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| name = Rabbid | | name = Rabbid | ||
| image = [[File:Adventure Rabbid.png|300px|''Rabbid'']] | | image = [[File:Adventure Rabbid.png|300px|''Rabbid'']] | ||
| alignment = Bad | | alignment = Bad | ||
| appears in = ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids]]'', ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids 2]]'', ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party]]'', ''[[Rayman Kart]]'', ''[[Rabbids Go Home]]'', ''[[Academy of Champions]]'', ''[[Raving Rabbids Travel in Time]]'', ''[[Rabbids Travel in Time 3D]]'', ''[[Raving Rabbids Alive and Kicking]]'', ''[[Rabbids Land]]'', [[Rayman Raving Rabbids (Game Boy Advance)|''Rayman Raving Rabbids'' (Game Boy Advance)]], [[Rayman Raving Rabbids (DS)|''Rayman Raving Rabbids'' (DS)]], [[Rayman Raving Rabbids (mobile phone)|''Rayman Raving Rabbids'' (mobile phone)]], [[Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 (DS)|''Rayman Raving Rabbids 2'' (DS)]], [[Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (DS)|''Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party'' (DS)]], [[Rabbids Go Home (DS)|''Rabbids Go Home'' (DS)]], ''[[Rabbids Go Phone]]'', ''[[Rabbids Go Phone Again]]'', ''[[Rabbids Rumble]]'', ''[[Rabbids Big Bang]]'', ''[[Rabbids Heroes]]'' (Discontinued), ''[[Rabbids Crazy Rush]]'', ''[[Rabbids Smart Brush]]'', ''[[Virtual Rabbids The Big Plan]]'', ''[[Rabbids Invasion (Facebook game)]]'' (Discontinued), [[Rabbids Invasion (TV series)|''Rabbids Invasion'' (TV series)]], ''[[Rabbids Appisodes]]'', ''[[Rabbids Invasion: The Interactive TV Show]]'', ''[[Rayman Adventures]]'', ''[[Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]]'' | | appears in = ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids]]'', ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids 2]]'', ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party]]'', ''[[Rayman Kart]]'', ''[[Rabbids Go Home]]'', ''[[Academy of Champions]]'', ''[[Raving Rabbids Travel in Time]]'', ''[[Rabbids Travel in Time 3D]]'', ''[[Raving Rabbids Alive and Kicking]]'', ''[[Rabbids Land]]'', [[Rayman Raving Rabbids (Game Boy Advance)|''Rayman Raving Rabbids'' (Game Boy Advance)]], [[Rayman Raving Rabbids (DS)|''Rayman Raving Rabbids'' (DS)]], [[Rayman Raving Rabbids (mobile phone)|''Rayman Raving Rabbids'' (mobile phone)]], [[Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 (DS)|''Rayman Raving Rabbids 2'' (DS)]], [[Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (DS)|''Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party'' (DS)]], [[Rabbids Go Home (DS)|''Rabbids Go Home'' (DS)]], ''[[Rabbids Go Phone]]'', ''[[Rabbids Go Phone Again]]'', ''[[Rabbids Rumble]]'', ''[[Rabbids Big Bang]]'', ''[[Rabbids Heroes]]'' (Discontinued), ''[[Rabbids Crazy Rush]]'', ''[[Rabbids Smart Brush]]'', ''[[Virtual Rabbids The Big Plan]]'', ''[[Rabbids Invasion (Facebook game)]]'' (Discontinued), [[Rabbids Invasion (TV series)|''Rabbids Invasion'' (TV series)]], ''[[Rabbids Appisodes]]'', ''[[Rabbids Invasion: The Interactive TV Show]]'', ''[[Rayman Adventures]]'', ''[[Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle]]'' | ||
| portrayed by = [[Yoann Perrier]] | | portrayed by = [[Yoann Perrier]] | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
The Rabbids were first introduced in a series of teaser images and videos for ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids]]'' (then [[Rayman Raving Rabbids (cancelled prototype)|meant to be the next major platforming adventure]] in the [[Rayman (series)|''Rayman'' series]]) officially released by [[Ubisoft]] in April 2006, in which they were portrayed as zombie-like enemies that were set to take over the world, akin to the [[Robo-Pirate]] army and [[Hoodlum]]s. By the time the final game was released in December that same year, it turned out to be a compilation of mini-games akin to the ''Mario Party'' series due to the game being a Wii release game, and while the Rabbids were still portrayed as crazed animals that tried to take over the world, their main purpose now was to provide comic relief, taking away their original zombie-like look. Four more games featuring Rabbids were subsequently announced - ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids 2]]'' in 2007, ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party]]'' in 2008, | The Rabbids were first introduced in a series of teaser images and videos for ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids]]'' (then [[Rayman Raving Rabbids (cancelled prototype)|meant to be the next major platforming adventure]] in the [[Rayman (series)|''Rayman'' series]]) officially released by [[Ubisoft]] in April 2006, in which they were portrayed as zombie-like enemies that were set to take over the world, akin to the [[Robo-Pirate]] army and [[Hoodlum]]s. By the time the final game was released in December that same year, it turned out to be a compilation of mini-games akin to the ''Mario Party'' series due to the game being a Wii release game, and while the Rabbids were still portrayed as crazed animals that tried to take over the world, their main purpose now was to provide comic relief, taking away their original zombie-like look. Four more games featuring Rabbids were subsequently announced - ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids 2]]'' in 2007, ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party]]'' in 2008, and ''[[Rabbids Go Home]]'' in 2009. A fourth game, ''[[Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time]]'', was released in 2010. | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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===Behaviour=== | ===Behaviour=== | ||
