User blog:The Boomerang/Character Articles Cleanup

So below I have an example of what I am intending with all the character pages.

Obviously, with the movie and the multiple games coming along, multiple storylines are clashing together and that makes it confusing when we're attempting to keep the pages relevant

So it isn't finished, and I'm planning to work on it more, but here it is right now.



"What goes up must crash down!"

Hal is a character in the Angry Birds series of games created by Rovio Entertainment. He was introduced in 2010 and was the first new character added to the Angry Birds series who was not one of the original five birds in the flock. After his first appearance in Danger Above, Hal becomes a reaccuring character for multiple installments of the series.

Hal's Depscription in Angry Birds Birdsonality (modified):

"Understanding and sociable, Hal makes his voice heard but is also a great listener. His social nature and great conversational skills earns him a lot of friends. On the flip side, his people pleasing personality means that he takes criticism especially hard."

Angry Birds
Hal makes his first appearance in the original Angry Birds game, where, unlike most new birds, Hal is first introduced as a captive by the pigs in Theme 6-4. After you beat the level, the game will notify that you have unlocked Hal, and he is then playable in the next level. (Theme 6-5)

After his debut in Danger Above, Hal will appear in all the themes afterwards as a playable character. However, he has an extremely notable appearance in The Big Setup, where he and Terence are featured as the only playable characters. (being that the flock had been held captive during the events of the theme)

Gameplay
Hal's ability in this game is to be able to go in the opposite direction when activated. He is also able to fly much farther than other birds, and is the only bird that rotates when flying in the original game. He is quite decent at destroying wood and glass blocks, and will do so extremely well if the blocks are somewhat damaged. However, he will not affect stone in most situations, usually making minimal damage or, in some circumstances no damage at all.

A strategy that many players use (and can also be used to activate certain golden eggs) is to fling Hal the other way and then activate his ability, causing him to swing back with speed and more strength.

Hal's ability will be affected depending on the angle that he is in. For example, if he is beginning to gravitate back to the ground, his ability will weaken more and more.

Angry Birds Seasons
Hal appears from the very start of the game, when it was once known as ''Angry Birds Halloween. ''He is introduced in level 1-13, and is the very last bird introduced in this theme. After his appearance in Trick or Treat, he makes reacurring appearances as a playable character in all of the following themes.

Unlike the rest of the installments in the Angry Birds series, Angry Birds Seasons does not update Hal's design to his newer one, and stays true to the original.

Gameplay
Hal's ability is identical to the one in the original game. There are no major changes or differences in his size, strength, or speed. However, it is notable that when you fling Hal from the slingshot, his launch noises are much more different than the ones featured in the regular game.

It can also be noted that Piglantis introduced the feature of water, and that Hal's ability is completely useless underwater. If the player attempts to activate Hal underwater, then he will instantly turn into a corpse and float to the surface.

Angry Birds Rio
Hal appears very later on in the game, being introduced in the last theme of Rio 1, Smuggler's Plane. However, after his first appearance he manages to appear oftenly in the Rio 2 segment of the game. He is introduced with his newer design, which included no yellow ring around his beak and a generally slimmer appearance. In Rio 2, all the characters are given their animation designs, and Hal is drastically changed as well.

Gameplay
Hal's ability is the same as the previous 2 installments of Angry Birds. However, unlike Angry Birds Seasons, Hal's ability will positively react with water, and it will work properly. (High Dive)

Mobile

 * Angry Birds
 * Angry Birds Go
 * Angry Birds Seasons
 * Angry Birds Rio
 * Angry Birds Friends
 * Angry Birds Chrome
 * Angry Birds Transformers (As Grey Slam Grimlock, Energon Grimlock, Goldbite Grimlock & Trypticon)

Online Games

 * Angry Birds Google+
 * Angry Birds Magic
 * Angry Birds in The Hunt For The Golden Pistachio
 * Angry Birds Vuela Tazos
 * Angry Birds Winter Wonderland
 * Angry Birds Fuji TV
 * Angry Birds Telepizza

Other

 * Angry Birds Trilogy

Animation

 * Summer Pignic Short Movie
 * The Angry Birds Movie

Trivia

 * Hal, Bubbles and the Ice Bird are the only birds who first appeared kidnapped by the pigs, although Bubbles was unintentionally kidnapped.
 * Hal will make Chuck's pain noises when being a corpse, thus making it the only bird without an original pain noise.
 * Hal and Blu and Jewel are also the only birds to rotate when fired from the slingshot.
 * Hal has a different launch voice on Angry Birds Seasons as of the Ham'o'ween update. However, the PC and Mac version of Angry Birds Classic also has the alternative voice of the bird. The phone version of the original Angry Birds has the original select and launch voice (actually one of the birds grumbling when waiting).
 * Hal and the Ice Bird are the only birds that are shown in the level before they are first played in as an unplayable item.
 * On Chrome level 6-4 his corpse sprite disappears and is invisible, but when you unlock him, his corpse sprite will be the Angry Birds Rio sprite and he keeps the Yellow Bird pain noises but the feathers change from yellow ones to white ones.
 * Hal's eyebrows will dissapear when he blinks. (however, this will only happen with his old design)
 * In Piglantis, Hal's ability doesn't work when he is underwater. The corpse will appear when the ability is activated.
 * In the Angry Birds Heikki promonanal art on Angry Birds Facebook page, Hal looks exactly like it's design in Angry Birds (previously) and Angry Birds Seasons, except the yellow ring on his beak is removed.
 * Hal is the only bird to be rescued twice.
 * Hal is the first bird to be known to play an instrument.
 * In Angry Birds Friends, when Hal's boomerang ability is activated, he boomerangs back at a lower angle than in the main games.
 * Hal is the only bird that never appeared in Angry Birds Toons. His design for Toons would depict him with a more pointed beak, a black "mask" over his face, and yellow rings around his eyes.
 * Hal, along with Matilda and Stella, are the only three birds without a Space counterpart, and he and Bubbles are the only two birds without a Star Wars counterpart.