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* {{Expy}}: Doomfish is this to ComicBook/DoctorDoom. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin He's a goldfish wearing a Doom mask.]]
** Subverted with Doctor Octopus Octopus, who's just an octopus wearing an eight-armed lab coat and a bad wig.



* UnpleasantAnimalCounterpart: Doomfish is this to ComicBook/DoctorDoom. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin He's a goldfish wearing a Doom mask.]]
** Subverted with Doctor Octopus Octopus, who's just an octopus wearing an eight-armed lab coat and a bad wig.
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* FrameUp: Ziggy's master plan is to ruin the reputation of Marvel's other animal heroes and elevate himself in the process. His targets include (but is not limited to) ComicBook/SpiderHam, the ComicBook/PetAvengers, ComicBook/HowardTheDuck, ComicBook/HitMonkey, [[Characters/TheInhumans Lockjaw]], and [[Characters/MarvelComicsCaptainMarvelSupportingCharacters Chewie the Flerkin]].

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* FrameUp: Ziggy's master plan is to ruin the reputation of Marvel's other animal heroes and elevate himself in the process.as a wholesome alternative. His targets include (but is not limited to) ComicBook/SpiderHam, the ComicBook/PetAvengers, ComicBook/HowardTheDuck, ComicBook/HitMonkey, [[Characters/TheInhumans Lockjaw]], and [[Characters/MarvelComicsCaptainMarvelSupportingCharacters Chewie the Flerkin]].
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The story begins with Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal scraping by in obscurity, with Ziggy angry that he's been overlooked and forgotten while Marvel's other super-animal characters are enjoying a rising wave of fame and notoriety. Desperate to elevate himself, Ziggy hatches a plan to [[FrameUp besmirch their reputations]] and then promote himself as a moral and wholesome alternative. Can Ziggy succeed without getting tripped up by Silly Seal in the procees?

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The story begins with Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal scraping by in obscurity, with Ziggy angry that he's been overlooked and forgotten while Marvel's other super-animal characters are enjoying a rising wave of fame and notoriety. Desperate to elevate himself, Ziggy hatches a plan to [[FrameUp besmirch their reputations]] and then promote himself as a moral and wholesome alternative. Can Ziggy succeed without getting tripped up by Silly Seal in the procees?
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The story begins with Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal scraping by in a hovel, with Ziggy angry that he's been overlooked and forgotten while Marvel's other super-animal characters are enjoying fame and notoriety. Desperate to elevate himself, Ziggy hatches a plan to [[FrameUp besmirch their reputations]] and then promote himself as a moral and wholesome alternative. Can Ziggy succeed without getting tripped up by Silly Seal in the procees?

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The story begins with Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal scraping by in a hovel, obscurity, with Ziggy angry that he's been overlooked and forgotten while Marvel's other super-animal characters are enjoying a rising wave of fame and notoriety. Desperate to elevate himself, Ziggy hatches a plan to [[FrameUp besmirch their reputations]] and then promote himself as a moral and wholesome alternative. Can Ziggy succeed without getting tripped up by Silly Seal in the procees?

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* CelebrityEndorsement: Pizza Dog Pizza is endorsed by ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, with the slogan "Eh, It's Food!"

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* CelebrityEndorsement: CelebrityEndorsement:
** Ziggy Pig's StartOfDarkness began when he saw a commercial for [[Characters/MarvelComicsFrightfulFour Paste Pot Pete's]] Pulsating Palace of Pork, endorsed by ComicBook/SpiderHam.
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Pizza Dog Pizza is endorsed by ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, with the slogan "Eh, It's Food!"


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* ContinuityNod: Ziggy Pig has a photo in his apartment of him and Silly Seal posing with ComicBook/DoctorDoom. This is a reference to the 2018 ''Ziggy Pig - Silly Seal Comics'' one-shot, where it was established that Doom is a major fan of the duo.


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* HollywoodHeartAttack: Occurs as a FunnyBackgroundEvent in Paste Pot Pete's Pulsating Palace of Pork, where a customer suddenly grabs his chest and keels over. His wife grabs a [[MagicalDefibrillator complimentary defibrillator]] and tries to jolt him back to life.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Silly Seal -- even after he's been repeatedly abused and insulted, gets caught up in Ziggy's schemes, and is sent to prison and beaten up on a daily basis, Silly ''still'' cheerfully considers Ziggy his best friend.
* InterspeciesRomance: Silly Seal is married to Roxanne, a hot LadyInAPowerSuit.

