Blu

Tyler Blu Gunderson, or Blu, is the main protagonist of Rio and Rio 2 created by Blue Sky Studios and the second main protagonist of Angry Birds Rio alongside Red created by Rovio Entertainment. 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.
==Appearance==
TBA
==Personality==
Blu is a clumsy bird, due to him being raised in rich conditions, he turned into a more pet-like macaw rather than a surviving one. He is also happy and optimist, not being aware of danger, but when he went to the Amazon, he fought the loggers like a real macaw, being more of an angry bird.
==History==
===Rio 1===
Blu was born in a Brazilian Rainforest originally, along with most of the birds. One day, when he was a chick, he tried to fly, but fell to the ground and was captured by some smugglers and sent to Minnesota, United States, where he started living with a woman named Linda and got influenced by American culture since then, not knowing how to fly and still trying to do so.
Túlio, an ornithologist, found him and asked Linda to get him to Brazil so he could reproduce with Jewel and make more specimens of Spix Macaws, When Blu was going to the Environmental Conservation Center, he found Nico and Pedro, Pedro is a singing Cardinal while Nico is a bottle cap tambourine player. 
When he reached the center, Jewel didn't want to do it, and both were captured by Nigel, a former rock star cockatoo, and sent to the Smugglers' Den.
In the den, Nigel told them that he was a former rock star, being replaced parakeet. In the game, the smugglers captured Red, Chuck and Jay and took them to the den, as they had a very good price, they got angry and invented a way to escape, freeing Blu, Jewel and a bunch of exotic birds.
Blu escaped with the birds, still chained with Jewel, fighting the Marmosets and Nigel and then finding Rafael, a toco toucan that said that Luiz, a mechanic's bulldog, could break that chain. They passed by the beach and reached the workshop, where they found the dog and he freed the two, Jewel flied to the sky but Nigel caught her.
Blu, knowing this, tried to find the allegoric car that contained the cages, but Mauro, the leader of all the marmosets, fought him and the birds, and the marmoset was of course defeated. With the help of the birds, he found and entered the car, not knowing that Nigel got his back and that the vehicle was going to the Airport.
The birds infiltrated the Smugglers' Plane that was flying to other countries with the help of the Allegoric Car, fighting Nigel and freeing Blu and all the other birds. After the heroic act, Blu finally learned to fly and kissed Jewel, his future wife. Túlio and Linda gave home to them in the Blue Bird Sanctuary, where they found more of Spix Macaws.
===Rio 2===
Blu invited the birds to go to Rio de Janeiro to commemorate réveillon with their friends, so the birds went to Rio and commemorated with him, not aware of what was to come. Eventually, the birds found Blu in the Amazon, where he found more Blue Spix Macaws and is a now a tribe member, trying to fight Nigel and the loggers from cutting the trees.
After they defeated Nigel, the Big Boss, and the loggers, Blu thanked the birds and they went back to Piggy Island.
In the movie, he has three baby chicks called Carla (the oldest of the three), Bia (the middle-aged of the three), and Tiago (the youngest of the three) plus played football against the Red Macaws.
==Gameplay==
Blu first appears at the end of Smugglers' Den where he is chained next to his friend/romantic love interest 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 Jungle Escape 2-15, 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 Smugglers' Plane, the player uses Blu, however, he was rescued at the end of Smugglers' Plane. As Blu and Jewel hop onto the slingshot, Blu makes a battle cry.
In the Rio 2 segment, Blu first appears in level R4-1 of Timber Tumble, as himself once again and also introduced as a 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-up 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.
==Appearances==
Blu has appeared in the following media:
*Rio
*Rio 2
*Rio: The Junior Novel
*Rio 2: The Junior Novel
*Rio: Snakes Alive!
*Rio Multiplayer Party Game! 
*Angry Birds Rio
*Rio: The Video Game
*Angry Birds Friends (on the level select screen of the Rio Tournament)
*Angry Birds 2 (as a profile picture)
*Rio: Match 3 Party
==Noises==
*Launch noise: Havo!
==Gallery==
===Character===
RioBlu.png|Sprite of Blu
Rio2Blu.png
===Gameplay===
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ABRioBluSittingWithRed.jpg
===Merchandise===
TBA
Category:Birds
Category:Characters
Category:Crossover characters
Category:Rio Birds
Category:Rio Characters