1 | These are tropes about fish, both real and metaphorical. The hobby of fishing also counts. |
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3 | "Fish" here is defined to include all finned, water-breathing vertebrates, including cartilaginous fish (like sharks and rays) and agnathans (lampreys and hagfishes), despite these groups not being considered true fish in modern taxonomy. Sub-index of AquaticAnimalTropes. For part human/part fish beings, see MerTropes. |
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5 | Unrelated to InfauxmationDesk and SubvertedInnocence. |
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9 | [[index]] |
10 | !!Fishy Tropes |
11 | * AnchoviesAreAbhorrent: Anchovies are portrayed as a disgusting food. |
12 | * ArtisticLicenseMarineBiology: Factual inaccuracies about fish in a work of fiction that make the story work better. |
13 | * TheCatfish: An individual of a game animal species, usually a large fish, that is a legendarily difficult catch. |
14 | * ColdBloodedWhatever: Fish/amphibian/reptile hybrid animals. |
15 | * ExplodingFishTanks: Aquariums being common victims of collateral damage. |
16 | * FiendishFish: Dangerous, sometimes outright evil, fish. |
17 | * FishingEpisode: An episode of a series that involves the protagonists going fishing. |
18 | * FishEyes: When a character's eyes face slightly (or even more than slightly) away from each other. |
19 | * FishingMinigame: Fishing minigames within video games. |
20 | * FishPeople: Fish-like humanoids. |
21 | ** SharkMan: A character who's half-man, half-shark. |
22 | * FlyingSeafoodSpecial: Flying sea creatures. |
23 | * InstantFishKill: Something happens to a water body which immediately kills large amounts of fish. |
24 | * JumpingFish: The presence of fish indicated by having one or more fish literally "jumping" out of a source of water (lake, river, etc.), especially when the characters suggest looking for food. |
25 | * LampreyMouth: A jawless mouth. |
26 | * LandShark: Shark or shark-like creatures that naturally appear on land, be it with legs or burrowing through the ground. |
27 | * LegendaryCarp: Carps in media, especially ones that pay homage to Japanese history, having mystical properties. |
28 | * MellowMantas: Manta rays are portrayed as gentle and graceful. |
29 | * NoCartoonFish: When everything is drawn in a cartoony style except fish. |
30 | * OurHippocampsAreDifferent: Horses with mermaid tails or other piscine features. |
31 | * PainfulPointyPufferfish: Fictional pufferfish seen stabbing things with their spikes. |
32 | * PikePeril: Pike portrayed as evil or vicious. |
33 | * PiranhaProblem: Piranhas portrayed as far more vicious than they are in reality. |
34 | * PsychoElectricEel: Electric eels portrayed as much more powerful/dangerous than they really are. |
35 | * SeahorsesAreDragons: Seahorses associated with or tied to dragons, often Eastern dragons. |
36 | * SeahorseSteed: Seahorses portrayed as the underwater equivalent of actual horses. |
37 | * ShamuFu: Using fish as weapons. |
38 | * SharkFinOfDoom: A shark's dorsal fin sticking above the water as an iconic image. |
39 | * SharkPool: A body of water filled with any variety of unpleasant creatures, including but not limited to sharks |
40 | * SharkTunnel: An underwater tunnel with transparent walls. |
41 | * SinisterStingrays: Rays get depicted in a negative light because of their creepy appearance. |
42 | * SlipperyAsAnEel: Eels depicted as sly, conniving, and untrustworthy creatures. |
43 | * SwordfishSabre: Fish rostrums used to deal damage to something/one, either by the fish itself or a third party. |
44 | * TailfinWalking: A fish walking upright on its tailfins. |
45 | * ThreateningShark: Sharks portrayed as evil, vicious man-eaters. |
46 | |
47 | !! Metaphorically Fishy Tropes |
48 | * AlwaysABiggerFish: When a big threat is taken out by a bigger threat. |
49 | * BigFishInABiggerOcean: When a poweful/talented individual finds themselves in a world where they are average or below everyone else. |
50 | * ComplimentFishing: Calling attention to how bad something is in order to receive compliments. |
51 | * FishingForMooks: The practice of whittling down a large group of mooks by only activating (“aggroing”) a small portion of their number at a time. |
52 | * FishingForSole: Hooking junk such as boots and tin cans while fishing. |
53 | * FishOutOfWater: Someone in a place or situation outside of their experience or knowledge. |
54 | ** FishOutOfTemporalWater: A character from the past or future has to adjust to living outside of their proper time period. |
55 | * GiveAManAFish: Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. |
56 | * GuttedLikeAFish: Getting your belly slashed open, so your insides are on the outside now. |
57 | * HeroesGoneFishing: When the heroes take a break from their mission to enjoy some fun and relaxation. |
58 | * JumpingTheShark: The moment when an established, long-running series changes in a significant manner. |
59 | * MobileFishbowl: When an aquatic character brings water with them when traveling out of water. |
60 | * NormalFishInATinyPond: When a person who is normal in their home world is powerful in another world because of differences between the two worlds. |
61 | * RedHerring: A misleading and distracting clue. |
62 | ** RedHerringMole: TheMole who actually wasn't one. |
63 | ** RedHerringShirt: When a character who seems disposable and insignificant ends up playing a larger role in the story. |
64 | ** RedHerringTwist: When a hyped-up plot element ends up abandoned, explained away, or forgotten. |
65 | * ReplacementGoldfish: A replacement for a lost loved one. |
66 | * SummonBiggerFish: Trying to stop a big threat by introducing an even bigger threat. |
67 | * WithThisHerring: When heroes embark on epic adventures... while ''painfully'' ill-equipped. |
68 | [[/index]] |
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