EVERY Pokemon Badge ANALYZED! 

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For as basic or confusing as Johto's badges are, I wanted to take a moment to nerd out about the hidden genius of the Mineral Badge. Look at Jasmine's badge. Now look at Brock's badge. It's a polished down Boulder Badge. Brock uses Onix. Jasmine uses Steelix. There's even an npc in the lighthouse who brings up how she used to be a rock type leader before the advent of steel types. It's a good example of Johto's theme of times moving forward and evolving.

What better way to spend a cancelled day of work than hearing Lockstin talk about gym badges for an hour 20

4:46 You dont need to go out of your way to explain Kogas and Sabrinas Badges. Due to a localization error, the names of the Soul Badge and the Swamp Badge were swapped in the US versions of Pokémon Red and Blue. The US version also serves as the basis for the other languages. This error was also adopted in later media to avoid confusion.

For the Rainbow Badge, it is because Celadon City's Japanese name is Tamamushi, which comes from the coloration of jewel beetles that live in Asia. These beetles have shells that appear green when looked at directly, but when viewed at other angles will appear rainbow-like due to light reflection. The Earth Badge from Viridian is referred to as the "Green Badge" in the Japanese versions of the game. It doesn't really effect that much in the first generation, but consider that your rival was originally named Green before the version names were changed for international release. So in the Japanese versions of Gold, Silver, and Crystal you are getting the Green Badge from Green. Well played, Game Freak.

Honestly the Galar Badges get a pass for me because it feels like it’s a unification theme. Like all of them together represent the League and unlocks the final challenge Paldea… feels like Geeta or someone else standardized it

I thought the earth badge is a leaf because Giovanni was "turning over a new leaf". he does disband team rocket after you get the badge.

1:08:38 Surprised you didn't mention that rock climbing is a sport and the levels of the bedge are bronze, silver, and gold, like winners in events like that.

I always appreciate the "old" RU-vid layout on these kinds of videos lol. "Big yellow button" "5 stars" and video responses . Man, HOW long ago was all that?

Is this a compilation of all of his previous badge videos? If so, I love how seamless the transitions were. Especially compared to the last compilation video.

Vermillion city’s badge looks like a sun because it’s mentioned that the port is a good place to watch sunsets, which are also the same color as the name :-)

1:09:47 I believe the yellow on Korina’s badge is meant to represent the roller skate paths throughout her gym. Same with the colours and textures, but probably less so.

Paldea may have basic badge designs, but it's the photos that are more important, and the fact there are technically 18 "badges", one task of every type whether it be Gym, Team Star, or Titan... the photos are to mark story completion the same way traditional badges used to, similar to Alola's stamps

Carmine from the Hidden Treasure of Area Zero has so much more meaning behind her name, knowing the origin of cochineal beetles. (Her hair matching the same tone is gorgeous)

16:33 they’re called ladybugs because when their gardens and crops were consistently getting consumed with no way to stop, the people prayed to the Virgin Mary and in time, ladybugs came in and started consuming the pests for them. Thus, they named them after the Lady Virgin Mary

The Obvious Next Step Here Would Be To Do Ribbons And Marks. Stuff Like Their Designs, Titles And Where You Get Them From (Also I Know This Seems Daunting, But A Lot Of The Ribbons Are Practically Identical To One-Another So There's That).

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Paldea's gym badges are just Mario Kart 8's race selection icons.

Did Locksin just called Cilian, Chili, & Cress "Twinks"! That is hiliarous! I never thought about that till now! Love this channel!

The thunder badge could represent a sun flower. So possibly solar power.

".... Which is where you put coal if you wanna kill the planet!" I love your sense of humor, man.

when i was a kid i thought "Zephyr sounds so cool" so i looked it up, in a dictionary since i didn't have 24/7 access to the computer let alone the internet at the time.

22:12 I'm so glad that the first thing you think of when you say mahogany is also King yemma from TFS 😂

At 3:27 it would makes sense with the gold leaf because in German Lt. Surge is called Major Bob

