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* Kokapetl from ''Anime/TheMysteriousCitiesOfGold''. Admittedly, his habit of reminding Tao to remember his ancestors could be something he was taught, but there is plenty of evidence that he actually understands what he is saying. For example, he will often call something to the attention of the human characters by telling them to "come and see" and provides early warning of danger on more than one occasion.
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* There are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSXSOEiv3N0 talking parrots in real life]], though they're incapable of true language use.
* An African Gray Parrot by the name of "Alex" was intelligent enough to not only have a vocabulary of 150 words, but also a basic understanding of them. He was capable of counting a few items and announcing their number (including saying "none" if no item matched the color or shape he was asked to count), and apparently coined a {{Portmanteau}} - calling an apple a banerry (banana + cherry).
* An African Gray Parrot by the name of "Alex" was intelligent enough to not only have a vocabulary of 150 words, but also a basic understanding of them. He was capable of counting a few items and announcing their number (including saying "none" if no item matched the color or shape he was asked to count), and apparently coined a {{Portmanteau}} - calling an apple a banerry (banana + cherry).
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* There are [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSXSOEiv3N0 talking parrots in real life]], though they're mostly incapable of true language use.
* An African Gray Parrot by the name of "Alex" was intelligent enough to not only have a vocabulary of 150 words, but also a basic understanding of them. He was capable of counting a few items and announcing their number (including saying "none" if no item matched the color or shape he was asked to count), and apparently coined a {{Portmanteau}} - calling an apple a banerry (banana + cherry). When he died in 2007 at the age of 31, his keeper asserted that his intelligence and grasp of language was on par with a human toddler.
* An African Gray Parrot by the name of "Alex" was intelligent enough to not only have a vocabulary of 150 words, but also a basic understanding of them. He was capable of counting a few items and announcing their number (including saying "none" if no item matched the color or shape he was asked to count), and apparently coined a {{Portmanteau}} - calling an apple a banerry (banana + cherry). When he died in 2007 at the age of 31, his keeper asserted that his intelligence and grasp of language was on par with a human toddler.
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* Mr. Puffin, a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin puffin]] that serves as the [[NonHumanSidekick constant companion]] of Iceland in ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'', has a rough attitude and speaking pattern despite his cute looks. It's especially evident in his attempts at hijacking Iceland's character song. Amusingly, Iceland orders him to remain silent when in the company of other people, as Iceland thinks it would make him [[IJustWantToBeNormal look strange to others if he was seen talking to a bird]].
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* Mr. Puffin, a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin puffin]] that serves as the [[NonHumanSidekick constant companion]] of Iceland in ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'', ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', has a rough attitude and speaking pattern despite his cute looks. It's especially evident in his attempts at hijacking Iceland's character song. Amusingly, Iceland orders him to remain silent when in the company of other people, as Iceland thinks it would make him [[IJustWantToBeNormal look strange to others if he was seen talking to a bird]].
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* The UrExample (at least as far as this trope's horror potential goes) is Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's famous raven in the poem "Literature/TheRaven." The narrator begs of the bird to answer increasingly desperate questions about the afterlife and the hope of reuniting with his TheLostLenore, but the raven constantly answers, "Nevermore," rather pessimistically. The last stanza suggests that the bird has taken up permanent residence, and is less bird than evil portent of despair and damnation. You know, typical Poe.
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* The UrExample (at least as far as this trope's horror potential goes) is Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's famous raven in the poem "Literature/TheRaven." The narrator begs of the bird to answer increasingly desperate questions about the afterlife and the hope of reuniting with his TheLostLenore, [[TheLostLenore Lost Lenore]], but the raven constantly answers, "Nevermore," rather pessimistically. The last stanza suggests that the bird has taken up permanent residence, and is less bird than evil portent of despair and damnation. You know, typical Poe. Poe.
** The narrator actually [[LampshadeHanging Lampshades]] the fact that there's nothing inherently supernatural about ravens learning to speak basic words - people train them to do it all the time - and initially suspects its nothing more than an escaped pet. One possible interpretation of the poem is that the bird's supernatural nature, maybe even it's ''existence'', is a product of the narrator's own grief-stricken delusions.
** The narrator actually [[LampshadeHanging Lampshades]] the fact that there's nothing inherently supernatural about ravens learning to speak basic words - people train them to do it all the time - and initially suspects its nothing more than an escaped pet. One possible interpretation of the poem is that the bird's supernatural nature, maybe even it's ''existence'', is a product of the narrator's own grief-stricken delusions.
