Video Game / Jumping Flash!

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Jumping Flash! is a series of games for the PlayStation and PocketStation. It follows the adventures of Robbit as he fights various villains with essentially the same plan: steal chunks of planets for their personal use.

The gameplay of the Jumping Flash! series is a First-Person Shooter that focuses on jumping physics...or maybe it's a Platform Game in a first-person perspective. Either way, you control a robotic space rabbit sent by Universal City Hall to return stolen pieces of planets by collecting all the (carrot shaped) jetpods in each level so that they can fly back to the planet. The sequel keeps this formula the same, but swaps out jetpods with the MuuMuus, the adorable henchmen of Baron Aloha. You start out armed with a simple laser gun, but you can pick up other cool toys that'll really blow away your enemies, like Cherry Bombs or Roman Candles. Also, a big part of the gameplay is utilizing Robbit's rather outstanding jumping capabilities, which allow him to triple jump (which tilts the camera downward so you can see his shadow and plan his landings).

The first game in the series, Jumping Flash!, was released in 1995 on the PlayStation. It chronicles Robbit's mission to take back chunks of a planet from the clutches of elderly scientist Baron Aloha, who is using them to create a personal resort for himself. A sequel on the same system came out in 1996, named Jumping Flash! 2: Big Trouble in Little Muu. Here, the roles have been reversed; Aloha's hideout planet, Little Muu, is under attack from the enormous and effeminate Captain Kabuki, who is plucking away pieces of Little Muu to add to his collection of bottled worlds (and by extension trapping the Baron's MuuMuu henchmen). Robbit must once again leap into action to save the MuuMuus and Little Muu itself from Kabuki's chaos.

1999 saw the release of two more games in the series: Pocket MuuMuu and Robbit Mon Dieu. Pocket MuuMuu is essentially a Minigame Game, where you can play minigames or virtual tools (either through the PocketStation or the hub) and earn currency called Mu, which can be used to buy more games/tools as well as attractions to add to a theme park that you can explore. Robbit Mon Dieu is more in the style of the first two Jumping Flash! games; here, the player takes on the role of a new recruit at the Universal City Service, who is piloting a yellow Robbit unit and taking on help requests sent by the residents of planet Hanauma, which is revealed to be the planet that was under Aloha's attack in the first game. The game has a non-linear mission-based format, where the player can pick and choose what requests to fulfill, which in turn opens up more missions. The assignments given to the player range from collecting a set amount of items, to completing obstacle courses (framed here as the player undergoing Robbit-piloting training), and fighting the occasional boss monster. It's currently the last game in the series.

The Jumping Flash! series, while currently dormant, has seen digital re-releases through the PlayStation online storefront, with the most recent being the first game making its way to the PlayStation 5. Robbit has also made reoccurring appearances in the PlayStation Stars loyalty program's series of digital collectibles, along with other characters like Baron Aloha and Captain Kabuki, and has made several cameo appearances in the Astro Bot series.

Jumping Flash! provides examples of:

• 1-Up: Little cards with Robbit on them.
• Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: Kaeru-san and its kin (Kaeru no Prince, Kaeru no Uncle, etc.) are cartoonish frogs who wear hats that match with their names (e.g., Kaeru no Prince wears a crown).
• Achievement System: One of the new features included in JF!2 is a set of 12 performance medals, with the objectives for each running the gamut from simply beating a level to killing every type of enemy. Their inclusion here counts as one of the earlier attempts at such a system prior to the concept becoming the norm.
• Adorable Evil Minions: The MuuMuus, as well as just about every other enemy in the series.
• All There in the Manual: The manuals and official guidebooks have quite the trove of knowledge regarding deeper aspects of the series, such as the Baron's life story and the biology of the MuuMuu species.
• Amazing Technicolor Battlefield: The final stage of both games is a boss stage against a robotic Aloha/Kabuki in a floating boxing ring with a colorful background.
• Amusement Park of Doom: World/Extra 3 in the first game and World/Extra 5 in the second game are amusement park levels, with the second game having a circus motif for the second half of that world and the boss fight.
