History VideoGame / BugsBunnyLostInTime

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'''''Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time''''' is a ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' video game for PC and UsefulNotes/PlayStation.

** The Medieval Age features call backs to ''WesternAnimation/RabbitHood'', ''Knighty Knight Bugs'', ''Knight-Mare Hare'', as well as Bugs' shorts involving Witch Hazel, like ''Broomstick Bunny'' and ''A Witch's Tangled Hare''. Robin Hood Daffy also appears, from [[WesternAnimation/RobinHoodDaffy his own cartoon]].

** The level "La Corrida" is clearly a level based on ''WesternAnimation/BullyForBugs''.
** The Dimension X levels are a call back to some shorts like ''Hare Way To The Stars'', one of the levels features Planet X from ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgersInTheTwentyFourthAndAHalfCentury''.

'''''Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time''''' is a ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' video game for PC and PlayStation.

* EternalEngine: "The Carrot Factory" in the 1930s, and probably the most difficult level in the entire game.k

* EternalEngine: "The Carrot Factory" in the 1930s.

* FingerSnapLighter: Bugs does this trick in front of Merlin, who unsucessfully tries to copy it.

* HeliCritter: The "ears action". You can make Bugs' ears [[EverythingIsBetterWithSpinning spin really fast]], so you can land softly on something fragile or explosive without getting hurt. [[{{Downplayed}} But you can't fly.]]

* TimeTravel: As expected from the [[CaptainObvious title]], Bugs travels through Nowhere, the Stone Age, the Medieval Period, the 1930s and Dimension X (presumably the Future), collecting clock symbols to return to the Present.

* YouALLLookFamiliar: Most of the mooks. Applies to pirates, kings, knights, cavemen, security guards, and bird-like aliens.

* TimeTravel: Bugs travels through Nowhere, the Stone Age, the Medieval Period, the 1930s and Dimension X (presumably the Future), collecting clock symbols to return to the Present.

Bugs Bunny, once again taking a wrong turn at Albuquerque, stumbles into a warehouse where he mistakes a time machine for a carrot juice dispenser. He accidentally activates it, putting him in a time era known as Nowhere. There, he meets a sorcerer named Merlin where he is guided to collect clock symbols and golden carrots to go back to the present.

* ACMEProducts: [[TropeNamer The actual ACME products]] appear, as expected on a Looney Tunes-based game. The main example are the ACME Boxes (destroy all of them within a level and you are rewarded with a clock symbol). Other products make appearances too, such as the safes, the vacuum, electric gates, and carrot juice.

* AnvilOnHead: Another unsurprising trope for a Looney Tunes game. Anvil shadows appear occasionally, and stepping on them obviously promps them to fall. Also happens with safes, carrot juice cans or anchors, depending on the level you're in. Although technically an obstacle, sometimes they can be used to reach high objects or to defeat some enemies.

* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Bugs doesn't have any trouble breathing in [[SpaceZone Dimension X]].

** This is {{downplayed}} for clocks and ACME boxes because they're usually well hidden, but some can still be found in pretty convenient locations (even in the Stone Age era despite them technically being man-made)

* BullfightBoss: You get to fight an actual bull in the [[BossOnlyLevel level]] ''La Corrida'' in the 1930s.

* ACrackInTheIce: In [[SlippySlideyIceWorld ''The Carrot-Henge Mystery'']], there are icy platforms in the water that already have cracks, so you have to use the [[HeliCritter "ears action"]] to land on them softly, otherwise [[SuperDrowningSkills you fall in the water and die]]. There are also a few [[RopeBridge ice bridges]].

* DieChairDie: [[CrateExpectations Crates]] tend to hide many items, and so do other objects. Special mention to the [[AcmeProducts ACME boxes]], which ONLY exist to be destroyed by you.
* EternalEngine: ''The Carrot Factory'' in the 1930s.

* ForcedTutorial: Nowhere, the first Era in the game (and the only one with no levels). After completing it, it is no longer accessible, being replaced in the [[WarpWhistle era selecting zone]] by [[spoiler:the Present time]]. It's [[JustifiedTutorial justified]], though, since Nowhere is integrated as part of the plot. It's where Bugs meets Merlin, where the first clock symbol is obtained, and where the {{exposition}} takes place.
* GreatEscape: Implied. There's a level called ''The Greatest Escape'' in the 1930s. Even though there are criminals (Rocky and Mugsy) involved, the level takes place in the hotel they are hiding in instead of a prison.

** There are also parts in Dimension X where the way is blocked by bird-like aliens, and you have to dodge the robots' freezing shots, so that they hit the aliens instead, allowing you to [[LiterallyShatteredLives shatter them]] afterwards.

* IncrediblyObviousBomb: It's not like Rocky, Mugsy or any of the pirates want to waste their precious time disguising any explosives.

