Mighty Hoax

Mighty Hoax
Overview
Game
Release date	February 12, 2010
Statistics
Episode number	2
Number of levels	42
New features	Square and Triangle Blocks
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Mighty Hoax is the second episode of the original Angry Birds. It contains two parts, known as "themes", with 21 levels each, totalling 42 levels. The chapter was released in February 2010, a few days after a YouTube animated trailer, but otherwise introduces no new gimmicks; the pre-existing levels were placed in a separate episode named "Poached Eggs". In Mighty Hoax, which is set in the Great Cliffs following the events of Poached Eggs, the Angry Birds' eggs are stolen once again by the pigs, who use cardboard cutouts to fool them.

Storyline

The current intro cutscene of Mighty Hoax, from the original Angry Birds.

At the Great Cliffs, the day after the events of Poached Eggs, Red wakes up to check on the eggs. To his fury, however, he finds that they have been stolen by the pigs again and replaced with cardboard cutouts of them. Chuck then sees what appears to be King Pig grinning from a distance, and rushes to beat him up. However, it turns out that it was another cardboard decoy. The Angry Birds then set out to defeat the real pigs and retrieve the real eggs.

Soon after, the birds encounter several pig structures and destroy them all. Eventually, they find King Pig with his closest aides and knock a castle over them; it soon turns out that that was yet another King Pig cardboard cutout, with the real king escaping with the eggs. Continuing onward, the Angry Birds soon corner the monarch in the evening and defeat him, retrieving their eggs in the process.

Levels

Theme 4

• Theme 4-1
• Theme 4-2
• Theme 4-3
• Theme 4-4
• Theme 4-5
• Theme 4-6
• Theme 4-7
• Theme 4-8
• Theme 4-9
• Theme 4-10
• Theme 4-11
• Theme 4-12
• Theme 4-13
• Theme 4-14
• Theme 4-15
• Theme 4-16
• Theme 4-17
• Theme 4-18
• Theme 4-19
• Theme 4-20
• Theme 4-21

Theme 5

• Theme 5-1
• Theme 5-2
• Theme 5-3
• Theme 5-4
• Theme 5-5
• Theme 5-6
• Theme 5-7
• Theme 5-8
• Theme 5-9
• Theme 5-10
• Theme 5-11
• Theme 5-12
• Theme 5-13
• Theme 5-14
• Theme 5-15
• Theme 5-16
• Theme 5-17
• Theme 5-18
• Theme 5-19
• Theme 5-20
• Theme 5-21

When the birds complete Theme 4-21, they discover the King they defeated was, in fact, a cardboard cutout, and that the real King is still out there. Later, the Birds finally succeed after destroying another cardboard cutout in Theme 5-21 and retrieve the eggs. The real King Pig retreats while the Birds celebrate their temporary victory.

Gallery

King Pig sleeping behind a cardboard cutout of himself.

The original Mighty Hoax icon, showing the King Pig with eyes more tightly shut.

The original version of the Mighty Hoax intro cutscene

The current version of the Mighty Hoax intro cutscene

Angry Birds Theme 4 Background

Angry Birds Theme 5 background

Mighty Hoax's episode card in Angry Birds Facebook (Now known as Angry Birds Friends)

"Future" Episode Card

The fake King Pig you get after completing the episode

The fake King Pig you get after 3-staring the episode

Trivia

• Before the episode colors were removed in version 2.1.0 (2.0.0 for the PC release), the color of Mighty Hoax's episode card was lime green
• This episode contains the 100th level, Theme 5-16.
• In the old version, King Pig's eyes look very tightly shut, as if he is scared. The cutout also shows at a different angle, and the cutout has its tongue sticking out. In newer versions, King Pig's eyes are normally closed, and the cutout shows King Pig's normal face.
• In Angry Birds Classic, it is shown that King Pig is hiding behind the cardboard bush in the ending cutscene. However, in Angry Birds Trilogy, Bomb is standing on top of the cardboard and the defeated King Pig.
• All of this episode's levels appear in Angry Birds Reloaded, featured in When Birds Fly, Pigs In A Banquet, Frenemies, Enter The Volcano, The Frozen Heart, and Off The Menu.
• In the retina versions, there are some changes to the fake King Pig:
  • The fake King Pig uses the Chrome design while the non-retina versions use the Pre-Chrome design.
  • Despite the 3-star Poached Eggs Golden Egg hint using the Chrome designs on retina versions, the Mighty Hoax one strangely still uses the Pre-Chrome one, even if played on a retina version.

