Ball Hog

Ballhog or Ball Hog is a pig based badnik created by Dr. Ivo Robotnik.

History
He has not been seen often in early battles. In his first appearance, he and Newtron had the task of dynamiting a random place in an attempt to flush out a spy. Sonic the Hedgehog, who knew what was happening, set off the explosives before the bomb could reach its intended target. Ball Hog, was also present during an attack on what Robotnik thought was a wedding between Sonic and Princess Sally. (StH #16, #18)

He didn't show up again until Sonic decided to visit the Island of Misfit Badniks. Ball Hog was among the badniks that fought Sonic, before Pseudo Sonic caused the island to sink. Ball Hog finally saw some action when the Forty Fathom Freedom Fighters attacked the island in order to stop the badnik's from enlarging Pseudo Sonic. Ball Hog led the second wave of badniks, consisting of himself, Splats, Orbinaut, and Coconuts.Ball Hog took on Bivalve, before getting beaten up. Like all of the other badniks, Ball Hog was compacted along with the island by Big Fluke (StH #170, #185).

Abilities
Ball Hog was never shown to actually use its abilities. the only place where its abilities were mentioned was in Sonic Archives Volume 4. He is able to roll over others like bowling pins, but not much else. They may have Ball Hog confused with Roller.

Background information
Ball Hog was modeled after the like named badnik (known as Ton-ton in Japan) from the Genesis and Game Gear game Sonic the Hedgehog, both times appearing only in the Scrap Brain Zone. The game version appears only atop steep slopes with the intention of rolling balls down them. In the Genesis version, Ballhog was Magenta with a teal nose, while in the Game Gear version he was pink with a yellow nose. By contrast, Ball Hog was blue with pink limbs, snout and belly in his debut appearance, orange and pink in his secon appearance, and green with a yellow belly everywhere else.