Line #52 VideoGame/Bubsy


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4	Welcome to TheNineties. After the success of [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog a certain blue hedgehog]], a bevy of other game developers [[FollowTheLeader immediately took notice]], and soon every publisher seemed to have their own MascotWithAttitude starring in their own PlatformGame. Creator/{{Accolade}} was no different, and if similar trends with ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' and ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' have taught us anything, [[WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats everything's better]] [[Manga/TokyoMewMew with cats!]] Enter Bubsy the Bobcat, a [[HurricaneOfPuns pun-slinging]] feline with the ability to glide by holding out his arms like an airplane and who constantly finds himself combating an alien race with a serious love for stealing yarn.
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6	The series began in 1993[[labelnote:*]](despite the 1992 copyright, it didn't hit stores until May 1993)[[/labelnote]] with ''Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind'', originally released for the Platform/{{SNES}} and Platform/SegaGenesis, and later [[UpdatedRerelease rereleased]] for PC. This was quickly followed by ''Bubsy II'' (for SNES, Genesis, even the Platform/GameBoy) and ''Bubsy in: Fractured Furry Tales'' (for Platform/AtariJaguar) the following year. While the 2D games received mixed reviews from critics, they sold well. Accolade even attempted branching the franchise out into [[WesternAnimation/{{Bubsy}} an animated series]].
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8	Releasing just two months after ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' showcased how to handle the VideoGame3DLeap and ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' demonstrated how to tackle 3D platforming on the [=PlayStation=], ''VideoGame/Bubsy3D'' was a commercial failure and is now seen as one of the worst games of [[MediaNotes/TheFifthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames the fifth generation]]. Accolade would abandon the studio that developed it ([[VideoGame/SyphonFilter don't worry]], [[Creator/SIEBendStudio they bounced back]]) and permanently shelve the property, ending the [[{{Pun}} tail]] of Bubsy after three short years.
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10	[[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated Except not really]]. A 2015 Platform/{{Steam}} Greenlight campaign resulted in a brief resurgence by way of a {{compilation\|rerelease}} of the first two entries, entitled ''Bubsy Two-Fur''. The franchise then came back in earnest via ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RHdrmZsNs0 Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back]]'', a TwoAndAHalfD sidescroller entry in the series developed by [[VideoGame/GianaSistersTwistedDreams Black Forest Games]] that released on October 31st, 2017 for Platform/PlayStation4 and PC.[[note]]Ironically, not only once again within months of new ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey Mario]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/CrashBandicootNSaneTrilogy Crash Bandicoot]]'' games, but a new ''[[VideoGame/SonicForces Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' title as well. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4KIeAY9hHI launch trailer]] acknowledges this.[[/note]] On May 16th, 2019, a running platformer from ''VideoGame/BitTrip'' developer Choice Provisions entitled ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov3wjgvoaOA Bubsy: Paws on Fire]]'' released for [=PS4=], PC, and the Platform/NintendoSwitch. Playing similar to the company's ''BIT.TRIP'' titles, this entry features many playable characters besides Bubsy himself, including [[GoKartingWithBowser a Woolie in a flying saucer,]] as well as Virgil the Vole and Arnold the Armadillo from the failed TV pilot.
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12	!! ''Bubsy'' tropes:
13	* AccordionMan: This would happen to Bubsy in the first game if he [[FallingDamage fell from a high distance without gliding]].
14	* AdaptationalVillainy: Hansel and Gretel in ''Fractured Furry Tales''. Sure there are a few versions that make them seem a little more... questionable, but this is one of the very few that makes them outright villains. As opposed to the original story, where they only killed the wicked witch after she tried to kill them first, here they apparently kidnapped the witch and locked her in a cage for no reason, and they try to kill Bubsy too when he shows up... by throwing apples at him. Also, it turns out the witch is actually Mother Goose.
15	* AdorableEvilMinions: The Woolies, especially Professor Nylon.
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17	* AmusingInjuries: Bubsy gets these more often than not.
18	* AnimalStereotypes: Bubsy is a type of cat, and therefore instantly [[SuperDrowningSkills drowns if he touches water]].
