History Main / PigMan

* According to UsefulNotes/NewJersey urban legend, Roycefield Road in Hillsborough is frequented by an [[AnAxeToGrind axe-wielding]] woman with the face of a pig, who will attack anybody that calls out her name.

Subtrope of BeastMan. Compare HalfHumanHybrid, FullBoarAction, GovernmentConspiracy and CorruptCorporateExecutive. Oh, also BeautyEqualsGoodness, {{Mooks}} and HollywoodEvolution. See FullBoarAction for swine that aren't part human and are crazy anyway. See also MessyPig.

* ''Film/TimeBandits'': Evil turns Og into a half-pig half-man. Later [[BalefulPolymorph he turns him entirely into a pig]].

** Gamorreans are green-skinned pigmen who serve as {{Mooks}} for Jabba the Hutt. In the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse, they're a violent, primitive people that gravitates towards being Mooks or guards (in other terms, [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orcs]] [[RecycledInSpace in SPAAAACE!]]). The ''Literature/XWingSeries'' introduces the pilot Voort "Piggy" saBinring, whose brain chemistry was tampered with, making him a calm GeniusBruiser (although he will revert to his basic instincts if critically wounded and/or someone tries to assassinate a higher officer during a briefing, as an unlucky brainwashed Twi'lek officer discovered). Also, according to WordOfGod, they are so primitive that even bribing them will not work in getting them to betray their boss, explaining why they are so popular to have as guards. The depiction of Gamorreans is somewhat inconsistent, with a few individuals being civilized enough operate in modern society, while most Gamorreans (especially on their homeworld Gamor) are completely tribal. Female Gamorreans are depicted as somewhat smarter and less innately aggressive than males, but still less intelligent than the average human.

Due to their association with Orcs and to negative cultural associations of their animal nature, pig men are often cast as villains. Heroic pig men also exist, although they typically have somewhat slovenly characteristics and act as antiheroes. Heroic pig men typically represent men in their late forties, and as such tend to have jaded or hard boiled personalities. They may also have positive characteristics which are typically associated with this demographic, such as jolliness and caring parental traits. The villains in these cases will typically also be cruel, vain, narcissists; Uncle Pey'j from ''VideoGame/BeyondGoodAndEvil'' who went up against trumped up military officials (among others), and Anime/PorcoRosso who went up against a cocky fascist fighter pilot are examples of anti-heroic pigs with awful adversaries.

* Wiki/TheOtherWiki tells us of the legends of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig-faced_women pig-faced women]], whose existence was believed as late as the early 19th century. In the typical versions of the story, a pig-faced woman is depicted as an otherwise fair, gentle and intelligent lady who happens to have been born with the head and voice of a pig, and thus can find no suitor.

In fantasy settings they may be a rare kind of were-animal, or just a pig-faced monster. Sometimes the work will call the PigMan an [[OurOrcsAreDifferent "orc"]] -- this probably stems from the fact that orcs are often depicted as pug-nosed, tusked creatures and because of ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'', a RPG series that was and is very popular in Japan depicting them as Pigmen based off an illustration in 1st edition ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. There's also the similarity between the words "orc" and "pork", strengthening the connection (even though the two words are etymologically unrelated). In more futuristic settings, they'll be the product of genetic manipulation; these are usually human with "pig" added to them, but it could be the other way around. Either way, they're used as [[JustForPun grunts]], they have little intelligence, and [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman they can be slaughtered by the hundreds with no moral implications]].

If the character is young then they will represent a chubby child, and may be subject to bullying if they are sympathetic characters, or be bullies if they are non-sympathetic. In fantasy stories heroic pig men will typically be turncoats who have defected from an evil force. For this reason they may go through ostracization or racial stigmatization. Tragic is the story of the PigMan [[DefectorFromDecadence who escapes his evil masters]] and tries to live a human life; they'll usually be [[TheGrotesque outcasts who will never know what it's like to be loved]].

* Zampano the chimera from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', who looks human most of the time but can transform into a PigMan at will.

* Pigs occasionally turn up as characters in ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo''. Gunichi, the mentor who originally sponsored Usagi to Lord Mifume, who deserted them at the Battle of Aichi Plain and whom Usagi later tracked down and killed, was a PigMan (namely a warthog). There's also [[Franchise/ZatoIchi Zato-Ino,]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Blind Swordspig.]]

** For those who haven't read the novel: we don't actually ''know'' that they're a tribe, and it's hinted (for that horror-filled touch) that they're the lesser/younger versions of an evil PigMan ''god'' who turns up later in the novel, possibly as the primary antagonist. (It's a '''long''' story.)

** Porky/Pokey in general, though he's a pig ''boy'' and is clearly more boy than pig. It's obvious, though, that the developers tried to make him as piggish as possible ''without'' making him a full-on PigMan.

* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': [[CorruptHick Hoggish Greedly]] has a porcine nose and very sharp fangs, [[PungeonMaster makes loads of pig-related puns]], and he even snorts! This is just to make it more obvious that he's a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corrupt industrialist]], because he's really a normal human.

** Ganon/dorf's minions have also tended to become more and more porcine over the series' history. The Moblins started out as humanoid ''bulldogs'', but gained piglike designs in ''A Link to the Past'' that they retained in most later games. The smaller Bokoblins debuted in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'' as pretty standard fantasy goblins with porcine noses, dropped this trait in later appearances, and then went to being full-on Pig Men in ''Breath of the Wild''. Hinoxes, which in all previous games had just been cyclopes, are also redesigned in ''Breath of the Wild'' to be supersized Bokoblins with one eye and small tusks.

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* There is a place called The Devil's Washbowl in Vermont, that, not only has bizarre weather (it's warm year round), but is also the supposed habitat of the Pig Man.
* Wiki/TheOtherWiki tells us of the legends of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig-faced_women pig-faced women]], whose existence was believed as late as the early 19th century. In the typical versions of the story, a pig-faced woman is depicted as an otherwise fair, gentle and intelligent lady who happens to have been born with the head and voice of a pig, and thus can find no suitor.
* According to UsefulNotes/NewJersey urban legend, Roycefield Road in Hillsborough is frequented by an [[AnAxeToGrind axe-wielding]] woman with the face of a pig, who will attack anybody that calls out her name.
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* ''Anime/PorcoRosso''. He used to be human, but he became half-pig through some unexplained event, implied to be his refusal to be AscendedToAHigherPlane. He essentially wants to quit humanity.

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* While not an actual Pig Man, Jigsaw from the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' films does have a rather disturbing pig's head mask that he is sometimes shown wearing along with his sinister longcoat.

* In ''Weird West'', Pigmen are the result of a profane ritual in which corpses are mutilated with pig parts stitched onto them and are reanimated into monstrous humanoids. One of the protagonists is a Pigman who has somehow managed to retain his ability to think but cannot remember who he was.

* In ''Weird West'', Pigmen are the result of a profane ritual in which corpses are mutilated with have pig parts stitched onto them and are reanimated into monstrous humanoids. One of the protagonists is a Pigman who has somehow managed to retain his ability to think but cannot remember who he was.

** Zombie Piglins (previously called Zombie Pigmen), are residents of The Nether (and the result of an ordinary pig being [[LightningCanDoAnything struck by lightning]], or if a Piglin stays in the overworld for too long). Unlike regular Zombies, Zombie Piglins will not attack you without provocation... but if you ''do'' provoke them, they attack you en masse, creating one of the most difficult fights in the entire game.
** Regular Piglins are also residents of the Nether, and unlike Zombie Piglins, they will attack you on sight, making it an interesting case where the zombie variant is actually ''less'' hostile. Thankfully, they have a [[GoldFever massive fondness for gold]], and wearing any gold armor will make them neutral towards you -- as long as you don't open any chests or mine gold around them. Once neutral, the player can barter items with them using gold ingots.

* The villains of ''Squeal'' are three pig people that were result of a science experiment GoneHorriblyWrong.

* In ''Manga/Eyeshield21'', part of the Shinryuuji Naga's line consists of four look-alikes for the main characters of ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''. Naturally, Hakkai resembles a giant pig.

* Pigs occasionally turn up as characters in ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo''. Gunichi, the mentor who originally sponsored Usagi to Lord Mifume, who deserted them at the Battle of Aichi Plain and whom Usagi later tracked down and killed, was a PigMan. There's also [[Franchise/ZatoIchi Zato-Ino,]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Blind Swordspig.]]

* ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'' features Zhu Bajie/Cho Hakkai/Pigsy, who is notably the least virtuous of the heroes.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Chief Wiggum is pig-like in appearance, and was shown as a pig in two episodes: A ''Treehouse of Horror'' and a ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' parody. He complains that Sideshow Bob actually called him 'Chief Piggum' at one point.
** When [[LateToThePunchline he finally get the joke]], he [[ActuallyPrettyFunny actually found it funny]] and when sprayed with mace in another episode, he actually screams "Ow, my snout! My beautiful snout!".

* ''VideoGame/BarnyardBlastSwineOfTheNight'' is set in a world populated entirely by pig-men, with the hero, a (literal) pig-headed HunterOfMonsters taking on the forces of darkness with his trusty revolver.

* In ''Manga/InterspeciesReviewers'', orcs are depicted as a race of pig men.

* ''Anime/PorcoRosso''. He used to be human, but he became half-pig through some unexplained event. He essentially wants to quit humanity.