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Somewhat of a ditz, candy-loving Bubbles is a cheerful and happy-go-lucky member of the Flock. He shares Hal's love for music.
This carefree attitude is amplified when he is upgraded into Jazz Bird. Highly expressive, his default facial setting appears to be a great big smile, though he is prone to wild takes in dangerous situations. In his robotic form, he displays some sweet dance moves and a dislike for violence, though it is a hang-up that is quickly overcome if his friends need back up in their feud against the Deceptihogs.
Bubbles has also been merged with other hip and swaggering Autobots like Ricochet, Blaster, Sideswipe, Red Alert, Sunstreaker and, uh, Mirage.
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By the time Bubbles reached the EggSpark, it had already transformed Chuck and Hal into Bumblebee Bird and Grimlock Bird respectively. Though it took some convincing, the rest of the Flock eventually agreed to touch the EggSpark as well, in order to be granted new robotic bodies. Bubbles became Jazz Bird, and found a newfound desire to simply cruise about Piggy Island and take in the sights. Nonetheless, he was ready to take on the Deceptihogs if the situation called for him to do so. Under the command of Optimus Prime Bird, the Autobirds transformed and rolled out into action. They soon caught up to Megatron Pig and his minions, and engaged them in combat. Jazz Bird took it upon himself to protect the Flock's eggs with his hand-held slingshot. As he watched over them, the eggs sprouted mechanical arms and legs. Jazz Bird nonetheless found the eggs to be adorable, and offered them some candy. In response, the Eggbots blasted his face with lasers, then multiplied and took off. Age of Eggstinction!
Upon awakening, Jazz Bird found himself in the middle of a total war zone. On Optimus Prime Bird's order, he participated in one last mad dash for the EggSpark. Just as their goal neared, Galvatron Pig awakened and attacked Jazz Bird, putting him once more out of commission. Thankfully, the others managed to fling the EggSpark off-planet anyways, returning Piggy Island and all of its inhabitants to normalcy. As the Flock discussed the day's events, Bubbles joined Terence and Bomb in listening to Hal playing some tunes on his banjo. Hard Boiled
Jazz Bird was part of a raid on the Deceptihogs' headquarters after those big jerks had stolen the EggSpark. He, Optimus Prime Bird and Heatwave Bird burst in to find... The Deceptihogs using the EggSpark as a dance light as they had a crazy dance party. It was all very silly. Deceptihogs' Revenge
Jazz Bird, king of the pop-and-lock breakin' 2 electric boogaloo, is a speedster character similar to Bumblebee Bird, though a little less on the speed and a little more on the toughness, with a higher overall set of stats once he's at maximum level. His missiles are plain with no effects and are a bit less rapid-fire, but make up for that with a much reduced "reload" time between salvos.
When taking on the persona of Ricochet Bird, things get a bit more... tense. Sure, he's still a dancing fool, but he's really touchy and prone to responding to personal slights with a caroming missile, especially if anyone questions his sharpshooting skills. He always enters the Advanced Autobird Autofire Accuracy Assertion to prove he's number one... and also because maybe this time the prize is candy. (Spoilers: it's never candy.)
True to his name, Ricochet's missiles ricochet off their initial target, which can set up some absolutely devastating chain reactions if shot at just the right angle, bouncing up to twice per missile. Given the amount of punch they pack (much higher than Jazz) and steady rate of fire with a very short reload time, Ricochet can obliterate blocks and eliminate enemies with ease. Aim for a Walking Mortar Tower behind a closer one, and let shots bouncing between them destroy them both in seconds. He's not as fleet of foot (or wheel) as Jazz, but he makes up for it with a bit more armor.
Ricochet was first available in the "Lock & Load" Challenge Event in mid-September 2016, and was a "free to play" character during the Event. He and all of the other Challenge Event unlockables were made available in the "2-Year Celebration" Event. On day three of this Event, the game offered the purchasable "Ricochet Bundle" for $14.99, which contained 25000 coins, 150 Gems, and Ricochet (or 5000 Tokens if you already owned him).
Bubbles-as-Blaster arrives with the new update of March 2017, which also introduces the new "Sparkrun" mode and Unicron Pig. As a re-skin of Chef Pig as Soundwave, Blaster fires multiples sonic blasts in rapid succession (up to five with proper leveling up), which pack more punch than all the Soundwaves' sonic blasts. However, due to reusing Soundwave's model he shares his voice clips as well, even though other characters following the "virtual redeco/retool" pattern later on don’t. Luckily, this oddity was fixed later.
