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* The movie ''[[Penelope]]'' is about a girl who is cursed with a pig's nose until she can find one who will love her as she is.
* The movie ''[[Penelope]]'' is about a girl who is cursed with a pig's nose until she can find one who will love her as she is.
* Gammorreans in ''[[Star Wars]]'' are green-skinned pigmen who serve as [[Mooks]] for Jabba the Hutt. In the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]], they're a violent, primitive people that gravitates towards being Mooks or guards (in other terms, [[Our Orcs Are Different|Orcs]] [[Recycled in Space|in SPAAAACE!]]). The [[X Wing Series]] introduces the pilot Voort "Piggy" saBinring, whose brain chemistry was tampered with, making him a calm [[Genius Bruiser]].
* Gammorreans in ''[[Star Wars]]'' are green-skinned pigmen who serve as [[Mooks]] for Jabba the Hutt. In the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]], they're a violent, primitive people that gravitates towards being Mooks or guards (in other terms, [[Our Orcs Are Different|Orcs]] [[Recycled in Space|in SPAAAACE!]]). The [[X Wing Series]] introduces the pilot Voort "Piggy" saBinring, whose brain chemistry was tampered with, making him a calm [[Genius Bruiser]].
* In ''[[Legend]]'', Pox was a (humanoid) [[Our Goblins Are Different|goblin]] with a pig's head.
* In ''[[Legend]]'', Pox was a (humanoid) [[Our Goblins Are Wickeder|goblin]] with a pig's head.


== Literature ==
== Literature ==
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* Jade's "uncle" Pey'j (pictured above) in ''[[Beyond Good & Evil (video game)|Beyond Good and Evil]]'' is not only a heroic pigman, but a [[Large Ham]].
* Jade's "uncle" Pey'j (pictured above) in ''[[Beyond Good & Evil (video game)|Beyond Good and Evil]]'' is not only a heroic pigman, but a [[Large Ham]].
* The main enemies from the first ''[[Rocket Knight Adventures]]'' game are all pig-people.
* 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.
* 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 ]][[Did Not Do the Research|RUBY?]] [[Verbal Tic|*snort*]] Now you work for ME!
** [[The Legend of Zelda CDI Games|Do you know what it means when you lose your last ]][[Did Not Do the Research|RUBY?]] [[Verbal Tic|*snort*]] Now you work for ME!
* The quillboars in ''[[Warcraft]]'' are a race of boar men. They also worship a gigantic boar.
* The quillboars in ''[[Warcraft]]'' are a race of boar men. They also worship a gigantic boar.
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* Circe from ''[[DuckTales]]'' is an evil pig witch, whom, like her [[Classical Mythology]] counterpart, likes to turn her enemies into pigs. At the end of the episode she was in, {{spoiler|she is tricked into [[Furry Confusion|becoming a pig herself.]]}}
* Circe from ''[[DuckTales]]'' is an evil pig witch, whom, like her [[Classical Mythology]] counterpart, likes to turn her enemies into pigs. At the end of the episode she was in, {{spoiler|she is tricked into [[Furry Confusion|becoming a pig herself.]]}}
* ''[[Archer]]'' - Krieger created a pig-man hybrid. We never saw it; just saw Krieger gunning him down.
* ''[[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.
* The [[CatDog|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.
* 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.
** 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.
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