King Pig

The name or term "Megatron" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Megatron (disambiguation).

King Pig is a Deceptihog from the Angry Birds Transformers continuity.

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Though he's dim as a burnt-out bulb, King Pig "ruled" Piggie Island, commanding his countless followers in a never-ending drive to steal eggs for tasty meals, only to be beaten time and again by members of the Flock. And then the AllSpark hit the island, granting King Pig the powers of tank-mode Decepticons like Bludgeon, Brawl and even the mighty Megatron! Sure, he's not exactly sure-footed on those treads (he didn't use to even have feet, after all!), but when one of his new limbs is a powerful cannon? Look out, birds!

Unfortunately, the moment he gained these new abilities was also the exact moment he lost control of virtually all of his Minion Pig army, who joined forces with the Eggbots. Thus he's been forced to team up with his former enemies -now calling themselves the Autobirds - to free his fellow loyal Pigs and prevent Piggie Island from being turned into nothing but cold steel.

Games

Angry Birds Transformers

As Bludgeon

As Bludgeon, King Pig fires two blasts in rapid succession of three fairly rapid purple projectiles that deal decent damage. They also explode on impact, which is excellent if they miss their intended mark, say, a TNT crate. The three projectiles fan out, and its odd that players unlock Bludgeon before Brawl, who has a similar weapon but only fires one projectile at a time. Usually, players unlock the 1-shot wonder first, then their 3-shot repaint, but not with Bludgeon.

Apparently he's also a master at martial arts, like his G1 counterpart. He's known for his deadly "Snout fu" and "Hog chi" and notably deadly in backstory puns.

With sufficient upgrades and an Energon Cube, he can create an Energon Shield to protect him from all damage but falling monoliths. The more Cubes he holds, the longer the shield will last.

It takes 300 popped Bad Piggies to be able to free Bludgeon, and completing the "Break Out" level unlocks him permanently. As with all characters, players can bring Bludgeon into the game via Telepod without completing the level, but he only hangs around for 6 hours before you need to re-scan him. Thankfully, any upgrades made in that time are kept.

As Megatron

The first version of Megatron that you can get is called Ultimate Megatron. He fires a singular slow-moving projectile that deals significant damage straight out of the box. After a few upgrades, Megatron is one of the few who figures out they can bribe Skywarp with energon cubes (collected by restoring cyberformed terrain to its natural state) to carpet bomb the area. The more cubes he has, the more damage Skywarp is motivated to do, which can be especially helpful.

With the power of Dark Megatron, a more powerful Megatron, King Pig's primary attack uses Megatron's traditional fusion cannon once again. Also slow firing, it creates a vortex wherever it hits, sucking objects towards the center. It lasts for a short amount of time. Dark Megatron's not very good with taking out fliers or scrambler missiles. With sufficient upgrades, Dark Megatron can use energon cubes to trigger an EMP burst, stunning walking monoliths and flier pigs. If you've upgraded him enough to have multiple levels of it, a tier 2 or tier 3 cube EMP burst will stun all pigs in the current area. And even a tier 1 is handy for taking out incoming missiles that transform you into a hopping washing machine. Which is good, because the projectiles do not travel fast enough to intercept, and if you've shot a lot of things in the area, your screen may be obscured by purple and black vortexes. Oops.

As Brawl

Similar to Bludgeon, Brawl fires two fairly quick moving projectiles in rapid succession before needing to reload, but unlike most characters in the game where their repainted counterpart fires projectile version of the base model, Bludgeon already fires three, and is unlocked before Brawl. Maybe Rovio didn't mean to break the mold, but Brawl's projectiles seem to do more damage. However, he does not have the benefit of his one projectile fanning out, so is slightly handicapped when dealing with missiles.

Angry Birds Transformers

Commercial appearances

Toys

• Megatron Pig (Telepods Racer, 2014)
  • Accessories: Telepods base

Part of the Toys"R"Us Angry Birds Transformers toyline, Megatron Pig transforms from robot to Cybertronian tank, his pig head visible in both modes. He includes a Telepods base which, when placed over a phone or tablet's camera, allows the toy to be 'scanned into' the Angry Birds Transformers app.

This toy was redecoed as Bludgeon Pig.

• Optimus Prime Bird Raceway (Telepods track set, 2014)
  • Accessories: Telepods base

This set includes Ultimate Megatron Pig, redecoed from his single-packed Racer toy.

• Bumblebee Battle Game (Jenga Game, 2014)

The Bumblebee Battle Game includes a large statue of Megatron Pig, which breaks into pieces when the Deceptihog insignia on its chest is pressed. The game challenges the player to hit the insignia using the included Bumblebee vehicle and launcher in as few turns as possible.

Notes

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• King Pig's new robo-body is based loosely on live-action film series Megatron from Revenge of the Fallen.
• The final game model differs from the original artwork developed for the character (seen in-game only in the loading screen). The original design for "Megatron Pig" has a much more claw-like cannon-arm, a different design for the head-crest, and a much more skeletal abdomen.