War Pigeon - Popular Culture

Popular Culture

• Yankee Doodle Pigeon was an American homing pigeon in the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines.

• The 2005 British animated movie Valiant followed a unit of homing pigeons during World War II and their efforts to evade German falcons.

• The second episode of the BBC series Blackadder Goes Forth revolves around Captain Blackadder killing and eating a carrier pigeon belonging to General Melchett, only to be court-martialed and brought before a firing squad for the offence.

• In the video game Team Fortress 2, the Medic is shown to keep several doves in his quarters; these birds cannot be used in gameplay, but they are seen occasionally in one of the Medic's taunts.