''Bird and Fish'' is an animated short film by Ann Mendenhall and Stephanie Son, and is a graduation piece from the Kansas City Art Institute.

In it, two boys, one bird-person from a small town known as the Dry, and a fish-person from a city called the Watery, cross their societal boundaries and fall in love. In time, they change each other, and eventually, their divided world.

The animation can be seen [[https://vimeo.com/67445312 here]]. Its Website/{{Tumblr}} blog is [[http://bird-and-fish.tumblr.com/ here]].

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!!This short film contains examples of:
* AlienSky: The Watery is shown as an upside-down ocean in the sky.
* AmbiguousGender: While both are technically male, Fish's high-pitched voice often confuses fans as to his gender.
* AmusingInjuries: Bird is accidentally burnt by one of Fish's cigarettes, While Fish is introduced from under a pile of scrap metal.
* AnimalEyes: Fish has [[MonochromaticEyes solid black eyes]].
* ArtificialGravity: The glowing red orb generates this to keep the Watery and Dry separate.
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Oh, so very much.
* BeautifulDreamer: Bird falls asleep at one point, with Fish watching over him.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Fish is apparently considered to be this by his own kind.
* CueTheSun
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: The short opens with Bird dreaming that the Watery, the world that floats in an upside down ocean above the Dry, is pouring down. At the end of the short [[spoiler: this is EXACTLY what happens]].
* FantasticRacism: Between the Dry and the Watery.
* FishPeople
* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: Played with. Fish loves the idea of flying.
* GreatOffscreenWar: Fish mentions that there was a war some time in the past.
* GotVolunteered: "Everyone steps backward" variant. When Bird's boss mentions that someone needs to deliver Fish's package, everyone scoots away from Bird, much to his distress.
* HandsOnApproach: When Bird and Fish are pulling a rope together in this way, Bird blushes.
* InterspeciesRomance: Implied.
* TheKlutz: Fish, near the beginning of the short.
* MotorMouth: Fish.
* NoNameGiven: While Bird and Fish's names are not stated in the short, WordOfGod states that Bird's name is Avery Flynn, and Fish's name is Skylar Kandinsky.
* NonMammalianHair: Bird's kind has head hair and back hair comprised of limp feathers, and Fish's kind has scales, fins, and an angler lure for hair.
* PropagandaMachine: There are posters in Bird and Fish's worlds that have captions, like "Imported oxygen-is it safe?" and "Is your water clean?"
* QuiveringEyes: Fish when Bird and Fish finally finish the plane.
* SeeWater: Bird can see perfectly fine when he enters the Watery, despite having just glasses over his eyes.
* SmokingIsCool: Fish is a smoker.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Averted. While Bird does have yellow eyes, there's nothing really supernatural about them.
* TimeCompressionMontage: Combined with HardWorkMontage, Fish's plane takes at least a month to complete, judging from Sandra's comments that no mail has been delivered to the Watery in that time. Also doubles as a FallingInLoveMontage.
* TheVoiceless: Bird barely speaks beyond a sigh in the entire short.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: All of Fish's species can turn their hands and legs into fins at will.
* WalkDontSwim: The Fish People can play this trope straight and invert it via shape-shifting.
* WaterIsAir: Well, when the Fish People have legs, it is. Otherwise, trope is averted.
* WorldOfFunnyAnimals
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