• Antagonist Title: More a case of Antagonist Subtitle, but it's present in the Japanese titles of the first and second games, which are subtitled Baron Aloha Funky Daisakusen no Maki^note The Tale of Baron Aloha's Great Funky Mission and Baron Aloha Ooyowari no Maki^note The Tale of the Greatly Troubled Baron Aloha respectively.
• Asteroids Monster: Slime-kun No. 2 splits into two smaller copies upon defeat, as do those copies.
• Batman Can Breathe in Space: In JF!2, Baron Aloha and his MuuMuu buddy are no worse for the wear while stranded on a small asteroid in space with no protective gear.
• Beary Friendly: The Kumagoro line of support robots who accompany Robbit on his adventures, providing encouragement and the occasional hint.
• Big Bad: Baron Aloha in the first game and Captain Kabuki in the second, until Kabuki is demoted to being Aloha's Dragon in the extra mode.
• Big Good: Galactic government body Universal City Hall, with emphasis on the "big"; the organization is so huge it takes up an entire planet, meaning a number of its divisions and their respective staff live and work on giant space ships, among them being the Planet Consultation Section of which Robbit belongs to.
• Boss-Only Level: There are three stages in each world in both games, and the third stage is a boss fight. The last world has stage 2 as a mid-boss level in addition to the final boss fight with Baron Aloha/Captain Kabuki's robot in stage 3.
• Bottomless Pit: You will see these in almost every level, and of course, you are treated to a scene of Robbit falling if you fall into one of these.
• Breath Weapon: Among Dragon Machine's attacks is a flame breath blast.
• Bunnies for Cuteness: Because why else would you be a robotic space rabbit?
• Camp Gay: Captain Kabuki. If his voice didn't tip you off, his skintight wrestling singlet and frilly collar certainly will.
• Cap: The maximum number of lives Robbit can carry is set at the absurdly low 9. If you're even halfway decent, you're likely to hit this cap before you even finish the game.
• Circus of Fear: The second half of World/Extra 5 in the second game is a giant circus level, with a pair of clowns as the boss.
• Company Cross-References: Two of the series' most iconic enemies, Kiwi and Kaeru-san, would have cameos as harmless wildlife in Pet in TV, which was developed by the Jumping Flash! series' co-developer MuuMuu Co., Ltd.
  • Dig a-Dig Pukka (a spiritual successor to Pet in TV also by MuuMuu) would also see another cameo by the Kiwi.
• Critical Annoyance: Getting low on health causes a persistent beeping noise to play.
• Cutscene Power to the Max: Robbit's loooong jump as he returns to the Planetary Consultation Section space shuttle after beating a level.
• Defeat Equals Explosion: Happens to enemies and bosses when you defeat them, with a dose of Literally Shattered Lives thrown in for good measure. Robbit Mon Dieu makes this aspect more pronounced for regular enemies by making them burst into a miniature fireworks display.
• Denser and Wackier: The second game is this in comparison to the first. While the first game itself was pretty out-there cast and plot-wise, it still had some seriousness since the fate of a planet of innocents was at stake. Come the sequel, the tone has become a total farce; here, the villain is a gigantic alien in wrestling gear and a cape who cracks puns while engaging in his hobby of breaking up planets and turning them into specimens akin to ships-in-a-bottle, and plot revolves around saving the former bad guy's planet despite doing the same thing as the new villain. The US dub adds an additional dose of zany, making the narrator quick-talking and prone to hyperbole as well giving Aloha a ridiculous German accent and the MuuMuus some sass that they didn't have in the native Japanese script.
• Difficulty by Region: The US/EU versions of Jumping Flash! 2 alter the difficulty in a couple of ways:
  • Every stage's time limit has been shortened by two minutes. While many stages are generous with time extends (namely 4-2) and make this change a non-issue, the boss battles in Extra mode (which now only have three minutes) are where this alteration can start causing problems. It's especially stifling during the last showdown with Captain Kabuki's robot.
  • Robbit's HP is no longer fully restored at the start of each level. You do get some health refilled, but it's an incredibly paltry amount.
