- Some media depict a darker take on the Bubble Bobble series gameplay where the bubble dragons are considered "evil" with their bubble tactics. It may also be a case of Genre Blindness, but why would the soon-to-be victims not go ahead and touch them?
- Probably the same reason Mario doesn't often classify under this nowadays.
- Bubble Memories: At the end of the happy ending, the only reason why "History repeats itself"[1]
◊ is shown is because the local people are turned into bubble dragons by an evil force, and an island rises up from the depths of the sea [2]◊[3]◊[4]◊ upon completion of Normal Mode (which are both similar to Bub/Bob having to rescue transformed people from The Alcatraz and turn them back to normal, and the three secret islands rising up when all diamonds are collected in Rainbow Islands). [5]◊[6]◊
- After one is cursed and transformed into a bubble dragon, once they touch even a little bit of fire or an energy bolt, they get engulfed immediately and incinerated into a pile of ash on the spot. This occurs even if they turn back into a human.
- Getting trapped into a bubble and being unable to escape before your bubble gets popped and you turn into a food item◊. That last panel in particular shows an enemy transforming into a watermelon, seemingly alive just before the transformation.
