Pinky

The Pinky is a recurring monster from the DOOM video game series. It is a ferocious beast with pink skin that attacks by bull-rushing its prey and goring them with its horns. In the classic DOOM games, this creature was referred to as "Demon", despite the word "demon" being used as a colloquial term for all the monsters in the series. It is only since DOOM (2016) that the "Pinky" label has become official.

DOOM (Classic series)
In the early DOOM games, the Pinky appears to be a hunched-over humanoid creature with a large, horned head that moves about on digitigrade legs. It has yellow eyes, sharp teeth and horns like a bull. It is one of the fastest monsters in the series and will charge at the player upon detection. It has no long-range attacks and relies solely on melee.

The Chaingun can be effective at dispatching Pinkies from a distance, but due to its great speed it will likely close the gap between itself and the player before it can be killed. The Super Shotgun can kill most demons, even the Pinky, with one blast at close range. Arguably, the Chainsaw is the most effective weapon to use against the Pinky since not only does it not require ammunition but the Pinky is unable to strike the player while the Chainsaw is running.

DOOM 3
The Pinky has undergone a radical redesign in DOOM 3. Its body appears as a large lump of smooth flesh with no visible eyes and a small horn on either side of its head. Its face is partially obscured by a "hood" of flesh, with only its fanged mouth being visible. Built with a quadrupedal physical structure, it moves about on all fours. Its front legs end in four clawed digits while its hind legs are mechanical.

Pinkies behave in more or less the same manner as in earlier games, attacking the player by rushing at them and attempting to gore them or bite them. They also frequently let out horrendous roars that cause the player to shudder, leaving them briefly vulnerable. They can be killed with relative ease with a couple of Shotgun blasts at close range. Unlike in earlier games, the Pinky doesn't appear in great numbers and are typically encountered on their own without support from other creatures.

DOOM (Modern series)
The Pinky has once again been redesigned for the modern games, taking its classic design and improving upon it with the addition of bony plates and spikes covering its body like natural armour. This version of the Pinky behaves in a similar manner as before, charging at the player to ram them or bite them to death. The bone plates covering its body make it extremely durable and it runs at great speed. However, the Pinky is unable to turn while charging and only stops moving after it has hit something. Its hind quarters are also unarmoured, making it easier to kill by attacking from behind. In DOOM Eternal, the Doom Slayer can use Ice Bombs to freeze a Pinky in its tracks and get around to strike its rear.

According to DOOM (2016)'s in-game codex, the Pinky is a beast that has no name within Hell (a nod to the fact that their counterparts in previous games were simply known as "Demons"). During the Hellwave experiments on Mars, the UAC extracted partially devoured Pinky corpses from portals, suggesting that Pinkies are considered a delicacy by other demons and raised as livestock. When the forces of Hell invaded Earth in DOOM Eternal, Pinkies were used to breach barricades and upturn armoured vehicles.