• Double Jump: Robbit can triple jump, thanks to his powerful electromagnetic spring legs.
• Our Dragons Are Different: The first boss of the first game is a fire-breathing dragon.
• Drunken Glow: The reason behind the Red Kiwi's unique coloration. It's wasted on the MuuMuu's sake, and is appropriately found puttering around outside of their tavern.
• Dual Boss: The bosses of World/Extra 5 in the second game are two homicidal clowns named Aaron and Heron. You fight them both together until half of their health is drained, at which point one of them dies. In the first run, you'll be left with the weaker short-hat clown (Heron), but in the Extra version, you get the top-hat military clown who has an arsenal (Aaron).
• Dub Name Change:
  • A retroactive example occurred with the PS4/PS5 re-release of the first game thanks to its trophy system: one of the trophies ("I'll Face Myself") renamed the penultimate boss, who is called "Fake Robbit" in Japan, to "Dark Robbit." Also counts as the first time it even got a name outside of Japan, as the western instruction booklets don't name any of the bosses besides Baron Aloha.
  • A handful of JF!2's characters had their names changed when the game came to the west, among them being:
    • Capitão Suzuki to Captain Kabuki
    • Kumagoro 2 to Bill (western manuals still use the Kumagoro 2 name, though)
    • Risukichi to Ted
    • Stehany to Rachel
    • Tasuke to Tex
• Effortless Achievement: The "Door Prize" performance medal, which is earned by simply beating a stage.
• Enemy Mine: The premise of the second game involves Robbit helping Baron Aloha rescue his Mooks and reclaiming his secret hideout from Captain Kabuki.
• Enemy Roll Call: JF!2 has one that plays alongside the staff roll in a small window to the left, alongside footage of the major characters and renders of the stage islands seen on the world maps.
• Eternal Engine: World/Extra 4 of the second game takes place in a large factory with flames and oil. The second stage of World/Extra 6 also has this theme, as it's a boss stage where Robbit has to confront Kuragera 7.
• Every 10,000 Points: You get your first three extra lives at 100,000 points, 300,000 points and 500,000 points; and then you get an extra life for every 1,000,000 points thereafter.
• Evil Knockoff: Dark Robbit in JF!1, who looks almost exactly the same as the real deal aside from obvious color changes and a "B.A." decal on its sides. It also steals off a few moves, namely the stomp and laser gun, and has a weaponized version of the "run" move exclusive to Super and Hyper Mode.
• Excuse Plot: A man in a Hawaiian shirt steals conveniently level sized chunks of a planet that happen to correspond to common level themes.
• Expy: The final boss of the second game, Captain Robo, is essentially the same as the final boss of the first game, Aloha Robo, aside from some cosmetic and tactical changes.
• Fatal Fireworks: All of Robbit's ranged weaponry, those being his sparkle(r) beam gun and special weapons, are weaponized fireworks, all based around real life varieties like pinwheels and roman candles.
• Floating Platforms: Most levels are made of little else, with the main level being little more than the largest one. Of course, this is pretty well grounded in the story.
• Flunky Boss:
  • Dark Robbit in World/Extra 6-2, after taking enough damage, will jump onto a gate at the rim of the stadium arena you are in and release four mini-Robbits that are normal enemies (you can get powerups including a possible invincibility from destroying them). He will do this twice before you defeat him.
  • Shogun Machine of World/Extra 2 in the second game has two floating enemies behind him that breathe fire your way; in the "Big Trouble on Little Muu" episode, they breathe spiral orange flames, but in the Extra episode, it's a sustained stream of white fire.
  • The boss of World/Extra 3 in this same game, Monster Flower #5, will sometimes smack the ground and bring out mini-plants with pitchforks in the first phase of the fight. Once it starts raining, they stop appearing.
  • The boss of World/Extra 4 in the first game, Spider Machine, can unleash baby spiders that explode.
• Funetik Aksent: The US instructions to JF!2 feature some guidance given out by Baron Aloha, with his remarks written to match his German accent he speaks with in the game.