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* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series backstory, there existed a race of [[BirdPeople Bird Men]] native to what would become the Imperial City Isle in central Cyrodiil. When first approached by [[OurElvesAreBetter Aldmeri]] explorers, the Bird Men spoke back in [[ConLang Aldmeris]], surprising the Aldmer. However, they quickly realized that the Bird Men were only repeating their own words back to them. Despite this, the Aldmeri were able to teach them to actually speak their own words and to write, for which the Bird Men were grateful. [[MightyWhitey They declared Topal, the leader of the Aldmeri explorers, to be their lord and offered him their islands]].
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* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series backstory, there existed a race of [[BirdPeople Bird Men]] native to what would become the Imperial City Isle in central Cyrodiil. When first approached by [[OurElvesAreBetter [[OurElvesAreDifferent Aldmeri]] explorers, the Bird Men spoke back in [[ConLang Aldmeris]], surprising the Aldmer. However, they quickly realized that the Bird Men were only repeating their own words back to them. Despite this, the Aldmeri were able to teach them to actually speak their own words and to write, for which the Bird Men were grateful. [[MightyWhitey They declared Topal, the leader of the Aldmeri explorers, to be their lord and offered him their islands]].
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* ''Film/CarryOnBehind'' has a talking mynah bird, whose vocabulary is mostly innuendo.
--> '''Carol''': Is that bird yours?
--> '''Mynah bird''': Get stuffed.
--> '''Daphne''': Mine would never say things like that.
--> '''Carol''': Is that bird yours?
--> '''Mynah bird''': Get stuffed.
--> '''Daphne''': Mine would never say things like that.
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See also IdiotCrows. Not to be confused with the ''[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant other]]'' definition of "mouthy", in that case see MouthyBird for birds with expressive mouths.
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* Ride/CarouselOfProgress: Grandma’s parrot (voiced by Creator/MelBlanc) complains about her constantly playing the radio.
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* ''WebOriginal/HowToHero'' claims that that parrots are infinitely smarter than most human children and would therefore make better sidekicks.
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* ''WebOriginal/HowToHero'' ''Blog/HowToHero'' claims that that parrots are infinitely smarter than most human children and would therefore make better sidekicks.
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* Literature/{{Discworld}} has two: Quoth, the raven ([[JustForPun har dee har har]]), and the parrot in ''Discworld/{{Eric}}''. Both have limited wossnames... vocabularies, especially the parrot. Which led to the splendid line (from the parrot) "Wossname wossname wossname wossname wossname!"
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* Literature/{{Discworld}} has two: Quoth, the raven ([[JustForPun har dee har har]]), and the parrot in ''Discworld/{{Eric}}''.''Literature/{{Eric}}''. Both have limited wossnames... vocabularies, especially the parrot. Which led to the splendid line (from the parrot) "Wossname wossname wossname wossname wossname!"
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* Literature/DoctorDolittle's parrot, Polynesia, was the one that taught him to speak animal.
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* Literature/DoctorDolittle's parrot, Polynesia, was the one that taught him to speak animal.animal, noting in many adaptations that she is almost two centuries old and has learned several languages herself in that time.
* Children's author Creator/DickKingSmith generally just wrote about animals talking to each other, but two novels featured key exceptions;
** ''Pretty Polly'', in which Abigail is able to teach her pet hen Polly how to talk. However, this is portrayed as a relatively non-sentient example, as Polly can only repeat what is spoken to her at first and only responds to "What's your name?" with a consistently intelligible answer later on, although she does learn a wide range of phrases.
** ''Harry's Mad'' sees Harry Holdsworth inherit his great-uncle George's pet parrot Madison, and soon learns that Madison is able to freely talk back to Harry, which is attributed to the fact that George Holdsworth was a professor of linguistics and was therefore able to give Madison thorough instruction. Later in the book, Madison is able to pass on these lessons to another parrot, Fweddy (who is later revealed to be female when she lays an egg).
* Children's author Creator/DickKingSmith generally just wrote about animals talking to each other, but two novels featured key exceptions;
** ''Pretty Polly'', in which Abigail is able to teach her pet hen Polly how to talk. However, this is portrayed as a relatively non-sentient example, as Polly can only repeat what is spoken to her at first and only responds to "What's your name?" with a consistently intelligible answer later on, although she does learn a wide range of phrases.
** ''Harry's Mad'' sees Harry Holdsworth inherit his great-uncle George's pet parrot Madison, and soon learns that Madison is able to freely talk back to Harry, which is attributed to the fact that George Holdsworth was a professor of linguistics and was therefore able to give Madison thorough instruction. Later in the book, Madison is able to pass on these lessons to another parrot, Fweddy (who is later revealed to be female when she lays an egg).
