Fowlst

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**Fowlst** is the protagonist of the Super Fowlst series of games, created by Thomas K. Young, creator of Dadish. He appears in Dadish 2 as an unlockable playable character, and multiple references to Dadish appear in Super Fowlst 2.

Fowlst is a chicken who fights against demons that have overrun the world, usually by smashing directly into them, but also through the use of egg bombs, homing rockets, and various power ups.

## In Dadish 2

After collecting the star in every level, the player will unlock Fowlst Mode, the successor to Possum Mode from the previous game. In Fowlst Mode, the player plays as Fowlst instead of Dadish, with eggs of varying colors replacing the Baby Radishes. Unlike Possum Mode, Fowlst Mode greatly changes the gameplay, as Fowlst controls as they do in their own series. Pressing left or right will cause Fowlst to flap in an upward arc in that direction, allowing for unlimited flight. While this can make some levels much easier as Fowlst can bypass any ground-based obstacles, others- particularly ones with narrow paths through obstacles- become much more difficult. Some levels have hidden pathways that only Fowlst is able to access, enabling Fowlst to bypass areas that would otherwise be impossible.

In levels where Burgurgular is present, Fowlst can ride on top of him just as Dadish can, but he can also be passed over entirely, and the level can be completed without him. In the final Burgurgular level, doing this leads to a glitch where Burgurgular will receive his hat while still standing at the start of the level, and proceed to walk to the left through a wall.

Despite being able to defeat demons on contact in the Super Fowlst series, Fowlst will be killed on contact with any enemy in Dadish 2. At the end of each level, as Fowlst and the egg fly away, Fowlst can be heard saying their catchphrase, "I'M A RENEGADE!". Fowlst has no dialogue with bosses.

## Dadish references in Super Fowlst 2

* Mulitple characters from Dadish are present as unlockable playable characters (without any unique abilities). These characters are:
	+ Dadish
	+ Baby (lavender)
	+ Possum
	+ Pizza Punk
	+ Surly Soda
	+ Burger Bully (spiked)
	+ Freaky Fries
	+ Not Hot Dog

* The games have the same art style, and in particular, crates and springs are identical across both series.
* The background city setting in Super Fowlst 2 is the same as the background of Enuiga Corp. in Dadish 2, which was in development at the time.
	+ The city setting also has billboards advertising Dadish 2.

## Fowlst

The original Fowlst was released in 2017 for iPhone, iPad, and Android, which, like all of Thomas K. Young's games, was eventually ported by the devs themselves to a gaming website called Poki. It was advertised as a bullet hell "waves of enemies" kind of game with an arcade-like feel. In it, the chicken we know today is nowhere to be seen, and instead you play as (quote the devs) "an owl trapped in hell for some reason."

## Super Fowlst

Super Fowlst was created as a large-scale remake of the original Fowlst and was released in 2018 for iPhone, iPad, and Android, which, like all of Thomas K. Young's games, was eventually ported by the devs themselves to a gaming website called Poki, and then eventually to Nintendo Switch. New additions included randomly generated level layouts, new enemies, and of course, the chicken taking the owl's place (the owl is still present as an unlockable character.)

## Super Fowlst 2

Super Fowlst 2 was released in 2020 to Nintendo Switch, Steam, the Mac App Store, iPhone, iPad, Android, and Poki. It contained a large variety of new additions, such as new powerups, new enemies, new upgrades, new mechanics, more bosses, etc.