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- "Excellent. You boys make me proud. In fact, I'm so proud that I'm going to show you something. This is what we're fighting for, boys. This is what makes all the hard work, all of the eating and the napping, all of it worthwhile."
- — Corporal Pig, Angry Birds Comics #4
The Corporal Pigs (also known as the Helmet Pigs[3][note 1]) are characters that appears in the Angry Birds series. They are pigs who work as the commanders of the military and workforce of the Piggy Kingdom. Abusive of their power, the Corporals tend to treat their subjects very badly, and use intimidation as a form of leadership.
The Corporal Pigs were originally Minion Pigs that King Pig arbitrarily chose to lead the kingdom's army. Seeing themselves as the "chosen ones", they see the king as a deity and carry out his orders without question, punishing any citizens for mocking him by deporting them off Piggy Island. The Corporal Pigs take their duty very seriously and relentlessly lead the Minion Pigs to battle. However, they are also lousy commanders, having lost all of their battles to the Angry Birds and refusing to learn from past mistakes, instead preferring to work out and shouting orders all day to appear more intimidating to the Minions.[1]
Appearance
- Main article: Corporal Pig/Angryverse
Originally, Corporal Pig was a round pig with lime skin. He wore a gray helmet with two brown belts on the sides, that covered most of his head. In Angry Birds Chrome, his design was updated to have larger eyes. This design would be also used in future updates of the original Angry Birds, Angry Birds Space, Angry Birds Friends before 2020, the levels of Angry Birds Trilogy, and in Angry Birds Epic. In the cutscenes of Angry Birds Trilogy and the episodes of Angry Birds Toons before "Thunder Chuck", Corporal Pig used a similar design, though his skin was slightly darker and his eyes were smaller, just like in his earliest design.
From "Dopeys on a Rope" onwards, Corporal Pig received a completely different design. His skin is now olive-colored, much darker than before, and his eyes cannot be seen due to his helmet covering them. The helmet is now slightly damaged and has a brown belt across it with a card with a spade on it. This design was also used for The Angry Birds Movie, where he was given an anthropomorphic design.
Personality
The Corporal Pigs are bossy, abusive pigs who serve as the commanders of the Piggy kingdom's army. Having been randomly chosen by King Pig to lead the Minion Pigs, they see the monarch as a deity-like figure and enforce his cult of personality through abuse and coercion.[1] Conversely, they constantly abuse the Minion Pigs, whom they contemptuously see as "cannon fodder" and deserving of their exploitation.[4]
The Corporals follow a strict militaristic mindset, adhering to their superiors' orders without question. They also find joy in quelling any dissent that may arise, using deportation and intimidation to maintain order. Their lives go all about bullying and exercising to maintain this cycle of abuse, ensuring the Minion Pigs blindly follow their orders and show respect towards the authorities. The Corporal Pigs hate being disrespected, usually after losing their helmets, so they have been utterly persevered and unafraid to retrieve the helmet back at all costs. However, the Corporal Pigs are also incompetent leaders, unable to control more than four Minion Pigs at once or make elaborate plans in anticipation of the kingdom's battles, losing countless encounters with the Angry Birds. Contributing to their flawed leadership are their ridiculously short-term memory and stubbornness, refusing to learn from past mistakes and forgetting even the most basic of orders.[1][4][5] In addition, they can be cowardly, running away from a public pool after seeing two shark fins which were actually two disguised Minion Pigs.[6]
Relationships
King Pig
King Pig is Corporal Pig's hero. In his eyes, the monarch is a Greek god who has to be worshipped, and will do absolutely to satisfy him. He is even willing to punish anyone who makes fun of King Pig by catapulting them out of Pig City.[1] Nevertheless, he cannot recognize King Pig if he is not wearing his crown.[7]
Allies
Neutral
Enemies
- Angry Birds
- Ice Bird
- The Girl
- The Girl's mother
Trivia
- In "Operation Nautilius" from the first issue of Angry Birds Game Play, Foreman Pig refers to a Corporal Pig as "Steve". The canonicity of this fact is debated, as multiple pigs that resemble him appear in the same comic.
