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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morale_patch Morale patches]] have a long tradition of being subrepetitiously worn by military members as humorous images on their uniforms. While wearing them entails a risk of getting reprimanded by a particularly un-humorous officer, some of them have eventually found their way into actual army protocols on account of being actually capable of keeping their wearers motivated and proud. [[https://www.businessinsider.com/13-of-the-best-military-morale-patches-2015-8#the-patches-often-not-always-make-fun-of-a-depressing-boring-or-otherwise-specific-part-of-the-job-1 Their designs]] have included anything from references to cartoons and pop culture icons, darkly humorous depictions of the wearer's job, crass drawings involving human genitalia, and more recently, [[GirlsWithGuns anime girls with guns]].

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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morale_patch Morale patches]] have a long tradition of being subrepetitiously surreptitiously worn by military members as humorous images on their uniforms. While wearing them entails a risk of getting reprimanded by a particularly un-humorous officer, some of them have eventually found their way into actual army protocols on account of being actually capable of keeping their wearers motivated and proud. [[https://www.businessinsider.com/13-of-the-best-military-morale-patches-2015-8#the-patches-often-not-always-make-fun-of-a-depressing-boring-or-otherwise-specific-part-of-the-job-1 Their designs]] have included anything from references to cartoons and pop culture icons, darkly humorous depictions of the wearer's job, crass drawings involving human genitalia, and more recently, [[GirlsWithGuns anime girls with guns]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'', the Junior Chipmunks seemed to have a patch for almost everything. Naturally, Kuzco failed to achieve even one, meaning he had to obtain the highly-dangerous Condor Patch to avoid flunking out of school (ItMakesSenseInContext). [[spoiler:He fails to get even that one, but guess what? He gets to get the "I Failed To Get Every Single Patch Patch"...]]

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'', the Junior Chipmunks seemed to have a patch for almost everything. Naturally, Kuzco failed to achieve even one, meaning he had to obtain the highly-dangerous Condor Patch to avoid flunking out of school (ItMakesSenseInContext). [[spoiler:He fails to get even that one, but guess what? He gets to get the [[MedalOfDishonor "I Failed To Get Every Single Patch Patch"...Patch"]]...]]
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** Notably, they don't have patches for ''everything''; there are no patches for persistence or underwater horseback riding. You know, [[DontExplainTheJoke because sea horses are too small to ride.]]
* Ziggzagged in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''; most merit badges the Junior Woodchucks receive are ordinary ones, although they earn one for Law Enforcement by helping their uncle apprehend the Beagle Boys. One episode shows Webby - who has only one, Swimming - admiring all of Launchpad's badges, but noticing he lacks the Swimming one. (Naturally, this is a ChekhovsGun; he can't swim, and she has to rescue him from drowning later.)

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** Notably, they don't have patches for ''everything''; there ''everything''. There are no patches for persistence or underwater horseback riding. You know, [[DontExplainTheJoke because sea horses seahorses are too small to ride.]]
* Ziggzagged Zigzagged in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''; most ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''. Most merit badges the Junior Woodchucks receive are ordinary ones, although they earn one for Law Enforcement by helping their uncle apprehend the Beagle Boys. One episode shows Webby - who has only one, Swimming - admiring all of Launchpad's badges, but noticing he lacks the Swimming one. (Naturally, Naturally, this is a ChekhovsGun; he ChekhovsGun. He can't swim, and she has to rescue him from drowning later.) later.



** Another had Timmy's scout troop escape from a pack of hungry coyotes by using Chester as a distraction. The mauled Chester sarcastically tells the troop he'll be taking his "Eaten by Coyotes Badge", later in the same episode Chester runs into the coyotes again and tells them they're about to earn their "Beaten by Chester Badge".

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** Another had Timmy's scout troop escape from a pack of hungry coyotes by using Chester as a distraction. The mauled Chester sarcastically tells the troop he'll be taking his "Eaten by Coyotes Badge", later Badge". Later in the same episode episode, Chester runs into the coyotes again and tells them they're about to earn their "Beaten by Chester Badge".



* There's that old ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon where Porky Pig has licenses to do ridiculous things culminating in "permit to use Daffy Duck as motor". Then he doesn't have a marriage license, not being married. This isn't a merit badge, but it's gotta be related.
* In The ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Jew Scouts", there are apparently two ways to get a Chutzpah Badge: babysit the "Squirts" (Cub Scouts equivalent) or capture a bear.

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* There's that old ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoon where Porky Pig has licenses to do ridiculous things culminating in "permit to use Daffy Duck as motor". Then Though he doesn't have a marriage license, not being married. This isn't a merit badge, but it's gotta be related.
* In The ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "Jew Scouts", there are apparently two ways to get a Chutzpah Badge: babysit the "Squirts" (Cub Scouts equivalent) or OR capture a bear.