* InvisibleWall: Don't even think of jumping inside Merlin's counter in his castles. Although he is a sorcerer, [[FridgeLogic so maybe that's where the walls come from]].

* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Obvious lethal damage will result in only half or very rarely a full "carrot" being deducted from your [[LifeMeter life bar]]. Consequently, touching a cactus, being hit by a snowball or being snapped by a crab does just as much damage as getting shot by a bullet or being smashed by a falling anvil, a huge boulder, or a wrecking ball. Doing those things twice equals falling into a lava pit or receiving a 30,000 volt discharge.

** ''Hey... What's Up, Dock?''
** ''Mine or Mine?''
** ''Guess Who Needs a Kick Start''
** ''"Witch" Way to Albuquerque?''
** ''Magic Hare Blower''

** ''Wabbit or Duck Season?''
** ''Hey... What's Up, Dock?''
** ''What's Cookin', Doc?''
** ''"Witch" Way to Albuquerque?''
** ''Mine or Mine?''
* RemixedLevel: In the Stone Age era, ''Magic Hare Blower'' is a remake of ''Wabbit on the Run'', with a few different items, enemies, and some previously unreachable areas becoming accessible, as well as occuring at nighttime instead of daytime.

** Some of the crabs in ''Follow the Red Pirate Road''.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: ''The Carrot-Henge Mystery'' and ''Downhill Duck'', both from the Medieval Period.

* SpaceIsNoisy: Sounds work the same way in Dimension X too. Robots, rockets, electrical devices, etc. Bugs, Merlin and Marvin have no problem speaking in space.
* SpaceZone: Dimension X, as mentioned above.

* TimeBomb: [[IncrediblyObviousBomb Literally.]]

* TheUnfought: {{Downplayed}} with Witch Hazel, who seems to be the BigBad of the Medieval Period, but she is never fought as an actual boss. You simply deal with her by just dropping a bridge on her or [[AnvilOnHead tricking her into letting an anvil fall on her]]. Instead, you get to fight two kings as bosses, even though they are just a PaletteSwap of the other kings that appear as mooks.

* XMakesAnythingCool: Dimension X and almost all of its levels (''The Planet X File!'', ''Vort "X" Room'', ''The Conquest of Planet X!''). Only averted for ''[[OddNameOut Train Your Brain!]]''.

* AnvilOnHead: Another unsurprising trope for a Looney Tunes game. Anvil shadows appear occasionally, and stepping on them obviously promps them to fall (also happens with safes in the 1930s). They can be used to reach high platforms or to help you defeat certain enemies.

* BlockPuzzle: There are several puzzles through the game that involves pushing blocks around and/or stacking them on top of each other. They might take some time to complete because Bugs gets signficantly slowed down when he's pushing or carrying heavy items. These puzzles usually involve crates, stones or safes, depending on the era you're in.

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Done with chest in the Pirate Years. Orange chests have regular carrots, gray and yellow chests have golden carrots, and blue chests have clocks.

* CoolGate: The rabbit holes you use to either enter or exit levels, which have swirling spiral clouds coming out of them. Sometimes the hole is replaced by a trash can, a sewer entrance, a teleporting machine, or even an actual gate.

* CreditsGag: "No special thanks to: the chicken place up the street for not delivering free of charge".

* DarkIsNotEvil: Merlin seems like a creepy and evil-looking sorcerer, but he willingly helps Bugs to return to Present time, even teaching him some magic spells in the way.

* EvilLaugh: All of the era bosses except for Marvin and Rocky.

* IdleAnimation: Standing still prompts Bugs to scratch his head, eat an unlimited amount of carrots, and go into what appears to be a "thinking position". If he's holding a small item, like a pearl or an apple, he will play with while stepping his left foot. Averted for when he's climbing a pole/chain.

* LifeMeter: Bugs' life bar consists of three carrots. Most of the enemies/obstacles take away only half of a carrot, but some take a full one. Eating regular carrots restore your energy.

* LoadingScreen: There's one for each era and level.

* MrExposition: Merlin.

** Question marks or exclamation marks appear when the game want you to notice something. Pressing the "action" button will either display a message, make you interact with a character, or activate a device.

** When an item (such as key, a golden carrot or a clock) is floating so high that you can't see it, a small shadow will appear on the ground. Also done to falling anvils and safes.

* TimeTravel

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Bugs' carrots appear in this came as {{Heart Container}}s.

* BlockPuzzle: There are several puzzles through the game that involves pushing blocks around and/or stacking them on top of each other. They might take some time to complete because Bugs gets signficantly slowed down when he's pushing or carrying heavy items. These puzzles usually involves crates, stones or safes, depending on the era you're in.

