Over the Hedge/Night Streets

Night Streets
Your two chosen characters arrive at the Night Streets, and you will see that Dwayne the Verminator has put caps on the rats. When you start the level, the rats will start coming out of a dustbin nearby. You don't have to defeat them, but if you don't they'll start attacking you. When you have gone slightly down the road, you will hear someone shout "Animals! Come out and Play!"

You will then see the Rat King hop onto a car at the end of the street. You need to defeat him to progress with the level. Before you first hit him, he has a ping pong gun, so try and be as close as possible to him before you attack, so you can pick up the gun when he drops it. Pick it up (simply by walking through it) and then shoot at him. This should decrease his health by about a half. After you have run out of shots, just keep hitting him with normal attacks. When he has run out of health, you will turn the corner, but if you want you can go back and get the crown as a hat.

On this street, there are six spotlight moving around. If you go into the light (spotlight) you will be spotted and the manhole cover will rise and shoot at you. The first lights are quite easy to get past, as there is a gap in the middle for a long time. On the second one, the lights go in a circular motion, so try and time it right and you won't be spotted. The third set of lights is the hardest. These lights go back and forth, and there is a very short gap when you stand a chance of escaping. Stand close to the spotlight while you wait, but not so close that you will be spotted, and as soon as the spotlights are apart, run through the middle. You will also get some chips. Now, go over to the pavement on the right and talk to penny. She tells you that her kids (Bucky, Quillo and Spike) have run off because they wanted to find the tellevision. If you want, you can find them. As this is a secondary goal, it optional, and whether you decide to do it or not you continue with the level.

You and the CPU character (or other player if you are playing with someone else) will open the fire hydrent and use the powerful spray of water coming from the top to get into a garden. This is where all the porcupine kids are hiding. First, jump over the three lasers next to the house. Turn left along a path and jump onto the table, and you will find the first of the kids. Press psx: C. Jump down from the table and go the opposite way you came, then turn right and jump over two more lasers. you will see the second porcupine kid in the corner of the garden, and there is also a rat-generating barrel here. Defeat the rats, and press psx: C to talk to the kid to count as finding them. The final porcupine kid is in a very strange place. Go around the corner back towards the house, and you will see a generator which is blowing air upwards. Go up to it and press psx: C and when you land on the roof, go over to the kid and press psx: C again. You have now found all the porcupine kids. Jump off the roof and go up to the flashing box nevt to the gate, and press psx: C to do the button-pressing minigame. When you have completed it, the gate wil open. Go forward and jump over two double lasers, and you will see Ozzie.