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* ''Literature/SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish'' has dolphins responsible for replacing [[spoiler:the Earth and all of the people on it after it was destroyed by Vogons.]]

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* ''Literature/SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish'' has dolphins responsible for replacing [[spoiler:the Earth and all of the people on it after it was destroyed by Vogons.]]]] Previous books also tell that they tried to warn humanity about Earth's imminent destruction, but the humans mistook it for their usual tricks.
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* In ''Literature/RealMermaids Don't Sell Seashells'', Jade is attacked by a tiger shark, but a pod of dolphins comes to her rescue by ramming into it and chasing it off.
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** ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'': Porm, the dolphin who acted as a surrogate mother to Aquaman.

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** ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'': Porm, the dolphin who acted as a surrogate mother to Aquaman. She raised the young Arthur and taught him to survive, and was beloved by all her dolphin children.

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** ''ComicBook/GhostRider'': In one story, the Rider is saved from a killer shark by dolphins, while he trying to rescue them from a misguided man obsessed with revenge.

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** ''ComicBook/GhostRider'': In one story, the Rider is saved from a killer shark by dolphins, while he he's trying to rescue them from a misguided man obsessed with revenge.


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** Lesser known series ''ComicBook/BruteForceMarvelComics'' featured Surfstreak/Dr. Echo, an uplifted dolphin in PoweredArmor that acted as TheSmartGuy of the titular team.
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* There's a book called ''Dolphin Song'' which is the second book in ''Literature/TheWhiteGiraffe'' series. The main character, a girl called Martine -- who holds a special gift with animals -- falls overboard during a storm while on a school trip aboard a boat. Several other students also fall overboard, and they are all rescued by a pod of dolphins who remain friendly to them throughout.

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* There's a book called ''Dolphin Song'' which is the second book in ''Literature/TheWhiteGiraffe'' the ''Literature/LegendOfTheAnimalHealer'' series. The main character, a girl called Martine -- who holds a special gift with animals -- falls overboard during a storm while on a school trip aboard a boat. Several other students also fall overboard, and they are all rescued by a pod of dolphins who remain friendly to them throughout.
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%%* ''Series/{{Flipper}}'' might be the TropeCodifier as far as recent western media goes.

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%%* * ''Series/{{Flipper}}'' might be the TropeCodifier as far as recent western media goes.goes. All three series feature the titular dolphin along with a human companion/group.
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* The titular hero of ''Film/{{Ajooba}}'' was [[MosesInTheBulrushes cast into rough seas as a baby]] by the villain who murdered his parents, and would've drowned if not for a bottlenose dolphin saving him and bringing Ajooba to a nearby fishing village. In the film's events, the adult Ajooba will occasionally seek help from his old dolphin friend, usually as a messenger; and late into the film [[spoiler:the same dolphin managed to summon a GiantCrab to save the hero who's about to be executed]].

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* The ShootEmUp ''VideoGame/AeroFighters'' has a playable character who's a dolphin that's also a ''fighter jet pilot''. And he can speak and understand human language.
* ''VideoGame/BurningRangers'' has a dolphin play a prominent role in the second level actively carrying our heroes through underwater passages as way of thanks for saving it from suffocating.
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2'': The Allies use specially trained attack dolphins as underwater scouts and counter unit to Soviet mind-controlled GiantSquid by sonic weapons.
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'' includes dolphins with sonic weapons as naval units for the Allies. They can also leap over the water to avoid enemy attacks from the sea.



* ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' introduced the Pokémon Palafin, a cute dolphin who [[HenshinHero when switching out of battle undergoes a change into a form resembling a costumed superhero]] with its Attack stat more than doubling. It's said to rescue drowning people and Pokémon [[SuperStrength while being strong enough to lift a cruise ship with one fin]].



* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2'': The Allies use specially trained attack dolphins as underwater scouts and counter unit to Soviet mind-controlled GiantSquid by sonic weapons.
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'' includes dolphins with sonic weapons as naval units for the Allies. They can also leap over the water to avoid enemy attacks from the sea.



* ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' introduced the Pokémon Palafin, a cute dolphin who [[HenshinHero when switching out of battle undergoes a change into a form resembling a costumed superhero]] with its Attack stat more than doubling. It's said to rescue drowning people and Pokémon [[SuperStrength while being strong enough to lift a cruise ship with one fin]].
* The ShootEmUp ''VideoGame/AeroFighters'' has a playable character who's a dolphin that's also a ''fighter jet pilot''. And he can speak and understand human language.
* ''VideoGame/BurningRangers'' has a dolphin play a prominent role in the second level actively carrying our heroes through underwater passages as way of thanks for saving it from suffocating.

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* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'' includes dolphins with sonic weapons as seagoing infantry for the Allies, and the 3rd political party in the USA, the Federalists, adopted the Dolphin as their symbol. Of course, dolphins are already Allied sea units in ''Red Alert 2'' as anti-giant squid weapons.

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* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2'': The Allies use specially trained attack dolphins as underwater scouts and counter unit to Soviet mind-controlled GiantSquid by sonic weapons.
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'' includes dolphins with sonic weapons as seagoing infantry naval units for the Allies, and Allies. They can also leap over the 3rd political party in water to avoid enemy attacks from the USA, the Federalists, adopted the Dolphin as their symbol. Of course, dolphins are already Allied sea units in ''Red Alert 2'' as anti-giant squid weapons.sea.

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* ''Literature/ShipOfGhouls'' have this as among the few good endings in the LostAtSea B-plot. You might end up stranded at an atoll, but make the right choices and a school of passing dolphins will save you.

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* ''Literature/ShipOfGhouls'' have this as among the few good endings in the LostAtSea B-plot. You might end up stranded at an atoll, but make the right choices and a school of passing dolphins will save you.


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* From Myth/ClassicalMythology, there's the tale of [[https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/arion-dolphin/ Arion the musician]], whose music attracted a herd of dolphins who saved him once Arion was cast into the seas by marauders, besides giving him a lift home.
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* ''Tentacles'' aka ''Tentacoli'': A giant octopus that has been terrorizing a nearby resort town is dispatched [[{{Series/Lassie}} Lassie-style]] in the climax by a pair of orcas after it makes the mistake of endangering their trainer.

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* ''Tentacles'' aka ''Tentacoli'': A In ''Film/{{Tentacoli}}'', a giant octopus that has been terrorizing a nearby resort town is dispatched [[{{Series/Lassie}} Lassie-style]] in the climax by a pair of orcas after it makes the mistake of endangering their trainer.

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