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A platformer game for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] and [[Sega Genesis]] (later ported to the [[Game Boy Advance]]), created by Iguana Entertainment. The title character is an acrobatic bat who works in a circus and has to defend it from an evil clown. The franchise spawned two games and a [[Spin-Off]] focusing on one of the antagonists, Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel.

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* [[Band Land]]: Disco Fever in the second game.
* [[Bigger Bad]]: In the Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel spin-off, the [[Big Bad]] is an evil lumberjack, but after beating him, you have to fight Edgar Ektor, who is the [[Big Bad]] of the whole series.
* [[Double Jump]]: His second jump is a diagonal spin attack.
* [[Human Cannonball]]: The titular character on several occasions launches themselves out of a cannon to get somewhere, but it's the air powered circus type complete with 'FWHOOMP!' sound effect.
* [[I Fell for Hours]]: One of the bonus stages is an incredibly long dive into a pool.
* [[Idle Animation]]: In the first game, Aero bobs his head to the music or does a handstand when idle.
* [[Mascot with Attitude]]: Far less blatant than most; for one, Aero didn't get any "hip" dialogue.
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Very much so in the first game, but there's very little [[Fake Difficulty]]. It really makes you work for it.
* [[Punny Name]]
* [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]]: Boardin' Zone in the second game. Interestingly, he's [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|on a snowboard for the whole thing]].
* [[Spikes of Doom]]: Spikes instantly kill Aero, while enemies hist remove one of his health icons.
* [[Spin-Off]]: Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel, an enemy from the first game, got his own game.
* [[Temporary Platform]]: In the first level, you need to find seven star platforms. You need to jump on them and make them disappear before you finish the level.
* [[Timed Mission]]: There's a countdown clock, but no penalty beyond missing a time bonus.
* [[Video Game Flight]]: When you collect a certain powerup, you get to hover in place or fly in any direction for a few seconds. Without it, he can only perform the diagonal spin for an attack. 
* [[Villain Episode]] / [[Villain Protagonist]]: Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel in his own spinoff game.
** [[Noble Demon|Noble]] [[The Dragon|Dragon]]: The plot of the game involves Zero saving his home, and the intro has Ektor calling Zero his [[The Dragon|number one operative.]]

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