Porky Statue

Porky Statue
A boss in	Mother 3, SSBB
Universe	EarthBound

The Porky Statue, also known as the Pig King Statue or King P. Statue is a huge statue of Porky Minch from Mother 3. It can be seen in New Pork City and appears as a boss there in Mother 3.

Origin

The in-battle sprite of the Porky Statue from Mother 3.

The Porky Statue made its first appearance in Mother 3. The Porky Statue is a statue of Porky Minch with the inscription: "The smartest, bravest, and toughest chubster of all time. Here stands a statue of our great leader, Master Porky." and is located on the northeast corner of New Pork City. After Lucas and Co. find Boney and defeat Fassad for the last time, they have the option to battle the Porky Statue. If the player "checks" on the statue, it will have "hostile feelings" and attacks. The Porky Statue is almost invincible, having 100,000,000 HP. The attacks that the Porky Statue use include: stomping its feet, swinging both arms around, and hitting a player with the book it's holding. The attacks deal a great amount of damage. The most practical way to defeating the statue is buying and using the New Year's Eve Bomb (which is a bomb that causes a great explosion that only leaves the Porky Statue with 1 HP left). The other method is to try to use PSI Flash. In EarthBound, Ness can learn "PSI Flash γ" and "PSI Flash Ω" (Better known as PK Flash), both of which have a high probability of defeating an enemy instantly. In Mother 3, there is only one version of PSI Flash that Lucas can learn, but there is a small chance that PSI Flash will cause an instant defeat, and the Porky Statue is weak to PSI Flash attacks. In Brawl, the Porky Statue appears as one of the "bosses" in the Subspace Emissary. The statue is completely invincible during normal gameplay; however, it does not attack. It just simply walks across the entire level while the player has to maneuver around obstacles. In the cut-scene after that level, Ness uses PSI Flash to defeat the statue which is a reference to both PSI Flash attacks having a chance to defeat an enemy instantly, and how the Porky Statue is weak to PSI Flash.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

The Porky Statue can be seen in the background of the New Pork City stage in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The statue is also a collectible trophy.

The Porky Statue also plays a role in The Subspace Emissary level The Ruined Zoo. It chases Lucas down until Ness shows up after enough time has passed and destroys it, revealing Porky Minch, himself. It cannot be defeated when it chases down Lucas.

Trophy Description

File:Porky Statue Trophy.jpg

A guardian statue standing inside New Pork City that's clearly based on Porky himself. Investigate it, and the statue will turn hostile and start a battle. And it has 100,000,000 HP! It has very high stats, so you'll never win if you attack it straight-on. Thankfully, there's an item called "New Year's Eve" that can reduce its HP to 1--then you can defeat it with ease.

• Mother 3

See also: List of SSBB trophies (Earthbound series)

Trivia

• The Porky Statue is supposed to resemble New York City's Statue of Liberty in its appearance. Instead of a tablet and a torch, the statue holds a comic book and a slingshot. Likewise, "New Pork City" is a play on the name "New York City".