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[[File:01chapmanMonster.pop.jpg|link=Creature from the Black Lagoon|frame|[[The Little Mermaid|Wandering free...wish I could be...part of your world]]!]]
{{quote|'''Mullroy''': There has definitely been a breakdown in discipline aboard this vessel.
'''Murtogg''': I blame the fish-people.
'''Mullroy''': ''[Sarcastically]'' Ohh, so fish-people, by dint of being [[Fantastic Racism|fish-people, automatically aren't as disciplined as non-fish-people?]]
'''Murtogg''': It seems contributory, is all I'm saying.|''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: At World's End''}}
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Fish People are a subspecies of [[Petting Zoo People]]. [[Super-Trope]] to [[Shark Man]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* The Water Folk from ''[[Moribito Guardian of the Spirit]]''.
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* The [[Slayers]] novels feature this too (obviously, since the anime was based of them). There are apparently several varieties of fish people of varying degrees of icthyism, but Nunsa, the one who appears in the first novel, takes the cake; talking and walking around on land are his only concessions to the "people" part of the trope. When Zolf tells him to kiss Lina to gross her out, he comments that he's considered the most desirable mate in his school (the [[Incredibly Lame Pun|best catch]], you might say), then sits down and waits patiently. When quizzed, he claims he's waiting for the eggs, since he's not sure what kissing is, but is vaguely aware it's related to mating.
* Marsh-wiggles from ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]''. [http://narnia.wikia.com/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia_Wiki WikiNarnia] describes them as having "green-grey straw-like hair, large ears, long legs and arms, webbed hands with long fingers...hard webbed feet, similar to those of ducks...a muddy complexion and greenish skin." Oh, and they're also [[Planet of Hats|an entire race of]] [[The Eeyore|Eeyores]]--the only one we meet, Puddleglum, is seen as a [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]] by his fellow Marsh-wiggles, and ''he'' has lines like:
{{quote|"Those eels will take a mortal long time to cook, and either of you might faint with hunger before they're done. I knew a little girl—but I'd better not tell you that story. It might lower your spirits, and [[Hypocritical Humor|that's a thing I never do]]."
"The bright side of it is, that if we break our necks getting down the cliff, then we're safe from being drowned in the river."
"And you must always remember there's one good thing about being trapped down here: It'll save funeral expenses." }}
** In his defense, he's a [[Determinator]] who manages to keep Jill and Eustace going, and the sole member of his group who remembers the quest when the others were distracted by promises of food and comfort from Harfang. He realized that [[The Vamp|the Lady of the Green Kirtle]] and [[Super Fun Happy Thing of Doom|the Gentle Giants of Harfang]] were not to be trusted long before his companions did. And he has several [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|incredibly epic moments]], the most memorable being a [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] which proved that he ''wasn't'' always a complete pessimist.
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