List of fictional pigs

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Contents 1 Pigs in literature 1.1 Unnamed pigs 1.2 Nursery rhymes and fairy tales 2 Pigs in comic strips 3 Pigs in film 4 Pigs on television 5 Pigs on radio 6 Pigs in music 7 Pigs in toys 8 Pigs in video games 9 Pigs in folklore/mythology 10 Other 11 See also 12 References

[edit] Pigs in literature

• Ace, great-grandson of Babe in Ace, the Very Important Pig by Dick King-Smith.
• Babe, in The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith (filmed as Babe)
• The Empress of Blandings, in many comic novels by P. G. Wodehouse
• Freddy the Pig, in 26 different books by Walter R. Brooks
• Gaston and Joséphine, the young traveling pigs of Georges Duplaix's children's books of the same name, illustrated by Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky
• Gouger, Snouter, Rooter and Tusker, who pull the Hogfather's sleigh in the Discworld novels (a parody of Santa Claus's reindeer).
• Gub-Gub, from Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle book series
• Habeas Corpus, Monk's pet in the Doc Savage adventures
• Hamilton, in Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, a children's television series.
• Henry the Pig, one of the characters in the Blackberry Farm children's stories
• Hen-Wen, the fortune-telling pig, in The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
• Jodie, the phantom black pig with red eyes in The Amityville Horror
• Karnac, the villainous wild boar in Thunder Oak
• Lester, the well-mannered pig in the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series by Betty MacDonald
• Napoleon in Animal Farm by George Orwell
• Mercy Watson, in a series for children by Kate DiCamillo
• Old Major in Animal Farm by George Orwell
• Olivia, from children's books by Ian Falconer
• Piglet in A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories
• Pigling Bland of Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Pigling Bland; also his mother Aunt Pettitoes; his brothers Alexander, Chin-chin and Stumpy; his sisters Cross-patch, Suck-suck, Yock-yock and Spot; and his girlfriend Pig-wig.
• Pigoons in Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake
• Pig Pig, main character in picture book series by David M. McPhail
• Plantagenet, main character of the book The Pig Plantagenet by Allen Andrews
• Poppleton, main character in series by Cynthia Rylant
• Positive Pig, in the Sweet Pickles book series by Ruth Lerner Perle, Jacquelyn Reinach, and Richard Hefter
• Precocious Piggy, of Thomas Hood's poem by that name
• Sam Pig, in the Sam Pig novels by Alison Uttley, also his siblings Bill, Tom and Amy.
• Snowball and Squealer in Animal Farm by George Orwell
• Little Pig Robinson of Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Little Pig Robinson; also his aunts Miss Dorcas and Miss Porcas, and his cousin Tom Pigg
• The Transcendent Pig, in the Young Wizards series by Diane Duane
• Wilbur in Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
• Zhu Bajie, from Journey to the West

[edit] Unnamed pigs

• The pigs in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
• Roald Dahl wrote a poem and a grisly short story both called "Pig" and featuring unnamed pig

[edit] Nursery rhymes and fairy tales

• The pigs in "Birds of a feather" nursery rhyme
• The Three Little Pigs
• The market-going little pig and his brethren in the counting rhyme, used to name toes, who variously had roast beef or didn't, etc.
• The pig who flew up in the air in the nursery rhyme "Hickory Dickory Dock"
• The fat pig, the buying of which was the reason for going to market in the nursery rhyme

[edit] Pigs in comic strips

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• Pig from Stephan Pastis' comic strip Pearls Before Swine
• Peter Porker/Spider-Ham from Marvel Comics, a parody of their own Peter Parker/Spider-Man character
• Peter Porkchops/Pig Iron in DC Comics' Funny Stuff and Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!
• Salomey is the Yokum family's pet pig in Al Capp's comic strip Li'l Abner.
• Porkchop in Chuck Billy
• Squigley in Tatsuya Ishida's webcomic Sinfest
• Rasher, from the British comic strip Dennis the Menace
• Chauvy in Monica's Gang
• "Piggy" the Pig from 'Piggy and the Time Machine'
• Wagner in the Finnish comic Viivi & Wagner, an anthropomorphic pig who lives with a human female

[edit] Pigs in film

• Albert from College Road Trip
• Babe in Babe and Babe: Pig in the City, directed by Chris Noonan and George Miller respectively.
• Gordy the pig from the film of the same name
• Hamton J. Pig from Tiny Toon Adventures
• Hen Wen from Disney's The Black Cauldron
• Okkoto, leader of the boars in Princess Mononoke and Nago, the boar killed by Ashitaka at the start of the film
• Petunia Pig, Porky Pig's girlfriend
• Piggy, Merrie Melodies character
• Piglet, from the Disney animated version of Winnie-the-Pooh
• Porky Pig, Looney Tunes
• Peter Pig, from Disney Toons
• The Three Little Pigs Silly Symphonies characters
• Porco Rosso, the title character from Hayao Miyazaki's anime film 紅の豚, or Kurenai no buta
• McMug and McDull from the movies and comics with their titular names
• The killer hog Razorback
• Runt of the Litter, from Chicken Little
• Wilbur, from Charlotte's Web
• Spider Pig/Harry Plopper, from The Simpsons Movie

