Seashell Bra: Difference between revisions

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[[File:ariel bra3 9844.jpg|link=The Little Mermaid|frame|Bivalves are a mermaid's best friend.]]

 

{{quote|'''Mimic:''' By th' way, nice seashells.

 

For some reason, [[Our Mermaids Are Different|mermaids]] feel compelled to fashion bras for themselves out of seashells, but they never care about making any other kinds of clothing. Although this provides [[Fan Service]] and [[Fetish Fuel]], it was originally created for the reverse reason. Logically (as in, using the same logic that would apply to humans *cough*), a mermaid would be an [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]], but we can't have that in a kids' movie, can we?

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* ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'' takes [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]] to the extreme, so of course, mermaids always have seashell bras that match their tails. They do, however, wear other kinds of clothing at times, such as skirts, but these are purely ceremonial, and usually a mermaid is depicted in only the shell bra.

* Somewhat related example from ''[[Love Hina]]'': Having found an oasis after getting lost in the middle of the desert, Naru makes improvised bikinis for herself and Nyamo (and then later, Shinobu, whose [[Clothing Damage|clothes had been destroyed]] by one of Motoko's sword techniques) out of giant leaves. Not explained is why Kitsune put Motoko in the exact same type of outfit when they were still in civilization. This also allows a "trap" that unleashes ''caterpillars'' to be [[Clothing Damage|somewhat threatening]], in a way.

* Seria from ''[[Rave Master]]'' has an interesting variation: she wears a bikini top... with a [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/rave_master/v13/c103/7.html shell motif].

* ''[[Galaxy Angel Rune|Galaxy Angel 3rd]]'' (manga) has the girls turned into mermaids at one point, complete with Seashell Bra.

* Guu from ''[[Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu]]'' wears one during the [[Beach Episode]].

* There is an episode of ''[[Maicching Machiko-sensei|Maicchingu Machiko Sensei]]'' in which a male teacher imagines the main character as a mermaid with the obligatory seashell bikini.

* In book 10 of the ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' manga, both Lum and Shinobu are disguised as mermaids and wear seashell bras.

* Averted in [[Marine Boy]], in which his mermaid friend Neptina uses [[Godiva Hair]].

 

== Comedy ==

== Web Original ==

* Asked about [http://xninjared.deviantart.com/art/The-Mermaid-Problem-155487940 here]. Considers the theory if females are born with it, and if not, how they measure cup/clam size. Also deconstructs it by asking why Mermaids wearing dead clams as their bras if they are friends with fish.

 

== Western Animation ==

* The ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "Lois Kills Stewie" has a seashell speedo on a reverse mer-man: he's a fish on the top, and a man on the bottom.

* Subverted during both episodes of ''[[The Backyardigans]]'' that have mermaids, "Viking Voyage" and "Into the Deep". During those episodes, Tasha and Uniqua are mermaids (well, Uniqua just in the latter), but their tails ''[http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/bestselling-movies-2007/325-1.jpg cover the entire torso]'', so they don't need seashell bras.

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