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But here's [[Late Arrival Spoiler|something people should already know]]: They're really two ''human boys'' named {{color|green|Bubby}} and {{color|blue|Bobby}} who are cursed with a transformation into bubble dragons and they have to rescue their human girlfriends (Betty and Patty, respectively) from a green-hooded giant named Super Drunk.
It spawned a lot of [[Non
== Bubble Bobble series ==
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* [[Ambidextrous Sprite]]: A lazy example in ''Bubble Symphony''. When the {{spoiler|human characters}} die and spin out, three of their sprite frames are flipped, making it seem like, while they are dizzily spinning out dead, they hop to their other foot and then back, twice, before they fall backwards and poof away into magic dust. {{spoiler|The bubble dragons' deaths aren't like this.}}
* [[American Kirby Is Hardcore]]: For no apparent reason, the boxart of the [[Sega Saturn]] version of Bust-A-Move 2 has a bald guy ''[[Eye Scream|shoving matchsticks into his eyelids.]]''
* [[Animorphism]]: A [[Curse]] turns protagonists Bub and Bob into ... bubble dragons? Yup. (Throw in some [[Super
** [[Canon Dis Continuity|Implied]] [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: '''Part''' 2 (NES)'s intro shows the protagonist seemingly turning himself into a bubble dragon after his girlfriend is captured.
* [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever]]: Bosses. But hey, in ''Memories'' players can find an item that [[Invincibility Power-Up|makes themselves big]] too.
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* [[Cryonics Failure]] - Having a hexagonal ice block forming around the character, via [[Instant Ice, Just Add Cold|contact with a snowball]], in ''Bubble Symphony'' kills him/her right after the ice shatters shortly afterward only because touching anything is fatal.
* [[Cursed With Awesome]]: Blow bubbles to turn enemies into food! How cool is that?
** [[And Your Reward Is Clothes|Considering in Bubble Symphony you can do this even as humans]], and, [[Weaksauce Weakness|in general, once cursed you die too easily]], there isn't really any advantage to being dragons. Especially because any other person who is transformed (other than the protagonists) is so scared or is outside of the [[Competence Zone]] that he/she [[How Do I Shot Web?|doesn't even know how to or if they can use such a cool weapon.]]
* [[Cutscene Incompetence]]: Compare the VS CPU mode cutscenes of Puzzle Bobble 2 (arcade) with gameplay in the regular series. For example, Mighta shoves a boulder against Bub who doesn't bother to get himself away from it.
* [[Death Throws]]: ''Parasol Stars'' (every version), ''Bubble Bobble '''Part''' 2'' (NES version), ''Rainbow Islands'' (US/Japanese NES version).
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]] / [[Go
* [[Degraded Boss]] / [[Disc One Final Boss]]: Super Drunk in the first ''Bubble Bobble'' returns in ''Bubble Symphony'', a lot easier and the first boss. He appears in '''Part''' 2 (NES) as well, but only [[Save Scumming|Save Scummers]] will [[Nintendo Hard|ever know for sure.]]
** According to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rABzwJQ9Hg this], the Super Drunk in '''Part''' 2 NES round 79 seems to get his power off an antenna on his head {{spoiler|because this one's a robot}}. [[Canon Dis Continuity|The purple tinge doesn't count.]] He acts the same way and throws balls in the same formation as the bottles are thrown.
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** ''Symphony'' also has a female version of the Drunk enemy, whose beer bottles explode instead of boomeranging, and it looks like an underage girl in a green cloak. Yes, an underage girl with booze...
* [[Distressed Damsel]]: Bub and Bob's girlfriends. {{spoiler|And their parents. [[Shocking Swerve|Wait, what?!]]}}
* [[Early
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: ''Puzzle Bobble/Bust-A-Move'' is the only game in that spinoff series to have twin Bubs/Bobs. The pointer machinery has been kept throughout, though.
* [[Easy Mode Mockery]]: Sort of. There is a three-level-''only'' mode in ''Puzzle Bobble/Bust-A-Move 2'' and ''PB/BAM3'' (arcade, Game Boy). This is the only mode that the pointer line stays throughout.
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* [[Musical Assassin]]: Bubbles that unleash music notes can help fight enemies.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: In the Game Boy Color version of ''Rainbow Islands'', Bub and Bob are depicted as using parasols outside of gameplay.
* [[New Game
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: [[Hulk Speak|The]] ''[[Hulk Speak|Nintendo]]'' [[Hulk Speak|versions are]] ''[[Hulk Speak|hard]]'' [[Hulk Speak|indeed]]:
** ''Bubble Bobble'': The NES/Virtual Console version has an objective '''required for a good ending''' that is not in the arcade version. And there is a very thick wall in the way.
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* [[Selective Gravity]]: Characters fall slowly. Also, in ''Bubble Symphony'', players can very slightly alter their falling speed by holding up or down.
* [[Shock and Awe]]: Lightning bubbles regardless of size (compare giant lightning bubbles in ''Bubble Memories'') used by protagonists will kill enemies but can also stun themselves. Lightning of any size summoned by enemies can simply-kill (''BB Part 2'' NES) or [[X-Ray Sparks|electrocute protagonists]] (''Symphony'').
* [[Shout
** ''Bubble Bobble'' [http://application.denofgeek.com/images/m/lambie/Chack_N_Pop.jpg recreates] [http://www.adamdawes.com/retrogaming/bbguide/images/round29.gif a stage] from an earlier game, ''Chack'n Pop''. It also features the title character on the [[Invincibility Power-Up]] item and in various games including in the Puzzle Bobble games.
** ''Rainbow Islands'' features worlds based on Arkanoid, {{spoiler|Fairyland Story, Darius, and Bubble Bobble itself}}.
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* [[Story Breadcrumbs]]: In the first ''Bubble Bobble'' with Super Drunk's [[Gratuitous English|Gratuitous]] [[Wingdinglish]] messages.
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Bub and Bob in ''Bubble Symphony'' look just like Bub and Bob of ''Rainbow Islands/Parasol Stars'', with a hair color change.
* [[Super
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: The protagonists in ''Rainbow Islands''.
* [[Super Not-Drowning Skills]]: ''Bubble Memories''. See Kill It With Water above.
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