Brandon
- If you were looking for the Club Member of the Lightning Club in the Pokémon Trading Card Game, see Brandon (TCG GB).
- If you were looking for the male player character of the Hoenn games, see Brendan (game).
| Brandon ジンダイ Jindai | |
 Art from Emerald by Ken Sugimori.[1] | |
| Gender | Male |
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| Eye color | Black |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Hometown | Unknown |
| Region | Hoenn (games) Kanto (anime) |
| Generation | III, IX |
| Games | Emerald, Masters EX |
| Brain of | Battle Pyramid |
| Symbol | Brave Symbol |
| Animated debut | Battling the Enemy Within |
| English voice actor | Craig Blair |
| Japanese voice actor | Masayuki Omoro |
Brandon (Japanese: ジンダイ Jindai) is the Frontier Brain and chief of the Battle Frontier's Battle Pyramid. He is the only character in the games to have the Trainer class Pyramid King (Japanese: ピラミッドキング Pyramid King).
In the core series games
Any Trainer arriving at the top of the Battle Pyramid just after Brandon must battle against him for the status of the Pyramid's conqueror.
Brandon appreciates the grand life of the explorer. He recalls the passion, danger, and desperation of his death-defying and life-affirming adventures. When defeated in battle, he'll praise the grandeur of the match and hand over the Brave Symbol.
In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Brandon is revealed to have worked with TV Mauville to produce various television programs detailing the search for the Mythical Pokémon Volcanion in the Kalos, Sinnoh, and Johto regions.
Pokémon
Silver Symbol challenge
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Gold Symbol challenge
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In the spin-off games
Pokémon Masters EX
Brandon appears as an NPC in Pokémon Masters EX. He debuted in the Arceus Arc. Like in the core series, he uses the three original legendary giants.
Gallery
Sprites
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| Sprite from Emerald |
Overworld sprite from Emerald |
Quotes
- Main article: Brandon/Quotes
In animation
Pokémon the Series
- Main article: Brandon (anime)
Brandon is the strongest of all the Frontier Brains, and a major recurring character during the final phase of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire. In Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, he returned to thwart J's plan to capture a Regigigas.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
History
Emerald arc
Brandon is one of the seven Trainers hired by Scott to be a Frontier Brain at the Battle Frontier. Brandon is first seen capturing the Legendary Pokémon Regirock, Registeel, and Regice to be used at the Battle Pyramid. Later, he is seen watching the Battle Frontier's opening ceremony. The ceremony is interrupted by Emerald, who announces that he wishes to conquer the Battle Frontier. The press mistakenly reports the incident as allowing an ordinary Trainer to take part in the Battle Frontier before it officially opens a week later. The Frontier Brains decide to use this assumption as free publicity and allow Emerald to challenge the Battle Frontier under the condition that he completes it before it officially opens.
Brandon is the third Frontier Brain Emerald challenges in his quest. After traversing multiple sets of floors, Emerald eventually manages to reach Brandon. Despite having three Legendary Pokémon, Brandon is defeated by Emerald's Sceptile. Upon his defeat, Brandon awards Emerald the Brave Symbol. After Emerald thanks Brandon for the Symbol and heads down the stairs of the Battle Pyramid, he is interrupted by the other Frontier Brains. They reveal that someone attacked Noland earlier and stole multiple rental Pokémon and they believe the culprit is Emerald.
Emerald reveals that he did not attack Noland and is actually after the Mythical Pokémon Jirachi. The Frontier Brains find Emerald's explanation suspicious, but decide to follow him into Artisan Cave, where Jirachi is currently located at. Upon arriving, everyone is attacked by a horde of wild Smeargle while Emerald continues inside to find Jirachi. After the Frontier Brains get past the Smeargle, they meet up with Emerald, who has managed to find Jirachi. Emerald attempts to capture Jirachi but is attacked by Guile Hideout, the actual culprit who attacked Noland. When Jirachi runs off, Emerald attempts to pursue it, only to be attacked by the rental Pokémon Guile had stolen. Brandon, Lucy, Spenser, and Tucker all try to attack Guile to avenge Noland but are easily defeated. Eventually, Jirachi escapes, forcing Guile to leave to continue his pursuit of it. Injured from the battle, everyone decides to return to the Battle Frontier. When they meet up with Scott again, he reveals that he was aware of Guile and Emerald's true mission the entire time. Scott states that he withheld the information from the Frontier Brains to help them get stronger as they still would have lost even if they had known of Guile beforehand.
After Emerald defeats Greta, Noland appears to everyone, revealing that he snuck out of the hospital because he couldn't stand lying in bed doing nothing. He asks Scott for the Jirachi Report so that he could translate it to find out where Jirachi will appear next. That night, Brandon comes in to assist Noland in deciphering the rest of the Jirachi Report. Together, they realize that Jirachi has a third eye, which must be looked at for Jirachi to grant someone's wish.
