39,327
edits
Apparently Human Merfolk: Difference between revisions
m
Mass update links
(→Webcomics: clean up) |
m (Mass update links) |
||
Line 1:
{{trope}}
So you have mermaids and -men, half-human half-fish (or part [[Unscaled Merfolk|seal, dolphin, whale]]) who come with their own [[Mermaid Problem|set of problems]]. Then you have [[Fish People]] who are humanoid but scaly, think of the [[Creature
Then there's these characters. They look so human that they could wander unnoticed down a city street, but can breathe and live underwater. In fact many prefer to live underwater as that is often where they were born, and they only come to the surface to complain that [[Humans Are Bastards]] for polluting the ocean, or to do some superheroing. In fact if they are unused to life on land they may find themselves [[Incredibly Lame Pun|acting like a]] [[Fish Out of Water]].
Line 21:
== Film ==
* At the end of ''[[Splash]]'' Allen becomes one of these so he can be with the more typical mermaid love Madison.
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055844/ There's] an old Soviet romantic sci-fi film called ''Chelovek-Amfibiya (The Human Amphibian)'', in which an oceanologist's son with sick lungs [[We Can Rebuild Him|was given]] [[Bio Punk|additional implants]] [[Artistic License Biology|derived from the gils of a young shark]]. [[Exactly What It Says
* The Mariner in ''[[Waterworld]]'', played by Kevin Costner, has gills behind the ears.
Line 27:
* ''[[The Man From Atlantis]]'' is another example. The only indication of his nature was webbed hands.
* The titular heroine of ''[[Ocean Girl]]'' looked fully human.
* In later seasons of ''[[
== Literature ==
* The titular character of ''[[Percy Jackson
* ''[[The Secret of Platform 13]]'' has Melisande, a merrow who is proud of having feet and continually points them out, for some reason touchy about the idea that people will mistake her for a mermaid.
* The rifters from Peter Watts' [[Rifters Trilogy]] are modified humans (cybernetics and genetic engineering are used) who can survive in deep sea conditions. In fact, they prefer the sea to staying in their confined [[Underwater Base]].
Line 36:
== Mythology ==
* The oceanids, nereids, and naiads of [[Greek Mythology]] look entirely human, though perhaps more beautiful than mortals.
* This is the typical form of mermaids in the [[
* [[Selkies and Wereseals|Selkies]] of Faroese and [[Scotireland|Scotirish]] folklore wear a sealskin as a wetsuit and take human form when they shed it. The Faroese story "The Seal Wife" is about a man who steals a selkie woman's wetsuit and locks it up so that she can't go back to the sea.
Line 44:
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Everybody from Spira in ''[[
** In the sequel, Yuna, Paine and the rest of the Gullwings are shown to be able to if the player does a Blitzball sidequest.
* In ''[[
* ''[[Aquaria]]'' has Li become this shortly after Naija finds him. It's a handy side benefit of your [[Fish Person]] girlfriend having magic powers, though it might only work if they're in close proximity -- Li puts his old diving helmet back on if Naija decides to leave him behind somewhere. [[Half-Human Hybrid|Their son]] might also count.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[
* Marina and her people (all of whom are mute) from ''[[Stingray (TV series)|Stingray]]''
== Webcomics ==
| |||