If one ever showed up, it will be the single most awesome parrot ever seen. And considering the series' track record. Amazingly, One Piece has, up to yet, averted this, despite being all about pirates.In the Pokémon Ranger and The Temple of The Sea movie, the pirate villain 'The Phantom' had a Chatot (parrot Pokémon) on his shoulder.Having one would probably be more useful to a pirate than a parrot. Truth in Television: Cormorants are trainable to a certain extent, and some fishermen in Asia use them as pretty much an aquatic equivalent of hunting hawks.It's inspired by Harlock's bird, noted below. This, combined with the fact that he blows it up in one of the final episodes, probably does say something about Vicious. It's a cormorant (a kind of sea bird that has acidic droppings and a nasty temper). This only heightens his mystique (and overall evil aura).

On Cowboy Bebop, Vicious has an exotic bird perched on his right shoulder most of the time.Related tropes are Parrot Pet Position and Feather Boa Constrictor.įor capuchin monkeys, see Everything's Better with Monkeys.Įxamples of Pirate Parrot include: Anime and Manga Then again, most animated parrots are some strange conglomeration of psittacine characteristics rather than realistic macaw-shaped and colored, Amazon-sized, with a cockatoo crest. Cockatoos, for example, come from Australia and Indonesia, and would be far less likely on the shoulder of a Caribbean pirate than a macaw or Amazon of Central and South America. And parrots in Real Life do naturally prefer to stand on a person's shoulder.Įxpect some amount of Misplaced Wildlife. The whole concept of a pirate and his parrot companion likely started with Treasure Island. However, there are records of the occasional (non-pirate) Caribbean sailor keeping parrots and even monkeys as pets, so it's not too unlikely. Parrots are high-maintenance animals that serve no benefit on a ship (unlike, for example, cats, which keep the vermin population down). In Real Life, it is not known if many pirates actually kept parrots for pets. Say something about 'pieces of eight' (which is a coin).Ask for crackers, 'Polly wants a cracker, Polly wants a cracker'.Pirate Parrots usually ride on the shoulder of their pirate owner. Expect these colorful feathered companions to be chatty and demand crackers.

Diabolical Masterminds have the Right-Hand-Cat.

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