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3 | In a show that has {{Talking Animal}}s or {{Funny Animal}}s, with the animal characters mainly being [[NiceMice mice]], birds, lizards, insects, etc., sometimes you can expect there to be a body of water like rivers, lakes or ponds as the setting. The best way for these animals to have transportation is to use a leaf as a boat in order to travel from place to place. |
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5 | This is a trope in which an animal character will use a leaf as a boat. It may be a tiny character in a regular-sized leaf, or a human-sized character in a huge leaf from a fictional plant. It can also be used in fairy tales as well as being a common motif in any tale or art to do with little people like fey or fairies. |
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7 | Often seen in MouseWorld settings. |
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9 | If the traveller is a [[OurFairiesAreDifferent tiny fairy]] or a LivingToy, the boat can be powered by [[ChariotPulledByCats cute little animals like butterflies, small birds or fish]]. |
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11 | Closely related to LilyPadPlatform. See also TreeVessel. |
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14 | !!Examples: |
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16 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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18 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
19 | * ''Literature/{{Anpanman}}'': Peter's mode of traveling. |
20 | * ''Anime/OnePiece'': One of Ussop's many [[GreenThumb plant based tools]] after the two year time skip is Boaty Banana, which produces a giant canoe shaped banana. |
21 | [[/folder]] |
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23 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
24 | * In ''ComicBook/MouseGuard'', Sadie uses one to travel to Calogero. |
25 | [[/folder]] |
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27 | [[folder:Fairy Tales]] |
28 | * Creator/HansChristianAndersen's "Literature/{{Thumbelina}}" is the UrExample. She escapes from the Toad and her son on a leaf boat, floating down a stream. Her boat is pulled by a butterfly for some time. |
29 | [[/folder]] |
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31 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
32 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'': Bernard and Bianca use a large leaf propelled by [[MeaningfulName Evinrude]] the dragonfly in order to find and rescue Penny. |
33 | * This was used once in ''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}''. |
34 | * In ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree'', Mickey, Donald and Goofy cross the giant's moat on a giant leaf. Jiminy Cricket also uses one in the introduction. |
35 | * Woodstock had one in ''WesternAnimation/RaceForYourLifeCharlieBrown''. |
36 | * In ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', Ray goes out on the bayou in one of these during [[spoiler: his funeral.]] |
37 | * In ''Animation/CatCity'', Lazy Dick makes one for himself to ride a river in UsefulNotes/TheAmazonRainforest. |
38 | * WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest: Zak and [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Crysta]] ride in a canoe shaped leaf boat at one point. |
39 | [[/folder]] |
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41 | [[folder:Literature]] |
42 | * The elven boats in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', while not literally made of leaves, use this as a visual motif. |
43 | * In Creator/TadWilliams' ''Literature/{{Otherland}}'' series, the heroes' boat turns into a leaf when they travel into a simulation in which they're smaller than the local insects. |
44 | * The tile character of ''Literature/TheTaleOfMrJeremyFisher'' uses a lily leaf as a boat while fishing. |
45 | [[/folder]] |
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47 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
48 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'': While Link is tiny, he can go on top of a leaf and use his [[BlowYouAway Gust Jar]] to propel himself across the body of water. |
49 | * ''VideoGame/DarkCloud'': Used in TheLostWoods dungeon to go to a hidden bonus dungeon. |
50 | * ''VideoGame/SimonTheSorcerer'': One puzzle requires the protagonist to improvise one of these after being shrunk. |
51 | * ''VideoGame/LegendsAndMyths'': One shows up towards the end of the City of Eyes level. If you click on it, it grows swan-like wings and sails away, only for another to replace it. It doesn't serve any purpose, but it's pretty. |
52 | [[/folder]] |
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54 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
55 | * Clumsy uses a leaf boat in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Smurfs|1981}}'' cartoon special "[[Recap/TheSmurfs1981Special5SmurfilyEverAfter Smurfily Ever After]]" to deliver invitations for Woody and Laconia's wedding, with his first stop being the Pussywillow Pixies. |
56 | [[/folder]] |
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58 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
59 | * Some types of Ants use leaves to cross streams. |
60 | * Water striders are predatory insects that "walk" on the surface-tension of still ponds. When they find a dead or drowning bug, they'll drag it to a floating leaf, so they can eat in peace without the risk of being swallowed by a fish from below. Occasionally the leaf then gets washed into a stream and carried off, which is one way water striders colonize new ponds. |
61 | [[/folder]] |
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