male members. | * The Alola Elite Four is the only Elite Four with more female than male members. | ||
* {{pkmn|Sword and Shield}} are the only core series games to feature a Pokémon League but not an Elite Four. Instead, the [[Galar League|Champion Cup]] takes its place. | * {{pkmn|Sword and Shield}} are the only core series games to feature a Pokémon League but not an Elite Four. Instead, the [[Galar League|Champion Cup]] takes its place. | ||
* The Paldea Elite Four is the only Elite Four to | * The Paldea Elite Four is the only Elite Four to not be able to be [[rematch|rematched]] as a group. Instead, only two of them are able to be rematched within the base game. The first is Larry, fought as a Gym Leader, who specializes in {{t|Normal}}-[[types]] instead of {{t|Flying}}-types. The second is [[Hassel]], who is fought as an Instructor. However, all of them can be rematched in the [[League Club Room]] of the [[Blueberry Academy]]. Larry is still fought as a Gym Leader with a Normal-type team, and Hassel is still fought as an Instructor. Additionally, none of the rematches take place in the Paldea Pokémon League. | ||
** The type specialties of the Paldea Elite Four are the types of the [[Titan Pokémon]]. The Stony Cliff Titan's type is filled in by [[Geeta]], who {{Tera}}stallizes her {{p|Glimmora}} into the Rock type. | ** The type specialties of the Paldea Elite Four are the types of the [[Titan Pokémon]]. The Stony Cliff Titan's type is filled in by [[Geeta]], who {{Tera}}stallizes her {{p|Glimmora}} into the Rock type. | ||
* Prior to [[Generation VI]], the English names of the Elite Four are puns based on their respective specialized types. From [[Generation VII]] onwards, they all possess flora-based names similar to the [[Pokémon Professor]]s. The same applies to each region's Gym Leaders. | * Prior to [[Generation VI]], the English names of the Elite Four are puns based on their respective specialized types. From [[Generation VII]] onwards, they all possess flora-based names similar to the [[Pokémon Professor]]s. The same applies to each region's Gym Leaders. | ||
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* The Unova Elite Four are the only Elite Four where all members have at least one type advantage over another. | * The Unova Elite Four are the only Elite Four where all members have at least one type advantage over another. | ||
* The BB League Elite Four is the only Elite Four whose members use a full team of six Pokémon for their initial battles. | * The BB League Elite Four is the only Elite Four whose members use a full team of six Pokémon for their initial battles. | ||
* [[Drayton]] informally names parts of the Elite Four by replacing “Four” with the number of people he is referring to; i.e. “Elite One”, “Elite Two”, and “Elite Three”. | |||
===Name origin=== | ===Name origin=== | ||
The Japanese name of the Elite Four literally translates to the ''{{wp|Four Heavenly Kings}}'', a term of Buddhist origins that refers to the group of four {{wp|devas|guardian deities}} presiding over each of the four cardinal directions. By extension, it connotes an ensemble of four leaders in a particular field, akin to the {{wp|Big Four}} in English. | The Japanese name of the Elite Four literally translates to the ''{{wp|Four Heavenly Kings}}'', a term of Buddhist origins that refers to the group of four {{wp|devas|guardian deities}} presiding over each of the four cardinal directions. By extension, it connotes an ensemble of four leaders in a particular field, akin to the {{wp|Big Four}} in English. | ||