History Main / PiggyBank

* When ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' wanted to go see the Beets' farewell concert, he took a hammer to his Beets-themed ceramic bank (symbolism!) only to find a note inside saying "I owe myself five dollars." "Why don't these things ever have money in them?"
** Another when Doug asks Skeeter to cover part of the $25 fee for a mail-in sweepstakes. He also has a Beets-themed ceramic bank which gets smashed by a hammer, but doesn't have enough money.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' had a FictionalHoliday where the kids would break their piggy banks and use the money to buy stuff.

* The ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'' cartoon "WesternAnimation/DonaldsCrime" has him stealing money from his own nephews' piggy bank for a date with Daisy.
* Gosalyn has one in ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' episode 'Easy Come, Easy Grows'. Part of the episode involves them trying to stop it from running away.

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' had an episode where Scrooge went back to Scotland and took his nephews with him. He then showed them a piggy bank he made by himself of wood and nails.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' had one that released coins from behind as Phineas inserted bills through its mouth.
* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' had one episode where Dee Dee won 200 million dollars and kept the check inside a piggy bank. Needing the money to pay a debt to N.A.S.A., Dexter tried to steal the money but was caught red-handed. [[spoiler:Dee Dee loaned him the money anyway but took over almost all the laboratory as collateral, leaving Dex with barely enough space for himself]].
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' had Irwin arriving at the police station with a piggy bank in order to bail out Grim. Grim is relieved to see him, but the police man forcefully grabs the piggy bank and chucks it into the wall, screaming at Irwin that the amount of money in his piggy bank can't possibly be enough.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' has Elmira break open her piggy bank. The bank sheds a single tear before meeting its end with a hammer.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' episode, "Bus the Two of Us", Eduardo wants to go shopping at Crazy Larry's mattress store after seeing a commercial for his one-day-sale on television, but Wilt tries to keep him from finding out that Bloo took the Foster's bus for a joyride. One of the things Wilt does to stall Eduardo is break his piggy bank so he can tell him to count his money to ensure he has enough. In a later scene, Eduardo has his piggy bank taped up as he puts the last of his money in it.
* Third act of the ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'' episode "[[Recap/MrBogusS2E7BogusPrivateEye Bogus Private Eye]]": After Bogus has set up a RubeGoldbergContraption to trap a thief that stole Mr. Anybody's watch, the thief ([[spoiler:who later turns out to be Ratty]]) manages to elude the trap by getting Bogus caught in it instead, which leads to the thief being free to smash open Tommy's piggy bank with a hammer so that he can get at the money inside.

* A fable ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} spins tells of a sailor who was given a magic organ grinder as a reward from the Goons for freeing them from the Sea Hag's tyranny. The Sea Hag steals it and demands that it grinds gold for her. But because the grinder responds to polite people and the Sea Hag is impolite, it spits out a penny. The Sea Hag throws the grinder to the ground and calls it a "piggy bank!"

* ''VideoGame/MinecraftDungeons'': The Piggy Bank is a MetalSlime enemy in the form of a pig that carries around a chest on its back. When killed, it will usually drop a good number of emeralds, a few consumable items and a few pieces of equipment.
* ''VideoGame/Pikmin2001'': Olimar owns a massive one (relatively speaking -- it's a normal-sized piggy bank, but he's the size of a quarter) that contains all his savings. It's the final of the possible of the ship parts that he can recover before his life support runs out, but it's not one of the required pieces that will get him off the planet. Of course, you need all thirty pieces if you want to get the [[GoldenEnding best ending]].

* In ''VideoGame/ScottPilgrimVSTheWorldTheGame'', flying piggy banks sometimes pass through Sub-Space.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'', piggy banks are a personal "container" item, allowing your character additional space for storing all sorts of items (not just coins). There's also the Money Trough item, which summons a flying piggy bank to your side and can be used no matter where you are.

* In the iOS game ''Toy Blast'', piggy banks can be cleared only with rockets or TNT detonators. A striped piggy bank, known as a "Sneaky Piggy", has to have its stripes removed before it can be cleared. Another variant, the "Sporty Piggy", moves one space every turn until it is destroyed.
* ''VideoGame/HotelMario''
-->'''Mario:''' "So THIS is where Wendy's hid the real coins!"

* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Kaneshiro's Shadow form uses a large defense machine called Piggytron in his boss fight.
* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'': There's the piggy bank furniture which is obtained by saving a certain number of bells in your account. When interacted with, a "clink" sound is heard the same way a coin is dropped into a real piggy bank.