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* GenkiGirl: Bea.
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** Also, in one episode, there was a brief homage/reference to MightyMorphinPowerRangers

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'Shellsea:''' ''Giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirlllllllllll.''
* WhattheHellHero?: [[spoiler:Bea and Oscar to Milo in the middle of Dollars and fish.]]

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* WhattheHellHero?: WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:Bea and Oscar to Milo in the middle of Dollars and fish.]]
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* NonMammalMammaries: On many occasions, some fish have been shown to have nipples. A small number female characters have breasts.
** In one episode, Oscar disguised himself as an adult woman and even included fake breasts in the mix.

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** Ms. Lips cat, Attila



** Mr. Baldwin, the pregnant seahorse teacher mentioned previously, is revealed to have a "mega crush" on Ms. Lips, a squid. For a long time, he is too scared to approach her until his secret gets out
*** They later start dating officially
** Albert Glass, a glass fish, and Esmargot, a snail, are dating
** Koi (don't need to say anything here) starts a relationship with another boy in school, who is of a different species of fish
** Finberly had a failed phone-romance with a ferret named Cody, and is distressed about being dumped for several episodes
** Piranica, an piranah, and Jocktopus, an octopus
*** Several episodes revolve around them having relationship issues



** Beau Gregory is a pun on the Beaugregory fish



* PunnyName: Quite a few. For example, Clamantha (guess what she is), Jocktopus, Finberley, Shellsea, and several others, with possibly more to come.

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* PunnyName: Quite a few. For example, Clamantha (guess what she is), Jocktopus, Finberley, Shellsea, Piranica and several others, with possibly more to come.


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** Adventures in Fish Sitting has Ms. Lips' cat escaping the house when Bea was asked to look after him. So she disguises Milo as the cat. Following are three Garfield references.
--> '''Ms. Lips'''': Haha! You can talk now!
--> '''Milo''': Uhh, yeah. Hey, can you make me some lasagna?
*** Attila's cat bed resembles Garfield's
--> '''Milo''': I hate mondays
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** Shelsea and Clamantha.
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** MILO: WELL BLANK MY BLANK!!
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Albert Glass and Jumbo Shrimp, also Milo and Oscar from the show's perspective.
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''Fish Hooks'' (2010) is a cartoon on DisneyChannel, created by Noah Z. Jones (whose other claim to fame is ''AlmostNakedAnimals''). The show deals with three fish: Milo, his brother Oscar, and their "overly dramatic" friend Bea, as they attend school in an aquarium at a pet store. The series chronicles their daily lives as they deal with various things, such as friendships, dating, and sports, as well as [[BlatantLies typical t(w)een issues]] such as giant lobster attacks and field trips to the hamster cages.

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''Fish Hooks'' (2010) is a cartoon on DisneyChannel, created by Noah Z. Jones (whose other claim to fame is ''AlmostNakedAnimals''). The show deals with three fish: Milo, his brother Oscar, and their "overly dramatic" friend Bea, as they attend school in an aquarium at a pet store. The series [[SliceOfLife chronicles their daily lives lives]] as they deal with various things, such as friendships, dating, and sports, as well as [[BlatantLies typical t(w)een issues]] such as giant lobster attacks and field trips to the hamster cages.
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* NoSympathy: In "Science Fair Detective Mystery" Oscar wins the science fair, but gets his ribbon taken away when his project is stolen ''even though he already won''.
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** And above all, Mr. Mussels. He is a drama teacher, after all.

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* FlatCharacter: Angela doesn't fulfill much purpose beyond being Oscar's girlfriend and sharing some of his interests.


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* SatelliteCharacter: All of Angela's appearances revolve around her being Oscar's girlfriend.
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* WhattheHellHero?: [[Bea and Oscar to Milo in the middle of Dollars and fish.]]

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* WhattheHellHero?: [[Bea [[spoiler:Bea and Oscar to Milo in the middle of Dollars and fish.]]

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-->'''Shellsea:''' ''Giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirlllllllllll.''
* WidgetSeries: You'd be surprised how amazingly weird this series actually is.

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'Shellsea:'''
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* WidgetSeries: WhattheHellHero?: [[Bea and Oscar to Milo in the middle of Dollars and fish.]]
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You'd be surprised how amazingly weird this series actually is.
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* FlatCharacter: Angela doesn't fulfill much purpose beyond being Oscar's girlfriend and sharing some of his interests.
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* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Bea is shown to have green eyes in "Oscar is a Playa".

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* AdvertisedExtra: Piranhica, despite even appearing in promotional artwork, has had a grand total of ''seven'' lines through out season 1. One of them being a part of background noise.



** Clamanda, Clamantha's rival from We've Got Fish Spirit.

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** Clamanda, Clamantha's rival from We've the episode "We've Got Fish Spirit.Spirit".