19	* AnimatedActors: Bubsy is an animated actor in a cartoon world starring in his own games that are also movies. Movie-like game titles allude to Bubsy being not only a character ''in'' the game, but also ''starring in'' the game as an actor. The titles of stages are often parodies of epic movies, with different stages representing different movie genres. Bubsy has even threatened to walk off the set multiple times. In the intro to "Rock around the Croc", Bubsy says, "Next time, I get a stunt cat." In the intro to "No Time to Paws", Bubsy says, "Oh, I can give up show business?" In the ending to the first game, Bubsy leaves the set, and drives off in a limo.
20	* AntiFrustrationFeatures:
21	** ''Bubsy II'' has the bonus levels where Arnold the Armadillo must be guided to the correct exit from a truck's engine. If Arnold falls into the left or the right exit, he gets flattened by a wheel and the time bonus is cancelled. The one exception is Manifold Destiny, which only has the middle exit.
22	** ''Bubsy [=3D=]'' will angle the camera downwards when you jump so that you can see where Bubsy will land when platforming. This feature backfires in a sense, as while it's helpful during the various precision platforming areas, the camera can be disorienting when in boss levels, where jumping will cause the camera to stop looking at the boss.
23	** The amount of health you have chipped off from the bosses will stay even when you die unless you lose all your lives in ''The Woolies Strike Back''. Speedrunners exploit this on the second boss by gliding on the top every time it makes its appearance and dying on purpose to repeat the cycle.
24	* AsideGlance: In the title screen of ''Bubsy II'', Bubsy is facing his back towards the audience, but then turns his head to look directly at the player, does something with his hand, and rolls his eyes and gives a thumbs up, wiggles, and says "I like it" before looking back at what he was looking at.
25	* AWinnerIsYou:
26	** ''Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind'' has a particularly infuriating one: "I win! I win! Well... I guess you helped out a bit too." A small celebratory cutscene does occur afterwards however.
27	** ''The Woolies Strike Back'' ends with a 5-second shot of Bubsy escaping from the exploding Woolie spaceship with his beloved yarn ball, and then goes to the credits.
28	* TheBadGuyWins: The Woolies win if you don't collect everything in ''Bubsy 3D''. If you do, [[spoiler:they still win anyway. You're destined to lose from the word "go".]]
29	* BandLand: Musicland in ''Bubsy II''.
30	* BigBad:
31	** The Woolie queens, Poly and Esther, in ''Claws Encounters'', ''Bubsy 3D'', and ''The Woolies Strike Back''.
32	** Oinker P. Hamm in ''Bubsy II'' and ''Paws on Fire''.
33	* BreakingTheFourthWall: If you didn't press any buttons, Bubsy would eventually knock on the TV screen and yell at you.
34	--> ''"Hello?!"''
35	** In ''Bubsy 3D'', he starts messing with your TV settings.
36	** Get to the final level of the first game, and Bubsy says, "Woah, are you still playing this thing?"
37	* BuffoonishTomCat: The titular protagonist Bubsy himself is a bobcat, being a mixture of [[TheKlutz an comical klutz]] in the 3D game's death animations and cutscenes, an InsufferableImbecile in the cartoon series and was a [[PluckyComicRelief clownish]] ButtMonkey in the 2D games showing his buffoonery when being prone to slapstick in the series, when the series continued on, Bubsy was still shown to have a giant lack of common sense with so much sass and his behavior overall, just enough for Bubsy to be presented as an IdiotHero.
38	* ButtMonkey: Most of Bubsy's lines in the first two games imply he's a struggling actor who can't catch a break. Given what happened to his series, it's oddly prescient.
39	** In the second game, his sidekick Arnold the Armadillo took this role.
40	** In ''Bubsy 3D'', the end-of-level animations have Bubsy getting hurt in some way.
41	* CanonDiscontinuity: ''Bubsy 3D'' ended with him stranded in prehistoric times, which ''The Woolies Strike Back'' ignores.
42	* CanonImmigrant: Supporting characters of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Bubsy}}'' cartoon appear in ''Bubsy II''. Bubsy's niece and nephew are playable via the game's co-op mode, while Arnold the Armadillo is playable in a bonus stage. They also cameo in the title screen and ending.
43	* CatsAreSnarky: In the first game especially, Bubsy thrives on supplying dried wit throughout the game.
44	* CatsHaveNineLives: You start with nine lives in the first game. You will lose them fast if you don't know what you're doing, and sometimes even if you do.
45	* CharacterCatchPhrase: "WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong."
46	** Also the name of the pilot episode itself.
47	** Since the release of ''Bubsy 3D'', the most common answer to that is "This."
