The presence of Bubsy’s understudy (Wabsy, from here on out) allowed Bubsy to continue transitioning and leave the ports and promos to the understudy. The encounter didn’t go as Bubsy had envisioned.Īs you can see, Bubsy’s recountings of these inital encounters grow a bit in the retellings.Įither way, this disillusionment and re-evaluation of his ideals was what prompted Bubsy to come to the decision to actually start transitioning.ĭid you meet any resistance or disgust when you changed? Did anyone close to you take it badly? It always seems like the people closest to you take change in the worst ways…I mean, all I did was come out of the closet after 14 years.ġ995 - Bubsy II for the Nintendo Gameboy & Super Bubsy for the Personal Computer This presented an opportunity for Bubsy to meet his idol, Sonic the Hedgehog, for the very first time.
Somewhat accidentally, this mirrors Mario, Luigi, and Wario.ġ995 - Telstar Double Value Games: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 / Bubsy for the Sega Genesisġ995 saw a series of ports, remakes, and promos, which kicked off with a two-pack by Telstar. This understudy wears a yellow ! shirt, whereas Bubsy has a red !, and Bubsy’s brother a green !. While Bubsy II was in development, an understudy was brought in to produce a side-game for Atari, featuring “Bubsy” encountering twisted takes on fairy tale characters. Like the previous game, it was okay, but had potential, and the fans tentatively gave it a pass.ġ994, December - Bubsy in: Fractured Furry Tales for the Atari Jaguar
Bubsy, his nephlings, and Arnold happen upon this and set off to put a stop to it (or so the story goes). Everything about the first game was thrown out the window, and a new villain was introduced, and evil pig boar that is ripping up history (using one of Virgil’s inventions) for use in his new amusement park. The studio however, remained optimistic, and moved forward with production of their next title.ġ994, October - Bubsy II for SNES/Genesisīubsy II was handed off to a man who literally had an effigy of Bubsy in his office that he suffered unmentionables upon.
Oblivia, living up to her name, spent the whole time flirting with Bubsy.Īfter the screening of the pilot, the series was canned.
On Thanksgiving of the following year, the pilot for a Saturday Morning Cartoon Serial was released, starring Bubsy, his nephlings (I'mma keep using this word, I like it better), and some of his “friends”, including nerdy scientist Virgil Reality, Bubsy’s new ‘sidekick’ Arnold, ditzy bombshell Oblivia, and others.ĭuring production, Bubsy started flirting with Virgil, sowing the seeds for his eventual transition. Well enough for the series to continue, at the very least.ġ993, November - Bubsy in What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (a television cartoon pilot) Bubsy’s brother wanders in and participates on accident. They somehow get in touch with the Woolies of Planet Rayon and con them into participating in this docudrama adventure. In early 1993, Accolade, wanting to break into the game mascot wars, promotes company janitor Bubsy Bobcat to be the star of their new game. I’m new to Tumblr posting, so we’ll see if I’ve actually managed to do this correctly, yeh?ġ993, May - Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind, for SNES/Genesis Baby".So since I’m just so engrossed in all this, I’ve taken it upon myself to do a big mega-timeline post, which incorporates the Bubsy stuff, as seen in the blog, Conker’s sordid history, which is fairly straightforward, and the Space Funeral series leading up to the point where Bubsy (& Conker) enter into it. Vinny discovers that Lamb Chop is considered the most attractive female with Princess Peach dead last, despite being the most normal-looking. Groose confesses his love for Lamb Chop on the beach and succeeds in asking her out. Vinny then takes some photos of the islanders and forces Tingle to be a baseball player rather than being a fairy. Clown raises his hands for all except the last question. Later Vinny plays Quirky Questions, where in the first round he has all of the questions about "clownjobs". Lamb Chop reports the news about the new trend of painting stones on fingernails. Vinny decides to give many of his residents catchphrases to say.
Ralph dreams about living in a high class society. Vinny checks up on the dreams of the residents, including Groose who dreams about a giant Vinny outside his window, but he seems unfazed.