History VideoGame / DuckHunt

->''"'''OUCH!! SHOOT THE DUCKS. NOT ME!!'''"''
-->-- '''The Dog''' in ''Vs. Duck Hunt'', the only time the dog speaks after the only time you actually get to shoot him

* AmusingInjuries: '''''"OUCH!! SHOOT THE DUCKS, NOT ME!!"'''''

* SpiritualSuccessor: ''VideoGame/WiiPlay''[='=]s target practice is obviously based on ''Duck Hunt''. Minus the dog.

* {{Troll}}: The dog, of course.

* AsymmetricMultiplayer: In "Game A", the first player shoots ducks with the light gun and the second player can control the ducks with the normal controller. The second player can either make the game easier or [[MisbegottenMultiplerMode completely fuck with the player holding the gun.]]

* AsymmetricMultiplayer: In "Game A", the first player shoots ducks with the light gun and the second player can control the ducks with the normal controller.

* GameplayAllyImmortality: The dog is apparently bulletproof, to the disappointment of many a player. In ''Vs. Duck Hunt'', you are able to shoot him.

* KillScreen: At Level 100 (displayed by the game as "ROUND 0"), the ducks glitch around the screen; they're impossible to hit. And the dog thinks it's funny. Sometimes the ducks don't even show up and the dog laughs three or four times in a row.

But most of all, it is remembered to this day because of that... annoying... dog... ''twitch, twitch''. See, whenever you ''didn't'' manage to hit a duck, the dog would [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/duckhuntdog.jpg snigger at you]] in perhaps the most annoying fashion possible. And it would repeat said sniggering when ([[EndlessGame not if]], ''[[FailureIsTheOnlyOption when]]'') you didn't take out enough ducks to advance to the next level and it was a GameOver. 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. However, the reactions that followed when people found out that he's a SecretCharacter in the fourth ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' game (even if it's because now you can attack him) indicated [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap a better future for him]].

[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Duck_Hunt_box_9411.jpg]]

[[caption-width-right:256:Shoot the duck, [[TheScrappy not the dog..]]]]

But most of all, it is remembered to this day because of that... annoying... dog... ''twitch, twitch''. See, whenever you ''didn't'' manage to hit a duck, the dog would [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/duckhuntdog.jpg snigger at you]] in perhaps the most annoying fashion possible. And it would repeat said sniggering when ([[EndlessGame not if]], ''[[FailureIsTheOnlyOption when]]'') you didn't take out enough ducks to advance to the next level and it was a GameOver. 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. However, the reactions that followed when people found out that he's a SecretCharacter in the fourth ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' game indicated [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap a better future for him]].

[[caption-width-right:256:One duck, [[TheScrappy no dog..]]]]

* WhatTheHellPlayer: If you [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential shoot the dog]] in the bonus round of ''Vs. Duck Hunt'', the round will end immediately, and the dog will hobble back on crutches and chew you out for it. Of course, [[TooDumbToLive if he wasn't hopping around while you were shooting the ducks]], he probably wouldn't have gotten shot.

But most of all, it is remembered to this day because of that... annoying... dog... ''twitch, twitch''. See, whenever you ''didn't'' manage to hit a duck, the dog would [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/duckhuntdog.jpg snigger at you]] in perhaps [[MostAnnoyingSound the most annoying fashion possible]]. And it would repeat said sniggering when ([[EndlessGame not if]], ''[[FailureIsTheOnlyOption when]]'') you didn't take out enough ducks to advance to the next level and it was a GameOver. 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. However, the reactions that followed when people found out that he's a SecretCharacter in the fourth ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' game indicated [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap a better future for him]].

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 [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/duckhuntdog.jpg snigger at you]] in perhaps [[MostAnnoyingSound the most annoying fashion possible]]. And it would repeat said sniggering when ([[EndlessGame not if]], ''[[FailureIsTheOnlyOption when]]'') you didn't take out enough ducks to advance to the next level and it was a GameOver. 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. However, the reactions that followed when people found out that he's a SecretCharacter in the fourth ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' game indicated [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap a better future for him]].

* AnnoyingLaugh: The dog does this when you miss both ducks in a round, and at the Game Over screen.