  Aloha: "AH! Goodt! You haff decided to read zis inschtruction manual! Dat is voonderbar if you vant to know how to help me out of der trouble I'm in! I am Baron Aloha und I haff been attacked on my little vorld. I'll tell you about dat later; just keep reading zis book und get real goodt at getting my bacon out of der fire! Ya! Goodt!"
• Giant Space Flea from Nowhere: The final boss of the third game.
• Go-Karting with Bowser: Instead of antagonizing anybody in Pocket MuuMuu, Aloha instead acts as a tutor who explains the rules of the game and gives you some spending money to kickstart your pocket game/tool-collecting quest. Additionally, he runs a dojo where he'll give out hints on how to obtain stars from playing the pocket games for a small fee. His MuuMuus are also more than happy to sell you more games/tools/park attractions, or even just strike up a short conversation with you.
• Goomba Springboard: You can also bounce off the enemies repeatedly and use them to propel yourself to new heights.
• Goomba Stomp: Makes up one half of your basic arsenal. Its damage increases as Robbit falls and you can shoot the enemies while you're falling toward them.
• Gotta Catch 'Em All: Robbit must find every Jetpod/MuuMuu in each stage to be able to leave, and the second game has a medal system for completing certain goals.
• Green Hill Zone: World 1 of JF!1.
• Grumpy Old Man: He was already rather grumpy in the first game, but Aloha really takes the cake in the second with his constant irate yelling directed at his poor assistant.
• Guide Dang It!: Most of the performance medals' win conditions are pretty easy to suss out by name alone, but at least one in particular - Frugal Fireworks - is likely to cause frustration due to it's name not being very indicative of what you're supposed to do. The terms for earning it require you to collect 10 special weapons without discarding any (which happens when you collect one with an already full stock, making the top one disappear). However, in order to do this, it practically requires blowing through whatever weapons you've picked up in order to keep making room, which is obviously the very opposite of being frugal.
• Hard Mode Perks: Super (for normal levels) and Hyper (for Extra levels) modes in the first game start you off with less health, but with extra abilities: a dash with L1 that makes you go much faster, two extra jumps, and fast falling with the triangle button, which increases the damage done by the Goomba Stomp.
• Healing Boss: Monster Flower #5, upon losing half of its health, immediately begins healing itself with magic rain (becoming temporarily invincible in the process), refilling its life bar back to maximum capacity. Thankfully, it only does this once, and its attacks afterwards become less potent.
• Heal Thyself: The HP Charge card (symbolized by a single carrot) restores a portion of your Life Meter, and the HP Max card (symbolized by a bunch of carrots) fully restores your Life Meter.
• Heel–Face Turn: The MuuMuus in Jumping Flash 2, due to Robbit rescuing them. They completely become faces after their master starts the whole thing all over again.
• Herr Doktor: While the Mad Scientist Baron Aloha sounds (slightly) British in the first game, he suddenly has a German accent in the second game.
• Ironic Name: "Aloha" is a Hawaiian word that means all sorts of positive things (love, peace, affection, etc.), yet it also happens to be the first name of the series' resident vindictive and ill-tempered mad scientist. Though, it does match with his fashion sense, all things considered.
• It's All Upstairs From Here: The first stage of World/Extra 3 in the second game has a big stone tower in the middle of the map, and a ramp around the tower that the player needs to scale to complete the stage.
• Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: You'd think Baron Aloha would be at least a little grateful to Robbit for helping him take back his hideout and rescuing his MuuMuus. Well, he apparently hates Robbit so much, that he makes Kabuki, the guy tearing up his planet to begin with, his Dragon and basically repeats the whole thing all over again just to get rid of him. In the end, his own Muu-Muus want nothing to do with him and tell him off.
• Killer Rabbit: Now with lasers!
• Lame Pun Reaction: Happens in the cutscene after World 4.
  Kabuki: "Robo-bunny not funny! Time to grind out some bunny burgers, 'cause you don't know jack, rabbit! Jackrabbit, haha, I made a funny."
  Aloha: "I'd like to--VHAT IS TAKING SO LONG?!"
