Draft:Kanto Badges

In Kanto, the Indigo League's eight Gyms give out badges which can qualify Trainers for the right to challenge the Elite Four. In some media outside of the games, it has been shown that there are more than eight badges and Gyms in Kanto.

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• List of badges
  • Identifiable badges
  • Unidentified badges
• Gallery
• Trivia
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List of badges

Identifiable badges

In games set in Kanto (excluding Let's Go, Pikachu! and Eevee!), every other badge (starting with the Cascade Badge) increases the level of Pokémon that will obey the player by 20 levels, starting from level 10 with no badges and ending at 100 (instead of 90) for the final badge. In the Let's Go games, each badge increases the obedience level by 10 levels, ending at 100 again.

The order for obtaining badges in Kanto-based games is partly fixed. The Boulder Badge and Cascade Badge are always first and second, while the Earth Badge is always last; but the Thunder, Rainbow, Soul, and Marsh Badges can be obtained in any order, and the Volcano Badge only requires the Soul Badge to reach (since it requires Surfing).

In Generation IV and later games, acquiring badges also increases the stock available at Poké Marts.

Badge	Games	Gym	Givers	Field move
Boulder Badge	RBY FRLG	Pewter Gym	Brock Anime: Lola, Flint, Forrest	Flash (HM05)
	GSC HGSS PE			—
Cascade Badge	RBY FRLG	Cerulean Gym	Misty Anime: Lily, Daisy, Violet	Cut (HM01)
	GSC HGSS PE			—
Thunder Badge	RBY FRLG	Vermilion Gym	Lt. Surge Anime: Visquez	Fly (HM02)
	GSC HGSS PE			—
Rainbow Badge	RBY FRLG	Celadon Gym	Erika	Strength (HM04)
	GSC HGSS PE			—
Soul Badge	RBY FRLG	Fuchsia Gym	Koga	Surf (HM03)
	GSC HGSS		Janine	—
	PE		Koga	—
Marsh Badge	RBY FRLG	Saffron Gym	Sabrina	Rock Smash (HM06)FRLG
	GSC HGSS PE			—
Volcano Badge	RBY FRLG	Cinnabar Gym (Cinnabar Island)	Blaine	Waterfall (HM07)FRLG
	GSC HGSS	Cinnabar Gym (Seafoam Islands)		—
	PE	Cinnabar Gym (Cinnabar Island)		—
Earth Badge	RBY FRLG	Viridian Gym	Giovanni Anime: Jessie, James, Meowth	—
	GSC HGSS		Blue	Rock Climb (HM08)HGSS
	PE		Giovanni	—

Unidentified badges

Some media depict a number of badges beyond the eight from the games.

• Pokémon the Series
  • The Battle Of The Badge: Gary shows that he has collected ten badges, only three of which are recognizable (the Cascade, Rainbow, and Boulder Badges).
  • Mystery at the Lighthouse: a collage of badges, many unknown, are shown in the background while the narrator talks about the two badges Ash has earned so far at the beginning of the episode.
  • Bad To The Bone: when Jessie compares her badges (stolen from Otoshi) to another Trainer's, her badges include three unrecognizable badges, while the other Trainer's badges are all unrecognizable.
• The Electric Tale of Pikachu, Days of Gloom and Glory: when having his badges checked, Ash is shown to have eight badges, some of which do not match any of the standard badges or are slightly different. Reasonably matchable badges are Boulder, Cascade, and Earth; possibly similar ones are Soul, Marsh, and Volcano; this leaves at least two (the sixth and eighth) of unknown origin.

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  Gary with 10 badges in The Battle Of The Badge
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  Badges from Mystery at the Lighthouse
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  Badges in Days of Gloom and Glory
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  Badges belonging to Otoshi in Bad To The Bone
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  Badges belonging to a Trainer in Bad To The Bone

Gallery

Below are depictions of the standard Gym badges in different media.

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  Trainer Card in Pokémon Red and Green
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  Trainer Card in Pokémon Yellow
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  Trainer Card in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
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  Trainer Card in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
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  Trainer Card in Let's Go, Pikachu and Eevee
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  TCG Pokémon League Rewards for 1999-2000
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  TCG Pokémon League Rewards for 2006-2007
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  Ash's badges as seen in The Battle Of The Badge
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  Ash's badges as seen in Destination: Coronation!
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  Badges seen on the DVD release The Final Badge
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  Six of Blue's badges, as seen in File 3: Giovanni
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  Red's seven badges, as seen in File 3: Giovanni
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  Red's seven badges, as seen in The Winged Legends
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  Early versions drawn by Ken Sugimori

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Trivia

• The Kanto Badges are the only gym badges that can be obtained post-game.
• The Kanto Badges are obtainable in 11 cores series games, the most out of any gym badges.

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