* While the only badge actually mentioned in Creator/{{Pixar}}'s ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'', "Assisting the Elderly," is pretty normal, the credits include several strange-looking one, featuring such things as a radiation hazard symbol and a mushroom cloud.
** Those possibly reference [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn David Hahn]], "The Radioactive Boy Scout". Having received a Eagle Scout merit badge in Atomic Energy (presumably a "displaying understanding" project) he went on try building himself a breeder reactor. This never achieved critical mass, but did produce a dangerous amount of radiation.

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* While the only badge actually mentioned in Creator/{{Pixar}}'s ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'', "Assisting the Elderly," Elderly", is pretty normal, the credits include several strange-looking one, featuring such things as a radiation hazard symbol and a mushroom cloud.
** Those possibly reference [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn David Hahn]], Hahn,]] "The Radioactive Boy Scout". Having received a Eagle Scout merit badge in Atomic Energy (presumably a "displaying understanding" project) he went on try building himself a breeder reactor. This never achieved critical mass, but did produce a dangerous amount of radiation.



* Done in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' where the duo join up a Barrette Baret Girls camp (despite being boys), where their treated to a series of {{Amusing Injury}}s to gain badges for the most insane merits, such as (1) catching a snipe (which happens to be real, and extremely vicious), (2) flying (by falling over a gorge), falling on jacked rocks (while falling from said gorge), (3) drowning, (4) mutilation, (5) collecting badger eggs, and (5) bravery in the face of certain doom (done by Ren popping out of an ice-box of food yelling "ta-da!" while surrounded by a group of angry Elk Bear club members, who were [[BearsAreBadNews actually bears]])

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* Done in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' where the duo join up a Barrette Baret Girls camp (despite being boys), where their they're treated to a series of {{Amusing Injury}}s to gain badges for the most insane merits, such as (1) catching a snipe (which happens to be real, and extremely vicious), (2) flying (by falling over a gorge), falling on jacked rocks (while falling from said gorge), (3) drowning, (4) mutilation, (5) collecting badger eggs, and (5) bravery in the face of certain doom (done by Ren popping out of an ice-box of food yelling "ta-da!" while surrounded by a group of angry Angry Elk Bear club bear Club members, who were [[BearsAreBadNews actually bears]])bears.]])



* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'': The Sparrow Scouts have their share of badges, most of them quite ordinary like "Friends of the park" and "Level Three Friendly and Helpful badge". Near the end of episode 4, the trope is actually averted; when Frida and David successfully rescue Hilda and the last Vittra (a race of underground creatures) from [[ConveyorBeltOfDoom Big Chipper]], Frida cheers that this must be worth a 100 points for the ‘Catch A Falling Friend’ badge…only to admit that there isn’t really such a badge (Hilda thinks there should be one though). Hilda also suggests they deserve a friend of the Vittra’s badge, which doesn’t exist either.
* As members of an AlwaysChaoticEvil alien species, young Omicronian Scouts in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' can earn merit badges in bone whittling, skull arranging, planetary invasion and [[SelfMadeOrphan patricide]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'': The Sparrow Scouts have their share of badges, most of them quite ordinary like "Friends of the park" Park" and "Level Three Friendly and Helpful badge". Near the end of episode 4, the trope is actually averted; when averted. When Frida and David successfully rescue Hilda and the last Vittra (a race of underground creatures) from [[ConveyorBeltOfDoom Big Chipper]], Chipper,]] Frida cheers that this must be worth a 100 points for the ‘Catch A Falling Friend’ badge…only to admit that there isn’t really such a badge (Hilda thinks there should be one be, though). Hilda also suggests they deserve a friend "Friend of the Vittra’s Vittras" badge, which doesn’t exist either.
* As members of an AlwaysChaoticEvil alien species, young Omicronian Scouts in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' can earn merit badges in bone whittling, skull arranging, planetary invasion and [[SelfMadeOrphan patricide]]. patricide.]]
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* As members of an AlwaysChaoticEvil alien species, young Omicronian Scouts in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' can earn merit badges in such diverse subjects as bone whittling, skull arranging, planetary invasion and [[SelfMadeOrphan patricide]].

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* As members of an AlwaysChaoticEvil alien species, young Omicronian Scouts in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' can earn merit badges in such diverse subjects as bone whittling, skull arranging, planetary invasion and [[SelfMadeOrphan patricide]].
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* As members of an AlwaysChaoticEvil alien species, young Omicronian Scouts in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' can earn merit badges in such diverse subjects as bone whittling, skull arranging, planetary invasion and [[SelfMadeOrphan patricide]].
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* Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete: Monica is always working to earn a new merit badge. Some of the badges are "ethnic dance" and "cafeteria lady".

