History Main / PirateParrot

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': The head pirate in "The Waterbending Scroll" has a pet "[[MixAndMatchCritters reptile-bird]]," (looking closer to an ''[[StockDinosaurs Archaeopteryx]]'' than a parrot) which makes Sokka realize...

Sometimes, the parrots are pirates themselves, much in the same vein as 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]].

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

[[folder:Real Life]]
* Crackers are okay for parrots and macaws to eat, particularly light crackers like saltines.
* More than one semi trucker has been spotted with a shoulder parrot. Some of them go all out with the headscarf and earring.
[[/folder]]

* 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 aa a regular Transponder Snail and saying he used ventriliquism.
[[/spoiler]]

* The manga ''Manga/MobileSuitCrossboneGundam'' gives TheCaptain a robot parrot as part of their fully embracing the "pirate" part of SpacePirate. Said parrot spouts random lines that [[ShoutOut reference]] older ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' works, leading to the [[EpilepticTrees theory]] that it was made from [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Amuro Ray's]] TeamPet and ''Gundam'' SeriesMascot Haro.

* 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''.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017'': Captain Celaeno and her crew are pirates who [[FunnyAnimal ARE parrots]]. Logically, they are specifically SkyPirates.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie'' there's Captain Kiddie's parrot Squawk, though Kiddie isn't a pirate and Squawk is just a handpuppet (albeit a seemingly [[AnimateInanimateObject sentient]] one).

* 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).

* Parodied in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Literature/GoingPostal'' with the Reacher Gilt's pirate costume ("That was a Look, wasn't it?") including a parrot (well, a cockatoo) that says "twelve and a half percent" (i.e. 1/8).

* Navi the robotic parrot in ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''. Also the one responsible for leading the team towards the Greatest Treasure in the Universe through vague clues that only come about after she hits her head on the ceiling.

* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'':
** In the Creator/JohnCleese episode, he was on ''Pigs in Space'' as a space pirate and kept bickering with his parrot. He eventually threatened it with, "Quiet! Do you want to be [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus an ex-parrot]]?"
** In the Glenda Jackson episode, the same puppet is used for Eric the Pirate Parrot, who "Captain Black Jackson" smuggles into the theatre [[AssInALionSkin disguised as a penguin]].

* After ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' took off, Rey Bucanero dressed up Zacarias, one of Wrestling/{{CMLL}}'s Mini-Estrellas, as a parrot.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sports]]
* The Pittsburgh Pirates American baseball team have the Pirate Parrot for a mascot.

* The ''Asteroid 1618'' supplement for the ''Encounter Critical'' game. Space pirates can buy space parrots at a pet store on the asteroid. The parrot costs 75 gold credits if it already knows pirate lingo, or only 25 gold credits if it needs to be taught.

* ''Ride/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' features several, including a skeletal one in the pirate caves, a parrot singing "A Parrot's Life for Me" alongside the pirates, a parrot providing the exit safety spiel, a green parrot named Peg Leg Pete ([[WesternAnimation/{{Pete}} no relation]]) that once functioned as the mascot of the Florida version, and a parrot interacting with Jack Sparrow in the present version of Florida's finale.

* In the 1993 EdutainmentGame ''Redhook's Revenge'' one of the player characters '''[[PollyWantsAMicrophone is a parrot]]''' among humans. Poseidon the parrot captains his own ship and crew, competing for booty against some of the most notorious pirates to ever set sail, such as [[UsefulNotes/{{Blackbeard}} Blackbeard]] himself.

* Raz, a minor character from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', can always be seen with a small parrot [[HeadPet over his head]].
* The early game dungeon Sastasha from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' is pirate-themed, so naturally the pirate captain Madison has a squawking companion whenever he shows up in it. Technically it's not a parrot, but a very talkative Colibri -- small toucan-like beasts that often live in Eorzea's tropical climates. In the hard mode version of the dungeon, [[spoiler:when the entire pirate crew has been turned into hideous beasts, this chatty bird is still loyal to the captain. If you're [[RandomDrop particularly lucky, though,]] you can win it as a shoulder-riding minion.]]

[[folder:Web Original]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', the SkyPirates led by [[WesternAnimation/TaleSpin Don Karnage]] have a pet parrot called No-Name the Nameless Parrot, whereas the GhostPirate Captain Peghook ''is'' an anthropomorphic parrot.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futz}}'': The pirate captain in "High Seas Futz" has a [=HUGE=] muscular parrot dressed in pirate garb.

** The gag was repeated in a Creator/HannaBarbera ''WesternAnimation/LippyTheLionAndHardyHarHar'' short.

* Parodied in an episode in ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'', in which a captain had a different bird on his shoulder every time he was on camera (including a bucket of fried chicken at one point).

