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- This article is about Smooth Cheeks. For his predecessor, see Leonard. For the monarchy as a whole, see Piggy kingdom.
- "Now for today's agenda, I would think some boisterous yelling, some egg-stealing."
- — King Pig, Angry Birds Comics #3
Smooth Cheeks,[2] also known as King Pig[note 1] or King Pig Smooth Cheeks,[2] is the main antagonist of the Angry Birds series. He is a pig, the current monarch of the Piggy kingdom, and the heir of his father, Leonard Mudbeard.[2]
Appearance
- Main article: King Pig/History and appearances
Originally, King Pig was a large, oval-shaped pig with lime-colored skin. He had widely spaced eyes with a green snout in between. His ears were aligned to one side of his head and were black on the inside, while the other side had a small, yellow crown with three blue jewels on it. This design was slightly altered in Angry Birds Chrome by making the insides of his ears green, his head a bit wider, and slightly tilting his view from an angle. In Angry Birds Friends since 2020, his shape and eyes were redesigned to resemble the Minion Pigs in the game. His crown was also redesigned.
For the animated shorts in the early 2010s, King Pig was a round pig with green skin and small eyes, resembling other pigs. Nevertheless, he is still much larger than them, and also wears his crown, which was unaltered. This design was used few times, including the earliest animated trailers for Angry Birds Friends, and the cutscenes in Angry Birds Trilogy. The Ham'o'ween short, which also made use of this design, gave King Pig a different crown and a black and crimson cape, as he was disguised as a vampire.
Since the Bad Piggies Cinematic Trailer (with the design previously appearing as a drawing in Meet the Pink Bird), King Pig has a rounded triangle-shape with green skin and a protruding snout. His crown is much taller and has five points instead of three, although it still has the blue jewels from his original design. Over time, this design was slightly altered to have darker spots on King Pig's skin.
Personality
Said to be the greediest, meanest and most childish creature on Piggy Island,[4] King Pig is very impatient, temperamental and immature, often acting like a spoiled child. He can be entertained by anything; for example, he finds the sound of deflating balloons funny, and has mimicked it while laughing.[7] He has very bad manners, eating large chunks of cake at once and chewing with his mouth open.[16] He is also very bossy, constantly giving his minions orders and asking for eggs, a food he seeks to eat. He is also jealous of other people's successes and accomplishments, specially Chef Pig's, and will try to be better than said people.[17] In addition, he is very stupid and lacks common sense, proudly blaming himself for actions he did not do, and cannot solve easy problems.[9] Nevertheless, he can sometimes be very intelligent, spying on the birds at the human world without them realizing it[18] and even convincing them that he was a good person.[19]
King Pig is notable for being very lazy; he spends the whole time in his palace, taking fourteen naps a day.[4] He avoids doing exercise, which he despises, insisting to be carried around on a throne by some Minion Pigs while being fed junk food.[4] He is shown to be a very gluttonous person, eating everything in his sight, even plates.[16] King Pig loves sweets and desserts, and cannot resist eating them when he sees them. Once, he acted menacing to the Hocus Minion Pig for having sent him to other place, though he returned to his usual behavior when he spotted a giant cake nearby.[20] Some other examples involve him falling on his own trap to catch the Cave Pig by eating the cakes the Cave Pig was supposed to eat, which resulted in him and Chef Pig being frozen;[14] and when he ate radioactive-looking candies with cockroaches on them.[21] He is also a very self-centered person, and a liar as well, building his image and reputation up with made-up stories and claims about himself and his relatives.[4] King Pig is also greedy, not sharing anything to anyone; once, he even stole a Minion Pig's lollipop to eat it himself. However, he left aside this persona to get a Christmas gift from Terence.[6]
- "Minion pigs! Help me!"
- — King Pig, Angry Birds 2
King Pig is also very cowardly, being terrified of the presence of birds alone, and asking his henchmen for help.[22] He was also very scared of an innocent, pink dog-like toy, and made every effort to stop it.[23] In addition, he once had nightmares of monsters surrounding him after Chronicler Pig told him a fairy tale.[24] However, he is also somewhat of a dreamer, believing that he can be as good as a wrestler as his idol, El Porkador.[5] Another example of this was when he wanted to be a sheriff, but his cowardice made him quit and imprison himself to be safe.[13]
Behind his selfish, demanding persona, King Pig has a soft side. He likes sleeping with his teddy bear, and has had nightmares of it being in danger when he was not sleeping with it.[8] He is also very sensible, crying in the middle of a battle with no effect. He dislikes being insulted, and feels uncomfortable whenever he is being portrayed as a disgusting person.[7]
Powers and abilities
While not having any superhuman ability, King Pig is very durable, having survived explosions, falls, crashes, and even being crushed. He can also drive vehicles quite well.