• Laughably Evil: Captain Kabuki. For a person who tears up planets just for his own amusement and fascination, it's not exactly easy to take the guy seriously when his whole persona revolves around being a flamboyantly glib wisecracker.
  Kabuki: Here, bunny, bunny, bunny, come to papa! Time to wrap you up in a big bunny burrito! Hippity-hop, hippity-hop, kaboom! Hahahahaha!
• Lethal Lava Land/Planet Heck: The second stage of World/Extra 1 in the first game is a volcanic landscape with lava rivers and a frying pan; the stage after this is a boss fight against a dragon.
• Life Meter: Both Robbit and the bosses have these.
• Literally Shattered Lives: In the first two games, killing an enemy or boss character causes their model to visibly shatter into polgyonal fragments and disappear. Averted in Robbit Mon Dieu, though.
• MacGuffin: For each platforming stage, Robbit must retrieve 4 items with letters that spell "Exit" and then find the Exit spring somewhere in the stage. In the first game, it's booster carrots, and in the second, it's MuuMuus.
• Mascot Mook: MuuMuus, the strange palm tree-topped, squid/jellyfish-esque henchmen of Baron Aloha. There's also the spherical green Kiwis, who became especially prominent after Jumping Flash! 2, so much that their likeness served as the disc art for Pocket MuuMuu and are what the main currency of Robbit Mon Dieu is named after.
• The Maze: The second stage of Worlds/Extras 2 & 4 in both games takes place in an indoor building that is designed like a maze.
• Mirror Boss: The black Robbit who appears in the first and third games.
• Mission-Pack Sequel: Jumping Flash! 2 plays much like the first one, but Robbit Mon Dieu requires you to complete different sorts of missions in each act of a level, such as simply getting to the end or destroying all enemies.
• Nerf: The yellow Robbit driven in Robbit Mon Dieu has its combat features scaled back in comparison to its white predecessor, having only one special weapon slot and a much more modest rocket fist projectile, though it does have the special quick drop feature that was previously only available in the first two games' Super and Hyper Modes. Fittingly, it's explained in the story that this particular Robbit model isn't meant for combat, and was pulled from Universal City Hall's traffic control department as a means for trainees to get to grips with piloting them.
• Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: You play as a Robot Space Marine Jet-Propelled Bunny.
• No-Damage Run: Beating levels without taking any hits is a big priority for anyone looking to increase their score, as it multiplies the total sum of your end-of-level bonuses by five and adds it to your overall point total as an "extra bonus." Additionally, doing this in the sequel is how you get the "Bunny of Steel" medal.
• No OSHA Compliance: The order of the day in JF!2's World 4-2, featuring safety violations such as bomb-rolling dung-beetles, haywire conveyor belts, and guardrail-free walkways over lava pits.
• Overly Long Name: The Jumping Flash! 2 Perfect Strategy Guide reveals Baron Aloha's full name to be "Aloha Jean Peperovich Macadamian XIII."
• Palmtree Panic: The first world of the second game, but it deserves special mention that the Big Bad is named Baron Aloha, and his sidekick creatures are named after a Hawaiian dress, have palm trees growing on their heads, and frequent a bar named after the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
  • Robbit Mon Dieu has a stage or two with this going on as well, and it takes place on a planet named Hanauma.
• Platform Hell: A couple of levels in Robbit Mon Dieu.
• Playing with Fire: The first boss of the first game, a dragon, breathes fire.
• Pungeon Master: Captain Kabuki, while perhaps not as potent as other examples of the trope, does like to break out a few puns during his scenes.
  Kabuki (World 3): "Now you've done it, you rapscallion rabbit! I'll make you into a - a dust bunny!"
• Rewarding Vandalism: In World/Extra 2-2 in the first game, there are walls marked with Aloha's insignia that can be blasted away to reveal hidden rooms stocked with bonus items. They return in the second game where they're much more common, and are now even found on ceilings.
• Robot Buddy: The Support AI bots installed onto Robbit. They react to the action happening in game, like complimenting the player when they clear a level or expressing displeasure whenever Robbit gets hurt.
