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Related tropes are [[Parrot Pet Position]] and [[Feather Boa Constrictor]].
For capuchin monkeys, see [[Everything's Better
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== Anime & Manga ==
* On ''[[
** [[Truth in Television]]: Cormorants are trainable to a certain extent, and some fishermen in Asia use them as pretty much an aquatic equivalent of hunting hawks. Having one would probably be ''more'' useful to a pirate than a parrot.
* In the ''[[
* Amazingly, ''[[
* The manga ''[[Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam
* [[
== Comic Books ==
* In ''Lullaby'', Jim Hawkins gained a parrot (with an absurdly large beak) sometime before his captain booted him from the ship. Despite the captain's offer of any crew he wanted, Jim said all the crew he needed was the parrot (and his [[Empathic Weapon]]), who, admittedly, ''is'' generally on the same wavelength as he is. It also had a pegleg, believe it or not. And it tends to talk in terms of sailing, at one point warning Jim of danger by saying "Enemy ship to stern!" Finally, it wears carries Jim's tiny flag on its back, and its name is Crew.
* In ''[[Y:
* [[Batman]] foe Cap'n Fear had a robotic parrot that [[Not in Front of
* Though not a pirate himself, [[The DCU]]'s marauding desperado [[Jonah Hex|El Papagayo ("The Parrot")]] was so named for his choice of pet.
* In ''The Skull of Agarash'', a graphic novel set in the ''[[Lone Wolf]]'' world, Captain Khadro, pirate ruler of the Lakuri Isles, has a small winged reptile looking like a tiny dragon as Pirate Parrot. {{spoiler|It is in fact a Liganim, the shapeshifting familiar of a Nadziran, the [[Black Magic|Black Wizard]] currently [[Demonic Possession|possessing Khadro]].}}
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== Films -- Animation ==
* Iago from Disney's ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' is worth mentioning, even though he's not affiliated with a Pirate... {{spoiler|Then in ''Aladdin and the King of Thieves'' he goes off with Cassim, Aladdin's long-lost father and former leader of a band of thieves who would occasionally use ships.}}
* In ''[[
* Taken to a ridiculous degree in the direct-to-video movie ''[[
* In ''[[Tom and Jerry: The Movie]]'' there's Captain Kiddie's parrot Squawk, though Kiddie isn't a pirate and Squawk is just a handpuppet (albeit a seemingly [[Animate Inanimate Object|sentient]] one).
* The villains of ''[[Rio]]'', though technically not pirates, actually both own a sulphur-crested cockatoo named Nigel.
* The Captain in ''[[Raggedy Ann and Andy A Musical Adventure]]'' has a pet parrot.
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'''Buckman:''' Well don't let it fly away, that's supper.<br />
'''Nitro Mike:''' [[Talk Like a Pirate|Arr.]] }}
* Captain Hook and his crew of pirates finally get one in the 2003 film ''[[Peter Pan (
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* This probably started (as most pirate-related tropes are) with Long John Silver, from ''[[Treasure Island]]'', who has a parrot named Captain Flint. Which makes this [[Older Than Radio]]. Also, Captain Flint's most common phrase is "Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!".
* The ''[[Spellsinger]]'' novels have talking animals. In ''Day of the Dissonance'' there's a pirate who ''is'' a parrot.
* Parodied in the ''[[
* The pirate Littlejohn in [[James Thurber]]'s ''The Wonderful O'' has a parrot that annoys the book's [[Big Bad]] (by [[It Makes Sense in Context|using words containing the letter "O"]]); notable for repeatedly being on the receiving end of the memorable threat, "I'll squck its thrug till all it can whubble is geep!"
* Although the Free Traders of [[Andre Norton]]'s ''Solar Queen'' series are not pirates -- more of unorthodox merchants, still their captain owns a small alien animal which looks like half-parrot-half-toad. That in addition to more conventional ship-cat.
* Comic inversion: In the sequence that gave stand-up comedian Mike Hardin's book ''The Fourteen and a Half Pound Budgie'' its title, Hardin describes a parakeet that he's supposed to pet-sit as being "so nasty it had a ''pirate'' on its shoulder."
