History VideoGame / BugsBunnyAndTazTimeBusters

The story begins when Daffy Duck, working as an exterminator, pays a visit to Granny, and accidentally breaks her massive time machine, the Time Regulator. He and its stabilizing crown jewel, the Time Gem, are sent into the distant past, leaving the machine unstable and scattering denizens of the various eras of history across time. Bugs is strong-armed by Granny into retrieving not only Daffy and the Time Gem, but also the countless gears scattered throughout history. He's not alone, however. Granny [[SarcasmMode helpfully]] sends along her precious pet Taz to aid Bugs in his quest. What could possibly go wrong?

* ArabianNightsDays: The Arabian Era has genies, belly dancers, deserts, lamps, you name it. Largely due to the era baing themed stylistically on Ali Baba Bunny and A-Lad-In His Lamp.

* ElephantsAreScaredOfMice: Taz has to save a druid trapped under an elephant by getting a mouse to scare the elephant. It gets into BlackComedy territory as while the druid does give a prize gear after the elephant is sent flying upward upon being scared by the mouse, [[RealityEnsues the elephant returns from the sky seconds later to crush him again]], seemingly killing him this time!

* RealityEnsues: As noted above, unlike in most Looney Tunes related media, this game averts the classic cartoon HarmlessFreezing that is typical of such a franchise. When Gashouse's ice block is shattered, he does not leap out of the water complaining about the cold like you would expect in a Looney Tunes game, his dead body floats away and sinks.

* Egopolis: The Aztec Era is littered with imagery based on Yosemite Sam's face.

* EliteMook: In addition to the small runts of minions who appear in each realm, there are hulking bruisers of enemies that can only be stunned instead of killed. Special mention goes to the [=MonStars=] in Ghost Town, and Babba’s royal guards who use whips.

* CashGate: Used throughout the game. Each era after the Aztec Era requires a certain mumber of gears to get access to. Which means getting nearly every gear in the preceding era in order to proceed with the game.

* ArabianNightsDays: The Arabian Era has genies, belly dancers, deserts, lamps, you name it.

* VideoGameSettings:
** JungleJapes: The Baboon Realm in the Aztec Era, and to a lesser extent the mini-game level with the chimps.
** BigBoosHaunt: The entirety of the Transylvanian Era, and especially Ghost Town and Count Bloodcount's Castle.
** FirstTown: Granwich, the tutorial level of the game. Each Era's hub level could also qualify (Golden City, Shore Village, Sunset Alleys, and Ghost Town).
** ShiftingSandLand: The Arabian Era.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Than it’s predecessor. ''Lost In Time'' was mostly a fun adventure for Bugs as he traveled through time trying to make his way back home, with lots of zany recreations of classic ''Looney Tunes'' shorts. ''Time Busters'' has more of a serialized plot in which Bugs and Taz must repair damage done to all of history before things get even worse, and this specifically entails fighting local villains as opposed to simply running afoul of them like in ''Lost In Time''. The game also gets progressively darker in tone, as the Transylvanian Era in particular is basically made out of nightmare fuel, and the final boss, Count Bloodcount, is unquestionably a KnightOfCerebus who is treated as a serious threat by Bugs and Taz. The final portion of the game even mostly drops the mini-games in favor of focusing almost entirely on collecting the Boss Tokens so you can confront Count Bloodcount. The soundtrack is also more grand in scale, and the game has more quiet, subtle sections in which NothingIsScarier comes into play (''especially'' in Count’s Castle).

* AdaptionNameChange: Babba Chop was originally named Hassan in WesternAnimation/AliBabaBunny.

* EekAMouse: Taz has to save a druid trapped under an elephant by getting a mouse to scare the elephant. It gets into BlackComedy territory as while the druid does give a prize gear after the elephant is sent flying upward upon being scared by the mouse, [[RealityEnsues the elephant returns from the sky seconds later to crush him again]], seemingly killing him this time!

* AlwaysNight: The Moon Valley and Elmer's Domain in the Viking Era; and the entirety of the Transylvanian Era [[spoiler: (subverted in one segment when Bugs and Taz have to turn it from the peaceful day to the scary night)]].

* ExitPursuedByABear: In the Bad Ending, this is Daffy’s fate as [[spoiler: he’s caught and killed and drained by Count Bloodcount. He’s saved at the last minute in the 100% ending, though.]]

* TheDreaded: Literally almost ''moments'' after the Time Regulator goes kaput and characters from different eras are flung haphazardly into Granwich, Taz immediately earns this status when we see the various characters running for their lives.

* MisplacedWildlife: It’s odd to see Gruesome '''Gorilla''' as the ruler of the '''Baboon''' Realm in the '''Aztec''' Era.

* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Bugs and Taz can stay underwater as long as possible.

* EekAMouse: Taz has to save a druid trapped under an elephant by getting a mouse to scare the elephant.

** Count Bloodcount, who's out to ''drain the heroes'' blood, and is the lord of the much bleaker and scarier Transylvanian era. In the event that you end the game without 100%, he more than likely [[spoiler:messily kills and eats Daffy]], and his boss battle isn't as funny as the previous ones. Bugs outright calls him “creepy”, and both he and Taz immediately try to flee from him once they encounter him, in stark contrast to their bemused attitudes towards their past foes. Daffy also doesn’t even try to antagonize or outwit him.

* MisplacedWildlife: Downplayed, But it’s odd to see Gruesome '''Gorilla''' as the ruler of the '''Baboon''' Realm.