Dr. Julius Strangepork is an elderly Muppet pig who serves as the resident scientist aboard the spaceship Swinetrek in the "Pigs in Space" sketches on The Muppet Show. His fellow crew members include Captain Link Hogthrob and First Mate Piggy. The German-accented "sesquipedalian" performed routine repair work as well as offer diagnostics on planets or approaching spacecrafts. Strangepork was occasionally seen outside the Pigs in Space skits as well.