Pig

Pig is a passive item.

Effects

 * Summons a pig familiar who mostly does nothing but follow the player around.
 * If the player dies, the pig will jump in the way of the finishing shot, sparing the player, effectively granting an extra life and removing the item from the player's inventory.
 * Upon being saved, the player will gain full health.

Trivia

 * After the effect of the item occurs, it will be permanently renamed to "Hero Pig", with a new description and pick-up quote that remain even after the run is over.
 * Pick-up quote: "He was so young."
 * Description: "A hero pig. You should have never doubted this pig. He is a true hero."
 * This item may be a reference to the German movie "Siegfried", where a pig saves the protagonist's life by jumping in front of an arrow.
 * This item may also be a reference to a viral video titled "Hero Pig Saves Baby Goat," in which a pig appears out of nowhere to assist a drowning baby goat. This may be unlikely, however, due to the fact that there was no sacrifice and the video was staged.
 * This item may be a reference to the anime "Seven Deadly Sins", where the talking pig Hawk, the Captain of the Order of Scraps Disposal, has identical properties.
 * The synergy is a reference to the final fight against Mother Brain in Super Metroid, in which after the baby Metroid is killed, Samus gains the Hyper Beam.
 * The synergy refers to the stuffed pig carried by Marvin Boggs (played by John Malkovich) in RED. Malkovich also played the assassin in In the Line of Fire which the Composite Gun is based on.
 * The synergy is a reference to Ganon from the Legend of Zelda video game series. The synergy being named "The Return" may be a reference to the game-over screen from Legend of Zelda 2: Adventure of Link, which includes the line "RETURN OF GANON".

Bugs

 * Upon being revived while fighting a boss, the music changes as if you were in a normal fight. If the boss is defeated, the music loops with the victory music.