History Main / FoulWaterfowl

* WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck is portrayed as a [[{{Greed}} greedy]] and [[{{Narcissist}} narcissistic]] duck who relishes in messing with the likes of Elmer Fudd or Bugs Bunny for the hell of it, or to get something he wants, though Porky Pig was a more frequent target of his shenanigans. However, as he is the one that usually starts the cartoon's conflict, he often had some sort of [[LaserGuidedKarma karma]] handed to him by the end. His vices were especially brought to the forefront from "WesternAnimation/RabbitFire" onward, emphasizing his callous vanity to make him a better {{foil}} to Bugs, not returning to his earlier screwball personality until ''WesternAnimation/WabbitALooneyTunesProduction''.

* Both ''DuckTales'' series have examples but this a semi-dicredited trope as most of the characters in both shows are waterfowl and many are even tempered:

* ''TabletopGame/RuneQuest'': Ducks and keets are sapient (and playable) BirdPeople, apparently included in the setting in a fit of authorial whimsy. They were seemingly at least partly inspired by Daffy and Donald Duck (see Western Animation below), and are variously depicted as setting ((Butt Monkey}}s, suffering under some kind of racial curse, or being something of a ProudWarriorRace; they both suffer from and engage in FantasticRacism. Hence, while not evil, they certainly tend to be played as having quite an attitude.

[[SwansASwimming Sometimes, waterfowl are portrayed as animals that are beautiful and serene as they glide along the surface of a lake.]]

[[WellThisIsNotThatTrope This is not that.]]

-->--Gray Chapman, ''[[https://theoutline.com/post/8082/geese-are-real-dicks-untitled-goose-game?zd=2&zi=wg6jcedh How Geese Became The Assholes Of The Sky]]''

Sometimes, waterfowl are portrayed, simply put, as hyper-aggressive and/or total dicks towards others. Usually, it involves swans and geese, but the portrayal of ducks as selfish and temperamental in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation would also fall under this. There is a bit of TruthInTelevision to this: geese and swans are naturally very territorial, and they will mess up anything they see as a threat. So, of course, if a human walks by and seems to challenge their authority, that human is, simply put, [[IncrediblyLamePun totally ducked.]] Geese in particular have a tendency to barge in on human settlements, leading to inevitable conflict.

!!Examples

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* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite'': In the episode "Dancing With The Ducklett Trio", Ash and friends, along with the sunglasses-wearing Sandile, battle against a [[TerribleTrio trio]] of {{Jerkass}} Ducklett who steal their stuff and the latter's sunglasses.
* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': Misty's Psyduck could be a greedy jerk at times, for example eating an apple Bulbasaur wanted to give to Togepi in "Pikachu's Vacation", stealing all of the food Brock cooked in "Alola, Alola!", and taking Misty's entire ice cream cone in "Heart of Fire, Heart of Stone!"

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* The Literature/{{Redwall}} series features swans as the equivalent to dragons on several occasions. In that they're majestic, but also territorial and bad-tempered, and heaven help you if you irritate one.

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Geese are the most likely to receive this treatment. While smaller than swans, they're just as ferocious and more commonly seen in everyday life (thanks to the aforementioned intrusion on human territory), but don't have the beauty and elegance to cancel it out. Additionally, while serrated tongues are common among waterfowl as a means of breaking up food (since they don't have teeth), their presence on geese factors into their image as more menacing than most other common birds, with people frequently describing geese as having [[ScaryTeeth "teeth on their tongues"]] to invoke feelings of BodyHorror.

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'':
** Magica [=DeSpell=] is a duck, and she's a stubborn sorceress who will stoop to any low to snatch Scrooge's Number One Dime.
** Flintheart Glomgold is a duck and he's a dishonest CorruptCorporateExecutive.
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'':
** Due to receiving AdaptationalVillainy, Doofus Drake is a BrattyHalfPint who [[SpoiledBrat orders around his parents due to them spoiling him]].
** Magica De Spell the duck is [[AdaptationalJerkass even more of a jerk than she was originally]], being a cruel sorceress who [[AbusiveParents abuses her niece Lena]].
** Flintheart Glomhold the duck is [[TheUnfettered willing to stoop to any low to best Scrooge, even if it means killing someone]]. He's also quite [[CardCarryingVillain proud of the fact that he's evil]].
** Black Heron a heron who is member of the criminal organization F.O.W.L., and never misses a chance to [[CardCarryingVillain flaunt her villainy]].

* The Literature/{{Redwall}} series features swans as the equivalent to dragons on several occasions. In that they're territorial, bad-tempered, and heaven help you if you irritate one.

* ''WebVideo/OzzyManReviews'' has a whole video on "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvkkDRiLYkI Canadian Cobra Chickens]]" (or, [[CallARabbitASmeerp Canadian Geese]]) in which the birds attack humans, win fights against bigger animals like tigers and gorillas, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking keep up traffic]].

Sometimes, waterfowl are portrayed, simply put, as hyper-aggressive and/or total dicks towards others. Usually, it involves swans and geese, but the portrayal of ducks as selfish and temperamental in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation would also fall under this. There is a bit of TruthInTelevision to this: geese and swans are naturally very territorial, and they will mess up anything they see as a threat. Additionally, thanks to their large size, swans have ''very'' powerful wings, enough to break an adult human's bones. So, of course, if a human walks by and seems to challenge their authority, that human is, simply put, [[IncrediblyLamePun totally ducked.]] Geese in particular have a tendency to barge in on human settlements, leading to inevitable conflict.

