Line #32 WesternAnimation/Bubsy


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3	->''[[FateWorseThanDeath "Ah Bubsy, Oh! Worse than a Truck!!"]]''
4	-->-- '''[[DesignatedMonkey Arnold]]''' when Bubsy made his introduction after waking Arnold up.
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6	''Bubsy'' is an AnimatedAdaptation of [[VideoGame/{{Bubsy}} what is arguably the most well known]] ''[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]''-[[MascotWithAttitude knockoff]] of all time.
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8	As expected, the series (had it ever gotten past the {{pilot}} stage) would have been managed and created by Creator/{{DiC}}, well-known for their numerous cartoon adaptations of popular video games in the 80's and 90's (the pilot itself was animated by Calico Entertainment, of ''WesternAnimation/DenverTheLastDinosaur'').
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10	It mostly uses the same characters as the game, with a few new ones to take the roles of the villains. The pilot revolves around [[PunnyName Virgil Reality]] inventing a virtual reality helmet that allows one to imagine ''anything'' into life. [[FridgeLogic The possibilities about this]] [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot are never explored.]]
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12	The pilot was never picked up, but it remains an... ''[[BileFascination interesting]]'' cartoon nonetheless. It is available on the PC port of ''Super Bubsy'', a deluxe version of the first Bubsy game. Interestingly, the characters would appear a few times in the games, notably in ''Paws on Fire''.
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14	Compare ''WesternAnimation/{{Battletoads}}'', another cartoon pilot based on [[VideoGame/{{Battletoads}} a video game]] that never got picked up.
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16	!!Tropes:
17	* AccidentalMisnaming: Oblivia keeps calling Bubsy other things. When she finally gets it right, he thanks her.
18	* AdaptationalJerkass: In the games, Bubsy had a habit of making [[DeadpanSnarker wisecracks]] and [[MotorMouth talking a lot]]. Here? He's an egotistical douche.
19	* AesopAmnesia: Bubsy keeps saying [[CharacterCatchphrase "What could possibly go wrong?"]] even after tons of things ''have'' GoneHorriblyWrong.
20	* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Oblivia seems to have feelings for Bubsy, as she uses the helmet to imagine herself being married to him. Bubsy doesn't notice.
21	* ArtShift: [[RuleOfThree Three]] random black-and-white clips of RealLife are included in three scenes. Most of these tie in to scenes where Bubsy is boasting.
22	* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Sid tends to be the most distracted.
23	* BigBad: Ally Cassandra, the [[FatBastard villainous fat cat]].
24	* BigBallOfViolence: While practically ''everyone'' attempts to snatch the helmet.
25	* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: Bubsy's house is shaped like a half-cylinder with a down arrow squashed into it. It's also BiggerOnTheInside for reasons that aren't explained, and has a basketball court, a slide, and a bowling alley.
26	* BuffoonishTomcat: Bubsy being an [[InsufferableImbecile idiot]] [[IdiotHero protagonist]] that's prone to {{slapstick}} of course.
27	* BrokenRecord: Bubsy says [[CharacterCatchphrase "What could possibly go wrong?"]] ''ten times'' in the 22 minute episode.
28	* ButtMonkey: Arnold, who is also [[ShrinkingViolet easily frightened]] because of his paranoia against trucks or anything painful being around, especially [[InsufferableImbecile Bubsy]] being understandably one of his biggest fears.
29	* CaptainObvious: "Yes... things that are boiling are ''usually'' hot."
30	* [[TheAnimeOfTheGame The Cartoon of the Game]]
31	* CatchPhrase: Bubsy's "What could possibly go wrong?"
32	* CatsAreMean: Bubsy is both an InsufferableImbecile and a massive {{Jerkass}}, and Ally Cassandra herself is a FatBastard. This is [[AvertedTrope averted]] with Oblivia, who is one of the nicest characters (if [[TheDitz a little scatterbrained]]).
33	* TheChewToy: [[DesignatedMonkey Arnold the Armadillo]] and [[MinionWithAnFInEvil Sid the Vicious Shrew]].
34	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: One and only Sid the Vicious Shrew being quite.. loony, screwy, and a bit [[{{Keet}} hyper]] at the same time and can have his head-in-the-clouds for the most part.
35	** Speaking of which, Sid is implied to a ChaoticStupid character when Buzzy mentioned how Sid stuck his tongue in the pot when Buzzy was cooking in order to imply how impulsively airheaded Sid can be.
36	* TheDitz: [[LoveInterest Bubsy's crush]], Oblivia, [[WhoWouldBeStupidEnough who always]] [[AccidentalMisnaming gets Bubsy's name wrong]].
37	* DumbIsGood: Also Sid being a dumb, absentminded yet [[MinionWithAnFInEvil harmless minion]] of Ally's whose [[SpannerInTheWorks stupidity helps out the protagonists rather than understanding what villainy is]].
