Q*bert is the main antagonist of Animation vs. Arcade Games, the sixth installment of the Animation vs. web series.
He is a creature that lives in Yellow's arcade machine, initially appearing when Yellow opened Pac-Man after the game was broken.
Appearance[]
Q*bert is a small, round, orange creature with a short tubular elephant-like nose. He has two slender legs connected to his torso. Q*bert does not have any arms.
Biography[]
Animation vs. Arcade Games[]
The episode opens with Yellow either building or repairing an arcade machine. The other stick figures (The Second Coming, Red, Blue, and Green) watch as Yellow finishes and powers it on. Declaring it ready, Yellow invites Red to be the first to play. Red grabs the controls, and a large screen appears overhead, showcasing a selection of classic games. Red chooses Breakout, manages to break a few blocks, but loses the ball quickly, ending the game.
Green steps up next and picks Space Invaders, shooting a few aliens before getting eliminated. Then it's The Second Coming's turn, who plays Tetris. He quickly forms a perfect line, impressing the group, but suddenly a log from Frogger shows up out of nowhere, and Yellow loses control of the game, confused about who caused it.
He returns to the game menu and selects Pong, only for Q*bert to mysteriously appear. One of the paddles is replaced with a red Tetris block that behaves just like in Tetris, constantly falling but rotatable. Yellow cycles through several games: Space Invaders gets mixed with Breakout, Q*bert appears without Q*bert himself, and Pac-Man is missing Pac-Man, with Q*bert hiding behind Pinky the ghost.
To stop Q*bert’s chaos, The Second Coming comes up with a plan. Red enlarges the game window so all five stick figures can confront Q*bert. As they approach, Q*bert spits out a red UFO, then inhales the entire arcade machine, stranding the stick figures. As they try to chase him, Pinky appears and causes panic. Inky joins in, and the ghosts start chasing Red and The Second Coming, while Clyde runs off scared. Blue grabs a Power Pellet, and The Second Coming touches Clyde. Green and Red get cornered, but the ghosts turn blue, allowing Green to tag them and send them back to their base. Yellow grabs a cherry, and after a chase, touches a Power Pellet. With everyone’s help, the team defeats the ghosts and clears the screen. The game suddenly switches to Frogger.
They spot Q*bert again as he inhales the Frogger game, releasing Space Invaders enemies. A second Frogger player is immediately shot. Yellow skillfully jumps between cars, then from logs to turtles, with the others following, all reaching safety. The game changes to Tetris.
Blue and The Second Coming are now separated, and Q*bert traps Green in a narrow pit. He also spits out a Pong paddle and a Mario fireball, which starts breaking Tetris blocks. Eventually, they solve the puzzle and move to Mario Bros.
Blue and The Second Coming find Q*bert again, who uses a previously collected Tetris block and then unleashes Frogger obstacles. The stick figures dodge at first, but the situation escalates until Yellow smashes a POW block, freezing everything. They take down the enemies and proceed to Donkey Kong.
In Donkey Kong, Q*bert spawns next to Pauline, who instantly falls for him, only for Q*bert to absorb her, enraging Donkey Kong. Yellow grabs a hammer and takes DK out from below. The game shifts to Pong.
Q*bert is falling but gets saved by the Pong ball. When Green touches the Tetris block paddle, the game changes to Space Invaders again, with Breakout blocks overhead. Red and Green destroy the aliens and bricks. Once the last alien is gone, the game turns into Q*bert.
Now in full control, Q*bert spits out Pauline and summons game characters to fight the stick figures. After the first wave is defeated, a second more dangerous wave starts, featuring massive 3D Tetris blocks and space invader attacks. Yellow manages to free Pauline, but Q*Bert launches a desperate attack, sucking everything including the enemies into himself. Yellow survives and reprograms the sky to become Galaga. After summoning a Pong paddle, he knocks Q*bert from his flying platform and captures him.
Q*bert tries to escape but hears his children crying out in hunger. Realizing their needs, he regurgitates some of the items he had swallowed, but it's not enough. Yellow responds by generating plenty of food for the kids, ensuring they’ll never go hungry. Grateful, Q*bert releases the other stick figures. Yellow approaches him, not to attack, but to gently pat him on the head.
Later, we see Red playing a combined Pong and Breakout game and requesting Q*Bert mode. Yellow happily obliges, feeding Q*bert some cherries, and the screen explodes into an epic crossover featuring Q*bert, Breakout, Pong, and Tetris in one wild mashup.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Suction - Q*bert can suck just about anything into its trumpet-like mouth. Q*Bert also has a long red suction mouth, which could nearly suck everyone in, except for Yellow for some reasons.
- Spitting - Q*bert can spit anything that he sucked from earlier.
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