Basic Trope: Walruses are usually portrayed as villains or jerks.
- Straight: Waylon Walrus is a sneaky cad who twirls his whiskers and cackles as he plots to catch and eat innocent sea creatures.
- Exaggerated:
- Waylon Walrus is a soul-devouring ice demon.
- Waylon Walrus is a Complete Monster.
- Or all Walruses are Always Chaotic Evil.
- Downplayed: Waylon Walrus is a disgruntled old pinniped who just wants those darn kids off his lawn.
- Waylon Walrus is a Jerk with a Heart of Gold.
- Justified: The villain is a shapeshifter who takes the form of a walrus to appear big and intimidating.
- Inverted: Warm-Hearted Walrus
- Subverted: Waylon isn't mean, just lazy.
- Double Subverted: Waylon is just hiding his powerful, brutish side.
- Parodied: Waylon tries to act all scary, but it's undermined by his comical appearance.
- Zig Zagged: Some walruses are evil, some aren't.
- Averted: There aren't any walruses in the work.
- Enforced: The author uses a walrus as a villain because evil polar bears are a little too common.
- Lampshaded: "Whoa, that walrus just hit me in my face!"
- Invoked: Waylon Walrus has very long, curly whiskers and chipped tusks that make him look frightening.
- Exploited: One character has a fear of walruses, so another character dresses up as one to scare them.
- Defied: Waylon Walrus decides My Species Doth Protest Too Much and decides to be a friendly, pacifistic individual despite what others might assume about him.
- Discussed: "He's a walrus? If this were a Zany Cartoon, he would be evil."
- Conversed: "In arctic settings, the villains are almost always the walruses."
- Implied: Someone tells another to stay away from the walruses.
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