Most of the time, the Rabbids are portrayed as moronic and easily amused. While they often see [[Rayman]] as their enemy, they tend to attack each other as well. They are also very gullible and often get tricked into getting | Most of the time, the Rabbids are portrayed as moronic and easily amused. While they often see [[Rayman]] as their enemy, they tend to attack each other as well. They are also very gullible and often get tricked into getting abused (for example, in [[Bunnies Like Surprises]]), though often they try to trick [[Rayman]] themselves, as well as abuse other animals, namely pigs, sheep, cows and [[baby Globox]]es - they also abuse [[human]]s in ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids 2]]'' and ''[[Rabbids Go Home]]''. They also don't understand how many of the objects they encounter work and often behave very immaturely (for example, burping, throwing things at others, and babbling loudly when asked to keep quiet). One of the Rabbids' favourite pastimes is dancing, and many can barely resist the sound of music - namely in ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids]]'', turning on a radio in the Bunny Hunts will distract some of them to [[Rayman]]'s advantage. | ||
They also share some traits of real rabbits, such as eating carrots and burrowing. | They also share some traits of real rabbits, such as eating carrots and burrowing. | ||
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===Speech=== | ===Speech=== | ||
Typically, the Rabbids do not speak anything decipherable at all, and mostly communicate by screaming at the top of their voices. However, a few may have learned to "sing" in English, as throughout the games | Typically, the Rabbids do not speak anything decipherable at all, and mostly communicate by screaming at the top of their voices. However, a few may have learned to "sing" in English, as throughout the games (''[[Rabbids Go Home]]'', ''[[Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time]]'' and other later games may be an exception), they dance to songs that have been vocally pitched to sound as if they sung them. The novelty single ''[[Making Fun (Of Everyday Life)]]'' also suggests this. | ||
===Diet=== | ===Diet=== | ||
While Rabbids tend to enjoy carrots, a stereotypical trait among fictional rabbits, they are also known to practically eat anything, including things that are not food, such as sardine cans. Carrot juice however seems to have a sedating effect on them, as the minigame [[Bunnies Are Addicted To Carrot Juice]] seems to suggest | While Rabbids tend to enjoy carrots, a stereotypical trait among fictional rabbits, they are also known to practically eat anything, including things that are not food, such as sardine cans. Carrot juice however seems to have a sedating effect on them, as the minigame [[Bunnies Are Addicted To Carrot Juice]] seems to suggest. | ||
===Homes=== | ===Homes=== | ||
The Rabbids tend to change homes from time to time. In ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids]]'', the Rabbids lived in a Colosseum to capture citizens of [[the Glade of Dreams]]. In ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids 2]]'', they chose to live in a shopping mall to invade Earth. They later chose TV stations in ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party]]'' to ruin Earth's television network. Then they lived in a junkyard in [[Rabbids Go Home]], to make a pile to the Moon. In ''[[Raving Rabbids Travel In Time]]'', they lived in a history museum to take over important parts of history | The Rabbids tend to change homes from time to time. In ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids]]'', the Rabbids lived in a Colosseum to capture citizens of [[the Glade of Dreams]]. In ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids 2]]'', they chose to live in a shopping mall to invade Earth. They later chose TV stations in ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party]]'' to ruin Earth's television network. Then they lived in a junkyard in [[Rabbids Go Home]], to make a pile to the Moon. In ''[[Raving Rabbids Travel In Time]]'', they lived in a history museum to take over important parts of history. | ||
==In ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids]]'' and its spin-offs== | ==In ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids]]'' and its spin-offs== | ||
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==In ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party]]''== | ==In ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party]]''== | ||
In ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party]]'', the Rabbids continue to focus on harassing [[Rayman]], forcing him to take refuge in a cabin. A bolt of lightning strikes them outside, and transfers them into the television set inside. Unsure about how to get out, they use it to constantly annoy not only [[Rayman]] but also some neighbouring animals. The Rabbids take over a TV station, and possibly others, and changes [[Rayman]]'s, and others, television shows. [[Rayman]] tries various schemes to get them out. At the end of the game, as [[Rayman]] gets enraged of the Rabbids, throws his shoe at the television set and | In ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party]]'', the Rabbids continue to focus on harassing [[Rayman]], forcing him to take refuge in a cabin. A bolt of lightning strikes them outside, and transfers them into the television set inside. Unsure about how to get out, they use it to constantly annoy not only [[Rayman]] but also some neighbouring animals. The Rabbids take over a TV station, and possibly others, and changes [[Rayman]]'s, and others, television shows. [[Rayman]] tries various schemes to get them out. At the end of the game, as [[Rayman]] gets enraged of the Rabbids, throws his shoe at the television set. The group of Rabbids inside breaks out and chases [[Rayman]] out of his house. One Rabbid stays inside the house and makes it his own home. | ||
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Prisonfake.JPG|A prison minigame. | Prisonfake.JPG|A prison minigame. | ||
Rabbidass2.JPG|The Rabbidass minigame. | Rabbidass2.JPG|The Rabbidass minigame. | ||
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==In ''[[Rabbids Go Home]]''== | ==In ''[[Rabbids Go Home]]''== | ||
Still on Earth, the Rabbids no longer wish to harass [[Rayman]] in ''[[Rabbids Go Home]]'', and as the title suggests, they want to go home, but they don't know where they actually come from. They become attracted to the moon, and therefore make an attempt to reach it by collecting piles upon piles of [[human]] things with a shopping trolley. As the game ends, the [[human]]s track down the Rabbids and launch bombs onto their pile to the moon. With the Rabbids on the pile, they launch into space, heading towards the moon. The Rabbids successfully reach the moon | Still on Earth, the Rabbids no longer wish to harass [[Rayman]] in ''[[Rabbids Go Home]]'', and as the title suggests, they want to go home, but they don't know where they actually come from. They become attracted to the moon, and therefore make an attempt to reach it by collecting piles upon piles of [[human]] things with a shopping trolley. As the game ends, the [[human]]s track down the Rabbids and launch bombs onto their pile to the moon. With the Rabbids on the pile, they launch into space, heading towards the moon. As the humans cheer for their "supposed death", they are attacked by falling objects from the Rabbid's pile. The Rabbids successfully reach the moon, their pile of objects forming a ring around the moon. | ||
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==In ''[[Rabbids Land]]''== | ==In ''[[Rabbids Land]]''== | ||
Still on Earth, the Rabbids find themselves taking over an amusement park. Two Rabbids are attempting to go on one of the rides, but are thrown out by an unseen person. One of the Rabbids contact the Rabbid spaceship through an iPhone-like device. He tries to call the Rabbid in the spaceship, but the Rabbid in the spaceship is too busy playing with the Wii U Gamepad. Unaware of the consequences, the Rabbid in the spaceship continues to play with the Gamepad, which was actually controlling the whole ship. The Rabbid turns the Gamepad upside down, which causes the ship to land in the amusement park. | Still on Earth, the Rabbids find themselves taking over an amusement park. Two Rabbids are attempting to go on one of the rides, but are thrown out by an unseen person. One of the Rabbids contact the Rabbid spaceship through an iPhone-like device. He tries to call the Rabbid in the spaceship, but the Rabbid in the spaceship is too busy playing with the Wii U Gamepad. Unaware of the consequences, the Rabbid in the spaceship continues to play with the Gamepad, which was actually controlling the whole ship. The Rabbid turns the Gamepad upside down, which causes the ship to land in the amusement park. | ||
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==In ''[[ | ==In ''[[Rayman Legends]]'' and its spin-offs== | ||
[[File:Rabbidlegend.jpg|thumb|300px|The Rabbids in ''[[Rayman Legends]]'' leaked trailer.]] | |||
In the leaked pre-announcement trailer for ''[[Rayman Legends]]'', the Rabbids featured as a concept toy that would use the NFC technology of the Wii U Gamepad to allow for a level involving them to be unlocked. This was similar to the concept used in the ''Skylanders'' video game series and the Amiibo, the level itself featured an Autumn forest with Rabbids coming out of the ground in a similar way as in the cancelled ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids]]''. However, this concept and the Rabbids themselves were [[Rayman Legends (early production)|scrapped]], and did not feature in the final product at all. | |||
