History VideoGame / Twinbee

* 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 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.

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

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

** Somehow, the NES version managed to become harder than the arcade version thanks to technological limitations. In the NES version, an enemy bullet destroys both bomb-throwing arms at once. A special craft will then appear on the screen and if the player contacts it the arms will be restored. This can only be done once per life.

* SidelinedProtagonistCrossover: It should be noted that [=TwinBee's=] and [=WinBee's=] pilots Light and Pastel don't appear in the Parodius series in any form, expect as a visual reference in ''Jikkyō Oshaberi Parodius: Forever With Me.''

* SpotlightStealingSquad: Pastel and [=WinBee=], ordinarily the second player, [[EnsembleDarkhorse have proven much more popular]] than Light and [=TwinBee=] (the first player), and as such are used as the poster figures of the franchise.

* WidgetSeries: You get the hint very early on, as you punch windmills and shoot at flying strawberries.

Has a [[AwesomeMusic/TwinBee Awesome Music]] page.

Has a [[AwesomeMusic/{{Twinbee}} Awesome Music]] page.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Dr. Cinnamon's granddaughter, Pastel and Dr. Mardock's granddaughter, Madoka.

* [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl]]: Dr. Cinnamon's granddaughter, Pastel and Dr. Mardock's granddaughter, Madoka.

* {{Tomboy}}: Pastel.

* EverythingTryingToKillYou: We're not kidding about the deadly watermelons.

* 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. He's also made fun of ''very'' frequently.

* {{Tomboy}}: Pastel

* ShipTease: The ending of ''[=TwinBee=] Yahho!'' teases the possibility of Ace/Queen Ace.

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

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first games' 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.

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

* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Princess Melora, who's actually the gentle Queen of Planet Mel (the world of ''[=TwinBee=]''), yet is called with the "Princess" title.

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

* RoseHairedSweetie: Pastel.

* ''[=TwinBee=] Yahoo!'' (Arcade)
* ''Detana!! [=TwinBee=] Yahoo! Deluxe Pack'' ([=PlayStation=]/Saturn)

* ''[=TwinBee=]'' ([[UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS 3D Classics]])

* {{Eyecatch}}: Starting with ''Detana! [=TwinBee=],'' and ''[=TwinBee=] Yahoo!'' has some good ones. Only the PSP version of ''[=TwinBee=] Da!'' lacks it.

** ''[=TwinBee=] Yahhoo!'', being the pinnacle of the series and thus having the best backgrounds of the series, mixes this with awesome emotional parallax scrolling and voice acting, giving out the feeling that of an 90's action anime episodes. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUt9GSQs0JE A memorable moment is when [=TwinBee=] makes a somersault in the air at the first stage, background changing like if you were on the cockpit.(See at 2:54)]] It gets much better at the third stage.

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