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3	''Looney Tunes Collector: Martian Alert!'' (also known as ''Looney Tunes Collector: Alert!'') is a LicensedGame released for the Platform/GameBoyColor on June 24th, 2000. While based on the popular ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' franchise, its gameplay involves elements of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' and ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''. It's notable for being one of the few ''Looney Tunes'' games to [[SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames avert]] TheProblemWithLicensedGames, as it's quite enjoyable and fun on its own.
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5	The story involves Marvin the Martian coming to Earth to attempt, as usual, to destroy Earth. However, upon reaching the planet, his dog [[TheDragon Lieutenant K9]] accidentally let all his tech fall through the ship's airlock, including his Martian soldiers and a teleportation device he was attempting to use to send a bomb to Earth. The teleporter ends up broken in several parts that are everywhere around the world, forcing WesternAnimation/BugsBunny to go on a quest to find all the parts before Marvin gets them. As the game goes on, Bugs finds various Looney Tunes characters who agree to join him in his quest ([[DefeatMeansFriendship usually by defeating them]]), and you have to use their various abilities according to the situation.
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7	The original game was soon (i.e. five months later) followed by a sequel, ''Martian Revenge!'' (also known as ''Looney Tunes: Marvin Strikes Back!''), where you get to control [[VillainProtagonist Marvin]] as he comes back to Earth, this time in order to get his revenge on WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck, who took all the credit for defeating him in the first game and ended up making a movie where he was making fun of him.
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11	!!Tropes applying to this game:
12	[[folder:Both Games]]
13	* AdaptationalBadass: Marvin in the actual WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon is an IneffectualSympatheticVillain who gets easily owned by Bugs most of the time. This game portrays him as an actually quite threatening and effective opponent, who proves a match against Bugs in a fight and even [[OutGambitted Out-Gambits]] him at one point.
14	** To an extent, several characters are made more powerful and given some skills so they can be of some use; for example, WesternAnimation/{{Sylvester\|TheCatAndTweetyBird}} is given the ability to do karate kicks.
15	* BettingMiniGame: The Cybercafe minigames. Of course, you can play them without having to wager items or characters.
16	* CatchingSomeZs: Whenever you stay in an inn. Played straight for Bugs, but for Marvin, he snores some [[XtremeKoolLetterz Xs]].
17	* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: A lot of characters you fight are ''a lot'' stronger when you fight them than when they join you. Some of them, like Daffy or Hazel the Witch, even possess attack moves ''only'' when you are fighting against them, while they are limited to useful but harmless powers when you are controlling them (Daffy can actually use his attack move in the fight against WesternAnimation/PorkyPig, but even then, it's much less effective than it is when you fight him). K9 can shoot teeth-like devices for attack purpose when you fight him, while when you control him, he can only jump and enter rabbit holes; Bugs' only abilities as a playable character are to jump and enter rabbit holes as well, while when you fight him as a boss in ''Martian Revenge'', he can throw ''bombs'' at you.
18	* CosmeticAward: Beating the regular and secret bonus levels grants you a diploma.
19	* DefeatMeansFriendship: Most of the characters that join you do it only after you fought and defeat them.
20	* EliteMooks: Marvin has a whole special category of Martian soldiers armed with laser rifles who can teleport themselves.
21	* ExtendedGameplay: At the end of each game, you unlock the ability to trade characters (both playable and non-playable) with another player who has the other game. Additionally, completing certain sets of characters in the secrets section of the gallery unlocks secret missions, the first of which you'll receive after completing the game.
22	* MiniGame: From the title screen you can choose to either play the main game or the following two-player minigames:
23	** '''RockPaperScissors'''
24	** '''Danger Zone:''' Avoid the flagstones as they turn from green to red.
25	** '''Simon Says'''
26	* MiniGameZone: Each town has a Cybercafe you can visit and play {{Betting Mini Game}}s where you wager items with another player. Upon beating the main game, you'll have the ability to wager characters with someone who has the other game. The minigames themselves are:
27	** '''The Ping-Pong Bomb''' -- Play a game of HotPotato with a bomb.
28	** '''The Seeking Fireball''' -- Race your opponent to the highlighted tiles. Whoever doesn't make it gets hit by a fireball.
29	** '''The Rainbow Cannons''' -- Step on a color-coded title to fire its respective cannon on your side.