I believe the reason for the most recen two generations of gym badges being "Uninspired" being the corperasation of the gym challenge over all! In Galar almost each Gym was a carbon copy stadium build by the rose coorperation (or the league) and in Paldea its heavily implied that each gymleader is just employed by Gita who is the chairwomen of that league. the Gym leaders and gyms themselves have become easily replacable (paldea doesnt even have proper stadiums just designated open spaces and a company branch building) Looking at the designs throughout the generations you can see an evolution to the pokemon league anś a corperate entity: In the first 3 Generations each gym could be a place that has been there even before a proper league was established the gyms having their own unique historic badges that need to be collected to enter the new league. in gen 4 and 5 we see that the badges now all share a thematic theme, roundish with silver borders in sinnho and long with gold borders in Unova, possibly a result of the league having taken over badge production causing theam to look like a proper set, perhaps the designs are still co-made by the respective gym leaders as well. In Kalos i believe their badges are just more Detailed because each Gymleader was allowed to design their own badge or they are modernizations of culturally important badges from the past. Alola being culturally different from the other reagions still has to establish their gyms and league but they have made an effort to modernize their traditional islande challenges as a stamp card attraction. Now back to the new games, I really believe here the Pokemon Gyms have lost most of their history in favor of being a sport competistion, with the Galar Gym Challange literally being a reoccuring Football tournament and in Paldea it just being kinda there for students of the big pokemon academy? You can complain about how gamefreak lost inspiration sure but i believe it should not be missed that the Badge designs becoming bland is spelling out another subtle narrative of how in the Pokemon Universe Gyms and the Pokemon league have changed over time. I think thats a very interesting aspect to it that should be pointed out aswell

Zephyr is the kind of word you hear as a kid that you think is so cool and immediately use around school but nobody you know has ever heard of it and you don’t know what it means when they ask so you just kinda forget about it until random poketubers offhandedly mention it

"Render" means nearly the opposite of "rend." To rend something is to dismantle it. To render something is to compile it.

I heard that Giovanni (or the Viridian gym in general) was going to be a flying type gym. The badge is a feather because of that and was just left over from development. So now it’s forever the ground type gym badge.

"Actually Fleek" made me cackle out loud 😂

Note about the Rain badge: It kinda looks like Milotic's scales! As shown in the anime, Feebas have a special pink-blue scale when they're ready to evolve, hence why the odd detailed part on the badge and the general color palette. Though that's just my speculation xd

Aircraft aren't exclusive to the Air Force. The Navy and Army each have their own, much smaller flights.

I really need a theory for why kanto has both Cinnabar Island and Vermillion City. To clarify, vermillion IS cinnabar.

The Dazai gif used for Koga's badge was a surprising but not unwelcome edition

Another thing about Roxy's Toxic Badge: the little protrusion coming off the top bubble that you said mimic crossed bones for deadly poison... that could also be interpreted as popping motion lines, as the bubbles in the poisoned animation rise and pop!

Awesome! Nothing better than watching a new Lockstin video on a snow day. ^^

Your commentary and the edits are hilarious! I usually watch long vids like these to help me fall asleep but this one was just too interesting and funny to sleep on. Gonna watch some more vids of you now :)

If we ever have a game were the gym leadera are all multi typed, I have a few ideas for badges. * Park Badge - For a gym leader who uses early route Pokemon * Music Badge - For a gym leader who specializes in sound based Pokemon * Storm Badge - Gym leader specializes in Electric, Flying, and maybe also Water type * Myth Badge - Gym leader uses Dragon and Fairy type Pokemon * Beast badge - Gym leader uses Pokemon in the Monster egg group. * Toolbox Badge. - For a gym leader using object based Pokemon. * Rarity Badge - Gym leader uses hard to find Pokemon such as starter Pokemon for example * Tank Badge - Gym Leader uses Pokemon with High defense.

Can't believe I just watched an hour long compilation of videos I've seen and loved. Oh well, helps you out in the algorithm 💜

40:01 If I wanted the pick, I would have picked the pick. But instead I pick the shovel, because the shovel's my pick.

I swear lockstin 👏 if this is another compilation of videos I’ve already watched, we’re gonna have beef 👏 you’re not gonna fool me twice

It’s funny to see the “If you missed the previous videos, they’re all linked somewhere” still here. Sure, it remains true (a bit more of a surgical link this time) but it’s even likelier that someone who saw it just watched the previous videos because of it

the rock badge could be based of a tectonic fault

I feel like clemont’s badge is more a nod towards his inventing, with the lines/lightning bolts coming out of a pinpoint dot, almost like an explosion, which most of his inventions result in, and like how Luminos city is the center of kalos, and also where a large power plant is located, so the bolt lines could represent power lines, and the piwer being supplied to the rest of the region

I can at least give Galar some props as the symbols on the badges aren’t carbon copies of the type logos; some even look relatively cool, like the Dragon badge. There are still ones that look dumb and they probably should’ve just printed the gym logo on them, but it’s still better than just reusing the typing logos

Ford Roxy's toxic badge, it reminds me either one of two things. 1st: stereos, whitch plays her music to her audience ota 2nd: it's a Garbodos hand. She used Garbodor in The series, so IT also fits on My opinion.

Apparently a lot of source materials actually make the switch between the Marsh and Soul badges, which makes a bit of sense. Like, Soul seems a lot more Psychic-y(Fighting too, if we count the previous gym) and Marsh seems a bit more in theme with the whole poison-y gym and fits with the Safari Zone imo. But I do really like your correlation between the Soul Badge and Fuchsia! Great video!

