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A [[Pig Man]] [[Exactly What It Says
In fantasy settings they may be a rare kind of were-animal, or just a pig-faced monster. Sometimes the work will call the [[Pig Man]] an "orc" -- this probably stems from the fact that [[Our Orcs Are Different|a few popular works]] have depicted their orcs as pug-nosed, tusked creatures.<ref>Tolkein purportedly took the word from one meaning, roughly, "boar monster"</ref> In more futuristic settings, they'll be the product of genetic manipulation; these are usually human with "pig" added to them, but it could be the other way around. Either way, they're used as grunts, they have little intelligence, and [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|they can be slaughtered by the hundreds with no moral implications]].
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* ''[[Words Worth]]''. Pig-men ''rapists''.
* The Orcs in ''[[Slayers]]'' are pig-men with red skin. In one episode of NEXT, they were even cooked and served in a restaurant! Not that they taste good, mind you...
* In ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'', part of the Shinryuuji Naga's line consists of four look-alikes for the main characters of [[Journey to
* Oolong from the ''[[
** 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 (
== Comic Books ==
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* Gilbert Shelton's [[Underground Comics]] included the satirical superhero Wonder Warthog.
* Sir Porga, an uplifted pig, is a member of the Knights of Wundagore in the [[Marvel Universe]].
* [[Green Lantern]] has a heroic and villainous example in Kilowog and Larfleeze, respectively. Although neither of them explicitly look like a pig, the porcine appearance is there; Kilowog looking more like a domestic pig and Larfleeze looking more like a warthog. Though [[Depending
* [[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 [[Pig Man]]. There's also [[Zatoichi|Zato-Ino,]] [[Exactly What It Says
== Film ==
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* The hyperpigs in [[Alastair Reynolds]]' ''Revelation Space'' universe (including Sparver in ''The Prefect'', who's [[Stealth Pun|a cop]]).
* In ''[[Alice in Wonderland|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'', a baby is so ugly he turns into a piglet. For such an ugly baby, he did make a rather handsome pig.
* The French scifi novel ''Le Père de nos Pères'' by Bernard Werber (who also wrote the novel that "inspired" the movie ''[[
* ''[[Journey to
* The novel 'Pig Tales' by French author Marie Darrieussecq features a woman who turns into a pig-woman over the course of the book.
* Note that the title character of Paul Zindel's novel ''The Pigman'' is not an example, just an old man who collects porcelain pigs.
** 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
** 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 [[Pig Man]] ''god'' who turns up later in the novel, possibly as the primary antagonist. (It's a '''long''' story.)
* [[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
** And, in Paul Kidby's illustrations, a ring through his nose.
* Quite literary in [[Oryx and Crake]], where pigs are spliced with human DNA in order to create ultra-large pigs who grow multiple human organs that are used for transplants. Some of them even have some human brain tissue, which makes them viciously intelligent. Of course, [[It Seemed Like a Good Idea At
* A pig-man adventurer converses with Pookie and Spider in one of the short stories from ''[[Myth Adventures|Myth-Told Tales]]''. Presumably he's from a dimension where everyone is a pig-person, although his species and origin are never specified.
* In ''[[Nightside|Paths Not Taken]]'', one member of Herne the Hunter's bestial entourage is a boar-headed ogre called Hob In Chains. Not only is Hob an example of this trope, but he's attended by a mob of dimwitted lesser pig-men, who are implied to have once been human.
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[
* In ''[[Seinfeld]]'', Kramer theorizes there's a [[Pig Man]] inhabiting a hospital, but it's just a man with pig-like features. Jerry specifically mentions the possible [[Fetish]] consequences.
* Three times for ''[[
** "The Talons of Weng-Chiang"
** "Aliens of London" - This one was a subversion, since {{spoiler|it turned out to be an ordinary pig that was messed with by the ''real'' aliens in order to make it walk on two legs}}.
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== Video Games ==
* In ''[[Duke Nukem]]'', the LAPD is "mutated" into pigmen by the alien invaders, and renamed [[Fun
* ''[[Manhunt]]''. The final boss is 'Piggsy', a psychopathic killer wearing a severed pig's head. [[Squick|And nothing else.]]
* Jade's "uncle" Pey'j (pictured above) in ''[[Beyond Good
* 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 Different|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
* The quillboars in ''[[
* The Seeq of ''[[
* 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 ''[[
** 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 [[Pig Man]].
* ''[[Vagrant Story]]'' has [[Call a Rabbit
* ''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.
* ''[[Ever Quest]] 2'' has the Boarfiends, a race of pigmen created when the god Brell Serilis got just a little ''too'' drunk one night.
* Pigsy in ''[[Enslaved:
* ''[[
* The Pig-Imps that appear in the later stages of ''[[Rule of Rose]]''. It appears that they are normal Imps that have strapped extra padding over their bodies and [[Body Horror|wear living pig heads as masks]].
* [[Akira Toriyama]]'s [[Our Orcs Are Different|Orc]] monster design from the ''[[Dragon Quest]]'' series looks like an anthopomorphic, spear-wielding boar. It also bucks the "lowly minion" convention by usually being first encountered in mid-to-late game [[Random Encounters]], meaning just one could very easily mop the floor with starting or low-level characters.
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== Webcomics ==
* In ''[[
* Squigley, a [[The Stoner|stoner]] pig, is the only intelligent being so far shown in ''[[Sinfest]]'' who isn't human, isn't a spiritual being like God or Death, and (so far as we know) didn't become intelligent from being exposed to demonic power. His precise origins are uncertain, but it's worth noting that he becomes a true pig in the "[[Anti-Magic|reality zone]]."
* ''Future Pig'': The protagonist is this.
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* ''[[Invader Zim]]'': [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Pigfoot]]. And Bloaty the Pizza Hog.
** And let's not forget [[Odd Job Gods|the Shadowhog]]. Seems Jhonen Vasquez really likes pigs.
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987
** Also, in the first cartoon appearance of [[Usagi Yojimbo]], he is seen fighting off some samurai pigs.
* ''[[Captain Planet and
* Porky Pig of ''[[Looney Tunes]]''. Notably, Porky is the only long-running [[Looney Tunes]] animal character who doesn't ever 'play' an animal - if he's in a barnyard setting, he owns the farm. He often interacts in a world of humans as a peer.
** Same with Hamton from ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]''.
* Circe from ''[[
* ''[[Archer]]'' - Krieger created a pig-man hybrid. We never saw it; just saw Krieger gunning him down.
* The [[Cat Dog|Peter Hannan Productions]] [[Vanity Plate]] shows a pig man dressed as a cowboy.
* Sometimes appear on ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]''. A recurring character is a pig-woman named Tammy, with a Southern accent.
** Another episode featured Rocko complaining about how his house has gotten to [[Trash of the Titans]] levels, comparing his house to a pigsty. A blue pig angrily asks (in a New Jersey accent) "You got a problem with that?!" before being kicked out of the house by Rocko.
** In the grocery-shopping episode, [[Carnivore Confusion|a pig butcher]] named [[Shout
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