Symbol

A Symbol (Japanese: シンボル Symbol) is an item which denotes a Pokémon Trainer as having defeated one of Hoenn's Frontier Brains. They are the Hoenn 's equivalent of a Badge. There are two levels of them for each: silver and gold. The Sinnoh and Johto equivalent is a commemorative print. Unlike Badges, they do not allow new items to be sold at Poké Marts.

In the anime
earned the Knowledge Symbol close to the end of the eighth season, and then the rest of the Symbols during the ninth season. After earning his seventh Symbol in Pace - The Final Frontier!, Scott offered him a chance to become a Frontier Brain candidate, but he turned down the offer.

In Lost Leader Strategy!, it was revealed that Paul's big brother Reggie had earned six of the seven Symbols. However, he had been unable to defeat, thus never obtaining the Brave Symbol.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
was seen earning all seven Symbols during the. For the Tactics Symbol, he had been unable to defeat on his first try, but later participated in a Battle Dome tournament with the other Pokédex holders and won, earning him his final Symbol.

In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga
was seen earning six of the seven Symbols over the course of the Pokémon Battle Frontier, although most of them were won off-panel. However, his battle with ended in a draw, leaving him without the Ability Symbol.

Trivia

 * In the Japanese version of, the patterns on the Symbols are originally the first letter of the Symbol's name: K (Knowledge), G (Guts), T (Tactics), L (Luck), S (Spirits), B (Brave), and A (Ability).
 * However, the anime features the patterns used in the English version instead.
 * Translations of the of Pokémon Adventures retain the Japanese designs of the Symbols.
 * Some of the patterns in the Symbols have similarities to the Frontier Brain's battle facility.
 * The pattern on the Luck Symbol is identical to the hexagon patterns on, which the Battle Pike was modeled after.
 * The pattern on the Tactics Symbol seems to be the Battle Dome if seen from above. It might also stand for the first letter in Tucker's Japanese name Heath.
 * The pattern on the Brave Symbol seems to be the Battle Pyramid if seen from above.
 * The pattern on the Ability Symbol seems to be the seen from below.
 * The Knowledge Symbol is the only Symbol not to share a common first letter with its respective Frontier Brain in the English version. However, both are pronounced with the /n/ sound.