History Main / FlyingSeafoodSpecial

* RuleofRose. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] since... well... ''[[MindScrew Hoo boy...]]''

** Special mention should go to Wailmer and Wailord ([[HotSkittyOnWailordAction yes, that one]]); the latter is the largest Pokemon there is, but surprisingly light for its weight, because the two whale Pokémon also share characteristics of hot-air balloons and [[ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld zeppelins]].

* PerfectWorld has the new-ish mob Orbfish, appearing in the Tideborn Islands. They're basically [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin orb-shaped fish]] with huge bulbous eyes that, if you tame it as a pet, [[RefugeInAudacity can actually ''fly several hundred feet above the ground with no problem whatsoever.'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:Fly, my pretties! Fly! Fly!]]

* The Demonray from {{Natural Selection}}, [[WallBanger a flying, air-breathing, implausibly intelligent, tree-climbing carnivorous manta relative from the abyss. Oh, and it roars, too.]]

Related to IfItSwimsItFlies. Compare SpaceWhale. Not to be confused with ShamuFu. FishPeople are similarly air-dwelling sea-creatures (and if their culture has a HorseOfADifferentColour, expect it to be something like this - most likely a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin seahorse]]).

* The [[http://www.thefutureiswild.com/futurassic.asp?level1id=4&level2id=11&level3id=46&level4id=73 Flish]] from ''The Future Is Wild''. Apparently a fish that would live on Earth 200 million years from now...

For some reason, in fiction -- especially VideoGames -- one can encounter fish that float in the air. Given sufficient animation, in fact, they will clearly be ''swimming'' through the air. These creatures are typically found on beaches and around waist-deep water -- but not always. The next most common habitat for the FlyingSeafoodSpecial is ''the desert''.

* ''{{Pokemon}}'': All of the 3D games, particularly Stadium, Colosseum, XD, and Battle Revolution. Goldeen gracefully floats in the air then turns bottom-up when it's knocked out. Er, except for [[JokeCharacter Magikarp]]. The poor bastard doesn't even get this power. In the games, you can pull out your anglerfish Pokemon and use it to battle armadillos in the middle of the desert, and it will have the advantage. Somehow.
** Gyarados, Mantine and Mantyke justifies this, being Water/Flying types.
** In a strange reference to this trope, the Steel/Ground-type Pokemon Steelix ''also'' floats above the ground in the 3D games. SandIsWater?
** This is notably averted in the anime series where Water-type Pokemon without arms or legs, wings, or some way of psychokinetically floating themselves around actually DO flounder around helplessly on land. None of the characters in the cast have ever owned a Pokemon that falls into this category, except for Water-type specialist Misty. She had a Goldeen, and due to averting this trope it appeared in only about 3 episodes in any sort of role, and only during times where it [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman Looked Like A Job For Aquaman]].

** Special mention should go to Wailmer and Wailord ([[HotSkittyOnWailordAction yes, that one]]); the latter is the largest Pokemon there is, but suprisingly light for its weight, because the two whale Pokemon also share characteristics of hot-air balloons and [[ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld zeppelins]].
** The Super Smash bros. series has pokeballs that can be used to summon random pokemon; one of the random summons is Goldeen, which flops uselessly on the ground when summoned (a role usually reserved for Magikarp). However, later games introduce other fishy creatures that simply float (such as Wailord).

** And the giant shark and other assorted flying fish in A Christmas Carol, the 2010 [[Doctor Who]] christmas special.

** ''FinalFantasyVI'' had crabs and stingrays, in the desert. There was also The Veldt, where all the creatures the player had encountered so far in the game (except for bosses) had a chance to show up in random encounters. That included things like jellyfish sitting out in the savanna while suffering no ill effect.

** In ''FinalFantasyI'', once you get the ship, you can get into random battles while sailing. Once of the first enemies you can encounter while sailing is ''sharks''. The sprite doesn't seem to show anything special about them, other than [[EverythingTryingToKillYou their willingness to jump on your boat to eat you]]. They actually are one of the toughest, if not ''the'' toughest, enemies you'll first encounter sailing, so they must have [[IfItSwimsItFlies some sort of advantage fighting on the boat]].

* ''EarthwormJim'' featured fish enemeies which flew by means of attached rotor blades. Said fish could be found in a level [[ToiletHumour set in the intestines]].

* In ''DwarfFortress'', undead creatures don't need to breathe, and the game makes no distinction between land creatures and water creatures besides what they breathe. This can result in undead whales or [[LegendaryCarp carp]] moving across land to attack your fortress.

* There are [[http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/flying-fish.html flying fish]] as well as [[http://tolweb.org/Ommastrephidae/19418 flying squid]] although it should be noted that both glide

** but not always though a few of the bosses have not been these most notable 2 of the final bosses of the SNES Darius game Darius force of which one was humanoid skeleton and another was a petrodactyl

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* ''InfiniteUndiscovery'' has one of these -- with several different PaletteSwap versions. Generally encountered on the beach, and in the desert (where they seem to swim through the sand as easily as the air). ThisTroper believes the enemy type is called 'Deviant Fish' as a whole...

* Albert from ''TheDreamstone''. A fish that swims through the air and has the face and behaviour of a dog. This troper would add the usual disclaimer, but he was one of the least surreal things in that show.

** Averted in ''FinalFantasyX''. The various seafood only appear in specific underwater battles, in which only three out of the seven PCs can participate, and on one occasion, a previously flying snake creature ends up being an underwater boss for a second beatdown.

** [[strike:Plus the ''MajorasMask'' Zora Mask offers a gliding power.]]
*** That's the Deku mask you're thinking of.

** In ''Final FantasyI'', once you get the ship, you can get into random battles while sailing. Once of the first enemies you can encounter while sailing is ''sharks''. The sprite doesn't seem to show anything special about them, other than [[EverythingIsTryingToKillYou their willingness to jump on your boat to eat you]]. They actually are one of the toughest, if not ''the'' toughest, enemies you'll first encounter sailing, so they must have [[IfItSwimsItFlies some sort of advantage fighting on the boat]].

* ''{{Quest for Glory}} 1'' had Mantrays, which are pretty much flying mantas. That cast spells. And live in a forest. In the game world's equivalent of the Alps. SoYeah.