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Games
Angry Birds Rio
Blu is first seen in the first comic cutscene, worried with Jewel as the Angry Birds were also captured and reached the den. However, he only makes a physical appearance in level 1-30 of Smugglers' Den, as a caged bird target with Jewel. After freeing him, he will give 5000 points. He first appears playable chained with Jewel in level 2-30 of Jungle Escape, where he can be used to defeat Nigel but it's recommended is to launch them at the vines.
In order to use Blu chained with Jewel, the player must launch Jewel and wait until she gains flight, she will drag Blu with her when she speeds up and he can be used as an extra bird when Jewel can't do most of the job. Starting with level 4–1, after Jewel is captured, Blu can be played as himself, he is very strong.
In order to use only him, the player must hit a structure and he will then start dancing, or just start shaking him when the player wants.
He appears in most of the cutscenes.
He later appears in level R4-1 of Timber Tumble, as himself once again and also introduced as the Power-Up. This time, when launching him, he will do the same as before but after he hits a structure, he waits a bit and shouts a loud scream, calling his flock, which are a bunch of Macaws and other birds, that will swarm through the structure and deal a lot of damage, along with Blu himself, Jewel is also included in the flock. The player can also this by tapping the screen by own choice.
As a Power-Up, he is Call The Flock that is basically how he acts in Timber Tumble but can be used at any level. The player first gets 5 of the Power-Ups but he can bought with coins:
- 10 Power-Ups: 1000 Coins;
- 20 Power-Ups: 1800 Coins;
- 50 Power-Ups: 4300 Coins;
- 120 Power-Ups: 10000 Coins.
He can be used for free in the Playground.
Call the Flock puts the current bird in the slingshot back in line and substitutes in a Blu of a bluer hue with a readier battle stance. Upon collision, he flaps in place and shouts a loud scream, calling a flock of Amazonian Macaws and other birds that converge as they swoop down from the left towards Blu. It seems each bird in the swarm does damage only to the first thing they hit on the descent. Blu then hits whatever is in front and flies up and away. The rest of the flock, including those that did no damage, follow his lead. Alternatively, the player can have Blu activate the call while airborne by tapping or clicking. Then, when the flock gets close to Blu, he flies forward at roughly the same angle, collides, and flies away with the flock as before.
Flock-calling Blu can be boosted with Power Potion, though the boost only applies to Blu.
In the first two levels in the Timber Tumble episode, this flock-summoning Blu is part of the level's line-up, and in the third level, an unavoidable one-time prompt makes the player use Call the Flock for free.
Angry Birds Friends
While not appearing in the gameplay, he made a cameo appearance on the level select screen of the Rio Tournament in the game during 2015.
Angry Birds 2
While not appearing in the gameplay, he made a cameo appearance as a profile picture in Angry Birds 2 which can be unlocked once you go to Mount Evernest in the game. The profile picture with the other three Rio profile pictures which you also unlock at Mount Evernest are surprisingly hasn't been removed yet despite the servers for Angry Birds Rio shutting down due to the license expiring.
Commercial appearances
Angry Birds Rio Cinematic Trailer
When Red, Jay and Chuck screamed when they saw the other caged birds, a sad Blu and Jewel were together in the cage.
Nigel Mashup
Voice: Jesse Eisenberg
Nigel tormented the caged birds with a song which included Blu and Jewel.
Merchandise
Plush Toy
A plush toy of Blu was released in 2011 along with the Jewel, Nico, Pedro and Nigel plushies.
| v • e Classic Characters | |
|---|---|
| Birds | The Flock: Red, The Blues, Chuck, Bomb, Matilda, Hal, Terence, Bubbles, Stella, Silver
Others: Earl Comic-Original: Chirp, Castanova, Ms. Avianne, Sally, The Fabulous Feather, Cathy, Jim, Belinda |
| Piggy Island Residents | Main: King Smoothcheeks, Ross, Garry
Others: Earl, Chef Pig, Foreman Pig, Corporal Pig, Bubba, Tiny, Photog, John Hamm, Oinky, Monty, Tina, Pig Mother, Invisible Pig |
| Eagle Island Residents | Main: Zeta, Debbie, Ethan "Mighty" Eagle, Glenn
Hatchlings: Glenn's Grandhatchlings Others: Carl, Jerry, Axel, Kira, Steve, Brad Eagleberger, Hank |
| Others | Billy the Sign, Snake Mother, Snakelets, Baby, Seal, Cow, Enemies, Luiz, Gabi, Charlie, Caged Dolphins
Comic-Original: Howard, Seaweed Samson, Gagnon the Smash-Beast |
