History Main / FoulWaterfowl

* In ''ComicStrip/Footrotflats'', the Goose occasionally stalks Wal and pecks his posterior whenever possible. In the film ''The Dog's Tale'', the goose attempts to peck Wal and finally gets his chance when Wal rescues Irish Murphy from a river.

* ''The Wild'' ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhMdfm6e-1w here]] covered by ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'') features the AlwaysChaoticEvil Duck Empire, which turns subjugated animal species into nightmarish robots.

* [[https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17736292 Swans]] have been known to display similar behavior for much of the same reasons as geese.

Sometimes, waterfowl are portrayed, simply put, as hyper-aggressive and/or total dicks towards others. Usually, it involves swans and geese, but the portrayal of ducks as selfish and temperamental in UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation would also fall under this. There is a bit of TruthInTelevision to this: geese and swans are naturally very territorial, and they will mess up anything they see as a threat. So, of course, if a human walks by and seems to challenge their authority, that human is, simply put, [[{{Pun}} totally ducked.]] Geese in particular have a tendency to barge in on human settlements, leading to inevitable conflict.

[[folder: Comic Books]]

* The Canadian geese, Alice and Chloe from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'' often ridicule Blu for being an acrophobic, tame bird.

-->'''Jess:''' I was just walking by and the thing came out of nowhere and BAM– beaked me right in the eye.

-->'''Jess:''' You still don’t believe me.

* ''WebVideo/OzzyManReviews'' has a whole video on "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvkkDRiLYkI Canadian Cobra Chickens]]" (or, [[CallARabbitASmeerp Canadian Geese]]) in which the birds attack humans, win fights against bigger animals like tigers and gorillas, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking slow down traffic]].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' episode "A Bunch of Full Grown Geese", the park is terrorized by vicious geese who chase after bystanders and steal their sandwiches. Mordecai and Rigby call on the baby ducks from "A Bunch of Baby Ducks" to help, and they help defeat the geese [[spoiler: with a HumongousMecha battle.]]

* Geese, especially Canada Geese, have a reputation for being agressive animals. A quick google search for "goose attack" will tell you this pretty quickly. According to [[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/04/25/canada-geese-attacks-population-aggressive/550135002/ this article]], the main reason for their aggression is 1) they are very territorial and 2) they happen to live near humans.
** In many parts of the world, Canada Geese are [[https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/91754 classified]] as an invasive species. Many governments put measures in place for population control of the animals.

Subtrope of FeatheredFiend. Contrast SwansASwimming, a much more peaceful view of waterfowl. Can overlap with QuackingUp if you got an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist. Compare CockyRooster for another domesticated bird with a similar stereotype.

* Both ''Duck Tales'' series have examples but this a semi-dicredited trope as most of the characters in both shows are waterfowl and many are even tempered:

*** Magica [=DeSpell=] is a duck, and she's a stubborn sorceress who will stoop to any low to snatch Scrooge's Number One Dime.

*** Flintheart Glomhold the duck is [[TheUnfettered willing to stoop to any low to best Scrooge, even if it means killing someone]]. He's also quite [[CardCarryingVillain proud of the fact that he's evil]].

-> ''Geese hiss, bite, and give chase to things they are supposed to be afraid of. Geese are derelicts and freeloaders, sullying our subdivisions and parks with their feces and feathers. Geese, we seem to have collectively decided, are complete dicks.''

* Geese, especially Canadian Geese, have a reputation for being agressive animals. A quick google search for "goose attack" will tell you this pretty quickly. According to [[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/04/25/canada-geese-attacks-population-aggressive/550135002/ this article]], the main reason for their aggression is 1) they are very territorial and 2) they happen to live near humans.
** In many parts of the world, Canadian Geese are [[https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/91754 classified]] as an invasive species. Many governments put measures in place for population control of the animals.

* The Canadian geese from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'' often ridicule Blu for being an acrophobic, tame bird.

[[folder:Web Comics]]

* ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'': In episode S01E06 of the anime, Catarina gets her sweet stolen by a swan, which she chases after to get it back.

* ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'': In episode 6 of the anime, Catarina gets a sweet stolen out of her hand by a swan, which she chases after to get it back.

Sometimes, waterfowl are portrayed as animals that are [[SwansASwimming beautiful and serene]] as they glide along the surface of a lake.

* The Creator/DingoPictures movie ''Animal Soccer World'' has a sub-plot where a gang of duck FootballHooligans try to crash the titular soccer game.

This is not that.

Geese are the most likely to receive this treatment. While smaller than swans, they're just as ferocious and more commonly seen in everyday life (thanks to the aforementioned intrusion on human territory), but don't have the beauty and elegance to cancel it out. Geese also tend to be more consistently hostile towards humans compared to swans, which tend to only be particularly aggressive towards people while raising their offspring, as swans are known for their protectiveness. Additionally, while serrated tongues are common among waterfowl as a means of breaking up food (since they don't have teeth), their presence on geese factors into their image as more menacing than most other common birds, with people frequently describing geese as having [[ScaryTeeth "teeth on their tongues"]] to invoke feelings of BodyHorror.