History VideoGame / FurFighters

''Fur Fighters'' is a video game developed by Creator/BizarreCreations and published by Creator/{{Acclaim}} for the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast in 2000. It was ported later that year to Windows, the next year to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 (as ''Fur Fighters: Viggo's Revenge''), and to [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] in 2012 (as ''Fur Fighters: Viggo on Glass''). Although Bizarre Creations are now defunct, the copyright belongs to a former employee who bought it for five pounds.

%%* CelShading: Mostly for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 port.

* MultiPlatform: First on the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast, then on the UsefulNotes/{{PS2}}, and now on the iOS. Now it's only a matter of time before an HD re-release of the [=PS2=] remake of the game is planned to be available for download on the Next-Gen Consoles.

* AnvilOnHead: An unusual variation of the trope. The introduction to Cape Canardo shows a bus that Rufus is traveling on being destroyed by a anvil out of nowhere. Cut to a decrepit space station where Viggo complains that after spending a fortune repairing the station and giving the bears astronaut training, his minions only brought one anvil to drop from orbit onto the Fur Fighters. He promptly [[KnowWhenToFoldEm orders everyone to begin abandoning the station]]. Cartoony villainy at its finest.

* XenomorphXerox: PlayedForLaughs in the space station level. Some Xenomorph-esque creature shows up and prepares for a fight, but then a [[AcceptableTargets smarmy lawyer]] claiming to represent 21st Century Fox barges in and demands immediate cessation of hostilities as the creature's very presence breaks about thirty-five copyrights. The current Fur Fighter gets into an argument with him [[BaitAndSwitch and then he (the lawyer) becomes the boss fight for the level]].

%%* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Rico.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: The hidden underground dinosaur civilization.

* ChildSoldiers: Tweek the Dragon takes this UpToEleven. Being the last of his mother's eggs to hatch -- right around when Viggo attacks and kidnaps her -- he's forced into action literal ''minutes'' after being born.

* RightHandCat: {{Inverted}} for RuleOfFunny and/or unintentional terrors. Actually, it's the ''cat'' who has a rather creepy Right Hand ''[[UncannyValley Human]]'' named Fifi.

%%* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Bungalow and Esmeralda's relationship to a T.

%%* FauxAffablyEvil: General Viggo balances the line between this and AffablyEvil.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* MadeOfIron: If it isn't a vehicle or a robot, the various mini-bosses seem made of some horrible synthesis of Kevlar and graphene. Expect to burn through enough ammo to kill 50-80 bears on one of these guys.

''Fur Fighters'' is a CultClassic of a videogame developed by Creator/BizarreCreations for the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast in 2000. It was ported later that year to Windows, the next year to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 (as ''Fur Fighters: Viggo's Revenge''), and to [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] in 2012 (as ''Fur Fighters: Viggo on Glass''). We say cult classic because nobody bought the game despite it receiving very good reviews and being very funny. Although the developer (Creator/BizarreCreations) are defunct, the copyright belongs to a former employee who bought it for five pounds.

!! Fur Fighters contains examples of the following tropes:

* BearsAreBadNews - They ''are'' some of the {{Mooks}} of the game, after all. Robinson Bear is the single exception.

* BloodlessCarnage: Instead, fluff serves as the "blood" of the game. Which raises the question of whether or not the animals are real, needless to say however it's good clean fun despite having a "Teen" rating.

* CelShading: Mostly for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 port.

* ColossusClimb: An interesting example where you are helping the colossus. In certain areas of levels, the character you play as will be attacked by ticks and you will take control of the Mighty Flea to fight off the ticks, which will upgrade a skill of whoever is saved. These levels take place on a different part of each Fur Fighter: Roofus’ head, Rico’s face, Bungalow’s butt, Chang’s tail, Juliette’s chest, and Tweek’s back.
* DoomsdayDevice: Several make an appearance in the final world, including a nuclear bomb and lots of missiles.

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Bungalow and Esmeralda's relationship to a T.

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Rico.
* EveryBulletIsATracer: All bullets leave behind a cartoony line upon firing.
* EvilBrit: General Viggo.

* FauxAffablyEvil: General Viggo balances the line between this and AffablyEvil.

* GunsAkimbo: Dingos.

* HeroicDog: Roofus.

* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: How does "City of Fear" tickle your fancy?
** With its sub-levels "Jungle of Despair", "The Temple of Gloom" and "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Bad Place]]".
* IHaveYourWife: The game starts off with General Viggo covering Fur Fighter Village in KnockoutGas and absconding with the heroes' children, along with their wives/husband/mother. Viggo did this to dissuade the Fur Fighters from interfering with his world domination scheme. They [[RoaringRampageofRevenge had other plans]].

