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Mini Toons (ミニトゥーンズ) is a series of video games by Multisoft starring its mascot, Billy Bear. It follows a colorful cast of characters, known in the games as Toons, and their adventures in Toon City. Such characters include Flippy Penguin, a penguin wearing a visor, and Bailey Bear, a female bear who claims to have no relation with Billy. Starting with Billy's Pizza Panic, the series became known for its fourth wall-breaking humor and video game references.

The first game was released in 1992, around the time Multisoft (Gamesoft) began to feel comfortable in making games. The majority of the games is action-adventure based, with three racing games, two sports games, and a party game for the spinoffs.

Setting
The majority of Mini Toons takes place in Toon City, a city populated by Toons, which are beings modeled after various video games. Most of the locations are nods to video game references, such as Quarters County, a place run by arcade-based Toons, Cartridge Sea, the ocean where game cartridges (possibly obsolete ones) are seen in a shipwrecked position, and Game Over Ghetto, a low-level town where injured, deceased, and retired Toons reside. Outside of Toon City is the Genius Fortress, home of the evil Dr. Genius. There is also the Luminous Mansion, residence of Kylee Drews.

Characters
Billy Bear - the main protagonist and mascot of the series. He is a good-willed bear who is clad in a green shirt and red cap. He claims that the attire is "perfect for this company's mascot." He has to deal with the challenges of Dr. Genius, the machinations of rich kid Gregory Gold, and the advances of crazed and dippy animal lover Lila Dawn. Like Bailey, he will do anything for a laugh, though he is marginally more sane and calm than his female counterpart. His favorite gaming genre are platformers. Starting with The Toon Story, Billy is voiced by Tom Kenny.

Bailey Bear - a female companion of Billy. She claims to have no relation with him, despite having "Bear" at the end of her name. Like Billy, Bailey is usually willing to go out of her way for her friends. She is sometimes depicted as the "damsel in distress" type of character, something which mentally annoys her. Even though Bailey impersonates or parodies many different video game characters, one of the most notable characters that she parodies is Samus Aran of Nintendo's Metroid series. As of The Toon Story, she is voiced by Tress MacNeille.

Flippy Penguin - a light blue penguin with a laid-back personality. He would care less about the mistakes he sometimes make, always stating that "everyone makes mistakes." He is one of the alternate characters for Billy in the first game, where he would touch the Switch Star item to switch with him, Snail, or Cirrus. Flippy also sometimes find himself at odds with Billy and Bailey, though the three managed to remain friends and Flippy occasionally displays a sense of loyalty to them. He has a love for racing games. Starting with The Toon Story, Flippy is voiced by Eric Bauza.

Charlie J. Monkey - an orange monkey and arguably the fourth main protagonist. He is a slick trickster who loves pulling off tricks to almost everyone in Toon City. Whenever someone knows about his pranks, he usually lies and gets away with it. Despite his tricks, he can be trusted by Billy and his friends on some situations. In the first game, he provides Billy with items in exchange for an amount of comb coins. He loves fighting games. In The Toon Story, Charlie is voiced by Seth Rogen and in Return of the Toons by Adam McArthur.

Snail Sloth - a lazy sloth who is one of the most recurring characters. Usually sleepy, he tries to find a peaceful area to sleep. When he does sleep, any type of loud noise would barely wake him up unless he feels like it. As a homage to his name, he has a love for snails, even keeps one of them as a temporary pet. Along with Flippy and Cirrus, he is one of the alternate characters of Billy in the first game if he touches a Switch Star. Although Snail is sometimes viewed as an annoyance to the other characters, there are times that he is the antagonist. In addition, he is the star of his own spinoff, where he is searching for ingredients for "the greatest pie in the gaming universe." Snail has been voiced by Jon St. John since The Sequel to Their Toon Story.