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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Silly Seal -- even after he's been repeatedly abused and insulted, gets caught up in Ziggy's schemes, and is sent to prison and beaten up on a daily basis, Silly he ''still'' cheerfully considers Ziggy his best friend.
* InterspeciesRomance: Silly Seal is married to Roxanne, a hot sexy LadyInAPowerSuit.



* PokeThePoodle: Many of Ziggy's "evil schemes" to besmirch the reputations of other animal-themed superheroes fall into this category. Examples include ghosting (ignoring) ComicBook/GhostRider, [[PrankCall prank-calling people]], {{Mooning}} ComicBook/MoonKnight, and having ComicBook/HowardTheDuck threatening [[Film/HowardTheDuck a movie sequel]].

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* PokeThePoodle: Many Most of Ziggy's "evil schemes" to besmirch the reputations of other animal-themed superheroes fall into this category. Examples include ghosting (ignoring) ComicBook/GhostRider, [[PrankCall prank-calling people]], {{Mooning}} ComicBook/MoonKnight, and having ComicBook/HowardTheDuck threatening tease [[Film/HowardTheDuck a movie sequel]].



-->'''Throg:''' "We Pet Avengers haveth a parcicular set of skills we hath acquired over very long careers. Skills that maketh us a nighmare to people like thee. If thou doth come forward now that'll be the end of it. But if thou doth not, we will looketh for thee, we will findeth thee, and we will--"
* SymbolSwearing: Ziggy Pg uses this when his language gets ''really'' foul.

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-->'''Throg:''' "We Pet Avengers haveth a parcicular particular set of skills we hath acquired over very long careers. Skills that maketh us a nighmare to people like thee. If thou doth come forward now that'll be the end of it. But if thou doth not, we will looketh for thee, we will findeth thee, and we will--"
* SymbolSwearing: Ziggy Pg Pig uses this when his language gets ''really'' foul.



* UnpleasantAnimalCounterpart: Doomfish is this to ComicBook/DoctorDoom. He's a goldfish wearing a Doom mask.

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* UnpleasantAnimalCounterpart: Doomfish is this to ComicBook/DoctorDoom. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin He's a goldfish wearing a Doom mask.]]



* VillainProtagonist: Ziggy Pig is the central character of the story, and he's ''definitely'' not being nice.

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* VillainProtagonist: Ziggy Pig is the central character of the story, and he's ''definitely'' not being nice.
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* UniformityException: Armadillo questions why he's in the Masters of Animal Evil, as they're all animal superbeings while he's just a guy in PoweredArmor. He shuts up when Ziggy mentions that [[OnlyInItForTheMoney he already cashed his check.]]

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* UniformityException: Armadillo questions why he's in the Masters of Animal Evil, as they're all animal superbeings while he's just a guy in PoweredArmor.an armored suit. He shuts up when Ziggy mentions that [[OnlyInItForTheMoney he already cashed his check.]]
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-->'''Throg:''' "We Pet Avengers haveth a parcicular set of skills we hath acquired over very long careers. Skills that maketh us a nighmare to people like thee. If thou doth come forward now that'll be the end of it. But if thou doth mot, we will looketh for thee, we will findeth thee, and we will--"

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-->'''Throg:''' "We Pet Avengers haveth a parcicular set of skills we hath acquired over very long careers. Skills that maketh us a nighmare to people like thee. If thou doth come forward now that'll be the end of it. But if thou doth mot, not, we will looketh for thee, we will findeth thee, and we will--"
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* ShoutOut: There's one to ''Film/{{Taken}}'' in issue #5:
-->'''Throg:''' "We Pet Avengers haveth a parcicular set of skills we hath acquired over very long careers. Skills that maketh us a nighmare to people like thee. If thou doth come forward now that'll be the end of it. But if thou doth mot, we will looketh for thee, we will findeth thee, and we will--"
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* UniformityException: Armadillo questions why he's in the Masters of Animal Evil, as he's just a guy in PoweredArmor, while the other members are animal superbeings. He shuts up when Ziggy mentions that [[MoneyDearBoy he already cashed his check.]]

