Hal

previously known by fans as "Boomerang Bird"misspelt as Al in the Toy Care PDF is an emerald toucanet who serves as the seventh member of Red's Flock in the Angry Birds franchise. He was introduced in the episode Danger Above and has continued to appear in multiple Angry Birds games since; however, he remains as a lesser-represented character in the series. Hal's defining trait is his ability to boomerang back, usually due to him opening his beak wide open, though he sometimes does not need to activate his ability by doing this. Hal's personality has varied within the Angry Birds franchise, as he has been shown to be a young and clumsy character in some media, while being depicted as an older, wiser one in others; however, he is consistently shown to love adventure and plays the banjo as a hobby.
==Appearance==
File:Boomeranghd.svg|Hal, from the original Angry Birds.
File:Hal copy.png|Hal, from Angry Birds Chrome.
File:Hal(abfriends).png|Hal, from Angry Birds Friends.
File:Green-bird-toons.png|Hal, from the Angry Birds Coca-Cola trailer.
File:Hal2.png|Hal, from Angry Birds 2.
File:Reloaded Hal.png|Hal, from Angry Birds Reloaded.
File:ABMovie Hal.png|Hal, from The Angry Birds Movie.
Hal is a medium green bird with a huge, orange beak (being the only bird from Red's flock with a beak color other than yellow). He has three top black feathers like Matilda and three spiky tail feathers like Chuck. He has two eyes on either side of his beak with medium-sized eyebrows, and has pure white chest feathers. In his early animated design by Kombo Studios, he had three black thick eyebrows, large bulging eyes on one side of his head (which tends to switch places), a dark yellow beak with an orange tip, and medium green feathers.
In Angry Birds Toons and Angry Birds Go!, Hal resembles an actual emerald toucanet more by having black markings on the base of his beak. He also has yellow rings around his eyes. He does not have the top feathers on his head, and his beak is in a different shade of orange. His feathers are now emerald green and his white stomach is not seen.
In The Angry Birds Movie, Hal appears as a green anthropomorphic emerald toucanet and his design seems to be a combination between his classic game counterpart and his earlier cartoon appearance. His beak reverts back into plain orange and has orange stubby feet. The black feathers on his head and tail are now green, and his stomach is now pale beige. He is voiced by Anthony Padilla in the movie.
==Personality ==
left|thumb|180x180px|Hal's Toy Care description.
Hal has been inconsistent in terms of his personality, with different media showing different depictions of the character.
In multiple instances, like the Angry Birds Comic Series, Hal is shown as a very mature character. He is shown to have a deep love for the pleasures in life, as when he is found he is usually with his banjo or camping. He is a rather adventurous bird, and in Angry Birds Go!, he wears an adventurer's hat (which was included in promo art and the game toys and telepods) He finds no desire to be filled with anger and usually doesn't take place in any of the bird's fights with the pigs.
However, in situations like the Summer Pignic short movie and The Angry Birds Movie, Hal is shown to be an extremely clumsy and goofy character. He is clearly much younger, and in place of a raspy, creaky voice he is given a squeaky, nasally one. Unlike his other, much different personality, this version of him has an extreme desire to become angry and fight the pigs, along with being an actual "angry" bird. Both of these aspects were combined in his description for The World of Angry Birds Official Guide.
==Powers and abilities==
===Powers===
*Boomerang - Hal's trademark ability is to spin back like a boomerang.
*Tornatoes - Only showcased in Angry Birds Go!, Hal has the ability to summon tornatoes onto a player, significantly weakening them.
*Transformation - When the EggSpark crashlanded on Piggy Island, Hal was transformed into Grimlock, Trypticon and Volcanicus.
===Abilities===
*Musician - Hal likes to play the banjo.
===Weaknesses===
*Strength
==Relationships==
===Allies===
===Neutral===
===Enemies===
==Trivia ==
*Hal, Bubbles and the Ice Bird are the only birds who first appeared kidnapped by the pigs, although Bubbles was unintentionally kidnapped.
*Hal will make Chuck's pain noises when being a corpse, thus making it the only bird without an original pain noise.
*In Angry Birds Friends, when Hal's boomerang ability is activated, he boomerangs back at a lower angle than in the main games. The same can be said in Angry Birds 2, but the boomerang is programmed to go back to the slingshot's exact position.
*Hal and Blu and Jewel are also the only birds to rotate when fired from the slingshot.
*Hal has a different launch voice on Angry Birds Seasons as of the Ham'o'ween update. However, the PC and Mac version of Angry Birds Classic also has the alternative voice of the bird. The phone version of the original Angry Birds has the original select and launch voice (actually one of the birds grumbling when waiting).
*Hal and the Ice Bird are the only birds that are shown in the level before they are first played in as an unplayable item.
*On Chrome level 6-4 his corpse sprite disappears and is invisible, but when you unlock him, his corpse sprite will be the Angry Birds Rio sprite and he keeps the Yellow Bird pain noises but the feathers change from yellow ones to white ones.
*Hal's eyebrows will disappear when he blinks. (however, this will only happen with his old design)
*In Piglantis, Hal's ability doesn't work when he is underwater. The corpse will appear when the ability is activated.
*In the Angry Birds Heikki promotional art on Angry Birds Facebook page, Hal looks exactly like it's design in Angry Birds (previously) and Angry Birds Seasons, except the yellow ring on his beak is removed.
*Hal is the only bird to be rescued twice.
*Hal is the first bird to be known to play an instrument.
*In Angry Birds Friends, when Hal's boomerang ability is activated, he boomerangs back at a lower angle than in the main games.
*Hal is the only bird that never appeared in Angry Birds Toons. His design for Toons would depict him with a more pointed beak, a black "mask" over his face, and yellow rings around his eyes.
*Hal, along with Matilda and Stella, are the only three birds without a Space counterpart, and he and Bubbles are the only two birds without a Star Wars counterpart.
*A gravestone bearing his name can be seen in the 2022 Halloween event of Angry Birds Journey.File:Angry Birds Journey- Halloween Event!
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