===In ''[[Rayman Adventures]]''=== | ===In ''[[Rayman Adventures]]''=== | ||
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==Reception== | ==Reception== | ||
The Rabbids from ''the Raving Rabbids series'' became massively popular both through the teaser trailers and the game itself. IGN has stated that the Rabbids have "more personality and charisma than 10 of the most popular video game mascots combined",and that the bunnies have literally "upstaged [[Rayman]] himself". GameSpot has noted, "The Rabbids themselves are almost exclusively responsible for [selling the game's humor], as they are, without a doubt, hysterical. They're adorably designed, with their dumb stares, high-pitched shrieks, and a penchant for taking comedic bumps." There has been speculation by reviewers that the success of the Rabbid character will probably inspire the developers to create more games of the franchise, possibly even without [[Rayman]]. This was first hinted in the launch trailer of [[Rayman Raving Rabbids|the first game]], where [[Rayman]], despite being the title character, only appears for a fraction of a second, only to be squashed flat by a couch taken over by the Rabbids, and became evident in ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids 2]]'', in which case [[Rayman]] disguises himself as a Rabbid, causing the game to put more emphasis on them than on [[Rayman]] himself. ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party]]'' was considered further evidence, as [[Rayman]], who is no longer playable, only appears in the game's cutscenes. This was then proven to be true with the announcement of ''[[Rabbids Go Home]]'', which does not feature [[Rayman]] at all. | The Rabbids from ''the Raving Rabbids series'' became massively popular both through the teaser trailers and the game itself. IGN has stated that the Rabbids have "more personality and charisma than 10 of the most popular video game mascots combined",and that the bunnies have literally "upstaged [[Rayman]] himself". GameSpot has noted, "The Rabbids themselves are almost exclusively responsible for [selling the game's humor], as they are, without a doubt, hysterical. They're adorably designed, with their dumb stares, high-pitched shrieks, and a penchant for taking comedic bumps." There has been speculation by reviewers that the success of the Rabbid character will probably inspire the developers to create more games of the franchise, possibly even without [[Rayman]]. This was first hinted in the launch trailer of [[Rayman Raving Rabbids|the first game]], where [[Rayman]], despite being the title character, only appears for a fraction of a second, only to be squashed flat by a couch taken over by the Rabbids, and became evident in ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids 2]]'', in which case [[Rayman]] disguises himself as a Rabbid, causing the game to put more emphasis on them than on [[Rayman]] himself. ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party]]'' was considered further evidence, as [[Rayman]], who is no longer playable, only appears in the game's cutscenes. This was then proven to be true with the announcement of ''[[Rabbids Go Home]]'', which does not feature [[Rayman]] at all. | ||
==Merchandise== | ==Merchandise== | ||
Several ''Raving Rabbids'' products have been made and sold in the past few years, and include the following. | Several ''Raving Rabbids'' products have been made and sold in the past few years, and include the following. | ||
* A set of 4 figurines, consisting of a normal Rabbid, a screaming one, one dressed as Sam Fisher from ''Splinter Cell'', and one dressed as Altair from ''Assassin's Creed''. | * A set of 4 figurines, consisting of a normal Rabbid, a screaming one, one dressed as Sam Fisher from ''Splinter Cell'', and one dressed as Altair from ''Assassin's Creed''. Many more figurines had been produced, most of which are based on ''[[Rabbids Go Home]]''. | ||
* Another set of figurines were available at least in the United Kingdom, where they were given as free gifts for every purchase of ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids]]'' for the Wii. [http://raygirl.deviantart.com/art/fangirlyness-overload-61603762 ] | * Another set of figurines were available at least in the United Kingdom, where they were given as free gifts for every purchase of ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids]]'' for the Wii. [http://raygirl.deviantart.com/art/fangirlyness-overload-61603762 ] | ||
* In many countries across Europe, a collection of 30 small Rabbids figurines are available, called "Rabbids Invade the World" and each Rabbid follows a certain geographical stereotype. | * In many countries across Europe, a collection of 30 small Rabbids figurines are available, called "Rabbids Invade the World" and each Rabbid follows a certain geographical stereotype. | ||
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Rabbids flying in castle.jpg | Rabbids flying in castle.jpg | ||
Rabbids attacking car.jpg | Rabbids attacking car.jpg | ||
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