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{{species infobox
{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Hogwash the flying pig.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Hogwash from ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]''
|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]])
|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)
}}
}}
{{quote|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.|''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'' manual, page 20}}
'''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.
 
'''Hogwash the Flying Pig'''<ref>''Donkey Kong Land'' instruction booklet, page 20.</ref>, or simply '''Hogwash'''<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 74, pages 13, 16, 21.</ref><ref>''Donkey Kong Land'', ''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) WORLD EXCLUSIVE Review booklet, pages 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>[[Nintendo Power]] #69, page 93.</ref>, a term for {{wp|bacon}} used chiefly in the United Kingdom and Ireland.


==History==
==History==
===''Donkey Kong Land''===
===''Donkey Kong Land''===
In ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'', Hogwashes are enemies which fly around in the sky, usually horizontally, but sometimes back and forth. Hogwashes act the same as [[Necky|Neckies]], as [[Donkey Kong]] or [[Diddy Kong]] can defeat a Hogwash by [[jump]]ing on it, also sending them to a higher area.
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.
 
Hogwashes are very common enemies, appearing in many levels: [[Freezing Fun]], [[Tyre Trail]], [[Riggin' Rumble]], [[Track Attack]], [[Sky High Caper]], [[Landslide Leap]], [[Balloon Barrage]], [[Kong Krazy]], [[Construction Site Fight]], [[Fast Barrel Blast]], and lastly [[Skyscraper Caper]].


===''Donkey Kong Country: Rumble in the Jungle''===
===''Donkey Kong Country: Rumble in the Jungle''===
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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.
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]]
*[[Tire Trail]]
*[[Riggin' Rumble]]
*[[Track Attack]]
*[[Sky High Caper]]
*[[Landslide Leap]]
*[[Balloon Barrage]]
*[[Kong Krazy]]
*[[Construction Site Fight]]
*[[Fast Barrel Blast]]
*[[Skyscraper Caper]]
}}


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


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=フライングピッグ
|Jpn=フライングピッグ
|JapR=Furaingu Piggu
|JpnR=Furaingu Piggu
|JapM=Flying Pig
|JpnM=Flying Pig
|Rus=Летающий поросёнок<ref>[https://www.nintendo.ru/-/Game-Boy/Donkey-Kong-Land-925102.html Official Russian Nintendo website].</ref>
|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
|RusR=Letayuschiy porosyonok
|RusM=Flying Piglet
|RusM=Flying Piglet
|Ita=Hogwash il Maiale volante<ref>''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'' Italian booklet, pag. 20</ref>
|Ita=Hogwash il Maiale volante<ref>{{cite|title=''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'' Italian booklet|page=20}}</ref>
|ItaM=Hogwash the Flying pig
|ItaM=Hogwash the Flying pig
}}
}}


==Trivia==
==Notes==
*A flying pig was considered for one of the [[Animal Friends]] during development of ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''.<ref>"''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.''" - ''[[Prima Games|Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide]]'', ''Donkey Kong Country'' Animal Buddies Tab.</ref>
*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==
==References==

Latest revision as of 14:55, February 2, 2025

Hogwash the Flying Pig
Hogwash the Flying Pig
Artwork from Donkey Kong Land
First appearance Donkey Kong Land (1995)
Latest appearance Super Mario-kun volume 15 (1997)

Hogwash the Flying Pig,[1] or simply Hogwash,[2][3] 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,[4] a term for bacon used chiefly in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

History[edit]

Donkey Kong Land[edit]

Hogwashes are enemies in Donkey Kong Land. They are airborne enemies that usually horizontally, but sometimes back and forth, like with Neckies. Donkey Kong or Diddy Kong can defeat a Hogwash by jumping off of it.

Donkey Kong Country: Rumble in the Jungle[edit]

“Those pigs must be the Krem-dudes' newest experiment.”
Funky Kong, Donkey Kong Country: Rumble in the Jungle
Front cover of Donkey Kong Country: Rumble in the Jungle
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 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 Kremlings' 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[edit]

In chapter 5 of Super Mario-kun volume 15, King K. Rool hires a swarm of Hogwashes to steal back the Giant Bananas that the Kongs, 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 red watermelon and uses it against them, roasting them. The heroes then feast on their meat, much to the Kremlings' annoyance.

Profiles[edit]

  • Instruction booklet description:
    • English:
      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.[1]
  • Level appearances:

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese フライングピッグ[?]
Furaingu Piggu
Flying Pig
Italian Hogwash il Maiale volante[6] Hogwash the Flying pig
Russian Летающий поросёнок[5]
Letayuschiy porosyonok
Flying Piglet

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 1995. Donkey Kong Land instruction booklet. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 20.
  2. ^ July 1995. Nintendo Power Volume 74. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 13, 16, 21.
  3. ^ Donkey Kong Land, Nintendo Magazine System (UK) WORLD EXCLUSIVE Review booklet. Page 11, 17, 18.
  4. ^ February 1995. Nintendo Power Volume 69. Nintendo of America (American English). Page 93.
  5. ^ Donkey Kong Land | Game Boy | Игры | Nintendo. Nintendo of Russia (Russian). Archived March 26, 2015, 05:25:20 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  6. ^ Donkey Kong Land Italian booklet. Page 20.
  7. ^ "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." – Playing With Super Power: Nintendo Super NES Classics eGuide, Donkey Kong Country Animal Buddies Tab.