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[[Image:Cissy badge.jpg|thumb|[[Ash Ketchum]] examines a Badge he won from [[Cissy]]]] | [[Image:Cissy badge.jpg|thumb|[[Ash Ketchum]] examines a Badge he won from [[Cissy]]]] | ||
A '''badge''' (Japanese: '''バッジ''' ''badge'') is an item which denotes a | A '''badge''' (Japanese: '''バッジ''' ''badge'') is an item which denotes a [[Pokémon Trainer]] as having defeated a [[Gym Leader]]. Trainers need to collect a certain number of [[gym]] badges in order to qualify for a region's [[Pokémon League]]. Young Trainers usually begin their initial Pokémon journey by traveling from city to city in order to collect them. Badges are small enough to fit easily between one's thumb and index finger and can be pinned to a shirt or kept in a badge case. | ||
In the games, Badges affect a [[Pokémon]]'s behavior. A symbol of competence on the Trainer's part, badges force [[trade]]d Pokémon under a certain [[level]] to obey. Additionally, Trainers cannot have a Pokémon use an [[HM]] move outside battle without the appropriate badge. Also, beginning in [[Generation IV]], the number of badges a Trainer possesses affects the items that various [[Poké Marts]] will sell. The more badges, the more expensive and rare items become available for purchase. | In the games, Badges affect a [[Pokémon]]'s behavior. A symbol of competence on the Trainer's part, badges force [[trade]]d Pokémon under a certain [[level]] to obey. Additionally, Trainers cannot have a Pokémon use an [[HM]] move outside battle without the appropriate badge. Also, beginning in [[Generation IV]], the number of badges a Trainer possesses affects the items that various [[Poké Marts]] will sell. The more badges, the more expensive and rare items become available for purchase. | ||
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==In the Pokémon Special manga== | ==In the Pokémon Special manga== | ||
In | In [[Pokémon Special]], badges have mystical and mysterious qualities that can somehow increase the power of the Pokémon owned by the Trainer who wields the badges. | ||
It is not known what sort of material badges are made of, but they have been used for other purposes. The [[Mask of Ice]], for instance, made an armored mask out of crushed badges. | It is not known what sort of material badges are made of, but they have been used for other purposes. The [[Mask of Ice]], for instance, made an armored mask out of crushed badges. | ||
