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{{quote|''The motto is "-bee"!'' (''Aikotoba wa -bee!'')|'''Twinbee''''s, and by extension the series' [[Catch Phrase]]}}

 

 

Yeah, [[Widget Series|it's a weird game]].

In its original format, only one of the games managed to be released in North America - ''Moero Twinbee: Cinamon Hakasei wo Sukue'' became ''Stinger'' upon translation. Unfortunately, that one is widely considered to be the weakest in the series, which resulted in [[No Export for You|none of the games getting exported for a long time]]. Much to the United States' detriment, of course, as later games managed to make some great improvements to the basic setup (including a [[Life Meter]] and a plot).

 

 

Here's a list of games in the series.

 

 

 

* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The Drama CD version and the anime that resulted from it are generally well-received.

* [[Affably Evil]]: Dr. Warumon. He's practically an [[Expy]] of [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Dr. Eggman]].

* [[Brainy Baby]]: Mint. He's not able to speak with anything other than blabbles yet though, so his ship Gwinbee has to translate for the other characters the useful advices and comments he gives.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Madoka, oh so much. Her grandfather Dr. Mardock counts too, but is a milder case.

* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: The bells and which power-up they grant.

* [[Combination Attack]]: In two-player mode, there are two different ones - one if the players line up horizontally, and one if they line up vertically.

* [[Cute'Em Up]]: May be the [[Trope Maker]], along with Sega's [[Fantasy Zone]].

* [[Everything Trying to Kill You]]: We're not kidding about the deadly watermelons.

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: [[Big Bad|Dr. Warumon]] is this to Dr. Cinnamon (Warumon being a portmanteau of ''warui'' and "cinnamon").

* [[Freaky Friday Flip]]: Happens to Pastel and an alley cat in one episode of the anime. It even happens to Light and Twinbee in the same episode.

* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]: Present in ''RPG'', since the protagonist is supposed to be the player.

* [[The Hero]]: Light usually fills this spot. In ''RPG'', the player takes this role.

* [[Mad Scientist]]: Dr. Warumon for the evil version, Dr. Mardock for the heroic yet [[Cloudcuckoolander]] version.

* [[Market-Based Title]]: This series gets renamed regularly - the second game was released in America as ''Stinger'', while Europe received ''Twinbee Da!!'' and ''Rainbow Bell Adventure'' under the ''Pop'n Twinbee'' moniker (since the SNES version was the first game in the series released there). However, with the PSP collection and the recent [[Wii|Virtual Console]] release using the ''Twinbee'' name, this may be at an end.

** [[Hekiru Shiina]]: Voice actor of [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Pastel]].

** [[Jouji Yanami]]: Voice actor of [[Cloudcuckoolander|Dr. Mardock]].

* [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]]: Pastel and Light, and their respective ships.

* [[POV Boy, Poster Girl]]: Light and Pastel are a non-romantic example.

* [[Ret Canon]]: Much of the series' story was fleshed out in the ''Twinbee Paradise'' radio drama and then brought back to the game. For example, the pilots of Twinbee and Winbee were originally nameless and were given the names Light and Pastel in the radio drama.

* [[Scenery Porn]]: The first three games did have little dull scrolling backgrounds, but starting from ''Detana!! Twinbee'', the lands or the skies you fly over are extremely detailed and beatiful, constantly changing as you go on.

** The first level of ''Detana!! Twinbee'' really feels like flying over a small, but very wonderful land. You start flying above the forest, and then arrive into a small town: soon you're flying in mountain scapes which have train tracks on them, then you arrive into a large construction site... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59Ce7ntAmy4 Just see it for yourself.]

* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]: Winbee, the female ship, has a cockpit in the shape of a heart (though it also goes into the theme design of the ships).

* [[Widget Series]]: You get the hint very early on, as you punch windmills and shoot at flying strawberries.

 

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