Angry Birds Danger Above 3 Star Walkthrough Level 8-3

The best strategy for Danger Above level 8-3 is to lob a Yellow bird, speeding through the two horizontal wooden planks above the beachballs. The stone columns will topple to the right, and with a little luck, they can trigger the TNT at the bottom of the level. The score in the video below is 133,900.

Fun fact: This level was originally designed by a 5-year-old Texan named Ethan, and thus Rovio included his name in the sky. Read more in the comments section.

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Rank: Hardened with 640 points
By sparkleclair (@sparkleclair)

Anyone know the significance of the word Ethan in the sky? Sorry if this has been covered somewhere before.

Rank: Sling God with 32120 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)Score: 134,830

Ethan was a 5 year old from Texas who loved drawing “Angry Birds” levels. Rovio liked his letter and drawing so much, they made the level almost precisely as he drew it. Read more in this article.

I will add this to the post as a Fun Fact, just like 7-11.

Rank: Hardened with 640 points
By sparkleclair (@sparkleclair)

Aw sweet story, thanks for the prompt reply. Off to check out 7-11 now

Rank: Debriefed with 1415 points
By Abhijit (@abhijit)

can you compile all the fun facts in one article or a section or something like that

Rank: Sling God with 32120 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)Score: 134,830

I can look into this. Maybe a tag?

Rank: Debriefed with 1415 points
By Abhijit (@abhijit)

Tags are will work fine.
this and 7-11 level facts are very interesting

Rank: Sling God with 26055 points
By sal9 (@sal9)Score: 135,690

A small tag would be perfect.

Rank: Sling God with 25800 points
By MG516 (@mg516)Score: 135,770

That is a great story and a this is a fun level. I tried your excellent walkthrough and it really improved my score. I also note that no one else offered an alternative which is really unusual. Thank you for all the work you do here!

Rank: Pig Leader with 12140 points
By sunshine (@sunshine)Score: 128,290

That is a touching story. The kid did a great job, this is actually one of my favorites!! Even though my score is not as good as Slim & Sal. ;)

Rank: Master Slinger with 6640 points
By E-Star (@e-star)Score: 134,520

Fun fact: the letters of the name can be shot as well. Not that this is needed for the level, but shot my yellow bird the wrong way and noticed it :)

Rank: Avian Overlord with 16440 points
By burbman (@burbman)Score: 134,950

I tried that once for fun as well! Waste of a bird though.

Rank: Master Slinger with 7400 points
By Angryguy (@angryperson)Score: 131,440

did you get any points for hitting it?

Rank: Debriefed with 1415 points
By Abhijit (@abhijit)

we get points but the are very less about 2k-3k is you hit it correctly but we waste a bird

By aardvark

What is the might eagle strategy for this level?
Does the sardine can have to rest atop the string of red balls?

Rank: Sling God with 67725 points
By wrw01 (@wrw01)Score: 136,310

AMslimfordy’s video for ABN worked great.
In case one misses the two boards with the first yellow bird, fling the second into the opening that was created at the top and there is a good chance the structure will fall and tnt will explode. Did it a couple of times and obtained scores in the 124k range.

Rank: Sling God with 26000 points
By Uncle B (@uncle-b)Score: 133,060

It’s not real easy to get the structure to split and collapse with the 1st bird like it does in the video.

By Rebecca

Has anyone else noticed what seems to be a programming glitch? Several times I’ve gotten extremely high scores through what I can only describe as spontaneous combustion. Most or all of the structure just explodes and disintegrates, sometimes before I’ve even launched a bird. It’s not just falling down by itself it’s actually blowing up. I can’t remember which other levels that it’s happened on, but on this level my score is 148,170. Don’t worry, I don’t post to the leader boards, I just play for fun! I haven’t been able to find any mention of this phenomenon happening to others when I’ve searched. I have a Motorola Xoom Tablet and it seems like it has something to do with the way I hold it by the bottom left side while playing.

Rank: Sling God with 32120 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)Score: 134,830

By any chance, are you running “Jelly Bean”?

By Rebecca

Yes, I am now, but this has been happening for quite a while. I think perhaps even before my android upgraded to ice cream sandwich. I’ve reinstalled Angry birds a few times. The last couple of times has been after I factory reset my tablet. The spontaneous explosions didn’t happen the first couple of installations. Have you heard of this before?

Rank: Sling God with 32120 points
By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)Score: 134,830

I’ve heard of it on Jelly Bean. I’m honestly not very familiar with the Android operating systems, but I’ve heard of “spontaneous explosions” on Angry Birds using Jelly Bean. It has been reported to both Rovio and Android, but I would encourage you to report it to them as well. The more voices, the more likely the two can come to a fix.

By Rebecca

Thank you for letting me know!

Rank: Sling God with 35890 points
By HallieGinSB (@hallieginsb)Score: 140,910

Rebecca (in case you are notified of replies) and @amslimfordy, just saw this post about frequent spontaneous explosions in AB apps with Jelly Bean on Motorola Xoom tablets. I posted a (too) lengthy description of this problem in early August under Bugs and Glitches on page 9. Since then there has been an upgrade to Jelly Bean that has helped but has not resolved the problem. It is my understanding from Rovio that the Jelly Bean problem only affects Wi-Fi Xooms, thus they are not putting any effort into a fix for their apps.

By adam

lv noticed the opposite, there seems to be another block holding the horizontal, plank at the top, an after 50 + tries, i cannot get the structure to Fallen down no matter how Manuel birdd i use. it is frustraiting

Rank: Sling God with 44785 points
By karen68 (@karen68)Score: 144,210

Kept flinging away like the walkthrough with mediocre scores, then out of nowhere 144k.
I used maybe a slightly shallower arc but not by much.

Not a lot of stone left –
https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/members/karen68/album/picture/24331/

https://www.angrybirdsnest.com/members/karen68/album/picture/24332/

Rank: Sling God with 35375 points
By PeeJayDee27 (@peejaydee27)Score: 137,510

Great score @karen68! I’ve been flinging away for ages and still haven’t managed to top my previous 34K score. You give renewed hope that it can be done. I’ll keep at it….:))

Rank: Sling God with 26000 points
By Uncle B (@uncle-b)Score: 133,060

Ya Hoo !!! ~ Great Job @karen68 ~ Congratulations on the outstanding score and new Puppy !!!

Rank: Sling God with 44785 points
By karen68 (@karen68)Score: 144,210

Thanks @peejaydee27 & @uncle-b.
I hadn’t improved on my 137k either until this happened. I wasn’t even paying that much attention to how the TNT was set off or anything, just flinging on autopilot, so I can’t provide any more details.
Good luck. 🙂

Rank: Sling God with 29785 points
By ZeBung (@zebung)Score: 136,880

Great job! You have more patience than I.

Rank: Sling God with 26000 points
By Uncle B (@uncle-b)Score: 133,060

LOL ~ my how well I know that familiar routine of “mind-less” flinging while watching TV or multi-tasking…

Rank: Explosive with 2355 points
By CakeyFA (@cakeyfa)Score: 132,940

guess it’s all about onebirding.. 2birder brought only 125k, with not much left to destroy

Rank: Explosive with 2355 points
By CakeyFA (@cakeyfa)Score: 132,940

ok, now did 127640 2birder
but only 129k with 1bird
weird

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