History VideoGame / Twinbee

* AffablyEvil: Dr. Warumon. He's practically an {{expy}} of [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Eggman]].

However, the series is finally starting to see the light of day in the United States: {{Creator/Konami}} first released the original game as ''Rainbow Bell'' as a part of their ''Konami Arcade Classics'' collection for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS and some of the games are starting to appear for purchase on download services for each console.

* ''[=TwinBee=]'' ([[UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS 3D Classics; based on the Famicom version]])

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first game's main pilots are named Annamon and Donnamon, who pilot the [=TwinBee=] and [=WinBee=] respectively. The second game's, Moero [=TwinBee=], main pilots are Squash who pilots [=TwinBee=], Whip who pilots [=WinBee=], and Mellow who pilots [=GwinBee=]. The third game and the UsefulNotes/GameBoy game, [=TwinBee=] 3 and [=TwinBee=] Da!! respectively, have no names for the pilots.

* SuspendSave: ''3D Classics: [=TwinBee=]'' lets you Quick Save at any time, but your save is deleted upon loading, meaning you have to start from the beginning if you get a GameOver. However, this can easily be cheesed with the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS's built-in Save-Data Backup feature.

Yeah, [[WidgetSeries it's a weird game]].

* CloudCuckooLander: Madoka, oh so much. Her grandfather Dr. Mardock counts too, but is a milder case.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: On this very page, "[=TwinBee=]" can be spelled as "Twinbee" or even "Twin Bee" (but that one mostly refers to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Consultants_Twin_Bee plane]] [=TwinBee=] is based on).

* GhibliHills: All over the series, but the first stage of ''Detana!! Twinbee''[=/=]''Bells And Whistles'' takes it literally, going all the way to being a ShoutOut to ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'', meaning that at some points, the pastoral hills give way to mining cities deep within massive chasms.

* ShoutOut:
** The name "[=TwinBee=]" might be a shout-out to the real-life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Consultants_Twin_Bee UC-1 Twin Bee]] (United Consultants Twin Bee), an amphibious aircraft designed by Joseph W. Gigante back in 1965.
** The first stage of ''Detana!! Twinbee'' or ''Bells And Whistles'' has GhibliHills galore that reference ''Castle In The Sky''.

* GhibliHills: All over the series, but The first stage of ''Detana!! Twinbee''[=/=]''Bells And Whistles'' takes it literally, going all the way to being a ShoutOut to ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'', meaning that at some points, the pastoral hills give way to mining cities deep within massive chasms.

* [[TheChick Chick]] [[TheLancer Lancer]]: Pastel.

* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Despite being the BigBad of most games of the series and being considered as Light and friends' ArchEnemy, Dr. Warumon falls square in this trope, as his [[EvilPlan Evil Plans]] and his [[ArtifactOfDoom Artifacts of Doom]] get invariably thwarted and destroyed by the heroes, and like [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Team Rocket]], needs to resort to part-time jobs to fund his next line of evil inventions. [[ButtMonkey He's also made fun of]] [[RunningGag ''very'' frequently.]]

*** The MSX version of the game has a black bell that appears after the bell is hit approximately 32 times. It acts like a [[PoisonMushroom power-down]] instead of a powerup, with it killing you as well upon contact. In future games, the black bell only [[SequelDifficultyDrop slows you down]].

** In the arcade version, if you're shot by a bullet you only lose one of your arms on the side you were hit by the projectile. Not so with the Famicom and MSX versions. In the Famicom and MSX versions, an enemy bullet can destroy both bomb-throwing arms at once. A special craft will then appear on the screen and if the player makes contact with it, the arms will be restored. This can only be done once per life.

** In the arcade, you can shoot the bells indefinitely. However, in the home versions, after the bell is hit approximately 32 times, it turns into something deadly.

*** The MSX version of the game has a black bell that appears after the bell is hit approximately 32 times. It acts like a [[PoisonMushroom power-down]] instead of a powerup, with it killing you as well upon contact.

** In the arcade version, if you're shot by a bullet you only lose one of your arms on the side you were hit by the projectile. Not so with the Famicom and MSX versions.
** In the Famicom version, an enemy bullet can destroy both bomb-throwing arms at once. A special craft will then appear on the screen and if the player makes contact with it, the arms will be restored. This can only be done once per life.

** If you shot the bell bonus items enough times, they turn into bees you must also fire at like with an ordinary enemy to score points. If you receive them like you would the other bells, your ship will instead [[SchmuckBait explode]].
** The MSX version of the game has a black bell that acts like a [[PoisonMushroom power-down]] instead of a powerup, with it killing you as well upon contact.

** In the arcade version, if you're shot by a bullet you only lose one of your arms on the side you were hit by the projectile. Not so with the Famicom and other home console versions.

** In the arcade version, if you're shot by a bullet you only lose one of your arms on the side you were hit by the projectile.

** In the NES version, an enemy bullet can destroy both bomb-throwing arms at once. A special craft will then appear on the screen and if the player makes contact with it, the arms will be restored. This can only be done once per life.

** If you hit the bell bonus items enough times, they turn into bees you must also fire at like with an enemy to score points. If you receive them like you would the bells, your ship will instead [[SchmuckBait explode]].

** If you hit the bell bonus items enough times, they turn into bees you must also fire at like with an enemy to score points. If you receive them like you would the bells, your ship will instead explode.

* LighterAndSofter: ''[=TwinBee=]'' is basically a [[CuteEmUp lighter and softer]] version of the dark and edgy VideoGame/{{Xevious}} with elements of VideoGame/{{Gradius}} thrown into the mix. Instead of dealing with an AlienInvasion, [=TwinBee=] instead faces off against a FantasyKitchenSink of dinner-themed or mundane-themed mascot-like enemies straight out of a Sanrio greeting card.

* LighterAndSofter: ''[=TwinBee=]'' is basically a [[CuteEmUp lighter and softer]] version of the dark and edgy VideoGame/{{Xevious}} with elements of VideoGame/Gradius thrown into the mix. Instead of dealing with an AlienInvasion, [=TwinBee=] instead faces off against a FantasyKitchenSink of dinner-themed or mundane-themed mascot-like enemies straight out of a Sanrio greeting card.