Blue Badger

The Blue Badger is the mascot of the Los Angeles Police Department, created by the chief detective of the Criminal Affairs division.

Beginnings
The chief detective first conceived of the Blue Badger and made a Blue Badger doll some time before Turnabout Goodbyes. It was displayed inside the police station 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.

Dancing panel
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 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.

The Pink Badger
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.

Popularity
Maya Fey thinks that the Blue Badger is cute, as does Trucy Wright, but most other people regard it as slightly creepy. Despite this, the Blue Badger has become somewhat of a franchise, with Blue Badger T-shirts being seen in people's possession from time to time. For example, Wocky Kitaki wears a "bad" Blue 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.