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* ''VideoGame/CastleForestIslandSea'' has three talking birds: blackbird, robin and ''owl''. And they're chatty.
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* Iago from Disney's ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}''. A line in ''Return of Jafar'' implies that Jafar taught him, possibly using magic. For most of the original movie, Iago pretends to be a regular parrot when in the presence of characters other than Jafar. He drops this after the protagonists turn on Jafar, though, and no one in-universe seems particularly surprised by his fluent speech.
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* Iago from Disney's ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}''.''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}''. A line in ''Return of Jafar'' implies that Jafar taught him, possibly using magic. For most of the original movie, Iago pretends to be a regular parrot when in the presence of characters other than Jafar. He drops this after the protagonists turn on Jafar, though, and no one in-universe seems particularly surprised by his fluent speech.
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* Merlin's "highly educated", snide and sarcastic pet owl Archimedes in Disney's ''Disney/TheSwordInTheStone'', of course.
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* Iago from Disney's ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' has his intelligence enhanced by some magic from Jafar.
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* Iago from Disney's ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' has his intelligence enhanced by some magic from Jafar.
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* The titular raven of ''VideoGame/MyFriendIsARaven'' has conversations with [[PlayerCharacter Ludum]].
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* Averted, oddly, in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', with the parrot Pokémon Chatot. It's known for repeating human speech, all Pokémon are supposedly sentient, with a large number (The humanoid and psychics in particular) appearing sapient, 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.
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* Averted, oddly, in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', with the parrot Pokémon Chatot. It's known for repeating human speech, all Pokémon are supposedly sentient, with a large number (The humanoid and psychics in particular) appearing sapient, 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.
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* In ''Literature/AllIKnowAboutAnimalBehaviorILearnedInLoehmannsDressingRoom'', Creator/ErmaBombeck relates owning a bird named Barney who knew only two phrases: "Hello, Barney" and "Telephone!" She tried training him further with a tape, but quit and gave Barney to one of her kids after three weeks of said tape succeeded only in exasperating her and causing her husband to say one of the tape's phrases.
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* ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'': When Rat becomes a pet psychic and uses it to his advantage by straight-up lying to the pets' owners about what they're thinking for his own gain, [[https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2004/10/01 a parrot named Pepe winds up exposing his being a fraud]].
-->"Pepe can talk and Pepe says you're an unmitigated fraud."
-->"Pepe can talk and Pepe says you're an unmitigated fraud."
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Mutts}}'': [[https://mutts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/110513.gif One Shelter Story]] features a talking parrot named Romeo. He informs the reader that there are many talking birds looking for new homes, and encourages them to visit their local shelter and "I'll tell you all about it."
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Mutts}}'': [[https://mutts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/110513.gif One Shelter Story]] features a talking parrot named Romeo. He informs the reader that there are many talking birds looking for new homes, and encourages them to visit their local shelter and "I'll tell you all about it."
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* By the time the ''Literature/XandriCorelel'' series takes place, parrots have been selectively bred and genetically modified to be even smarter than they are now, so Xandri's parrots Marbles and Cake both have very impressive vocabularies. Marbles in particular is said to be intelligent even for his kind - he knows 1128 words, can utter relatively complicated sentenced like "Millet now for smart birdie," and can even participate in conversations to a limited extent.
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* In ''Film/{{Malcolm}}'', the protagonist's cockatoo Arnold knows how to say "Thanks a lot!"
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* A 2019 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1A7R1PmxhE Discover Card commercial]] features a customer, Kevin, whose macaw, Timmy, had learned his social security number and password, and was constantly repeating them.
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* A 2019 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1A7R1PmxhE Discover Card commercial]] features a customer, Kevin, whose macaw, Timmy, [[NotInFrontOfTheParrot had learned his social security number and password, and was constantly repeating them.them]].
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* In a 2019 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1A7R1PmxhE Discover Card]] commercial, the service agent asks a customer's Macaw, Timmy, if he wants a cracker.
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-->'''Agent:''' Timmy want a cracker?\\
'''Kevin:''' You want a cracker?\\
'''Timmy:''' What do you think, Kevin?\\
'''Kevin:''' No.
-->'''Agent:''' Timmy want a cracker?\\
'''Kevin:''' You want a cracker?\\
'''Timmy:''' What do you think, Kevin?\\
'''Kevin:''' No.
