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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.
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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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