* Invoked in one of [[Timothy Zahn]]'s stories, but not with an animal: Marines in [[Powered Armor]] wore shoulder-mounted weapons, apparently slaved to aim wherever the wearer's eyes focused, known as "parrot guns".
* Though pirates are not featured anywhere in the stories, Harold of ''[[
* In ''[[Swallows and Amazons]]'', Nancy and Peggy's uncle, "Captain Flint", owns a parrot. Nancy and Peggy have often tried to teach it to say "Pieces of eight", and are disappointed that all it will say is "Pretty Polly".
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== Live-Action TV ==
* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial "The Pirate Planet" (written by Douglas Adams), the space pirate captain has robot parrot with a blaster in its beak (the Polyphase Aviatron). It is destroyed off-screen by K-9 (who then returns with the bird in its "mouth". Good dog!) According to Douglas Adams, he submitted that script to the ''Doctor Who'' production office, and it was rejected. He later wrote in the robot parrot and re-submitted it, and it was accepted.
* ''[[
** A soccer game where one team was made up of Long John Silver impersonators. See it on YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSxmFFMCCdY here], starting around 1:50.
** An interviewer slowly turns into a Long John Silver impersonator, complete with quotes. On YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DlN4Sh06po here].
** The "Confuse a Cat" sketch.
* ''[[The Young Ones]]'' episode "Flood" had a cutaway scene with a literal pirate DJ (Robbie Coltrane) whose parrot kept making sarcastic remarks. The problem was, he couldn't see where the remarks were coming from because he wore an eyepatch -- and he was a cyclops. When his bosun attempts to rightly blame the parrot for an insult, he denies owning one: "I hate the creatures! Horrible, small, furry things, hopping around, breeding and eating carrots!"
* The ''[[
* Navi the robotic parrot in ''[[
== Puppet Shows ==
* When [[
* ''[[Muppet Treasure Island]]'' spoofed this by having Long John Silver with a pet lobster (though he still went by "Polly" and asked for crackers). This is [[Lampshaded]].
{{quote| '''Gonzo:''' I thought pirates had talking parrots as pets.<br />
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== Tabletop Games ==
* In the ''[[Paranoia (
* ''[[
* The ''Asteroid 1618'' supplement for the ''Encounter Critical'' game. Space pirates can buy space parrots at a pet store on the asteroid. The parrot costs 75 gold credits if it already knows pirate lingo, or only 25 gold credits if it needs to be taught.
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== Video Games ==
* In ''[[Jak and Daxter|Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier]]'', we have [[Sky Pirate|sky pirates.]] Some of the ones in Far Drop City come with actual parrots.
* Parrots are seen throughout the ''[[Monkey Island (
** ''Monkey Island'' mocks this one (then it again, it mocks every Pirate trope possible), in the first game: Meathook keeps a classic parrot locked up because it's "scary". In ''[[Escape
{{quote| '''Guybrush:''' Nothing says "I'm a mighty pirate" like animal abuse.}}
** And then there is the half-magic parrot made of pyrite in ''[[
{{quote| "*Squawk* It's me, Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty Pirate!"}}
* In ''[[Sly Cooper
* ''[[
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]''
** Pirate enemies in will occasionally have parrot pets with them. It's also possible for players to purchase a parrot pet in the pirates-filled town of Booty Bay.
** If you gain reputation with the Bloodsail Buccaneers faction, you can eventually get a captain's hat that summons a pet parrot.
* ''[[
** You're actually required to have a parrot (or at least the item "stuffed shoulder parrot") as part of a pirate disguise.
** There's also an Exotic Parrot familiar. If you try to name it "Polly", the game automatically renames your Parrot "Unoriginality".
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
* The smuggler in both ''[[Ratchet and Clank|Ratchet & Clank Future]]'' games is accompanied by a parrot-like alien. Ironically, there are actual pirates in the games, none of whom have parrots.
* In ''[[
* Raz, a minor character from ''[[
* Parrots naturally show up in ''[[Puzzle Pirates]]'', although they are fairly rare.
* You can find a parrot in ''[[
* Chousokabe Motochika from ''[[
* In ''[[Nancy Drew|Legend of the Crystal Skull]]'', Iggy's pirate costume consists of a strap-on cutlass, a tricorn hat with a skull-and-crossbones emblem, and a lace ruff with a blue-and-yellow plastic parrot mounted over one shoulder. Iggy, by the way, is an iguana.