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* Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete: Monica is always working to earn a new merit badge. Some of the badges are "ethnic dance" dance", "kung fu", and "cafeteria lady".
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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morale_patch Morale patches]] have a long tradition of being subrepetitiously worn by military members as humorous images on their uniforms. While wearing them entails a risk of getting reprimanded by a particularly un-humorous officer, some of them have eventually found their way into actual army protocols on account of being actually capable of keeping their wearers motivated and proud. [[https://www.businessinsider.com/13-of-the-best-military-morale-patches-2015-8#the-patches-often-not-always-make-fun-of-a-depressing-boring-or-otherwise-specific-part-of-the-job-1 Their designs]] have included anything from references to cartoons and pop culture icons, darkly humorous depictions of the wearer's job, crass drawings involving human genitalia, and more recently, [[GirlsWithGuns anime girls with guns]].

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* The Junior Woodchucks continue to impress in WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017. It doesn't come up as much, but badges include Sickle Sharpening, and Cartography, which doesn't sound like much except it requires you to map a location that has never been mapped by anybody before. Huey's opening short implies (but never states) that Bigfoot Catching is also a merit badge.

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* The Junior Woodchucks continue to impress in WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017. It doesn't come up as much, but badges include Sickle Sharpening, and Cartography, which doesn't sound like much except it requires you to map a location that has never been mapped by anybody before. Huey's opening short implies (but never states) that Bigfoot Catching is also a merit badge. They even have a merit badge for ''Failing'', of which Launchpad has several.
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** Notably, they don't have patches for ''everything''; notably, there are no patches for persistence or underwater horseback riding. You know, [[DontExplainTheJoke because sea horses are too small to ride.]]

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** Notably, they don't have patches for ''everything''; notably, there are no patches for persistence or underwater horseback riding. You know, [[DontExplainTheJoke because sea horses are too small to ride.]]
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-->'''Carl:''' If you don't hurry up, the tigers will eat you!\\
'''Russell:''' There's no tigers in South America. ''*Points to badge.*'' Zoology!

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'''Russell:''' There's no tigers in South America. ''*Points ''[points to badge.*'' badge]'' Zoology!

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-->'''Carl:''' If you don't hurry up, the tigers will eat you!\\
'''Russell:''' There's no tigers in South America. ''*Points to badge.*'' Zoology!
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* The Junior Woodchucks continue to impress in WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017. It doesn't come up as much, but badges include Sickle Sharpening, and Cartography, which doesn't sound like much except it requires you to map a location that has never been mapped by anybody before. Huey's opening short implies (but never states) that Bigfoot Catching is also a merrit badge.

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* The Junior Woodchucks continue to impress in WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017. It doesn't come up as much, but badges include Sickle Sharpening, and Cartography, which doesn't sound like much except it requires you to map a location that has never been mapped by anybody before. Huey's opening short implies (but never states) that Bigfoot Catching is also a merrit merit badge.
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* ''ComicStrip/ThePerryBibleFellowship'' [[http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF191-Boy_Scouts.gif does its usual humorous variety]] by having a merit badge for having protected sex with a prostitute.

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* ''ComicStrip/ThePerryBibleFellowship'' [[http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF191-Boy_Scouts.gif [[https://pbfcomics.com/comics/boy-scouts/ does its usual humorous variety]] by having a merit badge for having protected sex with a prostitute.
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* ''ComicStrip/ThePerryBibleFellowship'' [[http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF191-Boy_Scouts.gif does its usual humorous variety]]

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* ''ComicStrip/ThePerryBibleFellowship'' [[http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF191-Boy_Scouts.gif does its usual humorous variety]]variety]] by having a merit badge for having protected sex with a prostitute.
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** Notably, they don't have patches for ''everything''; notably, there are no patches for persistence or underwater horseback riding. You know, [[DontExplainTheJoke because sea horses are too small to ride.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'': The Sparrow Scouts have their share of badges, most of them quite ordinary like "Friends of the park" and "Level Three Friendly and Helpful badge". Near the end of episode 4, the trope is actually averted; when Frida and David successfully rescue Hilda and the last Vittra (a race of underground creatures) from [[ConveyorBeltOfDoom Big Chipper]], Frida cheers that this must be worth a 100 points for the ‘Catch A Falling Friend’ badge…only to admit that there isn’t really such a badge (Hilda thinks there should be one though). Hilda also suggests they deserve a friend of the Vittra’s badge, which doesn’t exist either.
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* ''Series/OneHundredThingsToDoBeforeHighSchool'': In "Be A Fairy Godmother Thing!", CJ asks Scout what merit badges she is currently working on. The response: Love Poet, Necklace Maker, Scone Chef, and Crowbar Master.