48	** It seems the team responsible for the old sequels and TV pilot were trying to make one out of Bubsy claiming he would "humble" his adversaries. Obviously it didn't take off.
49	* CirclingBirdies: This happens if Bubsy hits a wall after running into it too fast. (This is one of the ''very'' few injuries you can inflict on Bubsy that is ''not'' fatal to him.)
50	* CombatTentacles: The first boss in ''The Woolies Strike Back'' can use its tentacles to attack by spinning it like a drill and dive into Bubsy.
51	* CuteButCacophonic: The Infamous Bubsy The Bobcat who is an [[HurricaneOfPuns pun]] [[IncrediblyLamePun fueled]] character with an ungodly annoying, grating voice (plus some characters like his nephews).
52	* CuteLittleFangs: Bubsy, his nephew Terry, and his niece Terri all have them.
53	* DeadlyLunge: Bubsy now has a pounce move in ''The Woolies Strike Back'', which he can use to cross long distances, break walls and attack enemies.
54	%%* Every10000Points: In ''Bubsy 3D'' for an extra life. Also, every 40,000 in the same game for an extra "paw point" (health point). This was one of the few ways to get extra health in that game, as there were no healing items to speak of. (The other ways were to shoot five atoms with one shot, and sometimes a question mark symbol in a walking clam might grant an extra paw point.)
55	* ExpressiveHealthBar: In ''Bubsy 2.'' You get 3 HP, and Bubsy's expression next to the lives counter changes to show how many HP you have left: a cocky smirk at full health, a nervous grin at 2 HP left, and an OhCrap face at 1 HP left. (If you die by running out of health, it stays on the OhCrap face as your death animation plays.) [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in the original game, where you were a OneHitPointWonder, and in ''Bubsy 3D,'' which simply showed a numerical counter next to a paw print (so-called "paw points").
56	* FakeDifficulty:
57	** Discussed in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTAlr5raV2U this]] WebVideo/JonTron. For those who don't feel like watching, in the first two games, your field of vision is very limited, making it hard to tell where you should go and what's just offscreen trying to kill you. [=JonTron=] also notes the inconsistency of Bubsy playing like Sonic but the level design being more akin to Mario games, with an emphasis on precision platforming despite Bubsy's very loose controls.
58	** WebVideo/SomeCallMeJohnny [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKaPVMJ8Yck also]] delved into other problems: Level design not built around Bubsy's abilities, platforming sections that are hard due to Bubsy's obscene speed not matching the platforming, frailty combined with the above problems leading to the multiple deaths, sprite sizes being too huge causing said accidents to happen, and inconsistent ideals about how to play the game. It's hard to be slow and methodical with a character as fast as Sonic. Likewise, he couldn't (and he tried) play it safe with level design created with the intent of murdering the bobcat.
59	* FallingDamage: The first two games have falling damage, which can be neutralized by gliding. This is absent in his 3D title and future titles.
60	* FanSequel: ''[[http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/11/13/your-mind-is-not-ready-for-arcane-kids-bubsy-3d/ Arcane Kids' Bubsy 3D: Bubsy Visits The James Turrell Retrospective]]'' is a surrealist send-up of one, but it does star the long-lost cat, and uses him as a vehicle for some seriously high-minded parody.
61	* FourthWallObserver: Bubsy regularly stares at and makes comments to the player, and is aware of being in a game and on a movie set.
62	* FracturedFairyTale: The premise of ''Fractured Furry Tales'' is that Bubsy goes around "humbling" the bad guys from storybooks like ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' and ''Alice in Wonderland''.
63	* FunWithAcronyms: The plot of ''Bubsy 2'' revolves around the WOMPUM -- the World Origination and Matter Projection Unification Machine.
64	* GoombaSpringboard: A very useful tactic to rank up a ton of points and clear large gaps (and the whole stage if you're so inclined).
65	* GravityIsAHarshMistress: In ''Bubsy II'', Bubsy falls to his death by standing in midair, staring at the audience, looking down, back at the audience, opening an umbrella, and falling. In ''Bubsy 3D'', Bubsy stops in midair, stares at the audience, waves goodbye, and then falls.
66	* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Bubsy wears a white shirt with a red exclamation mark. Bubsy's nephew Terry wears a red shirt and no pants.