How did he not notice the Legendary Badge was representing Reshiram and Zekrom. The legendary pokemon in that game. The black has taller spikes than the white, the red references their red eyes.

The “verre” part in “Laverre City” also means “glass” in French, which fits the stained glass theme :)

I am very smart. Went 15 entire minutes before I realized I had a)watched this already, b)that this is a compilation and c)that this isn't an entirely brand new video talking about any and all neat theories, lore and implications behind the badge names and designs you learned about after posting the original videos or that could couldnt fit in the original videos.

As boring as the Paldea badges are, their uniformity is the most realistic portrayal of what real world organizations often like to do to make things "cohesive" and "on-brand". Do I think that aspect was intentional? No, but it's there.

I think Roxanne's badge is a speaker and the lines can be seen as cartoonish soundwaves too

Had to stop when he said Norman was laid back and check that his portrayal in Adventures wasn’t a fever dream. 😂

Just makes me think of a badge idea I had when I was real into Fighting types; the Combo Badge. It was a Z-shaped trail leading into a rising, flaming fist. If you know, you know.

To me, the Glacier Badge was supposed to represent an ice cube. That's how I use to see it 😂😂.

My sleep is sponsored by lockstin. But then i can rewatch after waking up :)

You should explain the 2 extra badges Gary had

I would add that Laverre city may also come from the word for "glass", which is literally "verre".

1:07:40. Umm so minor flaw from smallest to largest is violin, viola, cello, bass, other than that I love the video

45:32 I nearly choked to death on my water-

46:48 That’s really neat considering the gym puzzle and where it’s given to you in black/white 2: the trainer’s school.

I thi k the Rising Badge is playing into the idea that Dragon's and the type are an ascended breed. They rise above the rest and stand above and appart of the rest. MegaRayquaza's signature is even Dragon's Ascent.

In another life Guile and Lt. Surge are brothers

Upon looking at it the voltage badge reminds me of a trivial pursuit wedge, and looking at the map of the city it looks like it’s broken up into 5 wedges itself. Adding the fact that the gym challenge is trivia adds to this design idea. With the bolts I’m thinking it’s light beams coming from the center like the prism tower lighting up the city at night.

In defense of Galar, gyms and gym leaders can be switched out kinda on the regular. If the badges looked too much like the previous leaders, then when they change hands, sometimes types, now that new leader has to design a whole new badge and anyone who completed the league before that now has an "unofficial" older set. In "defense" of Paldea, the league is less of a "here's a unique trophie for completing our gym" and more "this is going on your permanent record" kind of thing. The badges need to be uniform across all types because it is easier for a school to manage them, like grades on tests. Plus, they have a constant intake of students all trying for the league, so having easily mass-produced badges probably saves on costs (ironic). I kinda like that Team Star, as an act of rebellion, added extra flare to these other badges that clearly look like they were once produced by the school but were discontinued. Casted aside, either to make way for better gym leaders or relics of gym types that are no longer being considered, thus limiting the students in a way. It's a fun layer to consider for the whole Team Star story.

also worth noting that the Relic Badge also resembles the Celtic spiral of life, 3 circular spirals that connect in the middle, symbolising the cycle of life, death, and rebirth

You are making me realize the flower naming gimmick didnt just come in gen 6. Apparently it was common in gen 1 and 2 too

I lowkey wish they would bring back the overly designed badges rather than the kinda bland pin badges or jigsaw pieces in the new gens.

This video helped me create a set of Badges for a bunch of Dual Type Badges

You know mineral badge does make sense when connecting it to Jasmine. An NPC says that Jasmine was originally a Rock type trainer before changing to use the newly discovered Steel type. Not only would it make sense to say Jasmine just didn’t change her badge when changing her type, but the mineral to metal process reflects her change from Rock to Steel.

My guess is with the lacking of names, GameFreak must be going through an artist block. They need to hire new people with fresh and exciting ideas. I am currently working on a Fakémon region based off of the Midwest called the Witsdem region (it’s Midwest but the words have all been rearranged)

For the Paldean badgers, I have always thought that they look like coins. And with the region being based on Spain, I think that is a bit fitting.

quick-ish video idea: There's this video by a guy called "internet pitstop" which talks about the actual regions themselves, about how they've evolved and devolved over time. He makes a lot of really cool points and I think it would be great if someone like you were to make a video about it.

I think there was also a thing in the past Like Giovanni was meant to have all 3 Legendary Birds. The badge would then be a feather instead - and it very much looks like a feather without the later add-ons. So... Yeah Roxanne's badge could be reminiscent of the many layers of rock and soil that have piled up. Tectonic plates. Fossil stuff. Something like that

Damn are you a rock gym leader coz you be handin out the badge salt 😂

As far as Giovanni's badge is concerned, it also loosely resembles a stalk of rice, which symbolizes wealth and mercantilism, and Giovanni is ungodly rich and does a lot of business!

