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{{quote|''The motto is "-bee"!'' (''Aikotoba wa -bee!'')|'''Twinbee''''s, and by extension the series' [[Catch Phrase]]}}
 
''Twinbee'' is a long-running [[Shoot 'Em Up]] series by [[Konami]], makers of ''[[Gradius]]''. It's a much more light-hearted top-down entry into the genre, with the main ships being sentient beings with arms and legs and fighting enemies like watermelon slices and ladybugs.
 
Yeah, [[Widget Series|it's a weird game]].
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* [[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.
* [[Card -Carrying Villain]]: Dr. ''Waru''mon
* [[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.
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* [[Cool Ship]]: Twinbee, Winbee, and Gwinbee. They're sentient, and they regularly fight by punching things.
* [[Cute Em Up]]: May be the [[Trope Maker]], along with Sega's [[Fantasy Zone]].
* [[EverythingsEverything's Better With Princesses]]: Princess Melora, who's actually the gentle Queen of Planet Mel (the world of Twinbee), yet is called with the "Princess" title.
* [[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.
* [[Genre Shift]]: ''Rainbow Bell Adventure'' is a side-scrolling platformer, while ''Twinbee RPG'' is [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|an RPG]].
* [[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.
* [[Idol Singer]]: Pastel aims to become one and be the best of them.
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* [[Lethal Chef]]: Madoka, regarding cookies. [[Determinator|She never gives up at trying to make delicious ones]], but each attempt is a failure that either horribly food poisons the unfortunate people who tastes them, or make ovens ''explode''. In any other kind of food than that one however, she's a [[Supreme Chef]].
* [[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.
* [[Names to Know In Anime]]: Several of them.
** [[Hekiru Shiina]]: Voice actor of [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Pastel]].
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** [[Mariko Kouda]]: Voice actor of Madoka, [[Crowning Music of Awesome|as well as the singer of numerous Twinbee songs]].
* [[Obviously Evil]]: Dr. Warumon is a textbook example. He has the [[Beard of Evil|villainous goatee]], the [[High Class Glass|evil monocle]], the [[Ominous Opera Cape]], and the [[Smug Smiler|smug smile]]. And of course, his ultimate goal is to [[Take Over the World|Take Over The Whole Universe]].
* [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]]: Pastel and Light, and their respective ships.
* [[POV Boy Poster Girl]]: Light and Pastel are a non-romantic example.
* [[The Professor]]: Dr. Cinnamon.