67	* HaveANiceDeath: Death animations are situational and attempt to evoke the cartoony style of ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''. In ''Bubsy 3D'', this is taken further, with an animation for falling into bottomless pits, and cutscenes for falling into water and green goop. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5NIYbELwiY And more]].
68	* HealThyself: In ''Bubsy 2'', a band-aid could restore one hit.
69	%%* HumanlikeFootAnatomy
70	* HurricaneOfPuns: Bubsy spews these a lot, though he's adamant that [[WhoWritesThisCrap he didn't write them]] and not to mention that they are [[IncrediblyLamePun incredibly lame puns]].
71	* IdleAnimation: Bubsy will smirk at the screen, tap his foot, and eventually knock on the TV. In ''Bubsy 3D'', he messes with your television settings [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN1XrUntmFo and more]].
72	* ImMelting: One of Bubsy's death animations is melting into a puddle.
73	* IdiotHero: Bubsy himself (See BuffoonishTomCat Above), this is due to how much of an BuffoonishTomcat and an InsufferableImbecile he is whom loves making [[HurricaneOfPuns countless]] [[IncrediblyLamePun Cat puns]] and attempts [[CoolCat looking cool]] but evidently fails, this is also shown by how Bubsy is presented characteristically, parodied and more.
74	* IsThereADoctorInTheHouse: In the intro for "Claws for Alarm", Bubsy says, "Is there a veterinarian in the audience!?" In ''Bubsy II'', one of Bubsy's death quotes is "Is there a doctor in the house?" The trailer for ''The Woolies Strike Back'' goes with "Is there a veterinarian in the house?".
75	* KaizoTrap: It is possible to die at the end of a level by touching the giant ball and then taking fall damage.
76	* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:Woolies becoming this as of ''The Woolies Strike Back''. After being victorious in ''Bubsy 3D'', Bubsy destroys their fleet and ruins their galactic conquest.]]
77	* TheKlutz: Being more evident in his ''3D title's'' cutscenes and fmvs, even if he is ''occasionally'' graceful in some clips at the very least.
78	* LargeHam: The narrator in ''Super Bubsy''. Also Bubsy himself.
79	* TheManyDeathsOfYou: Bubsy has a death animation for every kind of obstacle, sometimes ''multiple'' ones. Most of them are Bubsy smiling, then falling down, but the rest can be rather funny. It's probably the main reason why most players didn't [[NintendoHard throw their controllers through the television]].
80	* MascotWithAttitude: Bubsy was one of many, and is also one of the most infamous.
81	* MickeyMousing: The soundtrack to ''Bubsy 2'', which was actually pretty ahead of its time. The music would speed up or slow down depending on Bubsy's movement, and would frequently switch melodies depending on where you were in the level. The music instrumentation even got sparser if you were standing still for a long time.
82	* MultipleHeadCase: There are two different two-headed Woolies, Queens Poly and Esther and the General, though interestingly their respective cases of polycephaly seem to be quite different. Poly and Esther are almost always treated as if they're two different individuals who happen to share the same body, making them more like ConjoinedTwins, while the Woolie General's heads always speak in unison and he always refers to himself in singular pronouns, implying that his two heads share the same brain.
83	* {{Narrator}}: ''Super Bubsy'' added one to explain the story and introduce the levels. Bubsy's chatter was kept.
84	* NotInMyContract: "My contract does ''not'' mention pain!"
85	* OneHitPointWonder: The first game only. The sequels gave him an [[HitPoints idiosyncratic health meter]]. This is taken to ridiculous levels in one stage, where he'll die by jumping onto a platform that's covered by an inch of water.
86	* OverlyLongGag: Professor Nylon attempting to explain Bubsy's escape without getting interrupted by the crowd, which takes nearly a full minute of the two and a half minute-long ending cutscene.
87	* OxygenMeter: Some levels in ''Bubsy 3D'' took place underwater and gave Bubsy a diving helmet. You got 180 seconds of air to start the level, and could pick up air tanks for an additional 100 seconds of air, up to a maximum of 999 seconds. In addition, the air tanks respawned after 30 seconds.
88	* ProductPlacement: In ''Bubsy II'', you have the ability to buy Nerf Bazookas and shoot Nerf Balls at enemies.
89	%%* ProtagonistTitle
90	* PublicDomainSoundtrack: One of the randomized snippets in the flying levels of ''Bubsy II'' is "Flight of the Bumblebee".
