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{{trope}}
[[File:perry-the-platypus.jpg|link=Phineas and Ferb|frame| He's got more than just mad skill: He's got a beaver tail and a bill!]]
{{quote|''We consider every day a plus
''To spend it with a platypus
''We're always so ecstatic
''<nowiki>'</nowiki>Cause he's semi aquatic.''|'''[[One of Us|Everything's Better With Perry]]''', ''[[Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension]]''}}
Much like [[Everything's Better with Monkeys|Monkeys]], [[Everything's Better with Penguins|Penguins]] and [[Pandaing to the Audience|Pandas]], the duck-billed platypus has achieved a certain level of popularity.
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Plus, if you want to talk about them in the plural, expect to confound linguists until the end of time. Is it ''Platypusses''? "Platypi?" [[Phineas and Ferb|''Platypeople''? Whatever.]] {{spoiler|Platypodes, platypi, and platypuses [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/platypus are all acceptable spellings. ("Platypus" being Greek in origin, "platypodes" is technically correct, and "platypi" is incorrect in the same way as "octopi". Guess how many people care.)]}}
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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Eureka Seven]]'', the [[Axe Crazy]] mecha pilot girl has a pet platypus.
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* Kinda sums it up with this [[Fun T-Shirt]] [http://www.snorgtees.com/ourpowerscombined-p-512.html?osCsid=dba357e2b2c9780a1938f72282f0657a\]
* Sanrio has tried at least three times to launch a platypus character for the [[Hello Kitty]] universe, but it's never taken off.
* [[Robin Williams]]
* The trophy for the Oregon-Oregon State football rivalry game is the Platypus Trophy, because the platypus has characteristics of both schools' mascots, Oregon's duck and Oregon State's beaver.
* The official emblem of the Australian Federal Police is the platypus. The AFP official web site spends several paragraphs explaining why the platypus symbolises all the best qualities of the force, before finally admitting that it might also have something to do with the literal English translation of "platypus" being "flatfoot".
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