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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