Besides being in the game as a playable character, Blaster also appears in boom box mode as an accessory to Blurr, providing the latter with EMP rounds.
Sideswipe's weapon is a pun on his name. The weapon is an anti-gravity gun that side-swipes (ha-ha) masses of blocks and pigs to the left. Good for clearing them away, and also obliterates almost everything that hits the ground or gets launched offscreen.
Red Alert, the security officer, is really more of a firefighter in Angry Birds. He's equipped with a water cannon whose arcing splashes can push pigs away and deal moderate... ahem... splash damage. Puns!
Bubbles's amicable lightheadedness is no match for Sunstreaker's ego, turning the ditzy bird into kind of a jerk. Though the combination of the two is now even more flighty and capricious than you normally get from Sunstreaker.
First available in late February 2018, Sunstreaker has an instant-hit "stream" weapon like the Grimlocks and Epic Optimus. But his works as the opposite of Epic Optimus's tractor-beam gun, instead pushing targeted objects away with incredible force. The beam even has a lingering draining effect on targets' HP that lasts for a few short seconds after the direct damage stops. Even at level 1, Sunstreaker can drop towers and send Pigs flying away easily (and let's be real; it is extremely funny to see the piggies disappearing in the distance, where they then proceed to just fall out of existence since the game only goes back so far).
Like Elita One before him, Sunstreaker was also made available in a "bundle" during his original Challenge Event, bought with Gems rather than real money. The bundle's costs and contents varied from platform and player, with higher-cost bundles offering more Accessories and larger amounts of promotion-granting Spark.
So would Bubbles really fit into the role of the stealthmaster Mirage? Probably not. But Mirage does pack a big punch. His weapon is Soundwave's soundwaves, firing in clips of three, which travel in the pattern that Strongarm's projectiles do, and which seem to have an EMP effect. Additionally, if you don't shoot, shortly after a blast, Mirage will activate invisibility features, stopping any Pigs from shooting him. And you don't even need an Energonicon to do so.
Mirage was available in the event of the same name, again, for 10000 tokens.
Optimus has had it with all of the Deceptihogs' wins, and sends another warrior to get the job done. Private Sideswipe leads the Autobirds now, and this master tactician is taking no chances. But will his quest for glory cloud his judgement? Sergeant Barricade will certainly be hoping so.
Private Sideswipe's weapon is the same-sideswipes(yet again, ha-ha) the target when hit.
The war is closing in, and some of the old 'bots are here to fight as well. One of them is Private Mirage, whose invisibility is an upside to the Autobirds. He can bring his old money to the table, but a dangerous threat lurks in the shadows, which could mean Private Mirage's skills miiight not be up to the task. But all that matters to the Autobirds is winning, right?
Anyways, Private Mirage's weapon is basically the same as his original one, complete with invisibility.
Called in to join the war against the newly turned-to-the-dark-side-again Captain Nemesis Prime, Private Red Alert is (probably) ready to go.
Following the trend, his weapon is the exact same as og Red Alert's weapon (so much for eighteen freakin' dollars), BUT this time the devs shaked things up a bit by giving the shots a little color variation.
Christmas War Pass character preview came early this year bi-month! Before War season 22 had even started, characters for season 23 could already be previewed as teammates, alongside the season 22 characters. One of these characters is Neon Sideswipe with the same old weapon.
Not only did Mirage get a promotion to PRIVATE Mirage, he's also gotten a refurbishment from his battles, getting rid of all the battle damage and rust with a sweet neon redeco. His weapon is still the same as normal Mirage and he retains his ability to become invisible, if it ain't broke, don't fix it! Like the other Neon-infused characters, he's able to replenish energy via Energon cubes and takes more damage in return, the invisibility comes in handy for dealing with the fragility!
Blaster got a slick new Neon repaint, perfect for raves and partying... also for the continued fight against Deceptihogs! Being a Neon character, he's got the ability to heal from Energon Cubes but takes double damage as a trade-off.
It seems that whatever happened behind the scenes, either Blaster raided Soundwave's closet or Exient/Rovio couldn't even bother removing the Neon Soundwave customization items as Blaster can equip all of his Soundwave specific items alongside the Blaster specific customization items, as if the colors of the cannon and jetpack still being Soundwave-colored wasn't already glaringly obvious, the cassette customization item STILL has the Deceptihog insignia on it despite Blaster's alliegance to the Autobird cause! Is he secretly a traitor or what!? Not only does he retain Soundwave specific customization items, he doesn't even have the Blaster specific animations, having the Chef Pig-like Soundwave animations instead, what the hell kind of frustratingly inconsistent, lazy rush job is this character!?
