Badge

Badge is a passive item in Enter and Exit the Gungeon. It also appears in powerup form in Exit.

Enter the Gungeon=

Effects

 * Summons a police officer that follows the player, firing bullets that do 5 damage each at enemies.
 * The officer can be talked to.
 * The officer will die after taking too much damage.
 * The officer will permanently die and increase the player's curse by 2 if he dies and the player talks to him. This increases the player's damage by 20% and removes the item from inventory.
 * The officer can take indirect damage from the player's doing (such as electrified water and explosions).
 * The officer will heal to full health at the start of each map.

Quotes
Talking to him:
 * "Only a few weeks left on the force."
 * "I'm retiring in 3 weeks... getting too old for this."
 * "Have I shown you my pictures of my family?"
 * "Sending my daughter off to college soon. She's a good kid."
 * "Thirty years on this beat to the day. Never needed to draw my gun before."
 * "You're a loose cannon, kid, but you're good police."
 * "Let's do this next one by the book."
 * "You're as wild as McNutty."

Dying:
 * "Kid... listen up. Today might have been my last day on the force, and I might have only been down here because of you...but this ain't your fault. Yeah, yeah, you let me get hit by all those bullets. Sure, you probably could've given me one of those fancy guns you've been hoarding. But the point is, this ain't your fault. -cough- Give my badge to my kids. Tell them I love them."

Bugs

 * When the officer dies and the player talks to him, there's a chance of him saying one of his normal quotes instead of his death one, or simply saying nothing.
 * If the officer dies right after a boss fight, and you immediately talk to him, or fall down a pit while talking, the game will be softlocked.

Exit the Gungeon=

Effects

 * Summons a police officer that will fly in a jetpack, following and shooting at enemies.
 * Unlike in Enter the Gungeon, the policeman will not block bullets, and cannot be damaged, die, or be interacted with.

= Trivia =
 * If the player has The Judge, the Judge's maximum clip is reduced from 9 to 5, allowing its special shot to be fired more frequently. Replaced with the synergy.
 * With an unknown item. If the player had this synergy, any damage taken by the cop would be reduced by half.
 * This item is a reference to the "last day before retirement" trope that often appears in cop dramas.
 * In the Officer's dialogue, there is a reference to the Gungeoneer as the cop-drama character trope of the "loose cannon." The two roles are often seen together as partners or "buddies" in movies ranging from Lethal Weapon to Seven.
 * The tagline is also a reference to this trope, as the retiring officer is often characterized as more lawful than their partner.
 * The shots fired by the Policeman are similar in appearance to the 38 Special's bullets.
 * The quote referring to McNutty may be a reference to Jimmy McNulty, an arrogant and unpredictable character from The Wire.

=Gallery=

=See also=
 * Items