| “ | Are you light enough? Can you teeter? Let's teeter on the edge!
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— Hover Meanie, Shovel Knight: King of Cards | ||
Hover Meanies are minor enemies in Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove. They are blue hood-cladded minions flying with a propeller fan. Hover Meanies have a larger-sized variant known as Blubber Meanies.
Story[]
Specter of Torment[]
A blue Hover Meanie starts wandering the Tower of Fate hub and another attends Creech's juice bar after the Flying Machine stage has been completed by defeating Propeller Knight.
King of Cards[]
A blue Hover Meanie is one of the three Joustus players in the Crag of Joustus who have to be defeated once before confronting the local champion. A green Hover Meanie also wanders the Crag.
Behavior and Tactics[]
Hover Meanies blow air with their propeller fan to push their target, which does not deal damage but will often cause the player to fall into spikes or pits. Blue Hover Meanies are rare and only appear in the Flying Machine. They only blow the player upwards, which is to be used to reach higher platforms or traverse bottomless pits. They possess 2 hit points and still inflict 1 damage point on contact.
Variants[]
Green Hover Meanie[]
Green Hover Meanies are the most common enemies on the Flying Machine and are very frustrating to deal with near Cannonballs and bottomless pits. They follow their foes around while staying away, then stop and blow them to one side or another. As an exception, they are able to blow the player in four different directions in the Mysterious Area on Xbox and PC versions of Shovel of Hope. Like the blue variant, they only have 2 hit points and deal 1 damage point on contact.
Green Hover Meanies appear in the Flying Machine, Tower of Fate: Entrance, Tower of Fate: Ascent, and the Mysterious Area.
Joustus Card[]
One of the Joustus cards in King of Cards is a Blue Hover Meanie card which has 1 Double Arrow facing left. It's also a Cascade card.
Joustus Battle[]
A Blue Hover Meanie appears in King of Cards as one of the players in the Crag of Joustus. He can be found on a platform at the very top of the building, requiring King Knight to climb a ladder to get there.
Joustus Deck[]
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| Hover Meanie | Hover Meanie | Hover Meanie | Blubber Meanie |
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| Blubber Meanie | Blitzsteed | Blitzsteed | Blitzsteed |
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| Tadvolt | Tadvolt | Tadvolt | Tadvolt |
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| Serprize | Serprize | Serprize | Hootstack |
Dialogue[]
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Trivia[]
- The base color of the Hover Meanie and Blubber Meanie sprite sheets is blue. However, Green Hover Meanies are more prominent in the campaigns and challenges, while Blue Blubber Meanies are unused entirely.
- The dialogue portrait for Hover Meanies has been present in the game's files since the release of Specter of Torment.
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