Electric Jellyfish: Difference between revisions

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== Anime & Manga ==

* In one episode of ''[[Di Gi Charat|Di Gi Charat Nyo]]'', Gema falls in love with a jellyfish, and when he grabs one of her tentacles, it's clear that he's being shocked.

* In ''[[Kaiketsu Zorori]]'', Zorori tries to trap a cat prince by passing some jellyfishes as ''ramen noodle bowls''. The jellyfishes hold him in place and shock him continuously, as Zorori wants him to sign some paper. Later, the cat prince uses the jellyfishes as a power source for a hair dryer so he can defeat a giant kappa.

 

== Films -- Live-Action ==

** The Man-O'War is also in the book, but it is portrayed realistically.

 

 

== Live-Action TV ==

 

 

* ''[[Pokémon]]''

** Averted: the jellyfish Pokémon, Tentacool and Tentacruel, are Water/Poison-type and cannot learn any Electric moves besides possibly Hidden Power (which all TM-learning Pokémon get anyway, and whose type can be ANY type besides Normal.)

* Two of the mooks you can turn in to in ''[[Graffiti Kingdom]]'' are electric jellyfish, though one of them comes from a set of themed elemental jellyfish.

** ''Super Mario Bros. 3'' had Jelectros.

** The Preying Mantas in ''Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island''.

** The games have the Biri and Bari enemies (and the massive boss Barinade, an electric ''anemone''), who are indeed electric jellyfish. Direct contact with them will result in poor Link getting the bejeezus shocked out of him. Also, using your sword, which conducts the juice. And this is ''child Link'' at the time, [[Tear Jerker|screaming in agony whenever one touches him]]. [[The Woobie|Poor thing.]]

** Two-D ''Zelda'' games actually show the screen vibrating, with inverted colors and all.

* Just about anytime you see a jellyfish in ''[[Final Fantasy]]'', it will have an electric attack.

* ''[[Subculture]]'' had electric jellyfish, too, justified as mutations resulting from pollution.

* Electric jellyfish inhabit the [[Water Level|water levels]] in ''[[Ristar]]''. But were you really expecting scientific accuracy from a video game with an anthropomorphic ''star'' as the main character?

** ''X2'' has the Jelly Seekers in Bubble Crab's stage.

* ''[[Metal Slug]] 3'' features a lot of nasty, mutant jellyfishes during the third Mission.

* The jellyfish boss in ''[[EVO Search for Eden]]'' attacks this way, complete with an electric crack sound effect. Regular jellies just whip you with their tentacles.

* Metroids from the ''[[Metroid]]'' series subvert, invert, and play this trope straight. They're basically space jellyfish with claws instead of tentacles, and seem to drain life force, [[Pure Energy|energy]], or electricity from their prey. When they grow into Gamma Metroids, which look more like bugs than jellyfish, they gain the ability to electrocute enemies. [http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Metroid_%28species%29 Read about them for yourself.] [[Art Major Biology|They're quite the original species.]]

* The ''[[Kirby]]'' series gives us Master Green, a jellyfish miniboss that when swallowed gives the [[Shock and Awe|Spark ability]].

* The [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World|Ice Mountain]] [[Under the Sea|Zone]] in ''[[Sonic Advance]]'' has these. Justified because they're [[Mecha Mook|robots]].

* ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'' has Jellybobs in the Beach Levels. Not only do they deliver electric shocks, but [[Flying Seafood Special|they float in the air as well.]]

* [[The Simpsons Game]] plays with this trope when encountering King Snorky (a dolphin) at the Springfield aquarium. You have to drop jellyfish into his tank to electrocute him, however, the jellyfish themselves aren't electrified and must be dropped in the electric eel tank first.

 

 

== Western Animation ==

* The alien that [[Face Full of Alien Wingwong|impregnates Carl]] in ''[[Jimmy Neutron]]''.

 

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