Editing Manneken Pis (section)

==In popular culture==
{{Further|Culture of Belgium|Belgitude}}
[[File:Brussel - Rue de l'Etuve - Manneke Pis.jpg|thumb|Souvenir [[figurine]]s of ''Manneken Pis'' sold on the {{lang|fr|Rue de l'Étuve|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Stoofstraat|italic=no}}]]

Being of prominent symbolic nature to Brussels and Belgium in general, ''Manneken Pis'' is widely used to represent both the city and country (as well as its people) in advertising, branding, tourism and as a [[national personification]].{{sfn|Couvreur|Deknop|Symons|2005}}{{sfn|Emerson|2015}} The statue's self-derisive nature also embodies the typical Belgian identity referred to as ''[[belgitude]]'' ([[French language|French]]; {{lit|Belgianness}}),<ref name="bainbrigge">{{cite book|last=Bainbrigge|first=Susan|title=Culture and identity in Belgian francophone writing: dialogue, diversity and displacement|year=2009|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=978-3-03-911382-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aXY9keniD1UC&q=Belgitude&pg=PA18<!--|accessdate=2 December 2021-->}}</ref> as well as a type of folk humour specific to Brussels (called ''zwanze'' in [[Brusselian dialect]]).{{sfn|State|2004|p=356}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/zwanze|title=ZWANZE: Définition de ZWANZE|website=www.cnrtl.fr|language=fr|access-date=2018-02-02}}</ref>

Surrounded by souvenir shops, the fountain has become a major tourist attraction.{{sfn|Mardaga|1989|p=263}}{{sfn|De Roose|1999|p=22}} [[Figurine]]-sized replicas of ''Manneken Pis'' in [[brass]], [[fiberglass]], or even [[Belgian chocolate]], are commonly sold there. ''Manneken Pis'' has also been adapted into such ''risqué'' souvenir items as [[ashtray]]s and [[corkscrew (tool)|corkscrews]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-24|title="Offrir autre chose que le Manneken Pis en tire-bouchon made in China"|url=https://lacapitale.sudinfo.be/811695/article/2021-07-24/offrir-autre-chose-que-le-manneken-pis-en-tire-bouchon-made-china|access-date=2021-11-27|website=Édition digitale de Bruxelles|language=fr}}</ref>

In 2001, the Irish low-cost airline [[Ryanair]] used an image of ''Manneken Pis'' in an advert attacking the Belgian national airline [[Sabena]], with the slogan "Pissed off with Sabena's high fares?" Sabena sued Ryanair, claiming the comparison was misleading, and Ryanair was ordered to apologise. Their apology read "We're Sooooo Sorry Sabena!" and listed further price comparisons.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 May 2001 |title=Sabena Takes Offence at Ryanair's Mannekin Pis Ad {{!}} WARC |url=http://www.warc.com/newsandopinion/news/sabena-takes-offence-at-ryanairs-mannekin-pis-ad/en-gb/8733 |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=www.warc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Babarovic |first=Tina |date=14 April 2009 |title=Ryanair's Motto? 'Any Publicity is Good Publicity' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Business/BusinessTravel/story?id=4262149&page=1 |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref> Sabena went bankrupt later in 2001.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Osborn |first=Andrew |date=2001-11-08 |title=Belgian airline goes bust with loss of 12,000 jobs |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2001/nov/08/theairlineindustry.terrorismandtravel |access-date=2023-12-19 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Sabena bankrupt as its last flight lands |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/sabena-bankrupt-as-its-last-flight-lands-1.402883 |access-date=2023-12-19 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Gumbel |first=Peter |date=2002-10-20 |title=The Last Days of Sabena |language=en-US |magazine=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,366278,00.html |access-date=2023-12-19 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref>

===Books===
* ''Manneken Pis'' is granted a humorous tribute in the comic album ''[[Asterix in Belgium]]''. For ''[[Asterix]]''-related events taking place in Brussels, the sculpture has also been clad in Asterix's trademark garments.<ref>[https://www.manneken-pis.be/en/?p=1353 Manneken-Pis as ''Asterix (Asterix in Belgium)''] (May 31, 2017)</ref>

