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Jumping Fish
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- 24 feature instances
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Simply put, jumping fish is the presence of fish indicated by having one or more fish literally "jumping" out of a source of water (lake, river, etc.), especially when the characters suggest looking for food. These fish often soar two or three times their body lengths straight up before splashing back into the water, for no other reason than to advertise their presence. In Real Life, most fish do not jump out of the water or, if they do, emerge only an inch or two to catch prey just on the surface. However, this can be used as a visual shorthand, to quickly show not only that there are hungry fish to be caught but also to cut down the time it would otherwise take to see if a body of water actually has any fish in it. Not to be confused with Jumping the Shark. Or the Flying Seafood Special. Examples |
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Dropped link to ABZU: Not an Item - UNKNOWN | |
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| Jumping Fish / int_223c2a48 | type |
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| Jumping Fish / int_223c2a48 | comment |
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild depicts Prince Sidon of the Zora jumping out of the water while guiding Link up Zora River. | |
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| The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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| Jumping Fish / int_243f5fd3 | type |
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| Jumping Fish / int_243f5fd3 | comment |
The Chopper robots in the Sonic The Hedgehog series is constantly jumping out of the water — though, of course, those aren't really fish. | |
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| Sonic the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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| Jumping Fish / int_347ec243 | type |
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| Jumping Fish / int_347ec243 | comment |
In Monster Rancher, "Undine's Lake", just when everyone is complaining about a lack of food, some fish jump out of the lake, prompting them to start fishing. | |
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| Monster Rancher | hasFeature |
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| Jumping Fish / int_400469e | type |
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| Jumping Fish / int_400469e | comment |
In one Calvin and Hobbes strip, Calvin is fishing and a fish jumps out of the lake and bites him on the butt. He then reacts with ire when Hobbes asks if the "fish are biting today". | |
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| Jumping Fish / int_46518682 | type |
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| Jumping Fish / int_46518682 | comment |
On Sesame Street, there was a sketch where Ernie and Bert went fishing and Ernie got fish to jump into the boat by calling them. | |
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| Jumping Fish / int_5d96b889 | type |
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| Jumping Fish / int_5d96b889 | comment |
Several Mario Kart games have tracks with jumping fish that try to throw off your concentration. They don't actually smack into you, but they do distract. | |
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| Mario Kart (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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| Jumping Fish / int_6ef684b9 | type |
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| Jumping Fish / int_6ef684b9 | comment |
In a Porky Pig comic, Porky and his nephew Cicero bathe three large, flea-covered dogs in the lake, causing the fleas to scatter. The lake's fish immediately jump to eat the fleas, attracting the attention of nearby fishermen. | |
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| Jumping Fish / int_74f7210c | type |
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| Jumping Fish / int_74f7210c | comment |
Done occasionally in The Legend of Zelda with the Zora Fish People: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask lets Link transform into a Zora, and when he accelerates while breaching the surface he'll jump out. This is required to do things like getting onto platforms and jumping through certain rings in the Beaver Brothers minigame. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild depicts Prince Sidon of the Zora jumping out of the water while guiding Link up Zora River. |
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| The Legend of Zelda (Franchise) | hasFeature |
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| Jumping Fish / int_7529056 | type |
Jumping Fish | |
| Jumping Fish / int_7529056 | comment |
Super Mario World has a few levels where Mario has to cross a body of water on the backs of dolphins which are leaping out of it. | |
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| Super Mario World (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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| Jumping Fish / int_7f640c59 | type |
Jumping Fish | |
| Jumping Fish / int_7f640c59 | comment |
The Sims 3 indicates fishing spots by having multiple fish constantly jumping just above the surface. | |
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| The Sims 3 / Videogame | hasFeature |
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| Jumping Fish / int_80682cda | type |
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| Jumping Fish / int_80682cda | comment |
