Stop Drowning and Stand Up: Difference between revisions

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* In ''[[Hidamari Sketch]]'', while at a water park, Yuno worries about how to enter the lazy river, since she can't swim and her innertube would float away if she puts it in first (and jumping in is not allowed). While she agonizes over what to do, Sae informs her that the pool is shallow.

* This happens to Akane in [[Ranma One Half]] when she starts her swimming lessons. [[Running Gag|And it continues all the way through the manga]], even when the water is only knee-deep ''and she's wearing flotation devices.''<ref>And a snorkel.</ref>

* Judai and Sho do this in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh GX]]'' when {{spoiler|Sho loses confidence over an upcoming tag duel and tries to leave Duel Academy.}}

* Judai and Sho do this in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' when {{spoiler|Sho loses confidence over an upcoming tag duel and tries to leave Duel Academy.}}

* Tsuna and his new friend Enma (the only person who is more of a [[Butt Monkey]] than him) do this in ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]''.

* ''[[~~Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)|~~Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' does this significantly, when Isumi is forced to teleport herself, Hayate and Sakuya away from a losing battle. Hayate eventually helps either get Sakuya to where she can stand, or just helps her to stand in the water, while Isumi is apparently unwilling to even get wet at all, and brings in her dolphin so she doesn't even get her clothes wet. The other two comment.

* ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' does this significantly, when Isumi is forced to teleport herself, Hayate and Sakuya away from a losing battle. Hayate eventually helps either get Sakuya to where she can stand, or just helps her to stand in the water, while Isumi is apparently unwilling to even get wet at all, and brings in her dolphin so she doesn't even get her clothes wet. The other two comment.

== [[Comic Books]] ==

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== [[Literature]] ==

* Happens to Vidia in ''[[Disney Fairies|Silvermist and the Ladybug Curse]]''. Before it's discovered that she's in shallow water, another fairy cries out, "Help! My flowers are ruined and Vidia is drowning!"

* Mentioned, though not seen, in ''[[Discworld ~~(Literature)~~/Reaper Man|Reaper Man]]'':

* Mentioned, though not seen, in ''[[Discworld/Reaper Man|Reaper Man]]'':

{{quote| "In my father's day, any Revenooer came around here prying all by himself, we used to tie weights to their feet and heave 'em into the pond."<br />

{{smallcaps|But the pond is only a few inches deep, Miss Flitworth.}}<br />

"Yeah, but it was fun watching 'em find out." }}

* In ''[[~~Warrior Cats (Literature)|~~Warrior Cats]]'', Bluefur attacks the enemy warrior Oakheart, but misses and falls into a river. Bluefur begs for Oakheart to save her, but he laughs and tells her to stand up, because she was "drowning" in shallow water.

* In ''[[Warrior Cats]]'', Bluefur attacks the enemy warrior Oakheart, but misses and falls into a river. Bluefur begs for Oakheart to save her, but he laughs and tells her to stand up, because she was "drowning" in shallow water.

== [[Film]] ==

* Little John in ''[[Robin Hood Men in Tights]]'' does this in an inch-deep stream.

* Little John in ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]'' does this in an inch-deep stream.

** ''Robin Hood: Men in Tights'' was parodying a similar scene in ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]'' where Robin and Little have this conversation after they're both knocked into the water after a quarterstaff battle;

{{quote| '''Robin of Locksley:''' Do you yield?<br />

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* Edgar in ''[[Once Upon a Forest]]'' is left flailing in a pool of water, only for Abigail and Russell to point out that it's only knee-high.

* Used in ''[[Ice Age]]'', with small proto-elephants in a tar pit (they were doing it on purpose).

* Muk and Luk do this in ''[[~~Balto (Animation)|~~Balto]]'', leading to a whole speech about the "shame of the polar bear that fears the water".

* Muk and Luk do this in ''[[Balto]]'', leading to a whole speech about the "shame of the polar bear that fears the water".

* In ''[[Predators]]'', Edwin falls into a pond and flops around before discovering it's waist-deep.

* A [[Three Stooges]] short had them breaking into a bad guys' hideout through the basement - in a scuffle the lights go out and there's a big splash. Curly starts crying "Moe, Larry, I'm drowning!" and keeps saying it as the lights come on and we see he's standing in a washtub in about six inches of water. Moe growls "Hey, porpoise!" and smacks him.

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== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[~~Spongebob~~ SquarePants]]'': Patrick gets butt cramp in the Goo Lagoon and SpongeBob, while pretending to be a lifeguard, tries to save him. It ended up with SpongeBob drowning in the water with Patrick until a real lifeguard saves them by simply walking in the ankle-high water and picking them up.

* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'': Patrick gets butt cramp in the Goo Lagoon and SpongeBob, while pretending to be a lifeguard, tries to save him. It ended up with SpongeBob drowning in the water with Patrick until a real lifeguard saves them by simply walking in the ankle-high water and picking them up.

* Shaggy does it in the ''[[Scooby Doo|Scooby Doo, Where Are You!]]'' episode "The Haunted House Hang-Up".

{{quote| '''Shaggy''': Help! I'm drowning! Call the coastguard!}}

* This happens in an episode of ''[[Arthur]]'' where Binky learns to swim.

* [[Winnie the Pooh|Tigger]] does this in the opening of one of the episodes of ''The New Adventures of Winnie The Pooh'', the one titled 'My Hero'. Piglet saves him. No really, go watch it. It's on youtube.

* One episode of [[US Acres]] on [[Garfield and Friends]] featured a flashback with Wade's father trying to teach him how to swim. As Wade was on water, he was afraid of sinking and kept yelling until his father told him how shallow the water was.

* One episode of [[U.S. Acres]] on [[Garfield and Friends]] featured a flashback with Wade's father trying to teach him how to swim. As Wade was on water, he was afraid of sinking and kept yelling until his father told him how shallow the water was.

* In the "Love and Cheese" episode of ''[[Hey Arnold]]'', [[Parody Sue|Lila]] is drowning in a stream of water in the Cheese Festival's Tunnel of Love. Arnold comes to save her, and after he grabs her and takes her to the surface, he tells her that they can stand up. Once they do, the water only reaches their ankles. Of course, it's all part of a [[Zany Scheme]] played out by [[Stalker ~~With~~ a Crush|Helga]] to break them apart.

* In the "Love and Cheese" episode of ''[[Hey Arnold]]'', [[Parody Sue|Lila]] is drowning in a stream of water in the Cheese Festival's Tunnel of Love. Arnold comes to save her, and after he grabs her and takes her to the surface, he tells her that they can stand up. Once they do, the water only reaches their ankles. Of course, it's all part of a [[Zany Scheme]] played out by [[Stalker with a Crush|Helga]] to break them apart.

* In the [[Donald Duck]] cartoon ''Donald's Diary'', Daisy persistently tries to snare eligible bachelor Donald - at one point flailing in a pond in a park crying for help. When he obliviously walks by, she stands up in a huff in the shin-deep water.