The next day, Brandon assists the other Frontier Brains in ushering people to the Battle Dome. During the tournament, Guile appears and manages to capture Jirachi. Guile uses the rental Pokémon to attack innocent bystanders and heads to the Battle Tower to make his wish. Once he arrives at the Battle Tower, Guile uses Jirachi to wish for a gigantic Kyogre made of seawater to flood the entire Battle Frontier. Brandon and the other Frontier Brains work together to get civilians to safety and fight off Guile's rental Pokémon while Emerald and the other Pokédex holders fight Guile. Eventually Emerald and the Pokédex holders manage to defeat Guile and destroy the gigantic Kyogre monster. The day after, an injured Brandon and the other Frontier Brains congratulate Emerald for the hard work he put into saving everyone.
HeartGold & SoulSilver arc
It is revealed that Brandon lent his Pokémon to Palmer, allowing the latter to awaken Regigigas in hopes to use it to protect Sinnoh in times of crisis. Palmer later released Regigigas back into the wild due to it being hard to control and its power not being needed yet.
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc
Brandon and the other Hoenn Frontier Brains battle and defeat the Admins of Neo Team Magma and Neo Team Aqua, who had interfered in the launch of a rocket that was made to stop the meteoroid threatening to destroy the world. Later, Brandon and the other Hoenn Frontier Brains are called to Sootopolis City to assist in stopping the meteoroid.
Pokémon
- Main article: Brandon's legendary giants → Pokémon Adventures
Regirock was originally sealed inside the Desert Ruins before being awakened by Steven Stone and the Hoenn Elite Four to be used to help stop the battle between Groudon and Kyogre. The three Pokémon eventually lashed out at their controllers and fled to another location where they were found by Brandon and caught for use in the Battle Pyramid. During Emerald's run of the Battle Pyramid, Regirock was sent out to battle the boy first. Regirock fought Emerald's Sceptile and heavily damaged it with Explosion, causing itself to faint in the process. In the Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc, it was seen helping Brandon fight the Admins of Neo Team Magma and Neo Team Aqua.
- Main article: Brandon's legendary giants → Pokémon Adventures
Registeel was originally sealed inside the Ancient Tomb before being awakened by Steven Stone and the Hoenn Elite Four to be used to help stop the battle between Groudon and Kyogre. The three Pokémon eventually lashed out at their controllers and fled to another location where they were found by Brandon and caught for use in the Battle Pyramid. During Emerald's run of the Battle Pyramid, Registeel was sent out to battle the boy second. Registeel battled against Emerald's Hitmonchan but was quickly defeated by a series of high-speed punches. Hitmonchan fainted soon after due to Registeel secretly poisoning it with Toxic.
- Main article: Brandon's legendary giants → Pokémon Adventures
Regice was originally sealed inside the Island Cave before being awakened by Steven Stone and the Hoenn Elite Four to be used to help stop the battle between Groudon and Kyogre. The three Pokémon eventually lashed out at their controllers and fled to another location where they were found by Brandon and caught for use in the Battle Pyramid. During Emerald's run of the Battle Pyramid, Regice was sent out to battle the boy last. Regice fought Emerald's Cubone and easily managed to win, but was defeated by an Iron Tail from Sceptile, which Emerald had used a Revive on during the battle. Later, it was used to battle Guile Hideout at the Artisan Cave but was easily defeated. In the Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc, it was seen helping Brandon fight the Admins of Neo Team Magma and Neo Team Aqua.
In the TCG
- Main article: Brandon (Silver Tempest 151)
Brandon was introduced as a Supporter card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese Sword & Shield Era). It was first released in the Japanese Paradigm Trigger expansion and the English Silver Tempest expansion, with artwork by Ken Sugimori. It was also released as a Full Art card and Secret card in the same Japanese and English expansions, with artwork by Hideki Ishikawa. It allows the player to draw a card for each Benched Pokémon in play, but only when it is the last card in the player's hand.
Trivia
- Both of the teams that he uses in Pokémon Emerald are made up of the members of Legendary trios found in the Generation III paired versions. Coincidentally, both trios can also be found in Platinum, but not in Diamond and Pearl.
- All the Pokémon Brandon uses in Emerald are used by Dana during the Super Triple Battle in Pokémon X, Y, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire.
- Brandon is the only NPC whose all known teams consist entirely of Legendary Pokémon.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | ジンダイ Jindai | From 神代 jindai (Cereus fernambucensis) and 神代 jindai (age of the gods; ancient time) |
| English, Brazilian Portuguese |
Brandon | From brave |
| German | Brian | From Bravour (bravery) |
| Spanish | Valente | From valentía (courage) |
| French | Bayar | From bravoure (bravery) |
| Italian | Baldo | From baldo (bold) |
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| Korean | 기선 Giseon | From 기둥선인장 gidong-seon-injang (cereus; columnar cactus) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 神代 Shéndài | From 神代 shéndài / sàhndoih (Cereus fernambucensis) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 神代 Sàhndoih | |
| Vietnamese | Jindai | Transcription of his Japanese name |
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This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games. |