History Main / MermanityEnsues

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': During the ''Unlimited'' saga, Project Cadmus made a group of [[{{Expy}} expies]] of the characters from ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'', including the Wonder Twins in the forms of Shifter and Downpour. Like their counterparts, they could transform into animals (including aquatic ones) and water-based forms, though they could do so voluntarily instead of having to make contact with each other. The latter was dumb enough to try and take on ''Aquaman'' in his natural element.
-->'''Aquaman:''' King of the seas, remember?

** The Sub-Diego storyline deals with an entire portion of San Diego, California sinks to the bottom of the ocean after an earthquake. In order for its denizens to survive, Anton Geist alters the populations physiology to make them able to breathe underwater. One of its denizens, Lorena Marquez, becomes the second Aquagirl.

** [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks has stories where Superman, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, and Lois Lane turn into mermaids, each for completely separate reasons. There was also a story where Jimmy Olsen ''thought'' he'd been turned into a fish person, but that was revealed to be AllJustAPrank pulled on him by Superman.

* ComicBook/{{Superman}} comics from [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks the Silver Age]] had stories where Superman, Supergirl, and Lois Lane turn into mermaids, each for completely separate reasons. There was also a story where Jimmy Olsen ''thought'' he'd been turned into a fish person, but that was revealed to be AllJustAPrank pulled on him by Superman.

* WesternAnimation/{{Barbie}} has had a few examples given it's length:
** WesternAnimation/BarbieFairytopia second Entry Mermaidia had Elina (Barbie's character) become mermaid via a necklace to save new friend Nori with the catch of needing to exit and remain out of water later to revert to fairy [[spoiler:she fails thanks to a last minute trap by the villains but afterwards is given access to a speical berry that not only restores her to fairy but gives her new, more powerful wings]].

** WesternAnimation/BarbieMermaidPower: in this sequel to Dolphin Magic both Barbies and Malbu Barbie's Sisters Skipper, Stacie and Chelsea use the necklace Isla gifted the Melbu Roberts family to become mermaids to help Isla by getting involved in a contest involving Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender style powers [[spoiler: though neither of the Barbies or Malbu's sisters are the Avatar Expy however]].

* Episodes of WesternAnimation/MagiNation that revolves around Orothe often have the main trio don belts (certericy of Stag) that transforms wearers into aquatic versions of themselves. while Tony and Stag merely gain webbed fingers, feet and ears Edye gains a full tail.

* WesternAnimation/Barbie has had a few examples given it's length:

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': In order to survive in [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Atlantica]], Donald Duck uses his magic to turn Sora's party into merfolk. Sora becomes a blue-tailed merboy dolphin, Donald becomes a duck-cecelia not unlike Ursula, and Goofy becomes a sea turtle. When the trio meet Ariel, they lie and tell her they're from another ocean (since there's a [[AlienNonInterferenceClause World Order]] that prevents them from telling her they're from another world).

** WesternAnimation/BarbieMermaidPower: in this sequel to Dolphin Magic both Barbies and Malbu Barbies Sisters Skipper, Stacie and Chelsea use the necklace Isla gifted the Melbu Roberts family to become mermaids to help Isla by getting involved in a contest involving Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender style powers [[spoiler: though neither of the Barbies of Malbu's sisters are the Avatar Expy however]].

* ''Series/MakoMermaidsAnH2OAdventure'', a sequel to ''[=H2O=]'', deals with a ''merman'' when a human boy named Zack falls into a similar pool and turns into one. As punishment for letting him fall in, the mermaids guarding it have to watch over him. [[spoiler: the second season then subverts this by revealing Zack was always a Merman but was magically bound to human form by his mother while just before this his love interest Evie endings becominga mermaid alike to the H2O girls]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInAMermaidTale'': The film's lead protagonist, a surfer named Merliah, discovers she's descended from a mermaid queen, but she only gains the ability to transform [[spoiler:thanks to a magic necklace, as well as embracing her mermaid heritage.]]

* ''Series/MakoMermaidsAnH2OAdventure'', a sequel to ''[=H2O=]'', deals with a ''merman'' when a human boy named Zack falls into a similar pool and turns into one. As punishment for letting him fall in, the mermaids guarding it have to watch over him.