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** Max sinks like a rock because his body is extremely dense, [[SuperNotDrowningSkills but he's not in any danger of actually drowning since he also doesn't need to breathe.]] Still, he should avoid depths where the pressure would be extreme enough to literally crush him.
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*** Alternatively, ''Max himself'' is extremely dense and heavy, so he sinks like a rock.
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** The lake has some particularly nasty undercurrents which Max gets caught in.
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** Everyone in the setting dies when they come into contact with a larger body of water.
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** Swimming in water is how Max recovers hit points.
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** Max lives in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals and he's a sheep or another animal with really heavy fur that only gets heavier when submerged in water.

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** Max lives in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals and he's is a sheep or another animal with really heavy fur that only gets heavier when submerged in water.
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** The world is full of PettingZooPeople and Max is a sheep man or another animal with really heavy fur that only gets heavier when submerged in water.

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** The world is full of PettingZooPeople Max lives in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals and Max is he's a sheep man or another animal with really heavy fur that only gets heavier when submerged in water.
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** The world is full of PettingZooPeople and the protagonist is a sheep man or another animal with really heavy fur that only gets heavier when submerged in water.

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** The world is full of PettingZooPeople and the protagonist Max is a sheep man or another animal with really heavy fur that only gets heavier when submerged in water.
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** The world is full of PettingZooPeople and the protagonist is a sheep man or another animal with really heavy fur that only gets heavier when submerged in water.
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** Max is wearing extremely heavy equipment or suffered a traumatic experience in a swimming pool when he was younger.

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** Max is wearing extremely dense and heavy equipment or suffered a traumatic experience in a swimming pool when he was younger.equipment, not good for buoyancy at all.
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** Max just never learned how to swim.

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** Max just never learned how to swim. He panics the moment he gets submerged in water a little too deep.
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** Max just never learned how to swim.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Max can swim for a few moments, but only a few. Then he starts to drown.
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** fish can drown.

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** Max is a fish who can drown.drown!

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* '''Exaggerated''': Max [[strike:drowns]] ''disintegrates'' when he steps in a puddle.

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* '''Exaggerated''': '''Exaggerated''':
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Max [[strike:drowns]] ''disintegrates'' when he steps in a puddle.



* '''UpToEleven''': Max drowns if he so much as ''looks'' at water.
* '''Justified''': Max is wearing extremely heavy equipment or suffered a traumatic experience in a swimming pool when he was younger.

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* '''UpToEleven''': ** Max drowns if he so much as ''looks'' at water.
* '''Justified''': '''Downplayed''': ???
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Max is wearing extremely heavy equipment or suffered a traumatic experience in a swimming pool when he was younger.



* '''Inverted''': SuperNotDrowningSkills

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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SuperNotDrowningSkills



* '''Parodied''': Max is executed... by splashing a bucket of water in his face.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Max is executed... by splashing a bucket of water in his face.



* '''Deconstructed''': Because he knows he can't swim, Max is ridiculously afraid of water and panics if he so much as goes outside in the rain. He ends up locking himself in his house due to his fear.
** [[EvilOverlord Emperor Evulz]], being aware Max can't survive underwater at all, puts one of the {{plot coupon}}s {{under the sea}}, rendering the task difficult, if not impossible.
* '''Reconstructed''': With a little therapy, Max learns to overcome his fears and go out in the world, perhaps even learning to swim.
** Max rents a submarine to collect the {{plot coupon}}.



* '''Played For Laughs:''' Max screams and flails his arms in terror when he falls in a small stream, even though he's clearly okay.

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* '''Deconstructed''':
** Because he knows he can't swim, Max is ridiculously afraid of water and panics if he so much as goes outside in the rain. He ends up locking himself in his house due to his fear.
** [[EvilOverlord Emperor Evulz]], being aware Max can't survive underwater at all, puts one of the {{plot coupon}}s {{under the sea}}, rendering the task difficult, if not impossible.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** With a little therapy, Max learns to overcome his fears and go out in the world, perhaps even learning to swim.
** Max rents a submarine to collect the {{plot coupon}}.
* '''Played For Laughs:''' Laughs''': Max screams and flails his arms in terror when he falls in a small stream, even though he's clearly okay.okay.
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%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
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** [[{{Psychonauts}} His entire family has been cursed to suffer horrible drowny deaths. But only if they try swimming in water deeper than waist-level.]]

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** [[{{Psychonauts}} [[VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}} His entire family has been cursed to suffer horrible drowny deaths. But only if they try swimming in water deeper than waist-level.]]
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* '''Invoked''': Max dons a suit of heavy armor to give himself an edge in [[EightBitTheater Drownball]].

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* '''Invoked''': Max dons a suit of heavy armor to give himself an edge in [[EightBitTheater [[Webcomic/EightBitTheater Drownball]].
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** Max drowns if he so much as ''looks'' at water.
* '''UpToEleven''': Drinking water kills Max.

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** Max dies vomiting blood and guts as soon as he has drank one drop of water.
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Max drowns if he so much as ''looks'' at water.
* '''UpToEleven''': Drinking water kills Max.
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* '''UpToEleven''': Drinking water kills Max.
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* '''Double Subverted''': [[OrdinaryDrowningSkills ...for about five seconds.]] Then he succumbs.

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* '''Double Subverted''': [[OrdinaryDrowningSkills ...[[OxygenMeter ...for about five seconds.]] Then he succumbs.
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** The water contains lethal poisons that instantly kill people when touched.
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** fish can drown.
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** Inverted in a more hellish way: Walk On Water.
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* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???Max dons a suit of heavy armor to give himself an edge in [[EightBitTheater Drownball]].
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** [[HalfLife The water is filled with things that really like to eat people.]]

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** [[HalfLife [[HazardousWater The water is filled with things that really like to eat people.]]
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** [[HalfLife The water is filled with things that really like to eat people.]]

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* '''Invoked''': The villain challenges Max to a swimming contest, knowing he won't stand a chance.

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* '''Invoked''': ???
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The villain challenges Max to a swimming contest, knowing he won't stand a chance.
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* [[{{Psychonauts}} His entire family has been cursed to suffer horrible drowny deaths. But only if they try swimming in water deeper than waist-level.]]

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* ** [[{{Psychonauts}} His entire family has been cursed to suffer horrible drowny deaths. But only if they try swimming in water deeper than waist-level.]]
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** Max dies as soon as he emerges from water.



* '''Parodied''': See exaggerated.

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* '''Parodied''': See exaggerated.Max is executed... by splashing a bucket of water in his face.



** [[EvilOverlord Emperor Evulz]], being aware Max can't survive underwater at all, puts one of the {{plot coupon}}s {{under the sea}}, rendering the task difficult, if not impossible.



** Max rents a submarine to collect the {{plot coupon}}.



* '''Averted''': Max can swim.

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* '''Averted''': Max can swim.survive underwater.

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