List of fictional pigs
A list of pigs in various categories of fiction, including boars and warthogs.
Advertising mascots
- Percy Pig, sugar-filled treat that can be purchased from Marks & Spencer.
- Piggly Wiggly, supermarket chain which features a pig as its mascot.
- The Pig and Whistle restaurants.
- Moo and Oink, a grocery store chain.
In literature
Comics
| Name | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Captain Goodvibes | Tracks | Inspired by Wonder Wart-Hog |
| Cerdotado | Cerdotado | |
| Chauvy | Monica's Gang | |
| Cicero | Dell Comics | Porky Pig's nephew. |
| Hamhock | Ink Pen | |
| Orson Pig | U.S. Acres | Created by Jim Davis, the creator of Garfield. |
| Pig | Pearls Before Swine | |
| Peter Porker/Spider-Ham | Marvel Comics | A parody of the Peter Parker/Spider-Man character |
| Peter Porkchops/Pig Iron | Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! | |
| Porkchop | Chuck Billy | |
| Rasher | Dennis the Menace | |
| Salomey | Li'l Abner | The Yokum family's pet pig. |
| Squigley | Sinfest | |
| Wagner | Viivi & Wagner | An anthropomorphic pig who lives with a human female. |
| Wonder Wart-Hog | Wonder Wart-Hog | Superhero parody by Gilbert Shelton |
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"
Folklore/mythology
- Beast of Dean, abnormally large wild boar, said to live, or have lived, in the Forest of Dean, England.
- Calydonian Boar, another boar which features strongly in Greek mythology.
- Erymanthian Boar, one of the Twelve Labours of Heracles was to capture this boar.
- Gullinbursti, a boar in Norse mythology.
- The men transformed into pigs by Circe in the story of Homer's Odyssey.
- Pigs, of Chinese zodiac year.
- Twrch Trwyth, of Welsh mythology, features prominently in the tale of Culhwch and Olwen.
In media
Animation
| Name | Origin | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlphaPig | Super Why! | ||
| Archille | Forest Friends | A wild boar. | |
| Bebop | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | An anthropomorphic, mutant warthog. | |
| Chuck | Camp Lazlo | ||
| Grunt and Punt | Grunt and Punt | ||
| Hamm | Toy Story | A piggy bank. | |
| Hamton J. Pig | Tiny Toon Adventures | A neat freak. | |
| Hen Wen | The Black Cauldron | ||
| Huxley | Huxley Pig | A pig who is always dreaming of adventure, exciting professions and encounters. | |
| Man bear pig | South Park | Al Gore's fictional character. | |
| Mayor Percy | Dot and the Koala | ||
| McMug and McDull | |||
| Mervis | CatDog | ||
| Mr. Porky | The Simpsons | ||
| Mr. Squeal | Merrie Melodies | Appears in At Your Service Madam and Cracked Ice. | |
| Mrs. Warthog | My Gym Partner's a Monkey | ||
| Nago | Princess Mononoke | The boar god, corrupted by an iron ball lodged in his body. | |
| Okkoto | Princess Mononoke | Leader of the boars | |
| Oolong | Dragon Ball | ||
| Olivia | Olivia (TV series) | ||
| P-Chan | Ranma 1/2 | Ryoga Hibiki's Cursed form. | |
| Pansy Pig | Henry's Cat | One of the friends of Henry's Cat. | |
| Peppa Pig | Peppa Pig | A pig who is the main character. She enjoys jumping in muddy puddles, her teddy bear, playing fairy, and dress up. She is 5 years old | |
| Petal | Big Barn Farm | ||
| Peter Pig | Disney Toons | ||
| Petunia Pig | Merrie Melodies | Porky Pig's girlfriend. | |
| Pig and his cousin Arnold | Kipper the Dog | Friends of Kipper. | |
| Pigs | The Raccoons | Henchmans of Cyril Sneer. | |
| Piggy | Merrie Melodies | ||
| Plopper/Spider-Pig/Harry Plopper | The Simpsons Movie | ||
| Porco Rosso | Kurenai no buta | ||
| Porky Pig | Looney Tunes | A stuttering pig. | |
| Pumbaa | The Lion King | A warthog and Timon's best friend. | |
| Red | Angry Birds Toons | A cardinal who is the leader of the flock that got turned into a pig by Chef Pig in the episode 'Pig Plot Potion'. | |
| Riru | Jewelpet' | A miniature pig who is based on the red beryl gemstone. | |
| Runt of the Litter | Chicken Little | ||
| Sir Oinksalot | The Simpsons | The mascot of Springfield A&M | |
| Spanky Ham | Drawn Together | ||
