History Main / PigLatin

* In the English dub of the 14th episode of the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime, "Electric Shock Showdown", a disguised Team Rocket approaches Ash's group. Jessie and James begin reciting their motto, but Meowth interrupts them with a shout of "Ix-nay!" and a smack from a paper fan.[[note]]This only happens in dub by Creator/FourKidsEntertainment.[[/note]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' episode "Unbalanced Load", Rocko notes that his bedroom looks like a pigsty... then [[NotHyperbole he spots an actual pig squatting in his room]], and tells the guy to "Amscray".

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' has a monster that tends to appear and take form by listening in on their conversations. Anya suggests they start speaking in code, Xander immediately thinks pig Latin is the obvious choice. (Though he doesn't speak it particularly well.) "Ood-gay idea-yay, An-yay."

-->-- ''Disney/TheLionKing''

* Zazu in ''Disney/TheLionKing'': "Ix-nay on the oopid-stay."

* Disney's ''Disney/{{Hercules}}''. "I got two words for you: am-scray!"

* Disney's ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}''.

-->'''Kyle:''' It took us ourfay ourshay to bake this oddamngay akecay, and now we're otallytay ewedscray!\\\

-->'''Kyle:''' It took us ourfay ourshay to bake this oddamngay akecay, and now we're otallytay ewedscray!

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* In ''ComicStrip/GetFuzzy'' (May 11, 2008), Robert tries to tell Satchel to "idehay the ingstray" before Bucky sees it. Neither animal understands, but the cat accuses Robert of sounding like a terrorist, or at least an annoyerist.
* In ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', Calvin sneaks a walkie-talkie into class during a test. When Miss Wormwood catches him, he's muttering "Ixsay inusmay ourfay! Urryhay!" into the speaker.
** In another strip he rejects Pig Latin as a secret code because everyone knows it.
* The Professor from the comic version of ''ComicStrip/LittleNemo in Slumberland'' speaks only in Pig Latin.
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* In ''Webcomic/{{Rain}}'', the title character fails in [[http://rainlgbt.smackjeeves.com/comics/1317854/pig-latin/ her attempt to use this]] to communicate to her friends not to talk about her gender to Kylie since she's not out as a [[{{Transgender}} transgirl]] to him.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Rain}}'', the title character fails in [[http://rain.thecomicseries.com/comics/135/ her attempt to use this]] to communicate to her friends not to talk about her gender to Kylie since she's not out as a [[{{Transgender}} transgirl]] to him.

->'''Zazu''': Ix-nay on the upid-stay...\\
'''Banzai''': Who you calling upid-stay?!

-->'''Tannarak''': Histay siay hetay agicmay! ewa astcay pellssay ikelay osay! Agicalmay [[LampshadeHanging Igpay Atinlay]] orksway estbay!

-->'''Sully:''' Look-lay in the bag-bay.
-->'''Mike:''' I think you mean "''ook''-lay in the ''ag''-bay."
-->'''Sully:''' What, didn't I, uh-?
-->'''Mike:''' You know, maybe you should just take a minute and ead-ray your ipt-scray.

-->'''Genie''': And ixnay on the wishing for more wishes!

-->'''Doyle''': Hey, Lieutenant! Where you taking Ipkiss?\\
'''Kellaway''': Ixnay! Ehay's otgay an ungay!\\
'''Ipkiss''': ([[BeQuietNudge jabs]] Kellaway in the back with a hidden gun)\\
'''Kellaway''': Ow!\\
'''Doyle''': I get it! Pig Latin, right? Eesay ouyay aterlay!

-->'''Cab Chamberlain''': I thought you said she was old and ugly.\\
'''Elwood Blues''': Ix-nay on the ugly-ay.

-->'''Marilyn''': Ix-nay on the Ookie-may.\\
'''Ryan''': Okay-way.\\
'''Patrick''': [sarcastically, feigning seriousness] I'm not sure your code is secure.

-->'''The Abbot''': I will conduct the prayer in the New Latin. Oh ord-lay, ive-us-gay ore-yay essings-blay, amen-hay.

-->Message received on Planet Technical. Loud and clear. Ixnay on the Estionsquay.

-->'''Daphne''': Icks-nay on the ogus-nay, okay!\\
'''Tom Servo''': What, bite me-ay!

-->'''John''': The igpays are a little upidstay.\\
'''Pigs''': He speaks the ancient tongue! Eway are not orthyway! Eway are not orthyway!

* Hodges uses this in the season ten Series/{{CSI}} episode ''Death and the Maiden'' when he tells Greg about [[spoiler: his attempt to persuade Ecklie to allow Wendy to transfer to the field]].

