Rio Characters


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''This article is about the Rio characters. For information on the characters from Angry Birds and Angry Birds Seasons, see: Birds. For the characters from Angry Birds Space, see: Space Characters. For the characters from Angry Birds Star Wars, see: Star Wars Characters''.

In late January 2011, Rovio Mobile announced a version of Angry Birds as a tie-in with the animated film Rio, titled Angry Birds Rio.

The game was released on March 22nd, 2011. Below are the characters that appear in the game.

Blu=

Tyler Blu Gunderson, or simply, Blu, (known as Blu in the game) is the main protagonist of Rio and Rio 2. He is a rare species of blue macaw that originated from a bookstore in Minnesota, taken by unseen smugglers and shipped to Rio, the same fate to later be suffered by the Angry Birds, as their species (Red, Blue, Yellow,, etc;) are also described as rare.

The Angry Birds don't meet Blu until the very end of the episode Smuggler's Den, where he is locked up in a cage next to Jewel, the only other Spix's Macaw in existence. When Blu and Jewel are freed from their cage, they don't fly away like the others, but instead, they act like a Golden Egg. He is later used in Jungle Escape as a playable bird in the Rio Theme 6-15, connected to Jewel. When tapped or clicked, Jewel will fly forward with Blu being pulled behind her.

He is still armed with Jewel in Beach Volley. However, in Carnival Upheaval, he is separate. Blu, this time, has a new ability. Once he hits an object, he'll shake himself up causing the spreading of objects. He was later kidnapped by Nigel at the end of this episode. Yet in some levels in Airfield Chase and Smuggler's Plane, you use Blu, however, he was rescued at the end of Airfield Chase. As Blu and Jewel hop onto the slingshot, Blu makes a battle cry. He is Jewel's husband.

In the trailer, Red, Chuck, and Jay see the eggs, they scared of a cage, and go to Rio de Janeiro to Meet Blu and Jewel.

Nico & Pedro
Nico is a Yellow Canary who wears a soda bottle cap for a hat, and Pedro, Nico's best friend, is a rapping Red-Crested Cardinal. Despite not making an appearance in the Angry Birds Rio game at the time, Rovio did make plush toys and artwork of Nico & Pedro.

Gallery
Gabi is a Poison Dart Frog. She helps Nigel in the 2nd Movie. However, she didn't appear at any level in the game but only appeared in some photos happy with the birds.
 * -|Gabi=

Charlie is a big mute anteater, he is the last character of Nigel's Gang, and appears in the official trailer (In the Rio Logo). In the movie, Nigel calls him an ''Insect-Eating Idiot. ''He doesn't appear in any level of the game. See more about him here
 * -|Charlie=

Felipe is a playable character, but is also, extremely rare, anyway the only Playable character to be, surprisingly, actually, formerly, an enemy of the flock. Because of being villainous at the beginning of the second film, they later become good. They appear flying together with Blu in the Call the flock power-up.
 * -|Felipe=


 * -|Samba Bird=

Samba Bird is a bird from an exclusive power-up called Samba Burst.

Appearance
The Samba Bird looks like Red but has a Samba Hat and a happy expression.

Gameplay
When the Samba Burst is used in gameplay, the current bird on the slingshot will be replaced by Samba Bird. When he collides with any surface, he makes any materials and/or Marmosets/Caged Birds dance to the rhythm for a few seconds then it stops and he then falls on the floor.

Marmosets are small monkeys who are the "minions" of Nigel, sent to defeat the Birds after they escape from Smuggler's Den. These Marmosets act in the role of antagonists, as the Bad Piggies do in the Classic Angry Birds game. Unlike Pigs, Marmosets can roll back right-side-up after being tipped over. They occasionally survive after falling. Their hitboxes are also rectangular, as opposed to the pigs’ round “hit balls”
 * -|Marmosets=

Marmosets do not take damage when bounced onto floaties or parasols. In the final level of Carnival Upheaval, the head of the marmoset, Mauro, appears as a boss.

Trivia

 * Marmosets appear in the Rio 2 levels, but in the movie, they are absent.
 * In the game, Marmosets make Chimpanzee sounds, but in real-life, they chirp.

Trivia

 * The Designs of the Crimson-hooded Manakin and Purple Finches were reused for the chicken designs in the Angry Birds Friends Kentucky Free Chicken Tournament.

They appear caged in water-themed episodes being the same thing as the caged birds.
 * -|Caged Amazon River Dolphins=

Appearence
Like the real Amazon River Dolphins and the ones on Rio 2, the dolphins are dark gray on top and pinkish-gray on their torsos, they have long snout and mouths, a fin on the top of their body, two flippers next to the head and tails with flippers on the end of their body.

Gameplay
They appear as replacements for the Caged Birds in water portions of Water-Themed Episodes. Like the birds, they appear sad in their cages, wanting to be rescued. Upon rescue, they will dive away from the screen.

Gallery
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