Some characters has additional animation when respawn. Like Hercules, which brings his pet (he rides the Chimera in the Sky level, because who needs a jet when you have a Chimera?)
He appears riding the Chimera, which attacks by breathing fire and them jumps from it.

Using an idea given by a fan, now the Chimera has two different (random) projectiles - Fire and thunder.
Hercules works different from the other characters - his main attack in sky level is a dash forward. The projectiles are his special attack, which consumes MP.