FIRECRACKER

FIRECRACKER is a special mole in BONK! The Mole Show, the pixel-art whack-a-mole roguelite.

Level 1

Lights itself 3 rows from the line and goes BANG in a plus, bonked or not. Popped early = smaller blast.

Bigger blast, and the embers turn a nearby mole Golden.

Comes as a string of three that pop one after another.

Hit it exactly when the fuse shows 1: the blast doubles. Too early is a dud.

Chemistry recipe	With	Effect
LIGHTER	FUSE HEAD	A Firecracker in a burning hole ignites at once, and every Ignition leaves embers that turn a nearby mole Golden.
SLOW BURN	CLOCK	A burning Firecracker with a clock mark stalls and builds up each row: a longer fuse, a bigger blast.
HIGH ROLLER	COIN	With the crowd above 55, every Firecracker bang bets 3 Audience: the chain turns Golden. Win it with 6+ links and the crowd pays back more.
KINDLING	CHARGE GLOVE	Every full bar of the Glove lights the nearest unlit Firecracker with a short fuse: it blows at full size a row later.
BOTTLE ROCKET	ROCKET MOLE	Every Rocket Mole leap lights the Firecrackers next to where it took off and where it landed: they blow on the next row.

A special mole takes one of your 4 mole slots; once owned it starts appearing among the normal moles.
At Level 2 you choose its final form: STRING OF FIRECRACKERS or DUD OR JACKPOT, or one of its 5 chemistry recipes.
Its BONKs count as the FIRE family.
It unlocks on NEON ARCADE, milestone 3 (reach the boss).