Angry Birds!

Angry Birds. Does the name strike a bell? It should because Angry Birds have become a cultural touchstone.


Angry Birds is a video game series. It is from Finnish company Rovio Entertainment. Here, we have Angry Birds coloring pages free and downloadable.


The main characters in Angry Birds are colorful birds who fight to save their eggs from their enemies. Their enemies are green pigs.


Angry Birds began in 2009 with the first game release of the franchise. Players can shoot birds into pigs' fortresses.


There is a television series based on Angry Birds. It is called "Angry Birds Toons." It began in 2013 and lasted for three seasons.


There are many Angry Birds toys. Perhaps the best known are the Telepods created by the toy company Hasbro.


Hot Wheels cars from the toy company Mattel also are designed to reference Angry Birds.


There also are Angry Birds soft drinks.


There are "Activity Parks" that feature the Angry Birds characters. One is in Lightwater Valley.


Rovio combined with NASA to create an Angry Birds theme park at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It is called "Angry Birds Space Encounter." There is another location of Angry Birds Space Encounter in Houston, Texas, the site of another major NASA installation.


Angry Birds have become a cultural phenomenon. They have been mentioned in many television shows, news stories, and other media outlets.


Many companies have licensed Angry Birds to promote their own products. These companies include Nokia, T-Mobile, Finnair, and Coca-Cola.


There is an Angry Birds theme song. It is called Balkan Blast Remix.


Angry Birds themes have been used in schools to promote learning. For example, Fun Academy is an Angry Birds spin-off that currently operates in nine countries around the world.


Other Angry Birds television series include Piggy Tales, which is a stop-motion animated series, and "Angry Birds Stella," a 2D/3D animated series.


Angry Birds games have been downloaded by literally billions of users around the world.


The reason that pigs are the enemies of the Angry Birds is due to a historical accident. When the first Angry Birds games were developed, the swine flu was a major health problem. So, the game creators decided to make swine (pigs) the villains.


As of this writing, there are 18 video games in the Angry Birds video game series. However, that is sure to grow to many multiples of that number.


Sony Pictures Imageworks released a 3D computer-animated feature film, "The Angry Birds Movie," on 20 May 2016.


In "The Angry Birds Movie," the characters speak and do other things that humans do. This is known as anthropomorphism.


The sequel, "The Angry Birds Movie 2," was scheduled for release on the tenth anniversary of the original video game in 2019. The date is 14 August 2019.


The films have created their own Angry Birds storyline. Rovio Entertainment even released an online video miniseries, "Angry Birds Blues," based upon the characters in the films.

Angry Birds are sure to be around for a very long time because everyone loves Angry Birds!

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