Axes (Hot Air)

Axes are enemies in the Hot Air Series.

Appearance
Axes appear as an axe blade with a seven link chain, the seventh link attached to to a screw attached to a platform.

General behavior
Axes simply swing left and right, and can be easily avoided. Sometimes Stars will be in the path of the Axe, and will have to be quickly grabbed if the player wishes to get a star bonus. In the Hot Air Series there are two types of Axes, they however do the same thing, only having a different face. The first Axe is male, while the second is female.

Hot Air 1
In Hot Air 1, an Axe is encountered on level 2. It is attached to the top of the ceiling and swings back and fourth. Hot Air has to go past the Axe twice to land on two Orange Pads to unlock the way to the Red Pad.

Hot Air 2
In Hot Air 2: All Blown Up, two Axes - Male and Female - appear on level 3: I Married an Axe Murdered. That level is long, and close to the end of the level are two swinging Axes swinging close to each other. These are the only appearances of the Axes in the Hot Air Series. The player has to go back and forth in the level pressing Orange Pads.