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* SensoryOverload: The undersea world is so quiet and peaceful that when John and later Vinca and Syn enter the upperair world, they both become overwhelmed by the incessant din.
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* TheAgeless: In the series, sea life doesn't age, so after John [[ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty reaches adulthood]], he watches the humans he knows grow older while he stays the same age. In ''Daughters of the Dolphin'', he meets a dolphin who's millennia old.
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* HairContrastDuo: ''Daughters of the Dolphin'' introduces the Phelan twins, outgoing dark-haired Vinca and introverted blonde Syn.
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* TranquilFury: John appears outwardly calm even when he's furious. When he confronts Syn's kidnapper in ''Daughters of the Dolphin'', the kidnapper is creeped out by his apparent lack of emotion.
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* RadiationInducedSuperpowers: Early in her pregnancy, John's mother Raye is briefly exposed to nuclear radiation, giving her son more efficient lungs than other humans and glands in his skin that cause him to be covered in oil when he's in the water for a certain period of time. These adaptations allow him to survive life with the dolphins. [[spoiler:In ''Daughters of the Dolphin'', pregnant widow Mary Phelan helps continue Arthur's research in wirelessly transmitting power. Her twin daughters are born with the same adaptations.]]
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* RadiationInducedSuperpowers: Early in her pregnancy, John's mother Raye is briefly exposed to nuclear radiation, giving her son more efficient lungs than other humans and glands in his skin that cause him to be covered in oil when he's in the water for a certain period of time. These adaptations allow him to survive life with the dolphins. [[spoiler:In In ''Daughters of the Dolphin'', pregnant widow Mary Phelan helps continue Arthur's research in wirelessly transmitting power. Her twin daughters daughters, Vinca and Synclaire, are born with the same adaptations.]]adaptations.
* RaisedByWolves: John himself, of course, but also Vinca and Syn. After their mother dies, John is made their legal guardian. After he teaches them to hold their breaths in the water, he gives them each to a different female dolphin to be raised. He reasons that if they're raised in the ocean, they can later learn to walk and live on land, but if they're raised on the land, they can never learn to live in the sea.
* RaisedByWolves: John himself, of course, but also Vinca and Syn. After their mother dies, John is made their legal guardian. After he teaches them to hold their breaths in the water, he gives them each to a different female dolphin to be raised. He reasons that if they're raised in the ocean, they can later learn to walk and live on land, but if they're raised on the land, they can never learn to live in the sea.
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* AffluentAscetic: After John comes into his parents' fortune, he builds a house and servants' quarters on Crab Island so he can use it as a home base, and pays scientists in Scotland to continue his parents' research. But although he pays his servants a high salary and spends lots of money on scientific equipment, he continues to spend most of his time in the ocean, living off raw seafood and hardly spending anything on himself.
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* PreviouslyOn: ''Daughters of the Dolphin'' begins with a summary of ''Dolphin Boy''.
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* RadiationInducedSuperpowers: Early in her pregnancy, John's mother Raye is briefly exposed to nuclear radiation, giving her son more efficient lungs than other humans and glands in his skin that cause him to be covered in oil when he's in the water for a certain period of time. These adaptations allow him to survive life with the dolphins. [[spoiler:In ''Daughters of the Dolphin'', pregnant widow Mary Phelan helps continue Arthur's research in wirelessly transmitting power. Her twin daughters are born with the same adaptations.]]
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* DoubleConsciousness: As an adult, John doesn't feel entirely at home either on land or at sea. Human social norms baffle him, and humans can be deliberately cruel in a way that dolphins never are. But when he's with dolphins, he longs for the intellectual stimulation of talking to his own kind and reading human books.
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* ShroudedInMyth: As he's growing up, John is sighted several times by humans, and becomes known as the Merman of the Caribbean. Even after he rejoins society, a lot of people still believe the rumors that he's an actual merman who transforms into a human while he's out of the water.
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* ParrotPetPosition: In ''Dolphin Boy'', John tames a small octopus by feeding it bits of lobster. The lobster can't swim fast enough to keep up with him, so it rides on his shoulder with a tentacle wrapped around his neck.
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* ParrotPetPosition: In ''Dolphin Boy'', John tames a small octopus by feeding it bits of lobster. The lobster octopus can't swim fast enough to keep up with him, so it rides on his shoulder with a tentacle wrapped around his neck.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: In ''Dolphin Boy'', Della accepts John's marriage proposal, and goes to tell Mark Watson about her choice. John sees Della embracing Mark and kissing him goodbye and thinks she's abandoned him. He flees into the ocean before she can catch up with him and explain.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: John's father, Sir Arthur, owned an electronic equipment firm called Electronic Equipment Ltd.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: John's father, Sir Arthur, Arthur Averill, owned an electronic equipment firm called Electronic Equipment Ltd.Ltd.
* FoulFirstDrink: When John is reunited with Della in Montego Bay, Della's father Rupert, who wants her to marry [[ParentPreferredSuitor Mark Watson]], puts John in as many social situations as possible so he'll make embarrassing gaffes in front of Della. At one point he serves John a very dry wine, which John spits onto the tablecloth in front of all the guests.
* FoulFirstDrink: When John is reunited with Della in Montego Bay, Della's father Rupert, who wants her to marry [[ParentPreferredSuitor Mark Watson]], puts John in as many social situations as possible so he'll make embarrassing gaffes in front of Della. At one point he serves John a very dry wine, which John spits onto the tablecloth in front of all the guests.
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* PowerFist: In ''Dolphin Boy'', Oswald Raynor gives John a pair of knuckledusters with sharp points, partly so he can defend himself against sharks and partly to weigh him down and help him stay below the surface more easily.
