History VideoGame / MrDo

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: In the first game, the main theme that plays throughout is taken from "Music/TheCancanSong" by Jacques Offenbach, while every three levels, Music/LudwigVanBeethoven's "Turkish March" from ''The Ruins of Athens'' (better known to Mexicans as the theme song to ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'') plays for an intermission scene. Averted with the Game Boy version, which uses an original soundtrack.

* DropTheHammer: Mr. Do wields a wooden hammer in ''Castle'', though it is only useful for knocking out blocks and can only knock the Unicorns back a short distance. Only when they're turned into Alphamonsters via collecting the Shield can Mr. Do directly kill them using the hammer.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: In the first game, the main theme that plays throughout is taken from "Music/TheCancanSong" by Jacques Offenbach, while every three levels, Music/LudwigVanBeethoven's "Turkish March" from ''The Ruins of Athens'' (better known to Mexicans as the theme song to ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'') plays for an intermission scene.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: When the game was released on the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super NES]], this was done to the previously mentioned Astro Boy theme.

* SequelDifficultySpike: ''Castle'', ''Wild Ride'', and ''Run Run'' sport a much higher difficulty than the original. The more restricted and open fields of ''Castle'' and ''Run Run'' respectively give the enemies a higher chance to ambush or corner you, while the alternate win conditions besides killing the enemies are much harder to accomplish.

* RealSongThemeTune: After you collect the "EXTRA" letters, the round is cleared, and you get an "extra" life. During this time, an intermission is played featuring the ''Tetsuwan Atom'' [''Anime/AstroBoy''] theme.

* ArtificialStupidity: The monsters aren't very good at dealing with the apples, mostly running back and fourth in an attempt to dodge them.

** In ''Wild Ride'', Scene 7 is identical to Scene 1, Scene 8 is identical to Scene 2, and so on. To increase the difficulty, several additional hazards are added after each loop.

** Nearly enemy enemy in the series are quick and ruthless hunters that ''will'' chase you down at every opportunity.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: In the first game, the main theme that plays throughout is taken from "Music/TheCancanSong" by Jacques Offenbach, while every three levels, Creator/LudwigVanBeethoven's "Turkish March" from ''The Ruins of Athens'' (better known to Mexicans as the theme song to ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'') plays for an intermission scene.

** In ''Castle'', the castle layouts are reset after Scene 8.

* GenderBender: ''Neo Mr. Do!'' has a powerup that turns the title character into a woman, marked with he female symbol.

* SequelDifficultySpike: ''Castle'', ''Wild Ride'', and ''Run Run'' sport a much higher difficulty than the original. The more restricted and open fields of ''Castle'' and ''Run Run'' respectively give the enemies a higher chance to ambush or corner you, and the alternate win conditions besides killing the enemies are much harder to accomplish.

* SequelDifficultySpike: ''Castle'', ''Wild Ride'', and ''Run Run'' sport a much higher difficulty than the original. The more restricted and open fields of '"Castle'' and ''Run Run'' respectively give the enemies a higher chance to ambush or corner you, and the alternate win conditions besides killing the enemies are much harder to accomplish.

* ArtificialStupidity: The monsters aren't very good at dealing with the apples, mostly running back and fourth in an attempt to dodge them. Otherwise they are [[ArtificialBrilliance quick and ruthless hunters]] that ''will'' chase you down at every opportunity.

* TurnsRed: All of the series' monsters, except for the Alpha Monsters and the ghosts they release, are capable of transformation. In the first game, the red monsters could turn blue to tunnel through dirt (with said action being used more often on higher levels or if the player stalls for too long in the current stage). In ''Castle'', the Unicorn's final evolutionary stage gives it faster/smarter movement and eventually the ability to multiply, which seems to also be the case for the two monster types in ''Run Run'', except less rare and lacking the ability to multiply.

** In ''Wild Ride'', Scene 7 is identical to Scene 1, Scene 8 is identical to Scene 2, and so on. To increase the difficult, several additional hazards are added after each loop.

* FastTunnelling: In the first game.

* ArtificialStupidity: See above. The monsters aren't very good at dealing with the apples, mostly running back and fourth in an attempt to dodge them.

''Mr. Do!'' is a 1982 video game from Universal (no, not ''[[Creator/Universal that]]'' Universal). You are a clown who moves around a maze. You can dig new paths to avoid monsters and collect cherries. Kill monsters with a 'powerball' or drop apples on them. Kill them all or eat all the cherries to go up a level.

''Mr. Do!'' is a 1982 videogame. You are a clown who moves around a maze. You can dig new paths to avoid monsters and collect cherries. Kill monsters with a 'powerball' or drop apples on them. Kill them all or eat all the cherries to go up a level.

* NintendoHard: All the games exhibit this due to being arcade games, though the original game

** In the original, the layouts of the levels repeat starting from Scene 11, and the colors of the dirt the player digs through repeat starting form Scene 31.

* FollowTheLeader: ''Mr. Do!'s Castle'' is a variation of ''VideoGame/SpacePanic''.

** Like ''Videogame/DigDug'', Mr. Do can wind up crushing himself under the apples laid out underground.

* ArtificialStupidity: See above. The monsters aren't very good at dealing with the apples.
* DolledUpInstallment:
** This game was ported to the GameBoyColor under the name of ''[[VideoGame/{{Quest64}} Quest Fantasy Challenge]]''.
** ''Mr. Do [[UsefulNotes/NeoGeo Neo]]'' was an official reboot.
* EdibleCollectible: There are cherries that can be eaten for points. They are laid out in batches of eight because 500 points are awarded for every eight cherries eaten. In ''Do! Run Run'', you can run laps around patches of pellets to convert them into fruits of increasing value.

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: ''Do! Run Run'''s death animation. Mr. Do collapses onto his back and electrocuted, leaving only his burnt skeleton. Thankfully it's not present in the Japanese version (''Super Pierrot'').

* GenderBender: ''Neo Mr. Do!'' has a powerup that turns the title character into a woman.

** The monsters in the first game can push the apples onto Mr. Do. You can also crush yourself using your own apples.

* NintendoHard: All the games exhibit this due to being arcade games.

* UndergroundLevel: The first game is set entirely in one. Averted in Namco's mobile remake, where the game instead takes place in the fields of tall grass next to a nearby carnival.

** ''Mr. Do [[NeoGeo Neo]]'' was an official reboot.

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