The Helicopter

This entire page contains **SPOILERS** for the Story Mode of *Just Shapes and Beats*. It is recommended to play the entirety of Story Mode before proceeding this page!

You have been warned.

The title of the page is **conjectural**. Besides internal references, patch notes, Discord emotes or its official PS4 avatars, there is no official, canon name.

## The Helicopter

* Introduced
* Landed
* Interaction (Carry)
* Interaction (Hug)

### Unlocked in lobby by

Getting Rank A on 10 levels (4)

The **Helicopter** (also referred as such in the game's internal files) is a supporting character in *Just Shapes & Beats*'s Story Mode. It is a helicopter-like friend first encountered at Industry, who seems to be warmhearted and caring for the player who helps it. It travels along with the player during the same chapter and helps the player to get up to the Tower to regain the second and the last piece of the tree.

## Appearance

The Helicopter takes on as a teardrop-shaped ice blue airframe, with two black dots to make up its eyes or two lines when its eyes are shut. The Helicopter has two rectangles on its head as rotors, as well as four triangles arranged in a cross to represent tail rotors and two circles as hands, all sky blue in color. When initially encountered, gray smoke is emitting and a tear or sweat drop is dropping from the Helicopter, indicating that it was tired and that it needs to land.

## Introduction

The Helicopter is introduced at the second part of Industry. Where after completing Cool Friends and falling short in an attempt to rescue the friend, the Square follows the path and avoids hydraulic pistons along the path until they find the Helicopter, hovering exhaustedly over a pool of water and a helipad below them. The Square helps the Helicopter by lowering the level of the water, which is done by completing The Lunar Whale, Spectra and Unlocked in any order.
Once that is complete, the triangles soon lower the water level, allowing the Helicopter to safely touch the helipad without harm. Filled with glee, it lands at the helipad and waits for the Square. But the gears that the Square is on suddenly twirls faster and faster until it overshoots the Square, the Helicopter soon realizes this and quickly decides to help the Square.

Encounters
The Square is dropped onto a conveyor belt, and 7 buzzsaws appear behind the Square. The Square must survive from being shredded by quickly moving on the paths and climbing over the debris. The Helicopter panics, and decides to rescue the Square by dropping a short 'rope' for them to climb onto.
After rescuing the Square, the Helicopter holds them in its hands, and affectionately smooches them. Afterwards, the player gets to control the Helicopter carrying the Square, as they navigate through the rest of the factory and evading hazards along the way.
Eventually, they arrive to the room housing the second Corrupted Triangle, which is being used to corrupt plants into minions of the Boss. The Helicopter decides to rest on a landing pad, and drops the Square just below the pad.
Immediately after the Helicopter lands on the pad, the Big Cube gets sent to the room, as it cowers in fear. After the Big Cube arrives to the room, a robotic claw grabs it, and begins moving to the right in order to drop it on the conveyor belt. The Helicopter decides to save the Big Cube, as it pushes the claw in hope of freeing them. It fails, as the claw proves itself to be too strong for them, resulting in the Helicopter being knocked away. Afterwards, the claw releases the Big Cube, dropping it onto the conveyor belt. Pink liquid gets juiced out of the Corrupted Triangle and dropped onto the Big Cube, corrupting it and leading to the events of Close To Me.
After completing Close To Me, the Square uses the level triangle to purify the Corrupted Triangle. The purified Big Triangle then purifies the Big Cube and releasing the captive plants, as they all celebrate the player's victory. The Helicopter is happy that its friends are safe.
However, the alarms blare, as the camera cuts to the remaining corrupted plants escaping into the Tower, beginning the next chapter.

Tower
The Helicopter is one of the three friends that accompany the Square in this chapter. The other two being the Big Cube and the Boat. After arriving to the Tower, the Helicopter lands on the landing pad, awaiting for the player's actions.
After the player beats Vindicate Me, the level triangle destroys the wall blocking the second switch. The Helicopter decides to flip the switch by grabbing the Square, and swings it at the switch, much to the Square's dismay. Flipping the second switch opens the middle hatch as a result.
After all switches were flipped and all hatches were opened, the Square decides to go and defeat the Final Boss. However, before the Square enters the level, the Big Cube tells them to come back, as it bids them farewell alongside the Boat and the Helicopter. The Big Cube hugs the Square, the Boat splashes water at it and laughs, and the Helicopter does a high five with the Square, as it goes to defeat the Boss for once and for all.
After the Boss, in its monstrous new form, chomps on the Square and crushing them between its jaws, the Square tries to revive itself, only for the Boss to smash them with its head.
The Helicopter, the Boat, and the Big Cube arrive to mourn their friend's death. The Helicopter smashes its hand on the ground, wanting the shattered Square to come back to life. The Boat splashes water onto their friend's shattered pieces, to no avail. The Big Cube picks up their friend's pieces, and cries.
However, the two Tree Triangles on the Big Cube's head sparkle, and it knew what to do; using the triangles as defibrillators to revive the Square. The Square comes back to life, empowered, and ready for the final round against the Boss.

Aftermath
After the Boss is defeated for good, the Sun comes back, the land of Paradise is purged of corruption, and the Tree of Life is restored. The Square and its three friends reunite, as the land is peaceful once again.
However, the Boss comes back to life, now back in its first form, and becomes a DJ and hosts a rave party. The plants, and the friends (minus the Square) all dance to the music, as the credits roll, and the game ends.

## Gallery

* The Helicopter as first encountered by the player
* The Helicopter, now having woken up, is waiting on the Helipad
* The Helicopter hugging the player after rescuing the player
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## Trivia

* Unlike The Boat, the Helicopter does not have its unique ambient track when travelling along with the player.

## References

1. ↑ An example of this is *SFX\_HEX\_INDUSTRY\_HELICOPTER\_PANIC.wav* in the *industry.manifest* file in the *sfx* folder in the game's files.
*In context, this refers to the helicopter panicking when the player is in danger during Industry.*
2. ↑ A shorthand of Helicopter. An example of this is *SFX\_HEX\_INDUSTRY\_HELICO\_RESCUE\_PLAYER.wav* in the *industry.manifest* file in the *sfx* folder in the game's files.
*In context, this refers to the helicopter rescuing the player.*