Pig

Pig
Statistics
Type:	Passive
Quality:
Sell Creep Price:	41
Unlock Method:	Reward from hunting quests.
Ammonomicon Entry
Shifty
A strange pig. This pig... there's nothing obviously wrong with him. His shifty glances and uncanny stares make you wonder about his motivations. Maybe not the greatest pig to have around.

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.

Notes

• Bacon and Eggs - If the player also has The Scrambler, its shot speed is increased by 50%.
• The Elephant in the Room - If the player has Elephant Gun, it becomes an elephant head and shoots elephants instead of bullets.
• Hyper Beam - If the player has Heroine, when Pig dies, Heroine's ammo is fully refilled and it temporarily switches to Hyper Beam mode, where uncharged shots deal 80 damage and charged shots deal 160 damage. Heroine will automatically revert to its original form after 30 seconds.
• The Line Of Fire - If the player has Composite Gun, its shots leave a trail of fire.
• Porkulent - If the player has Ring of Miserly Protection, purchases will not destroy the ring.
• The Return - If the player has T-Shirt Cannon, Trashcannon, Science Cannon, Luxin Cannon, Makeshift Cannon, Serious Cannon, Pulse Cannon, Poxcannon, or Vulcan Cannon, the pig turns green to resemble Cannon, and now shoots bat projectiles at nearby enemies. A Baby Good Mimic will not copy the synergy if the Pig gains the synergy after the Baby Good Mimic is collected.
• Tea For Two - If the player also has Teapot, when reloading the teapot, a small red aura will appear around the pig. Every enemy in this aura will be ignited.
• Does not revive a player in coop mode if they are not the last player standing, and may softlock the game.
• If the player has Baby Good Mimic, acquiring Pig creates a second identical Pig companion. Both companions will sacrifice themselves to save the player.
• If the player has Clone, Pig dies before Clone can trigger.
• When the player has fire immunity and The Line of Fire, the player can safely cover a room in fire with a few shots, especially if they also have Scattershot.
• If the player has Fightsabre, the pig will be knocked back a significant distance when reloading.
• You do not gain temporary invulnerability like you normally would when you take damage upon being revived, making it easy to take damage after coming back to life.
• Since The Robot does not have maximum health or permanent health upgrades, they will always have the default six Armor upon being revived.

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.
• This item may also be a reference to the video game "Minecraft : Story Mode" by Telltale games wherein the protagonist Jesse's pet pig sacrifices himself to save him and the rest of the cast during the final battle against the Mutant Wither.
• The Hyper Beam 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 The Line of Fire 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 The Return synergy is a reference to the in-game boss Cannon, himself a reference to Ganon from the Legend of Zelda video game series. The synergy name refers to Cannon returning in some form via the appearance of the pig. The synergy being named "The Return" may also be a reference to the game-over screen from Legend of Zelda 2: Adventure of Link, which includes the line "RETURN OF GANON".
  • The pig's green color may also be an Angry Birds reference

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.
• The change in item name and description occurs whether or not Pig saved the player. Upon Ser Junkan saving the player, it will be updated as well.

Gallery

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  Pigs's appearance with the The Return synergy.

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  Pig about to sacrifice himself by jumping in the way of the shot, allowing the player to survive.

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  The Pig with no synergies.

See also

• Items