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{{rename|Hogwash the Flying Pig}} | |||
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|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 of a Hogwash 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]]) | ||
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{{quote2|Flying pigs? Something' not kosher in Donkey Kong Land | {{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> is a flying pig enemy in ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'', as well as the children's novel, ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Rumble in the Jungle]]''. Their name comes from the word "hogwash", which is used to express nonsense or bunk. Their ability to fly is based on "when pigs fly", an idiom said by a person who believes something to be impossible. | ||
Hogwashes are notable for being one of the few enemies who appear in the ''[[Donkey Kong Land (series)|Donkey Kong Land]]'' series but not the ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' series of games. During the development of ''Donkey Kong Land'', Hogwashes were known as '''Rashers'''<ref>[[Nintendo Power]] #69, page 93.</ref>. This name alludes to a slang term for {{wp|bacon}}, a type of pork product. | Hogwashes are notable for being one of the few enemies who appear in the ''[[Donkey Kong Land (series)|Donkey Kong Land]]'' series but not the ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' series of games. During the development of ''Donkey Kong Land'', Hogwashes were known as '''Rashers'''<ref>[[Nintendo Power]] #69, page 93.</ref>. This name alludes to a slang term for {{wp|bacon}}, a type of pork product. | ||