Earthhog

Earthhog is a Beastformer from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Please tell me he wasn't created by Dave Sim.

Earthhog (アースホッグ Āsuhoggu), Emperor of Hamanan, is incredibly proud of his country, to the point of being disparaging of other nations on planet Beast. Working under King Slo, he uses his powers of weather control, focused by his Earth Scenery trident, to make their nation a verdant resort for all to enjoy... for a small fee, of course.

Naturally (hah!) his weather control abilities make him a dangerous opponent. Properly riled, he can even create tornadoes and cause floods.

Toys

Beastformers

• Earthhog (Beastformer, 1987)
  • Beast ID number: 67
  • Accessories: "Earth Scenery" weapon

Earthhog is an anthropomorphic aardvark wearing high-tech orange armor. He came with his "Earth Scenery" (アースシーナリー) trident. His right arm ends in a two-pronged claw.

He has one of three rubsigns on his chest, revealing the elemental power of Fire, Water, or Wood. As he was only released in series three, he only came with the full-color-image-on-black version of the rubsign, rather than the black-outline-on-mood-ring-colors version from the previous series.

• Burst Sun Special Set (Multi-pack, 1987)
  • Accessories: "Earth Scenery" weapon

The first Beastformers multipack (still using the Transformers logo and factions) contained nine normal figures, then one of two special editions of the faction leaders, a clear-plastic version of either Alligatron or White Leo with the "Burstsun" rubsign. The box contained no windows, so you didn't know which of the leaders you got until you opened it up.

The other nine standard Beastformers in the set were Black Jaguar, Būpink, Crowmax, Dog Hunter, Dream Eater, Earthhog, Mingo Kid, Muskhorn, and Slo.

Notes

"Earthhog" is a literal English translation of "ツチブタ" ("Tsuchibuta"), the Japanese term for the aardvark.

Foreign names

• English: Ardent Aardvark