A talking donkey is a type of talking animal; in this case, the animal is a donkey. Examples include:

• Balaam's donkey, a donkey in the Bible
• Brag (folklore), a goblin in English folklore

• Nick Bottom, a character in the play A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Candlewick (character), a character in the novel The Adventures of Pinocchio
• Wise Donkey, a character in the book series Oz
• Eeyore, a character in the book series Winnie-the-Pooh
• Benjamin (Animal Farm), a character in the novel Animal Farm
• Puzzle (Narnia), a character in the novel series The Chronicles of Narnia
• Baba Looey, a character in the animated television series The Quick Draw McGraw Show
• Donkey Hodie, a character in the television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
• Donkey (Shrek), a character in the Shrek franchise
• Holly Dolly, a fictional singer

• "An ass eating thistles", a fable in Aesop's Fables
• "The Ass and his Masters", a fable in Aesop's Fables
• "The Ass and the Pig", a fable in Aesop's Fables
• "The Ass Carrying an Image", a fable in Aesop's Fables
• "The Ass in the Lion's Skin", a fable in Aesop's Fables
• "The Donkey" (fairy tale), a fairy tale in Grimms' Fairy Tale
• "The Donkey's Head", a Jewish-Tunisian fairy tale
• The Golden Ass, a 2nd century novel by Apuleius
• "The Horse and the Donkey", a fable in Aesop's Fables
• "Der Kuckuck und der Esel", an 1835 song by August Heinrich Hoffmann and Carl Friedrich Zelter
• "The Lion Grown Old", a fable in Aesop's Fables
• Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey, a 1977 Japanese-American animated film
• "The Old Man and the Ass", a fable in Aesop's Fables
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, a 1969 book by William Steig
• "Town Musicians of Bremen", a fairy tale in Grimms' Fairy Tales
• Trotro, a French animated television series
• "The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack", a fairy tale in Grimms' Fairy Tales

• Cultural references to donkeys
• List of fictional ungulates
• Talking animals in fiction