Relationships
Friends/allies
Enemies
Trivia
- In Where's My Crown?, the other Bad Piggies seem to be unable to identify him as King Pig when he lost his crown, despite his unusual shape, although it could likely be due to their stupidity.
- In the comic, The Bidding War, King Pig's birthday supposedly takes place. The comic was released on September 12; but then King Pig claims his birthday is next week, meaning King Pig's birthdate is September 19.
- King Pig once had a wife (a cabbage) when he was briefly hallucinating after being struck by it, thinking it was a Queen Pig.
- King Pig would have been an important character in The Angry Birds Movie, but he was cut and is only on storyboards.
- In older Mattel games, King Pig was represented without his crown, and there was no crown accessory to use with him.
- King Pig has never eaten any egg in his life, and does not want anybody else to learn about this fact because he fears that he will be forced out of the throne. To cover this, he eats fake eggs during ceremonies.[2]
- To keep his secret that he has never eaten any eggs, King Pig regularly arranges egg-eating ceremonies. He makes fake eggs using a mixture of grass, chalk, and mud as he has no eggs in his royal treasure chamber.[citation needed] The entire episode of Mighty Hoax also revolves around fake eggs (really, Cardboard Cutouts) to replace the real ones while King Pig steals them. Luckily for the birds, they retrieve the real eggs, and fail King Pig's egg-eating objective.
- King Pig's favorite ice cream flavor is sugared acorn.[25]
- In Angry Birds 2, the sound King Pig makes when he falls is a voice clip from Sneezy Does it.
Gallery
- Main article: King Pig/Gallery
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Notes
- ↑ While most sources refer to him as "King Pig", other ones make use of the article the, thus naming him "the King Pig".
References
- ↑ Terry, Baker (October 3, 2020). "Flock Face Off - Part 1". Angry Birds on The Run. Season 2. Episode 14. Toons.TV.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Scott, Cavan (2013). The World of Angry Birds Official Guide. Puffin Books. ISBN 978-1409392699.
- ↑ Red the Angry Bird (December 27, 2018). Red the Angry Bird on Twitter. Twitter. Retrieved on September 2, 2021.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 Angry Birds - Characters - King Pig. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved on September 10, 2021.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Vitale, Joe (February 5, 2016). "King of the Ring". Angry Birds Toons. Season 3. Episode 15. Toons.TV.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Heinzl, Anastasia (December 21, 2014). "Joy To The Pigs". Angry Birds Toons. Season 2. Episode 10. Toons.TV.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Lindgren, Niklas; Carney, Ian (April 21, 2013). "Pig Talent". Angry Birds Toons. Season 1. Episode 6. Toons.TV.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Panzner, Christopher (May 13, 2016). "Toy Hoggers". Angry Birds Toons. Season 3. Episode 26. Toons.TV.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Lindgren, Niklas; Carney, Ian (April 15, 2016). "The Butler Did It!". Angry Birds Toons. Season 3. Episode 22. Toons.TV.
- ↑ Carney, Ian (November 10, 2013). "Love is in the Air". Angry Birds Toons. Season 1. Episode 31. Toons.TV.
- ↑ Preddy, Richard (December 1, 2013). "A Pig's Best Friend". Angry Birds Toons. Season 1. Episode 38. Toons.TV.
- ↑ Preddy, Richard (November 2, 2014). "Party Ahoy". Angry Birds Toons. Season 2. Episode 3. Toons.TV.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Vitale, Joe; De Seve, Mike (October 16, 2015). "A Fistful of Cabbage". Angry Birds Toons. Season 3. Episode 4. Toons.TV.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Dakin, Glenn (December 14, 2014). "Cave Pig". Angry Birds Toons. Season 2. Episode 9.