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* UniformityException: Armadillo questions why he's in the Masters of Animal Evil, as they're all animal superbeings while he's just a guy in PoweredArmor, while the other members are animal superbeings. PoweredArmor. He shuts up when Ziggy mentions that [[MoneyDearBoy [[OnlyInItForTheMoney he already cashed his check.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain They're Ziggy and the Seal, Ziggy and the Seal...]]]]
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As with Marvel's other Infinity Comics, the series was initially only available via the Marvel Unlimited app.

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As with Marvel's other Infinity Comics, the series was initially only available via the Marvel Unlimited app.
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The story begins with Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal scraping by in a hovel, with Ziggy angry that he's being overlooked while Marvel's other super-animal characters are enjoying critical acclaim. Out for revenge, Ziggy hatches a plan to [[FrameUp besmirch their reputations]] and promote himself as a moral and wholesome replacement. Can Ziggy succeed without getting tripped up by Silly Seal in the procees?

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The story begins with Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal scraping by in a hovel, with Ziggy angry that he's being been overlooked and forgotten while Marvel's other super-animal characters are enjoying critical acclaim. Out for revenge, fame and notoriety. Desperate to elevate himself, Ziggy hatches a plan to [[FrameUp besmirch their reputations]] and then promote himself as a moral and wholesome replacement.alternative. Can Ziggy succeed without getting tripped up by Silly Seal in the procees?
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Silly Seal -- even after he's been repeatedly abused and insulted, gets caught up in Ziggy's schemes, and is sent to prison and beaten up on a daily basis, Silly ''still'' cheerfully considers Ziggy his best friend.
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* ButtMonkey: While in prison, Ziggy and Silly pass the time by getting beaten up by the other inmates. There's even a queue for who gets to pummel them next.


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* FameThroughInfamy: While they're imprisoned, Ziggy and Silly learn that they've become more popular than ever due to their villainy.


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* JailBake: After Ziggy and Silly are sent to prison, Ziggy's mom sends him a cake with several files inside. [[ExtremeOmnivore Silly eats them]].


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* PrisonRiot: Ziggy gets caught in one in issue #8.
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* ToiletHumour: Done literally by Silly Seal, who spent half the day in the bathroom baking a cake.

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* ToiletHumour: Done literally by Silly Seal, who spent half the day in the bathroom baking a cake.cake in the toilet.
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-->"I never know what I'm doing!"
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* ToadLicking: Discussed with Throg.
-->"Are you like one of those frogs that people lick and get all goofy? Can I lick you? I've had a bit of a day."
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-->'''Throg:''' Why pray tell doth thou havest a secret lair, then?

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-->'''Throg:''' Why pray tell doth thou havest a secret lair, then?then?\\
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* BowelBreakingBricks: Ziggy and his {{Mooks}} experience this after watching the ComicBook/PetAvengers defeat the Masters of Animal Evil.



* HeelRealization: Occurs in issue #7 when Ziggy Pig abruptly realizes that his FrameUp scheme has turned him into a villain.
-->"Holy crap... WE'RE $%#& VILLAINS!"



-->'''Throg:''' Why pray tell doth thou havest a secret lair, then?
'''Ziggy:''' Well, considerin' how many of you mook-imals found it, guess it ain't all that secret. Might as well charge admission at this point.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: In issue #5, the Masters of Animal Evil have the Pet Avengers all but defeated, while Ziggy and his {{Mooks}} are watching via a remote video feed. Two panels later, the Pet Avengers have triumphantly trounced the Masters, to Ziggy's shock and horror.



* ToiletHumour: Done literally by Silly Seal, who spent half the day in the bathroom baking a cake.
-->"Is this coffee? I don't know. It's brown, whatever it is."



** Subverted with Doctor Octopus Octopus, who's just an octopus wearing an eight-armed lab coat and a bad wig.

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** Subverted with Doctor Octopus Octopus, who's just an octopus wearing an eight-armed lab coat and a bad wig.wig.
* VillainProtagonist: Ziggy Pig is the central character of the story, and he's ''definitely'' not being nice.