• Robot Me: The final bosses of the first two games are robotic versions of each game's main antagonists.
• Rocket Punch: Robbit Mon Dieu's yellow Robbit has this as its primary ranged attack, as opposed to the original white Robbit's sparkle beam gun.
• Random Events Plot: The plot for Robbit Mon Dieu is that people are requesting Robbit to help with their problems. As you clear each set of missions, which appear at random order, you see the endings for those sets' characters. After 30 missions, Giant Space Flea from Nowhere. Beat it and you're allowed to play the rest of the missions.
• Ruins for Ruins' Sake: World/Extra 3 of JF!2 consists of ruins and a tower for its first two stages.
• Save the Villain: The plot of ''Jumping Flash 2: Big Trouble on Little Muu!" is that Baron Aloha, the villain of the first game, is having his own planet torn up by Captain Kabuki and needs Robbit to save it.
• Sequential Boss: You will find that most bosses will alter their game plans as the fight goes on.
  • After you damage the Scorpion Machine of World/Extra 2 in JF!1 enough, its body will explode and it will start chasing you while walking on its claws. It can now damage you just from touching you.
  • The third boss of JF!1, Genie Machine, hides in a bunch of teacups and you have to destroy them all. Once you're down to one, the whole boss will emerge from the final teacup and start spinning in a move to push you off the platform.
  • The fourth boss of JF!1, Turtle Machine, loses his legs and starts spinning on his shell after he takes enough damage.
  • Flower Monster #5 of World/Extra 3 in JF!2, after losing half his health, will make it rain, which will restore his health; he'll also alter his attacks.
  • Aaron & Heron of World/Extra 5 in JF!2 start the fight together, but after half of the boss's health is depleted, one of them will die and the other will change his attack pattern to fight you alone. In the main game, the clown with the small hat and the tuxedo will fight you, and he is easier; in Extra, the military clown will attack with rockets and whatnot.
  • Kuragera 7 (Kuragera 8 in Extra 6-2) in World 6-2 in JF!2 starts chained to the floor and has three attacks: a bunch of fire pillars, rockets, and it can try to jab you with its drills (it will always do it twice in a row). After taking some damage, it drills away its chains and starts moving around; in the standard game the rockets and drill moves go away (they're replaced with laser swords), but in Extra, it will retain both attacks in the second phase, plus it can spin around (in Extra it will shoot bombs as it spins).
  • Both Baron Aloha and Captain Kabuki's robots have sequential fights; you'll start with their full bodies, then their head will take a tank form, then the head will start spinning on its own and have a force field/explosion around it. For Captain Robo in Extra, a fourth phase where he takes flight is added in between the full body form and the tank form.
• Shark Tunnel: The second stage of World/Extra 4 in the first game includes a transparent tunnel through an aquarium.
• Shifting Sand Land: JF!1's World 2 is an Egyptian flavor of this, despite also containing Moai and Stonehenge.
• Shout-Out:
  • The AI buddies for Normal and Extra mode in the second game are named Bill & Ted.
    • Also, the main episode of that game is called Big Trouble In Little Muu.
  • For a retroactive example, two of the first game's trophies on PS4 and PS5 are called "Falling with Style" and I'll Face Myself".
• Skyscraper City: World/Extra 5 of the first game is in a bustling metropolis. The second game's first two stages cross this with Palmtree Panic.
• The Song Remains the Same: Unlike the rest of the game's dialogue, Rap la MuuMuu, which plays over the game's staff roll and is sung by the MuuMuus, is left in Japanese.
• A Space Marine Is You: Yes, you're a cartoon robot bunny fighting frogs and flowers, but he's essentially a space marine.
• Spelling Bonus: Each of the four Jetpods/MuuMuus in a stage are marked with a letter from the word "exit", and collecting them in the order E-X-I-T adds 30,000 points to the end-of-stage Extra Bonus, as well as giving you the "Systematic Salvation" performance medal. In most stages, you'll have to go out of your way to earn this, though the linear corridor ones practically hand it out to you.
