Mr PIG is just the German mascot, helping us cheer here in the US. I often post Mr Pig and have made quite a few pics of him just to acknowledge the German sympathy.
I don't believe Mr PIG is part of any baker scheme.
Pepe might be original, but who's to say we can't have supporting mascots? What if the French wanted to cheer us using… some other animal?
He tweeted 666 GORILLIAN tweets this morning. Where were you?