History Main / WaterIsDry

* ''WesternAnimation/PawPatrol'' either plays this trop straight or averts it. This trope is played straight with most of the pups. With Rocky, this trope is either averted or played straight. Sometimes when he gets wet, he looks like he's been soaked, as his ears become floppy, and his fur and tuft of hair droop. At other times, he doesn't appear to get wet at all. The other pups' ears will droop or go back to show sadness, shock, or fear, but they don't droop when wet.

* Averted in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild''. Whenever Link gets wet, his hair and outfit will get a bit darker and he'll be dripping for a few seconds before fading to normal. ''Breath of the Wild'' in particular even has this as a minor gameplay mechanic, as Link won't overheat in the Gerudo Desert or Death Mountain until he dries off.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' seems to change the effect of water depending on episode. In the tropical Hoenn, Ash is shivering, sneezing and wrapped up in a towel after taking his clothes off after being hit by a wave on the beach, while in ''Anime/Pokemon2000'' Misty goes swimming fully clothed in freezing water and doesn't seem cold in the slightest (though we do see water dripping off her). Likewise, a late Johto episode has the characters battle underwater in a pool, where they go in fully clothed, and don't appear wet in the slightest neither after getting out OR while in the pool.

* [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in ''Literature/TheCrocodileGod''--though the Filipino sea-god Haik always [[GlamourFailure SMELLS like the sea,]] he rarely gets wet.

* ''[[VideoGame/FatalFrame Fatal Frame 5]]'': Averted. Whenever the characters get wet, their clothes and hair are affected quite noticeably. They also do not dry off within a few seconds: it takes using an item to restore dryness. Furthermore, being wet increases the character's vulnerability to ghost attacks, so the player is cautioned to remain dry whenever possible.

[[folder:Web Comics]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': In "Free Willzyx", the boys sit in the Splash Zone at a Sea World-like Killer Whale show and get splashed multiple times. Once the show is over, they're completely dry.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zags]] this. More often than not, the ponies end up drying a few shots after they get soaked, while other times they have to shake themselves dry or otherwise remain wet until the end of a scene. In at least one episode, however, the Mane cast completely submerge themselves in a tub of water and resurface totally dry. Another episode [[InvertedTrope inverts]] this; while sitting in a bath with her head above the water, Twilight Sparkle's mane is dry in one shot and suddenly becomes wet in the next, without any visible or audible signs of her going underwater, getting splashed, etc.

* As seen in the page image, on ''WesternAnimation/ToddWorld'', when the characters are wet, their hair does not stick down, nor do their clothes show any sign of wetness.
* In "Daniel's Nature Walk" from ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'', Daniel, O and Uncle X go out for a nature walk. Although there's by no means a downpour, there's a continuous light rain, yet there's no sign of wetness at any time on them, on any of the plants or animals they see, nor on the book of O's which is briefly exposed to the rain before Uncle X tucks into a backpack which also stays dry.
* ''Literature/LlamaLlama'':
** In "Llama Llama and the Babysitter", Llama Llama, Nelly Gnu and the babysitter Molly Badger play with the hose, spraying it over-top of themselves while watering the garden and a bit later they lose control of the hose. None of them appears to get the slightest bit wet. On the flip-side, the characters are regularly shown to have water splashing off of them both in the pool and in the beach in "Beach Day".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' special ''[[Recap/ReadyJetGoOneSmallStep One Small Step]]'', when the kids land in the lake, they don't seem to be wet at all.
* ''WesternAnimation/PawPatrol'' either plays this trop straight or averts it. This trope is played straight with most of the pups. With Rocky, this trope is either averted or played straight. Sometimes when he gets wet, he looks like he's been soaked, as his ears become floppy, and his fur and tuft of hair droop. At other times, he doesn't appear to get wet at all. The other pups' ears will droop or go back to show sadness, shock, or fear, but they don't droop when wet.

* This occurs during an infamous blooper in ''Film/JawsTheRevenge''. In the climax, when Hoagie gets out of the water, his clothes are completely dry.

The character's hair will usually also be completely, unrealistically dry. Many readers will be quite familiar with the fact that even the lightest rain can completely ruin a style and turn it into a frizzy mess. The fact is, drawing things when wet is incredibly labor-intensive,. So, to get around something most won't notice, the solution is to remove any direct signs of wetness. The context provides the viewer with enough cues to know that characters are wet, even if they don't look it. With furred characters or certain hairstyles, it's impossible to not indicate wetness through the fur or hair without breaking suspension of disbelief for the audience, but expect it to be short-lived.

* ''WesternAnimation/PawPatrol'' either plays this trop straight or averts it. This trope is played straight with most of the pups. With Rocky, this trope is either averted or played straight. Sometimes when he gets wet, he looks like he's been soaked, as his ears become floppy, and his fur and tuft of hair droop. At other times, he doesn't appear to get wet at all. The other pups' ears will droop or go back to show emotion, not when they're wet.

