History Main / PirateParrot

* ''Literature/FightingFantasy'': The titular pirate villain of ''Literature/{{Bloodbones}}'' has a pet parrot named Jezebel as his sidekick; in the final battle as you duel against Captain Bloodbones, Jezebel will actively assist her owner by ambushing you and trying to claw your eyes out (causing some unavoidable damage to your STAMINA and reducing your Attack Strength each round).

* ''Videogame/FallenLondon:'' [[FeatheredFiend Blue Prophets]] sometimes take the role for certain pirates, and one of them will certainly take the role for you if you chose the path of the Gaider's Mourn corsair. It bears mentioning that ''these'' parrots [[TheDogWasTheMastermind have a lot more authority than you'd expect]], and are often the ones calling targets for the pirates to sink and murder. It is said that Blue Prophets call out the names of those about to die, and this is true because they are ''marking them for death''.

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* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': Russell the pirate sea otter keeps a parrot as an alarm clock, as seen in the episode "Sea What I Found."
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* ''Website/TheOnion'' has [[http://www.theonion.com/blogpost/parrot-care-is-actually-quite-time-consuming-10948 this article]] on the proper care and feeding of Pirate Parrots, by a "Captain Crimson Bannister". Extra points for being written completely in [[TalkLikeAPirate pirate-speak]].
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* A strip in ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' back in the 30s starred a highly intelligent cockatoo who constantly had to drag her idiotic pirates out of trouble. The LongTitle was ''Cocky-Sue the Cockatoo: She's the Brains of the Pirate Crew''.

* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasTreasureIsland'', the second pirate-themed adventure in the series, have Flock's RobotBuddy Quiz, a robotic parrot who's a gift created by his father, the dreaded pirate captain Silver -- long before Silver's HeelFaceTurn. Said parrot is one hell of a [[TheGadfly gadfly]] who couldn't stop trolling and {{dope slap}}ing Doraemon and gang though.

->''"He's a mute, sir. Poor devil had his tongue cut out, so he trained the parrot to talk for him...no one's yet figured ''how''.''"

* ''Anime/CaptainHarlock'', as a proud SpacePirate, owns not a parrot but a strange alien bird -- with black feathers, a long beak and a thread-thin neck -- that pretty much cover the same role, up to mimicking human speech and sometimes riding on his shoulder.

* In ''Fanfic/ThisBites'', Soundbite, the Transponder Snail who ate the Noise-Noise Fruit, is the closest thing possible to this, being a part of the Straw Hats, as well as a wisecracker who can mimic any sound he hears and usually sits on the SelfInsert's shoulder. This was lampshaded when Cross referred to him as "Polly" while trying to pass him off as a regular Transponder Snail and saying he used ventriloquism.

-->-- '''Joshamee Gibbs''', ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl''.

* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasTreasureIsland'', the second pirate-themed adventure in the series, have Flock's RobotBuddy Quiz, a robotic parrot who's a gift created by his father, the dreaded pirate captain Silver - long before Silver's HeelFaceTurn. Said parrot is one hell of a [[TheGadfly gadfly]] who couldn't stop trolling and {{dope slap}}ing Doraemon and gang though.

* In ''CoomicBook/{{Lullaby}}'', Jim Hawkins gained a parrot (with an absurdly large beak) sometime before his captain booted him from the ship. Its name is "Crew"; he's got a pegleg and an eyepatch, and carries Jim's flag on his back.

-->'''Buckman:''' Nitro, isn't that one of my chickens? (''indicating very dead plucked chicken tied to Nitro's shoulder'')\\

* Long John Silver in ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland'' has a talking ''lobster'' named Polly. When Gonzo asks if he should have a parrot instead, Long John just seems confused.

** A mute pirate named Cotton owns a parrot who does the talking for him (no one's figured out how). It mostly says "parrot" stuff like "Ready the sails!" -- "Mostly we figure that means 'yes'." Leading to Captain Sparrow conducting a job interview with the parrot.
-->[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13bwUyQIUx0 Mr. Cotton's- ... parrot. Same question.]]

(''cue cannibals'')
** Captain Barbossa himself has a pet monkey.

* ''Literature/FightingFantasy'': The titular pirate villain of ''Literature/{{Bloodbones}}'' has a pet pirate named Jezebel as his sidekick; in the final battle as you duel against Captain Bloodbones, Jezebel will actively assist her owner by ambushing you and trying to claw your eyes out (causing some unavoidable damage to your STAMINA and reducing your Attack Strength each round).

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* In ''Webcomic/{{Nodwick}}'', a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot ninja-pirate captain]] has a [[http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/gamespyarchive/index.php?date=2004-08-04 ninja-parrot on his shoulder]] (holding a shuriken in its beak).

** Long Drong the dwarf pirate keeps a parrot that sits on his shoulder and repeats "bits o' gold, bits o' gold!"

Sometimes, the parrots are pirates themselves, much in the same vein as [[BusyBeaver construction worker beavers]], [[MoleMiner miner moles and gophers]], [[BoxingKangaroo boxer kangaroos]], [[FirehouseDalmatian firefighter Dalmatians]], [[FightingPanda martial artist pandas]], and [[SemiaquaticSpeciesSailor sailor ducks, gulls, otters, crabs, penguins, seals, and polar bears]].