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* ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'': Swanna are based on swans and they're said to [[HairTriggerTemper have awful tempers]].

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* In ''Fanfic/MyHeroesReborn'', [[OC Hibiki]] once got attacked by a swan. [[ItMakesSenseInContext He threw his phone at it in the vain hope that it would electrocute it.]]

* In ''Fanfic/MyHeroesReborn'', {{OC}} Hibiki once got attacked by a swan. [[ItMakesSenseInContext He threw his phone at it in the vain hope that it would electrocute it.]]

* ''Webcomic/ARedtailsDream'': The Swan of Tuonela isn't exactly friendly, to say the least. She's hellbent on ensuring anyone who winds up in her domain stays there, as the dead are supposed to, regardless of the fact that several of the people stuck there aren?t even deceased. Of course, she's not actually evil, more incredibly stressed-out and having no time or patience for those who interfere with her incredibly important work.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheDucktators'': Done on purpose in this 1941 propaganda cartoon from Warner Bros. The Axis Powers' leaders are portrayed as ducks and and a goose, all of whom are laughably nasty but still manage to sway the more gullible farm animals into helping them take over the farm. They're only stopped by the intervention to the [[BewareTheNiceOnes Dove Of Peace]].

* ''WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}}'': During one stream (you can find the clip [[https://youtu.be/PPnAEfJepyA here]]), Vinny went on a rant about how much he hates geese, because they do disgusting, loud "screams", they poop everywhere, they smell bad, etc.

* WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck is a [[{{Greed}} greedy]], [[{{Narcissist}} narcissistic]], duck who relishes in messing with the likes of Elmer Fudd or Bugs Bunny for the hell of it, or to get something he wants, though Porky Pig was a more frequent target of his shenanigans. However, as he is the one that usually starts the cartoon's conflict, he often had some sort of [[LaserGuidedKarma karma]] handed to him by the end.

Sometimes, waterfowl are portrayed, simply put, as hyper-aggressive and/or total dicks towards others. Usually, it involves swans and geese, but the portrayal of ducks as selfish and temperamental in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation would also fall under this. There is a bit of TruthInTelevision to this: geese and swans are naturally very territorial, and they will mess up anything they see as a threat. So, of course, if a human walks by and seems to challenge their authority, that human is, simply put, [[IncrediblyLamePun totally ducked.]] Geese in particular have a tendency to barge in on human settlements, leading to inevitable conflict.

Geese are the most likely to receive this treatment. They are similar in size and ferocity to swans but don't have the beauty and elegance to cancel it out. It doesn't help that geese also have [[https://www.google.com/search?q=goose+tongue&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS881US881&hl=en-US&prmd=isnv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjTusr_p_LqAhVymuAKHWrDAD8Q_AUoAXoECBAQAQ&biw=414&bih=832 TEETH ON THEIR TONGUES. ]]

[[SwansASwimming Sometimes, waterfowl are protrayed as animals that are beautiful and serene as they glide along the surface of a lake.]]

Sometimes, waterfowl are protrayed, simply put, as hyper-aggressive and/or total dicks towards others. Usually, it involves swans and geese, but the portrayal of ducks as selfish and tempermental in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation would also fall under this. There is a bit of TruthInTelevision to this: geese and swans are naturally very territorial, and they will mess up anything they see as a threat. So, of course, if a human walks by and seems to challenge their authority, that human is, simply put, [[IncrediblyLamePun totally ducked.]] Geese in particular have a tendency to barge in on human settlements, leading to inevitable conflict.

Geese are the most likely to recieve this treatment. They are similar in size and ferocity to swans, but don't have the beauty and elegance to cancel it out. It doesn't help that geese also have [[https://www.google.com/search?q=goose+tongue&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS881US881&hl=en-US&prmd=isnv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjTusr_p_LqAhVymuAKHWrDAD8Q_AUoAXoECBAQAQ&biw=414&bih=832 TEETH ON THEIR TONGUES. ]]

* ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'': Swanna are based off of swans and they're said to [[HairTriggerTemper have awful tempers]].
* ''VideoGame/UntitledGooseGame'' allows the player to take the role of a self described awful goose that terrorizes the people of a small English village.

* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': Like in Minna Sundberg's earlier work, ''Webcomic/ARedtailsDream'', the Swan of Tuonela is not a nice bird. When Omni tries to make a [[spoiler:deal with her to have Tuuri help him]] retrieve his grandmother's soul from the kade, she threatens him several times and tells him she will get [[spoiler:two souls]] back, even if it's from Onni . Aside from that, she's very rude to the protagonists and once the [[spoiler:kade is defeated, only nabs a couple of the souls that were trapped inside rather than the entire lot]].

This is not that.

Sometimes, waterfowl are protrayed, simply put, as hyper-aggressive and/or total dicks towards others. Usually, it involves swans and geese, but the portrayal of ducks as selfish and tempermental in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation would also fall under this. There is a bit of TruthInTelevision to this: geese and swans are naturally very territorial, and they will mess up anything they see as a threat. So, of course, if a human walks by and seems to challenge their authority, that human is simply put, totally fucked. Geese in particular have a tendency to barge in on human settlements, leading to inevitable conflict.

[[caption-width-right:320: Mess with the honk, you get the bonk.]]