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* NeonSignHideout: Ziggy's base of operations is a run-down building named "Totally Normal (Not Sketchy At All) Establishment".[[note]]Sponsored by Secret Lairs "R" Us.[[/note]]



* SupervillainLair: Ziggy's base of operations is a run-down building named "Totally Normal (Not Sketchy At All) Establishment". [[note]]Sponsored by Secret Lairs "R" Us.[[/note]]
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* {{Jerkass}}: Ziggy is this, continuing the characterization established in the 2018 ''Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal'' one-shot. He's essentially [[Characters/SouthParkEricCartman Eric Cartman]] in a cartoon pig skin.

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* {{Jerkass}}: Ziggy is this, continuing the characterization established in the 2018 ''Ziggy Pig and - Silly Seal'' Seal Comics'' one-shot. He's essentially [[Characters/SouthParkEricCartman Eric Cartman]] in a cartoon pig skin.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: Continuing from the ''Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal'' 2018 one-shot, Silly Seal is married to Roxanne, a sexy brunette [[HighPoweredCareerWoman supermodel-lawyer.]]

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* UglyGuyHotWife: Continuing from the ''Ziggy Pig and - Silly Seal'' Seal Comics'' 2018 one-shot, Silly Seal is married to Roxanne, a sexy brunette [[HighPoweredCareerWoman supermodel-lawyer.]]

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Used by Ziggy Pig when he is interviewed on the ''Daily Bugle'' and angelically apologizes for the current rampage of bad behavior from the animal community.



* PokeThePoodle: Many of Ziggy's "evil schemes" to besmirch the reputations of other animal-themed superheroes fall into this category. Examples include ghosting (ignoring) ComicBook/GhostRider, [[PrankCall prank-calling people]] as ComicBook/HowardTheDuck, and {{Mooning}} ComicBook/MoonKnight.
* PineappleRuinsPizza: Ziggy Pig attacks [[Characters/HawkeyeSupportingCharacters Lucky the Pizza Dog's]] reputation by sneaking pineapples on Pizza Dog Pizza's deliveries. It's so horrifying that customers turn green and throw up when they discover the added topping.

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* PokeThePoodle: Many of Ziggy's "evil schemes" to besmirch the reputations of other animal-themed superheroes fall into this category. Examples include ghosting (ignoring) ComicBook/GhostRider, [[PrankCall prank-calling people]] as ComicBook/HowardTheDuck, and people]], {{Mooning}} ComicBook/MoonKnight.
ComicBook/MoonKnight, and having ComicBook/HowardTheDuck threatening [[Film/HowardTheDuck a movie sequel]].
* PineappleRuinsPizza: Ziggy Pig attacks [[Characters/HawkeyeSupportingCharacters Lucky the Pizza Dog's]] reputation by sneaking pineapples on Pizza Dog Pizza's deliveries. It's so horrifying that customers people turn green and throw up when they discover the added topping.topping.
-->"Mom and dad, why don't you love me?"

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* CelebrityEndorsement: Pizza Dog Pizza is endorsed by ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, with the slogan "Eh, It's Food!"



* SupervillainLair: Ziggy's base of operations is a run-down building named "Totally Normal (Not Sketchy At All) Establishment".

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* SupervillainLair: Ziggy's base of operations is a run-down building named "Totally Normal (Not Sketchy At All) Establishment". [[note]]Sponsored by Secret Lairs "R" Us.[[/note]]
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'''Throg:''' We dare. [FLUSH!]

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'''Throg:''' We dare. Verily. [FLUSH!]
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* FunWithFlushing: The Pet Avengers defeat Doomfish by flushing him down a toilet.
-->'''Doomfish:''' You DARE treat Doomfish in such a manner?\\
'''Throg:''' We dare. [FLUSH!]


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* {{Jerkass}}: Ziggy is this, continuing the characterization established in the 2018 ''Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal'' one-shot. He's essentially [[Characters/SouthParkEricCartman Eric Cartman]] in a cartoon pig skin.


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* PokeThePoodle: Many of Ziggy's "evil schemes" to besmirch the reputations of other animal-themed superheroes fall into this category. Examples include ghosting (ignoring) ComicBook/GhostRider, [[PrankCall prank-calling people]] as ComicBook/HowardTheDuck, and {{Mooning}} ComicBook/MoonKnight.
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* AntiVillain: Silly Seal, who does bad things simply because Ziggy tells him to.


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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Silly Seal, full stop. He's [[TheDitz completely oblivious]] to Ziggy's plans and simply goes along with them ForTheLulz.


