Draft:Plain Badge
| Givers | Whitney |
|---|---|
| Obedience cap | No change |
| Field move | Strength (HM04) |
| Increased stats | Speed |
The Plain Badge (Japanese: レギュラーバッジ Regular Badge) is the badge awarded by the Goldenrod Gym in Johto. It is usually the third of the Johto Badges a Trainer earns. It is given by Whitney, the Gym Leader.
In the core series
The Plain Badge cannot be acquired until after the Hive Badge, due to the path through Ilex Forest being blocked by a tree that must be Cut. When the player defeats Whitney, she will throw a temper tantrum and refuse to award the badge; they must then talk to Lass BridgeGSC/CathyHGSS in the Gym and speak to Whitney again to receive the Plain Badge.
Obtaining the Plain Badge has several effects that can differ among games.
- Strength can be used outside of battle to move boulders.
- A woman in the Goldenrod City Flower Shop will acknowledge the player's strength and give them the Squirt Bottle.
- GSC: the power of Normal-type moves is boosted by 12.5%. (Does not apply to Link Battles.)
- GSC: the Speed of the player's Pokémon is boosted by 12.5%. (Does not apply to Link Battles.)
In other games
Pokémon Stadium 2
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In Pokémon Stadium 2, the Plain Badge is given as a prize for defeating Whitney in the Gym Leader Castle.
In animation
Pokémon the Series
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In A Dairy Tale Ending, Whitney awarded the Plain Badge to Ash for defeating her in an informal battle on Whitney's Uncle Milton's farm.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
In Playful Porygon2, Silver presents eight Johto badges, including the Plain Badge, to gain entrance to the Pokémon League, internally commenting that he stole them all from Gyms while their leaders were absent.
Pokémon Pocket Monsters
In Fierce Battle Between Clefairy and Clefable, Red challenges Whitney to a battle and receives the Plain Badge after defeating her.
Ash & Pikachu
In The Beginning Of Good Luck?! Pokémon Fortune Telling, Ash earns the Plain Badge after defeating Whitney.
Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys
In A Promise Given to Miltank, after previously losing to Whitney, Gold challenges her to a rematch, but her Miltank ends up sick. Seeing Gold's hard work in helping cure her Miltank, Whitney decides to give him the badge without a battle.
Gallery
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Ash after earning the Plain Badge
Trivia
Origin
The badge is a two-layered diamond shape, which might be described as simple or "plain".
Name origin
Plain is a synonym for normal, which is the dominant type of Whitney's Gym.
Regular can also be considered a synonym for normal.
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| French | Badge Plaine | |
| German | Basisorden | |
| Italian | Medaglia Piana | |
| Spanish | Medalla Planicie | |
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