Finally...my favorite level!
The Incredible Shrinking Duck
Planet: Amazonius
Type: Dense Jungle
Size: Deceiving
Atmosphere: None, but the food is great!
Marvin has now developed a shrink ray...and Earth is targeted!
After buying your supplies, the shrink ray will hit your ship en route to Amazonius...you're now shrunk! Actually, this is a good thing...you'll now be able to explore the planet.
Section 1
Spiders lunge at you from their webs when you get close, and aphids drop down and move about when you're nearby. The spiders are easy; just shoot up at them when they're climbing back to the ceiling. Hit the Aphids with the Bomb Gun.
The Martians have been replaced with Soldier Ants. Yes, they're actually dressed like U.S. Army soldiers and carry shotguns. Sounds funny until they shoot at you after you fire back. Same rules with the Martians apply here.
Worms crawl around, and are easily knocked out with the Bomb Gun. That, or you could just jump over them. The lightning bugs shoot actual lightning! Shoot at them from directly underneath to take them out!
Anyway, go left, take out the spider, then leap left to the moving platform. Keep moving all the way to the left until you pick up the Nutty Attack, then take the beanstalk to your right all the way down until you see the Continue Point.
Keep going left and take the next moving platform up. Go left for Orange Juice; go right for cash. When you reach the platform's highest point, go left and go up the beanstalk, taking the fuel can as you go. The first platform to your left has a new enemy - a purple centipede that explodes on sight and sends its body parts out somewhat like grenade shrapnel. Take care of the lightning bug near the top, then go left and take care of the worm and the spider before taking the Anti-Matter Gun.
Go back down the beanstalk and drop left. Go beat down the soldier ant and the spider, then leap left to the next soldier ant. Take care of it and the lightning bug up ahead, then keep going left, going past the worm before dropping down the beanstalk. Go right, take care of the soldier ant, then go back to the left. If you drop to the beanstalk after the next, you'll find three money bags to your right. Go to the top, take the leaf platform, and go right. Go up the next beanstalk.
Take care of the soldier ant and the lightning bug, then go all the way to the right until you reach the beanstalk at the dead end. If you hug the wall and use your Jetpack, you'll find an extra life.
Go back to the first beanstalk (the one before the dead end). Go right for fuel after you go all the way up, then go left, climb the next beanstalk all the way up. If you need health, fly to the platform above you, kill the soldier ants and the spiders, and hit up the dead end for Orange Juice. Keep going right from the last leaf of the beanstalk and you'll meet the Queen of the Ant Colony. Shoot her a few times and jetpack or jump-shoot over her when she's diving at you. When she goes off-screen, kill the purple soldier ants at the sides of the screen. Keep doing this until she falls.
Section 2
The pool of water in front of you has a bullfrog in the center that tries to hit you with its tongue when you try to jump over it. It can be taken care of easily. After that, you'll see a soldier ant on the reins of a machine gun. Block all the shots and reply with a rapid salvo of your own: shoot twice, block, repeat.
Climb up the vine, shooting the spiders down as you go. Go right into the tree and keep going. The first climbable beanstalk after the lightning bug (the one with the machine gunner ant next to it) leads you to an Orange Juice if you need it.
Keep going right for a while. As you do, you'll find more enemies to shoot down and plunder money from, you'll also reach a continue point.
After the continue point, you'll find a Bomb Gun and a Three-Way Gun at one of the beanstalks. Stay on top of the screen at this point, and keep going right. you'll reach another Continue Point - and a dragonfly. No, seriously, it's a dragonfly. Literally.
Get close to the wall and move underneath its head. It'll blow three fireballs at you, so get away after the second fireball so you can jump over it. It'll go off-screen and then appear on the side he left from. Keep getting close before it reappears so it'll blow fireballs and give you more chances to shoot at it. When you destroy it, you'll blow its head off and cause it to explode. That's pretty violent for a Looney Tunes game...
Section 3
There's an Electricity Gun near the start, so climb up the beanstalk, shoot down the soldier ant and get it. Take the leaf platform up and go right. Follow the path in the tree (watch out for the spider!), take the next leaf platform up and go right. Shoot the aphids down, then go right and then down until you see a worm. Go right, take care of the lightning bug, and leap to the branch above the next spider and take the next leaf platform up, then go right. You're at the next Continue Point.
This part is going to cheese you off. Leap to the right from leaf to leaf (they fall a few seconds after you land on them, so be quick) and you'll reach a spider and three money bags. Go up until you hit the next Continue Point. If you need Orange Juice, keep going up. You'll find two spiders, a soldier ant, a glass of Orange Juice and a Three-Way Gun on your way up.
Keep going to the right after the Continue Point to fight a giant red spider. It moves back and forth for a while, spitting out three smaller spiders. Shoot upwards while it's on the ceiling, then start moving when it climbs into the leaves - it will try to drop onto you. Keep shooting and dodging until it dies. Thankfully, you can destroy the smaller spiders with one shot before they hit the ground, so keep that in mind.
Boss
The premise here is actually simple, but doing it is anything but: you have to shoot Marvin's gun in order to beat him.
And how to keep from taking damage? When Marvin jumps from one side to the other, he'll try to shoot at you with the gun when he reaches the other side (if he's not trying to stomp on you, at least). This is the best time to hit higher ground and aim for the switch. When he bounces around after two shots, hide in the trenches below.
After enough damage, the beam from Marvin's shrink ray will go from a fat, solid beam to a thin, transparent double-helix shaped one. Let the beam hit you, and you'll grow back to normal size...and beyond!
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