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* A rare female example: Kate from ''Series/FairlyLegal.'' Although she admits in the first season finale that she doesn't actually sail. [[spoiler: And in the season two premiere her boat blows up.]]

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* A rare female example: Kate from ''Series/FairlyLegal.'' Although she admits in the first season finale that she doesn't actually sail. [[spoiler: And sail[[spoiler: ...and in the season two premiere her boat blows up.]]
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* A rare female example: Kate from ''Series/FairlyLegal.'' Although she admits in the first season finale that she doesn't actually sail.

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* A rare female example: Kate from ''Series/FairlyLegal.'' Although she admits in the first season finale that she doesn't actually sail.
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* In JasperFforde's ''Lost In A Good Book'', ThursdayNext moves into one at the end of the book.

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* In JasperFforde's ''Lost In A Good Book'', ThursdayNext Literature/ThursdayNext moves into one at the end of the book.

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* {{MacGyver}} lived on a houseboat for several seasons.

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* {{MacGyver}} MacGyver lived on a houseboat for several seasons.



* ''{{Webcomic/Derelict}}'': The main character's base of operations.

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* ''{{Webcomic/Derelict}}'': ''Webcomic/{{Derelict}}'': The main character's base of operations.
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* "Hero" is questionable, but in ''The Little Wise Hen'', one of the very first DonaldDuck shorts, he lived on a houseboat. Fittingly, since he was more of an actual duck back then, so you'd think he'd live close to water.
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* On the Animal Planet show ''PitBoss'', main character Shorty lives on a boat. With pit bulls. It's a reality/documentary thing about a group that rescues abandoned pit bulls, so he fits the "heroic" requirement too.

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* On the Animal Planet show ''PitBoss'', ''Series/PitBoss'', main character Shorty lives on a boat. With pit bulls. It's a reality/documentary thing about a group that rescues abandoned pit bulls, so he fits the "heroic" requirement too.
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** In the second season, Jules and the others move it to the marina to surprise Bobby. [[spoiler:It promply sinks. They do fish it back out, leaving Bobby [[StatusQuoIsGod back where he started]].]]

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** In the second season, Jules and the others move it to the marina to surprise Bobby. [[spoiler:It promply promptly sinks. They do fish it back out, leaving Bobby [[StatusQuoIsGod back where he started]].]]
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** At the end of the season, Bobby [[spoiler:moves into an apartment and leaves the houseboat to a depressed Travis.]]

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** At the end of the season, Bobby [[spoiler:moves into an apartment and leaves the houseboat to a depressed Travis. In the third season, Travis moved to a dorm and Bobby is back on the boat.]]
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* [[ArrestedDevelopment GOB Bluth]] made a hearty attempt at this trope, but the boat belonged to the Bluth Company, and his residency there was one of the strings that kept him (in his mind) beholden to his brother Michael.

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* [[ArrestedDevelopment [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment GOB Bluth]] made a hearty attempt at this trope, but the boat belonged to the Bluth Company, and his residency there was one of the strings that kept him (in his mind) beholden to his brother Michael.
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He doesn\'t live on the boat full time, only when he\'s out working.


* Captain Quint in ''{{Jaws}}'' -- his boat sank in the end, but then again, so did he.
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* The early '60s detective series ''Surfside 6'' had its heroes living on the title boat in Miami Beach (cha-cha-cha, CHA).

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* The early '60s detective series ''Surfside 6'' ''{{Surfside 6}}'' had its heroes living on the title boat in Miami Beach (cha-cha-cha, CHA).



* {{Webcomic/Derelict}} The main character's base of operations.

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* {{Webcomic/Derelict}} ''{{Webcomic/Derelict}}'': The main character's base of operations.
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* ''{{Quincy}}'' lived on a boat, until the episode "Quincy's Wedding, Part 2" [[spoiler: when he arranged to sell it, because his fiancee and soon-to-be-wife Emily didn't want to live on it. [[YourMileageMayVary Fortunately]] the series ended very shortly after their marriage, and before we could see him living in a house.]]

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* ''{{Quincy}}'' lived on a boat, until the episode "Quincy's Wedding, Part 2" [[spoiler: when he arranged to sell it, because his fiancee and soon-to-be-wife Emily didn't want to live on it. [[YourMileageMayVary Fortunately]] the series ended very shortly after their marriage, and before we could see him living in a house.]]
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* A rare female example: Kate from ''FairlyLegal.'' Although she admits in the first season finale that she doesn't actually sail.

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* A rare female example: Kate from ''FairlyLegal.''Series/FairlyLegal.'' Although she admits in the first season finale that she doesn't actually sail.
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* In ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128853/ You've Got Mail]]'', Tom Hanks' character and his father and grandfather all have boats. However, they only use them to sleep in when they get kicked out of their apartment by a girlfriend.

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* In ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128853/ You've Got Mail]]'', ''YouveGotMail'', Tom Hanks' character and his father and grandfather all have boats. However, they only use them to sleep in when they get kicked out of their apartment by a girlfriend.
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* ''{{MacGyver}}'' lived on a houseboat for several seasons.
* Duncan [=MacLeod=] in ''{{Highlander}}'' lived off and on in one of these in Paris.

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* ''{{MacGyver}}'' {{MacGyver}} lived on a houseboat for several seasons.
* Duncan [=MacLeod=] in ''{{Highlander}}'' ''HighlanderTheSeries'' lived off and on in one of these in Paris.
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* Cody in ''Literature/{{Riptide}}'' runs the series detective agency out of his boat; his partners Nick and Murray live on the boat as well.

