Basic Trope: Water is associated with femininity.
- Straight: Lady Aqua has a water theme.
- Exaggerated: Lady Aqua is actually living water, and has water-themed eyes, hair, and clothes.
- Downplayed: Lady Aqua is water-themed but not very girly.
- Justified:
- Lady Aqua was taught that water is a symbol of femininity because of its fluidity and grace.
- Lady Aqua is a mermaid, and her culture glorifies Proper Lady.
- Inverted:
- Gender Flipped: Lord Aqua is a feminine man associated with water.
- Subverted: Lady Aqua appears graceful and gentle... but that was for a public appearance. She acts more boorish in private.
- Double Subverted: Her boorishness is saved for certain people who annoy her. She really is as composed as she seemed in her initial appearance.
- Parodied: Lady Aqua constantly waxes poetic about the grace and beauty of water.
- Zig Zagged: Lady Aqua is renowned for her elegance but inconsistent in showing it. It's a side of her she only sometimes shows.
- Averted: Lady Aqua isn't associated with water.
- Enforced: "Let's have Lady Aqua be water-themed to show that she's feminine!"
- Lampshaded: "Aqua has a water theme, and she's feminine. Coincidence?"
- Invoked: Lady Aqua gains a water theme when she becomes more feminine.
- Exploited: Someone can tell a woman's gender through her association with water.
- Defied: Lady Aqua refuses to be associated with water.
- Discussed: "I wouldn't be surprised if Aqua turns out to have water powers. After all, she is girly..."
- Conversed: "I bet all the feminine characters in this show are water-themed."
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