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* The birds in ''PaperMario: The Thousand-Year Door'' will exhibit this if you hide. But only one is a parrot, and if you're not hiding, it says the stock parrot phrases (and, [[ShoutOut for some reason]], [[GratuitousEnglish "Shine get!"]]).

* The parrot of ''[[OneHundredAndOneDalmatians 102 Dalmatians]]'', who thinks he's a dog, and is voiced by [[MontyPython Eric Idle]].

* Averted, oddly, in ''{{Pokemon}}'', with the parrot Pokemon Chatot. It's known for repeating human speech, all Pokemon are supposedly sentient, and a ''cat'' Pokemon learned human language and speaks it fluently. But every time a Chatot is featured it just mimics human words without understanding them like a real-life parrot. GoFigure.

* Douglas Adams' computer game ''Starship Titanic'' featured a very screechy parrot voiced by former [[MontyPython Python]] Terry Jones. Who loved [[CarnivoreConfusion eating chicken]].

* JRRTolkien's ''TheHobbit'' has talking ravens, including Rac son of Carc, the chief of the ravens of the Lonely Mountain.

* ThisTroper read a story ages ago called ''The Unkindness of Ravens'', about a researcher trying to boost animal intelligence. His only success had been with the ravens. They eventually wanted to leave the lab to have chicks. The story had one raven return to talk with the scientist. They figured out that the intelligence (and speech) couldn't be made hereditary. They'd have to come back and be altered.

* Inko-chan from {{Toradora}}. Despite being utterly incapable of saying its own name, it seems to always be saying the right thing (or at least, things that are appropriate for the situation) at the right time. Even more pronounced in the novels, where it's even capable of breaking out in cold sweats in respond to a threat from Taiga.

* An episode of ''{{Jimmy Two-Shoes}}'' had a bird that supposedly only said "Grunk" and "Snark". When Jimmy finds out it can speak perfect english, he's suprised, to which Heloise asks [[FishOutOfWater Where are you from?]]

* Needle from ConanTheAdventurer

*** Not most. Crows and magpies are smarter. They just have no means to learn human vocubulary.
**** Though the debate of "smarter" can't reasonably be tested and proven, a number of captive corvids have been recorded repeating human speech and sound effects. They just don't take to it as readily as parrots.
***** There is a parrot and a crow at the Pittsburgh Avain Conservatory. The parrot cannot say anything, but the crow learned, because everybody was busy trying to teach the parrot and ''he'' wanted the attention.

* Madison, the African Grey in the Dick King-Smith novel ''Harry's Mad'' and its TV adaptation.

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* The title character of ''Paulie'' is such a parrot; the catch is that every ''other'' parrot in the movie ''isn't'', and most humans have difficulty believing that Paulie ''is''.

*** Not just moody, but sometimes actively unhelpful. While they may have the intelligence of a five year old, they have the emotional maturity of a two year old. So sometimes you'll get a right answer, sometimes no answer, and sometimes a deliberately incorrect answer, [[Troll because it's more fun to watch you get frustrated than it is to get a reward.]]

Possibly the most common type of IntellectualAnimal is a [[TalkingAnimal talking bird]], and you know you've SeenItAMillionTimes. Parrots, ravens, mynah birds and other birds capable of mimicking human speech are likely to be outright fully intelligent and articulate. Most common in settings where there is an element of the fantastic that can be used to HandWave the inaccuracy, but even fairly mundane, realistic stories sometimes do it. TheDoctorDolittle is not needed here (but may show up nonetheless). Be careful, don't say something you want secret [[NotInFrontOfTheParrot while the bird is present.]]

* {{Granstream Saga}} has the talking parrot Korky. He claims he's a spirit beast, but none seems to believe him.

* CarlBarks had two parrot characters, [[http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Barks/1942/pirategold/Thumbnails.html Yellow Beak]], and [[http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Barks/1946/singapore/Thumbnails.html Joe from Singapore]]. Both are fully intelligent, but neither are very anthropomorphic (especially compared to the Parrot character José Carioca).