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* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'': When Kronk accidentally pulls the trapdoor lever, Yzma falls through and lands with a splash offscreen. She then reenters the room with an alligator biting her dress. She smacks it, and it [[AllAnimalsAreDogs scrambles away and whimpers like a dog]]. The same thing happens to Kuzco when he and Pacha try to enter Yzma's lab [[BrickJoke later in the movie]].

** And in the sequel, the Octo Zombie is covered in many octopides (or however you're supposed to pluralize it).

A character that ends up in a body of water may not emerge alone. Often, they'll come out with animals or plants attached to them. It may be grabbing on to them, draped over them, or even in their mouth! The types of creatures vary too -- they can be anything from starfish to octopuses to crabs, and even seaweed or other plants!

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* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': In ''Flying Island: The Sky Adventure'' episode 33, General Balloon describes the goats as having "fire-like passion". His soldiers take his words literally, saying they'll put the fire out after soaking the General with water, leaving some sea plants, an octopus, and a starfish clinging to him.
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-->'''Gloria:''' All righty, boys, fun's over.
-->''(the starfish and crab jump off and leave)''

* In ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'', after being told to head west to get to San Francisco, Sonic returns to Tom's car with a fish, a starfish and some seaweed stuck to his head, having hit the Pacific Ocean.

* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies'': The zombies that arise from the bottom of the pool are covered in some sort of seaweed.

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* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': In "Return to Omashu", the purple pentapus was seen in a bucket filled with water and inside a sewer when the gang used it to enter Omashu. They are known to be clingy unless it was stroked in the head and leaves behind spots which they used to explain a fake disease, pentapox.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E22PPOVPonyPointOfView "PPOV (Pony Point of View)"]], the boat capsizes off-screen and Rarity, Applejack, and Pinkie all come out of the ocean covered in seaweed. When Rarity cleans up later, she even finds a crab hiding in her mane. Making it especially silly, it's eventually revealed [[spoiler:the water where they sank was only a few feet deep.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': In "The Depths of Cousin Fethry", when Launchpad comes back from his adventure with Oceanika, he is covered in seaweed and has an octopus and a starfish latched onto his back and a moray wrapped around his arm.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'': When the animals wash up on the shores of Madagascar, Gloria comes out of the water with seaweed on her head to look like long hair, as well as two starfish and a crab stuck to her body, positioned to look [[SeashellBra like she's wearing a bikini]].

It's more often than not PlayedForLaughs, and just how the creatures got there are [[NothingIsFunnier left to the viewer's imagination]].

->"I'm wet, I'm cold, ''there's a fish on my head'', and clearly I'm not gonna be able to do this on my own."
-->--'''Sonic the Hedgehog''', ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020''

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'': When the animals wash up on the shores of Madagascar, Gloria comes out of the water with seaweed on her head to look like long hair, as well as two starfish and a crab stuck to her body, [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar positioned to look]] [[SeashellBra like she's wearing a bikini]].