History Main / HomelessPigeonPerson

Interestingly, even though [[PeskyPigeons pigeons are generally considered]] {{Feathered Fiend}}s by the populace at large (some cities have regulations against feeding them), most characters with pigeon friends are portrayed in a favorable light. Probably has something to do with helping the helpless.

CrazyCatLady is a far more negative portrayal, though [[CuteKitten cats are generally agreed to be fluffy and cute]]. Older female {{Kindhearted Cat Lover}}s can have a similar vibe to this pigeon trope but without the negativity of CrazyCatLady in terms of portrayal. Also see CrazyHomelessPeople.

* ''Film/AStreetCatNamedBob'': James, a homeless man who lives in London, has an animal companion in the form of Bob, a stray cat who follows him around.

* [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Senor Cardgage]] is mentioned to be one of these in ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople: 8-Bit Is Enough'' after Trogdor goes on a rampage.
-->'''Strong Bad:''' You can usually find Senor Cardgage reading to the pigeons behind here, but now there's just all these burnt chicken bones. I guess Trogdor must've scared them-- Ohhh...

* In ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'', Nanba's unique [[JobSystem "Homeless Guy" job]] can summon pigeons to attack his enemies. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwQDurClFhk Essence of Pigeon Migration]] summons a ''massive'' flock of them.

* ''Film/MaryPoppins'' sings a song to Jane and Michael about the Bird Woman (providing both the page quote and the image), a poor old women who sells bread crumbs to feed the pigeons with on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral. Later on in the movie, Mr. Banks prohibits them from buying birdfeed from her with the tuppence he was going to have them invest at the bank. [[spoiler: Close to the end, when Mr Banks soberly walks through London to the bank to be fired, he comes across the empty steps of the cathedral, with the heavy implication that she died, and that his children will never show kindness to her thanks to his callousness.]]

* Mrs Tachyon, the [[spoiler: time-travelling]] bag lady from Creator/TerryPratchett's Literature/JohnnyMaxwellTrilogy, has a pet cat (only the one, so she avoids being a CrazyCatLady through a technicality). Mrs Tachyon is a fairly benevolent, though totally incoherent, character; the cat is pure evil.

* There was a one-shot character on ''Series/ColdCase'' who had known and mentored the victim of the week and was your typical pigeon keeper. [[spoiler: He's like this due to depression caused by a mistake in his airplane design [[MyGreatestFailure leading to several accidental deaths]].]]

* The aptly named Pigeon Man from [[http://transientman.com/index.php Transient Man]]. Not a heroic example, though. Most [[TheWormThatWalks definitely]] not. Might better fit the description of [[CrazyCatLady Homicidal Pigeon Person]].

* ''Literature/{{Ferals}}'':
** Crumb the pigeon feral.
** Caw the crow feral, in the first book at least.

CrazyCatLady is a far more negative portrayal, though cats are generally agreed to be fluffy and cute. Older female {{Kindhearted Cat Lover}}s can have a similar vibe to this pigeon trope but without the negativity of CrazyCatLady in terms of portrayal. Also see CrazyHomelessPeople.

Interestingly, even though [[PeskyPigeons pigeons are generally considered "flying rats"]] by the populace at large (some cities have regulations against feeding them), most characters with pigeon friends are portrayed in a favorable light. Probably has something to do with helping the helpless.

* ''Film/MaryPoppins'' sings a song to Jane and Michael about the Bird Woman (providing both the page quote and the image), a poor old women who sells bread crumbs to feed the pigeons with on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral. Later on in the movie, Mr Banks prohibit them from buying bird-feed from her with the tuppence he was going to have them invest at the bank. [[spoiler: Close to the end, when Mr Banks soberly walks through London to the bank to be fired, he comes across the empty steps of the cathedral, with the heavy implication that she died, and that his children will never show kindness to her thanks to his callousness.]]

* In Disney's ''Disney/OliverAndCompany'' Fagin is a homeless guy in New York who lives with a pack of dogs, and eventually takes Oliver the kitten in.