Cirrus Giraffe - a small giraffe who is mild-mannered and shy. Often teased because of his neck, he never truly socializes with anyone. He would pitch into anyone's conversations, but only to listen. But after a few attempts, he learned how to befriend Billy, Bailey, and the otner Toons. He is one of the three sidekicks for Billy in the first game, next to Flippy and Snail. He does have a liking for shoot 'em ups. He even has a toy resembling Vic Viper of Konami's Gradius series. In The Sequel to Their Toon Story, Cirrus is voiced by Rob Paulsen.

Lila Dawn - a young girl who is obsessed with animals and cute things, even chasing after animals whom she knows are her friends, obliviously causing great discomfort or serious injury to potential pets from her overenthusiastic affection and complete lack of even the most rudimentary knowledge of pet care. She is one of the reoccurring antagonists of the series starting with the first game. Lila has a big crush on Gregory Gold. She is sure that Gregory calls her a "furry-obsessed creep" because he is too shy to admit his real feelings for her. Lila has been voiced by Cree Summer in The Toon Story, and by Lisa Ortiz starting with The Sequel to Their Toon Story.

Gregory Gold - a blond human teenager and one of the series' major antagonists. He is an only child of a wealthy family and lives with them in a large mansion on the edge of Toon City. Gregory possesses a nasty personality and a very short temper, and uses his wealth for his own amusement, often to the discomfort or belittlement of others. In addition, he is skilled with technology and weaponry, specifically guns. He does have a favorite gaming genre, which is the light gun shooter genre. In some of the early video games, Gregory's plans involve him capturing Bailey Bear, in order to lure Billy Bear into a trap. Starting with The Toon Story, his voice actor was Eric Stuart.

Wallace T. Otter - an otter clad in blue swim trunks. He claims to be an expert in most sports, which include swimming and track. He also is an expert at landing records in a game reminiscent of Excitebike, rivaling Flippy. He originally appeared in Billy Bear's Game Adventure, as one of the unlucky Toons brainwashed by Dr. Genius and Mango Mongoose. After destroying the helmet that was brainwashing him, Wallace helped Billy defeat the two villains. Wallace has been a target of Kim Carrots, who has feelings for him. He is voiced by Scott Menville since The Sequel to Their Toon Story.

Kim Carrots - a young clairvoyant rabbit who runs a pinball-based casino in Quarters County. She has an interest in pinball machines, video games, comic books, and (not revealed until The Sequel to Our Toon Story) anime. She also has a crush on Wallace. Kim played several roles in the earlier games, such as letting the player choose one of the three sidekicks (Flippy, Cirrus, and Snail) and appearing in a few bonus rounds in Billy's Pizza Panic. In addition, she was the star of the pinball game Kim and Till, along with her sister Till Carrots. In The Toon Story, Kim was voiced by Gail Matthius, and she will be voiced by Deedee Magno Hall in Return of the Toons.

Dr. Bryant Genius - a human mad scientist and one of the series' major antagonists, making appearances since Billy Bear's Game Adventure. Once a certified bioengineer, he is now classified as a certified quack. He was kicked out of the Mega Drive Industry of Science for his animal mutation experiments, but now spends his time at his secret hideout, continuing his animal mutations. Billy was sent to stop him and rescue the animals, but in order to get his friends to come along, he tricks them by telling them they're going to "make a new game for the Sega Saturn." Since his first failure, he vows to finally conquer Toon City. He was voiced by Alan Tudyk since The Toon Story.

Mango Mongoose - an orange mongoose who is Dr. Genius' assistant. Although he did not stand in the way of the doctor's ambitions, he still played a part in some situations, such as hypnotizing the Toons to work for Dr. Genius. In The Toon Story, it was revealed that Mango was injured from an attack from a monster, and that Dr. Genius has fixed him up and remade him into a mutant. Ever since the doctor was fired from the Mega Drive Industry of Science, Mango was the only one who stood for him. Beginning with The Toon Story, he has been voiced by Frank Welker.