* KillScreen: At Level 100 (displayed by the game as "ROUND 0"), the ducks glitch around the screen; they're impossible to hit. And the dog thinks it's funny. Sometimes the ducks don't even show up and the dog laughs three or four times in a row. Averted with the clay pigeons that move really slow at that level. Why the duck moves so fast is up to speculation.

* SuddenlyVoiced: When the dog scolds you for shooting him in ''Vs. Duck Hunt'', he doesn't speak by voice but by text and even though he speaks by barking, the game translates his barking to:
-->'''OUCH!! SHOOT THE DUCKS, NOT ME!!'''

[[caption-width-right:256:Not pictured: [[TheScrappy That goddamn dog..]] ]]

[[caption-width-right:256:Not pictured: That goddamn dog you will definitely wish to shoot.]]

* WhatTheHellPlayer: If you [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential shoot the dog]] in the bonus round of ''Vs. Duck Hunt'', the round will end immediately, and the dog will hobble back on crutches and chew you out for it. Of course, [[WhatAnIdiot if he wasn't hopping around while you were shooting the ducks]], he probably wouldn't have gotten shot.

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 [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/duckhuntdog.jpg snigger at you]] in perhaps [[MostAnnoyingSound the most annoying fashion possible]]. And it would repeat said sniggering when ([[EndlessGame not if]], ''[[FailureIsTheOnlyOption when]]'') you didn't take out enough ducks to advance to the next level and it was a GameOver. 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. However, the reactions that followed when people found out that he's a SecretCharacter in the fourth ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' game indicated [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap a better future for him.]].

* AnthropomorphicShift: The dog goes through this where when first starting ''Duck Hunt'', you see him on all fours while sniffing around for ducks. After you miss a duck, he will snicker at you by standing on his hind paws while putting his front paws to his mouth. And, later in ''Vs. Duck Hunt'', during the bonus game, he hops around like Luigi from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' and after you shoot him, he walks and stands on one hind leg while using crutches like a human would, and [[WhatTheHellPlayer gives you an earful for it]].

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 [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/duckhuntdog.jpg snigger at you]] in perhaps [[MostAnnoyingSound the most annoying fashion possible]]. And it would repeat said sniggering when ([[EndlessRunningGame not if]], ''[[EndlessRunningGame when]]'') you didn't take out enough ducks to advance to the next level and it was a GameOver. 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. However, the reactions that followed when people found out that he's a SecretCharacter in the fourth ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' game indicated [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap a better future for him.]].

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 [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/duckhuntdog.jpg 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 and it was a GameOver. 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. However, the reactions that followed when people found out that he's a SecretCharacter in the fourth ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' game indicated [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap a better future for him.]].

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 [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/duckhuntdog.jpg 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. However, the reactions that followed when people found out that he's a SecretCharacter in the fourth ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' game indicated [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap a better future for him.]].

''Duck Hunt'' is a shooting game for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem; it came either on its own or as a twofer with ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' (or as a threefer with ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' and ''World Class Track Meet'', though that version is rarer than the others.) The game's concept actually began with a [[http://blog.beforemario.com/2012/09/nintendo-kousenjuu-duck-hunt-1976.html projector-and-light-gun toy]] produced by Creator/{{Nintendo}} before their video game-making days. Eight years later, it was made into the NES game as it's known today.

This game overall is widely remembered for a few reasons. One of the most prominent is that it was a pack-in for most releases of the NintendoEntertainmentSystem, for even more versions than ''Super Mario Bros''. Eventually the two were combined into one cartridge to be the pack-in game. It was also remembered for the Zapper Light Gun that was required to play, being perhaps the most popular light gun created. It set the standard for making home light gun games for ages.

->'''OUCH!! SHOOT THE DUCKS. NOT ME!!'''
-->-- '''The Dog''' in ''Vs. Duck Hunt'', the only time the dog speaks after the only time you actually get to shoot him

'''''Duck Hunt''''' is a shooting game for the NintendoEntertainmentSystem; it came either on its own or as a twofer with ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' (or as a threefer with ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'' and ''World Class Track Meet'', though that version is rarer than the others.) The game's concept actually began with a [[http://blog.beforemario.com/2012/09/nintendo-kousenjuu-duck-hunt-1976.html projector-and-light-gun toy]] produced by Creator/{{Nintendo}} before their video game-making days. Eight years later, it was made into the NES game as it's known today.