Basic Trope: Pigs as aggressive, cruel, or scary creatures.
- Straight: The Big Bad of the work is a Pig Man named Paul, who is a Corrupt Corporate Executive.
- Exaggerated:
- Paul the pig is a Complete Monster with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
- All of the pigs are extremely evil and dangerous.
- Downplayed:
- Paul the pig is on the side of good, but he's an Unscrupulous Hero / Jerk with a Heart of Gold.
- Paul the pig isn't evil, but he's a jerkass.
- Justified:
- Pigs can be dangerous and territorial animals in real life.
- Paul was abused as a piglet and takes it out on others.
- Inverted:
- Paul is an extremely polite and caring pig.
- All of the animals except for the pigs are cruel.
- Subverted: All clues point to Paul being a villain, but he ends up just being a Sheep in Sheep's Clothing.
- Double Subverted: He's still an example of Good Is Not Nice, though.
- Parodied: The main villain of the story is a piece of bacon.
- Zig-Zagged: Paul is in a Heel–Face Revolving Door.
- Averted: Pigs are not particularly portrayed as cruel, dangerous, or scary.
- Enforced: The work is made in the Arab World and the writers want to have pigs as Always Chaotic Evil creatures to meet Muslims' expectations of pigs being "bad" animals.
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: Paul is a Serial Killer that uses pigs as an Animal Motif, including wearing a scary pig mask.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Paul actively goes out of his way to be a friendly individual.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "I wonder why so many killers in movies wear pig masks."
Back to Sinister Swine
