History VideoGame / DuckHunt

** Worth it.

''Duck Hunt'' is a shooting game for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem; it came either on its own or as a two-fer with ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros''. It's a fairly simple game. You have two options. One was going to the target range and shooting at clay pigeons to improve your aim. You could shoot at one or two at a time, and could keep going until you didn't hit as many as the round target required. Almost nobody remembers, or cares, about this part.

* {{Garfunkel}}: Aside from the dog, this game is largely remembered for being the ''other'' game that came bundled with the NES, with ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' being its Simon. Usually in the same cart.

* [[ExecutiveMeddling Distributor Meddling]]: The game exists in part to give the Zapper a reason to exist, to convince US toy chains still smarting from TheGreatVideogameCrashOf1983 that the NES was something ''different'' that they had to have.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: Being able to shoot the dog.
** This is actually possible in the bonus stage of the arcade version, ''[[http://nindb.classicgaming.gamespy.com/ac-vdh.shtml Vs. Duck Hunt]]'', where the dog leaps about as a distraction while flushing out the ducks.
** Naturally, it is also possible in {{Fan Remake}}s and parodies, like [[http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/duckhunt/default.php i-mockery.com's version]].
** The dog can also be shot in the game ''Barker Bill's Trick Shooting'', but doing so accrues a penalty.
** And if you can't get to any of that stuff, [[http://www.thefump.com/fump.php?id=1025 give this song a listen]].

''Duck Hunt'' is a shooting game for the [[NintendoEntertainmentSystem original Nintendo]]; it came either on its own or as a two-fer with ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros''. It's a fairly simple game. You have two options. One was going to the target range and shooting at clay pigeons to improve your aim. You could shoot at one or two at a time, and could keep going until you didn't hit as many as the round target required. Almost nobody remembers, or cares, about this part.

But most of all, it is remembered to this day because of [[TheScrappy that... annoying... dog...]] ''twitch, twitch''. See, whenever you ''didn't'' manage to hit a duck, the dog would snigger at you in perhaps [[MostAnnoyingSound the most annoying fashion possible]]. And it would repeat said sniggering if you didn't take out enough ducks to advance to the next level. There's an entire generation of gamers who hate the ''Duck Hunt'' dog more than Scrappy-Doo. Seriously. Nearly every single reference or parody that's been done at some point includes shooting the dog.

* WildTake: Look at the duck's eyes bug out when you shoot them.

But most of all, it is remembered to this day because of [[TheScrappy that...annoying...dog...]] ''twitch, twitch''. See, whenever you ''didn't'' manage to hit a duck, the dog would snigger at you in perhaps [[MostAnnoyingSound the most annoying fashion possible]]. And it would repeat said sniggering if you didn't take out enough ducks to advance to the next level. There's an entire generation of gamers who hate the ''Duck Hunt'' dog more than Scrappy-Doo. Seriously. Nearly every single reference or parody that's been done at some point includes shooting the dog.

* ShootTheDog: Why can't we, Nintendo? '''''WHY?!''''' And we meant '''''LITERALLY!!!'''''

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: You hunt ducks...except when you're skeet shooting.

* ShootTheDog: Why can't we, Nintendo? '''''WHY?!'''''

* AnnoyingLaugh

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin

* FanVid: [[TheAdventuresOfDuaneAndBrandO The Adventures Of Duane and BrandO's]] song, beyond their trademark boastfulness, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_UbcJO__hQ is really a tale of revenge against "that motherfucking dog".]]

** Naturally, it is also possible in [[FanRemake Fan Remakes]] and parodies, like [[http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/duckhunt/default.php i-mockery.com's version]].

** And if you can't get to any of that stuff, [[http://www.thefump.com/fump.php?id=1025 give this song a listen.]]

* [[ExecutiveMeddling Distributor Meddling]]: The game exists in part to give the Zapper a reason to exist. The ''other'' reason the Zapper exists was to convince US toy chains still smarting from TheGreatVideogameCrashOf1983 that the NES was something ''different'' that they had to have.

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[[caption-width-right:250:Nobody cares about the ducks, but this laughing bastard is the one everyone knows from this game. [[TheScrappy Can we butcher him, please?]]]]

''Duck Hunt'' is a fairly simple game. You have two options. One was simply going to the target range and shooting at clay pigeons to improve your aim. You could shoot at one or two at a time, and could keep going until you didn't hit as many as the round target required. Almost nobody remembers, or cares, about this part.

But most of all, it is remembered to this day because of [[TheScrappy that...annoying...dog...]] ''twitch, twitch''. See, whenever you ''didn't'' manage to hit a duck, the dog would snigger at you in perhaps [[MostAnnoyingSound the most annoying fashion possible]]. And it would repeat said sniggering if you didn't take out enough ducks to advance to the next level. There's an entire generation of gamers who hate the ''Duck Hunt'' dog more than Scrappy-Doo. Seriously. Nearly every single reference or parody that's been done at some point includes [[ShootTheDog shooting the dog]].

'''This game has examples of:'''

But most of all, it is remembered to this day because of [[TheScrappy that...annoying...dog...]] ''twitch, twitch''. See, whenever you ''didn't'' manage to hit a duck, the dog would snigger at you in perhaps [[MostAnnoyingSound the most annoying fashion possible]]. And it would repeat said sniggering if you didn't take out enough ducks to advance to the next level. There's an entire generation of gamers who hate the ''Duck Hunt'' dog more than Scrappy-Doo. Seriously. Nearly every single reference or parody that's been done at some point includes shooting the dog.

But most of all, it is remembered to this day because of [[TheScrappy that... fucking... dog...]] ''twitch, twitch''. See, whenever you ''didn't'' manage to hit a duck, the dog would snigger at you in perhaps [[MostAnnoyingSound the most annoying fashion possible]]. And it would repeat said sniggering if you didn't take out enough ducks to advance to the next level. There's an entire generation of gamers who hate the ''Duck Hunt'' dog more than Scrappy-Doo. Seriously. Nearly every single reference or parody that's been done at some point includes [[ShootTheDog shooting that damn dog.]] There were even quite a few people clamoring for the dog to appear in SuperSmashBros Brawl before its roster was finalized, because it would give gamers the chance to finally beat the ever-living crap out of him. And hey, it's easy to imagine what his taunt would be.

* EvenTheDogIsAshamed: I wouldn't say "ashamed"...

* KillScreen: At Level 100, the ducks move so fast, they're impossible to hit. And... that [[{{Pun}} son of a bitch]]... thinks it's... funny. Averted with the clay pigeons that move really slow at that level.

* ShaggyDogStory: Not the dog, but YOU. Keep on shooting ducks, but you will always meet a Game Over, with that damn dog laughing at you in the end. ALWAYS.
* UrbanLegendOfZelda: Shooting the damn dog.
* VideogameCrueltyPotential: '''Shooting the damn dog.'''

*** WorthIt.

'''''Kill the Dog from Duck Hunt'' contains examples of:'''
* OhCrap: The dog's expression when shot.
* ShootTheDog: Literally
* TakeThat, you [[JustForPun son of a bitch]]!
* WhosLaughingNow: The whole point.

* KillScreen: At Level 100, the ducks move so fast, they're impossible to hit. Averted with the clay pigeons that move really slow at that level.