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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3 | In 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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5 | The 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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