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[[File:eccocomic01_4388.jpg|link=Ecco the Dolphin (
It seems that in most media, especially most fiction, dolphins will be portrayed primarily as heroic and helpful creatures. They're a very marketable species of hero, [[Rule of Cute|partly because of their cuteness]], but also partly because of real-life stories of dolphins saving human lives.
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* Porm, the dolphin who acted as a surrogate mother to ''[[Aquaman (Comic Book)|Aquaman]].''
* [[Ghost Rider]] was saved from a killer shark by dolphins.
* In [[
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Flipper]]'' might be the [[Trope Codifier]] as far as recent western media go.
* Darwin the (talking) Dolphin from ''[[
* In ''[[Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger]]''/''[[Power Rangers Ninja Storm]]'', the water-themed Blue Ranger has a dolphin motif and mecha.
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* In ''"[[Jaws 3]]-D"'' Cindy and Sandy rescue Kay and Mike from a shark after attempting to keep them out of the Galleon.
* Fa and Be from ''Day Of The Dolphin.''
* [[The Legend of the Titanic|Both animated]] [[Titanic:
== [[Literature]] ==
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* ''Dolphin Journey'' has a dolphin protagonist and hero that goes out on a journey to create a song that will keep other dolphins from being trapped in nets.
* ''[[Dinotopia]]'' - Dolphins were responsible for bringing all shipwreck survivors to the island.
* In the first [[
* In [[Carl Hiaasen|Native Tongue,]] [[Meaningful Name|Dickie]] [[Fluffy the Terrible|the Dolphin]] isn't strictly friendly, (or perhaps overly so, {{spoiler|as villian Pedro Luz finds out}}) making this perhaps a [[Double Subversion]].
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Some editions of ''[[
* In one [[Traveller]] sourcebook a story is told of some uplifted sapient dolphins who helped bring to light a scandal involving the secret enslavement of an intelligent species by a megacorporation.
* In ''[[Rifts]]' Underseas'', [[P Cs]] can in fact choose to play as a Dolphin (or an Orca or even Humpback Whale).
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Ecco the Dolphin (
* Played straight with the empathic, pacifist Liir race from ''[[Sword of the Stars]]''...until you attack them, at which point they'll declare you Suul'Ka and never stop killing you until your entire race is just a fading memory. Liir soldiers are called "Black Swimmers" and are ''never'' permitted to interact with civilian Liir, lest their murderous tendencies corrupt the entire species.
** As far as the planet-bound Liir are concerned, the Black Swimmers are all dead to them. They hold a funeral service for each Liir who signs up to join the fleet.
* Mike rescues a dolphin in the second stage of ''[[
* ''[[Command and Conquer Red Alert|Red Alert 3]]'' is set to include dolphins with sonic weapons as seagoing infantry for the Allies, and the 3rd political party in the USA, the Federalists, adopted the Dolphin as their symbol. Of course, dolphins are already Allied sea units in ''Red Alert 2'' as anti-giant squid weapons.
* ''[[Super Mario World (
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[
== Western Animation ==
* Subverted in ''[[The Simpsons (
** Later inverted in a Treehouse Of Horror episode when dolphins [[Makes Just
== Real Life ==
* Brutally subverted in real life: [http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2009/05/13/dolphins_are_violent_predators_that_kill_their_own_babies.html Dolphins] are the closest thing to an [[Always Chaotic Evil]] race in real life, it seems - they have some [[Pet the Dog]] moments, but [[Everything's Even Worse
** They rape ''human women'' on occasion. Does anything really need to be said at that point?
*** AND human ''men''.
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