38	* Expy: Buzz and Sid, in a way, to fellow [=DiC=] minion duo [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog Scratch and Grounder]].
39	* FatBastard: Ally Cassandra being the main villain.
40	* FeatheredFiend: Buzz the Buzzard wanting to cook and eat Bubsy's nephew's counts as this.
41	* GoldfishPoopGang: [[MinionWithAnFInEvil Sid]] and [[TheDragon Buzz]].
42	* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Bubsy and his nephew Terry wear a shirt and no pants.
43	* IAmNotWeasel: Buzz ''really'' doesn't take to those who call him a turkey.
44	* IronicEcho: "If that's a crime, then book me/us!"
45	* JackassGenie: Despite being non-sapient, the helmet seems to be this. The first thing Bubsy wishes for is to fly. The helmet teleports him and everyone else in the room way up in the air, and they just fall. While they all survive, it still seems like the helmet is deliberately trying to kill them.
46	* {{Jerkass}}: Unsurprisingly, [[InsufferableImbecile Bubsy]].
47	* MacGuffin: The helmet.
48	* {{Malaproper}}: [[PunnyName Virgil Reality]] is so named because his helmet is meant to be virtual reality, yet instead of creating a game or simulation, it allows the user to [[RealityWarper magically create and change things in ACTUAL reality,]] so it's more like a technological genie.
49	* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Sid being an [[TheDitz dim-witted]] [[CloudCuckooLander dingbat]] allows him to let [[IdiotHero Bubsy]] encounter [[BigBad Ally and her henchmen]] to be easily defeated and preventing Ally for her so-called villainous plans based on [[AttentionWhore self importance]]/etc.
50	* MisappliedPhlebotinum: Even though the helmet can [[ImaginationBasedSuperpower make any thought real,]] the characters all use it for really mundane and frivolous things. The worst example would have to be Ally. After spending the whole episode trying to get her hands on it, all she does is wish for a ring and some new furniture, instead of wishing for infinite money or to become a PhysicalGod or something. Also, she later learns Bubsy is coming right for her to get the helmet, but doesn't think to use it to just teleport away, or [[ForcedTransformation turn Bubsy into a cockroach,]] or any number of things she could have done.
51	* NailsOnAChalkboard: Ally Cassandra uses this twice for her own ends.
52	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Also, Sid the Vicious Shrew, who [[HarmlessVillain isn't all that dangerous]].
53	* OverlyLongTongue: Sid has one.
54	* PunnyName: ''Virgil Reality.''
55	* RunningGag: See AccidentalMisnaming, IAmNotWeasel, and VillainousGlutton.
56	* SchmuckBait: At one point Bubsy gives Sid a corndog with a dynamite stick in it (with the fuse clearly visible.) Sid [[TooDumbToLive eats it anyway.]]
57	* ShyShelledAnimal: [[ButtMonkey Arnold the Armadillo]] is depicted as a [[ShrinkingViolet fearful character]] with a crippling fear of trucks who becomes terrified at the mere mention of them allows him to do this effect, possibly due to some form of post-traumatic stress as shown in his fearful rambling about his fears.
58	* SmallNameBigEgo: Bubsy is ''really'' full of himself and [[InsufferableImbecile quite an unlikable idiot]] as well.
59	* StockFootage: Many instances used for comedy.
60	* TemptingFate: Bubsy's CatchPhrase reeks of this, to the point Arnold calls him out on this.
61	* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Bubsy's niece Terri wears eyeshadow and a pink bow and skirt. Bubsy's nephew Terry wears a green and blue shirt and no pants.
62	* ThoughtAversionFailure: When the helmet ends up on Arnold's head, Bubsy warns him not to think about the truck he's afraid of. Naturally, Arnold thinks about the truck and unintentionally summons it.
63	* TitleThemeTune
64	* TotallyRadical: As discussed [[http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/11/the_5_best_and_5_worst_oneshot_tv_cartoons_ever_ma.php?page=2 here]].
65	* VillainBall: For some reason Ally decides to send her minions to steal the helmet, even though Virgil is actively soliciting volunteers to test it, meaning she could just go there pretending to be volunteer and then use the helmet to teleport away before he can do anything.
66	* VillainousGlutton: Sid's FatalFlaw.
67	* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Bubsy's {{Tempting Fate}}-reeking CatchPhrase.
68	* WildWestArmadillo: Downplayed. Arnold the armadillo has nightmares about being hit by a truck on a road somewhere in the west (it's sandy, with cacti along the road). Later, a news anchor mentions that "last year, over 10,000 armadillos were run over by trucks in the state of Texas alone."
69	* XRaySparks: Happens ''twice'' to Arnold, and Bubsy ends up electrocuted the second time.

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