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1	[[quoteright:279:[[TabletopGame/YuGiOh https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/donturtle_dr2_en_c_ue.png]]]]
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4	-> ''"What the shell?!"''
5	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003''
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7	Shells, whether attached to the body or not, are important defense mechanisms and recognizable features of many different types of animals. As such, many tropes in fiction make use of shelled creatures. This index is for listing tropes about creatures with shells, as well as tropes about shells themselves.
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9	Not to be confused with [[SpentShellsShower bullet shells]].
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11	!!Tropes
12	[[index]]
13	[floatboxright:
14	Categories:
15	+ IndexInAHalfShell
16	+ MolluskTropes
17	]
18	* ClamTrap: Clams and other bivalves can bite people or trap them in their shells.
19	* ClamshellCurrency: Seashells as money.
20	* GiantEnemyCrab: Enormous, antagonistic crabs or other crustaceans.
21	* PennyPinchingCrab: Crabs associated with greed and materialism.
22	* PerplexingPearlProduction: Pearls in fiction are often naturally created quickly and perfectly, and any bivalve can create them.
23	* RemovableShell: Shells treated as detachable items of clothing.
24	* SeashellBra: A brassier made out of seashells.
25	* ShellBackpack: An anthropomorphic turtle or armadillo wears clothing that covers only the front of their shell.
26	* ShyShelledAnimal: Animals with shells are depicted as timid or cowardly.
27	* SpeedySnail: Animals known for being slow are depicted as fast.
28	* StuddedShell: Shells armed with SpikesOfDoom.
29	* ToughArmoredDinosaur: Certain dinosaurs such as ankylosaurs whose backs are often covered in tough scutes.
30	* WildWestArmadillo: Armadillos associated with TheWildWest.
31	[[/index]]

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