Radioactive hybrid terror pigs break out of nuclear hellscape home and into people's hearts
(2021/07/06)
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It seems that the monstrous irradiated boar-pig hybrids [1]that we featured in an article last week have broken out of their former home in the exclusion zone around the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant and are now running riot around the internet.
Indeed, the boars in question have moved on from [2]stealing laptops from unsuspecting German nudists and [3]mounting surprise amphibious attacks on holidaymakers to enchanting web users and planning movies about their life stories.
Social media users have embraced the angry porkers and have been displaying their affection by creating jokes, memes, and fan art about them, and changing their Twitter handles to either reflect their concern or support for the pigs.
An emotional support radioactive hybrid terror pig for anyone who needs one during these trying times. [4]pic.twitter.com/yeZYtlAAM7 — Carrot-Face Doc (@DocHackenbush) [5]July 3, 2021
A number of users felt that "Radioactive Hybrid Terror Pigs" should be taken up as a band name, with punk, hardcore, and metal being the most favoured genres for any group thus named. It would, admittedly, be a strange choice of name for a boy band. There was also considerable support for naming groups "Fukushima Exclusion Zone".
For just a brief moment I thought “Radioactive Hybrid Terror Pigs” was an alt punk band [6]pic.twitter.com/vbxTEfNZoB — Trash Disco Radio (@trashdiscoradio) [7]July 3, 2021
Radioactive Hybrid Terror Pigs is 100% a band Spotify would recommend me [8]https://t.co/mCxQ1Og0EQ — “Preparing to Embark” Krahling (@jc_krahling) [9]July 4, 2021
That was Radioactive Hybrid Terror Pigs with the title track from their latest LP, Fukushima Exclusion Zone, and I think I may have played it at the wrong speed. Anyway, here's The Fall. [10]https://t.co/5U7LZBRjnM [11]pic.twitter.com/qTUTNuKSZ8 — stupot (@sjooietwoey) [12]July 3, 2021
Other users suggested the pigs should be replacements for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles since the pigs share a similar origin story to that of the pizza-loving reptile vigilante group.
This is a commercial possibility for anyone who fancies buying the rights as there is currently a big, Turtle-shaped hole in popular culture the pigs could fill. Rights to the Turtles' intellectual property [13]are fractured [PDF], meaning the franchise is presently languishing between different companies in several different creative areas.
[14]Fukushima reactors lend exotic nuclear finish to California's wines
[15]When humanity perishes in nuclear fire, the University of Essex's radiation-resistant robots will inherit the Earth
[16]Greenland's elections just bolstered China's tech world domination plan
[17]Memo to scientists. Looking for intelligent life? Have you tried checking for worlds with a lot of industrial pollution?
Some even went as far as to adapt the famous logo from the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series to see how the name would look, with others trying to modify the "Radioactive Hybrid Terror Pigs" title to fit the Turtles' theme song better.
just. What the fuck is going on here? [18]pic.twitter.com/pjMNeSjhAE — Big Towel Requirer (@Jim_Trinca) [19]July 4, 2021
The similarity of the terror pigs' origin story to that of the Turtles' slapstick stock enemy Bebop, who is also based on a wild boar, did not go unnoticed.
Ahem… [20]pic.twitter.com/tvt5S24wa0 — SmileyAgate2124 (@SmileyAgate2124) [21]July 3, 2021
The origin story for the pigs was also not lost on the numerous Twitter users who suggested that radioactive hybrid terror pigs were a step towards creating actual, honest-to-goodness orcs.
I feel like these are just a few fungi spores away from being actual orcs. [22]https://t.co/bIlX1c5Xb1 — Matthew Helm (@thehelm01) [23]July 3, 2021
Some commenters suggested that the story of the terror pigs might be good material for a film. We at The Reg feel that this is entirely plausible, given that the story is not a million miles from the plot to the Oscar-nominated Beasts of the Southern Wild .
