Piggy (Power Rangers)

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Piggy is an alien character in Power Rangers: S.P.D. played by Barnie Duncan.

[edit] Bio

Piggy is a free agent who will give information to anyone who pays for it or threatens him for it (including SPD, Emperor Gruumm, and/or Broodwing). He spent much of his life on Earth as a homeless bum, eating garbage and developing connections with the underworld. He has a form of friendship with Z who has multiple times been shown to trust Piggy more than anyone else does - trusting him to guard the proton accelerator in "Beginnings", taking Kat to get a quantum enhancer from him in "S.W.A.T." and appealing to his better nature (and thanking him) when Bridge was in danger in "Missing". Unknown to most, however, he was in contact with Emperor Gruumm, who he appeared to serve directly, and was personally responsible for handing Gruumm the technology he needed to reach Earth.

In "Shadow", Piggy won the lottery and opened his own trailer cafe that brings in lowlife patrons from many different planets. While Piggy otherwise lives a very comfortable life, when the Rangers show up at his cafe, his customers flee, which irritates Piggy to no end. His frequent jesting comments towards Syd make some believe that he had a minor crush on her.

He quickly found himself caught between aiding either S.P.D., Gruumm, or Broodwing multiple times, such as stealing S.W.A.T. technology for both villains, and several times giving advice & information to the Rangers, contacting Gruumm/Broodwing to tell him about the Rangers being on their way, and then contact Broodwing/Gruumm to tell them about the other's plot! Both Broodwing and Gruumm saw Piggy as being key to their plans because of this. In Endings, he ended up leading the B-Squad into a trap where they were captured by Emperor Gruumm, much to Z's shock. When Piggy asked if he did the right thing, a lightning bolt destroyed his cafe and, taking the hint, Piggy sneaked onto Gruumm's ship disguised as a Krybot and freed them returning to Earth with them on the SWAT Flyers. He participated in the final battle against the Troobians and, afterward, joined Jack and Ally in their business of giving clothes to the homeless. Also Jack gave him credit for what he did saying none of them would be there (in front of SPD after the battle was over) if it hadn't been for him.

He made a cameo in the Power Rangers: Mystic Force episode "Ranger Down". He reveals that he just came from another galaxy, making it known that he was on Earth way before S.P.D. started (2006 most likely). When the cat genie, Jenji, stumbles upon the same alley Piggy is in, Piggy (after discouraging Jenji from a life of crime) unknowingly predicts much of SPD: he explains that his dream is:"to win the lottery and open a restaurant... with wheels, called "Piggy's", and says "in 20 years this place will be crawling with aliens...".

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When Piggy ran a cafe, familiar patrons happened to be monsters from past seasons of Power Rangers.

  • Shadow Pt. 1 had:
    • Chameliacon
    • Conwing
    • Crocotox Blue
    • Mucant
  • Boom had:
    • General Tomars
    • Chameliacon
    • Izout
    • An alien with the head of Ironspike
    • An alien with the head of a Gatekeeper (from MMPR: TM) and the body of Dragontron (minus the artillery).