List of fictional pigs
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A list of pigs in various categories of fictional writings.
[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
- Fener the Boar of Summer, a god of war in The Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
- 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).
- Gryllus is a comic pig, one of Odysseus's men who choose not be turned back into a human by the witch Circe, in Paul Shipton's The Pig Scrolls
- 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 Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic by Betty MacDonald, teaches proper table manners to Christopher Brown in the chapter, "The Bad Table Manners Cure"
- Napoleon, the main villain 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
- Pequeninos in Orson Scott Card's "Ender's Game series"
- 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
- 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 Ann.
- Snowball and Squealer in Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Toot and Puddle of the Holly Hobbie series.
- 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\
- Rumbl, an antagonist in "The Ckoob". He was banished by Hollar after breaking her calculators.
- Wilbur in Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
- Zhu Bajie, from Journey to the West
- Kimmy Curlytail, in the book Fern Valley-A Collection of Short Stories by Aileen Stewart
- Johnny, Jimmy, Jaimie, Jared, Jason, and Justin Curlytail brothers of Kimmy in the book Fern Valley-A Collection of Short Stories by Aileen Stewart
- The pigs in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- Roald Dahl wrote a poem and a grisly short story both called "The Pig" and featuring unnamed pig
- The pig from Aesop's Fable The Ass and the 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 fat pig, the buying of which was the reason for going to market in the nursery rhyme
- A pig who eats up the pancake in the fairy tale "The Runaway Pancake"
[edit] Pigs in comic strips
[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
- Plopper/Spider-Pig/Harry Plopper, from The Simpsons Movie
- Hamm the piggy bank, from Toy Story
- Pumbaa, a warthog in Disney's The Lion King and sequels
- Ollie and his wife and three children in Disney's Home on the Range
- Mayor Percy in Dot and the Koala
[edit] Pigs on television
- Miggy, a sponsor pig for the supermarket Migros in Switzerland, Germany, France
- 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.
- Grunt and Punt
- Little Cory, a pig in the sitcom Boy Meets World. He was introduced in a high school episode as a little piglet and reappeared as a huge full-grown boar in a college episode, years later. He was Shawn's animal companion.
- 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, 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).
- Pinky and Perky, two pigs who belong the Tom and Barbera Good in The Good Life (1975 TV series)
- 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!
- Mervis from CatDog
- 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.
- Petal, talking piglet in the TV series Big Barn Farm
- 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
- P-Chan, Ryoga Hibiki's Cursed form in the anime Ranma 1/2
- Bebop, a warthog in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Herbert a warthog from 64 Zoo Lane
- Mrs. Warthog, a warthog in My Gym Partner's a Monkey
- Riru, a miniature pig who is based on the red beryl gemstone, in the Sanrio Jewelpet series
- Brad Pig, main character on the online miniseries "Pics of Pigs"
- Natalie Porkman, main character on the online miniseries "Pics of Pigs"
- Rick Fattz, main character on the online miniseries"Pics of Pigs"
- Pig and his cousin Arnold friends of Kipper in the television series of Kipper the Dog
- Pansy Pig, one of the friends of Henry's Cat
- Iggy Pig from Anime show Super Pig
- Archille, the wild boar from Forest Friends
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[edit] Pigs in toys
- Razor Beast, a primal which takes the form of a warthog, from the Transformers line, Beast Wars
- 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 small plastic pigs [1]
- Pippo, a Sanrio character created in 1993
[edit] Pigs in video games
- 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 piglike form.
- In The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, Link interacts with several pigs on Outset Island. When he returns to the island after his voyages, he finds one pig grown to grotesque size. This pig cannot be killed, and making it angry is sure to result in death. Also, its large size catches the wind, making the pig fall more slowly than other objects from great heights.
- 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 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
- Hamlet from Illusion of Gaia
- Green pigs from the iPhone game of Angry Birds, as portrayed by Anthony Ambrose and John Rodriguez
- Pot-bellied pig in Wildlife Park 2
- Warthog in Cabela's African Safari
- Warthog in Zoo tycoon and one of its sequels: Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure
- Giant Warthog - in Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals
- Snorty, a huge male Wild Boar in the New Zealand level in Cabela's Big Game Hunter (2007 video game)
- Hogzilla, a huge wild boar, who is a boss villain in Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2
- Wild boars, you are supposed to hunt to use their meat as wolf bait in Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2009
- Pei'j from Beyond Good and Evil.
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