Basic Trope: Fish are drawn in a more realistic style than the rest of the work.
- Straight: In the series "The Adventures of Otto the Otter", any fish shown are notably more realistic-looking than everything else.
- Exaggerated: The entire work is very cartoonishly drawn, but the fish are practically photorealistic.
- Downplayed: The fish aren't very realistic-looking either, but are noticeably more realistic than everything else.
- Justified: The fish are an invasive species that came from another dimension where things are drawn more realistically.
- Inverted: The fish are cartoony, but everything else is realistic.
- Subverted: A fish appears realistic at first, but then it makes a goofy face.
- Double Subverted: That fish was sentient and cartoonish, but most fish are not.
- Parodied:
- The fish are just photographs of fish superimposed into the work.
- Even though fish are the main characters in the work, they're still very noticeably realistic in comparison to everything else.
- Zig-Zagged: Some fish are drawn realistically, and some fit the style of the work more.
- Averted: Fish aren't any more realistic than anything else in the work.
- Enforced: Often a form of What Measure Is a Non-Cute?: "I don't think the audience will sympathize with our friendly otter characters if we show them eating live fish." "How about we make the fish more realistic than everything else, then?"
- Lampshaded: "Don't those fish look a little weird to you?"
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "I swear, the only time cartoon fish are ever shown is if it's a work like Finding Nemo."
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