Here are collages I did of gym badges that appeared in the Pokemon anime series. I also included badges that weren't seen in the games, along with the seashell badges from the Orange Islands and the Battle Frontier Symbols.
so, i grouped these episodes together because they both take place on seafoam island, basically nothing happens in them, and articuno is nowhere to be found!! why even do seafoam island episodes and not show the bestest bird!!
(in fairness, apparently it was only called that in the english dub, and in the original japanese it's a totally original location. so i guess i'll give them a pass. THIS TIME.)
in "the evolution solution", everyone tries to figure out why slowpoke evolves by having a shellder bite its tail. the conclusion they come to is bascially "idk!" so, time well spent there. i do love that slowpoke's pokedex entry literally negs it for being no thoughts head empty though.
in "the pi-kahuna", ash tries to take up surfing and meets this guy who's essentially like a surfer with a dark past. but like, a surfing-related dark past. idk.
both episodes are pretty silly, pretty fillery, and not much to write home about, so i won't! again, though, "bad" episodes of the pokemon anime are pretty palatable all things considered. so while i'll give both episodes a c-rank, i'm starting to genuinely wonder if i'm ever gonna give one of these episodes a d-rank. i'm just not sure they can ever really hit that level of bad, y'know?