• The Spiny: There are a handful of enemies who hurt Robbit if he tries jumping on them, and you'll likely know which ones that do that by appearance alone.
• Temple of Doom: Stages 2 and 3 of World/Extra 2 in JF!1 take place inside a pyramid that Robbit needs to navigate, with the third stage being a boss fight against a giant scorpion in its shrine.
• This Is a Drill: Kuragera 7, the boss that has to be confronted before Captain Robo in the second game, has drills on the ends of its arms, and these drill hurt when he shoots them in your direction.
• Threatening Shark: Shark Machine, the first boss of JF!2, is a robotic take on the trope. Not only does it have the requisite creepy chompers, but is loaded with torpedoes.
• Timed Mission: Each and every level in the first two games has a time limit. If the timer runs out, Robbit shuts down and one life is lost. This timer is cut in half in the Extra modes.
• Token Human: Aside from his unseen family who are mentioned only in supplemental materials, Baron Aloha is the series' sole human character. In a series where 99% of the cast are either animals, robots, or aliens, it makes him stick out quite a bit.
• Tower of Babel: The mythical tower serves as the centerpiece of World/Extra 3-1 in JF!2, standing in the middle of a quaint village. A spiraling stone road leads to its top, and several elements such as a traveling minecart and crane carrying a huge block give off the impression that it's still being worked on as you're exploring.
• Under the Sea: Most of World/Extra 4 in JF!1.
• Underwater Boss Battle: The rematch with the Kuragera 7 (now renumbered to 8) in Extra 6-2 forces Robbit to fight the boss underwater.
• Unexplained Accent: In the first game, Baron Aloha spoke with a harsh voice, but in normal English. In JF!2, he's given an over-the-top German accent without any clear explanation, other than likely emphasizing his Mad Scientist personality and Rule of Funny.
• The Unfought: Technically, Robbit doesn't fight Captain Kabuki directly; rather, he battles a robot modeled after his likeness. It makes sense, as Kabuki is way too big for a fair fight.
• Villain: Exit, Stage Left: Baron Aloha uses his 'keen sense of villain timing' to escape Kabuki's invasion.
• Villains Out Shopping: The cutscenes after you clear each world in the first game and the second game's Two Faces of Baron Aloha mode are of the MuuMuu's hanging out at a Japanese bar, commenting on Robbit's progress or just talking about whatever.
• Wake-Up Call Boss:
  • The first game has Turtle Machine of World 4. The first three bosses can be relentlessly stomped on without much resistance, but doing so here is liable to quickly drain your health due to the boss' weak point also being the direct source of its attacks. For starters, its bombs are prone to exploding near the boss, and can even blow up as they're coming out if they take enough damage (special weapons can easily trigger this). Its volley of missiles are even stronger and will eat you up if you're still clinging to it.
  • The second game has Shogun Machine of World 2. If Turtle Machine hasn't instilled a lesson on hit-and-run tactics, this guy certainly will. Both his flame breath and laser ensure big pain if you decide to jump on him while he's in the middle of firing, especially the latter. He will also instill a lesson on being aware of one's surroundings, as he can quickly toss a trio of shurikens at you if you're on the ground.
• We Help the Helpless: In Robbit Mon Dieu, the world isn't under the threat of any villains, so Robbit's job is to solve people's rather mundane requests.
• Wolfpack Boss: The boss of World/Extra 3 in the first game is Genie Machine, a genie-like entity hiding in a series of teacups, and parts of his body can pop out and do things such as punch the ground. Once the player is down to one teacup, the whole boss will emerge from the cup and try to push Robbit off the edge.
• Wutai: World/Extra 2 of the second game is a feudal Japanese town in the midst of winter. Stage one takes place in the town itself, and the second has you explore the corridors of a temple. The world's boss is a robotic shogun who is flanked by two floating monks.
• You Have Researched Breathing: In Pocket MuuMuu, Robbit's innate double/triple jumping ability is locked behind the Jump Shoes item, meaning he can't cover much vertical ground in MuuMuu Park without the assistance of the buildable park attractions until he finds them.