History VideoGame / TheBugsBunnyCrazyCastle

* EarlyInstalmentWeirdness: In the first game, a level is completed when Bugs collects eight carrots. In all of the other games, he must collect eight keys and then make it to the exit door without dying or he will lose the keys.

* NintendoHard: Particularly the first two games, as enemies aren’t constantly moving and can stop in their tracks, leaving you trapped with no choice but to run into them and die.

''The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle'' is a series of games released for the UsefulNotes/{{NES}}, UsefulNotes/GameBoy and UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor, developed by Creator/{{Kemco}} and starring, well, WesternAnimation/BugsBunny.

Games in this series:
* ''The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle'' (1989)
* ''The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2'' (1991)
* ''Bugs Bunny: Crazy Castle 3'' (1997)
* ''Bugs Bunny in Crazy Castle 4'' (2000)
* ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker in Crazy Castle 5'' (2002)

The plot of each game revolves around Bugs Bunny venturing to Crazy Castle to rescue his girlfriend Honey Bunny (and later, WesternAnimation/LolaBunny). Along the way he must avoid other Looney Tunes characters, such as [[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Sylvester, Tweety]], WesternAnimation/FoghornLeghorn, [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wile E. Coyote]], WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck, WesternAnimation/ElmerFudd, Taz, WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam, and many others....

* ''Woody Woodpecker in Crazy Castle 5'' (2002)

The plot of each game revolves around Bugs Bunny venturing to Crazy Castle to rescue his girlfriend Honey Bunny (and later, WesternAnimation/LolaBunny). Along the way he must avoid other Looney Tunes characters, such as Sylvester, Tweety, Foghorn Leghorn, Wile E. Coyote, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Taz, Yosemite Sam, and many others....

* DamselInDistress: The end goal in the first two games is to save Honey Bunny, and in the third and fourth, Lola Bunny.[[note]]In the Roger Rabbit version, your goal is to rescue Jessica Rabbit, and In the Mickey Mouse versions of the first two games, Mickey's goal is to save Minnie, and in the fifth game, Woody's goal is to save Winnie.[[/note]]

* SinisterSilhouettes: Witch Hazel’s silhouette can be spotted in the background on the box art of the second and fourth games. Gossamer’s silhouette can also be seen on the fourth game’s box art.

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** The fifth game in the series (or sixth if the NES and Game Boy versions of the first are considered separately) was first released in Japan for the original Game Boy as another ''Kid Klown'' game, but became ''Bugs Bunny: Crazy Castle 3'' in all markets when an upgraded Game Boy Color version was released later.

** Because Kemco's Bugs Bunny license had expired, the final game in the series became ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker in Crazy Castle 5''

** The very first game for the Famicom Disk System was actually a ''[[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Roger Rabbit]]'' game. The subsequent port for the Game Boy starred WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse instead, as the Roger Rabbit license had expired by the time of its release. Because Kemco didn't have the Disney license in North America (Creator/{{Capcom}} held the exclusive license at the time) the American releases of both the NES and Game Boy versions were made into Bugs Bunny games, as was the Game Boy version in Europe (none of the NES games were released there).
** The second game was a Game Boy exclusive, and was released as ''Mickey Mouse II'' in Japan, ''The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2'' in North America, and in Europe as ''Mickey Mouse'' (no number) ''and'' as a ''Franchise/HugoTheTVTroll'' game later on (yes, they released the same game twice with different cartoon characters).

** ''Mickey Mouse III: Balloon Dreams'' for the Famicom was retooled into ''VideoGame/KidKlownInNightMayorWorld'' for North America.
** ''Mickey Mouse IV: The Magical Labyrinth'' (back on the Game Boy) was infamously retooled into a ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' game in America, but as a ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' one in Europe.

** ''Bugs Bunny in Crazy Castle 4'' for the Game Boy Color was the first time that all versions in all markets featured Bugs. It was also the last one to feature Bugs...

** The fifth game in the series (or sixth if the NES and Game Bot versions of the first are considered separately) was first released in Japan for the original Game Boy as another ''Kid Klown'' game, but became ''Bugs Bunny: Crazy Castle 3'' in all markets when a Game Boy Color was released later.

* DolledUpInstallment: The Crazy Castle franchise is actually attributed to a LOT of properties aside from Bugs Bunny outside of North America: the very first one for the Famicom Disk System is actually a ''[[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Roger Rabbit]]'' game, while subsequent titles for the Game Boy starred WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse instead. The first Game Boy game was still ''The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle'' in Europe, but the second one was released as a Mickey Mouse game (without a number), ''and'' a ''Franchise/HugoTheTVTroll'' game later on. Oh, and both Bugs Bunny Game Boy titles were [[CompilationRerelease bundled together]] [[RecursiveImport back to Japan]] as the ''Bugs Bunny Collection''. Moreover, the third title that starred Mickey Mouse was retooled into ''VideoGame/KidKlownInNightMayorWorld'', and the fourth Mickey Mouse game is infamously retooled into a ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' game in America, but as a ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' one in Europe. The third ''Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle'' game was thankfully released as such in Japan as well, but it was also reworked as another ''Kid Klown'' game exclusive to Japan. Oh, and did we mention there's also a ''WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker'' installment to this series?

* FormulaBreakingEpisode: The fifth game stars Woody Woodpecker instead of Bugs Bunny.