History Main / LilyPadPlatform

* In ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', you can make your own by drawing on water with your celestial brush. While you can swim on lava, [[CaptainObvious lily pads won't last on it]]. At one point in the game, you can take villagers for a ride on your lily pads.

* In the ''VideoGame/YoshiCraftedWorld'' level "Ride the River", Yoshi travels on a river riding of lilypads (made out of sponge, to fit the crafting theme of the game).

** In ''Tails and the Music Maker'', one of the mini-games involves Tails and an army of frogs hopping across lily pads as music plays, and when the music stops, whoever is on the orange lily pad loses.

* The Water[=/=]Grass-type ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' Lotad sports a lilypad on its head, with a radius slightly larger than its body. It tends to live in ponds and lakes, floating on the water surface. Many of its [[BeastCompendium Pokédex entries]] state that it often serves as a ferry for smaller Pokémon that can't swim.

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* In ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', you can make your own by drawing on water with your celestial brush. While you can swim on lava, [[CaptainObvious lily pads won't last on it]].

* ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'': Chaos 4 is fought in a lake of water. Sonic needs to stand on lily pads to wait out the boss.

** At one point in the Great Boggly Tree from ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', Mario has to lead the Punies across a small body of water by walking on black-and-white lilypad.

* The Koppai crew and the Pikmins can ride giant lilypads in the Twilight River from ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin3}}''. Justified, since all of them are really puny.

* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' has lily pads spawn in the water of swamp biomes.

* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime'': Lily pad returns in the [[PalmtreePanic Big Wave Beach]] levels, and can be placed on any tile beyond the tide line. This protects your plants from being swept away by the tide, although a select few plants can hover above the water and hence do not require Lily Pad's assistance. Using plant food on her will create more Lily Pads adjacent to her.

* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime'': Lily pad returns in the [[PalmtreePanic Big Wave Beach]] levels, and can be placed on any tile beyond the tide line. This protects your plants from being swept away by the tide, although a select few plants can hover above the water and hence do not require Lily Pad's assistance.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'' , as you might expect from location named "Lotus Lake", the path Miis walk on in said lake is made of giant lilypads. [[UpToEleven There are even ''entire inns'' that can be found on these.]]

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* Cri-kee can be seen using one of these during the song [[IWantSong "Reflection"]] from ''{{Disney/Mulan}}''.

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* ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'':

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* ''SuperMarioBros'':

** ''SuperMarioSunshine'' has the infamous lily pad ride as one of its secret stages. Mario has to navigate an acidic stream using a series of lily pads that slowy disintegrate.

* The ''Victoria'' is a genus of water-lilies with very large leaves. The leaves of the ''Victoria amazonica'' can reach up to 3 meters [9.8 feet] in diameter and [[http://coeurdelhistoire.tumblr.com/image/48423696849 can support the weight of a full grown adult]] (so long as the weight is distributed properly).

* The ''Victoria'' is a genus of water-lilies with very large leaves. The leaves of the ''Victoria amazonica'' can reach up to 3 meters [9.8 feet] in diameter and [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Woman_standing_on_Victoria_cruziana.jpeg can support the weight of a full grown adult]] (so long as the weight is distributed properly).

* ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'': Jade plays guitar and somehow summons giant lily pads. It sort of makes sense, given that the lily pads lead to a frog temple.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', you can make your own by drawing on water with your celestial brush.

A SubTrope of ThemeParkLandscape and ImprovisedPlatform. Closely related to LeafBoat.