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* An old cartoon had a female competitive swimmer win the trophy, we pull back, revealing her to be a mermaid, and she walks away by tip-toeing on her tail fin. |
* An old cartoon had a female competitive swimmer win the trophy, we pull back, revealing her to be a mermaid, and she walks away by tip-toeing on her tail fin. |
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* ''[[Animalympics]]'' has the dolphin Mark Spritz and the orca Ono Nono stand and walk on their flukes. |
* ''[[Animalympics]]'' has the dolphin Mark Spritz and the orca Ono Nono stand and walk on their flukes. |
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* The water-fearing mermaid in ''[[American Dragon Jake Long]]'' was guilty of this on occasion. Averted with the older mermaid who was Jake's principal, who hid her tail by using a wheelchair. |
* The water-fearing mermaid in ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'' was guilty of this on occasion. Averted with the older mermaid who was Jake's principal, who hid her tail by using a wheelchair. |
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* Sometimes played straight and sometimes averted in [[Chuck Jones]]' adaptation of ''[[The White Seal]]''. |
* Sometimes played straight and sometimes averted in [[Chuck Jones]]' adaptation of ''[[The White Seal]]''. |
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* The fish in ''[[Fish Hooks]]'' all stand and walk this way. And yes, their tails look absolutely ''nothing'' like actual fish tails at all! |
* The fish in ''[[Fish Hooks]]'' all stand and walk this way. And yes, their tails look absolutely ''nothing'' like actual fish tails at all! |
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