History Main / FowlMouthedParrot

* ''Series/TheFastShow'': Unlucky Alf buys himself a parrot to keep him company. Except said parrot remains silent, prompting Alf to utter a resigned "[[CatchPhrase bugger]]". This opens the floodgates...

* A CutSong from Creator/WaltDisney's adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' was a number that [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Horace and Jasper]] would sing [[DrunkenSong while drunk]] called "Don't Buy a Parrot from a Sailor" (because "all them birds say embarrassin' words").

* A woman went to a pet shop and immediately spotted a large, beautiful parrot. There was a sign on the cage that said $50.00, which seemed awfully cheap. Why so little?" she asked the pet storeowner. The owner looked at her seriously and said, "Look, I should tell you first that this bird used to live in a house of Prostitution and sometimes it says some pretty vulgar stuff." The woman thought about this, but decided she had to have the bird anyway. She took it home and hung the bird's cage up in her living room and waited for it to say something. The bird looked around the room, then at her, and said, "New house, new madam." The woman was a bit shocked at the implication, but then found it kind of amusing. When her two teenage daughters returned from school, the bird saw them enter and said, "New house, new madam, new girls." The girls and the woman were a bit offended but then began to laugh about the situation considering how and where the parrot had been raised. Moments later, the woman's husband came home from work. The bird looked at him and said, "New house, new madam, new girls; same old customers! [[YourCheatingHeart Hi, Nick!]]"

* The Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Chatot has an exclusive move called Chatter, which can be used in conjunction with the microphone of the Nintendo [=DS=] and later models to have it say something that the player records. When combined with VideoGamePerversityPotential, well...

* In ''Discworld/MovingPictures'', the movie pioneers attempt to add sound to their films by using parrots. The result tends to be along the lines of brief snatches of romantic dialogue interrupted by cries of "Warrrk! Showusyerknickers!"

** In ''The Castafiore Emerald'', Haddock is offered a parrot. The very last panel has it begin to imitate Captain Haddock's {{unusual euphemism}}s, particularly "Blistering Barnacles!"

* A CutSong from Creator/WaltDisney's adaptation of ''Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' was a number that [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Horace and Jasper]] would sing [[DrunkenSong while drunk]] called "Don't Buy a Parrot from a Sailor" (because "all them birds say embarrassin' words").

* In the ''Series/MurdochMysteries'' episode "Convalesce", wherein Constable Crabtree takes over Murdoch's job as detective while he heals from injuries, involved a parrot being the only witness to a murder. Its master was a FrenchJerk chef, and repeated back lovely phrases such as, "You call this vomit quiche?!" "I spit at you!" and "''Tu es un cochon''![[note]]You are a pig![[/note]]".

* Mr. Harrison's parrot Ginger in ''Anne Of Avonlea.'' He got Ginger from his brother, a sailor who used a lot of coarse language. Mr. Harrison is used to Ginger's bad language, but it really embarrasses him when the parrot swears in front of company.

* Series/TheFastShow: Unlucky Alf buys himself a parrot to keep him company. Except said parrot remains silent, prompting Alf to utter a resigned "[[CatchPhrase bugger]]". This opens the floodgates...

* There's a story about a couple who kept an African grey parrot in their bedroom. One night the couple "got busy". Later on they had some guests over and the parrot repeated the events of the night.

* TheFastShow: Unlucky Alf buys himself a parrot to keep him company. Except said parrot remains silent, prompting Alf to utter a resigned "[[CatchPhrase bugger]]". This opens the floodgates...

** In another, a gay youth councellor inherits a parrot from an old uncle. Unfortunately, the uncle was a Nazi ...

* Preacher Dudley's parrot in ''Film/DeepBlueSea'', among it's favorite phrases include "Eat me asshole!" and "Hey, hey you dickhead!".

This is a sister trope to NotInFrontOfTheParrot, where the bird repeats something important it overheard such as the combination to a safe or a villain's EvilPlan. Do not confuse this trope with actual {{talking animal}}s; this trope is about mimicry of profanity. Compare to InnocentSwearing, where the one doing the parroting is a sapient being (usually a kid) that doesn't understand that it shouldn't say such things.

* President UsefulNotes/AndrewJackson's parrot Pol had to be removed from his funeral because it wouldn't stop swearing. [[BilingualBonus In two different languages, no less]]. Knowing Jackson he would have found it hilarious.

* OlderThanFeudalism. The Romans found that parrots can easily pick up curse words. Very easily.

* A woman went to a pet shop and immediately spotted a large, beautiful parrot. There was a sign on the cage that said $50.00, which seemed awfully cheap. Why so little?" she asked the pet storeowner. The owner looked at her seriously and said, "Look, I should tell you first that this bird used to live in a house of Prostitution and sometimes it says some pretty vulgar stuff." The woman thought about this, but decided she had to have the bird anyway. She took it home and hung the bird's cage up in her living room and waited for it to say something. The bird looked around the room, then at her, and said, "New house, new madam." The woman was a bit shocked at the implication, but then found it kind of amusing. When her two teenage daughters returned from school, the bird saw them enter and said, "New house, new madam, new girls." The girls and the woman were a bit offended but then began to laugh about the situation considering how and where the parrot had been raised. Moments later, the woman's husband came home from work. The bird looked at him and said, "New house, new madam, new girls; same old customers! [[YourCheatingHeartHi, Nick!]]"

:: A variant has the parrot say, "Jesus is watching you." Guess what the dog's name is?
* Another variant in Croatia is that a thief breaks into the house, and suddenly hears "God is watching you, God is watching you!". He looks around and sees a parrot. He asks parrot for a name. "Anđelko, Anđelko.". "What a silly name for a parrot!". A parrot responds: "God is a silly name for a Rottweiler.".
* A woman went to a pet shop and immediately spotted a large, beautiful parrot. There was a sign on the cage that said $50.00, which seemed awfully cheap. Why so little?" she asked the pet storeowner. The owner looked at her seriously and said, "Look, I should tell you first that this bird used to live in a house of Prostitution and sometimes it says some pretty vulgar stuff." The woman thought about this, but decided she had to have the bird anyway. She took it home and hung the bird's cage up in her living room and waited for it to say something. The bird looked around the room, then at her, and said, "New house, new madam." The woman was a bit shocked at the implication, but then found it kind of amusing. When her two teenage daughters returned from school, the bird saw them enter and said, "New house, new madam, new girls." The girls and the woman were a bit offended but then began to laugh about the situation considering how and where the parrot had been raised. Moments later, the woman's husband came home from work. The bird looked at him and said, "New house, new madam, new girls; same old customers! Hi, Nick!"

* In ''Film/SurLaPisteDuMarsupilami'', Kiki the ara commonly insults his owner Pablito, including while they both are in the process of swindling some tourists of their money. ("Crook." "Imposter." "Mythomaniac.")

--> '''Darnell''': I don't want to hear him talking about this all night.

** ...technically making the parrot a [[IncrediblyLamePun polly-glot]].

[[BrickJoke Parrots are actually 'fowl-mouthed', as they share a beak shape with the dromornithids]]