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** Alice and Bob see a platypus, and are confused because they thought platypi didn't exist.

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** Alice and Bob see a platypus, and are confused because they thought [[EskimosArentReal platypi didn't exist.exist]].
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* '''Downplayed''': [[CloudCuckoolander Charlie]] [[UnusualPetsForUnusualPeople owns a platypus]] as a CoolPet, and there are some comments made about how he and/or the platypus are rather strange.

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* '''Downplayed''': [[CloudCuckoolander Charlie]] [[UnusualPetsForUnusualPeople owns a platypus]] as a CoolPet, pet, and there are some comments made about how he and/or the platypus are rather strange.



* '''Conversed''': "I was so surprised when I found out that the animal that looks like a cross between a beaver and a duck [[AluminumChristmasTrees is actually real]]!"

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* '''Conversed''': "I was so surprised when I found out that the animal that looks like a cross between a beaver and a duck [[AluminumChristmasTrees [[EskimosArentReal is actually real]]!"
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* '''Enforced''': A way to educate the audience about a SeldomSeenSpecies.

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* '''Enforced''': A way to educate The show's creator is an animal enthusiast and is particularly fascinated with the audience about a SeldomSeenSpecies.platypus. They want to feature the animal as best as they can.
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'''Basic Trope''': The platypus is seen as a strange animal.
* '''Straight''':
** Alice and Bob see a platypus, and are confused because they thought platypi didn't exist.
** Paul the FunnyAnimal platypus is depicted as a CloudCuckoolander.
* '''Exaggerated''': A platypus appears as an utterly incomprehensible AnimalisticAbomination.
* '''Downplayed''': [[CloudCuckoolander Charlie]] [[UnusualPetsForUnusualPeople owns a platypus]] as a CoolPet, and there are some comments made about how he and/or the platypus are rather strange.
* '''Justified''': TruthInTelevision - when the platypus was first discovered, it was originally believed to be a hoax due to [[MixAndMatchCritters having so many traits from different animal species]].
* '''Inverted''':
** The platypus is seen as a perfectly normal creature.
** Paul the platypus is the OnlySaneMan.
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob try to comprehend the platypus, and [[YourHeadAsplode their heads explode]].
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''':
** Platypi never show up in the work.
** Platypi are not seen as particularly unusual.
* '''Enforced''': A way to educate the audience about a SeldomSeenSpecies.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': "I was so surprised when I found out that the animal that looks like a cross between a beaver and a duck [[AluminumChristmasTrees is actually real]]!"
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