Basic Trope: A creature that lays eggs... Except that, according to (Earthen) biology's rules, it shouldn't be supposed to do so!
- Straight: Wanda the Whale lays an egg.
- Exaggerated:
- Every single animal on planet Earth lays eggs!
- Willy, a male whale, lays an egg.
- Carlos, a male car lays an egg.
- Downplayed:
- Right after Wanda's mother laid her egg, it immediately hatched.
- A frog/fish lays a bunch of hard-shelled eggs.
- Justified:
- Due to genetic engineering, Wanda's reproduction system causes her to lay eggs instead of giving live birth.
- Wanda is from a planet where whales actually do lay eggs.
- Inverted: Pregnant Reptile
- Subverted:
- Turns out, that egg she laid was implanted in her so that she can feel what it's like to lay eggs.
- Wanda tries to lay an egg, but fails.
- The egg appears to be Wanda's, but it isn't.
- Double Subverted:
- However, she still lays eggs naturally.
- Once Wanda was just about to give up, she successfully laid an egg.
- Said egg was actually Carlos's.
- Parodied: Wanda lays an egg that instantly grows to massive proportions.
- Zig Zagged: Wanda lays an egg, which was implanted. She tries to lay another egg, but fails.
- Averted: Wanda gives live birth.
- Enforced:
- "We need an early sign that this world is not as it seems." "I know! A whale who lays eggs!"
- The show uses Hollywood Science as a Running Gag.
- The writer of the series actually does think that whales lay eggs.
- The creators make it so all species reproduce by laying eggs to get around the issue of depicting creatures giving birth in a show aimed at children.
- Lampshaded: "Yes, I really did lay this egg." "That's impossible." "I know. I did it anyway."
- Invoked: A tiny amount of radiation fired by Albert, the resident Mad Scientist, hits Wanda, but all it does is make her lay eggs.
- Exploited: Wanda uses her egg as an Improbable Weapon.
- Defied: Wanda would have laid eggs if it wasn't for Cruise, the self-appointed "guardian of all that is natural", hijacked Albert's radiation gun to "correct" her anatomy.
- Discussed: "...and she laid that egg!" "Really?"
- Conversed: "I'm puzzled. Why does Wanda lay eggs when her species should give live birth?"
- Implied: Wanda is shown with an egg.
- Plotted A Good Waste: "Hey! If our character lays eggs, a fanbase will arrive for her. It is usually unexpected, but...!"
- Played For Laughs:
- Wanda's eggs can hatch into anything that can make the audience laugh.
- Wanda lays an egg, and tries to protect it with all her might.
- Played For Drama: Wanda dies due to laying her egg.
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