Indigo League

The Indigo League (Japanese: セキエイリーグ Sekiei League) is the regional Pokémon League of the Kanto region. It consists of a network of eight Gyms and the Elite Four. Depending on the context, the Indigo League can also be called the Kanto League or simply the Pokémon League.
Pokémon Trainers who earn eight Gym Badges from sanctioned Indigo League Gyms qualify to participate in Indigo League competitions, one of which is the Indigo Plateau Conference.
The Johto League and Indigo League share a single group of Elite Four and ; eight Badges from either region will allow a Trainer to battle the Elite Four at Indigo Plateau.
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==Elite Four and ==
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==In animation==
===Gym Leaders===
The Indigo League is notable in the for being the only one among all the regional Leagues to have undergone changes in its line-up of Gym Leaders during the course of the series.
* The Pewter Gym has changed its Leader several times throughout the animated series:
** In Showdown in Pewter City, left the Pewter Gym to be led by his father, , in order to with .
** Sometime prior to A Family That Battles Together Stays Together!, Brock's mother Lola returned to the Gym and started redecorating it to fit her preference of Pokémon. Flint had been so dismayed by these changes that he had left the Gym, making Lola the new Pewter Gym Leader until Brock defeated her.
** In DPS02, it was revealed that the paperwork to make Brock's eldest brother Forrest the new Pewter City Gym Leader had not been carried out properly, so the Gym was in danger of being closed down. However, by the end of the episode, a Nurse Joy from the Pokémon Inspection Agency made Forrest's position official, making him the current Gym Leader of Pewter City.
* Misty's sisters share 's status as Cerulean City Gym Leaders, and can take over it in her absence, and vice versa.
* At some point before The Scheme Team, abdicated his status as the Viridian City Gym Leader, so Agatha of the Indigo Elite Four was appointed as a temporary Leader to watch over the Gym until a new permanent Leader could arrive.
* In Destination: Coronation!, Visquez was revealed to serve as the substitute Gym Leader of the Vermilion Gym while Lt. Surge is away .
===Champion===
In Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution, was introduced as the current League Champion of the Kanto region.
==In the manga==
===The Eletric Tale of Pikachu===
In Clefairy Tale, it was revealed that the conditions and rules of the Indigo League are noticably different from those shown in the animated series and games. In addition to Badges, a Trainer can level up by catching Pokémon. The caught Pokémon are ranked from A to D, where a rare Pokémon like is ranked as level A and some more common ones like and are classified as Pokémon rank D. Giselle is an example of a Trainer who's leveled up this way.
==Trivia==
* Each of the Kanto Gym Leaders—except Sabrina, and Blaine in some games—has a type disadvantage against the next Gym Leader.
** Brock's type is weak to Misty's type.
** Misty's Water type is weak to Lt. Surge's type.
** Lt. Surge's Electric type is resisted by Erika's type.
** Erika's Grass type is weak to Koga's type.
** Koga's Poison type is weak to Sabrina's type.
** Sabrina is the exception, as Sabrina's Psychic type is neutral against Blaine's type.
** Blaine's Fire type is weak to Giovanni's type. does not have a type specialty, so Blaine is not weak to the following Gym Leader's type when Blue is the Viridian Gym Leader.
* In Generations , , and , the last Kanto Gym Leader has a type disadvantage against the first Kanto Elite Four member, as Giovanni's type is weak to Lorelei's type.
* In Generations , , and , each member of the Kanto Elite Four—except Agatha—has a type disadvantage against the next one; additionally, the last member has a type disadvantage against the first.
** Lorelei's type is weak to Bruno's type.
** Bruno's Fighting type does not affect Agatha's type.
** Agatha is the exception, as Agatha's Ghost type is neutral against Lance's type.
** Lance's Dragon type is weak to Lorelei's Ice type.
* In Generations and , each member of the Kanto Elite Four has a type advantage against the next one, with the last one also being strong against the first.
** Will's type is strong against Koga's type.
** Koga's Poison type resists Bruno's type.
** Bruno's Fighting type resists and is strong against Karen's type.
** Karen's Dark type is immune to, and strong against, Will's Psychic type.
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