| Leonard Mudbeard | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Abilities | Absolute power, Supreme command |
| First Appearance | The Angry Birds Movie |
| Gender | Male |
| Species | Pig |
| Locations | Piggy Island |
| Strength | Unknown |
| Size | Large |
Leonard Mudbeard, or King Mudbeard, his full title His Majesty King Leonard Mudbeard or Chuckles is a pig that appears in the Angry Birds series and mainly the first movie, The Angry Birds Movie. He was a bearded pig mentioned in the comics who later appeared as the main antagonist of the Angry Birds Movie who lead the other green pigs in stealing the eggs from Bird Island under the guise of being peaceful explorers. In the film and its sequel, he was voiced by Bill Hader.
King Pig (Smoothcheeks) is his son that now rules Pig City.
Character
Personal Data
- Name: Leonard
- Known Aliases: King Mudbeard or Chuckles
- Group Affiliation: Bad Piggies
- Allies: Pigs
- Voiced By: Bill Hader
Appearance
Mudbeard appeared as a green anthropomorphic pig in a chubby build with dark green thick brows and a full beard. He also has black eyes. He first appears without a crown. Later when he steals most of the eggs along with the Pigs and to be taken in Piggy Island. Mudbeard was seen wearing a crown on his head adorned with rubies and sapphires as opposed to only several sapphire gems. His first outfit is a white pair of briefs where he was taking a bath. His second outfit is his red sporty attire (A parody of Adidas) and third and final outfit, Leonard only wore his royal red ermine robe with a white-and-black fur-trimmed collar as well as his royal crown, at his coronation.
Personality
King Mudbeard in full regalia presenting the eggs.
His positive and negative traits include being kind, dizzy, selfless, meek, sweet, intelligent, wise, silly, devious, aggressive, evil, murderous, power-hungry and violent.
Leonard's description from the Lego website:
Take an international ambassador, and combine it with a used car salesman, that’s Leonard. He is charming and charismatic, he speaks with confidence and enthusiasm, and he just might be full of baloney and hogwash, depending on who you ask. But with a personality like that, you can’t help but fall for his charm.
During their stay at Bird Island as his plans of stealing the Eggs is ready to engage, he was shown to be obsessed with just one Egg as he imagines himself with an Egg. He also noticed Red's suspicions about his plans of stealing the Eggs as he makes Red as his enemy which they are seen fighting for the egg which would later hatch Jay, Jake, and Jim as Red manages to outsmart him before the Pig Palace exploded. It was later revealed he survived the attack and danced to "I Will Survive" with Ross and the survivors of the battle.
His rivalry with the birds ended after he had no choice but teaming up with them and embarking on an assault to shut the cannon of Eagle Island. However, it seems that after a time, his rivalry restarted some years after the assault, teaching a lesson to his son, that the birds are enemies and their eggs must be stolen.
His personality on The Angry Birds Movie 2's official website:
Leonard is the charming, folksy and charismatic king of Piggy Island. When this larger-than-life personality arrives at Red’s doorstep with a story about a third island with a plan to destroy life on both their islands, Red has no choice but to trust him. Still, Leonard remains narcissistic and manipulative, as he and Red jockey for control of the team they’ve assembled.
Games
Angry Birds Classic
Leonard appears on level 21 of Bird Island, piloting the Porkchop Express. He as the same strength as King Pig and
Angry Birds Seasons
Leonard appears in the Pigs Arrive! level of Pig Days, where he appears on the
Angry Birds POP!
He once appeared in Angry Birds POP! as a pig that replaced normal pigs during the Movie Event, but now he appears sometimes in the Wanted Pigs event, where he is named Hams Grubber and a reward is given upon defeating him.
Angry Birds 2
As part of The Angry Birds Movie 2 event, Leonard was introduced into the game as an Extra "Bird" alongside
Angry Birds Friends!
He is a hard to defeat boss like the other boss pigs, but he doesn't need to be defeated to complete the level.
Angry Birds Fight!
Leonard appears as a monster pig on an event that can be found and fought, along with Minion Pig. Despite the game using the Toons Designs,
Gameplay
In the game, like as said above, he appeared in events for the movie as a normal and Awesome Version, where he is golden, and events for his Happy version, in which he wears a cake hat, like Happy Minion Pig. He has the following health for his three versions:
- (Normal) Leonard Pig: 1500
- Awesome Leonard Pig: 4250
- Happy Leonard Pig: 4250
Depending on the health of the Birds' ship, attack and defense boost, the player can defeat Leonard, this happens with all monster pigs.
Angry Birds Football
Leonard appears in the comments, where he is named King Pig, he talks about his team's
His social media nickname in the game is ''@Sus_Viridus_Rex''.
Angry Birds Dice
Leonard appears in the game as an unlockable and playable character, along with his trusty assistant, Ross. He could
Gameplay
As the game is monopoly-like, the player has to roll the dice and make a determined number of steps until a point is hit, which the player gains property over something or fall into a trap. For more details about the gameplay, see here. He has also his power that can be activated, but it's unknown as the game was cancelled.
The Angry Birds Movie 2: Under Pressure
Leonard appears in the game as a playable character that helps in missions.
Gallery
Merchandise
Behind the scenes
| “ | I grew up with a framed pencil drawing of a marble bust of a Roman Emperor, Caracalla, which was hanging in my family house in Rome. The drawing was made by one of my great-grandfathers at the end of the 19th century. While growing up I dreamt of one day being able to draw that well. While drawing Mudbeard for Angry Birds, I designed his beard as a specific tribute to that drawing. | ” |
— Francesca Natale, character designer
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Trivia
One of King Smoothcheeks' facts as shown in the official guide, stating King Mudbeard is his father. This is the oldest known source to mention him, even older than the Angry Birds Movie.
- He is the second pig to have an actual name (excluding King Pig, etc., pigs that use occupation + pig as their appearance). The first is Little Timmy, the third is Ross, the fourth is Earl, the fifth is Bobo The Bulky, the sixth is Patsy, the seventh is Don Bacon, eighth is Garry and ninth is Courtney.
- Leonard is King Pig's father.
- King Pig would have been an important character in -The Angry Birds Movie, but he was cut and is only on storyboards. It's unknown if he has an appearance in it, but he may be the Top Hat Pig, due to them having the same shape, he appears with Leonard all the time, he is fancy and King Pig has a costume in Bad Piggies that is exactly like that pig.
- In the storyboards, Leonard calls King Pig ''son''.
- King Pig would have been an important character in -The Angry Birds Movie, but he was cut and is only on storyboards. It's unknown if he has an appearance in it, but he may be the Top Hat Pig, due to them having the same shape, he appears with Leonard all the time, he is fancy and King Pig has a costume in Bad Piggies that is exactly like that pig.
- His voice sounds very similar to the legendary voice actor Jim Cummings. He is voiced by Bill Hader, who based his voice on the voice of his high-school football coach.
- He is the first known pig to be king. The second is King Pig.
- He appears in Dessert Mode in Bad Piggies in a portrait along with his deceased wife next to King Pig's throne in the Pig Palace.
- Leonard's friends are known to call him Chuckles.
- In the storyboards of The Movie, Leonard was merely a short pig without a beard. Ross was bigger than him and would have translated what he was saying in symbols.
- His Snot Bomb ability on Angry Birds 2 is probably a reference to the Snot Nose Leonard toy, or vice-versa.