* AnimalsNotToScale: Keep in mind these guys live in a pet store aquarium... and yet it seems like they have a whole town inside it.

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* AnimalsNotToScale: Keep in mind these guys are normal-sized fish that live in a pet store aquarium... and yet it seems like they have a whole town inside it.



* DemotedToExtra: Piranhica, despite even appearing in promotional artwork, has had a grand total of ''seven'' lines through out season 1. One of them being a part of background noise.



* GilliganCut: It's had a couple.

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* GilliganCut: It's had a couple.couple, including one in the very first episode.
* GrossOutShow: Surprisingly gross for a Disney show.



* MouseWorld: The characters are fish-sized and reside in an aquarium.



* {{Yandere}}: In the episode "Fishing for Compliments: The Albert Glass Story", Bea becomes obsessed with Albert Glass because he doesn't like her. It bugs her so much because she's not used to people not liking her and she spends the entire episode trying to get on his good side. In the end, after going to so much trouble, she no longer cares if anybody likes her or not and realizes that what's important is that she already has friends who already like her and she likes herself most of all.
-->'''Oscar:''' I like you.\\
'''Bea:''' Yeah whatever.
** Which, ironically, is how she finally becomes friends with Albert in the end.
* YeahShot: FRIENDS!
* YourHeadASplode
--> ''[After Milo and Oscar take off their [[PaperThinDisguise Paper Thin Disguises]]]''
--> '''Oscar''': Aren't you gonna react? Like angry mob style or something?
--> '''Bea''': Um... we, like, kinda already knew.
--> '''Clamantha''': We did? ''[head explodes]''
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* {{Yandere}}: In the episode "Fishing for Compliments: The Albert Glass Story", Bea becomes obsessed with Albert Glass because he doesn't like her. It bugs her so much because she's not used to people not liking her and she spends the entire episode trying to get on his good side. In the end, after going to so much trouble, she no longer cares if anybody likes her or not and realizes that what's important is that she already has friends who already like her and she likes herself most of all.
-->'''Oscar:''' I like you.\\
'''Bea:''' Yeah whatever.
** Which, ironically, is how she finally becomes friends with Albert in the end.
* YeahShot: FRIENDS!
* YourHeadASplode
--> ''[After Milo and Oscar take off their [[PaperThinDisguise Paper Thin Disguises]]]''
--> '''Oscar''': Aren't you gonna react? Like angry mob style or something?
--> '''Bea''': Um... we, like, kinda already knew.
--> '''Clamantha''': We did? ''[head explodes]''
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* ItsPronouncedTroPay: Everyone except Oscar keeps pronouncing Angela's name wrong, despite her correcting them every time. It's pronounced "Angel-ah".

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* ItsPronouncedTroPay: {{It Is Pronounced Tro-PAY}}: Everyone except Oscar keeps pronouncing Angela's name wrong, despite her correcting them every time. It's pronounced "Angel-ah".
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* ItsPronouncedTroPay: Everyone except Oscar keeps pronouncing Angela's name wrong, despite her correcting them every time. It's pronounced "Angel-ah".
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* ThirdOptionLoveInterest: Angela, to Oscar.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Milo. Why? He seems to be very happy about his shorts in "We've Got Fish Spirit". He is too excited to be a girl in "Fish Sleepover Party". He talks like a girl, for example "Girl, you crazy." and he is obsessed with his "booty". Wow, his lyrics in "Fish School Musical" pretty much prove he is gay: "When I get down, shake my booty around, all the potatoes in the town, rise up from the ground." Also, Coach Salmons seems obviously gay.

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* AmbiguouslyGay: Milo. Why? He seems to be very happy about his shorts in "We've Got Fish Spirit". He is too excited to be a girl in "Fish Sleepover Party". He talks like a girl, for example "Girl, you crazy." and he is obsessed with his "booty". Wow, his lyrics in "Fish School Musical" pretty much prove he is gay: "When I get down, shake my booty around, all the potatoes in the town, rise up from the ground." Also, Coach Salmons seems obviously gay.



* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Milo in "Big Fish", complete with ShoutOut to [[{{Ghostbusters}} Stay-Puff Marshmallow Man]].

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* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Milo in "Big Fish", complete with ShoutOut to [[{{Ghostbusters}} [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} Stay-Puff Marshmallow Man]].



* MediumBlending: Most of the fish are drawn in regular cartoon-y style, but their setting and anything outside the tanks are portrayed in a photorealistic style.

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* MediumBlending: Most of the fish are drawn in regular cartoon-y style, but their setting and anything outside the tanks are portrayed in a photorealistic style.



* ShoutOut: To DonkeyKong and SuperMarioBrothers; one episode has Oscar liken himself to a plumber, Bea to a princess, and their dilemma to a gorilla in a tank top throwing barrels at them.

