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You mentioned Virbank could be named after Burbank because they’re both industrial, but a stronger connection is that Burbank is called the “Media Capital of the World” because it’s right outside of Hollywood, just like how Virbank is just outside Pokéstar Studios.

I’m pretty sure the Wave Badges colors represent the four difference types of Zones in the ocean as they get darker and darker; the Sunlight(Epipelagic) Zone, Twilight(Mesopelagic) zone, Midnight(Bathypelagic) Zone, and Abyssal(Abyssopelagic) Zone.

2:04 “which is just like a maid cafe, but with twinks” love it

I think the Legend Badge might actually be based on Zekrom and Reshiram: The badge is made up of two layers, a light one and a dark one, which could actually be referencing how both Zekrom and Reshiram were only one Pokemon before. Both gym leaders are also very familiar with both of these dragons, and the gym design is also fully black and white.

1:26 It's almost like they're a rotation battle. 4:20 "Basic" also fits because it's "knowing the basics". Knowledge. Library and museum. Now you know the basics once you beat her. (And in B2W2, Cheren's a teacher and near the Trainer School, which also has the elemental monkeys). 12:01 I think the white and black interlocking is also about Unova's dragons. Marlin being after this in B2W2 is almost like saying "The legend continues". Ripples. 12:01 Virbank's like the closest thing to a West Coast city, fitting for it being the "West Coast" of Unova. Burbank, Roxie looks like Kurt Cobain, literal Industrial Metals, her guitarist is named Billy Jo and I'm betting Nicky is named for Stevie Nicks, etc.

I can never tell if Pokemon is overthinking things or lockstin & gnoggin is overthinking things and i love that lol

I love the Unova badges. They were a breath of fresh air compared to the previous badges.

One detail about the legend badge that gets unoticed, it resemble 2 different clock pointers, that connects back to everything you said about Opelucid city's theme like Drayden (old/past) and Iris (new/future)

I know you said these badge videos don't perform well, but I really appreciate the effort you put in to give us such interesting facts.

12:20 Also, fun fact. Icarus was warned to not fly too high or too low, for fear of salt water damaging the wings, or of the heat of the sun melting them. Thus, displaying the ice types weaknesses to fire and water respectively

One thing about unova badges compared to other badges.... Is that the badges (at least to me) resemble more military ribbons, with their long thin design. Just vertical instead of horizontal.

17:20 Bonus meaning for Virbank. A 'cloud bank'. A cloud bank is a large mass or layer of clouds that covers a specific area, often observed as a significant range of clouds approaching or covering the horizon, which usually denotes an impending change in the weather.

The toxic badge also looks kinda like a guitar if you turn it sideways, which fits it in even better with the gym's general theme.

I did my very first playthrough of Black not too long ago. I really liked how these badges looked and the first gym was very interesting to see. Can you imagine if the rest of the gyms were similar to the first one?

The Legend badge could be based on the the box legendaries half white(Reshiram), half black(Zekrom) from the same core(the original dragon).

10:06 There is such a thing as cloud seeding though. In the US, it's used for droughts, to reduce the size of hailstones in thunderstorms and to reduce fog at airports. It's also used at ski resorts and hydro plants (although one plant in Oregon had to stop as it was giving the locals too much rain)

I'd noticed the cloud names for Nimbasa and Icirrus City, but I never knew about all these other ones! So cool!

Another potential angle for the Basic Badge's name: learning the basics. It fits with the book-like design, and, from Norman to Ilima, Normal-type specialists seem to have some or other educational role. You could probably also add Whitney, since she's essentially a super-Lass, and Lasses are almost always depicted as schoolgirls. Larry is still an exception, with his angle being "I have no strong feelings one way or the other".

18:55 Some more 'depth' to the Wave Badge is that it could be denoting the different oceanic zones, and the less light available the deeper you go.