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* '''Double Subverted''': ???The suit is only "unnecessary" because he wears near-invisible scuba gear developed by the resident mad scientist.



* '''Played for Laughs''': Frank's water suit has small fish swimming around in it.

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* '''Played for Laughs''': Frank's water suit has small smaller fish swimming around in it.
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* '''Played for Laughs:''' Frank's water suit has small fish swimming around in it.

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* '''Played for Laughs:''' Laughs''': Frank's water suit has small fish swimming around in it.



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'''Basic Trope''': An aquatic character brings water with him to travel on land.
* '''Straight''': [[FishPeople Frank the Fishman]] wears a water-filled suit to travel on land.
* '''Exaggerated''': Frank brings the whole darn ocean with him when he travels on land.
* '''Downplayed''': Frank has to douse himself with water every so often.
* '''Justified''': Frank doesn't have lungs, just gills, so he can't breathe air.
* '''Inverted''': See ArtificialGill.
* '''Subverted''': The suit is purely decorative; he's fine dressing in street clothes.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Frank lives in a fishbowl and travels by grabbing the rim and hopping it around.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Despite being a fishman, Frank can handle being out of the water fine unassisted.
* '''Enforced''': The network wanted ''{{Tropes in Space}}!'' to get some weirder aliens than their usual [[RubberForeheadAliens rubber-foreheaded]] fare.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey, Frank, why are you wearing a fishbowl on your head?"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': An enemy incapacitates Frank by [[BrokenFaceplate smashing his faceplate]] to let the water out.
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''':
--> '''Bob:''' Hey, Alice, why does Frank always wear that [[BuffySpeak water-filled-suit-thingy]] when he visits?\\
'''Alice:''' ''(eye roll)'' He's a ''fishman'', Bob. He can't breathe air.
* '''Conversed''': "How does the actor playing Frank breathe?"
* '''Played for Laughs:''' Frank's water suit has small fish swimming around in it.
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%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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