- In the official Angry Birds website before 2016, Corporal Pig's profile stated that he accidentally glued his helmet to his scalp, leaving him unable to take it off.[1] Ironically, most of his appearances show him taking off his helmet.
- If the helmet of the 2010 Commonwealth Corporal Pig plush toy is taken off, he would appear bald with no visible ears. This could be due to the manufacturers not intending for the ears to be visible, since Corporal Pig would always have his helmet on.
- Corporal Pig's current helmet design from Angry Birds Toons and The Angry Birds Movie is based on Vietnam War helmets where soldiers would tuck ace of spades cards onto helmets due to the belief that it would instill fear into the enemy.
Gallery
- Main article: Corporal Pig/Gallery
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 Corporal Pig with a damaged helmet  Corporal Pig fully defeated  Corporal Pigs in a structure  Corporal Pig  Corporal Pig in the Ham O Ween animation  Corporal Pig in the Wreck the Halls animation  Corporal Pig in the Year of the Dragon animation  Corporal Pig plush  Original corpse  Corpse laughter  The Corporal Pig beside the King Pig in the promo video of Year of the Dragon  Scared  Japanese Poster  Corporal Pig along with King Pig.  Corporal Pig Chrome sprites.  Corporal Pig Sprite animation   Angry Birds Trilogy   The old Corporal Pig  Bio  Corporal Pig plush (alternate image)  Corporal Pig on the old loading screen  Corporal Pig on the new loading screen  Winged Corporal Pig  Corporal Pig smiling  Ultrabook Corporal Pig  Corporal Pig's look in Angry Birds Toons  Corporal Pig's skull  Corporal Pig and Corporal Egg  Corporal Pig leaving his helmet behind  Corporal Pig eating Matilda's food  Corporal Pig's new Toons look.  Info about the Helmet Pig (Corporal Pig)  Corporal Pig’s Angry Birds Go! Hog Rod  Corporal seen in Angry Birds Epic  Corporal Pig stars as Galvatron in Angry Birds Transformers  Corporal Pig stars as Energon Galvatron in Angry Birds Transformers  Frozen Corporal Pig in Arctic Eggspedition.  Corporal Pig in The Angry Birds Movie Happy Meal Toys  He is in Terence's set. Notice that the portfolio is in french.  In Angry Birds Action  Police  Galvatron   In Angry Birds Go  A hurt corporal pig  Happy Corporal Pig   In Angry Birds 2  Corporal Pig without his helmet, as seen in the Angry Birds Toons episode "Not without my helmet"    In The Angry Birds Movie escaping the explosion of Pig City.  Vector image made by Cleopatry221987 .jpg "ABCareerTest (Corporal Pig 3).jpg (155 KB)") .jpg "ABCareerTest (Corporal Pig 1).jpg (125 KB)") .jpg "ABCareerTest (Corporal Pig 2).jpg (134 KB)")  Zombie Corporal Pig.  A possible Backpack Clip (Behind Red)  Angry Birds Comics (2014) description |
Notes
- ↑ "Corporal Pig" is often used to denote an individual pig in media such as Angry Birds Toons.
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Angry Birds – Characters – Corporal Pig. Angry Birds. Archived from the original on 29 March 2015. Retrieved on September 9, 2021.
- ↑ Chappellet, Valérie (March 29, 2015). "Bombina". Angry Birds Toons. Season 2. Episode 24. Toons.TV.
- ↑ Angry Birds Trading Card Game
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Scott, Cavan (2013). "Corporal Pig". The World of Angry Birds Official Guide. Puffin Books. Pg. 110–111. ISBN 978-1409392699.
- ↑ Scott, Cavan (2013). "Space Corporal Pig". The World of Angry Birds Official Guide. Puffin Books. Pg. 142–143. ISBN 978-1409392699.
- ↑ Chappellet, Valérie (January 26, 2014). "Piggies from the Deep". Angry Birds Toons. Season 1. Episode 46.
- ↑ Lindgren, Niklas; Carney, Ian (March 23, 2013). "Where's My Crown?". Angry Birds Toons. Season 1. Episode 2.
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