References

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Playable characters		Angry Birds (Bomb (Shockwave), Bubbles, Chuck (Chuck Speed*******), Hal, Headshot*****, Lady Grant*****, Matilda, Missy Golocrest*****, Red (Mighty Feathers Red, Fire Bird*******), Reporter*****, Senor Redshank*****, Stella, Terence, The Blues) | Minion Pig | Small Pig | Jetpack Pig | Bomb Pig | Bowling Ball Pig | Toucan Pig | Fat Pig | Balloon Pig | Female Pig
Non-playable characters		Col. Angus | Darude | Mechanic Pig | Mighty Eagle | Ross | Rhinoceros | Postman Pig | Hand****** | Hatchery Bird*****
Enemies		Corporal Pig | Egg | Foreman Pig | King Pig | Leonard | Minion Pigs
Episodes	Normal	Tutorial | Poached Eggs | Mighty Hoax | Danger Above | The Big Setup | Ham 'Em High | Mine and Dine | Surf and Turf | Bad Piggies | Red's Mighty Feathers | Short Fuse | Flock Favorites | Bird Island | Piggy Farm | Jurassic Pork | Birdday Party (Birdday 5) | Golden Eggs | Bonus Levels*** | Magic**
	New World*	Happy New Year | Naughty Christmas | Lunar New Year of the Golden Pig | Wandering Planet | Summer: Back to the Beach
	Classic World*	Year of the Goat | Moon Fest
	Other	Power-up University | Mighty Eagle University | Red Saves Lives | Mighty League Test Levels
Items		Coins | Egg | Gems | Golden Egg | Power-up (Birdquake, King Sling, Power Potion, Score Doubler*, Mighty Eagle**, Shockwave, Sling Scope, TNT Shield) | Sardine | Slingshot | Lives****
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon | Beach ball | Cake | Cardboard cutout | Dice | Gift | Glass | Greek pillar | Potion | Stone | TNT | Treasure chest | Water* | Wood
Modes		Challenges***** | Daily Challenge (Angry Birds Time Travel**) | Golden King Pig | Hatchery***** | Level Editor | Magic Places******* | The Mighty League
Music	Albums	Angry Birds (Original Game Soundtrack)
	Tracks	"Angry Birds Theme"
Other		"Angry Birds Cinematic Trailer" | "Angry Birds & the Mighty Eagle" | "Angry Birds Bing Video" | "Bomb Bird: Short Fuse" | Box2D | Bubbles Level******* | Destruction gauge | Earth (Bird Island (Bird Island Beach, Eagle Mountain), Piggy Island) | Level Failed | Piggy kingdom | Rovio Account | Star | Angry Birds: Hatching a Universe | Winnable Objects
*Appears in the Chinese version only **Appears in Angry Birds Time Travel only ***Appears in Angry Birds Trilogy only ****Appears in Angry Birds for Kakao only *****Appears in Angry Birds Island only ******Appears in the PC version only *******Unused

v • e Levels
Theme 4	4-1 • 4-2 • 4-3 • 4-4 • 4-5 • 4-6 • 4-7 • 4-8 • 4-9 • 4-10 • 4-11 • 4-12 • 4-13 • 4-14 • 4-15 • 4-16 • 4-17 • 4-18 • 4-19 • 4-20 • 4-21
Theme 5	5-1 • 5-2 • 5-3 • 5-4 • 5-5 • 5-6 • 5-7 • 5-8 • 5-9 • 5-10 • 5-11 • 5-12 • 5-13 • 5-14 • 5-15 • 5-16 • 5-17 • 5-18 • 5-19 • 5-20 • 5-21
Free Levels	II-1 • II-2 • II-3
J2ME Levels	II-1 • II-2 • II-3 • II-4 • II-5 • II-6 • II-7 • II-8 • II-9 • II-10 • II-11 • II-12 • II-13 • II-14 • II-15 • II-16 • II-17 • II-18 • II-19 • II-20 • II-21 • II-22 • II-23 • II-24 • II-25 • II-26 • II-27 • II-28 • II-29 • II-30 • II-31 • II-32 • II-33 • II-34 • II-35 • II-36 • II-37 • II-38 • II-39 • II-40 • II-41 • II-42 • II-43 • II-44 • II-45
Golden Eggs	Golden Egg Level 2 • Golden Egg Level 7 • Golden Egg Level 9

v • e Mult
Playable characters	Angry Birds (Bomb, Chuck, The Blues, Matilda, Red)
Enemies	Minion Pigs | Foreman Pig | Corporal Pig | King Pig
Episodes	1 | 2 | 3
Items	Slingshot
Gimmicks and obstacles	Glass | Stone | TNT | Wood
Other	Piggy Island | Level Failed | Star | Trial Version

v • e Episodes
Sequential Episodes	1. • 2. • 3. • 4. • 5.
Non-sequential Episodes	• • •

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Angry Birds Classic Episodes	• • • •
Angry Birds Seasons Episodes	• • • • •
Bonus Episode