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The ''Kingdom Hearts'' series uses a huge array of recurring symbols, some original and some derived from real-world sources, with deep significance to its story and characters. This page compiles the most important of these symbols and details their use in the series. | The ''[[Kingdom Hearts (series)|Kingdom Hearts]]'' series uses a huge array of recurring symbols, some original and some derived from real-world sources, with deep significance to its story and characters. This page compiles the most important of these symbols and details their use in the series. | ||
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[[File:Symbol - Heart Mobile.png|64px]]<br> | [[File:Symbol - Heart Mobile.png|64px]]<br> | ||
Hearts are some of the most recognizable and prominent symbols associated with the series; one type of heart symbol is featured on the series logo and, as a result, on the majority of real-world ''Kingdom Hearts'' merchandise. The symbol also appears on the back of every [[Card]], [[Limit Form]]'s outfit in [[Halloween Town]], in several worlds, such as [[Hollow Bastion]], [[The World That Never Was]], [[Traverse Town]], and [[Radiant Garden]], and several Keyblades and miscellaneous weapons. Simplified heart symbols appear less frequently, but are featured in [[Trinity|Trinity Marks]], several Keyblades, [[Wonderland]], typically with the [[Queen of Hearts]], and, most notably, the heart-shaped moon, [[Kingdom Hearts]]. A few Pureblood Heartless have heart-shaped holes in their chests. | Hearts are some of the most recognizable and prominent symbols associated with the series; one type of heart symbol is featured on the series logo and, as a result, on the majority of real-world ''Kingdom Hearts'' merchandise. The symbol also appears on the back of every [[Cards|Card]], [[Limit Form]]'s outfit in [[Halloween Town]], in several worlds, such as [[Hollow Bastion]], [[The World That Never Was]], [[Traverse Town]], and [[Radiant Garden]], and several Keyblades and miscellaneous weapons. Simplified heart symbols appear less frequently, but are featured in [[Trinity|Trinity Marks]], several Keyblades, [[Wonderland]], typically with the [[Queen of Hearts]], and, most notably, the heart-shaped moon, [[Kingdom Hearts]]. A few Pureblood Heartless have heart-shaped holes in their chests. | ||
The most recognizable heart symbol is depicted as the outline of a heart with tips that curl inward at its top. More simplified heart, solid designs also appear in the series, although they are featured less prominently. | The most recognizable heart symbol is depicted as the outline of a heart with tips that curl inward at its top. More simplified heart, solid designs also appear in the series, although they are featured less prominently. | ||
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[[File:Χ-Blade Keychain KHBBS.png|60px]]<br> | [[File:Χ-Blade Keychain KHBBS.png|60px]]<br> | ||
The Heartless symbol is used, as its name suggests, to represent the [[Heartless]], specifically Emblem Heartless. The standard Heartless emblem is displayed on every single Emblem Heartless, as well as [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]]'s chest and certain weapons related to Heartless, such as the [[Akashic Record]] and [[Precious Mushroom]]. In the [[End of the World]], the doorway leading to the Final Rest area is shaped like the Heartless emblem. The | The Heartless symbol is used, as its name suggests, to represent the [[Heartless]], specifically Emblem Heartless. The standard Heartless emblem is displayed on every single Emblem Heartless, as well as [[Ansem, Seeker of Darkness]]'s chest and certain weapons related to Heartless, such as the [[Akashic Record]] and [[Precious Mushroom]]. In the [[End of the World]], the doorway leading to the Final Rest area is shaped like the Heartless emblem. The Heartless emblem without the spiked "X" is commonly associated with [[Riku]]. When using Dark Mode, Riku wears the symbol on his chest, and it is the Keychain token of his main Keyblade, [[Way to the Dawn]]. The Keychain token of the [[χ-blade]] is a black and red heart resembling the Heartless emblem, but with two [[Kingdom Key]]s crossed over it in place of the normal red design. | ||
The Heartless emblem is comprised of a heart with a fleur-de-lis at its base. It is typically black with a red outline and spiked "X" crossing through the heart in the symbol, which symbolizes the fact that Heartless act without emotions, hence their name. A common variation of the Heartless emblem is a completely black silhouette, lacking the cross over the heart. A third variation is simply a heart featuring the color scheme of the standard Heartless symbol, a black body and red outline, but also lacks the cross. | The Heartless emblem is comprised of a heart with a fleur-de-lis at its base. It is typically black with a red outline and spiked "X" crossing through the heart in the symbol, which symbolizes the fact that Heartless act without emotions, hence their name. A common variation of the Heartless emblem is a completely black silhouette, lacking the cross over the heart. A third variation is simply a heart featuring the color scheme of the standard Heartless symbol, a black body and red outline, but also lacks the cross. | ||
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|[[File:Symbol - Book.png|64px]]||The [[Enchanted Dominion]] is represented by a book with some of Maleficent's thorns coiling around it. | |[[File:Symbol - Book.png|64px]]||The [[Enchanted Dominion]] is represented by a book with some of Maleficent's thorns coiling around it. | ||
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|[[File:Symbol - Pumpkin.png|64px]]||A pumpkin symbolizes | |[[File:Symbol - Pumpkin.png|64px]]||A pumpkin symbolizes Halloween Town and is the [[Pumpkinhead]]'s Keychain token. | ||
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|[[File:Symbol - Bell.png|64px]]||[[La Cité des Cloches]] is represented by one of the titular bells within Notre Dame, which is also the Keychain token of the [[Guardian Bell]]. | |[[File:Symbol - Bell.png|64px]]||[[La Cité des Cloches]] is represented by one of the titular bells within Notre Dame, which is also the Keychain token of the [[Guardian Bell]]. | ||