Lord Needel - the supreme leader of the extraterrestrial organization called the Y-Bites and is the secondary antagonist of The Sequel to Their Toon Story. He learns of the Judgment Queen buried beneath Spadetown from the Shadow Spirits and soon begins his plans to find the Sacred Cartridges and use them to revive the Queen in order to conquer the world. He also learns that a pure soul is needed to act as a host for the Judgment Queen, so he sent his minions to kidnaps Bailey (much to her chagrin). He was voiced by Jim Cummings.

Kylee Drews - a human teenage girl who makes her first appearance in Save the World. Her family was the owners of a large business that rivals Gregory's family's. They moved to Toon City where they can spread their ideals to its residence. That was when she meets Billy and Bailey, and she began to become friendly towards the kind Toons (with the exception of a certain few). However, she was kidnapped by the Avox Emperor and his cronies, forcing Billy and Bailey to save her. Kylee has the same interests as Kim, which even includes sports such as tennis. She is voiced by Grey DeLisle.

Avox Emperor - the main antagonist of Save the World. He is the emperor of an ancient race which existed million years ago. The Avox were exterminated by mechanical giants known as Biocarts, and their civilization has been left abandoned ever since, until now. Kylee's parents found the Emperor's remains and have preserved them in a cryogenic chamber, but the remains reformed back into the Emperor himself and he began his takeover across the world, starting with kidnapping Kylee. His plan for domination by using the Biocarts, dubbed the "Odyssey," was thwarted by Billy and his friends. He was voiced by Leonard Nimoy.

Special Stage Spencer - an unknown creature from an interstellar dimension. None is known about this being other than the fact that he comes from "special stages," hence the name. It was said that he was responsible for automobile wreckages and thieving of onion rings and bananas for his amusement. He even almost destroyed Toon City by calling forth aliens. Despite these accidents, he has helped Billy in some situations, including saving his friends from Dr. Genius. He was voiced by Frank Welker starting with The Toon Story.

Games

 * Mini Toons (1992; NES)
 * Mini Toons: Bailey's Big Break (1993; Game Boy)
 * Mini Toons All-Star Sports (1993; Sega Genesis)
 * Mini Toons 2: Welcome to Gregworld! (1994; SNES)
 * Mini Toons 2: Billy Bear's Game Adventure (1995; Game Boy Color)
 * Mini Toons Mania! (1996; SNES)
 * Mini Toons: Billy's Pizza Panic! (1996; Playstation)
 * Mini Toons Racing (1997; Arcade, Nintendo 64)
 * Mini Toons: The Toon Story (1998; PlayStation, Nintendo 64)
 * Mini Toons Funfest (1999; PlayStation)
 * Mini Toons: Snail's Pie Adventure (2000; Nintendo 64)
 * Mini Toons Racing: Nitro Speed (2001; Arcade)
 * Mini Toons: Billy's Bad Dream (2003; Game Boy Advance)
 * Mini Toons 2: The Sequel to Their Toon Story (2004; Nintendo GameCube, Playstation 2)
 * Mini Toons Racing: Nitro Speed 2 (2007; Arcade)
 * Mini Toons: Save The World! (2007; Wii, PlayStation 2)
 * Mini Toons Collection (2009; Nintendo Wii)
 * Mini Toons: Return of the Toons (2017; Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4)

Trivia

 * The pinball games following Burning Streets, with the possible exception of Super Shot + and Metallic Death, are connected to the Mini Toons universe. This was evident in some games, mainly the spinoffs.
 * There is a cheat code used to unlock S.S. Spencer in Mini Toons Racing: Nitro Speed. To activate the code, the player would have to type in "SSZ0NE" (note that the number zero is used instead of the capital "O") as their ID name and once they are in the character selection screen, they would turn the steering wheel 3 times to the right and 4 times to the left; Stephen will be found next to Billy if the code is activated properly.
 * There is a similar method in the sequel, but this time the player would have to turn the steering wheel 5 times to the right and 2 to the left; Spencer will be found in Flippy's place.