The resulting movie would almost certainly be a deliberately terrible B-movie sci-fi/horror flick, however, in the style of [24]Snakes on a Plane or the [25]Sharknado and [26]Birdemic franchises, most likely starring Debbie Gibson, who appeared in the most decidedly non-Oscar-nominated [27]Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus , so must enjoy this sort of thing.
[28]
One terror pig fan, designer Laurent Graudens, even went so far as to create a poster for the proposed movie, referencing both the B-movie genre and Japan's love of monster movies by calling it Boarzilla . It is a thing of tremendous beauty indeed and would look outstanding on a wall or a T-shirt.
[29]
Click to enlarge
If anybody fancies making this movie, I would obviously be happy to work on concept and scripting for a suitably gargantuan fee.
We asked the boar for comment or a word for their fans, but their agent said they don't get out of bed nowadays for less than ten grand and a bushel of acorns. ®
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[1] https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/01/radioactive_hybrid_terror_pigs_fukushima/
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/07/german-nudist-chases-wild-boar-that-stole-laptop-berlin-teufelssee
[3] https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/13/wild_boar_amphibious_assault_germany/
[4] https://t.co/yeZYtlAAM7
[5] https://twitter.com/DocHackenbush/status/1411349401340198916?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[6] https://t.co/vbxTEfNZoB
[7] https://twitter.com/trashdiscoradio/status/1411446904257351682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[8] https://t.co/mCxQ1Og0EQ
[9] https://twitter.com/jc_krahling/status/1411753768715235330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[10] https://t.co/5U7LZBRjnM
[11] https://t.co/qTUTNuKSZ8
[12] https://twitter.com/sjooietwoey/status/1411214518206832641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[13] https://web.archive.org/web/20091229162818/http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/pdfs/10-21-09_-_TMNT%20Mirage%20Announcement_Final.pdf
[14] https://www.theregister.com/2018/07/19/fukushima_cesium_wine/
[15] https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/21/uni_of_essex_radiation_robots_600k/
[16] https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/08/chinabacked_mining_project_for_tech/
[17] https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/11/technosignaturesaliens/
[18] https://t.co/pjMNeSjhAE
[19] https://twitter.com/Jim_Trinca/status/1411618793051275265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[20] https://t.co/tvt5S24wa0
[21] https://twitter.com/SmileyAgate2124/status/1411320324411568129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[22] https://t.co/bIlX1c5Xb1
[23] https://twitter.com/thehelm01/status/1411309200077111305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[24] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rerwquA1TKs
[25] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kh9Pnw5SRk
[26] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE5dJDgZ644
[27] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa7ck5mcd1o
[28] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_offbeat/bootnotes&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2YOR@INX1lI35ERHHODOB8AAAAIo&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[29] https://regmedia.co.uk/2021/07/05/terror_pigs_boarzilla_poster.jpg
[30] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Indeed, the boars in question have moved on from [2]stealing laptops from unsuspecting German nudists and [3]mounting surprise amphibious attacks on holidaymakers to enchanting web users and planning movies about their life stories.
Social media users have embraced the angry porkers and have been displaying their affection by creating jokes, memes, and fan art about them, and changing their Twitter handles to either reflect their concern or support for the pigs.
An emotional support radioactive hybrid terror pig for anyone who needs one during these trying times. [4]pic.twitter.com/yeZYtlAAM7 — Carrot-Face Doc (@DocHackenbush) [5]July 3, 2021
A number of users felt that "Radioactive Hybrid Terror Pigs" should be taken up as a band name, with punk, hardcore, and metal being the most favoured genres for any group thus named. It would, admittedly, be a strange choice of name for a boy band. There was also considerable support for naming groups "Fukushima Exclusion Zone".
