Line #30 PlayingWith/WhaleEgg


1	'''Basic Trope''': A creature that lays eggs... Except that, according to (Earthen) biology's rules, it [[ArtisticLicenseBiology shouldn't be supposed to do so!]]
2	* '''Straight''': Wanda the Whale lays an egg.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Every single animal on planet Earth lays eggs!
5	** Willy, a ''male'' whale, [[MisterSeahorse lays an egg]].
6	** Carlos, a ''male car'' lays an egg.
7	* '''Downplayed''':
8	** Right after Wanda's mother laid her egg, it immediately hatched.
9	** A frog/fish lays a bunch of hard-shelled eggs.
10	* '''Justified''':
11	** Due to [[MagicGenetics genetic engineering]], Wanda's reproduction system causes her to lay eggs instead of giving live birth.
12	** Wanda is from a [[BizarreAlienReproduction planet where whales actually do lay eggs]].
13	* '''Inverted''': PregnantReptile
14	* '''Subverted''':
15	** Turns out, that egg she laid was implanted in her so that she can feel what it's like to lay eggs.
16	** Wanda ''tries'' to lay an egg, but fails.
17	** The egg ''appears'' to be Wanda's, but it isn't.
18	* '''Double Subverted''':
19	** However, she still lays eggs naturally.
20	** Once Wanda was just about to give up, she successfully laid an egg.
21	** Said egg was actually Carlos's.
22	* '''Parodied''': Wanda lays an egg that instantly grows to massive proportions.
23	* '''Zig Zagged''': Wanda lays an egg, which was implanted. She ''tries'' to lay another egg, but fails.
24	* '''Averted''': Wanda gives live birth.
25	* '''Enforced''':
26	** "We need an early sign that this world is not as it seems." "I know! A whale who lays eggs!"
27	** The show uses HollywoodScience as a RunningGag.
28	** The writer of the series actually does think that whales lay eggs.
29	** The creators make it so all species reproduce by laying eggs to get around the issue of depicting creatures giving birth in a show aimed at children.
30	* '''Lampshaded''': "Yes, I really did lay this egg." "That's impossible." "I know. [[LogicalFallacies I did it anyway.]]"
31	* '''Invoked''': A tiny amount of radiation fired by Albert, the resident MadScientist, hits Wanda, but all it does is make her lay eggs.
32	* '''Exploited''': Wanda uses her egg as an ImprobableWeapon.
33	* '''Defied''': Wanda would have laid eggs if it wasn't for Cruise, the self-appointed "guardian of all that is natural", hijacked Albert's radiation gun to "correct" her anatomy.
34	* '''Discussed''': "...and she laid that egg!" "Really?"
35	* '''Conversed''': "I'm puzzled. Why does Wanda lay eggs when her species should give live birth?"
36	* '''Implied''': Wanda is shown with an egg.
37	* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': "Hey! If our character lays eggs, a fanbase will arrive for her. It is usually unexpected, but...!"
38	* '''Played For Laughs''':
39	** Wanda's eggs can hatch into ''anything'' that can make the audience laugh.
40	** Wanda lays an egg, and tries to protect it with all her might.
41	* '''Played For Drama''': Wanda [[DeathByChildbirth dies]] due to laying her egg.
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