Red J. Bird

NOTE: Not to be confused with the Pokémon character of the same name.

" “ They stole your kids. No. They stole our kids. I mean, who does that? Have you ever stolen any one's children? Huh? Have you? And you know what? I'm a little bit angry. Correction. I'm really angry. And I don't think I'm the only one. Come on, we're birds! We're descended from dinosaurs! We're not supposed to be nice! We're getting our kids back, and I don't need any... calm, detached, happy birds. Not gonna help us. Don't need it. I need some angry flocking birds! ” ― Red • The Angry Birds Movie" Red (full name Red J. Bird according to The Angry Birds Movie 2) is the mascot of the Angry Birds franchise. He's the leader of the titular Angry Birds flock, and the most dedicated to the cause of protecting the eggs, as well as the angriest bird of them all. Although his status and over-protective father-like personality may cause one to assume he is an adult, Red is actually one of the younger members of the flock, who stepped up to the role as leader as no one else was better suited for it.

In the films (which take place in a separate continuity as confirmed by Rovio establishing the "Angryverse" in 2022), Red is given a new backstory, where he was an outcast in a community of happy birds, before rising up to the role of a hero and leader when the pigs attacked and raided their village, turning the once happy birds into the iconic Angry Birds.

Red serves as the first and most basic bird in almost every Angry Birds title, meaning that unlike the rest of his flock, Red usually has no special ability. Usually, because there have been occasions where Red has his own ability, such as in the Red's Mighty Feathers episode in the original Angry Birds game, and Angry Birds 2.

Angry Qualities

 * 1) After the first movie, the series started to become more focused on Red, Chuck, and Bomb as a trio instead of them all being part of one big flock. The flock wasn't just some crew or a team or a group of friends, but a family, despite all of them being from different species (except for Red and Terence). The idea that they are all that they have, trying their best to survive on an island that belongs to - and is literally named after - the enemy, is infinitely more charming and interesting than it just being Red as the main hero and Chuck and Bomb as his sidekicks, and now that part of Red, and by extension the rest of the birds, is something that has been sorely missing from the series for a long while.
 * 2) "Not sure about the dabbing though."

Trivia

 * Red was originally going to be named George.
 * Aside from being a natural leader, strategist, and expert marksman, Red's other talents include playing the guitar in his Angry Birds POP! map idle animation, playing the accordion in "Last Tree Standing", and in The Angry Birds Movie, Red built his own house in 5 five years, and also crafted a small figure of his own home. While it is never shown, the book Angry Birds: Fed up, Feathered, and Furious claims that Red also plays chess as a hobby.
 * Much like Sonic the Hedgehog, Red runs the official Twitter account promoting the series, and has made many memorable interactions with the series fans, and even other brand accounts, with his rivalry with Cult of the Lamb, being one notable example.