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Pigbog is one of the bikers in the café where War, Famine, Pollution, and Death meet. Despite his frightening appearance, Pigbog secretly loves the Bible. He’s the only biker to grasp who and what they’re dealing with when Death reveals himself. He and three of his friends (Greaser, Big Ted, and Skuzz) accompany the Four Horsemen for much of their ride toward London. He dies when he crashes into a pile of fish on the M25 motorway.
Pigbog Quotes in Good Omens
The Good Omens quotes below are all either spoken by Pigbog or refer to Pigbog. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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And then it was Pigbog’s turn.
“I, uh...I think I’ll be them answer phones. They’re pretty bad,” he said.
“You can’t be ansaphones. What kind of a Biker of the Repocalypse is ansaphones? That’s stupid, that is.”
“S’not!” said Pigbog, nettled. “It’s like War, and Famine, and that. It’s a problem of life, isn’t it? Answer phones. I hate bloody answer phones.”
“I hate ansaphones, too,” said Cruelty to Animals.
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As four bikers ride behind the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, they come up with new names. While some of them, like Cruelty to Animals in this passage, take names that don’t make much sense, Pigbog tries to choose a name that best encapsulates the failings he recognizes in the modern world. This passage is intentionally humorous—it’s one of many times that Good Omens encourages readers to consider the modern world and all the ways in which it’s actually absurd. Two of the characters in this passage hate ansaphones (early answering machines) and perhaps other seemingly normal technology that makes Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque o
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Pigbog Character Timeline in Good Omens
The timeline below shows where the character Pigbog appears in Good Omens. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
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...woman sits down, the Sport category transforms to War. Two of the bikers, Greaser and Pigbog, discuss this. Pigbog wishes that there were more Bible questions.
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...named Big Ted approaches and asks what chapter of Hell’s Angels the four belong to. Pigbog’s skin turns ashy when the tall biker—Death—shows his face and answers with, “REVELATIONS, CHAPTER SIX.”...
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The Four Horsemen ride with Big Ted, Greaser, Pigbog, and Skuzz behind them. The storm and the traffic are deafening—but behind the horsemen, it’s...
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