Stage – Heffalumps and Woozles

HEFFALUMPS AND WOOZLES

Heffalumps and Woozles is a song number appearing in Winnie the Pooh, in which Pooh falls into a deep sleep and dreams of being plagued by the titular creatures in a series of vivid nightmares. This stage represents the vivid imagery seen within the song, rather than one specific location in the movie. As soon as you start the stage, you will be treated to a shapeless void with a horrible dark blue background that constantly shapeshifts seen above – this is the entire stage. Nothing but that in a walk-off as long as the Wi-Fi Training Room stage. Have fun.
Now…where exactly do the Heffalumps and Woozles come in? Well…Heffalumps and Woozles will, at various intervals march onto the stage and begin attacking you! You can fight back against these nightmarish fiends…though don’t forget you also have foes to deal with! Let’s get straight into what you’ll be going up against…just remember, they come in ones and twozles…so you may be dealing with quite a few of these guys at once…

Pop-Gun Heffalump

These soldier-esque Heffalumps have one thing in mind and, surprisingly, it’s not honey! No, these guys will actively attack -YOU-. When one appears, it’ll slowly waddle over to the closest foe at the speed of Ganondorf’s walk. When it gets within a Battlefield platform distance of you, these Heffalump will crouch down before firing its cork at you with surprising force! If you’re struck by this, you’ll take 10% damage and medium knockback! Fortunately, these guys are slow and can have only 20% stamina.

Trumpet Woozle

These guys need to be taken out as soon as possible when you see one appear! When the Trumpet Woozle spawns, it’ll take a few moments to convert its nose into a trumpet before it starts playing its song! Once it starts, the Trumpet Woozle will march across the stage. When the Trumpet Woozle passes a character, they become hypnotized by the Woozle’s tune! Once a Trumpet Woozle hypnotizes a character, they gain level 9 AI and attempt to run off the stage, actively attempting to attack foes on the way, it follows them until they self-destruct, before moving on to another foe. The hypnotized foe can button-mash out with average difficulty, then gaining an opportunity to attack the Woozle. As previously mentioned, these guys should be taken out as soon as possible which, fortunately, isn’t too hard seeing as they only have 15% stamina, and can be attacked while they’re following a foe. The Trumpet Woozle will do no direct damage to you itself under any circumstances however.

Heffalump Vacuum

No real better way to describe these guys than saying that they’re a huge pest who love to suck up honey! When a Heffalump Vacuum appears, it’ll appear simply as a floating Heffalump head that will float slowly towards the center of the stage. Once it reaches it, it will extend its nose into the stage and begin sucking honey out of it, forming a Heffalump body as it fills with honey. After two seconds of sucking, the Heffalump Vacuum will begin to swell and ultimately explode! This will deal 20% damage and medium-high knockback if you’re within range (which is about the size of a full charge Ike Neutral B) making it an incredibly deadly foe. These guys however are incredibly fragile and will pop with a single hit. All in all however, these guys can easily deal massive damage to you if you’re not paying attention.

Pop Goes The Woozle

These guys combine the fear of Woozles with the unholy Jack-In-The-Box, a toy that has tormented children for years! When a giant crate falls from the sky, be careful! These Woozles have fairly high stamina (about 35%) and can only be hurt when they pop out of their box! Now…these guys don’t actually attack you directly, for that matter. At regular intervals, this Woozle will burst from its box, sending anyone into a dizzy state if they’re within a Bowser width of the box. After they pop up, attack their head to destroy them. Or just ignore them; they can help you by stunning the foes and are fairly predictable…

Heffalump Cannon

These guys are fairly stationary and will only hurt your beehives if they get ammo…and that ammo is you! Once one of these guys appears, the Heffalump will begin inhaling! This force is equal to the wind blowing on Pictochat meaning it’s not terribly hard to run from however. Be cautious though, if you do get inhaled by one, the Woozle behind it will ignite the cannon sending your rocketing forward and into the closest foe! This will deal 25% to you as well as 25% to those hit making it a MASSIVE hit if you get caught by this. Take these two out as they only have a surprisingly small 15% stamina.

Heffaloon

The main aerial assault from the Heffalumps and Woozles, these guys will slowly drift down in an attempt to grab you! If they’re successful, they’ll attempt to drag you away off the top of the screen in an attempt to instantly destroy it! If one of these guys latches on to, button mash immediately to escape. They can take some considerable damage but, oddly enough, are solid platforms! If you jump on top of one, you can stand on it as you damage it! Once its 25% Stamina is depleted, it’ll drop the beehive where it was. Be careful though if you’re standing on top of it when it dies; this Heffalump will spiral out of control and off the top of the screen at a rapid pace! Jump off before you’re taken with it!

Wowsers. There sure are a lot of Heffalumps and Woozles to deal with here! Make sure you know what you’re going up against!

Unlock Method
Beat Scene 27 – Heffalump Attack

Heffalumps and Woozles (original)

The Backson

Heffalump and Woozles (Powerglove)