Fireball

A Fireball is the only monster that cannot be hurt or killed (assuming Spikes do not count as monsters) and is also not one of the Fruits. Like Saws, a Fireball does not have to be killed to make it able for you to go to the next level. A Fireball appears after you spent too much time in one level (some levels are excluded from this rule, such as The Carrotian Council:Level 1 and the final boss level). The time it takes for a Fireball to spawn depends on the amount of lives you have left.

A Fireball will fly through the air and follow your through the level, without being hindered by any obstacles. If it touches you, you will die immedietly and you will lose one life. The longer it follows you around, the faster the fireball becomes and the faster it will turn. Therefore, it is a good idea to hurry when one has entered the level.

A Fireball will spawn in the middle of the bottom of the screen, but it will not be able to hurt you for the first few seconds it is on-screen. This way you are still able to leave the level at the middle bottom of the screen when it has just spawned. A Fireball will also ignite any bomb at touch. This could be usefull when working with Black bombs, as these take a long time to explode. A Fireball can speed this up, but this could also be dangerous.

A Fireball will spawn immediately as you enter the Plumbers Hideout.