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* InnocentFanserviceGuy: John has no nudity taboo, and even after he's taught to wear clothes he prefers to go without. When Della wakes up on Crab Island after her near-drowning, she finds that her rescuer is a handsome, muscular naked man who reminds her of a Greek god.
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* SoleSurvivor: As an infant, John lives on an island in the Caribbean, where his parents are creating the prototype of their latest invention. Then the prototype explodes, killing everyone on the island except John, whose nurse had just set him down near the cliff on the back of the island, protecting him from the concussion wave and [[SoftWater flinging him harmlessly into the sea]], where he is rescued by a pod of dolphins.
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* SoleSurvivor: As an infant, John lives on an island in the Caribbean, where his parents are creating the prototype of their latest invention. Then the prototype explodes, killing everyone on the island except John, whose nurse had just set him down near the cliff on the back of the island, partially protecting him from the concussion wave and wave. John is [[SoftWater flinging him flung harmlessly into the sea]], where he is rescued by a pod of dolphins.
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* InescapableNet: How John is reintroduced to society in ''Dolphin Boy''. He deals with his sorrow over Della's disappearance by [[WorkingOutTheirEmotions swimming at maximum speed]], right into the trawl of the research vessel ''Poseidon''. The people aboard notice him thrashing about and think he's a large fish, until they pull the net out of the water and are astonished to find a man trapped inside.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: John's father Arthur owned an electronic equipment firm called Electronic Equipment Ltd.
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* FrozenFace: Throughout his early life, John has no facial expressions and is UnableToCry or laugh because there were no humans he could learn those behaviors from. It isn't until he meets Della that he begins to emote in a more typical manner, although he still looks almost expressionless compared to most people.
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* SolarPoweredMagnifyingGlass: During her time on Crab Island, Della uses her watch lens to light a fire. John is willing to try the fish she cooks for him, but he greatly prefers raw fish.
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* RescueRomance: In ''Dolphin Boy'', John rescues Della Lord, a young woman who has been washed overboard from a yacht, and carries her to Crab Island on his back. She is the first human woman he's ever met, and he is instantly entranced. After she teaches him basic English, the two have sex. Then John has to spend several days in the ocean to [[spoiler:care for the dying Mala]], and by the time he returns, Della is gone, leaving only a note he can't read. It takes him months to find her again.
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* AloneAmongTheCouples: As an adolescent, John starts to feel lonely because all the dolphins are finding mates, but he has no one of his own species.
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## ''Daughters of the Dolphins'' (1968)
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## ''Daughters of the Dolphins'' Dolphin'' (1968)
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* DirectLineToTheAuthor: ''Dolphin Boy'' presents itself as the work of Mark Ryall, a doctor who examined John when he was an infant and continued to follow his story.
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* AbandonedArea: In ''Dolphin Boy'', John explores Crab Island, the now-DesertedIsland where he spent his infancy, and the ruins of his dead parents' house and laboratory.
* DirectLineToTheAuthor: ''Dolphin Boy'' presents itself as the work of Mark Ryall, a doctor who examined John when he was an infant andcontinued to follow gathered as much information as he could find about his story.later life.
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* ParrotPetPosition: In ''Dolphin Boy'', John tames a small octopus by feeding it bits of lobster. The lobster can't swim fast enough to keep up with him, so it rides on his shoulder with a tentacle wrapped around his neck.
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* TheNicknamer: Dolphins don't have names, but John's human instincts lead him to associate each dolphin with a string of sounds. In human speech, his adoptive mother would be called Mala, and his best friend would be Tron.
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* SoleSurvivor: As an infant, John lives on an island in the Caribbean, where his parents are creating the prototype of their latest invention. Then the prototype explodes, killing everyone on the island except John, whose nurse had just set him down near the cliff on the back of the island, protecting him from the concussion wave and [[SoftWater flinging him harmlessly into the sea]], where he is rescued by a pod of dolphins.
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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: John learns to speak Dolphinese. He never entirely masters it because he can't hear the highest frequencies, but he becomes close to fluent.
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''Dolphin'' is a trilogy of science fiction novels by Roy Meyers. It follows John Averill, a WildChild raised by dolphins.
The books in the series:
## ''Dolphin Boy'' (1967)
## ''Daughters of the Dolphins'' (1968)
## ''Destiny and the Dolphins'' (1969)
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!!The Dolphin Trilogy contains examples of:
* DirectLineToTheAuthor: ''Dolphin Boy'' presents itself as the work of Mark Ryall, a doctor who examined John when he was an infant and continued to follow his story.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: John's father Arthur owned an electronic equipment firm called Electronic Equipment Ltd.
* RadiationInducedSuperpowers: Early in her pregnancy, John's mother Raye is briefly exposed to nuclear radiation, giving her son more efficient lungs than other humans and glands in his skin that cause him to be covered in oil when he's in the water for a certain period of time. These adaptations allow him to survive life with the dolphins.
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The books in the series:
## ''Dolphin Boy'' (1967)
## ''Daughters of the Dolphins'' (1968)
## ''Destiny and the Dolphins'' (1969)
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!!The Dolphin Trilogy contains examples of:
* DirectLineToTheAuthor: ''Dolphin Boy'' presents itself as the work of Mark Ryall, a doctor who examined John when he was an infant and continued to follow his story.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: John's father Arthur owned an electronic equipment firm called Electronic Equipment Ltd.
* RadiationInducedSuperpowers: Early in her pregnancy, John's mother Raye is briefly exposed to nuclear radiation, giving her son more efficient lungs than other humans and glands in his skin that cause him to be covered in oil when he's in the water for a certain period of time. These adaptations allow him to survive life with the dolphins.
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