91	* PunBasedTitle:
92	** In ''Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind'' (''Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind''), in the level titles "Forbidden Plummet" (''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''), "A Bridge Too Fur" (''Film/ABridgeTooFar''), "Fair Conditioning" (Hair conditioning), "Our Furless Leader" (Our fearless leader), "The Good the Bad and the Woolies" (''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''), "A Fistful of Yarn" (''Film/AFistfulOfDollars''), "Dances with Woolies" (''Film/DancesWithWolves''), "Beavery Careful" (Be very careful), Rock around the Croc (''Rock Around the Clock''), "Claws for Alarm" (Cause for alarm), "Eye of the Bobcat" (''Eye of the Tiger''), "No Time to Paws" (No time to pause), "Lethal Woolie" (''Film/LethalWeapon''), and "A Farewell to Woolies" (''Literature/AFarewellToArms'').
93	** In ''Bubsy II'', in the level titles "Drown and Out" (Down and out), "Star Boars" (''Franchise/StarWars''), "C Sharp or B Flat" (See sharp or be flat), "Fleece Academy" (''Film/PoliceAcademy''), "My Penguin for a Horse" ("My kingdom for a horse", ''Theatre/RichardIII''), "Aporklyps Now" (''Film/ApocalypseNow''), "Richard the Swinehearted" (Richard the Lionhearted), "Mighty Morphin Bobcat Dangers" (''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''), "The Lion The Switch and The Hoardroom (''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe''), "Pig Trouble in Little China" (''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina''), "2 Live Shrew" (Music/TwoLiveCrew), "Surely You Joust" (Surely you jest), "Wild Boar Yonder" (Wild blue yonder), and "Mars Needs Bobcats" (''Mars Needs Women'').
94	** ''Fractured Furry Tales'' (''[[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Fractured Fairy Tales]])''.
95	** In ''Bubsy 3D'', titled ''Furbitten Planet'' (''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''), in the level titles "Claws for Alarm" (Cause for alarm), "Clawstrophobic" (Claustrophobic), "Woolie Bully" (''Wooly Bully'' by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs), "Missing Lynx" (Missing links), "Dome Sweet Dome" (Home sweet home), "Das Bobcat" (''Film/DasBoot''), "Domicidal Maniac" (Homicidal maniac), "Crimson Hide" (''Film/CrimsonTide''), "Mortal Bobkat" (''Franchise/MortalKombat''), "Zzzotz Nice" (That's nice), "Daze of Thunder" (''Film/DaysOfThunder''), "Woolieville Horror" (''[[Film/TheAmityvilleHorror1979 The Amityville Horror]]''), "Bright Light Big Woolies" (''Film/BrightLightsBigCity''), and "[=Escape From WooL.A.=]" (''Film/EscapeFromLA'').
96	** ''The Woolies Strikes Back'' (''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''), and the level titles [[Film/ReservoirDogs Reservoir Cats]], [[Film/BackToTheFuture1 Back to the Furrture]], [[Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace Plan 9 From Meowter Space]], [[Film/Armageddon1998 Clawmageddon]], [[Film/TheForceAwakens Star Claws: The Fur Awakens]], and [[Music/{{Queen}} Bobcation Rhapsody]].
97	* PungeonMaster: In the intro to "C Sharp or B Flat", Bubsy says, "Go for Baroque". Bubsy also says, "Remember, I'm a trained purrfessional."
98	* PunnyName: All of the Woolies in the game are named after types of material. The queens are named Poly and Esther, and their assistant is named Professor Nylon.
99	* RiseToTheChallenge: Clawsing Curtain in ''Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back'' feature several sections with lava rising upwards.
100	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Upon seeing the level title "Eye of the Bobcat", Bubsy says: "That's it, I'm outta here, you can't make me...", and runs off the screen.
101	* SelfDeprecation: ''The Woolies Strike Back'' has a verbosity setting that controls how often Bubsy spouts one-liners with a caption to give an idea on how often he will. At the maximum setting the caption just says Bubsy.
102	* ShoutOut:
103	** In the intro to "Night of the Bobcat", Bubsy says, "Hey I thought I saw [[Music/ElvisPresley Elvis]] back there."
104	** In the intro to "The Good, the Bad and the Woolies", Bubsy says, "Well, it worked for [[Creator/ClintEastwood Clint]]."