Downplayed in Ace Fishing. The fishes don't jump out of the water willy-nilly, but if your catch doesn't appear out in the surface at least once while you're reeling them in, you can be quite sure that it's not actually a fish. | |
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| Ace Fishing (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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| Jumping Fish / int_8258e260 | type |
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| Jumping Fish / int_8258e260 | comment |
There are a few levels across the Super Mario Bros. series that feature Cheep Cheeps leaping across the screen in swarms. You can still Goomba Stomp them, but it's tricky since they move so fast. Super Mario World has a few levels where Mario has to cross a body of water on the backs of dolphins which are leaping out of it. |
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| Super Mario Bros. (Franchise) | hasFeature |
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| Jumping Fish / int_8d1f3bc7 | type |
Jumping Fish | |
| Jumping Fish / int_8d1f3bc7 | comment |
Fortuna from Star Fox features a large body of water from which giant fish leap to attack you and your wingmen. | |
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| Star Fox (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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| Jumping Fish / int_9267cbef | type |
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| Jumping Fish / int_9267cbef | comment |
Seen on a Barney Bear cartoon. The fish disappear when a duck flies in to give Barney trouble. | |
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| Barney Bear | hasFeature |
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| Jumping Fish / int_9c6ceb95 | type |
Jumping Fish | |
| Jumping Fish / int_9c6ceb95 | comment |
One of the random animations for water hexagons in Age of Wonders 2. | |
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| Age of Wonders (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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| Jumping Fish / int_9f89a5f0 | type |
Jumping Fish | |
| Jumping Fish / int_9f89a5f0 | comment |
Magikarp of Pokémon learns both Splash (which is supposed to mean "hop") and Bounce, both a reference to its jumping ability. | |
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| Pokémon (Franchise) | hasFeature |
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| Jumping Fish / int_b34ad8d2 | type |
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| Jumping Fish / int_b34ad8d2 | comment |
Adventure Island has waler. It's a fish that jumps out of water. | |
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| Adventure Island (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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| Jumping Fish / int_beac6ffb | type |
Jumping Fish | |
| Jumping Fish / int_beac6ffb | comment |
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask lets Link transform into a Zora, and when he accelerates while breaching the surface he'll jump out. This is required to do things like getting onto platforms and jumping through certain rings in the Beaver Brothers minigame. | |
| Jumping Fish / int_beac6ffb | featureApplicability |
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| The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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| Jumping Fish / int_c00c0023 | type |
Jumping Fish | |
| Jumping Fish / int_c00c0023 | comment |
Empire Earth and Pharaoh also use the fish-as-resource location marker. | |
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| Empire Earth (Video Game) | hasFeature |
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| Jumping Fish / int_dc029dad | type |
Jumping Fish | |
| Jumping Fish / int_dc029dad | comment |
Similar to their Cheep Cheep brethren noted above, the massive red Blurps from Yoshi's Story will leap from the water in the Jungle Puddle to swallow the baby Yoshi protagonists in one bite. | |
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| Jumping Fish / int_e0f1b3dc | type |
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| Jumping Fish / int_e0f1b3dc | comment |
The Age of Empires series uses jumping fish to indicate fishing locations. Empire Earth and Pharaoh also use the fish-as-resource location marker. |
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| Jumping Fish / int_e9a28d8f | type |
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| Jumping Fish / int_e9a28d8f | comment |
MythBusters (2017) took on the Silver Carp (see the Real Life folder below) and investigated if a fish's jump potentially had enough force to kill a water-skier. It turns out a two-pound fish to the face can break your neck, so be careful. | |
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| MythBusters (2017) | hasFeature |
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| Jumping Fish / int_ec28245c | type |
Jumping Fish | |
| Jumping Fish / int_ec28245c | comment |
In Dragon Ball Z, this happens at the end of movie 7. Vegeta even makes a comment about it, after Piccolo breaks the fourth wall (this dialogue wasn't in the original, though). | |
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| Dragon Ball Z | hasFeature |
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| Jumping Fish / int_ee6c1abc | type |
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| Jumping Fish / int_ee6c1abc | comment |
In the Strong Bad Email "lures and jigs", Strong Bad causes fish to jump into his boat by singing. | |
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