* InsertGrenadeHere
* IslandBase: Viggo's headquarters, which is just off the coast of Fur Fighter village!
** An island base carried to that coast via airship. A airship big enough to encompass the whole bloody island.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: After passing through the Door to Nowhere in the Bad Place, Roofus ends up in a [[WhiteVoidRoom white void full of red doors]] (Dreamcast version) or a floor on a hotel ([=PS2=] version). 6 doors in the area have the Fur Fighters faces on them, and going through these doors will put the player into the Nightmare of the room's occupant. In order of access:
** Tweek starts in his home and is still in his egg, and the nest with his unhatched siblings is out of reach. The goal of this Nightmare is to get Tweek back in the nest. This suggests that the one day old fears separation from his clan.

* KangaroosRepresentAustralia: Bungalow.

* TheLeader: Roofus.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Whenever playing as any of the six Fur Fighters, each of them have a different variation of the level's theme play for them. Roofus has [[EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes bagpipes]]/snare drums, Juliette has accordions, Rico has calypso music, Bungalow has aboriginal motifs, Chang has Oriental music, and finally Tweek has Gregorian chanting.
** This is NOT however a VariableMix, as the music actually resets whenever the player switches from one character to the other. But the music plays so well with its own rhythm that it doesn't become noticeable after a while. In the first levels of New Quack City, there's little variation in the actual theme. But as the game goes on and you explore new levels, each new area creates wider variations, to the point of even becoming entirely DIFFERENT styles.
* MacroZone: Dinotopolis. The Playstaiton 2 version adds in more with the Mighty Flea’s levels.

* MegaCorp: Viggo Industries.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Delivered to Roofus at the end.

* OffWithHisHead: A fun experiment to try: run up to any Bear with while using a Shotgun and fire. Watch that head fly!
* [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Our Dinosaurs Are Different]]: In fact, they have a human-like society where everything is just incredibly massive to the point of the Fur Fighters being the size of mice to them.

* PokemonSpeak: Tweek (Although in the first Boss Fight he said "Mother?".)

* RetiredBadass: 5 out of 6 of the main characters are retired agents/soldiers who are forced back into action by Viggo to save their families and stop his evil plan. [[ChildSoldiers Tweek]] is the sole exception, but his mother Gwyneth -- who appears as the first boss -- was the sixth agent to serve alongside them.

* RunningGag: Viggo executing a Peacock per each world introduction, subject to ever-increasing levels of overkill.

** Tweek has TWO shout-outs in himself. His birthplace is listed as [[Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen Royston Vasey]] in England, and in his home is a model of a steam locomotive that looks almost exactly like ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivor_the_Engine Ivor the Engine]]'', the titular Welsh steam train from the 1970s British animation of the same name.
*** And later, one of the rescued babies angrily asks "What's all this shouting? We'll have no trouble here!"

* TwoKeyedLock
* SolveTheSoupCans: Oh so very many of them...
* SpeakingSimlish: The characters did this in the original Dreamcast version, as well as the PC and iOS versions. They are fully voiced in the [=PS2=] port, though.
* SpinningPaper: Done in the opening of Beaver Power.
* SublimeRhyme: Each and every one of Tweek's Babies has a name that rhymes with the aforementioned character.

* VillainOpeningScene: Refer to I Have Your Family on this page.

* WickedCultured: Pffft. Guess who?

* BloodlessCarnage: Instead, fluff serves as the "blood" of the game. Which begs the question of whether or not the animals are real, needless to say however it's good clean fun despite having a "Teen" rating.

* SpeakingSimlish: The characters did this in the original Dreamcast version (This is retained in the iOS version). The characters are fully voiced in the [=PS2=] port.

''Fur Fighters'' is a CultClassic of a videogame developed by Creator/BizarreCreations for the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast in 2000 and then later ported to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 in 2001 (as ''Fur Fighters: Viggo's Revenge''). We say cult classic because nobody bought the game despite it receiving very good reviews and being very funny. The game was later ported to [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames IOS devices]], and although the developer (Creator/BizarreCreations) are defunct, the copyright belongs to a former employee who bought it for five pounds.

** Rico is placed in New Quack City [[NakedPeopleAreFunny without any pants]]. He must run through the city alleyways while getting chased by police bears and fired upon by tanks. Rico wants to be free, or he's [[NotWearingPantsDream just having a bad dream]].

* MisterXAndMisterY: Mr. Grr and Mr. Argh, Viggo's conjoined minions.

* CatsAreMean: General Viggo, the main antagonist. Averted with Juliette and Claude, who are just snooty and artsy cats respectively.

* EveryBulletIsATracer

* WorldOfFunnyAnimals