Related tropes include DressedToPlunder, ParrotPetPosition, and FeatherBoaConstrictor. In a setting with anthropomorphic animals, the pirates can be anthropomorphic parrots themselves, though wouldn't count as a SemiaquaticSpeciesSailor.

[[caption-width-right:330:"They'll make you ''squawwwwwk'' the plank!"]]

%% New image selected per Image Pickin' thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1320710752042400100
%% Please do not change or remove without starting a new thread.

[[quoteright:320:[[Film/TreasureIsland1934 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/45b22dd71e2ff270906c4882a39de9ca.jpg]]]]

* ''Series/UltramanTriggerNewGenerationTiga'' has the SpacePirate villain, Alien Barossa, who has a juvenile Zandrias (the kaiju equivalent to a parrot) perched on its shoulder the whole episode. Ultil Barossa's death that is, at which point the Zandrias decides to pull a ScrewThisImOuttaHere

In RealLife, it is not known if many pirates actually kept parrots for pets. Parrots are high-maintenance animals that serve no benefit on a ship (unlike, for example, cats, which keep the vermin population down). However, there are records of the occasional (non-pirate) Caribbean sailor keeping parrots and even monkeys as pets, so it's not too unlikely. The whole concept of a pirate and his parrot companion likely started with ''Literature/TreasureIsland''. And parrots in RealLife do naturally prefer to stand on a person's shoulder. It's also worth noting that at a certain point of time pet parrots commanded huge prices in Europe, so it is not inconceivable for a sailor wanting to settle down to trade in several parrots as a retirement benefit of sorts (parrots tend to have large lifespans, sometimes surpassing even humans), probably leaving one to himself -- which is probably where it all started.

In RealLife, it is not known if many pirates actually kept parrots for pets. Parrots are high-maintenance animals that serve no benefit on a ship (unlike, for example, cats, which keep the vermin population down). However, there are records of the occasional (non-pirate) Caribbean sailor keeping parrots and even monkeys as pets, so it's not too unlikely. The whole concept of a pirate and his parrot companion likely started with ''Literature/TreasureIsland''. And parrots in RealLife do naturally prefer to stand on a person's shoulder. It's also worth noting that at a certain point of time pet parrots commanded huge prices in Europe, so it is not inconceivable for a sailor wanting to settle down to trade in several parrots as a retirement benefit of sorts, probably leaving one to himself -- which is probably where it all started.

* Crackers are okay for parrots and macaws to eat, particularly light crackers like saltines.

Related tropes include DressedToPlunder, ParrotPetPosition, and FeatherBoaConstrictor. In a setting with anthropomorphic animals, the pirates can be anthropomorphic parrots themselves.

** A mute pirate named Cotton owns a parrot who does the talking for him. It mostly says "parrot" stuff like "Ready the sails!" -- "We figure that means 'yes'." The parrot's repetition leads to a hilarious scene in the second movie:

* In ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxterTheLostFrontier'', we have [[SkyPirate sky pirates.]] Some of the ones in Far Drop City come with actual parrots.

* In ''[[VideoGame/LegendOfLegaia Legaia II: Duel Saga]]'', Sharon has one, inherited from her late father and former captain of the pirates, Alphis. Completing a sidequest will lead to said parrot revealing the location of Alphis's treasure, including an extremely rare Heaven's Secret.
* In ''VideoGame/LittleAlchemy,'' the recipe for "parrot" is "pirate" + "bird".
* One of the [=NPC=]s you encounter in ''VideoGame/Macbat64JourneyOfANiceChap'' is a parrot wearing a pirate hat.
* Parrots are seen throughout the ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' series.

** The gag was repeated in a Creator/HannaBarbera ''WesternAnimation/LippyTheLion'' short.

Related tropes include DressedToPlunder, ParrotPetPosition, and FeatherBoaConstrictor. For capuchin monkeys, see EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys. In a setting with anthropomorphic animals, the pirates can be anthropomorphic parrots themselves.

* In ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'', Laserbeak, a robot condor, perches on the shoulder of whomever happens to be the Decepticon leader at the time. Usually, this means he occupies Megatron's shoulder, but he moves to Shockwave or Galvatron... but never [[TheStarscream Starscream]]: proof that all his treachery means nothing toward becoming leader. Step 1: Get the bird. Everything else falls into place. That bird defeated Optimus Prime and is nigh-undetectable. That is a damn important bird. [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Laserbeak_%28G1%29 Autobots pass the Matrix. Decepticons pass the Laserbeak.]]