List of fictional pigs

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Contents 1 Pigs in Literature 2 Pigs in Film 3 Pigs on Television 4 Pigs in Music 5 Pigs in Video Games 6 Pigs on the Internet 7 Other 8 See also

[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)
• Dean in Frank Cho's comic strip Liberty Meadows
• The "Dickery Dickery Dare" pig who flew up in the air in the nursery rhyme
• The Empress of Blandings, created by P. G. Wodehouse
• The fat pig, the buying of which was the reason for going to market in the nursery rhyme
• 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 Rojankovsky
• Gub-Gub, from Hugh Lofting's Dr Dolittle book series
• Habeas Corpus, Monk's pet in the Doc Savage adventures
• 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
• The market-going little pig and his brethren in the nursery rhyme, who variously had roast beef or didn't, etc.
• Napoleon in Animal Farm by George Orwell
• Old Major in Animal Farm by George Orwell
• Olivia, from children's books by Ian Falconer
• Orson from the Jim Davis comic strip U.S. Acres
• Peter Porkchops/Pig Iron in DC Comics' Funny Stuff and Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew
• Pig from Stephan Pastis' comic strip Pearls Before Swine
• Pig is the eponymous subject of a poem by Roald Dahl. Pig is also the title of a grisly short story by the same author.
• The pigs and swine of the "Birds of a feather" nursery rhyme
• 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 girl friend Pig-wig
• 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
• Preston the Pig, a GMA Accessories, Inc. bean-bag toy, which resembled Squealer
• Salome is the Yokum family's pet pig in Al Capp's comic strip Li'l Abner.
• Sam Pig, in the Sam Pig novels by Alison Uttley, also his siblings Bill, Tom and Amy.
• Snowball in Animal Farm by George Orwell
• Spanky Ham in the Comedy Central series Drawn Together
• Squealer in Animal Farm by George Orwell
• Squigley in Tatsuya Ishida's webcomic Sinfest
• Rasher, from the British comic strip Dennis the Menace
• 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 Three Little Pigs
• 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] Pigs in Film

• Babe in Babe and Babe: Pig in the City, both directed by George Miller
• 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
• Petunia Pig, Porky Pig's girlfriend
• Piggy, Merrie Melodies character
• Piglet, from the Disney animated version of Winnie the Pooh
• Porky Pig
• 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

[edit] Pigs on Television

• 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.
• Oolong in the Dragon Ball series.
• Tonton in the Naruto series.
• 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).
• 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.
• Little Corey, Shawn Hunter's companion pig in the series Boy Meets World. Seen as a little piglet in a high school episode, and as a full-grown hog, weighing several hundred pounds, in a college episode.
• Mayor Pig and Dumpling in the animated show 101 Dalmatians: The Series.
• Spanky Ham in Drawn Together.
• Treat Heart Pig, a Care Bear cousin.
• Mr. Wu's pigs in the TV series Deadwood, used mainly for disposing of dead bodies.
• Hybrid Pigs of Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Piggley Winks, the title character in the TV series Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
• Purk in Sesamstraat

[edit] Pigs in Music

• "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 pig"
• The metaphorical "War Pigs" in Black Sabbath's protest song
• "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

[edit] Pigs in Video Games

• Incendiary Pigs from the real-time strategy game Rome: Total War
• Pigma Dengar from the Nintendo game Star Fox
• Wizpig from the Nintendo/Rareware game Diddy Kong Racing
• The Porkalator in HeXen.
• The pigs in Hogs Of War (Playstation), voiced by Rick Mayall.
• In the Pokémon series, Spoink, Grumpig, Swinub, Piloswine and Manmoo are all pigs.

[edit] Pigs on the Internet

• Lowtax has a form as a delightful piggy on the SomethingAwful forums

[edit] Other

• Piggly Wiggly, supermarket chain which features a pig as its mascot
• Pig 'N' Whistle restaurants
• In the comic story Maus Art Spiegelman portrays Poles as pigs
• Porkatoo- a suid hybrid, resulting from cross breeding between pork and a cockatoo.

[edit] See also

• Pigs I Have Known
• List of historical pigs
• List of fictional animals