Pig mask

Saw prop
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Pig mask
Purpose:	To conceal identities
Status:	Inanimate
First Appearance:	Saw

The pig mask is a prop used throughout the Saw film series by numerous characters, although most commonly used by the Jigsaw Killer and his apprentices.

Purpose

The pig mask, which consists of what appears to be an actual pig's head coupled with long, black hair, was used multiple times throughout the Saw series.

Origin

The origin of the pig mask was shown in Saw IV, revealing the first two pig masks to have been plastic strap-on masks used at a Year of the Pig Chinese New Year festival. John Kramer, the Jigsaw Killer, had snatched them and donned one, while using the other one to hold his chloroform-soaked rag. The second mask was then used to knock out John's first test subject, Cecil, by placing the mask over his head with the chloroform rag still inside.

Appearances

Saw

The pig mask was first seen in Saw, in which someone, cloaked in a red robe and wearing the mask, crept out of the back of a car and attacked Dr. Lawrence Gordon in a parkade. It was then seen when Adam Faulkner was attacked and rendered unconscious in his own apartment by someone wearing the mask with a red suit. When investigating one of Jigsaw's lairs, detectives David Tapp and Steven Sing uncovered the pig mask from beneath a red sheet, together with the Billy puppet commonly used by Jigsaw.

Saw II

The pig mask was seen again in Saw II, worn by Amanda Young, Jigsaw's first apprentice, who sat, wearing a black cloak and the mask, in a bathtub waiting for Detective Eric Matthews, who was then attacked and injected with a syringe that knocked him out.

Saw III

In Saw III, the pig mask was used by one of Jigsaw's apprentices when kidnapping Detective Allison Kerry in her own bedroom, as well as Dr. Lynn Denlon (in the locker room of a hospital), Jeff Reinhart, and Jeff's daughter Corbett. Several other pig masks were seen sitting next to the first in Jigsaw's lair. It was also revealed that it was Amanda Young who had kidnapped Adam Faulkner in the first movie.

Saw IV

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The original pig masks.

In Saw IV, the pig mask was seen behind Forensic Hoffman appearing as if someone was about to kidnap him from behind. At his house, Rigg was attacked and knocked unconcious by a person wearing the pig mask. While being tested, Rigg came across his first test, in which a woman named Brenda was strapped to a device, and cloaked in a red cape with the pig mask over her face as well. The mask and cloak were attached to a wire with a trigger-pin, and when they were pulled off, the trigger-pin was pulled, activating the device Brenda was chained to. For his second test, Rigg was ordered to wear the mask to conceal his identity while pulling Ivan Landes into a motel room to be tested. It was revealed at the end of the movie that Detective Hoffman was in fact another one of Jigsaw's apprentices, and had donned the mask to kidnap many of the test subjects. A flashback also showed Jigsaw kidnapping Cecil using two Chinese New Year festival pig masks, using one to conceal his own identity while using the second, hiding a chloroform rag, to put over Cecil's face.