(this specifically reflects the game gear version. also, first of many to come on this list) something about taz's hunched-over, careless gait, the screen shaking with every step taken, and the extremely discordant soundtrack is deeply funny to me. taz's whole life is beastly misery, he outruns a boulder, ends up careening through a damp mineshaft in a minecart, accidentally skiis on a tree branch as soon as he steps outside, all while looking the most miserable and terrified ive ever seen a sprite look. a lot of platforming mascots look like they enjoy their line of work. not taz, he didn't sign up for this. taz is being cosmically punished by the soundtrack to some bastard child of that one sonic rpg's soundtrack and 100 gecs, he knows it, you know it, youre basically firing multiple gun rounds at his feet telling him to dance, poor wretched creature