| The Three Little Pigs | Silly Symphonies | ||
| Truffles | Happy Tree Friends | Truffles is a bluish-gray pig who wears a sailor's hat and outfit. | |
| Tonrariano the 3rd | Tonde Burin | ||
| Tonton | Naruto | ||
| Treat Heart Pig | Care Bears | Cousin to the care bear. | |
| Uri | Eto Rangers | 12th member of the team | |
| Waddles | Gravity Falls | Mabel's pet pig. |
Film
| Name | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Albert | College Road Trip | |
| Gordy | Gordy | |
| Killer Hog | Razorback | |
| Plopper | The Simpsons Movie | Also known as "Harry Plopper" and "Spider-pig" |
Music
- "Cincinnati Dancing Pig", 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)
- "Guyute" is a pig from the self-entitled song by the band Phish
Radio
- The Archers, BBC Radio 4's soap opera features Eddie Grundy's pig Barbarella, named after a film
- Bill Mohan's Pig an Australian Radio personality's pig
Television
| Name | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Annie Sue | The Muppet Show | |
| Arnold Ziffel | Green Acres. | |
| Capt. Link Hogthrob | The Muppet Show | |
| Cybernetically augmented pig | Doctor Who | In the episode "Aliens of London". |
| Doris | A Country Practice | A beer drinking pig. |
| Flying Pig | The Kids in the Hall | 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) . |
| Grunty | .hack | |
| Hamhock | Power Rangers: Jungle Fury | A pig monster. |
| Little Cory | 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. |
| Maxwell | GEICO | Frequent appearances in television and radio advertisements. |
| Miggy | Migros | A sponsor pig for the supermarket Migros in Switzerland, Germany, France. |
| Miss Piggy | The Muppet Show | |
| Mr. Wu's pigs | Deadwood | Used mainly for disposing of dead bodies. |
| Peking Homunculus | Doctor Who | A vicious robot from the future in the story "The Talons of Weng-Chiang". Though humanoid, the Homunculus contained the cerebral cortex of a pig, and was driven by its "swinish instincts". |
| Pig | Pipkins | One of the main characters of this children's show, Pig had a Black Country accent. |
| Pigby | Pushing Daisies | Olive Snook's pet pig. |
| Piggley Winks | Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks | |
| Pigsy | Monkey | |
| Pinky and Perky | Puppet pigs who spoke in speeded up voices, created by Czech immigrants Jan and Vlasta Dalibor (BBC television, from 1968). | |
| Pinky and Perky | The Good Life (1975 TV series) | Two pigs who belong to Tom and Barbera Good. |
| Professor Strangepork | The Muppet Show | |
| Purk | Sesamstraat | |
| Scruffy the pig | Full House |
Video games
| Name | Origin | System(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Piggies | Angry Birds | Mobile | A group of pigs who want to eat the Birds' eggs. |
| Bilgemuck | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dragonborn | PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 | Bilgemuck is a unique bristleback found on Solstheim. He can be encountered during the quest The Chief of Thirsk Hall, when the chief asks you to bring Bilgemuck back to his pen. Bilgemuck drops boar tusks and boar meat if he is killed. |
| Ganon | The Legend of Zelda | 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. | |
| Hogzilla | Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2 | A huge wild boar and boss villain. | |
| Padpork | Warsow | PC | A futuristic, sentient pig that can use advanced weaponry to massacre its enemies. |
| Pey'j | Beyond Good & Evil | ||
| Pig | Minecraft | PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 | |
| Pigma Dengar | Star Fox | SNES | |
| Snorty | Cabela's Big Game Hunter (2007 video game) | A huge male Wild Boar in the New Zealand level. | |
| Tutty | Aion: The Tower of Eternity |
In toys
- 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
- Razor Beast, a primal which takes the form of a warthog, from the Transformers line, Beast Wars
- Squealer Knuckle "Beanie Babies"
- Truffles from the Me to You Bears range
See also
References
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