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2''Beauty And The Beast'' is a 1982 PlatformGame, developed and published by Creator/{{Imagic}} for Platform/{{Intellivision}}.
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4The player controls Bashful Buford on his quest to save his girlfriend Tiny Mabel from the grip of the evil Horrible Hank who has taken her and scaled the old Mutton Building. Along the way he must avoid birds, rats, and boulders thrown at him by Horrible Hank while watching for the windows to open so he can climb up to the next ledge. Mabel will occasionally throw hearts down to Buford that he can use to make himself invulnerable for a short time.
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6If it isn't clear already, this is [[SimilarlyNamedWorks not based]] on the classic [[Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast fairy tale]], nor its [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Disney adaptation.]]
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8!!This game provides examples of
9* AlliterativeName: Bashful Buford and Horrible Hank.
10* BigBad: Horrible Hank, who has kidnapped Tiny Mabel.
11* CollisionDamage: Bashful Buford receives damage from touching rats or birds.
12* DamselInDistress: Tiny Mabel, trapped within Horrible Hank's grip.
13* EndlessGame: Once you get to the top of the building, Horrible Hank falls off and the game repeats itself.
14* {{Expy}}: Horrible Hank is obviously a human-looking ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong''.
15* InvincibilityPowerUp: Hearts thrown to Buford by Tiny Mabel briefly render him invincible.

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