The Hungry

The Hungry are the secondary antagonists of pre-Hardmode Terraria, they are minions of the main antagonist of pre-Hardmode and the secondary antagonist of Hardmode, the Wall of Flesh, they are miniature demons connected to the Wall of Flesh that attack any Player within their sight.

Terraria
The Hungry appear along with their master, the Wall of Flesh, once it is summoned, they viciously attack any Player within their sight, they become more resistant to damage and do more damage the more damage the Wall of Flesh takes, they also have weaker counterparts called The Hungry II, which are weaker than The Hungry but are more resistant to knock-back, The Hungry are constantly restrained to the Wall of Flesh by long veins, however if the Player doesn't kill all of The Hungry before doing significant damage to the Wall of Flesh than the Wall will unleash its remaining The Hungry on the Players and they will viciously attack the Player unrestrained now until death, The Hungry have 240 HP, while the Wall of Flesh's HP is above 75% they have 30 ATK and 10 DEF, while the Wall of Flesh's HP is above 50% but below 75% than they will have 45 ATK and 20 DEF, while the Wall of Flesh's HP is above 25% but below 50% than they will have 60 ATK and 30 DEF, if the Wall of Flesh's HP is below 25% than The Hungry will have 75 ATK and 40 DEF, The Hungry II have 80 HP, 30 ATK and 6 DEF.

On Expert Mode The Hungry are now harder to deal with as their stats have been enhanced and now will respawn as long as the Wall of Flesh is alive, The Hungry now have 336 HP, while the Wall of Flesh's HP is above 75% they have 60 ATK and 16 DEF, while the Wall of Flesh's HP is above 50% but below 75% than they will have 90 ATK and 20 DEF, while the Wall of Flesh's HP is above 25% but below 50% than they will have 120 ATK and 30 DEF, if the Wall of Flesh's HP is below 25% than The Hungry will have 150 ATK and 40 DEF, The Hungry's knock-back resistance has also been improved, The Hungry II now have 112 HP, 60 ATK and 6 DEF.

Trivia

 * The Hungry aren’t seen as their own beings but exponents of the Wall of Flesh.