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In fantasy settings they may be a rare kind of were-animal, or just a pig-faced monster. Sometimes the work will call the
In science-fiction settings, it makes a certain amount of sense that the pig is the preferred species for this type of gene splicing: pigs and humans are anatomically similar enough on the inside that pigs may soon be grown as human organ donors. The similarities even extend to behavior, pigs being omnivores with furless skin and similar behavior in the wild, enjoying beer as much as the next guy.
Tragic is the story of the
As the trope name implies, a character of this type will almost always be a Pig ''Man'', similar to how cats are usually [[Catgirl|female.]] There are a number of reasons for this, the most prominent being that both pigs and men are stereotypically [[Men Are Uncultured|boorish and]] [[Guys Are Slobs|disgusting]], and of course pigs are not considered the most attractive animal; [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]] after all! If there is a whole race of Pig People you might see some Pig Women in the background but don't expect them to play an especially big role.
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** He comes from a village populated solely by pig people... and they're all just as perverted as he is.
* Pig-men are part of the Black King's troops in ''[[Drifters]]'', among other non-humans.
* Zampano the chimera from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', who looks human most of the time but can transform into a
== Comic Books ==
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* ''Pig'' is an Italian comic series about a man who has undergone some genetic experiment and as a consequence, turns into a pig-man with [[Super Strength]] whenever he is sexually excited. The only way for him to turn back into a human is to have sex with a different woman every time.
* ''Spider-Ham''. He's a spider who was bitten by a radioactive pig.
** A borderline case at best, since the entire ''Spider-Ham'' universe is populated by [[Funny Animal
* Pig-Iron, of ''Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew'', used to be just a cute little anthromorphic pig until a magic meteorite knocked him into a vat of molten iron - now he's the hulking Pig of Steel.
* Jim Woodring's often-unsettling comic ''[[Frank]]'' has Manhog (described by his creator as a "lamentable father figure").
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* [[Disney Ducks Comic Universe|Duckburg]] has quite a few pigmen, which seem to fall into two stereotypes: the sneaky villain and the gentle [[Big Eater]]. Both are usually rich. [[Carl Barks]] revealed that, for the most part, pigmen were used when he wanted a generic villain. That didn't stop him from making them memorable...Porkman De Lardo, anyone? Interestingly enough, if the Mayor of Duckburg makes an appearance, he'd usually be a pig.
* While not an actual pigman, [[Grant Morrison]] introduced Professor Pyg to [[Batman]]'s [[Rogues Gallery]], who wears an incredibly disturbing pig mask. Of course, given his creator, the mask is the least disturbing aspect of [[Complete Monster|the character]]...
* Pigs occasionally turn up as characters in ''[[Usagi Yojimbo]]''. Gunichi, the mentor who originally sponsored Usagi to Lord Mifume, who deserted them at the Battle of Aichi Plain and whom Usagi later tracked down and killed, was a
== Film ==
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** Similarly, ''The Pig-Man'' in a short story This Troper studied at school defied the juvenile narrator's horrified expectations by turning out to be a man who ''raised'' pigs.
* William Hope Hodgson's novel ''[[The House on the Borderland]]'' features an underground-dwelling tribe of monstrous pigmen as one of the sources of horror.
** For those who haven't read the novel: we don't actually ''know'' that they're a tribe, and it's hinted (for that horror-filled touch) that they're the lesser/younger versions of an evil
* [[Harry Potter]] had a greedy, chubby cousin whom Hagrid attempted to curse into one of these. However, Hagrid was too incompetent for that and only managed a tail.
* The [[Discworld/Hogfather|Hogfather]], [[Discworld]]'s Santa-figure, is mostly a jolly toymaker, but because he's mythologically descended from traditions of killing a wild boar to bring the summer back, there's still "a hint of hair and tusk".
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* ''[[The Chronicle]]'' had a heroic hacker pigman. He was the consequence of government genetic manipulation.
* In ''[[Seinfeld]]'', Kramer theorizes there's a
* Three times for ''[[Doctor Who]]'':
** "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"
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** Wereboars have been part of D&D's monster roster for decades. Devil swine, from CD&D, are more obscure but have almost as long a history.
* The Farrow in [[Iron Kingdoms|the Iron Kingdoms setting]] are boar-men.
* GURPS Aliens leads off with the An Phar, who are a
== Video Games ==
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* The main enemies from the first ''[[Rocket Knight Adventures]]'' game are all pig-people.
* Both [[The Legend of Zelda|Ganon]] and the [[Our Goblins Are Wickeder|Moblins]] fit this trope; in ''[[Ocarina of Time]]'', Ganon first takes on this form by [[One-Winged Angel|deliberately overdosing on the Triforce of Power]], but an anthropomorphic-boar form seems to suit him fairly well. And while we don't see much of the Moblins in the games or their associated literature, when we do see them, they're generally engaged in plundering defenseless villages.
** [[The Legend of Zelda CDI Games|Do you know what it means when you lose your last
* The quillboars in ''[[Warcraft]]'' are a race of boar men. They also worship a gigantic boar.
* The Seeq of ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics A2]]''.
* The first level of ''Ghouls n' Ghosts'' has pigmen armed with pitchforks among the various enemies. If you stand directly below them, they will vomit on you.
* The Pigmasks of ''[[Mother 3]]''. They even grunt and squeal just like pigs! Used to [[Nightmare Fuel|unnerving effect]] in the Chimera Lab.
** Porky/Pokey in general, though he's a pig ''boy'' and is clearly more boy than pig. It's obvious, though, that the developers tried to make him as piggish as possible ''without'' making him a full-on
* ''[[Vagrant Story]]'' has [[Call a Rabbit a Smeerp|Orcs]] that are absolutely pigmen, floppy ears and all. [http://shrines.rpgclassics.com/psx/vs/enemy/orc.gif See here.]
* ''Cyberswine'', which was about cop who was a machine-pig-human hybrid. It was based on a short-lived Australian comic book of the same name.
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