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1''Bird and Fish'' is an animated short film by Ann Mendenhall and Stephanie Son, and is a graduation piece from the Kansas City Art Institute.
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3In it, two boys, one bird-person from a small town known as the Dry, and a fish-person from a city called the Watery, cross their societal boundaries and fall in love. In time, they change each other, and eventually, their divided world.
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5The animation can be seen [[https://vimeo.com/67445312 here]]. Its Website/{{Tumblr}} blog is [[http://bird-and-fish.tumblr.com/ here]].
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8!!This short film contains examples of:
9* AlienSky: The Watery is shown as an upside-down ocean in the sky.
10* AmbiguousGender: While both are technically male, Fish's high-pitched voice often confuses fans as to his gender.
11* AmusingInjuries: Bird is accidentally burnt by one of Fish's cigarettes, While Fish is introduced from under a pile of scrap metal.
12* AnimalEyes: Fish has [[MonochromaticEyes solid black eyes]].
13* ArtificialGravity: The glowing red orb generates this to keep the Watery and Dry separate.
14* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Oh, so very much.
15* BeautifulDreamer: Bird falls asleep at one point, with Fish watching over him.
16* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Fish is apparently considered to be this by his own kind.
17* CueTheSun
18* DreamingOfThingsToCome: The short opens with Bird dreaming that the Watery, the world that floats in an upside down ocean above the Dry, is pouring down. At the end of the short [[spoiler: this is EXACTLY what happens]].
19* FantasticRacism: Between the Dry and the Watery.
20* FishPeople
21* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: Played with. Fish loves the idea of flying.
22* GreatOffscreenWar: Fish mentions that there was a war some time in the past.
23* GotVolunteered: "Everyone steps backward" variant. When Bird's boss mentions that someone needs to deliver Fish's package, everyone scoots away from Bird, much to his distress.
24* HandsOnApproach: When Bird and Fish are pulling a rope together in this way, Bird blushes.
25* InterspeciesRomance: Implied.
26* TheKlutz: Fish, near the beginning of the short.
27* MotorMouth: Fish.
28* NoNameGiven: While Bird and Fish's names are not stated in the short, WordOfGod states that Bird's name is Avery Flynn, and Fish's name is Skylar Kandinsky.
29* NonMammalianHair: Bird's kind has head hair and back hair comprised of limp feathers, and Fish's kind has scales, fins, and an angler lure for hair.
30* PropagandaMachine: There are posters in Bird and Fish's worlds that have captions, like "Imported oxygen-is it safe?" and "Is your water clean?"
31* QuiveringEyes: Fish when Bird and Fish finally finish the plane.
32* SeeWater: Bird can see perfectly fine when he enters the Watery, despite having just glasses over his eyes.
33* SmokingIsCool: Fish is a smoker.
34* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Averted. While Bird does have yellow eyes, there's nothing really supernatural about them.
35* TimeCompressionMontage: Combined with HardWorkMontage, Fish's plane takes at least a month to complete, judging from Sandra's comments that no mail has been delivered to the Watery in that time. Also doubles as a FallingInLoveMontage.
36* TheVoiceless: Bird barely speaks beyond a sigh in the entire short.
37* VoluntaryShapeshifting: All of Fish's species can turn their hands and legs into fins at will.
38* WalkDontSwim: The Fish People can play this trope straight and invert it via shape-shifting.
39* WaterIsAir: Well, when the Fish People have legs, it is. Otherwise, trope is averted.
40* WorldOfFunnyAnimals

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