Bubsy

I love Bubsy the Bobcat. He's so cute and funny. His video game was loads of fun and I thought he had major potential to be a big star (and maybe still). Plus I loved his T-Shirt with the big red exclamation mark!

This TV pilot however was far too-dated for 1993 and didn't think ahead. The animation, music and characters were very late-80s in design and story line was too whacked-out with no internal logic. And while I love Bubsy's trademark 'What Can Possibly Go Wrong?' line it is used far too many times in this 30-minute episode.

It would have been nice to see at least one or two seasons of Bubsy but all we're stuck with for now is this ancient pilot that's practically impossible to track down.

When I started playing those Bubsy games, I already liked the character in an embracing way. And since then, I been having interests into just about any media that centers on the character.

I wonder why a number of viewers find this cartoon unfavorable? I wonder if all that disdain to Bubsy is based on the negative reception received by the character's first and only 3D video game? Whatever the reason, people should treat each media individually.

Some viewers say the rhythm of the show is loud or too upbeat. Well I have no problem with that. In fact that rhythm was something popularize in cartoons from the 1940s and 1950s.

As to what I appreciate in this one, the action and gags are adequate, and pretty standard for its time. Those action include aggressive excitement and exaggerated passion which is best suited for younger audiences.

The only flaw perhaps is the way Bubsy says his catchphrase maybe a bit to repetitive. Viewers don't need to be annoyed because one the characters in the show feels the same way.

I know that pilots are often unpolished and not quite what the series may be like on average, but could this get any more infuriating? I mean, I don't hate Bubsy by a long stretch, and this pilot does genuinely have some good things going for it. For what I've seen, it looks like it could have been a mixture of Heathcliff and The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat, both really surreal yet entertaining shows.

But this. This. THIS. Gah. Rob Paulsen and the cast give it their all, but the plotting's atrocious, the animation's just plain ugly (look at Bubsy on the thumbnail, just look at him!!) and the humour is just not there (outside of idiotic and unfunny jokes). What really grinds my gears is that they had the opportunity to give the disliked character a personality overhaul that might have made him more marketable, but they chose to make him even more unlikable.

If someone were to remake this into a serviceable pilot, I wouldn't complain, provided that they fix these problems and mix some originality into it.

Definitely needs 20 more seasons! Bubsy's Animated pilot is insufferable like the game series, Accolade thought they could be the pinnacle of the platformer genre in the Sonic bandwagon if being the coolest mascot by the insane amount of marketing, and they failed miserably. The characters are cliche and annoying, its formulaic and the comedy/charm is pathetically wrong since it's full of unfunny humor & tries to use cutaway gags & slapstick but was executed so desperately for comedic entertainment. This was aired by the time when the Battletoads pilot was aired in Thanksgiving 1993, its twice the pain for video game cartoons since Sonic was the only successful mascot with his 2 cartoons at the same time.

The best parts about this is the catchy 90s styled instrumental theme song, Arnold is a relatable and likable character, Bozwell wanting to cook the brats & Bubsy and his obnoxious friends which could've been the best ending for this trainwreck, the joke that made sense like Arnold's quote at the start of this pilot: "No! Bubsy, worse than a truck". Which is what ya'll should take from this.

I get it. This show comes from hell, just like TTG does. But this show IS TTG. THIS. And why are there fart jokes and cat puns in the show anyway? It just makes no sense. At least it isn't, but it's somewhat inspired from this creature of a show. Not really surprised.