History Main / SeahorsesAreDragons

* The new design for [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Manaketes]] in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' is based on the real-life leafy seadragon mentioned below, invoking this trope.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' has an inversion of sorts. The design of the dragon form of Manakettes in that game are shaped like more or less standard dragons but are clearly inspired by leafy seadragons given their psuedo-leafy features.

* The Facebook game ''Dragon City'' has the Seahorse Dragon, as seen on the page image.

* Don't underestimate seahorses in ''VideoGame/{{Ultima}}.'' They might look like they're a normal everyday seahorse, but they're on par with the local sea-serpents. They are not only capable of speech but magic as well, and if provoked they will spit fireballs at you until you flee or are vaporized. You ''can'' fight them and even defeat them, but it's honestly not worth it--their HP and strength are ridiculously high, while their experience and treasure values stink. You'd make more profit and be at much less risk of humiliating death just by punching a couple of slimes instead.

* Don't underestimate seahorses in ''Franchise/{{Ultima}}.'' They might look like they're a normal everyday seahorse, but they're on par with the local sea-serpents. They are not only capable of speech but magic as well, and if provoked they will spit fireballs at you until you flee or are vaporized. You ''can'' fight them and even defeat them, but it's honestly not worth it--their HP and strength are ridiculously high, while their experience and treasure values stink. You'd make more profit and be at much less risk of humiliating death just by punching a couple of slimes instead.

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* In ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' Hatori is one of the Juunishi, specifically the year of the Dragon in the EasternZodiac, however he transforms into a seahorse when embraced, something that is embarrassing and quite dangerous to him if he's not near a body of water.
* ''Anime/NarutoTheMovieRoadToNinja'' has [[http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/File:Seiryū.png Seiryu]], of the [[http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Nine_Masked_Beasts Nine Masked Beasts]], who is described as seahorse-looking and translates to "Azure Dragon".
* The ''Anime/OnePiece'' character [[http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Tatsu Tatsu]] is a memory stealing seahorse who dreams of becoming a Sennenryu, a dragon that lives for 1000 years before giving birth and dying.
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''
** The seahorse-like [[http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Babydmon Babydmon]] evolves into [[http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Dracomon Dracomon]] and successive dragon-themed {{mon}}s.
** [[http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Seahomon Seahomon]] has an attack called (depending on the translation) Dragon Noise or Dragon Drop.

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* In the ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' card game the Kaiser Seahorse can be used as an easier way to summon a Blue Eyes White Dragon in addition to the name "Kaiba" literally meaning "Seahorse" or by extension [[MeaningfulName "Young Dragon"]].

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* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''
** The Horsea line are all classified as "Dragon" Pokemon in the Pokedex, though Horsea and Seadra are not Dragon type Pokemon, but their evolution Kingdra (based on the Weedy Sea Dragon) is.
** Generation 6 has Skrelp, a Poison/Water type Leafy Sea Dragon who evolves into Dragalge, a Poison/Dragon Leafy Sea Dragon.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Okamiden}}'' the new brush gods are [[SpinOffspring the children of the previous brush gods, and the same species]] the children of Yomigami, the dragon god of rejuvenation are a pair of seahorses.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'' there's a monster which looks like a winged seahorse with fire on his tail and referred to as "Dragon".
* ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' had "Dragons" which resemble red seahorses. Dragons are an interesting case because their fire breathing powers are more reminiscent of western dragons, which are unconnected to seahorses.
* The graphics of the dragons from ''VideoGame/{{Adventure}}'' looks similar to a seahorse.

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* ''VideoGame/Aquaria'' plays with this just a bit. Seahorses are friendly, can be ridden around for a speed boost, and whinny when interacted with. Sea''dragons'' (see below, under RealLife), on the other hand, are hostile, breathe fire, and roar very loudly when they spot you.

Seahorses are one of nature's MixAndMatchCritters. Essentially, it is a fish, but with the tail of a monkey, the pouch ([[MisterSeahorse in males]]) of a kangaroo, swiveling eyes like a chameleon, encased in bony armor plating, swims upright using its dorsal fin, and a snout more like a snorkel than anything nature has come up with. These odd features have led it to be associated with [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Eastern Dragons.]] According to some legends a seahorse is a baby dragon, and thus seahorses are often tied to dragons. Like DinosaursAreDragons, this is largely an Eastern culture trope: most notably, the Japanese word for seahorse, "tatsu-no-otoshigo," literally means "dragon's bastard child."

** The SdrawkcabName Horsea line are all classified as "Dragon" Pokemon in the Pokedex, though Horsea and Seadra are not Dragon type Pokemon, but their evolution Kingdra (based on the Weedy Sea Dragon) is.

** The [[SdrawkcabName Horsea]] line are all classified as "Dragon" Pokemon in the Pokedex, though Horsea and Seadra are not Dragon type Pokemon, but their evolution Kingdra (based on the Weedy Sea Dragon) is.

Also connected to SeahorseSteed, which are often large and rather like sea dragons.

* In ''Virtual Boy Wario Land'', Sea Dragon Wario can breathe fire out of his seahorse snout.

* In ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' Hatori is Juunichi of the year of the Dragon in the EasternZodiac, however he transforms into a seahorse when embraced, something that is embarrassing and quite dangerous to him if he's not near a body of water.

* In ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' Hatori is Juunichi of the year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, however he transforms into a seahorse when embraced, something that is embarrassing and quite dangerous to him if he's not near a body of water.

* The new design for [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Manaketes]] in VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening is based on the real-life leafy seadragon mentioned below, invoking this trope.

* Weedy Sea Dragons, aquatic seahorse relatives that have weed-like growths on them for camouflage in their seaweed habitat. While not dragons themselves (obviously), they are named after them and resemble small sea dragons.

!!Examples

** Generation 6 has Skrelp, a Poison/Water type Leafy Sea Dragon who evolves into Dragalge, a Poison/Dragon Leefy Sea Dragon.

** The [[SdrawkcabName Horsea]] line are all classified as "Dragon" Pokemon in the Pokedex, though Horsea and Seadra are not Dragon type Pokemon, but their evolution Kingdra is.

Seahorses are one of nature's MixAndMatchCritters, with the tail of a monkey and the pouch ([[MisterSeahorse in males]]) of a kangaroo, and a snout more like a snorkel than anything nature has come up with. These odd features have led it to be associated with [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Eastern Dragons.]] According to some legends a seahorse is a baby dragon, and thus seahorses are often tied to dragons. Like DinosaursAreDragons, this is largely an Eastern culture trope: most notably, the Japanese word for seahorse, "tatsu-no-otoshigo," literally means "dragon's bastard child."

** Latest generation has Skrelp, a Poison/Water type Leafy Sea Dragon who evolves into Dragalge, a Poison/Dragon Leefy Sea Dragon.

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[[AC:RealLife]]
* Weedy Sea Dragons, aquatic seahorse relatives that have weed-like growths on them for camouflage in their seaweed habitat. They look like miniature Eastern Dragons with seaweed type spikes, but no legs.