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* Cody in ''Literature/{{Riptide}}'' ''Series/{{Riptide}}'' runs the series detective agency out of his boat; his partners Nick and Murray live on the boat as well.
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* Cody in ''{{Riptide}}'' runs the series detective agency out of his boat; his partners Nick and Murray live on the boat as well.

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* Cody in ''{{Riptide}}'' ''Literature/{{Riptide}}'' runs the series detective agency out of his boat; his partners Nick and Murray live on the boat as well.
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* ''{{Quincy}}'' lived on a boat.

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* ''{{Quincy}}'' lived on a boat.boat, until the episode "Quincy's Wedding, Part 2" [[spoiler: when he arranged to sell it, because his fiancee and soon-to-be-wife Emily didn't want to live on it. [[YourMileageMayVary Fortunately]] the series ended very shortly after their marriage, and before we could see him living in a house.]]

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** In the second season, Jules and the others move it to the marina to surprise Bobby. [[spoiler:It promply sinks.]]

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** In the second season, Jules and the others move it to the marina to surprise Bobby. [[spoiler:It promply sinks. They do fish it back out, leaving Bobby [[StatusQuoIsGod back where he started]].]]
** At the end of the season, Bobby [[spoiler:moves into an apartment and leaves the houseboat to a depressed Travis.
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* Captain Quint in ''{{Jaws}}'' -- his boat sank in the end, but then again, so did he
* ''BloodWork'' (Clint Eastwood lives on one); [[spoiler:but so does the BigBad, berthed a few slips down]]

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* Captain Quint in ''{{Jaws}}'' -- his boat sank in the end, but then again, so did he
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* ''BloodWork'' (Clint Eastwood lives on one); [[spoiler:but so does the BigBad, berthed a few slips down]]down.]]



* The Commodore in the 1980 ''{{Popeye}}'' lived on a boat

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* The Commodore in the 1980 ''{{Popeye}}'' lived on a boatboat.
** Well, it ''is'' about sailors.



* ''Cocktail'': Bryan Brown lives on a yacht.



* ''{{Quincy}}'' lived on a boat
* ''MiamiVice'' (Crockett had two boats, one for racing, one where he lived with his alligator)

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* The early '60s detective series ''Surfside 6'' had its heroes living on the title boat in Miami Beach (cha-cha-cha, CHA).
* ''{{Quincy}}'' lived on a boat
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* ''MiamiVice'' (Crockett had two boats, one for racing, one where he lived with his alligator)alligator).



* ''{{MacGyver}}'' lived on a houseboat for several seasons

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* ''{{MacGyver}}'' lived on a houseboat for several seasonsseasons.



* [[ArrestedDevelopment GOB Bluth]] made a hearty attempt at this trope, but the boat belonged the Bluth Company, and his residency there was one of the strings that kept him (in his mind) beholden to his brother Michael.

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* [[ArrestedDevelopment GOB Bluth]] made a hearty attempt at this trope, but the boat belonged to the Bluth Company, and his residency there was one of the strings that kept him (in his mind) beholden to his brother Michael.
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* A rare female example: Kate from ''FairlyLegal.'' Although she admits in the first season finale that she doesn't actually sail.

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* John Kelly in TomClancy's ''WithoutRemorse'' has a very nice houseboat, IIRC, until he destroys it at the end as part of faking his own death.
* In JimButcher's DresdenFiles novel ''Changes'', Harry is living on a houseboat at the end. Briefly.
* In JasperFforde's ''Lost In A Good Book'', ThursdayNext moves into one at the end of the book.



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* John Kelly in TomClancy's ''WithoutRemorse'' has a very nice houseboat, IIRC, until he destroys it at the end as part of faking his own death.
* In JimButcher's DresdenFiles novel ''Changes'', Harry is living on a houseboat at the end. Briefly.

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* In JimButcher's DresdenFiles novel ''Changes'', Harry is living on a houseboat at the end. Briefly.

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* {{Webcomic/Derelict}} The main character's base of operations.
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* In the first season of ''AvatarTheLastAirbender,'' Zuko lives on a small, crappy warship. Also more of an example of Houseboat Villain than HouseboatHero.

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* [[ArrestedDevelopment GOB Bluth]] made a hearty attempt at this trope, but the boat belonged the Bluth Company, and his residency there was one of the strings that kept him (in his mind) beholden to his brother Michael.
* [[BurnNotice Sam and Fiona]] were nearly caught snooping around on the boat belonging to the week's villains. This one's a two-fer, actually, since...
** ... the villains were a couple running various financial scams while living out of the boat precisely so they could take off on a moment's notice, and...
** ... when they were about to be caught by the villains, Sam pretended to be a guy claiming ''he'' lived on the boat in order to score with Fiona.
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* TravisMcGee, from the novels by JohnDMacDonald, lives on a housebat called "The Busted Flush" (he won it in a poker game).

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* TravisMcGee, from the novels by JohnDMacDonald, lives on a housebat houseboat called "The Busted Flush" (he won it in a poker game).



* ''{{MacGyver}}'' lived on a housebat for several seasons

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* ''{{MacGyver}}'' lived on a housebat houseboat for several seasons



* Cody in ''{{Riptide}}'' runs the series detective agency out of his boat.

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* Cody in ''{{Riptide}}'' runs the series detective agency out of his boat.boat; his partners Nick and Murray live on the boat as well.
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** In the second season, Jules and the others move it to the marina to surprise Bobby. [[spoiler:It promply sinks.]]
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* Riggs, in at least one of the ''LethalWeapon'' movies.
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* Duncan [=MacLeod=] in ''{{Highlander}}'' lived in one of these in Paris for a while.

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* Duncan [=MacLeod=] in ''{{Highlander}}'' lived off and on in one of these in Paris for a while.Paris.

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