* Your explorer can find a rather foul-mouthed one in ''[[The Wager]]''.
* In ''[[
== Web Comics ==
* [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1400/fc01345.htm Parodied] in ''[[
{{quote| '''Sam:''' I know I'd be respectful of a pirate with an emu on his shoulder.}}
* In ''[[Nodwick]]'', a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|ninja-pirate captain]] has a [http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/gamespyarchive/index.php?date=2004-08-04 ninja-parrot on his shoulder.]
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[
{{quote| '''Sokka:''' You guys are pirates!<br />
'''Pirate:''' We prefer to think of ourselves as "high-risk traders". }}
* ''[[The Simpsons (
** "The Mansion Family" has Homer borrowing a cruise ship from Mr. Burns, which is boarded by pirates. Their captain has an absurdly large number of parrots perched on him, and Homer's attempt to fight him merely knocks the parrots off his body one by one.
** And of course, Pirate Captains use to write their treasure maps on crackers and give them to their parrots for safe keepin'. That's why there is treasure everywhere... well, according to Bart anyway.
* An alien [[Space Pirate]] from ''[[
* In ''[[Transformers]]'', Laserbeak, a robot condor, perches on the shoulder of whomever happens to be the Decepticon leader at the time. Usually, this means he occupies Megatron's shoulder, but he moves to Shockwave or Galvatron... but never [[The Starscream|Starscream]]: proof that all his treachery means nothing toward becoming leader. Step 1: Get the bird. Everything else falls into place.
** That bird defeated Optimus Prime and is nigh-undetectable. That is a damn important bird.
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** Niddler, a parrot-monkey thing is one of the main characters. He's kind of [[The Scrappy]], but whatever.
** Also, one of the villains keeps a little parrot-like beast on his shoulder. In turn with the depiction of Merians using animals as devices, it is a living dictaphone, known as a "memorrot". What it knows becomes a plot point.
* On ''[[
* Young Blood in his pirate appearance in ''[[
* Parodied in an episode in ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'', in which a captain had a different bird on his shoulder everytime he was on camera (including a bucket of fried chicken at one point).
* In the 1947 Warner Bros. cartoon ''[[wikipedia:Buccaneer Bunny|Buccaneer Bunny]]'', "Sea-Goin' Sam" (a pirate version of Yosemite Sam) has a parrot that follows Bugs Bunny around pointing out his hiding places. Bugs asks the parrot "Polly want a cracker?", and when the parrot agrees, gives him a lit ''fire''cracker. Bye bye Polly!
* ''[[
* ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'', "Odd-Pirates". Timmy, Poof, Wanda, and Cosmo encounter a pirate named Dirtybeard who is actually friendly but whose parrot is evil.
* ''[[Camp Lazlo]]'': Lazlo and his friends create a doll from canned meat, which gains sentience and attacks the campers in revenge by transforming into various shapes -- one of them being a pirate with a meat parrot on his shoulder.
* ''[[Casper the Friendly Ghost|Casper's Scare School]]'': During Casper's trip to Scare School, he meets a blind pirate and his seeing eye parrot who sail a flying ship to pick up students.
* ''[[The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack]]'': In "Ben-Boozled", the captain masquerading as a parrot (in paper-thin disquise) becomes the pet of another pirate who thinks he is the most beautiful bird he's ever seen.
* Captain Walker D. Plank from ''[[James Bond Jr
* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[Animated Adaptation]] serial ''The Infinite Quest'' features Baltazhar, who supposedly is some kind of a intergalactic overlord, terror of the spaceways, but is dressed in a red and white stripey shirt, with a futuristic [[Hook Hand]]. He's got two Pirate Parrots, but both of them the size of a ''car''. Needless to say they don't actually sit on his shoulder.
* ''[[Star Wars:
* On ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', an episode has a pirate with a [[Ravens and Crows|raven]] on his shoulder.
* ''[[Jake and
* In the ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'' episode, Mr. Bighead starts sleepwalking, dreaming that he's a pirate. He sees Rocko's house as an enemy ship, and Spunky as a parrot, which he steals in order to extort a treasure map from Rocko.
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