For just a brief moment I thought “Radioactive Hybrid Terror Pigs” was an alt punk band [6]pic.twitter.com/vbxTEfNZoB — Trash Disco Radio (@trashdiscoradio) [7]July 3, 2021
Radioactive Hybrid Terror Pigs is 100% a band Spotify would recommend me [8]https://t.co/mCxQ1Og0EQ — “Preparing to Embark” Krahling (@jc_krahling) [9]July 4, 2021
That was Radioactive Hybrid Terror Pigs with the title track from their latest LP, Fukushima Exclusion Zone, and I think I may have played it at the wrong speed. Anyway, here's The Fall. [10]https://t.co/5U7LZBRjnM [11]pic.twitter.com/qTUTNuKSZ8 — stupot (@sjooietwoey) [12]July 3, 2021
Other users suggested the pigs should be replacements for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles since the pigs share a similar origin story to that of the pizza-loving reptile vigilante group.
This is a commercial possibility for anyone who fancies buying the rights as there is currently a big, Turtle-shaped hole in popular culture the pigs could fill. Rights to the Turtles' intellectual property [13]are fractured [PDF], meaning the franchise is presently languishing between different companies in several different creative areas.
[14]Fukushima reactors lend exotic nuclear finish to California's wines
[15]When humanity perishes in nuclear fire, the University of Essex's radiation-resistant robots will inherit the Earth
[16]Greenland's elections just bolstered China's tech world domination plan
[17]Memo to scientists. Looking for intelligent life? Have you tried checking for worlds with a lot of industrial pollution?
Some even went as far as to adapt the famous logo from the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series to see how the name would look, with others trying to modify the "Radioactive Hybrid Terror Pigs" title to fit the Turtles' theme song better.
just. What the fuck is going on here? [18]pic.twitter.com/pjMNeSjhAE — Big Towel Requirer (@Jim_Trinca) [19]July 4, 2021
The similarity of the terror pigs' origin story to that of the Turtles' slapstick stock enemy Bebop, who is also based on a wild boar, did not go unnoticed.
Ahem… [20]pic.twitter.com/tvt5S24wa0 — SmileyAgate2124 (@SmileyAgate2124) [21]July 3, 2021
The origin story for the pigs was also not lost on the numerous Twitter users who suggested that radioactive hybrid terror pigs were a step towards creating actual, honest-to-goodness orcs.
I feel like these are just a few fungi spores away from being actual orcs. [22]https://t.co/bIlX1c5Xb1 — Matthew Helm (@thehelm01) [23]July 3, 2021
Some commenters suggested that the story of the terror pigs might be good material for a film. We at The Reg feel that this is entirely plausible, given that the story is not a million miles from the plot to the Oscar-nominated Beasts of the Southern Wild .
The resulting movie would almost certainly be a deliberately terrible B-movie sci-fi/horror flick, however, in the style of [24]Snakes on a Plane or the [25]Sharknado and [26]Birdemic franchises, most likely starring Debbie Gibson, who appeared in the most decidedly non-Oscar-nominated [27]Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus , so must enjoy this sort of thing.
[28]
One terror pig fan, designer Laurent Graudens, even went so far as to create a poster for the proposed movie, referencing both the B-movie genre and Japan's love of monster movies by calling it Boarzilla . It is a thing of tremendous beauty indeed and would look outstanding on a wall or a T-shirt.
[29]
Click to enlarge
If anybody fancies making this movie, I would obviously be happy to work on concept and scripting for a suitably gargantuan fee.
