History Main / PeskyPigeons

* Subverted with the heroic Yankee Doodle Pigeon from ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines.'' he's both the enemy and a pest to the villainous Vulture Squadron.

* In ''VideoGame/DetroitBecomeHuman'', there's a room that Connor and Hank must investigate... and it's full of pigeons all over the place!

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV'' has a feature called "Flying Rats", where the player is rewarded if they kill all 200 pigeons in-game.
* The pre-mission cutscene for the mission "The Fastest Boat" from [[HairTriggerTemper Ricardo Diaz]] in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'' has him in the middle of shooting pigeons because of them shitting on his car.
-->'''Ricardo:''' Not so pleased with yourselves, now, huh? ''(laughs)''\\

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', Laverne the gargoyle gets annoyed by all the pigeons who keep landing on top of her. During the climactic battle, she sics them on the guards in a spoof of the Wicked Witch of the West summoning her flying monkeys in ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.

* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with the Pidgey and Pidove lines in the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' franchise: they're certainly ComMon, and can irritate trainers wading through grassy areas as they look for rarer Pokemon. However, with training, they can evolve into Pidgeot and Unfezant, respectively, which are not only regal in their own right but also handy {{Crutch Character}}s that could pull their weight up until the endgame.

Compare CreepyCrows and ThievingMagpie.

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* In ''[[Film/DrDolittle Dr. Dolittle 2]]'', pigeons pester the bad guys [[BirdPoopGag with bird poop]]. What's notable in this example, is that they are voiced as if they were bomber pilots, DangerDeadpan and all, with the obvious implication that their pooping on people is intentional and on purpose.

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* ''Pigeons from Hell'' portrays pigeons as AlwaysChaoticEvil birds.

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* ''Series/UltramanAce'' has Black Pigeon, a pet pigeon forcefully transformed into a Choju by the Yapool; however it's a TragicMonster example, as while it is capable of calming down by the whistling of its owner, unfortunately it has to be put down as the Yapool ultimately override this aspect.

* ''Series/KamenRider555'' has a Pigeon Orphnoch as a MonsterOfTheWeek.
* The TitleSequence of the 1994 medical drama series ''Birdland'' only consisted of the many pigeons that made Roosevelt Hospital their home.

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* The characters in the first ''VideoGame/{{Madagascar}}'' licensed game hate pigeons. Pigeons can be scared off, though they leave behind poop.

* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'': Shale the {{Golem}} hates pigeons even more than Darkspawn. Being [[AndIMustScream paralyzed as a statue]] and getting crapped on by birds for thirty years before being rescued will have that sort of effect on the psyche.
* In ''VideoGame/DetroitBecomeHuman'', there's a room that Connor and Hank must investigate... and it's full of pigeons all over the place!
* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with the Pidgey and Pidove lines in the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' franchise: they're certainly ComMon, and can irritate trainers wading through grassy areas as they look for rarer Pokemon. However, with training, they can evolve into Pidgeot and Unfezant, respectively, which are not only regal in their own right but also handy {{Crutch Character}}s that could pull their weight up until the endgame.

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* This is weaponized in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', where the pigeon-themed VillainOfTheWeek can make pigeons do his bidding. This includes having the pigeons attack the main heroes in droves and ''poop'' on them.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'' short, "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS4E12FeedTheBirds Feed the Birds]]", a flock of pigeons bully a small bird by denying him any and all food that Mickey tries to feed him. They later fly into Mickey's house, kick him out, and wreck it. Mickey and the little bird soon get back at the pigeons by trapping them in a rocket disguised as a giant bird feeder and launching them into space.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies2018'' episode, "Wock-a-Bye Fozzie", the babies watch a movie called ''The Wacky Alpacas Eat Spaghetti 2'' during their first sleepover. In the movie, Walter is trying to deliver a plate of spaghetti to Wanda for a dinner date. The first time, his spaghetti is eaten by a flock of pigeons. The second time, Walter comes across a giant pigeon. When Walter and Wanda finally get to have their spaghetti together, the flock of pigeons eats it again as the alpacas have a SpaghettiKiss.
* On ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', Really Really Big Man is trying to talk a pigeon out of pooping on a statue of O-Town's founder. It's played as if he's trying to talk the pigeon out of ''suicide''. [[spoiler: RRBM uses his "Nipples of the Future" to show the pigeon how good his life could be, but then Filburt comes by with a broken mirror and a following of black cats, which causes the nipples to go crazy, and the pigeon to become upset again and go through with crapping on the statue.]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode, "[[Recap/TheLoudHouseS4E7PresentTenseAnyGivenSundae Any Given Sundae]]", one-year-old Lily does everything she can to ensure that she gets to taste her very first ice cream sundae. When the Loud family finally makes it to the ice cream shop, Lily is about to taste her sundae (and her family cheers her on), when a pigeon comes by and swoops down, causing her to drop the sundae. [[LostFoodGrievance Lily does not take this well]], and things get worse when the family tries to buy her another sundae, only to find out that the ice cream shop closed early that day.

* ''Series/UltramanAce'' has Black Pigeon, a pet pigeon forcefully transformed into a Choju by the Yapool, however it's a TragicMonster example, as while it is capable of calming down by the whistling of its owner, unfortunately it has to be put down as the Yapool ultimately override this aspect.

* * ''Series/UltramanAce'' has Black Pigeon, a pet pigeon forcefully transformed into a Choju by the Yapool, however it's a TragicMonster example, as while it is capable of calming down by the whistling of its owner, unfortunately it has to be put down as the Yapool ultimately override this aspect.

Compare ThievingMagpie.

A large portion of cities are dominated by feral rock pigeons, also known as "city pigeons". These birds are a staple of many cities, however they're not always a welcome staple.

* ''Series/KamenRiderFaiz'' has a Pigeon Orphnoch as a MonsterOfTheWeek.

Many works set in the city will have a joke where the protagonist's car, or even the protagonist themself, get hit by pigeon poop. If a character is eating, then they might either get mobbed by pigeons or their food will get stolen by one (a trait also attributed to seagulls). If a pigeon is an actual character, expect them to be either dimwitted or annoying.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Parodied with the fact that, in the future, ''owls'' are considered pests in New New York.