Question: Well, the faq does say no question is too small and I haven't found this question asked elsewhere so...

I'd like to suggest the introduction of icons for the badges, as seen in Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source or even Kongregate. Imagine your favourite badge transformed with a colourful and amusing image!

With a community as large and diverse as this one, we ought to be able to come up with some decent badge icons. 

What say ye?

EDIT: How about them apples? (Just a sample of what's possible..)

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Answer: 
It doesn't sound real useful even for visual effect, since the badges are only seen when you look at your profile page or the badge page.
For some reason, this reminded me of [a scene from *Time Bandits*](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmS_hMnFNVM#t=1m12s). View last few seconds starting from about 1:12.