Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea: Difference between revisions
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* [[No Social Skills]]: Ponyo doesn't "get" humans, and thus makes a lot of gaffes—like carrying a bucket and towel to the table, referring to sandwiches as "milk" as the result of a conversation with a breastfeeding mother, and others. She also doesn't understand that when water comes from people's eyes, that means they're sad.
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: Ponyo's real name is Brunhilde. "Ponyo" is just the name Sousuke gives her. Her father doesn't exactly roll with it, but her mother likes it.
* [[Opposite Gender Protagonists]]: Ponyo and Sousuke. The characters are both around five years old, but that doesn't stop the trope from being used for romance. Ponyo, after tasting Sousuke's blood, wishes to become human. Once the "boy loses girl" and "boy finds girl" part of [[Boy Meets Girl]] happens, the two get [[The Glomp]] and play in Sousuke's house. After a massive flood caused by Ponyo's departure, throwing off the world's balance, Sousuke's mum Lisa departs to look after elderly residents, leaving the two alone for the night. When she didn't return the next morning, the two set out to search for them. The film focuses on the two navigating the environment, as well as the journey of Ponyo becoming human.
* [[Overprotective Dad]]: Fujimoto all the way.
* [[Our Mermaids Are Different]]: Where to start with this one? {{context}}
* [[Partial Transformation]]: Ponyo has an intermediate, amphibian form between her fish- and humanlike forms. Except amphibians don't have chicken legs...
* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: Ponyo when trying to find Sosuke. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] since she'd been doused in a powerful magic potion designed to create another spontaneous burst of sea-life, Cambrian Explosion-style. Despite plunging the town into the ocean, [[No Endor Holocaust|she doesn't appear to cause any casualties or even property damage, though.]]
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