Movie:Great Hog

This article is about the characters in A Minecraft Movie. For the character in Minecraft Legends, see Legends:The Great Hog.
Great Hog
AMCM Great Hog.jpg: Infobox image for Great Hog the character in Minecraft

Details

Species

Piglin

Status

Deceased

Affiliations

Malgosha

Enemies
First appearance

A Minecraft Movie: Add-on

Latest appearance

A Minecraft Movie

The Great Hog and the New Hog[1] were both the “ultimate weapon” of Malgosha, stronger than any ordinary piglin. They were not a singular being, but rather a type of piglin designed to be a superweapon.

Appearance

The Great Hog and the New Hog are large piglins, 3–4 meters tall. Their builds are massive and muscular, but they both are missing half of their right arm. Instead, they have a golden prosthetic arm cannon, from which they shoot pink projectiles. On their face is a metal snout strap with a gold stripe on their head. Their left shoulder is covered in an iron shoulder pad, from which comes a chain with a gold patch resembling a snout. And instead of pants, they have a leather rag, secured with a leather belt.

Personality

Unlike other important piglins like General Chungus, neither the Great Hog nor the New Hog speak, acting more like vicious beasts. They mindlessly obey the orders given by Malgosha and seemingly do not act unless given an order, as seen when the New Hog spectates the battle between iron golems and piglins and only participates when ordered to by Malgosha.

Powers and abilities

As the strongest piglins in the army, the Great Hog and the New Hog possess incredible strength, able to take down enemies like an iron golem in a single punch, and they can also use their arm cannons to blast enemies nearby.

Biography

At some point in the past, the Great Hog was created “without a brain”, Steve having either encountered it or been informed of its invention during his time in the Nether. After General Chungus fails to execute Malgosha's plan to kill the gang at Midport Village, Malgosha orders various piglins to release the Great Hog from its containment. The Great Hog then kills Chungus by Malgosha's order with its arm cannon.

The New Hog, hanging from chains connected to a ghast, growls from a distance.
The New Hog, seen chained to a ghast.

Later on in the film, the Great Hog hunts Steve, Garrett, and Henry in the Redstone Mines. It chases them into Steve's creeper farm, but they manage to escape via minecarts. As the creepers explode, the Great Hog is left behind in the mine, presumably dying in the explosion. Further on in the film, Steve, Garrett and Henry run out of the woodland mansion onto the bridge outside. They encounter Malgosha, who reveals that she had created another Great Hog, the New Hog. The New Hog growls at them from a distance, hanging and chained to a ghast. The ghast carries it away with Malgosha after she successfully steals the Orb of Dominance from Henry.

At the final battle, the New Hog watches idly with Malgosha before she orders it to participate. During the battle, it defeats multiple iron golems and fires a blast from its arm cannon to knock Henry off the large Nether portal, who is saved by Garrett riding a ghast. The New Hog then attempts to kill Natalie, but is stopped by the Super Iron Golem. The two have a brief battle, but the New Hog is eventually defeated when the Super Iron Golem launches it into the air before slamming it back down into the ground, leaving it to die.

History of appearances

March 4, 2025The Great Hog appears in Welcome to the Overworld.
March 30, 2025The Great Hog and the New Hog appears in A Minecraft Movie.
April 8, 2025The Great Hog and the New Hog appears in A MINECRAFT MOVIE The Junior Novelization.
Bedrock Edition
February 26, 2025A mob based off the Great Hog appears in A Minecraft Movie: Add-On, serving as a boss.
1.21.70The Great Hog mob reappears in A Minecraft Movie Live Event.
Players can fight them within the mini-game Mining with Henry, dropping diamonds on death.

Trivia

  • The name Great Hog was previously used for the final boss of Minecraft Legends, though the character more closely resembles the Unbreakable, and lacks any characterization similar to either.
    • In the novel Return of the Piglins, several piglins are able to earn the title of "Great," such as the Great Bungus and Grungert, potentially indicating that "Great Hog" is another title.
    • Unlike the other piglins, the Great Hog did not zombify, as the green sprouts did not appear on his skin, even when his eyes stopped glowing.

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In other media

References

  1. "A Minecraft Movie | Chicken Jockey | Movie Clip | Warner Bros. Entertainment" – Warner Bros. Entertainment on YouTube, May 14, 2025, video description

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