We asked the boar for comment or a word for their fans, but their agent said they don't get out of bed nowadays for less than ten grand and a bushel of acorns. ®
Get our [30]Tech Resources
[1] https://www.theregister.com/2021/07/01/radioactive_hybrid_terror_pigs_fukushima/
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/07/german-nudist-chases-wild-boar-that-stole-laptop-berlin-teufelssee
[3] https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/13/wild_boar_amphibious_assault_germany/
[4] https://t.co/yeZYtlAAM7
[5] https://twitter.com/DocHackenbush/status/1411349401340198916?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[6] https://t.co/vbxTEfNZoB
[7] https://twitter.com/trashdiscoradio/status/1411446904257351682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[8] https://t.co/mCxQ1Og0EQ
[9] https://twitter.com/jc_krahling/status/1411753768715235330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[10] https://t.co/5U7LZBRjnM
[11] https://t.co/qTUTNuKSZ8
[12] https://twitter.com/sjooietwoey/status/1411214518206832641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[13] https://web.archive.org/web/20091229162818/http://www.4kidsentertainment.com/pdfs/10-21-09_-_TMNT%20Mirage%20Announcement_Final.pdf
[14] https://www.theregister.com/2018/07/19/fukushima_cesium_wine/
[15] https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/21/uni_of_essex_radiation_robots_600k/
[16] https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/08/chinabacked_mining_project_for_tech/
[17] https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/11/technosignaturesaliens/
[18] https://t.co/pjMNeSjhAE
[19] https://twitter.com/Jim_Trinca/status/1411618793051275265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[20] https://t.co/tvt5S24wa0
[21] https://twitter.com/SmileyAgate2124/status/1411320324411568129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[22] https://t.co/bIlX1c5Xb1
[23] https://twitter.com/thehelm01/status/1411309200077111305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
[24] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rerwquA1TKs
[25] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kh9Pnw5SRk
[26] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE5dJDgZ644
[27] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa7ck5mcd1o
[28] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_offbeat/bootnotes&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2YOR@INX1lI35ERHHODOB8AAAAIo&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[29] https://regmedia.co.uk/2021/07/05/terror_pigs_boarzilla_poster.jpg
[30] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
bovine terror
Anonymous Coward
You need to check out the video for Cows with guns, It even features chicks with Uzi's
Re: bovine terror
b0llchit
Do they show glow-in-the-dark milk? And, what is the decay-rate of the chicks and Uzi's?
Dr_N
Luckily no large camel population in Japan. An Attack Of The Mutant Camels would be devastating.
b0llchit
The small population could be a sign of ninja. There could be Teenage Mutant Ninja Camels and that would be devastating indeed.
Korev
> An Attack Of The Mutant Camels would be devastating.
Yeah those things are dangerous when they get the hump
Asterix in Japan?
Roger Kynaston
I know both Uderzo and Goscinni have joined Toutatis and Belenos now but the opportunities for Obelix must be endless.
Re: Asterix in Japan?
Anonymous South African Coward
I have allured as much in a post in the original terror pig article.
Obelix versus radioactive terror piggies... now THAT will be worth a saga to tell on a cold winter's night.
Not sure why ....
Anonymous Coward
... but made me think of Chadwick's "The Death Guard" (1939)
"most decidedly non-Oscar-nominated"
Gene Cash
That's a pretty radioactive burn right there...
Radioactive Hybrid Terror Pigs
Chris G
In Spaaaace!
These are the stories of a band of intrepid terror pigs, their ten year mission to go where no pig has trotted before.....
Rovio Ltd should be interested
MacroRodent
Radioactive Hybrid Terror Pigs would be a worthy nemesis for the Angry Birds.
Re: Rovio Ltd should be interested
Paul Crawford
Or for Shaun the Sheep?
Re: Rovio Ltd should be interested
Phil O'Sophical
My money's on Shaun & Gromit.
Creating a movie
Andy Non
could be a swine and the end result boaring.
I'll get my coat, mine's the one with the glowing pork scratchings in the pocket.
Entertainment
Dwarf
I wonder if they play Half-Life in their spare time ?
Re: Entertainment
Korev
They sound set the pigs Freeman
Boarzilla vs Boriszilla
Fruit and Nutcase
Masks not required
Anonymous South African Coward
The Register for the win... love articles such as these, it's an escape from the daily humdrum of live (and COVID).
Hot and spicy
ThatOne
Watch out for the radioactive hybrid terror sausages.
In Fukushima, sausages eat you !
Re: Hot and spicy
Phil O'Sophical
Watch out for the radioactive hybrid terror sausages.
Ah, the Fukushima sizzle!
I'll be waiting for the bovine version so that this nuclear story can be milked a bit more. After a while, we will be pecking on the chickenwingnuts too.
Finally, the corn will pop from the radiated heat and the whole story will decay with a half-life of 13 days and 42 minutes. The result will be a living decay chain along farm lines until the last bacterial species have popped their shells.