The glacier badge is definitely her shirt collar and the bow around her neck.

10:45 Geovani was first meant to be a flying type gymleader but was later changed to a ground type gymleader. The badge resembles a feather.

Whatever the reason may be, the Psychic type is definitely associated with the sun in Pokemon. Espeon is literally the Sun Pokemon.

I feel like the gen 9 badges work because the paldean league is a lot more organized and interconnected than any league before it. It makes sense that they have a standardized system to maintain continuity in the league.

I'd love to see someone try to design better badges for Galar and Paldea

The Rumble Badge looks like two fists trading blows. And since they're literally the same shape just mirrored, it looks like two similar fighters facing off. In X and Y, you fight Korrina again right after you get the Rumble Badge (atop the Tower of Mastery) where you both use mega evolving Lucarios. It serves as the player's first mega evolution, so is very important to the gimmick of the games themselves. Just another layer of depth. Completely unrelated, I really wish the Voltage Badge was better. I loved the X and Y anime but they did my boi Clemont dirty with the badge...

Its almost as if the Paldean Gym Leaders sucked out all the soul from the badges and took it for themselves. Which is a good addition, because Paldea definetly has the best dialogue and characterization of the gym leaders.

OMG I remember that happen to me Pokemon Leafgreen 12 years ago I skip the Saffron City Gym Leader I thought had the Badge😅😅

In Coumarine city you left out that the fragrance molecule coumarin is what gives 95% of the scent of Tonka beans and it's the first synthetic ingredient to have been created/extracted and subsequently used in perfumery!

I love your videos bilut this one feels like your competting with your background music. Fighting to see whos louder.

Soul Badge also is slightly like a Peach What berry cures Poison ? Pecha Berries (There is even now a Poison type Pecha Pokemon)

3:42 Surge's badge also kinda resembles the spiky hair of Surge

Love this series!

also concept art was for the first gym to be flyingtype so its a feather

I still can't understand the thought process behind giving each of the galar gyms a logo and not making that the gym badges, instead of the those basic ones.

Video idea, make gym challenges for those that don’t have any real challenges, like just a maze with trainers, one region per gideo

I'm not done with the video yet but I just wanna say that was a great Team Four Star Easter egg during the Mahgony Town segment.

I thought the mining badge looked like a drill head…. Like when you dig with the large drill digger.

It took me to the marsh badge to realise this is all just a compilation, lol

your videos are really amazing, i am lowkey impressed🌶🌶🌶

Hear me out, an alternate magikarp evo for when it knows the move waterfall

pretty sure that the soul and marsh names got mixed up. The soul matches with psychic powers better and poison is strongly associated with marshes and swamps

Y'know I wrote down my own Pokémon game idea which involved 16 gyms covering almost every type, so why not show you the badge names i had for all of them Flying: Airline Badge (The Leader dresses like a flight attendant, and is also a drag queen buts that's unrelated) Rock: Idol Badge (Leader was a Lara Croftian Treasure Hunter) Electric: Jumpstart Badge Ice: Chiller Badge Fire: Cooking Badge (Leader is a chef, I came up with this game idea Before Crispin BTW) Poison: Medic Badge (Leader is a Creepy Nurse) Dark: Ruffian Badge (Leader is a Biker Gang Leader) Water: Maelstrom Badge Fairy: Sweet-Tooth Badge (Leaders name is Candy and has a sister named Sugar) Ghost: Cemetery Badge (Leader works at a cemetery as a grave digger) Bug: Swarm Badge Psychic: Thinker Badge Fighting: Knockout Badge Steel: Science Badge (Leader is a scientist) Normal: Extraordinary Badge (Leader wants to prove that the normal types can do amazing things, and since he's one of the end game leaders he did, he could probably even become an Elite) Ground: Pyramid Badge (Leader dresses and acts like a pharaoh) These two types actually belong to two elites but if they did have badge names Grass: Flytrap Badge (Leaders aesthetic embraces the scary part of nature) Dragon: Slayer Badge (Because you slay dragons and the elite duo, yes there's two of them and their actually a mother and daughter, have a Damsel and Dragon look to them)

Giovanni = Sakaki Sakaki = a kind of tree Giovanni = Sakaki = man named after tree Giovanni = Pokemon Professor?

Pretty sure the legend badge represents the battle of the black and white dragons, just like the gym puzzle does. Both shapes are similar and have four spikes and seem to meet in that red dot, maybe symbolizing a hit, a punch, a blow?

Another note on star anise, it's often paired with cinnamon and other fall flavors. So if you chai anything that reminds you of apple pie or something, thats why.