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* InterspeciesRomance: Silly Seal is married to Roxanne, a hot LadyInAPowerSuit.


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* TalkingPoo: To prevent himself from being recognized during Ziggy's crime wave, Silly Seal spends most of the series dressed up in a Poop Emoji costume.
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* EvilCounterpart: To counter the Pet Avengers, Ziggy Pig assembles the "Masters of Animal Evil". This is a team of animal-themed supervillains including [[Characters/FutureFoundation Dragon Man]], the [[Characters/FantasticFourRoguesGallery Super-Apes]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsSinisterSix Swarm]], Doctor Octopus Octopus, Doomfish, and [[Characters/CaptainAmericaRoguesGallery Armadillo]].



* MustacheVandalism: One of Ziggy's schemes is to dress up as Spider-Ham and deface a giant poster of The Avengers in the middle of Times Square.



* UglyGuyHotWife: Continuing from the ''Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal'' 2018 one-shot, Silly Seal is married to Roxanne, a sexy brunette [[HighPoweredCareerWoman supermodel-lawyer.]]

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* UglyGuyHotWife: Continuing from the ''Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal'' 2018 one-shot, Silly Seal is married to Roxanne, a sexy brunette [[HighPoweredCareerWoman supermodel-lawyer.]]]]
* UniformityException: Armadillo questions why he's in the Masters of Animal Evil, as he's just a guy in PoweredArmor, while the other members are animal superbeings. He shuts up when Ziggy mentions that [[MoneyDearBoy he already cashed his check.]]
* UnpleasantAnimalCounterpart: Doomfish is this to ComicBook/DoctorDoom. He's a goldfish wearing a Doom mask.
** Subverted with Doctor Octopus Octopus, who's just an octopus wearing an eight-armed lab coat and a bad wig.
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ziggy_pig_silly_seal_2022.jpg]]

''Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal'' (2022) is an Creator/InfinityComics webcomic from Creator/MarvelComics. It ran for eight issues and was written by Frank Tieri and John Cerilli, with illustrations by Jacob Chabot.

The story begins with Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal scraping by in a hovel, with Ziggy angry that he's being overlooked while Marvel's other super-animal characters are enjoying critical acclaim. Out for revenge, Ziggy hatches a plan to [[FrameUp besmirch their reputations]] and promote himself as a moral and wholesome replacement. Can Ziggy succeed without getting tripped up by Silly Seal in the procees?

As with Marvel's other Infinity Comics, the series was initially only available via the Marvel Unlimited app.

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!! ''Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal'' contains examples of the following tropes:

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: One of Ziggy's {{Mooks}} is Crazy Larry, a guy who spends all day sitting in a corner and pulling wings off of flies (which he collects in a jar).
-->"We sort of just let him do his own thing."
* EatTheDog: The slogan for Pizza Dog Pizzeria boasts that their pizzas are made with "Real Dog".
* FrameUp: Ziggy's master plan is to ruin the reputation of Marvel's other animal heroes and elevate himself in the process. His targets include (but is not limited to) ComicBook/SpiderHam, the ComicBook/PetAvengers, ComicBook/HowardTheDuck, ComicBook/HitMonkey, [[Characters/TheInhumans Lockjaw]], and [[Characters/MarvelComicsCaptainMarvelSupportingCharacters Chewie the Flerkin]].
* LadyInAPowerSuit: Roxanne, Silly Seal's wife, is never seen without her power suit and black stiletto heels.
* {{Mooks}}: Ziggy recruits a gang of inept criminal henchmen to help in his plan. They all wear domino masks, yellow shirts, and blue pants and caps.
* PineappleRuinsPizza: Ziggy Pig attacks [[Characters/HawkeyeSupportingCharacters Lucky the Pizza Dog's]] reputation by sneaking pineapples on Pizza Dog Pizza's deliveries. It's so horrifying that customers turn green and throw up when they discover the added topping.
* SupervillainLair: Ziggy's base of operations is a run-down building named "Totally Normal (Not Sketchy At All) Establishment".
* SymbolSwearing: Ziggy Pg uses this when his language gets ''really'' foul.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Continuing from the ''Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal'' 2018 one-shot, Silly Seal is married to Roxanne, a sexy brunette [[HighPoweredCareerWoman supermodel-lawyer.]]

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