** There is a level in the Pirate Years that is technically unlocked early in the game with only 11 clocks, but it's still inaccessible because the skull and crossbones is blocking the way. [[spoiler:To acess it, you have to obtain the super jump spell first in order to reach wheel that lowers the skull and crossbones' mouth, allowing you to enter it. That spell is learned first level in the Medieval Period, which is only accessible after 30 clocks]].
* BullfightBoss: You get to fight an actual bull in a bonus the bonus [[BossOnlyLevel level]] ''La Corrida'' in the 1930s.

* EvilLaugh: Pretty much every Era boss except for Marvin and Rocky.

* HardLevelsEasyBosses: The levels might be a bit hard, especially if you're striving for a HundredPercentCompletion, but most of the bosses are really easy to beat, especially when the cutscenes show you how to beat them.

** Almost all mooks drop carrots when you beat them: cavemen, knights, crabs, and even spiders. Even bosses like Sam and Rocky may drop carrots even if you just hurt them.

* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Obvious lethal damage will result in only half or very rarely a full "carrot" being deducted from you life bar (see LifeMeter above). So touching a cactus, being hit by a snowball or being snapped by a crab does just as much damage as being shot by a bullet, or smashed by a falling anvil, a huge boulder, or a wrecking ball. Doing those things twice equals falling into a lava pit or receiving a 30,000 volt discharge.

* QuestioningTitle: This is how many levels are named. (For some reason most of them coincide with the above trope.)

** ''"Witch Way to Albuquerque?''

* SpaceIsNoisy: Sounds work the same way in Dimension X too. Robots, rockets, electrical devices, etc. And of course: Bugs, Merlin and Marvin have no problem speaking in space.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Guess what Bugs eats to restore his HP?

* TheUnfought: {{Downplayed}} with Witch Hazel, who seems to be the BigBad of the Medieval Period, but she is never really fought as an actual boss. You simply deal with her by just dropping a bridge on her or [[AnvilOnHead tricking her into letting an anvil fall on her]]. Instead, you get to fight two kings as bosses, even though they are just a PaletteSwap of the other kings that appear as mooks.

* YouALLLookFamiliar: Most of the mooks. Applies to pirates, kings, knights, cavemen, security guards, and even bird-like aliens.

* ACMEProducts: [[TropeNamer The actual ACME products]] appear, as expected on a Looney Tunes-based game. The main example are the ACME Boxes (destroy all of them within a level and you are rewarded with a clock symbol). Other products make appearances too.

* AnvilOnHead: Another unsurprising trope for a Looney Tunes game. Anvil shadows appear occasionally, and stepping on them obviously promps them to fall (also happens with safes in the 1930s). You can be used to reach high platforms or to defeat certain enemies.

** ''Guess Who Needs a Kick Start?''

* ShinySense: Sometimes used to indicate that there's a hidden item.

* CaptainObvious: In the level selecting area of the Pirate Years, there is a sign that states your are zero kilometers away from "here".

* ACrackInTheIce: In [[SlippySlideyIceWorld ''The Carrot-Henge Mystery'']], there are icy platforms in the water that already have cracks, so you have to use the [[HeliCritter "ears action"]] to land on them softly, otherwise [[SuperDrowningSkills you fall in the water and die]]. There are also a few [[RopeBridge ice bridges]].

* ConvectionSchmonvection: If Bugs falls into lava, he will only lose two of his six hit points, while performing a huge leap in the process. [[LavaSurfing Sometimes, this can even be used as a shortcut to obtain items without having to go through moving platforms.]] Falling into water is an instant death, though.

* InexplicableTreasureChests: Very common in the Pirate Years and the Medieval Period.

* ShinySense: Sometimes used to indicate that there's a hidden item there.

* TimeBomb: [[IncrediblyObviousBomb Literally.]]
* TimeTravel

** Merlin is an avid user of this technique, as are the "apprentices" in Nowhere. This happens to some items too

* AnvilOnHead: As expected on a Looney Tunes-based game. Anvil shadows appear occasionally, and stepping on them obviously promps them to fall (also happens with safes in the 1930s Era). This can be used to reach high platforms or to defeat certain enemies.

* BlatantItemPlacement: Carrots are everywhere, either planted (even inside buldings or in space!) or just casually floating around. While not as ubiquitous, golden carrots can also be found floating in places for no apparent reason. This is {{downplayed}} for clocks and ACME boxes because they're usually well hidden, but some can still be found in pretty convenient locations (even in the Stone Age era despite them technically being man-made). You can also find time bombs sitting around in the middle of a bank, or explosive barrels conveniently placed close to a torch so you can explode an enemy or a treasure chest (which are usually already pretty close to a barrel).

* BullfightBoss: It's a bonus [[BossOnlyLevel level]] in the 1930s.

