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{{trope}}
Also could be called [[Pirate Punk]], though the setting may not even have so much as a single pirate in it in many cases. Life in a [[Single Biome Planet|mostly watery world]] (or a mostly watery part of the world where the rest isn't of much matter) with distant islands connected by trade routes, ships sailing back and forth, and of course, many [[Pirate
This may also be a type of [[After the End]] setting, if the writers are trying to teach [[An Aesop]]<ref>
For a similar setting that trades the water for the skies, see [[Sky Pirates]]. And since [[Space Is an Ocean]], you might have [[Space Pirates]]. Compare and Contrast its exact opposite [[Desert Punk]].
{{examples
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Blue Submarine
* ''[[Future Boy Conan]]''
* ''[[Daphne in
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Waterworld]]'' is definitely the
* ''[[
* Kamino in ''[[Attack of the Clones]].''
== [[Literature]] ==
* Ursula K. LeGuin's ''[[Earthsea Trilogy]]'' setting.
* Settings like these may be in part inspired by the story of [[The Bible
* The [[Robin Hobb]] ''Liveship Traders'' series
** Except that the C plot (Malta) takes place almost entirely on land. Plot lines A (Althea) and B (Wintrow) certainly qualify, though.
* ''[[
* ''[[Tranquilium]]'' starts out overwhelmingly maritime, with the human population being concentrated on islands of various sizes. {{spoiler|At the end, it becomes an extreme example of this trope as most of the world's known landmasses are submerged and the population moved to huge arcs that travel in search for new lands.}}
* The parts of John Birmingham's ''Without Warning'' that deal with the crew of the ''Aussie Rules''.
* Taylor Anderson's ''Destroyermen'' series is set in the Pacific Ocean of an [[Alternate History|alternate Earth]] where that pesky asteroid never wiped out the dinosaurs so it qualifies. Since the main characters are the crew of a WWII era destroyer that ran afoul of a time-space rift it also has elements of [[
* The second ''[[The Pendragon Adventure|Pendragon]]'' novel, ''The Lost City of Faar'', takes place on the territory of Cloral, which is covered entirely by water {{spoiler|until the mountain of Faar is raised at the end}}. Cloral has generally advanced technology, including water guns that can blast through walls, plastic made from processed water, and water-based propulsion systems, with specialized floating cities called "habitats" housing residents.
* ''[[Vampirates (
* The ''Wave Walkers'' trilogy by Kai Meyer.
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* [[The Crystal Maze]] replaced the [[Industrial Ghetto|Industrial Zone]] with the Ocean Zone in later seasons - a Titanic-style sunken ocean liner trapped within an air bubble on the ocean's floor.
* ''[[Storm World]]'' is a juvenile SF series set on a world where the inhabitants (all sucked there through wormholes) are constantly at odds because of the scarcity of land, and above all fresh water.
* ''[[
== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
* FASA [[Traveller]] module ''Rescue on Galatea''. The main action takes place on the [[Ocean Planet]] Galatea.
* ''[[Dungeons
** The Crowded Sea in the ''[[Al Qadim]]'' campaign setting (a subsetting of ''[[Forgotten Realms]]''), explored in the ''Corsairs'' boxed set, serves this purpose.
* ''[[
* Owing to the fact that the Elemental Pole of Water is located there, this tends to be the theme of any ''[[
* [[Fifty Fathoms]] is all about the swashbuckling piratey oceanpunk goodness.
== Toys ==
* ''[[
* ''[[LEGO Pirates]]'' was a more historical take on the trope, but still [[Culture Chop Suey|generic enough]] to qualify.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Sonic Rush Series
* The ''[[Aquanox]]'' series of futuristic [[After the End]] sub combat sims. Just think of it as "''[[
* ''[[Submarine Titans]]'', which is basically ''[[
* Sleeper Xbox title ''[[Bloodwake]]'' is like this. The story suggests there's plenty happening on the game world's mainland, but since the protagonist is part of a pirate group who base themselves on islands and make a living preying on nearby shipping channels, all their warfare (and gameplay) is naval.
* ''[[
* ''[[The Ocean Hunter]]''.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Pirates of Dark Water]]''.
* ''[[The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack]] ''.
* ''[[Star Trek:
* ''[[Jabberjaw]]'' is set in a future where the ocean floor has been colonized.
* ''Sealab 2020'' and ''[[Sealab 2021]].''
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Instant Index, Just Add Water]]
[[Category:Settings]]
[[Category:Tropes At Sea]]
[[Category:Punk Punk]]
[[Category:Ocean Punk]]
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