Similar to goblins in appearance, hobgoblins, or hobs as they are sometimes called, are a less malicious and more mischievous type of faerie. Friendly and sometimes even helpful, hobgoblins still have a penchant for pranks ranging from annoying to infuriating. They are most fond of stealing. Piddledrip, a Common Hob (Diabolus praestigiator).

Hogsqueal was a male Hobgoblin that apparently lived in the forest north of the Spiderwick Mansion. On May the 14th 1908, Arthur Spiderwick spotted Hogsqueal while he searched through some garbage for something.

Piddledrip was a male Hobgoblin that were once encountered by Arthur Spiderwick and portrayed in his Field Guide. The Hob liked to steal crayons and scribble all over the walls in a Human house at...

Hogsqueal is a hobgoblin and a supporting character in The Spiderwick Chronicles, making his first appearance in The Seeing Stone. Jared Grace first meets Hogsqueal in the goblins' camp and reluctantly frees him from a cage.

In The Spiderwick Chronicles, a hobgoblin [c] is portrayed as a selfish character, always hungry, insulting to others, and annoyed with always being confused for a goblin. In Popular Culture [ edit ]

After encountering a wounded griffin, they find the goblin camp and a plethora of prisoners hanging in cages made from refuse from the trees. While trying to rescue Simon, they meet a prisoner named Hogsqueal, a hobgoblin, who convinces them to help him escape in exchange for his help in rescuing Simon.

The Spiderwick Chronicles is a 2008 American dark fantasy adventure film directed by Mark Waters from a screenplay by Karey Kirkpatrick, David Berenbaum, and John Sayles, based on the book series The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.

Hogsqueal : [Hogsqueal yells to the griffin soaring through the sky] Fly while you can, griffin! I swallowed an ogre whole. You could be next! Hogsqueal : Wait, a minute. Do birds live in these little houses? Jared Grace : Yeah. Hogsqueal : Oh, my gosh. That's genius! Who thought of that? You can stick your tongue right in it! Hogsqueal : Yes!

The Common hobgoblin is a fictional species of fairy that originated from the Spiderwick Chronicles Universe. Physically it resembles a crossbreed between a toad, and some kind of bat. They are carnivores, favoring small birds as their main prey.

Humans can gain the ability to see these beings at will by looking through a special stone, or by being spat upon by the friendly hobgoblin Hogsqueal (a particularly slimy affair). For the purposes of the story, most magical creatures are friendly, but there’s an assortment of malevolent beings who all serve one big, bad ogre named Mulgarath.