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* '''Parodied''': Another platypus turns out to be a [[AssInALionSkin beaver wearing a duck bill]].

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* '''Parodied''': Another '''Parodied''':
** This
platypus turns out to be a [[AssInALionSkin beaver wearing a duck bill]].bill]].
** A squirrel shaves its tail to blend in with a group of rats.
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* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???
"I sure hope that creature doesn't trip over its ridiculously long tail."
* '''Conversed''': ???"Have they even seen what those creatures' tails actually look like?"
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* '''Exploited''': The platypus slaps its tail on the water to signal an approaching predator, just as beavers do.
* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': The platypus slaps its tail uses TailSlap on the water to signal an approaching predator, just as beavers do.
opponent.
* '''Defied''': ???The animators decided to just give the platypus a normal tail for realistic accuracy.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Some platypi have furry tails and others have beaver tails.
* '''Averted''': Animals have realistic tails.

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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Some platypi animals have furry cartoony tails and others have beaver realistic tails.
* '''Averted''': Animals All animals have realistic tails.

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* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
** Animals have realistic tails.
** The platypus is InexplicablyTailless.

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* '''Inverted''': ???
The platypus is InexplicablyTailless.
* '''Subverted''': ???
The platypus was actually wearing the tail part of a beaver costume.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
But upon taking it off, his tail is revealed to still be abnormal looking.
* '''Parodied''': ???
Another platypus turns out to be a [[AssInALionSkin beaver wearing a duck bill]].
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
Some platypi have furry tails and others have beaver tails.
* '''Averted''':
**
'''Averted''': Animals have realistic tails.
** The platypus is InexplicablyTailless.
tails.



* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???
The animal had its original tail surgically replaced with another animal's, likely by a MadScientist trying to create an army of MixAndMatchCritters.
* '''Exploited''': ???The platypus slaps its tail on the water to signal an approaching predator, just as beavers do.

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** The platypus is InexplicablyTailess.

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** The platypus is InexplicablyTailess.InexplicablyTailless.



** CriticalResearchFailure on how the creature's tail looks.
** Alternatively, the animal in question just looks better with this sort of tail.

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** CriticalResearchFailure on how the creature's tail looks.
** Alternatively, the
The animal in question just looks better with this sort of tail.
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** The producers already have six stock tails for the animators to use and don't want to spend a dime on yet another one.
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'''Basic Trope''': An animal is drawn with an unrealistic tail.
* '''Straight''': A platypus in a cartoon has a flat, hairless, beaver-like tail.[[note]]Platypi are often stated to have a "beaver tail", but in reality, they have round, fur-covered tails.[[/note]]
* '''Exaggerated''':
** None of the animals' tails look the way they're supposed to.
** The platypus has a cat's tail, for some reason.
* '''Downplayed''': A wolf's tail is notably more bushy than it should be.
* '''Justified''':
** This particular platypus is a [[MixAndMatchCritters beaver-platypus hybrid]].
** Alternatively, it was involved in an incident that resulted in its tail being squished flat and shaved.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
** Animals have realistic tails.
** The platypus is InexplicablyTailess.
* '''Enforced''':
** CriticalResearchFailure on how the creature's tail looks.
** Alternatively, the animal in question just looks better with this sort of tail.
* '''Lampshaded''': "I don't think platypi have tails like that."
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
%% * '''Played for Laughs''': ???
%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???
%% * '''Played for Horror''': ???

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