30	* OneGameForThePriceOfTwo: The main story of both games can be played on their own, but when it comes to the secret missions, you need to exchange characters in both games in order to open them.
31	* PuzzleBoss: Many bosses are this such as Rocky and Mugsy in the first game as you have to lure Mugsy into the Dyn-O-Mite sticks that Rocky throws.
32	* SlidingScaleOfVisualsVersusDialogue: The cinematic cutscenes in ''Martian Alert!'' have dialogue (save for Marvin and K-9 getting blown up by their Matomic Bomb in the final secret mission), but the ones in ''Martian Revenge'' don't.
33	* SuperSpeed: Foghorn Leghorn, Penelope, Speedy Gonzales and Roadrunner have the ability to move quickly making them useful in getting to different places fast.
34	* WhiteFlag: Daffy waves one if he's defeated while swimming in the water.
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37	[[folder:Martian Alert]]
38	* ADayInTheLimelight: Sylvester saves the day in the final secret bonus level by kicking Marvin's Matomic Bomb out the airlock.
39	* BigBad: Marvin the Martian.
40	* TheDragon: K-9.
41	* EarthShatteringKaboom: As usual, this is Marvin's goal.
42	* EnemyMine: WesternAnimation/ElmerFudd is one of the first characters to join Bugs against Marvin.
43	* EvilLaugh: Marvin, in the game's opening.
44	* EvilVersusOblivion: Played for laughs; Elmer decides to join Bugs and help defeat Marvin because he realized the world being destroyed will mean no more rabbit hunting.
45	* HeelFaceTurn: The Martian lets you into Marvin's ship in the final secret level.
46	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The final secret mission ends with Marvin and K9 being blown up by their own Matomic Bomb.
47	* MacGuffin: the Teleporter.
48	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The whole plot starts because K9 accidentally threw half of Marvin’s technology out the airlock, including his Martian soldiers and the various pieces of his teleportation device.
49	* NominalHero: Daffy. The only reason he joins Bugs is because he hopes to get famous for saving the world.
50	* OneHitPointWonder: K9 is taken down via one Dyn-O-Mite Blast in his boss battles.
51	* OutGambitted: [[spoiler:Marvin eventually tricks Bugs into delivering all the teleporter fragments to him in the climax of the game's first part.]]
52	* RecurringBoss: Elmer is fought twice, K9 five times and Marvin eight times (counting the secret missions)
53	* SweetTooth: The Three Bears' secret mission has Papa Bear throwing candy into bowls to distract Junyer.
54	* TheDitz: The Three Bears' secret mission has Papa Bear having to clean up Junyer's messes.
55	* TokenEvilTeammate: Several allies, such as Witch Hazel, Daffy, Count Bloodcount, [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wile E. Coyote]], and Taz, join you in your quest, either because they feel you are the one they have the most interest in following or because they think they can get food from you.
56	* TookALevelInKindness: Cecil Turtle is a helper to Bugs instead of a foe. Justified as his dialogue when you first meet him indicates he never met Bugs before here.
57	* TrueFinalBoss: Marvin is the final boss at the end of the final secret mission.
58	* VideoGameFlight: Witch Hazel can fly on her broomstick but needs Bat Wings to do so.
59	* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: At the end of the final secret mission:
60	** Bugs Bunny vacations in Florida, but new adventures are looming on the horizon.
61	** Daffy Duck writes a book called "How I Saved the Earth from an Extra-Terrestrial" and puts it on sale in stores.
62	** Witch Hazel collects some Instant Martians and uses them to test her famous potions on.
63	** Yosemite Sam collects technology from Marvin's ship and uses it to upgrade the engine of his ship which now flies past at supersonic speeds.
64	** The rest of the heroes involved in the story have gone back to what they were doing...until next time!
65	* WhiteFlag: Daffy waves one for his defeat animation in the water.
66	* XanatosGambit: Daffy apparently believes he is doing this by joining Bugs: if Marvin is defeated, he will pretend to have been the one who saved the world and get famous; if Bugs loses, he plans to join Marvin. Surprisingly, the sequel reveals that it worked.
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70	* ADayInTheLimelight: Mot saves K9 from the Seed of Madness in the final level thanks to his mental powers.