===Films===
* The 1968 film ''[[The Party (1968 film)|The Party]]'', starring [[Peter Sellers]], includes a reproduction of the statue in the house's extended water feature. The statue's peeing can be changed at an extended intercom panel, and Sellers, as Hrundi V. Bakshi, soaks a guest when he hits the wrong button.<ref name="lehman1981">{{cite book|last1=Luhr|first1=William|url=https://archive.org/details/blakeedwards00lehm/page/140|title=Blake Edwards|last2=Lehman|first2=Peter|publisher=Ohio University Press|year=1981|isbn=978-0-8214-0605-2|volume=1|page=[https://archive.org/details/blakeedwards00lehm/page/140 140]}}</ref>
* In the 1986 film ''[[The Money Pit]]'', the lead character, Walter Fielding, played by [[Tom Hanks]], accidentally falls in a construction area where workers are renovating his home. In a sequence reminiscent of a [[Rube Goldberg machine]], he stumbles through a window, across the roof, down a scaffold, finally into a wheeled bin in which he rolls down a hill and is dumped into a fountain resting directly under a replica of ''Manneken Pis''.<ref>{{Citation|title=The Money Pit (1986) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091541/trivia|access-date=2021-08-15}}</ref>
* ''[[Manneken Pis (film)|Manneken Pis]]'' is a 1995 Belgian comedy-drama film, directed by [[Frank Van Passel]] and written by Christophe Dirickx. It premiered in May 1995 at the [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Engelen|first=Aurore|date=9 November 2011|title=Van Passel's off-the-wall comedy Madonna's Pig hits screens|url=http://cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=211360|access-date=13 December 2013|publisher=Cineuropa}}</ref> It received the [[André Cavens Award]] for Best Film and four awards at the [[Joseph Plateau Awards]].<ref>{{cite news|date=21 December 1995|title=Les finalistes du prix UCC|language=French|page=11|journal=[[Le Soir]]|url=http://archives.lesoir.be/les-laureats_t-19951221-Z0AFRU.html|access-date=27 October 2012}}</ref> The film was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th [[Academy Awards]], but was not accepted as a nominee.<ref name="68thSubmissions">{{Cite web|title=41 to Compete for Foreign Language Oscar Nominations|url=http://www.filmfestivals.com/news/newsl1.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407001102/http://www.filmfestivals.com/news/newsl1.htm|archive-date=7 April 2012|access-date=4 October 2015|work=FilmFestivals.com}}</ref>

===Games===
* A promotional expansion for the board game ''[[7 Wonders (board game)|7 Wonders]]'' allows a player to build ''Manneken Pis'' as an eighth wonder of the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/83445/7-wonders-manneken-pis-promo |title=7 Wonders: Manneken Pis Promo &#124; Board Game |publisher=BoardGameGeek |access-date=2011-12-08}}</ref>
* In 2019, under pressure from owner [[Hasbro]], the Brussels [[List of licensed and localized editions of Monopoly: Europe#City Editions|edition]] of the ''[[Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]]'' board game [[Censorship|censored]] ''Manneken Pis'' with swimming trunks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/09/20/monopoly-censor-belgiums-manneken-pis-brussels-edition-box|title=Monopoly censors Manneken Pis on Brussels edition box|publisher=The Telegraph|date=20 September 2019|access-date=20 September 2019}}</ref>
* ''Manneken Pis'' is featured in the 2021 party video game ''[[WarioWare: Get It Together!]]'' in a microgame titled ''Manneken Pis'' where the player must use the statue to douse flames.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-17|title=List of WarioWare: Get It Together! microgames|url=https://www.mariowiki.com/List_of_WarioWare:_Get_It_Together!_microgames|access-date=2021-09-17|website=Super Mario Wiki|language=en}}</ref>