Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time
Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time is a Looney Tunes video game for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation, released in 1999. Aditionally, a sequel, Bugs Bunny and Taz: Time Busters was made for the same consoles.
Plot
The game stars popular cartoon character Bugs Bunny who finds and activates a time machine after taking a wrong turn at Albuquerque. He ends up in Nowhere, home of a sorcerer named Merlin Munroe ("Moyle" to Bugs, or "Merl" but in Bugs accent). Merlin then informs Bugs that he is lost in time and that he must travel through five different eras of time (spanning 21 levels in total) in order to collect clock symbols and golden carrots that will allow him to return to the present.
Characters
- Bugs Bunny - The main character of the game. He is a rabbit who outwits his enemies on his quest to return to the present.
- Merlin Munroe - A sorcerer who tells Bugs useful information to get back to the present. His name as a pun on Marilyn Monroe.
- Elmer Fudd - A caveman who hunts "wabbits." He is the antagonist of the Stone Age Era.
- Daffy Duck - Bugs' rival who is hunted by Elmer Fudd in the Stone Age and appears with his 'Robin Duck' persona in the Medieval Period.
- Witch Hazel - A witch who wants Bugs for her rabbit stew. She lives in the Forgotten Woods and appears in the Medieval Period.
- Yosemite Sam - Appears as the captain of a pirate ship who Bugs battles on Treasure Island in the Pirate Years.
- Rocky and Mugsy - Thugs who rob banks in the 1930s.
- Toro the Bull - A Spanish bull who is outsmarted by Bugs in a bullfight in the 1930s.
- Marvin the Martian - A martian who tests his latest weapon on Bugs Bunny. He appears in Dimension X.
- Instant Martians - Martians who start out as pills will turn into martians when water is added. They appear as obstacles in Dimension X.
- Blacque Jacque Shellacque - Appears as a common enemy in the Pirate Years (where his Bonanza Bunny appearance is used) and the 1930s.
- Beaky Buzzard - A sleepy buzzard who helps Bugs reach a high place when he is played a groovy tune. He appears in the Royal Square in the Medieval Period.
Nowhere
The first level that teaches the player how to play the game. It is unknown what period of time this place is set in. This is also where Bugs Bunny first meets Merlin Munroe. Players will receive one clock for the completion of this level.
Stone Age
The leader of this era is Elmer Fudd.
| Level names |
Prerequisites |
| Wabbit on the Run |
1 clock |
| Guess Who Needs a Kick Start |
3 clocks |
| Wabbit or Duck Season |
50 golden carrots |
| Magic Hare Blower |
80 clocks |
Pirate Years
The leader of this era is Yosemite Sam.
| Level names |
Prerequisites |
| Hey... What's Up Dock? |
5 clocks |
| Follow the Red Pirate Road |
11 clocks |
| When Sam Met Bunny |
35 clocks |
| Mine or Mine? |
100 clocks |
The 1930s
The leaders of this era are Rocky & Mugsy.
| Level names |
Prerequisites |
| The Big Bank Withdrawal |
15 clocks |
| The Greatest Escape |
25 clocks |
| Objects in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear! |
50 clocks |
| La Corrida |
150 golden carrots |
| The Carrot Factory |
90 clocks |
The Medieval Period
This is the only era where Bugs can acquire magical abilities. These abilities help the player clear various obstacles in other levels.
The leader of this era is Witch Hazel
| Level names |
Prerequisites |
Magics |
| What's Cookin' Doc? |
30 clocks |
Super jump |
| Witch Way to Albuquerque? |
65 clocks |
Music ability |
| Downhill Duck |
250 golden carrots |
none |
| The Carrot-Henge Mystery |
73 clocks |
Hovering ability, Open Sesame |
The Dimension X
The leader of this era is Marvin the Martian
| Level names |
Prerequisites |
| The Planet X File |
40 clocks |
| Vort X Room |
60 clocks |
| The Conquest for the Planet X |
70 clocks |
| Train Your Brain (a.k.a. The Space Speedway) |
117 clocks |
Present
You have to collect 120 out of 124 clocks in order to finish this game.
Voice cast
References to other Looney Tunes media
- Knight-mare Hare serves as the basis of the game's plot. The intro and ending videos borrow many gags from the short.
- The Stone Age era is inspired by Pre-Hysterical Hare. Additionally, Elmer Fudd appears with his caveman persona from that short.
- Wabbit or Duck Season? is a homage to Rabbit Fire.
- Yosemite Sam appears with his pirate persona from Captain Hareblower. When Sam Met Bunny is a homage to this short.
- The common pirate enemy is based on Blacque Jacque Shellacque as he appeared in Bonanza Bunny.
- La Corrida is a homage to Bully for Bugs.
- One of Hubie and Bertie appear in The Carrot Factory.
- In Objects in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear there is a place called 'TAZ BAR' referencing the Tasmanian Devil, and the real Taz who would go on to appear in the game's sequel as Bugs' sidekick.
- The royal castle part of What's Cookin, Doc? is inspired by Rabbit Hood.
- Daffy Duck appears in the Medieval Period with his 'Robin Duck' persona from Robin Hood Daffy.
- The sneezing dragons are based on the one from Knighty Knight Bugs.
- The opening cutscene of Witch Way to Albuquerque? is inspired by A Witch's Tangled Hare.
- The Dimension X era & 3 of its levels are inspired by Hare-way to the Stars.
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