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A [[Loyal Animal Companion]] who rides on its human companion's shoulder. Though it can hitch a ride on [[Head Pet|its human companion's head]] or even in their arms from time to time, its most prominent location is the human's shoulder.
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Compare [[Head Pet]], [[Feather Boa Constrictor]]. Hopefully has nothing to do with the position of a [[Monty Python|dead Norwegian Blue parrot.]]
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▲== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]''
** Pikachu often rides on Ash's shoulder. However, he's heavy enough to tip him over, which may have been lampshaded once when it takes James a bit to get used to the sudden weight of the [[Criminal Amnesiac|amnesiac electric mouse]].
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* As part of her part as an evil witch in the [[Non-Indicative First Episode]] of ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi|The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', Nagato gets a shoulder-mounted cat. It tends to slide off, so she has to keep pushing it back up throughout the episode. Kyon's sister has the cat [[Head Pet|on her head]] in the opening sequence.
* Luna and Artemis from ''[[Sailor Moon]]''.
* ''[[
* ''[[Moyashimon]]'' has a weird example: Tadayasu Sawaki is often seen with an anthropomorphic spore of ''Aspergillus oryzae'' sitting either on his shoulder or on his head. It's often seen chatting up other microorganisms, or making comments on the craziness in Sawaki's life (even though Sawaki and the audience are the only people who can see or hear it).
* Yachiru in ''[[Bleach]]'' is often found clinging to Kenpachi's shoulder. '''''[[Berserk Button|Do not try to steal her spot.]]'''''
* In the ''[[Tokko]]'' manga, Kureha's pet phantom can be seen sitting on her shoulder in one panel.
== Card Games ==▼
* ''[[Munchkin (game)|Munchkin]]'' has the Cute Shoulder Dragon, which is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: a cute little dragon that sits on your shoulder and gives a higher bonus to women than to men (is Dragons Like Women a trope yet?).▼
== Fan Works ==
* In ''[[Harry Potter and
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* ''[[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'': Maleficent's raven (later Ret-Named "Diablo") takes this spot.
* ''[[Tangled]]'': Pascal is usually seen riding on Rapunzel's shoulder, or failing that, her head.
* Jack the monkey in ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' tends to settle himself on Barbossa's shoulder.
== Literature ==
* Captain Flint, Long John Silver's parrot in ''[[Treasure Island]]'', may be the [[Ur Example|ur-example]].
* ''[[The Sword in the Stone]]'': Merlin's pet owl, who is very stuck up, can be shut up by lowering your hand he's perched on, forcing him to run up your arm to your shoulder, thus demonstrating to him that he is only a bird and thus subject to a bird's instincts.
* In ''[[
* It is a centuries old tradition in ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' that treecats ride on the right shoulder of their human, necessitating that a treecat's person include padding in their wardrobe to accommodate their claws. On occasions where Honor doesn't have access to her regular wardrobe, she simply carries Nimitz. This also goes for those adoptees who aren't quite strong enough to go walking about comfortably with a 30+ pound cat riding on their shoulders.
* Beauty, Menolly's [[Dragonriders of Pern|queen fire lizard]], reserves this position exclusively for herself.
== Live-Action TV ==
* In an episode of ''[[The Bill]]'', the police speak to a local resident who happens to have a cat on his shoulder. None of the characters act as though this is unusual, and the man never appears again.
== Puppet Shows ==
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== Tabletop Games ==
▲=== Card Games ===
* ''The [[Traveller]] Adventure'', section "Pysadian Escapade". It's mentioned that the alien anolas can ride on the [[PC|PCs]]' shoulders.▼
▲* ''[[Munchkin (game)|Munchkin]]'' has the Cute Shoulder Dragon, which is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: a cute little dragon that sits on your shoulder and gives a higher bonus to women than to men (is Dragons Like Women a trope yet?).
* From ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'': "The Complete Ranger's Handbook" specifically averts this trope in its Falconry section, pointing out that hunting birds are ''never'' carried on the shoulder. As their natural instinct is to take out an ear or eye blinding-fast, even the most well-trained falcon cannot be trusted so close to the face. Thus, seeing any bird of prey riding on someone's shoulder is a sure sign that it isn't a natural animal, but more likely some sort of magical beast or [[Familiar]].▼
=== Tabletop RPG ===
▲* ''The [[Traveller]] Adventure'', section "Pysadian Escapade". It's mentioned that the alien anolas can ride on the [[PC
▲* From ''[[Dungeons
== Video Games ==
* The eponymous [[Mix-and-Match Critters|Daxter]] from the [[Jak and Daxter|Jak and Daxter legacy]] has this as his default form. Jaks' shoulders probably get saved from being shredded by his claws thanks to his [[Fashionable Asymmetry|single shoulder pad.]]
* In ''[[Puzzle Pirates]]'', the player can get a "familiar" pet that perches on the player character's shoulder. Originally they were all parrots or monkeys, but later updates to the game have added octopuses and seahorses (which nonetheless like a shoulder perch) and serpents (which go the [[Feather Boa Constrictor]] route).
== Web Comics ==
* Blackwing, Vaarsuvius' raven familiar from ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'', has started riding of V's shoulder once the wizard stopped acknowledging the bird's existence only when s/he remembered about him. This can sometimes look weird, since [[Stick Figure Comic|stick figures in this comic]] have heads bigger than their shoulders are wide.
* Bun-Bun and Kiki of ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' regularly rides some shoulders. Kiki is just a cute [[Weasel Mascot]], but for Bun-Bun... it isn't like anybody would dare saying "no" to the little bunny psychopath.
== Western Animation ==
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* In ''[[Perfect Hair Forever]]'', Young Man's parrot must be lazy, as it doesn't so much ride than sit on his shoulder.
* [[Jana of the Jungle]] sometimes has Tiko sitting on her shoulder.
== Real Life ==
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[[Category:Loyal Animal Companion]]
[[Category:Pet and Animal Companion Tropes]]
▲[[Category:Parrot Pet Position]]
[[Category:Alliterative Trope Titles]]
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