** There are also parts in Dimension X where the way is blocked by bird-like aliens, and you have to dodge the robots' freezing shots so in a way that they hit the aliens instead, allowing you to shatter them afterwards.
* HundredPercentCompletion: [[spoiler:If you beat the game leaving behind any clocks or golden carrots, you get a credits scene that depicts Nowhere. If you do get collect all of them, though, the credits scene shows Pismo Beach.]]

* ImpossibleItemDrop: Somehow spiders from the 1930s give away carrots if you squash them. Crabs, small knights and small cavemen also drop carrots if you kick them away. Also, pirates will often drop huge ship's wheels after they are knocked out (although there is a cutscene that shows a pirate picking up a wheel, and it literally shrinks in his hand).

* {{Pun}}: How some of the levels are titled. Examples include ''Hey... What's Up, Dock?'', ''Mine or Mine?'', ''Guess Who Needs a Kick Start?'', ''"Witch" Way to Albuquerque?'', and ''Magic Hare Blower''.

* TimedPowerup: You can only use torches or hammers for a limited amount of time.

* XMakesAnythingCool: Dimension X and almost all of its levels (''The Planet X File!'', ''Vort "X" Room'', ''The Conquest of Planet X!''). Only averted for [[OddNameOut ''Train Your Brain!'']].

* BlatantItemPlacement: Carrots are everywhere, either planted (even inside buldings or in space!) or just casually floating around. While not as ubiquitous, golden carrots, clocks, ACME boxes are also common items, even in the Stone Age era despite some of them being man-made. You can also find time bombs sitting around in the middle of a bank, or explosive barrels conviniently placed close to a torch so you can explode an enemy or a treasure chest (usually already close to a barrel).
* BlockPuzzle: There are several puzzles through the game that involves pushing blocks around and/or stacking them on top of each other. They might take a long time to complete because Bugs' movements become annoyingly slow when he's pushing or carrying heavy items. Usually involves crates, with stones and safes being common substitutes.
* BossOnlyLevel: There are a few of these. Usually there's only one clock in them.

* CartoonBomb: The pirates love these, as do Rocky and Mugsy in the 1930s.
* CaptainObvious: In the level selecting area of the Pirate Years, there is a sign that states your are 0km away from "here".

* HelpfulMook: '''Merlin:''' "Bounce on some enemies to reach inaccessible objects or ground!".
** There is also a part in Planet X where the way is blocked by two bird-like aliens, and you have to [[spoiler:dodge the robot's freezing shots so that they hit the aliens, allowing you to shatter them afterwards by kicking or rolling]].

* IdleAnimation: Standing still prompts Bugs to scratch his head, eat an unlimited amount of carrots, and go into what appears to be a "thinking position".

* LifeMeter: Bugs' life bar consists of three carrots. Most of the enemies/obstacles take away only half of a carrot, but some take a full one.
* MechaMooks: The robots in Planet X (at one point, however, you can actually control one of those robots yourself and play it through an isolated area in the level against other robots and mechanical devices).

* PortalNetwork: This is how levels in Planet X work. To some extent, the entire game can be seen as this.

* TheUnfought: Donwplayed with Witch Hazel, who is technically the BigBad of the Medieval Era, but she is never actually fought as a regular boss. You simply deal with her by just dropping a bridge on her or [[AnvilOnHead tricking her into letting an anvil fall on her]]. Instead, you get to fight two kings as bosses, even though they are just a PaletteSwap of the other kings that appear as mooks.

* BossOnlyLevel

* BullfightBoss

* FingerSnapLighter
* ForcedTutorial: Nowhere, the first Era in the game (and the only one with no levels). After completing it, it is is no longer accessible, being replaced in the [[WarpWhistle era selecting zone]] by [[spoiler:the Present time]]. It's [[JustifiedTutorial justified]], though, since Nowhere is integrated as part of the plot. It's where Bugs meets Merlin, where the first clock symbol is obtained, and where the {{exposition}} takes place.

* ImpossibleItemDrop: Somehow spiders from the 1930s give away carrots if you squash them. Also, pirates will often drop huge ship's wheels after they are knocked out (although there is a cutscene that shows a pirate picking up a wheel, and it literally shrinks in his hand).

* TimeBomb: Activated by throwing, kicking, jumping or rolling.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist

Bugs Bunny, once again taking a wrong turn at Albuquerque, stumble into a warehouse where he mistook a time machine for a carrot juice dispense. He accidentally activated it, putting him to a timeline known as Nowhere. There, he meets a sorcerer named Merlin where he is guided to collect clock symbols and golden carrots to go back to the present.

Bugs Bunny, once again taking a wrong turn at Albuquerque, stumble into a warehouse where he mistook a time machine for a carrot juicer. He accidentally activated it, putting him to a timeline known as Nowhere. There, he meets a sorcerer named Merlin where he is guided to collect clock symbols and golden carrots to go back to the present.