Blue Badger
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Blue Badger | |
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| Nickname/Aliases | "Wriggling piece of plywood" "That thing" |
| Japanese name | Taiho-kun |
| French name | Lutin bleu |
| German name | Blue Badger |
| Spanish name | Tejón Azul |
| Italian name | Sbirrotto |
| Age during debut | It was made some time before Turnabout Goodbyes |
| Height* | ??? cm |
| Eye color | Black |
| Hair color | None |
| Year of birth | Around December of 2016 |
| Occupation | Police Mascot |
| Family | Pink Badger (Wife) Proto Badger (Brother?) Bad Badger (Antagonist) |
| Friends | Chief (Creator) Dick Gumshoe (Co-creator) |
| Affiliates | Gavinners Los Angeles Police Department |
| Debut episode | Turnabout Goodbyes |
| Character theme track | The Blue Badger ~ I Want to Defend! |
| Phoenix Wright |
| The Blue Badger! Mascot of the police force! Defender of truth, guardian of proof! |
| —Rise from the Ashes |
The Blue Badger is the mascot of the Los Angeles police department, created by the chief detective of the Criminal Affairs Department.
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[edit] History
[edit] Beginnings
- Main article: Turnabout Goodbyes
The chief detective first conceived of the Blue Badger and made a Blue Badger doll some time before Miles Edgeworth's murder trial. It was displayed inside the Criminal Affairs Department for visitors such as Phoenix Wright to see, hoping that the Police Department would adopt it as its mascot. Despite the doubts of such visitors, including Wright, about the idea, it gained approval among the police force.
[edit] Dancing panel
- Main article: Rise from the Ashes
Enthusiastic about the Blue Badger, Detective Dick Gumshoe collaborated with the chief detective to design a large panel version of the Blue Badger that would dance. Gumshoe made this panel; during construction, he left it in the Police Department's evidence room. It's presence both obscured and created vital clues in a video recording of the apparent murder of Bruce Goodman, which turned out to be a scuffle between a bewildered Mike Meekins and Jake Marshall. The completed Blue Badger was later placed at the front of Police Headquarters. After the resolution of the aforementioned murder case, the dancing Blue Badger was seen to stop dancing and collapse; the panel's ultimate fate is unknown.
Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth had this reaction to the panel: "What the hell is that wriggling piece of plywood!?"
[edit] The Pink Badger
- Main article: Recipe for Turnabout
By the beginning of 2019, the Blue Badger had been fully adopted as the Police Department's mascot, and the chief detective had created a female version called the Pink Badger. The two were handcuffed together, in what the detective said was an allegory for marriage.
[edit] Bando-Land
- Main article: The Kidnapped Turnabout
The Blue Badger eventually became a franchise, with a theme park dedicated to him called Bando-Land being built. In the park were employees wearing costumes of the Blue Badger and the Pink Badger, as well as their antagonist the Bad Badger and the "original" Proto Badger. An ongoing contest in the park has people trying to find all four Badgers. A show occurs regularly in which the Blue, Pink and Proto Badgers try to stop the Bad Badger from fulfilling his evil plans.
[edit] Popularity
Maya Fey thinks that the Blue Badger is cute, as does Trucy Wright and Pearl Fey, but most other people regard it as slightly creepy. Despite this, the Blue Badger has become somewhat of a franchise, with Badger T-shirts being seen in people's possession from time to time. For example, Wocky Kitaki wears a Bad Badger T-shirt and Maggey Byrde is seen wearing a Blue Badger hoodie while off duty. The Blue Badger is the mascot for the Gavinners as well; it is often used in promotional items and events for them, as well as some of their guitars. There is also a sticker of the Blue Badger on one of their instrument cases.