- ↑ Carney, Ian (February 8, 2015). "Bearded Ambition". Angry Birds Toons. Season 2. Episode 17. Toons.TV.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Lindgren, Niklas; Carney, Ian (March 23, 2013). "Where's My Crown?". Angry Birds Toons. Season 1. Episode 2. Toons.TV.
- ↑ Dakin, Glenn (November 3, 2013). "King of the Castle". Angry Birds Toons. Season 1. Episode 34. Toons.TV.
- ↑ Terry, Baker (April 6, 2019). "The Pig Reveal". Angry Birds on The Run. Season 1. Episode 20. YouTube.
- ↑ Terry, Baker (July 25, 2020). "Tale of Betrayal". Angry Birds on The Run. Season 2. Episode 6. YouTube.
- ↑ Hand, Jeff (April 1, 2016). "Hocus Porcus". Angry Birds Toons. Season 3. Episode 20. Toons.TV.
- ↑ Heinzl, Anastasia (October 26, 2014). "Sweets of Doom". Angry Birds Toons. Season 2. Episode 2. Toons.TV.
- ↑ Rovio Entertainment (July 30, 2015). Angry Birds 2. Mobile devices. Rovio Entertainment. Area/level: World Map. "King Pig: Minion pigs! Help me!"
- ↑ Kenworthy, Stuart (December 28, 2014). "Dogzilla". Angry Birds Toons. Season 2. Episode 11. Toons.TV.
- ↑ Carney, Ian (October 1, 2015). "Golditrotters". Angry Birds Toons. Season 3. Episode 3. Toons.TV.
- ↑ A Pig From The Stars 2
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Playable characters | Red | Bomb | Stella | Bubbles | Matilda | Foreman Pig | King Pig | The Blues | Terence | Hal | Corporal Pig | Chuck | Ayrton Senna* | Chronicler Pig*** | Ice Bird*** | ||
Non-playable characters | Chronicler Pig* | Mechanic Pig* | Minion Pigs | ||
Tracks | Seedway | Sub Zero | Air | Rocky Road | Stunt | Weekly Tournament | Jenga | ||
Vehicles | Air Guita | Arctic Roller | Barbequick | Barrel Roller | Beach Buggy | Big Boomer | Big Burner | Blue Cornet | Capster | Cool Runner | Cork Wagon | Drum Roller | Ham Glider | Hog Rod | Iron Belt | Matchstick Mobile | Music Maker | Phoenix Star | Pinky Tonk | Point Breaker | Punch Box | Rocket Racer | Royal Snout | Semi-Skinner | Shred Sled | Snow Scoop | Sponge Cruiser | Strike Out | Sty GT | Tar Barreller | Tracked Trekker | Trash Thrasher | Tub Thumper | Woodwind | ||
Items | Bird Coins | Blueprint** | Booster (Boost*, Kart Repair*, King Sling, Target Kart*) | Gems | Ticket** | Toolbox** | ||
Gimmicks and obstacles | Glass | Stone | TNT | Wood | ||
Music | Albums | Angry Birds Go (Original Game Soundtrack) | |
Songs | "Songbird" | ||
Other | Earth (Piggy Island) | Level Failed | Star | Telepods | Rovio Account | Cancelled sequel | ||
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Bosses | Chef Pig | Foreman Pig | King Pig | Zeta | |||||
World Map locations | Cobalt Plateaus | Pig City | Bamboo Forest | |||||
Items | Apple | Arena tickets | Black Pearls | Eggs | Feathers | Gems | Lives | Slingshot | Spell (Blizzard, Chili, Golden Duck, Mighty Eagle, Pig Inflator, Sponsored Spells) | |||||
Gimmicks and obstacles | Score Multiplier Rank | Bumper | Balloon | Destruct-O-Meter | Glass | Lava | Rocket | Stone | TNT | Water | Wood | |||||
Activities | Daily Challenge | Clans | The Nest | Jetpack Run | Mighty Eagle's Bootcamp | The Arena | Rowdy Rumble! | |||||
Albums | Angry Birds 2 (Original Game Soundtrack) | |||||
Other | Angry Birds 2 Creators | Earth (Piggy Island (Bamboo Forest, Cobalt Plateaus, Pig City)) | Star | Level Failed | Gallery | Beta elements | Credits | Glitches | Chapters | |||||
Note | * - Appears in the PC version only |