History VideoGame / CartoonNetworkPunchTimeExplosion

* UpdatedRerelease: ''Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion XL'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/Xbox360, and UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}. Aside from fixing some problems with the original version, several new game modes have been added (Training, Arcade, PTE Mode, Fight The Drones and Survival) and most of the original voice actors returned. Also, eight new characters have been added to the game, those being WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo, [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998 HIM]], [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack Aku and The Scotsman]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben10}} Kevin Levin and Young Ben]], [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor The Toiletnator]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Hoss Delgado]].

''Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion'' is a PlatformFighter and MascotFighter game developed by Papaya Studio, published by Creator/CraveEntertainment for the Platform/Nintendo3DS on June 2, 2011, and featuring Creator/CartoonNetwork characters, a la ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''. The game features 18 playable characters, with 19 others acting as assists. An upgraded version, titled ''Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion XL'' was released on Platform/{{Wii}}, Platform/PlayStation3 and Platform/Xbox360 on November 15, 2011. ''XL'' has the 3DS version's roster, plus eight more for a total of twenty-six (four of them were formerly assist characters, two were bosses) and added six new assists for a total of twenty-one assist characters.

''Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion'' is a PlatformFighter and MascotFighter game developed by Papaya Studio, published by Creator/CraveEntertainment, and featuring Creator/CartoonNetwork characters, a la ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''. The UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS version (released a few months before the console versions) features 18 playable characters, with 19 others acting as assists. The console versions have the 3DS version's roster, plus eight more for a total of twenty-six (four of them were formerly assist characters, two were bosses) and added six new assists for a total of twenty-one assist characters.

* ThePowerOfRock: For Mac and Bloo's Punch Time Explosion attack, Bloo transforms into Bloonan the Barbarian and [[MusicalAssassin destroys his opponents with epic riffs]].

* RequiredPartyMember: Numbuh One is locked in as the first party member for the K.N.D. Treehouse in Story Mode, since his candy guns are necessary to activate the door switches scattered throughout the level.

* ObviousBeta: There's a ton of lazy development quirks that almost make the game unplayable. Unresponsive controls, an unfinished battle system, and an unintuitive control scheme that even the veteran ''Smash'' player finds hard to get used to. There's also a quite infamous bug that [[UnintentionallyUnwinnable freezes the game during one of the final levels]]. Granted, there are ways to bypass this bug (many people did it just by sheer luck) but it's still a problem that makes the game a textbook example of ObviousBeta.

The official website no longer exists, but [[TheWikiRule the Wiki for the game]] can be found [[http://punchtimeexplosion.wikia.com/wiki/Punch_Time_Explosion_Wiki here]]. Compare with ''VideoGame/NickelodeonAllStarBrawl'', another fighting game with a similar concept. See also ''VideoGame/MultiVersus'', Creator/WarnerBros' later attempt at a crossover platform fighter that features Cartoon Network characters (among others).

* Representing ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' (Dexter, Monkey)
* Representing ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' (Johnny Bravo*)
* Representing ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' (Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, Mojo Jojo, HIM*)
* Representing ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' (Jack, Aku*, Scotsman*)
* Representing ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' (Billy & Mandy, Grim, Hoss Delgado*)
* Representing ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' (Numbuh One, Father, Toiletnator*)
* Representing ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' (Mac & Bloo)
* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' (Young Ben Tennyson*)
** Representing ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'' (Ben Tennyson, Vilgax, Kevin Levin*)
* Representing ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' (Chowder & Kimchi)
* Representing ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'' (Flapjack, Captain K'nuckles)
* Representing ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' (Space Ghost is the announcer)
* Representing ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' (Captain Planet)

* LemonyNarrator: Though never seen, the narrator is heavily implied to be Space Ghost (in his ''Coast to Coast'' personality) given his occasional snark, him being voiced by George Lowe, his less than subtle reference to Moltar in the ending, and the fact that he opens up the story by saying "Greetings, citizens!"

%%* BigBad: [[spoiler:The Narrator's remote control.]]

''Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion'' is a PlatformFighter and MascotFighter game featuring Creator/CartoonNetwork characters, a la ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''. The UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS version (released a few months before the console version) features 18 playable characters, with 19 others acting as assists. The console versions have the 3DS version's roster, plus eight more for a total of twenty six (four of them were formerly assist characters, two were bosses) and added six new assists for a total of twenty one assist characters.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' (Young Ben Tennyson*)

%%* CrosshairAware: [[spoiler:The remote control shoots lightning bolts that have this effect.]] Scotsman and Hoss' Synergy attacks also have this.

* DevelopersForesight: On most stages, HIM's [[LimitBreak PTE]] has him grow large, teleport to the top of the screen as a giant and move around, attacking enemies with his claws. However, on smaller stages where HIM wouldn't have enough room to properly move, the attack is changed to become a rapid-fire claw attack that hits a multiple times in a single area around HIM.

%%* JackOfAllStats: Captain K'nuckles, surprisingly. He could give [[Franchise/SuperMario Mario]] a challenge. And in the console version, Johnny.

** Tolietnator may seem like a [[JokeCharacter joke]], but his toilet attacks provide him awesome range, and his Punch Time Explosion summons a giant toilet with powerful whirlpools that can trap anyone with ease.

** Blossom is the [[JackofAllStats most balanced out of the three girls and most of the characters in the game]], with an amazing air recovery, decent power and range in her attacks, and strong knockback with her [[AnIcePerson freeze breath]] and [[ShockAndAwe lightning bolt]] attacks. Her PTE is one of the hardest to use in the game, but once mastered, [[DifficultButAwesome she can KO anyone with timing and precision]].

%%* OhCrap: After the mine cart ride in the second Ben 10 level in Story mode, a Forever Knight and a Vilgax Bioid get this reaction upon encountering the Heroes.

%%* {{Pirate}}: Stickybeard and the Candy Pirates from Kids Next Door are perfect examples. There are even three kinds of Candy Pirates: the small ones that hobble around, the medium sized ones that only appear in one point in the game, and the large ones that hit harder than any of the other pirates.

** Billy and Mandy's PTE sees them transform into [[Anime/DragonballZ Super Saiyans]], itself a reference to the ''Grim Adventures'' episode "[[AffectionateParody Chicken Ball Z]]".