Editing Hogwash the Flying Pig

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Hogwash the flying pig.png|200px]]<br>Artwork from ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' [[Super Mario-kun Volume 15|volume 15]] (1997)
}}
'''Hogwash the Flying Pig''',<ref name="engmanual">{{cite|language=en-us|date=1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Donkey Kong Land'' instruction booklet|page=20}}</ref> or simply '''Hogwash''',<ref>{{cite|date=July 1995|language=en-us|publisher=Nintendo of America|title=''Nintendo Power'' Volume 74|page=13, 16, 21}}</ref><ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Land'', ''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) WORLD EXCLUSIVE Review booklet|page=11, 17, 18}}</ref> is a species of flying pigs in ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]''. Hogwash shares a name with the term "hogwash", which expresses nonsense or bunk. Their ability to fly is derived from the idiom "when pigs fly", when someone believes that something is not possible. During the game's development, Hogwashes were named '''Rashers''',<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Nintendo Power]]'' Volume 69|page=93|date=February 1995|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us}}</ref> a term for {{wp|bacon}} used chiefly in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

==History==
===''Donkey Kong Land''===
Hogwashes are enemies in ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]''. They are airborne enemies that usually horizontally, but sometimes back and forth, like with [[Necky|Neckies]]. [[Donkey Kong]] or [[Diddy Kong]] can defeat a Hogwash by [[jump]]ing off of it.

===''Donkey Kong Country: Rumble in the Jungle''===
{{quote|Those pigs must be the Krem-dudes' newest experiment.|[[Funky Kong]]|Donkey Kong Country: Rumble in the Jungle}}
[[File:Rumble Jungle Cover - Front.jpg|thumb|160px|The front cover of the novel displays two Hogwashes.]]
In ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Rumble in the Jungle]]'', a swarm of Hogwashes (referred to as "flying pigs") are revealed to have shot explosive cannonballs at [[Funky Kong]]'s [[Jumbo Barrel|barrel plane]], causing it to crash land over [[Big Ape City]]. Hearing this occurring over a walkie-talkie, [[Donkey Kong]], [[Diddy Kong]] and [[Cranky Kong]] travel to the [[Kremling]]s' factory in Big Ape City to rescue him. At the city, they learn that it was the Kremlings' automatic defense system who had sent the Hogwashes to shoot down Funky's plane, as he was thought to be a spy.

After Funky Kong is rescued, he begins working on repairing his damaged plane. Donkey Kong proceeds to the factory's defense system, and uses a [[TNT Barrel]] to destroy it so the Kongs can safely leave Big Ape City. Once the plane is repaired, the Kongs leave through a hole in the factory wall. Despite the defense system being destroyed, another swarm of flying pigs attempt to attack the plane. Funky Kong has the idea to pour the plane's entire supply of banana milkshake over the pigs. This causes their wings to become sticky, which forces them to glide back to the ground. The Kongs later use TNT Barrels to blow up the entire factory, escaping safely in their plane.

===''Super Mario-kun''===
In chapter 5 of ''[[Super Mario-kun]]'' [[Super Mario-kun Volume 15|volume 15]], [[King K. Rool]] hires a swarm of Hogwashes to steal back the [[Giant Banana]]s that the [[Kong]]s, [[Mario]], and [[Yoshi]] retrieved. The Hogwashes succeed in their task and proceed to attack the heroes by zapping them with explosive electrical shocks expelled from their snouts and feces, and grouping together into a ball to squash them. Yoshi quickly goes to grab a [[Fire watermelon|red watermelon]] and uses it against them, roasting them. The heroes then feast on their meat, much to the Kremlings' annoyance.

==Profiles==
{{Multilang profile
|type=manual
|Eng=Flying pigs? Something's not kosher in Donkey Kong Land! Like [[Necky]], these porcine pilots patrol the airways and always seem to violate Kong's airspace at inopportune moments.<ref name="engmanual"/>}}

*'''Level appearances:'''
{{columns|count=2|
*[[Freezing Fun]]
*[[Tyre Trail]]
*[[Riggin' Rumble]]
*[[Track Attack]]
*[[Sky High Caper]]
*[[Landslide Leap]]
*[[Balloon Barrage]]
*[[Kong Krazy]]
*[[Construction Site Fight]]
*[[Fast Barrel Blast]]
*[[Skyscraper Caper]]
}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Hogwash the flying pig.png|Artwork from ''Donkey Kong Land''
DonkeyKongLand2.png|Artwork from ''Donkey Kong Land''
DonkeyKongLand10.png|Artwork from ''Donkey Kong Land''
Hogwash DKL.png|Sprite from ''Donkey Kong Land''
Freezing Fun.png|Screenshot from ''Donkey Kong Land''
Hogwash SMKun.png|''[[Super Mario-kun]]''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jpn=フライングピッグ
|JpnR=Furaingu Piggu
|JpnM=Flying Pig
|Rus=Летающий поросёнок<ref>{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20150326052520/https://www.nintendo.ru/-/Game-Boy/Donkey-Kong-Land-925102.html|title=Donkey Kong Land {{!}} Game Boy {{!}} Игры {{!}} Nintendo|publisher=Nintendo of Russia|language=ru|accessdate=July 3, 2024}}</ref>
|RusR=Letayuschiy porosyonok
|RusM=Flying Piglet
|Ita=Hogwash il Maiale volante<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'' Italian booklet|page=20}}</ref>
|ItaM=Hogwash the Flying pig
}}

==Trivia==
*A flying pig was considered for one of the [[Animal Friends]] during development of ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''.<ref>{{cite|quote=Some animal helpers that didn’t make the final cut included a dolphin, an owl that would give players information, a fox that would reveal secrets, snakes that could be used as vines, a giraffe whose long neck would help the Kongs reach high areas, and a flying pig.|title=''[[Prima Games|Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide]]'', ''Donkey Kong Country'' Animal Buddies Tab}}</ref>

==References==
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