[edit] Pigs on television

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• Peppa Pig, children's program (2002-present)
• AlphaPig from Super Why!
• Arnold Ziffel in the 1965–1971 sitcom Green Acres.
• Miss Piggy (and many others) in Jim Henson's The Muppet Show.
• Capt. Link Hogthrob in Jim Henson's The Muppet Show.
• Professor Strangepork in Jim Henson's The Muppet Show.
• Hamhock a pig monster from Power Rangers: Jungle Fury
• Oolong in the Dragon Ball series.
• Tonton in the Naruto series.
• Doris ^{[disambiguation needed]} the beer drinking pig from the Australian series A Country Practice
• Pigby, Olive Snook's pet pig in Pushing Daisies
• Pigsy in the TV Series Monkey.
• Pinky and Perky (puppet pigs) who spoke like The Chipmunks, created by Czech immigrants Jan and Vlasta Dalibor (BBC television, from 1968).
• Chuck a pig in Camp Lazlo
• Sir Oinksalot, the mascot of Springfield A&M in The Simpsons.
• Fluffy, Cartman's pot-bellied pig in the South Park episode "An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig".
• Abner from Hey Arnold!
• Huxley Pig. A daydreaming pig, who is friends with a seagull and a hamster.
• Mayor Pig and Dumpling in the animated show 101 Dalmatians: The Series.
• Spanky Ham in Drawn Together.
• Treat Heart Pig, a Care Bears cousin.
• Mr. Porky from The Simpsons
• Mr. Wu's pigs in the TV series Deadwood, used mainly for disposing of dead bodies.
• Pigby, Olive Snook's pet pig on Pushing Daisies
• Piggley Winks, the title character in the TV series Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
• Purk in Sesamstraat
• Flying Pig, a character on the Canadian sketch comedy show The Kids in the Hall, played by Bruce McCulloch. He is shown entertaining people in lineups, later he is accidentally killed during said entertaining (he was caught in 350° telephone wires for three and a half hours, soon to be in a free food lineup) [1].
• The Peking Homunculus, a vicious robot from the future in the Doctor Who story "The Talons of Weng-Chiang". Though humanoid, the Homunculus contained the cerebral cortex of a pig, and was driven by its "swinish instincts".
• A cybernetically augmented pig featured in the Doctor Who episode "Aliens of London".
• Pig Slaves, the Daleks' genetically modified henchmen in the Doctor Who episodes "Daleks in Manhattan" and "Evolution of the Daleks".
• The Two Proud Pigs, eponymous heroes of a fictional film accidentally shown in lieu of 12 Angry Men during one of Sesame Street's "Monsterpiece Theater" sketches.
• Man bear pig from South Park was Al Gore's fictional character.
• Scruffy the pig on Full House
• Grunty, a pig in .hack

[edit] Pigs on radio

• The Archers, BBC Radio 4's soap opera features Eddie Grundy's pig Barbarella, named after a film

[edit] Pigs in music

• "Cincinnati Dancing Pig" was a 1950 hit song by country music singer Red Foley
• "Piggy Pig Pig" from Procol Harum's album Home
• "Pigs on the Wing" and "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" (only metaphorically pigs) in Pink Floyd's album Animals
• The "Pink Floyd pigs"
• The metaphorical "War Pigs" in Black Sabbath's protest song, depicting politicians as "War Pigs" who send brainwashed people off to war.
• "Pig" from Steve Vai's album Sex and Religion
• Still more metaphorical pigs in The Beatles' song "Piggies"
• March of the Pigs and Piggy by Nine Inch Nails
• "Pigs in Zen" is a song on the debut album of rock group Jane's Addiction
• "Pig" from Seether's albums Fragile and Disclaimer (& Disclaimer II)

[edit] Pigs in toys

• Squealer Knuckle "Beanie Babies"
• Monokuro Boo, a pair of monochrome pigs developed by the Japanese company San-X.
• Pass the Pigs, variation of a dice game, using two smal plastic pigs ^[1]

[edit] Pigs in video games

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• Incendiary pigs from the real-time strategy game Rome: Total War
• Pigma Dengar from the Nintendo game Star Fox
• Ganon (also known as Ganondorf) from The Legend of Zelda series. Although he originated as a humanoid being known as a Gerudo (and has been seen in that form numerous times), Ganon is also known for his bestial pig form.
• The Porkalator in HeXen.
• Pig Cops from the Duke Nukem series
• The pigs in Hogs of War PlayStation, voiced by Rick Mayall.
• S.W.I.N.E.
• Tomba! and its sequel Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return
• The Pokémon species Swinub, Piloswine, Spoink and Grumpig resemble pigs. Mankey, Primeape and Mamoswine resemble pigs crossed with other animals.
• The bipedal pigs in the Super Nintendo game Battletoads in Battlemaniacs.
• Tutty from the 'Where's Tutty?' quest in NCsoft's Aion: The Tower of Eternity
• The pigs from Blinx : The Time Sweeper

[edit] Pigs in folklore/mythology

• Beast of Dean, abnormally large wild boar, said to live, or have lived, in the Forest of Dean, England.
• Erymanthian Boar, one of the Twelve Labours of Heracles was to capture this boar.
• Calydonian Boar, another boar which features strongly in Greek mythology.

[edit] Other

• Piggly Wiggly, supermarket chain which features a pig as its mascot
• The Pig and Whistle restaurants
• In the comic story Maus Art Spiegelman portrays Poles as pigs

[edit] See also

• List of pigs

[edit] References