Gretel Attack

Gretel Attack is the name given to a type of recurring danmaku-style attack found in some of Tangent's games. The name of the attack comes from the game Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie Hunt, a fangame of Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ.

Origin
The Gretel Attack is based on one of Gretel's attacks from the source game, Zombie BBQ (video linked to below), where candy gum drops from the top of the screen.

Description
Gretel is the second boss of Zombie Hunt. The "Gretel Attack" refers to the second attack style used by her where bullets rain down (primarily vertically, but there may be some minor horizontal swaying) from the top of the screen on a random horizontal position. This attack, with variations, has been seen also in the later game RNGsus 7800. It is not reused as frequently as the Classic Danmaku Pattern.

In Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie Hunt (2600 version), the right difficulty switch influences the Gretel Attack (among other things). If the right difficulty switch is set to B (novice), the falling bullets disappear upon touching Gretel. This will not happen if the switch is set to A (advanced).