* ''WesternAnimation/PawPatrol'' either plays this trop straight or averts it. This trope is played straight with most of the pups. With Rocky, this trope is either averted or played straight. Sometimes when he gets wet, his ears become floppy, and his fur and tuft of hair droop. At other times, he doesn't appear to get wet at all.

[[caption-width-right:350:Though they look dry, they're actually wet]]

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', when characters are [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2004-08-06 turned]] [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/gam-23 into]] merpeople their hair maintains the same style. Averted for anytime they are [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2005-02-28 splashed]] [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/gam-15 with]] water, [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2007-08-24 rained on]], or recently [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2007-03-22 immersed]] though.

The character's hair will usually also be completely, unrealistically dry. Many readers will be quite familiar with the fact that even the lightest rain can completely ruin a style and turn it into a frizzy mess. The fact is drawing things when wet is incredibly labour intensive so to get around something most won't notice is to remove any direct signs of wetness because the context provides the viewer with enough cues to know that character is wet even if they don't look it. With furred characters or certain hairstyles, it's impossible to not indicate wetness through the fur or hair without breaking suspension of disbelief for the audience but expect it to be shortlived.

[[folder:Anime and Manga]]

* In ''Anime/{{Ponyo|On The Cliff By The Sea}}'' it's explained that the title character can't get wet because she's a fish.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' seems to change the effect of water depending on episode. In the tropical Hoenn, Ash is shivering, sneezing and wrapped up in a towel after taking his clothes off after being hit by a wave on the beach, while in ''Anime/Pokemon2000'' Misty goes swimming fully clothed in freezing water and doesn't seem cold in the slightest (though we do see water dripping off her). Likewise, a late Johto episode had the characters battle underwater in a pool, where they go in fully clothed, and don't appear wet in the slightest neither after getting out OR while in the pool.

[[folder:Films -- Animated]]

* Parodied in ''Film/TopSecret!''; after [[TheHero Nick Rivers]] wins the underwater BarBrawl, he goes back to the surface and hails his friends. He's still standing in the river, and all his body from the belt up is completely dry.

** In "Llama Llama and the Babysitter," Llama Llama, Nelly Gnu and the babysitter Molly Badger play with the hose, spraying it over-top of themselves while watering the garden and a bit later they lose control of the hose. None of them appears to get the slightest bit wet.
** On the flip-side, the characters are regularly shown to have water splashing off of them both in the pool and in the beach in "Beach Day."

* ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'': In the episode ''Dan and Drago'', Dan [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-bvfUivhvU#t=4m20s runs through the river]] to retrieve Drago. He's not wet when he's back on shore frolicking with Drago, and then [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-bvfUivhvU&feature=related#t=5m37s loses his footing and falls back in the river]].

* A company called Liquipel has developed a technology with the same name to protect smartphones from water. When [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HenwJcHChnw applied to a piece of tissue paper]], the tissue can be dunked in water and removed '''COMPLETELY DRY'''.

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', Riku and Sora come out of the ocean just as dry as they went in. Sora's hair also is still as [[AnimeHair spiky]] as it was when it went in. This is quite common throughout the series. Each character who falls into water comes out dry. Even in [[{{Disney/TheLittleMermaid}} Atlantica]] and [[{{WesternAnimation/Pinocchio}} Prankster's Paradise]], does Sora go into water and appear dry on the surface, despite being a merman in the former. And at one point in [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Port Royal]], we get to see him unconscious with half of his body in water... and he is STILL dry.

* ''Disney/TheRescuersDownUnder'': In the climax, Cody, Bernard and [=McLeach=] all end up in the water at Crocodile Falls, and are dragged towards the InevitableWaterfall. [[GiantFlyer Marahute]] rescues Cody and Bernard and when she takes off into the sky with them, both show no signs of being wet.

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', Riku and Sora come out of the ocean just as dry as they went in. Sora's hair also is still as [[AnimeHair spiky]] as it was when it went in. This is quite common throughout the series. Each character who falls into water comes out dry. Even in [[{{Disney/TheLittleMermaid}} Atlantica]] and [[{{Disney/Pinocchio}} Prankster's Paradise]], does Sora go into water and appear dry on the surface, despite being a merman in the former. And at one point in [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Port Royal]], we get to see him unconscious with half of his body in water... and he is STILL dry.

* Nearly every video game in which the player can swim. Making the characters look wet would require additional graphics, so the developers rarely bother unless swimming is a central element in the game.

* Averted in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild''. Whenever Link gets wet, his hair and outfit will get a bit darker and he'll be dripping for a few seconds before fading to normal. ''Breath of the Wild'' in particular even has this as a minor gameplay mechanic, as Link wont overheat in the Gerudo Desert or Death Mountain until he dries off.