Editing Hogwash the Flying Pig

{{species infobox
|image=[[File:Hogwash the flying pig.png|200px]]<br>Artwork of a Hogwash from ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]''
|first_appearance=''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'' ([[List of games by date#1995|1995]])
|subject_origin=[[Necky]]<br>[[Pig]]
}}
{{quote2|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>''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==
===''Donkey Kong Land''===
In ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'', Hogwashes fly around in the sky, usually in a horizontal direction, but may also move 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 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''===
{{quote2|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.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Hogwash the flying pig.png|Artwork
DonkeyKongLand2.png|Artwork
DonkeyKongLand10.png|Artwork
Hogwash DKL.png|Sprite
Freezing Fun.png|Diddy walks beneath a Hogwash in Freezing Fun of ''Donkey Kong Land''
</gallery>

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

==References==
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