-->'''Frank:''' (to artist) Five dollars.
-->'''Artist:''' $7.50.
-->'''Frank:''' Sold.
-->'''Hot Lips:''' (to Frank) UMB-day!

-->'''Phoebe''': Okay, Ix-nay on the angel-way talk.

-->'''Jütter''': Here at the Speakeasy, we speak many different languages. But the favorite is Pig-Latin. To fool the police, Jah? Sprechen zie Eutsche-Day? Parlez-vous Rancais-Fay? Et tu Brute? Ha, ha, ha, ha. That was real Latin!

-->Ou-yay Ose-lay"
-->"at a-whay opperhead-slay!"

-->"OWTHRAY VESTI MANUS IN AER ET AVEWAY LEMMA IKELAY TU NON CAUTIO"
-->[[spoiler:(Throw your hands in the air and wave them like you just don't care.)]]

--> '''Guy Fawkes:''' You're an ump-Che! That's UsefulNotes/{{Bay Of Pigs|Invasion}} Latin!

-->'''Buzz''': XR, is that you?\\
'''XR''': Eek! Ix-nay on the X-R-ay, Uzz-bay. We're in enemy erritory-tay.\\
'''Buzz''': This is a restricted alliance comm channel, XR. You don't need code.\\
'''XR''': Yeah, but it's un-fay.

--->'''Hubie:''' Psst, hey Bert, antlers on the og-day. On the og-day!
--->'''Cat:''' He means the dog.

--> ''"Did you tie Arkeyshay on ightay?"''

--> '''Stan''': Uh, seriously, Francine, ixnay on the inging-say.

--> '''Phineas:''' All the fun of Pig Latin, but it's safe for vegetarians to use.

->'''[[JustForFun/StatlerAndWaldorf Statler]]''': So, this page is named after pigs?
->'''[[TheStinger Waldorf]]''': Well, let's not amhay it up like Issmay Iggypay.
->'''[[MemeticMutation Both]]''': Doh-ho-ho-ho-ho-hoh!

* ''VideoGame/{{Okage}}: Shadow King'' had a ghost attack leave a curse on the main character's sister that made her unable to speak anything other than pig latin, trying to cure it kicks off the main plot.

* In ''Literature/{{Holes}}'', "X-Ray" is so nicknamed because it's Pig Latin for his real name, "Rex".

->'''[[MemeticMutation Both]]''': Doh-ho-ho-ho-ho-hoh!

* The final incantation in ''[[VideoGaame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam and Max: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak]]'' is "Umkay Oninnay, the Otterway's Inefay" -- "Come on in, the water's fine."

* In ''Webcomic/{{Rain}}, the title character fails in [[http://rain.thecomicseries.com/comics/135/ her attempt to use this]] to communicate to her friends not to talk about her gender to Kylie since she's not out as a [[{{Transgender}} transgirl]] to him.

* ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' uses this briefly in the fourth-season-finale "Which Way Now", when the three sisters are worrying not only about demonic troubles, but also about being caught by the (entirely mundane) police.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', when Sully brings Boo to the pseudo-Japanese restaurant to tell Mike, “Ooklay in the agbay!”

* Zazu in ''Disney/TheLionKing'': "Ix-nay on the oopid-stay."
** "Who're you calling 'oopid-stay'?"
* Disney's ''Disney/{{Hercules}}''. "I got two words for you: am-scray!"
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'' has Dimitri tell a terribly lovestruck Vlad this: "Ix-nay on the Ophie-say!"
* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'' has a scene where Sully tells Mike to "Ook-lay in the ag-bay." When Mike doesn't understand, Sully hisses: [[DontExplainTheJoke "Look in the bag!"]] Parodied in the [[HilariousOuttakes 'outtakes']].
-->'''Sully:''' Look-lay in the bag-bay.
-->'''Mike:''' I think you mean "''ook''-lay in the ''ag''-bay."
-->'''Sully:''' What, didn't I, uh-?
-->'''Mike:''' You know, maybe you should just take a minute and ead-ray your ipt-scray.

* Disney's ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}''.
-->'''Genie''': And ixnay on the wishing for more wishes!

* In the English dub of the 14th episode of the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime, "Electric Shock Showdown", a disguised Team Rocket approaches Ash's group. Jessie and James begin reciting their motto, but Meowth interrupts them with a shout of "Ix-nay!" and a smack from a paper fan.[[note]]This only happens in the so-called [[{{Macekre}} "dub"]] by Creator/FourKidsEntertainment.[[/note]]