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== [[Anime]] ==
* Magikarp in the ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]'' anime usually appear as extras in underwater scenes and the badly-disguised wares of a [[Snake Oil Salesman]], but occasionally have made a bigger impression:
** In the episode "''The Joy of Pokémon''" one Nurse Joy had a giant Magikarp for a friend.
** The episode "''Ya See We Want An Evolution!''" had a Magikarp and Feebas (its [[Expy]]/[[Foil]]) beating the snot out of Piplup and Ash's Pikachu almost effortlessly.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* According to ''[[Dave Barry]] Hits Below the Beltway'', the Reflecting Pool in the Washington Mall is home to a legendary carp which has grown to 1900 pounds on junk food thrown by tourists and once swallowed a passing pedestrian (the Secretary of the Interior) whole. And yes, [[Dave Barry]] ''does'' mention in a footnote that "'Legendary Carp' would be [[A Good Name for Aa Rock Band]]."
* In the story "Tunnel of Fish" from Kate Atkinson's short story collection ''Not the End of the World'', on his birthday Eddie is taken to Deep Sea World where, in an undersea tunnel, he receives a message from a giant carp.
* In [[Alastair Reynolds]]' "Chasm City", research involving carp produced the earliest immortality treatments. As a result, the postmortal upper class reveres carp in general, and there is also a specific carp which is also several hundred years old and therefore extra-revered.
* In ''[[Keys to Thethe Kingdom]]'', one of the [[Gotta Catch Em All|parts of the Will]] takes the form of a carp.
 
== [[Mythology]] ==
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* In Chinese Folklore, a carp that was able to jump over the Dragon's Gate would then transform into a dragon itself. This myth inspired Magikarp, below.
** There are even several legends about carp being able to transform into dragons.
* In Mercer Mayer's [http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/633668.East_of_the_Sun_and_West_of_the_Moon illustrated version] of "[[East of the Sun Andand West of The Moon (Literature)|East of the Sun And West of The Moon]]", a [[Legendary Carp]] is one of the beasts that assists the heroine on her journey. He gives her a ride across the sea on his back and a [[It May Help You Onon Your Quest|fish scale]] that proves useful later.
 
== [[Radio]] ==
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