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In RealLife, pigs are uncommon household pets for myriad reasons. While piglets are [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cute little critters]], adult pigs range in size from "medium dog" to "half a ton of raw porcine power." If bored, they're fully capable of tearing apart furniture. Beyond that, proper veterinary care and a balanced, nutritious diet are more difficult to obtain for pigs than would be the case for a typical housepet such as a cat or a dog. If owners want to have a pig as a pet, they need to have big responsibilities — and big wallets — to raise them.

* Pua from ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' is Moana's pet piglet who acts more like a dog than a pig.

Like dogs and cats, pigs have been domesticated by humans for centuries. Though most pigs are fated for the slaughter, a select few are lucky enough to be part of the family as a housepet. Piglets can be trained at an early age to not only be well-behaved, but also loyal and loving pets.

While pigs are sometimes portrayed as [[GluttonousPig gluttonous]], [[MessyPig dirty]], or even [[FullBoarAction dangerous]] in fiction and media and are often viewed as little more than food and livestock, sometimes people will keep these porkers as pets.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Cartman had a pet pig named Fluffy starting in season 1 but [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome disappeared without mention]] after the season 4.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Cartman had a pet pig named Fluffy starting in season 1 but [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome disappeared without mention]] after the seaosn 4.

* ''ComicBook/{{Angèle Et René}}'' has this as its entire premise: An nuclear family of two parents and a little girl, with her pet pig.

* ''ComicBook/AngèleEtRené'' has this as its entire premise: An nuclear family of two parents and a little girl, with her pet pig.

* ''Film/Pig'' concerns one which gets abducted, forcing its owner (played by Creator/NicolasCage) to go through great lengths to find it.

When you think of having an animal as a pet, what comes to mind? A cat? A dog? How about a pig? That's right! A pig!

Like dogs and cats, pigs have been domesticated by humans for centuries. Unlike many pigs that are fated for the slaughter, a select few are lucky enough to be part of the family as a housepet. If a person gets a piglet, they can train it at an early age to not only be well-behaved, but also a loyal and loving pet.

Compare AllAnimalsAreDogs. Related to UnusualPetsForUnusualPeople.

* ''Film/TheHighwaymen'': One of the two heroes, Texas Ranger [[CowboyCop Frank Hamer]], keeps a [[FullBoarAction boar]] called "Porky" in his house, much to his wife's displeasure. Porky basically behaves like an AngryGuardDog for his master, though he respects him enough not to attack anyone Hamer tells him not to.

* ''Film/RudyTheRacingPig'' and its sequel ''Film/RudyTheReturnOfTheRacingPig'' stars Rudy, an adorable pig, (especially when he squeaks.) In the first film, Rudy was won by an urban family in a raffle, and in the second, is picked up by a lonely boy named Nickles for a pet.

* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': In "The Long Haul", the Heffleys win a piglet at a county fair and keep him as a pet for the next few books before he runs away in "The Meltdown" and is never seen again.

* ''Literature/LadyLollipop'' is a book about a SpoiledBrat princess named Penelope who learns manners after gaining a BrainyPig named Lollipop as [[PetsAsAPresent a birthday present]].

* ''Series/GreenAcres'': Fred & Doris Ziffel have a pet pig named Arnold, who is more like an adopted child. Among other things, he watches tv, plays checkers, visits the townsfolk and even attends school.

* ''Franchise/DragonAge'' features small animals called nugs as the fantasy equivalent of pigs. Nugs are native to the underground Deep Roads of the dwarves and have been domesticated by the latter as a source of cheap meat. Nevertheless, in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', one of your companions, Leliana, finds them so adorable, she wants to keep one as a pet, and you can eventually obtain a particularly cute nug and give it to her a gift, whom she names Shmooples. Afterwards, Shmooples can be found around her tent at party camp, apparently unperturbed by having to live on the surface.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': While some of [[FarmBoy Liam's]] pigs are kept in the pen, he has one named Virginia whom he keeps as a pet and wrestles with.

In RealLife, pigs are uncommon household pets for myriad reasons. While piglets are [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cute little critters]], adult pigs range in size from "medium dog" to "half a ton of raw porcine power." If bored, they're fully capable of tearing apart furniture. Beyond that, proper veterinary care and a balanced, nutritious diet are more difficult to obtain for pigs than would be the case for a typical housepet such as a cat or a dog. If owners want to have a pig as a pet, they need to have big responsibilities—and big wallets—to raise them.

* ''Film/TheHighwaymen'': One of the two heroes, Texas Ranger [[CowboyCop Frank Hamer]], keeps a [[FullBoarAction boar]] called [[APigCalledPorkchop Porky]] in his house, much to his wife's displeasure. Porky basically behaves like an AngryGuardDog for his master, though he respects him enough not to attack anyone Hamer tells him not to.

* In ''Film/AmericanPsycho'', Evelyn shows off an adorable pot-bellied pig named "Snowball" (a likely reference to ''Literature/AnimalFarm'') at her Christmas party. Evelyn shows nothing but adoring affection for the pig and comments that they make great household pets, but her boyfriend, Patrick Bateman, is not particularly charmed by it and shows nothing but disgust.

In one ''Literature/EncyclopediaBrown'' mystery, Encyclopedia has to solve the mystery of two pet pigs being kidnapped right before a contest in which they were entered.

Edit: Noted in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid example that the pig later ran away from home.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': While some of Liam's pigs are kept in the pen, he has one named Virginia whom he keeps as a pet and wrestles with.

In RealLife, pigs are uncommon household pets for myriad reasons. While piglets are [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cute little critters]], adult pigs range in size from "medium dog" to "half a ton of raw porcine power." If bored, they're fully capable of tearing apart furniture. Beyond that, proper veterinary care and a balanced, nutritious diet are more difficult to obtain for pigs than would be the case for a typical housepet such as a cat or a dog. If owners want to have a pig as a pet, they need to have big responsibilities -and big wallets- to raise them.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': While some of Liam's pigs are kept in the pen to be slaughtered, he has one named Virginia whom he keeps as a pet and wrestles with.

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Compare AllAnimalsAreDogs, Related to UnusualPetsForUnusualPeople.
Contrast FullBoarAction.