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* ''Series/OneHundredThingsToDoBeforeHighSchool'': In "Be A Fairy Godmother Thing!", CJ asks Scout what merit badges she is currently working on. The response: Love Poet, Necklace Maker, Wizard, Scone Chef, and Crowbar Master.
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* The Literature/{{Discworld}} Emporium sold limited edition Discworld Scout Insignia cards for the 2007 Discworld Jamboree. These suggest that the Ankh-Morpork Scouting and Urban Survival Association offers merit badges in such skills as leech wrangling, corset lacing and barber-surgery.
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* ''Series/OneHundredThingsToDoBeforeHighSchool'': In "Be A Fairy GodmotherThing!", CJ asks Scout what merit badges she is currently working on. The response: Love Poet, Necklace Maker, Scone Chef, and Crowbar Master.

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* ''Series/OneHundredThingsToDoBeforeHighSchool'': In "Be A Fairy GodmotherThing!", Godmother Thing!", CJ asks Scout what merit badges she is currently working on. The response: Love Poet, Necklace Maker, Scone Chef, and Crowbar Master.
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* ''Series/OneHundredThingsToDoBeforeHighSchool'': In "Be A Fairy GodmotherThing!", CJ asks Scout what merit badges she is currently working on. The response: Love Poet, Necklace Maker, Scone Chef, and Crowbar Master.
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* The Junior Woodchucks continue to impress in WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017. It doesn't come up as much, but badges include Sickle Sharpening, and Cartography, which doesn't sound like much except it requires you to map a location that has never been mapped by anybody before. Huey's opening short implies (but never states) that Bigfoot Catching is also a merrit badge.
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** Another had Timmy's scout troop escape from a pack of hungry coyotes by using Chester as a distraction. The mauled Chester sarcastically tells the troop he'll be taking his "Eaten by Coyotes Badge", later in the same episode Chester runs into the coyotes again and tells them they're about to earn their "Beaten by Chester Badge".
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* This exchange from ''Podcast/FatFrenchAndFabulous'':
-->"There are no merit badges for infanticide!"
-->"Well maybe there should be! It's a skill!"
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* Ziggzagged in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''; most merit badges the Junior Woodchucks receive are ordinary ones, although they earn one for Law Enforcement by helping their uncle apprehend the Beagle Boys. One episode shows Webby - who has only one, Swimming - admiring all of Launchpad's badges, but noticing he lacks the Swimming one. (Naturally, this is a ChekovsGun; he can't swim, and she has to rescue him from drowning later.)

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* Ziggzagged in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''; most merit badges the Junior Woodchucks receive are ordinary ones, although they earn one for Law Enforcement by helping their uncle apprehend the Beagle Boys. One episode shows Webby - who has only one, Swimming - admiring all of Launchpad's badges, but noticing he lacks the Swimming one. (Naturally, this is a ChekovsGun; ChekhovsGun; he can't swim, and she has to rescue him from drowning later.)
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* In ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective'', the local scouting organization is the Bloodwolves, and it's a running gag that whenever Dooley's Bloodwolf pack are in a potentially dangerous or frightening situation (such as "lurking outside a dark, spooky cave" or "abandoned in the snow on Christmas Eve") one of them will note that there's a merit badge for that.
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* ''Film/TroopBeverlyHills'' has some fun with this one. Phyllis and her troop find no value in most of the traditionally woodsy official Wilderness Girl patches, but then Phyllis discovers a {{loophole|Abuse}}: she can custom-design her ''own'' patches! Soon the entire troop is decked out in merit patches for things like jewelry appraisal and "gardening with glamour." Naturally, the evil council leader declares all of these patches invalid when she finds out about it.
-->'''Rosa:''' Patches! [[Film/BlazingSaddles We don't need no stinking patches!]]


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* ''Film/TroopBeverlyHills'' has some fun with this one. Phyllis and her troop find no value in most of the traditionally woodsy official Wilderness Girl patches, but then Phyllis discovers a {{loophole|Abuse}}: she can custom-design her ''own'' patches! Soon the entire troop is decked out in merit patches for things like jewelry appraisal and "gardening with glamour." Naturally, the evil council leader declares all of these patches invalid when she finds out about it.
-->'''Rosa:''' Patches! [[Film/BlazingSaddles We don't need no stinking patches!]]
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