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A Ribbon is a special item which can be awarded to a Pokémon for a variety of reasons. Ribbons stay on a Pokémon, and can be checked in different ways depending on the game version.

Contest Ribbons

There are Ribbons for the Cool Contest, the Beauty Contest, the Cute Contest, the Smart Contest, and the Tough Contest. Each contest has a Ribbon for each rank; a Normal Rank Ribbon, a Super Rank Ribbon, a Hyper Rank Ribbon, and a Master Rank Ribbon.

Battle Tower Ribbons

There are two Ribbons for the Battle Tower found in Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. The first is awarded for clearing the Lv50 Battle Tower, the second for the Lv100 Battle Tower in Ruby and Sapphire, or Open Level Battle Tower in Emerald.

File:Effort ribbon.JPG Effort Ribbon

The Effort Ribbon is awarded to a Pokémon who has 510 Effort Values. The Effort Ribbon is given by a woman in Sunyshore City in Sinnoh and by a woman at the Slateport City market in Hoenn.

Champ Ribbon

Defeating the Champion of the Pokémon League and entering the Hall of Fame will award this Ribbon to every Pokémon in the trainer's current party.

• File:3rdgen champ.JPG - Kanto & Hoenn Champ Ribbon.
• File:4thgen champ.JPG - Sinnoh Champ Ribbon.

National Ribbon

A Ribbon is "awarded for clearing all difficulties" when a Shadow Pokémon has been purified.

Earth Ribbon

A "100-straight Win Commemorative" Ribbon is awarded upon completion of Mt. Battle from beginning to end.

Ribbon Lady

Each day of the week, the woman in the top-right house in Sunyshore, Julia, will give players a Ribbon when she is told a story.

• Saturday - Snooze Ribbon
• Sunday - Smile Ribbon
• Monday - Alert Ribbon
• Tuesday - Shock Ribbon
• Wednesday - Downcast Ribbon
• Thursday - Careless Ribbon
• Friday - Relax Ribbon

File:Footprint ribbon.JPG Footprint

• If a Pokémon is happy with its trainer, the footprint inspector on Route 213, Dr. Footsteps, will give it a Ribbon.

Resort Area

If a Pokémon has 10 or more Ribbons its trainer can get into the Ribbon Syndicate. Here more Ribbons can be purchased for the Pokémon:

• File:Gorgeous ribbon.JPG Gorgeous Ribbon - 10000
• File:Royal Ribbon.JPG Royal Ribbon - 100000
• File:Gorgeous Royal.JPG Gorgeous Royal Ribbon - 999999

Battle Tower Ribbons

The Ability Ribbon and Great Ability Ribbon are awarded to Pokémon that have managed to beat the Tower Tycoon's team. The Double Ability Ribbon is from winning 50 times in the tower's Double Battles while the Multi Ability Ribbon is gained after winning 50 battles against the CPU in Multi Battles. The Pair Ability Ribbon is from winning 50 battles in Multi Battles with someone. The World Ability Ribbon is gained by reaching Rank 5 in the tower's Wifi mode.

Other Ribbons

Tournament Ribbons

Some of these Ribbons may have been awarded to players who won tournaments at Pokémon events in Japan. Other Ribbons were never handed out. There are Ribbons for Regional, National, and Global tournaments for 2003, 2004, and 2005. Each has a Champion Ribbon, a Runner-Up Ribbon, and a Semifinalist Ribbon.

Additional Ribbons are:

• Pokémon Battle Cup Participation Ribbon
• Pokémon League Advance Cup
• Pokémon Tournament Participation Ribbon

Event Ribbons

• There are "Pokémon Event" and "Pokémon Festival" Ribbons which may have been distributed at Pokémon events and festivals in Japan.
• File:DPClassic ribbon.gif Classic Ribbon -- Attached to several Event Pokémon, this Ribbon only prevents trading the Pokémon on Global Trade Station. Normal wireless and Wifi trading and battling are still available.

Pokémon Center Ribbons

There are Ribbons for the Pokémon Centers in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and New York.

Holiday Ribbons

• Summer Holidays Ribbon
• Winter Holidays Ribbon
• Spring Holidays Ribbon
• Evergreen Ribbon
• Special Holiday Ribbon

Tower Ribbons

• Darkness Tower Clear
• Red Tower Clear
• Blackiron Tower Clear
• Final Tower Clear