History Main / CueTheFlyingPigs

** In another example during a weeklong arc, Richandamy BREAK UP but before they do a bunch of wildly improbable things happen; Pierce, of all people, wins the "Student of the Month" award (seemingly to proudly accepts it with no question), an entire marching band comes out of Hector's locker (only giving a curious stare), and Jeremy observes a flock of flying pigs before he receives the news (which, mind you, shocks him more than the flock of flying pigs that garnered his attention of mild concern).

** In another example during a weeklong arc, Richandamy BREAK UP but before they do a bunch of wildly improbable things happen; Pierce, of all people, wins the "Student of the Month" award, an entire marching band comes out of Hector's locker, and Jeremy observes a flock of flying pigs before he receives the news.

** In a disturbing reveal, in late January 2024 news broke of a lawsuit filed against [=McMahon=] and the company connected to accusations of sexual assault and trafficking carried out by the longtime chairman, leading to [=McMahon=] ''again'' resigning, presumably for good this time.

''[Burns and Smithers laugh, then see the roast pig from Homer's barbecue sail through the sky outside the window. Both men stop laughing and look alarmed]''\\

'''Mr. Burns:''' No, I'd still prefer not.

* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': Around the time of the 2000 US presidential election, there was a "flash forward" skit in which each of the candidates (Bush, Gore, Nader) is giving a speech about the state of the nation under their yet-to-be administration. When it came time for Nader, he droned on for a while, and then stuffed winged pigs started floating past and a couple of earmuff -- wearing devils wandered into the shot rubbing their hands and throwing snowballs at each other.

* In the ''{{Series/CSI}}'' episode "Appendicitement", the BBQ restaurant's kitschy decor includes a plastic pig statue with white feathery wings. The subplot set ''at'' the restaurant is, itself, rather tongue-in-cheek, with one implausible event after another.

* Before the second Minecraft Ultimate, the event organizer believed LetsPlay/{{Technoblade}}'s team would lose, due to the disadvantage of not having a fourth player. Cue [[PigMan Techno]] becoming [[LiteralMetaphor a literal flying pig]] (nicknamed "Technoplane"), able to transport his team and swoop down on any opponents they saw, which led to winning them the game by a wide margin.

* WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}: In the pilot the titular characters are cursed to become stone until the castle they guarded rises above the clouds. One thousand years later [[CorruptCorporateExecutive David Xanatos]] moves the ruins of the castle to the roof of his Manhattan skyscraper, above the cloud line, breaking the curse and unleashing the gargoyles on the Big Apple, just as Xanatos planned.

* The 2016 [[UsefulNotes/MLBTeams World Series]] ultimately came down to a [[TheChewToy Chew Toy]] showdown: UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}} Indians (last final: 1997; last title: 1948) and UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} Cubs (last final: 1945; last title: '''1908'''). [[https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20151012/wrigleyville/will-hell-freeze-over-before-cubs-win-it-all-mayor-of-hell-mich-says-no While the mayor of Hell said the town only gets really cold by November]], jokes calling it the "Hell Freezes Over series" soon emerged. In the end, the world's longest championship drought was finally over as the Cubs won in extra innings on Game 7.

* A joke: In the [[TheSeventies 1970's]], people said America would have a black president when pigs fly. [[HeartwarmingInHindsight In 2008]], [[HilariousInHindsight they elected]] UsefulNotes/BarackObama, and sure enough, [[BlackComedy swine]] [[JustForPun flu]].

* In ''Literature/JulietDoveQueenOfLove'', Juliet is asked if she'll recite a poem at their town's annual Valentine's Day Poetry Jam, and responds with "When rats fly!" A few days later, the talking rats Roxanne and Jerome wake up with wings (ItMakesSenseInContext -- they'd become temporary avatars of Cupid's power), and Juliet does indeed wind up reciting a poem at the Poetry Jam.

* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}: The Cavalier Years'': Edmund assures King Charles I that the Roundheads will never find a man willing to execute him. "And if they do, may my conjugal dipstick turn into a tennis racquet." Moments later, they receive a message. After Edmund reads it, he drops the orange he was holding, which bounces back into his hand.

* During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}} was in a bit of a bind--traditionally aligned with the Allies and heavily dependent on American trade, the regime at the time was authoritarian with Fascist sympathies, and as a result tried to remain neutral. As a result, the dictator Vargas said that Brazil would enter the war "when snakes smoke" (at the time a Brazilian Portuguese expression for "when pigs fly"). When Brazil actually did join the war in 1943, the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Expeditionary_Force Brazilian Expeditionary Force]] was nicknamed the ''Cobras Fumantes''--the "Smoking Snakes". Their insignia was even [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Distintivo_da_FEB.PNG a snake smoking a pipe]]. Ever since , "''a cobra vai fumar!''" ("snakes will smoke!") has meant "it will definitely happen, and it will be ''huge''!" in Brazilian Portuguese.

* Invoked straight in an early ''Webcomic/CogaSuro'', where a pug literally flies across the panel as Steve reailses that he is right and [[TheSmartGuy Jerry]] is wrong--at the time, an unusual situation indeed.

** In "The Trial of Mr. Wolf", the Big Bad Wolf gives a heavily biased account of the events of ''Little Red Riding Hood'' that make him look good and makes Red Riding Hood and her grandmother look bad. At the end, the Wolf is surprised to see [[JokerJury the all-wolf jury]] looking skeptical. He declares "If I'm lyin', I hope to be run over by a streetcar!", whereupon a streetcar crashes through the wall of the courtroom and runs him over. The Wolf emerges from the rubble, and sheepishly admits he ''might'' have exaggerated.

* In ''Film/NannyMcPhee'', Mrs. Blatherwick mentions "it'll be snow in August before ____" a few times throughout the story. In the end, when Mr. Brown decides to [[spoiler:marry Evangeline instead of Mrs. Quickly]], Nanny [=McPhee=] summons up [[SnowMeansLove a sudden snowfall]], leaving her to marvel at the fact that there is, in fact, snowing, in August! The [[Film/NannyMcPheeAnfTheBigBang sequel]] has actual flying pigs for the same effect.

* Pictured above is [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1253#comic this]] ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' strip.

* ''Fanfic/TheEndOfTheWorld'':
** ''These Are the Names'' (the story Effie narrates) ends in the months after the 73rd Hunger Games, with Effie reflecting on both her personal and professional relationships with Haymitch in the following monologue.
---> He has his world, I have mine. As far as I know, these worlds will go on forever, circling each other like the binary planets in Erastus's book, locked in a tidal stare, with nothing short of a catastrophic asteroid hit to move them. The next spring, I reap Primrose Everdeen.
** In the following story, ''The Last Tribute'' when Prim is reaped, Haymitch's PerspectiveFlip gets a brief moment of this as he ponders her fate.
---> It's always the same. I try to think of some way this tiny child is going to survive, and can't think of one. There's nothing anyone can do. "PRIM!" I look up. The girl I noticed earlier runs forward, surging towards the stage. "Prim!" She screams again.... I sit forward, the brandy haze lifting a bit. There ''is'' something that can be done for Primrose Everdeen. It's never happened in Twelve, at least in my memory. Something that's utterly insane. "I volunteer" the older girl gasps. "I volunteer as tribute."

[[caption-width-right:350:"Breaking News: Woman crushed by mutated pig!\\