105	** In the intro to "A Fistful of Yarn", Bubsy says, "[[Film/DirtyHarry Go ahead, make my day]]."
106	** In ''Bubsy II'', Bubsy says "[[Franchise/{{Terminator}} I'll be back]]".
107	** In ''Bubsy 3D'', the intro to "[=Escape From WooL.A.=]" shows Bubsy dressed as [[Film/EscapeFromNewYork Snake Plissken]].
108	** At the end of ''Bubsy 3D'', the Woolie leader says "Bubsy has left the planet", as Bubsy is dressed in an Elvis outfit.
109	** At the end of ''Bubsy 3D'', Bubsy says, "Hey, how did I end up in [[Franchise/JurassicPark Triassic Park]]?"
110	* SingleUseShield: The first T-shirt you collect will grant you a shield that acts as your extra hit point in ''Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back''. Collecting other T-shirts when you have the shield will give you lives.
111	* SinisterSwine: The main villain of the second game and Paws on Fire! is Oinker P. Hamm, a literal capitalist pig (boar).
112	* SmallNameBigEgo: The titular bobcat Bubsy, who thinks he's the [[CoolCat coolest cat around]] when [[{{Irony}} in hindsight]] he's an [[InsufferableImbecile annoying]] [[IdiotHero idiot.]]
113	* SoundtrackDissonance: Especially in ''Bubsy 3D'', carnival music, playing regardless of any fun, during menus, saving, loading, during levels, cutscenes, and when Bubsy is kidnapped by aliens in a cutscene before facing a Woolly Mammoth.
114	* SpacePirates: The space level in ''Bubsy II'' has a distinct pirate theme to it, including treasure chests, hooks, and pirate-esque BGM.
115	* SpaceZone: The final level of the first game, which takes place on the Woolies' mothership.
116	* SphereEyes: Bubsy has these.
117	* StealthPun: Bubsy's catchphrase, given he doesn't stress the wordplay like he normally does. "What could ''paw''-sibly go wrong?", to which [[WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}} Jim Sterling's]] memorable reply was, "Apparently ''most'' things, Mr. Bobcat."
118	* SuperDrowningSkills: In the first game and ''3D'', Bubsy will drown if even his toes touch water.
119	* TagalongKid: Bubsy's nephew Terry, and niece Terri in the second game. They could be controlled by a second player.
120	* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: In ''Bubsy II'', Bubsy's niece Terri wears eyeshadow and a blue skirt. Bubsy's nephew Terry wears a red shirt and no pants.
121	* TimedMission: In the first two games, you had 10 minutes to complete each level. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in most levels in ''Bubsy 3D'', with the exceptions of the BonusStage and the underwater levels (see OxygenMeter above).
122	* TotallyRadical: Bubsy trying [[CoolCat to be cool,]] but is rather embarrassing and lame than anything.
123	* VentPhysics: Bubsy can ascend himself when he glides on top of the updrafts generated by air vents.
124	* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Invoked with the two-player "feisty" mode in ''Bubsy II''. The player controlling Bubsy's niece or nephew can disrupt Bubsy's progress by dropping banana peels, flipping switches and stealing on-screen items.
125	* VocalEvolution: Rob Paulsen sounds much more helium-pitched as Bubsy in ''Bubsy II'' than in the cartoon. Given his predecessor, Brian Silva, had his voice pitch-shifted to achieve Bubsy's voice in the first game, it is likely that Paulsen adopted the same technique.
126	* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Bubsy is responsible for the {{Trope Namer\|s}}, with it being his catchphrase. He also extensively says it in the [[WesternAnimation/{{Bubsy}} unaired pilot]], and the saying is even the pilot's title! And continues to say this as [[IncrediblyLamePun his signature, lame pun]].
127	* WhatNowEnding: ''Bubsy in Fractured Furry Tails'' ends like this.
128	* WhatTheHellPlayer: One of Bubsy's death quotes in ''II'' is a sarcastic "Keep it up, JUST KEEP IT UP!"
129	* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: In ''Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind''. "Woah, are you still playing this thing?" says Bubsy, before the final level.
130	* WhoWritesThisCrap: When Bubsy is referring to the punny-level titles. In the intro to "Beavery Careful", Bubsy says, "Hey, I didn't write this stuff." One of the sound bytes heard before a level in ''Bubsy II'' is "Who wrote this stuff?!" Another has Bubsy asking if the writers' strike is over.

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