Terence


 * For the smaller counterpart, see Red Bird.
 * For the Angry Birds Space version, see Terence entry in Space Characters.

Terence, the Big Brother Bird is a character in the Angry Birds series of games created by Rovio Entertainment. He was introduced in 2010 and was the second new character added to the game who was not one of the original five birds in the Flock. An entire episode was dedicated to his introduction. In The Fuii TV exclusive epsiode Sakura Ninja Terence appears dressed in a Sumo costume This was the first time he has appeared in costume in any game and completely new game sprites were created for this episode.

Personal Data

 * Name: Terence the Big Brother Bird
 * Known Aliases: Big Brother Bird, The Incredible Terence, Hulk, Terence,
 * Fan Aliases: Fat Bird, Big Red Bird, Maroon Bird, Old Bird, Big Bird
 * Group Affiliation: The Flock
 * Known Relatives: Red Bird (brother)

Personality
Big Brother Bird is dull and lazy but cares about the Flock and rare birds, guarding the eggs and stopping the Pigs from stealing the Flock's eggs. Terence is socially awkward, as seen in the Space video, when the Birds gather around the eggs and he sits alone in the forest. However, he can be counted on to fight the Bad Piggies when needed. His immense size makes him a veritable wrecking ball to Pig fortresses. The Flock doesn't try to control him and often will just get out of the way and let Terence wreak destruction.

History
Little is known about Terence's history before he joined The Flock. When first seen, the Pigs captured the entire Flock. Terence freed the Boomerang Bird and together they freed the Flock, chasing the Pigs through many different terrains. It should be noted that it was Terence alone who defeated the Helmet Pig, Mustache Pig and King Pig. He was welcomed into The Flock and has been a member ever since.

In the course of the battles with the Pigs, he has traveled to many different locations and environments, including the desert, underground caves and beaches. The Pigs never rest in their quest to steal eggs and the Flock often has to retrieve their eggs on holidays and special occasions.

At an indeterminate time later, the Flock was captured as rare birds and taken to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where they fought with Blu and Jewel and their friends against Nigel the cockatoo and Mauro and his marmosets. Big Brother Bird did not appear originally in Rio, but arrived much later after the others, so it is possible he was not captured originally and made his way to Rio to help rescue The Flock. Main article: Angry Birds Rio

In addition to Rio, Big Brother Bird has also traveled to China twice and Japan, where he dressed in traditional sumo garb.

In another adventure, many of the Flock were whisked into Space via a wormhole, gained super powers and fought the Space King and the Space Pigs. Main article: Angry Birds Space

Appearances
Big Brother Bird has appeared in the following games:
 * Angry Birds
 * Angry Birds Rio
 * Angry Birds Seasons
 * Angry Birds Space
 * Angry Birds Chrome
 * Angry Birds Google+
 * Angry Birds Magic
 * Angry Birds Vuela Tazos (he does not appear in the game, but is on the Website)
 * Angry Birds Fuji TV

Big Brother Bird first appeared in the first level of the episode The Big Setup. It was the first time an entire episode focused primarily on one character (although Boomerang Bird did appear in some levels). He has appeared as a playable character in many versions and episodes of the game released since his introduction, though he is not necessarily in all levels. In the Fuji TV exclusive episode: Sakura Ninja, Terence appears dressed as a sumo. This was the first time he has appeared in costume in any game and completely new game sprites were created for this episode.

When launched, Big Brother Bird will grunt. His attack is similar to Red Bird's, it is much more powerful and devastating.

Big Brother Bird is first introduced in the episode The Big Setup and are used for the majority of the episode, starting from Theme 9-1. It is the only bird that can easily smash through about one block of stone, and it doesn't need a special ability to smash through all types of obstacles. Instead, it uses its weight to crush through objects. However, his strength varies depending on what block(s) he's used on, as a large square block will almost always stop Big Brother Bird in his tracks.

Noises

 * Pull-back noise: Roo-Hoo!
 * Launch Noise: Rhaaaaaaa!
 * Launch Noise (AB Heikki): Rhaaaaaaa! (with a pitch voice and an engine sound)
 * Tap Noise: Hmph!
 * Pain Noises (Classic Game, Rio, and others except AB Facebook):Same as Red Bird's but low voice
 * Pain Noises (AB Facebook AB Heikki): Same as Red Bird's.

Trivia

 * Big Brother Bird, Black Bird and the Orange Bird are the only birds without a Corpse Sprite, Big Brother's reason is probably that it's strong.
 * The plush Big Brother Bird's spots are purple.
 * Even though Big Brother seems to be afraid of nothing, he does appear afraid of the Mighty Eagle in a promotional poster.
 * He was first referred to by his proper name, Terence, by Red Bird in the Season's Greedings Comic.
 * Terence has never spoken in the comics and generally just grunts in the game indicating he maybe unable or most probably unwilling to speak.
 * Big Brother is the second largest member of The Flock. The first is Orange Bird (his ability).
 * Big Brother makes Red Bird's pain noises in Angry Birds Facebook.
 * Big Brother Bird's name may be based of the character 'Big Brother', who is always watching a subject. In this case, the Pigs.
 * Terence, along with Yellow bird, are the only known birds to have known real names if you don't count the accidental bomb bird.