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* [[Apparently Human Merfolk]]: What Allen becomes at the end of the first movie, no tail like Madison but he can now breathe underwater

* {{spoiler|[[Bittersweet Ending]]}}

* [[Fish Out of Water]]: Quite literally

* [[Fourth Date Marriage]]

* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: During the rescue.

* [[Hair of Gold]]: Madison

* [[Haven't You Seen X Before?]]:

* [[Line-of-Sight Name]]: Madison picks her name from a street sign.

** "Madison? [[Hilarious in Hindsight|That's not a name]]!"<ref>It is now. It went from unheard of to one of the most popular the year this movie came out.</ref>

* [[Loveable Sex Maniac]]: Freddy, who has been married countless times (even bringing a ''date'' to one of his own weddings), writes letters to penthouse and will pick up multiple women in one night. However, he's still our [[Plucky Comic Relief]] who believes in true love.

* [[Mad Scientist]]: Dr. Kornbluth.

* [[Magical Girlfriend]]

* [[Make Me Wanna Shout]]: Madison has a healthy set of lungs... er, gills... oh, what'''ever'''

* [[Mermaid Problem]]: Solved with the dry land = legs solution. The press points it out when they hound Allen with their ridiculous questions.

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Dr. Kornbluth, when he learns they're going to kill the mermaid. All he wanted was to show people he's not crazy.

** Too bad [[One-Scene Wonder|his mentor]] wasn't around to say "[[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|I hope you're happy now?]]" and express his disappointment.

* [[Nipple-and-Dimed]]: Despite the [[Godiva Hair]], there are a few underwater shots where the hair doesn't cover Madison's... uh, headlights.

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Kornbluth's mentor

* [[Our Mermaids Are Different]]: In an earlier drafts, a sea hag tells the mermaid that she can only stay on land for six days to find her human lover, and she must wet her tail every day. The finished product simplifies things by ruling that wet=tail, and dry=legs.

** This subplot makes sense, since Madison has to return to sea after six days or she "can never come back" and {{spoiler|why Allen can't return to land}}.

* [[Painful Transformation]]: [[Ron Howard]] wanted something like this for the bathtub sequence, but decided it would ruin the appeal of the character.

* [[Playing with Syringes]]: When Allen goes to confront Kornbluth he is at the dentist. Expecting Allen to attack him, he grabs the syringe of anesthesia to defend himself.

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Freddy was last seen about to be arrested by the feds. If he goes to prison, and Allen never comes back, who's going to run the company?

* [[Your Universe or Mine?]]: {{spoiler|When Madison must go back to the ocean, she tells Allen that he can go with her, but he will never be able to return to land. It is never explained why, perhaps it may have to do with the sea hag subplot. Still, he was reluctant at first but accepts readily after saving her from government frogmen.}}

** {{spoiler|Whitewashed in the sequel, as Madison reveals that she was just kidding and that it's actually perfectly okay for them to go back to land.}}

*** {{spoiler|It's possible it was a test question, how much would a human be willing to give up for his aquatic lover? Once Madison realized Allen was really going to stay with her, it was safe to tell him the truth.}}