71	* BadBoss: Despite the fact you control Marvin in the game, the Instant Martian Soldiers are still enemies. The reason? Marvin reveals at the beginning of the game that he makes a habit to fight them for training. Well, at least he captures them when they are defeated instead of killing them...
72	* BigBad: WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck in the first part of the game; [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy K-9]] in the second part.
73	* BigNo: Daffy's final words before Marvin hypnotizes him at the end of his final boss battle.
74	* TheComicallySerious: Marvin.
75	* TheDragon: K-9 and Martian are both co-dragons to Marvin.
76	* DramaPreservingHandicap: Right as Marvin reaches Earth, his ship crashes and remains damaged for most of the game to ensure he won't be able to reach Daffy just by flying to his location and justify your need to use Sam's boat like Bugs did. In the final secret mission's EscapeSequence, you can only play as Marvin or K9, everyone else will refuse to be used.
77	* DirtyCoward: Daffy; he acts condescending and mocking toward Marvin before each of their fights, but as soon as you defeat him, he will immediatly start begging for mercy and flattering him. Not that it differs from his usual characteristics.
78	* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:After you defeat him, Bugs agrees to willingly follow Marvin and help him fight Daffy.]]
79	* EscapeSequence: At the end of the final secret mission, K9 accidentally sets off the auto-destruct function, giving him and Marvin 25 seconds to escape.
80	* EvilGloating: Daffy is able to escape Marvin after their first confrontation by catching him off guard while he is mocking Daffy's cowardice.
81	* IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou: During the fifth secret mission, when Marvin meets the Barnyard Dawg while looking for his Instant Martians:
82	-->'''Barnyard Dawg:''' They're here! I locked them in the farm I did! Now leave me alone or I won't tell you that I've hidden the key in the burrow next to my kennel, I won't... [[ExplainExplainOhCrap oh, brother...]]\
83	'''Marvin:''' Stupid dog!
84	* IHaveAFamily: Daffy tries this after his final boss battle. Marvin doesn't believe him and hypnotizes him.
85	* ISurrenderSuckers: Daffy's favorite way to escape Marvin, along with VillainExitStageLeft.
86	* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Daffy is hypnotized by Marvin after his final boss battle.]]
87	* TheManBehindTheMan: Subverted; Daffy tries to save his skin by pretending Bugs was this to him, but when Marvin finally confronts the rabbit about it, it turns out to be a lie.
88	* MultipleEndings: At the end of the final secret mission:
89	** Don't make it out in 25 seconds: Marvin and K9 are blown up with the base via the auto-destruct function.
90	** Make it out in time: Marvin and K9 are beamed aboard their ship as the base explodes and the duo zoom off in their ship.
91	* MyGodYouAreSerious: Daffy's response at the end of his final boss battle when Marvin says he needs a feather duster and Daffy will make a good valet.
92	* ReadTheMapUpsideDown: Marvin goes to the wrong castle because Martian held the map upside down.
93	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The whole first part of the game has Marvin doing this against Daffy for humiliating him in a movie.
94	* OhCrap: Daffy on the title screen with Marvin pointing a long bazooka on him and at the end of his final boss battle when Marvin decides to hypnotize him complete with MyGodYouAreSerious and then a BigNo.
95	* RogueProtagonist: WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck, one of the playable characters in the previous game, is the main villain in the first part of the game. Justified in that you have changed perspective yourself and your own character is now [[VillainProtagonist Marvin the Martian]].
96	** Bugs is also made one of the bosses, though he quickly becomes a playable character again.
97	* VillainProtagonist: Marvin; his motivations may be more sympathetic than in the first game, but he is still much more ruthless than Bugs and is hypnotizing characters into joining him rather than convincing them (though some of them do join him of their free will).
98	* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Marvin actually defeats Daffy rather early in the game, only for Daffy to pull a ISurrenderSuckers on him, distracting him long enough to escape. You then have to track down his position and fight him again, only for him to put the blame on Bugs, then escape ''yet again''. The game the Marvin's attempt to locate Bugs, which briefly leads him to the wrong castle [[SurroundedByIdiots because Martian was holding the map upside down]] where he fights WesternAnimation/PepeLePew, before he ''finally'' fights Bugs, who reveals that Daffy was lying. At this point, Marvin ''finally'' reaches Daffy and defeats him before capturing him.
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