Squirrels

The squirrels are the main characters of Chick Flick. Two of them appear on each level, one grey and the other red along with a trampoline they share to help save chicks from landing on the ground. If the game is in multiplayer mode, however, each squirrel will have their own smaller trampoline for each player to control.

As a chick falls from the sky, the squirrels help soften their fall by landing them on a trampoline, which they hold. They will continue to guide the chick with the trampoline until it lands safely into the nest. At this time, the squirrels may also collect nuts and other pickups that fall from the sky.

Although the squirrels themselves do not have a definite health in the game like the chicks, they can be temporarily stunned when hit by an icicle or a ghost chick on level 8, though this will shortly prevent them from saving any falling chicks.

Cameos
The squirrels of Chick Flick have cameos in some other Nitrome games. For instance, they appear in the background of one level in Sandman alongside a tree, and as robotic enemies bouncing a chick in Skywire.

Trivia

 * A picture of a baby red squirrel, presumably the one that the player controls in the game, appears in the background of level 6.