Bubsy

NOTE: Please have some respect for poor Michael Berlyn (the creator of Bubsy Bobcat), who passed away on March 30, 2023. May he rest in peace.Good"What could pawsibly go wrong?"

Bubsy T. Bobcat is the main protagonist of the platformer game franchise of the same name, Bubsy. Created by Michael Berlyn, Bubsy served as the mascot for Accolade during the 90s. He is infamous for talking way too much and starring in one of the worst video games of all time, Bubsy 3D. He also came back in Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back, and in Bubsy: Paws on Fire. Some of the other characters returned from the failed 90s pilot.

Why He Makes Things Go Wrong

 * 1) He was only conceived to cash in on the 90s mascot craze, being jump-started by the success of Sonic the Hedgehog.
 * 2) He has an incredibly grating and nasally old voice; not only he does have a lisp, but in the original games he never once shuts up. His voice in Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back and Bubsy: Paws on Fire is slightly better than his voice in the original games, but is still terrible due to him sounding old.
 * 3) His jokes, wisecracks, and cat puns as a 'comedian' in the original games are very cringe-inducing and horribly written (if hit-or-miss at best). Both games, Bubsy 3D and Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back took this element WAY too far and as a result, this made Bubsy look a whole lot more obnoxious and completely devoid of anything witty or genuinely funny, especially in Bubsy 3D being the worst example.
 * 4) He often says unfunny things that can get annoying fast.
 * 5) He is also way too hyperactive, smug, and sassy, which can also get annoying since Bubsy never takes a break from acting cocky and clownish.
 * 6) He is the playable character of his mediocre to terrible platform games, including the infamous Bubsy 3D, only known for being one of the worst games in existence. Especially when that game killed his very existence for a while.
 * 7) *Especially for how much damage he can get through fall damage in the first game and just about anything can hurt Bubsy, which leads to cheap kills that further shows how weak and frail Bubsy really is.
 * 8) In the pilot of his failed television show, Bubsy is flanderized further to become an extremely unlikable jagoff, where he is downright annoying, egotistical, infuriating, selfish, and constantly abuses his roommate, Arnold the Armadillo, who wants nothing to do with him and Bubsy treats him like a "sidekick" when he makes things worse for poor Arnold. He, worst of all, has on repeated occasions constantly said the "What could pawsibly go wrong?" catchphrase in the most aggravating ways possible.
 * 9) *He is also a lazy jerk, as shown in the pilot, where he would rather watch TV than celebrate his niece and nephew's birthdays.
 * 10) *He is also highly moronic as well, as he begins to treat Arnold like an inanimate object to the point that he even mistakes him for a wrench in one scene and is still blind about his actions due to his carelessness and mindless behavior.
 * 11) He believes himself to be a 'hero' despite usually making things worse or sometimes fixing issues by mistake (making his catchphrase much more ironic), out of his sheer obliviousness most of the time. He is rather generic when he does something heroic as the protagonist.
 * 12) While some people can find his fallible ego charming, he always tries way too hard to act cool and hip to such an excessive degree that he usually comes out as a desperate and complete dork.
 * 13) In Paws on Fire, not once has his cocky and sassy demeanor came across as endearing. In fact, Bubsy becomes a whole lot more unfunny and unlikable than in the previous title The Woolies Strike Back (at least he had some genuinely fun one-liners in the previous game), and he gets excessively annoying with both facts in particular, which is saying something due to how infamous he already is.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) His characterization as a bobcat with the ability to glide is kinda interesting (if silly and bizarre), but is executed poorly due to the reasons mentioned above.
 * 2) Since he can break the fourth wall, he openly mocks players and the developers themselves (who kinda deserve it by the way).
 * 3) In Bubsy 3D, his cartoonish buffoonery was hilarious, surreal, memorable before and after it was memetic, engaging & rather interesting to watch.
 * 4) *In The Woolies Strike Back, some of his jokes can be hit-or-miss at best.
 * 5) *Speaking of that game, some of his one-liners here can range from being either mediocre and/or decent, to being rather charming and pretty funny.
 * 6) *As stated in WHS#10, some people can find his fallible ego charming or comedic.
 * 7) In The Woolies Strike Back, there is a meter that controls how often Bubsy talks. At zero, he shuts up.
 * 8) There are times when he can be a bit tolerable in Bubsy in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind.
 * 9) His design is overall passable as it looks quite close to what an actual bobcat looks like, especially compared to Bonkers.
 * 10) Despite WHMTGW#2, his voice is not always grating. It only got slightly bad in Bubsy 2 and Bubsy in: Fractured Furry Tales, then got really bad in Bubsy 3D (and the cartoon pilot).
 * 11) He has many memorable quotes.
 * 12) * "Oh, look! An arrow! Aren't these game designers wonderful; givin' you a guide post to help you! How convenient!"
 * 13) * "Pilot's license? What for??"
 * 14) His theme song is catchy.

Trivia

 * Bubsy and his death scenes became internet memes when his death animations in Bubsy 3D were very memorable.
 * Bubsy was originally going to wear green tennis shoes in early concept art. It is likely these were removed as to not make Bubsy seem too similar to Sonic.
 * In Bubsy: Paws of Fire, the concept of him wearing shoes has been included into his redesign.
 * Bubsy was originally going to wear pants, but Michael Berlyn wanted him to have a Donald Duck styled appearance.
 * He was one of Rob Paulsen's least favorite voice-over roles along with Coconut Fred, another character Paulsen hates, voicing him in Bubsy II, Bubsy in Fractured Furry Tales and the aforementioned failed pilot.
 * Despite being infamous for being one of the weakest video game characters of all time, he simply has gotten a bit ultra-powered in the game Super Smash Bros: CMC+ v.7. Where his attacks and nerf gun can even most of the a.is in levels like The Ladies of Waluigi fear him as a threat to be reckoned with, and act less overpowering than how they are with many other characters like Mr. Incredible, Crash Bandicoot, etc.

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