History PlayingWith / WhaleEgg

** [[CriticalResearchFailure The writer of the series actually does think that whales lay eggs.]]

* '''Invoked''': A tiny amount of radiation hits Wanda, but all it does is make her lay eggs.

* '''Defied''': Wanda would have laid eggs if it wasn't for a tiny amount of radiation.

** Carlos, a ''male! car'' lays an egg.

** Wanda is from a planet where whales actually do lay eggs.

** Carlos, a ''(male!) car'' lays an egg.

** Wana ''tries'' to lay an egg, but fails.

** Carlos, a ''car'' lays an egg.

** A ''car'' lays an egg.

** Willy, a ''male'' whale, [[MrSeahorse lays an egg]].

* '''Straight''': [[FunnyAnimal Wanda the Whale]] lays an egg.

** [[MrSeahorse Willy, a ''male'' whale, lays an egg]].

* '''Straight''': Alice, a human, lays an egg.

** Bob, a ''male'' human, lays an egg.
** Bob's ''truck'' lays an egg.

** Right after Alice's mother laid her egg, it immediately hatched.

** Due to [[MagicGenetics genetic engineering]], Alice's reproduction system causes her to lay eggs instead of giving live birth.
** Alice is from a planet where humans actually do lay eggs.
* '''Inverted''': Alice's pet bird, Brenda, gives live birth.

** Alice ''tries'' to lay an egg, but fails.

** Once Alice was just about to give up, she successfully laid an egg.
* '''Parodied''': Alice lays an egg that instantly grows to massive proportions.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice lays an egg, which was implanted. She ''tries'' to lay another egg, but fails.
* '''Averted''': Alice gives live birth.

** "We need an early sign that this world is not as it seems." "I know! A human who lays eggs!"

* '''Invoked''': A tiny amount of radiation hits Alice, but all it does is make her lay eggs.
* '''Exploited''': Alice uses her egg as an ImprobableWeapon.
* '''Defied''': Alice would have laid eggs if it wasn't for a tiny amount of radiation.

* '''Conversed''': "I'm puzzled. Why does Alice lay eggs when her species should give live birth?"
* '''Implied''': Alice is shown with an egg.

** Alice's eggs can hatch into ''anything'' that can make the audience laugh.
** Alice lays an egg, and tries to protect it with all her might.
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice [[DeathByChildbirth dies]] due to laying her egg.

* '''Played For Drama''': Alice dies due to laying her egg.

* '''Justified''': Due to [[MagicGenetics genetic engineering]], Alice's reproduction system causes her to lay eggs instead of giving live birth.

* '''Enforced''': "We need an early sign that this world is not as it seems." "I know! A human who lays eggs!"

* '''Implied:''': Alice is shown with an egg.

* '''Enforced''': "Hey! We should add a human that lays eggs!"

* '''Conversed''': "I'm puzzled. How come in this work, she can lay eggs, when her species should give live birth?"

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* '''Lampshaded''': "Yes, I really did lay this egg." "That's impossible." "I know. [[AppleOfDiscord I did it anyway.]]"

* '''Lampshaded''': "Yes, I really did lay this egg." "That's impossible." "I know. [[LogicBomb I did it anyway.]]"

* '''Lampshaded''': "Yes, I really did lay this egg."

* '''Deconstructed''': Alice dies due to laying her egg.
* '''Reconstructed''': However, it's really a DisneyDeath.

* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice's eggs can hatch into ''anything'' that can make the audience laugh.
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice lays an egg, and tries to protect it with all her might.

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* '''Justified''': Due to genetic engineering, Alice's reproduction system causes her to lay eggs instead of giving live birth.

* '''Exploited''': Alice uses her egg as an ImprobableWeapon

* '''Exaggerated''': Every single animal on planet Earth lays eggs!

'''Basic Trope''': A creature that lays eggs... Except, it [[ArtisticLicenseBiology isn't supposed to do so!]]

'''Basic Trope''': Laying eggs to [[ArtisticLicenseBiology defy Biology]]

* '''Exaggerated''': Alice lays an egg once per second.
* '''Downplayed''': Right after Alice's mother laid her egg, it immediately hatched.

* '''Subverted''': Turns out, that egg she laid was implanted in her so that she can feel what it's like to lay eggs.

* '''Double Subverted''': However, she still lays eggs naturally.

%%* '''Implied:''': Alice is shown with an egg.
%%* '''Deconstructed''': Alice dies due to laying her egg.
%%* '''Reconstructed''': However, it's really a DisneyDeath.
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': "Hey! If our character lays eggs, a fanbase will arrive for her. It is usually unexpected, but...!"
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice's eggs can hatch into ''anything'' that can make the audience laugh.
%%* '''Played For Drama''': Alice lays an egg, and tries to protect it with all her might.

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