The Three Little Pigs (characters)

The Three Little Pigs are the main characters of the classic Disney short of the same name. The three pigs are constantly targeted by the Big Bad Wolf who wants them for dinner.

Fifer Pig
Fifer Pig plays the flute and is a jolly pig. He is the pig that made the house of straw and hay.

Fiddler Pig
Fiddler Pig plays the fiddle and wears a sailor suit similar to Donald Duck's. Fiddler Pig is responsible for building the house of sticks.

Practical Pig
Practical Pig is stern, serious and lives up to his name as practical. He is the only pig with common sense and the most competent of the pigs. He loves to play but believes you should work first. He builds the brick house and is the one responsible for saving his brothers and himself from the Big Bad Wolf.

The Three Little Pigs Shorts
The one thing all of the shorts have in common is the fact that the pigs must rescue themselves from the wolf. In the original short, the pigs first build thier now famous homes and is first encountered by the wolf. The straw and stick houses are destroyed but the brick house remains and they defeat the wolf by having him fall into a boiling pot and run away in fear. The three celebrate thier success.

In the next few shorts, the pigs are introduced to new characters such as the wolf's nephews and henchman. The also meet Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf's very own son who does not eat pigs and befriend them instead.

House of Mouse
The Pigs make regular appearances in the animated series as cameo roles. The pigs also appear as a jazz band with the wolf on the trumpet. The band is very popular but known for the wolf blowing away the building they're performing in at the end, something Mickey Mouse fears. Although they always appear together Practical Pig is usually the only pig to speak. They also appear in Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse.

Disney Parks
The pigs make rare appearances in the Disney Parks but have been around since the opening day. The pigs often appear in parades.

SpectroMagic
The pigs appear along with many other Disney characters in the nighttime parade at Disney's Magic Kingdom park.

Fantasmic!
The pigs sometimes appear in the nighttime show riding Mark Twain.