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* ShoutOut: To DonkeyKong VideoGame/DonkeyKong and SuperMarioBrothers; one episode has Oscar liken himself to a plumber, Bea to a princess, and their dilemma to a gorilla in a tank top throwing barrels at them.

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* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The geckos are heartless jerkasses that enjoy seeing a fish suffocate without water.
** Averted with the friendly, affable snake mentioned above.

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* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The geckos are heartless jerkasses that enjoy seeing a fish suffocate without water.
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** Averted with the friendly, affable snake mentioned above.
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* FeudEpisode: Fish Talent Show. An incident involving Clamantha's face and Shellsea's foot causes causes them to fight. At one point, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome the whole school gets involved]].

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* FeudEpisode: Fish Talent Show. An incident involving Clamantha's face and Shellsea's foot causes causes them to fight. At one point, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome the whole school gets involved]].involved.
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** Bea is a more explicit example since she has parents who sport Jewfros.
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* StepfordSmiler: Miss Lips is Type A. In a few occasions, we see her suddenly frowning or secretly bawling.
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** ''Pamela Hamster Returns'' mentions [[HighSchoolMusical Hamster School Musical]] and [[WizardsOfWaverlyPlace Hamsters of Hamsterly Place]].\

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** ''Pamela Hamster Returns'' mentions [[HighSchoolMusical Hamster School Musical]] and [[WizardsOfWaverlyPlace Hamsters of Hamsterly Place]].\
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* {{Yandere}}: In the episode "Fishing for Compliments: The Albert Glass Story", Bea becomes obsessed with Albert Glass because he doesn't like her. It bugs her so much because she's not used to people not liking her and she spends the entire episode trying to get on his good side. In the end, after going to so much trouble, she no longer cares if anybody likes her or not and realizes that what's important is that she likes herself.

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* {{Yandere}}: In the episode "Fishing for Compliments: The Albert Glass Story", Bea becomes obsessed with Albert Glass because he doesn't like her. It bugs her so much because she's not used to people not liking her and she spends the entire episode trying to get on his good side. In the end, after going to so much trouble, she no longer cares if anybody likes her or not and realizes that what's important is that she already has friends who already like her and she likes herself.herself most of all.
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''Fish Hooks'' (2010) is a cartoon on DisneyChannel, created by Noah Z. Jones (whose other claim to fame is ''AlmostNakedAnimals''). The show deals with three fish: Milo, his brother Oscar, and their "overly dramatic" friend Bea, as they attend school in an aquarium at a pet store. The series chronicles their daily lives as they deal with various things, such as friendships, dating, and sports, as well as [[BlatantLies typical teen issues]] such as giant lobster attacks and field trips to the hamster cages.

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''Fish Hooks'' (2010) is a cartoon on DisneyChannel, created by Noah Z. Jones (whose other claim to fame is ''AlmostNakedAnimals''). The show deals with three fish: Milo, his brother Oscar, and their "overly dramatic" friend Bea, as they attend school in an aquarium at a pet store. The series chronicles their daily lives as they deal with various things, such as friendships, dating, and sports, as well as [[BlatantLies typical teen t(w)een issues]] such as giant lobster attacks and field trips to the hamster cages.
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-> '''Conroy''': It says here that "Fish Hooks is one of the most original, inventive animated series on television".
-> '''Doggy''': How can a show taking place in school be inventive? ''(Lists long list of shows occurring in high schools)''
-> '''Conroy''': Yeah, but this is the first to have '''fish''' in school! Thats totally original!
--> '''''Webcomic/TheCartoonChroniclesOfConroyCat''''', [[http://dtoons.com/conroy/2010/09/a-school-of-fish/ A School of Fish]]

''Fish Hooks'' (2010) is a cartoon on DisneyChannel, created by Noah Z. Jones (whose other claim to fame is ''AlmostNakedAnimals''). The show deals with three fish: Milo, his brother Oscar, and their "overly dramatic" friend Bea, as they attend school in an aquarium at a pet store. The series chronicles their daily lives as they deal with various things, such as friendships, dating, and sports, as well as [[BlatantLies typical teen issues]] such as giant lobster attacks and field trips to the hamster cages.

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!!''FishHooks'' provides examples of:
* AbhorrentAdmirer: Clamantha to Oscar, Randy to Bea.
* ActorAllusion: Milo thinks Kyle Massey is a magical dude. [[DontExplainTheJoke Kyle Massey is his voice actor]].
* AlphaBitch: Pirahnica, Jocktopus's girlfriend.
** Clamanda, Clamantha's rival from We've Got Fish Spirit.
** LovableAlphaBitch: Shellsea, who is good friends with Milo, Bea, and Oscar.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Oscar. He's really smart, can't understand, or act, in some social interactions, and in one episode, he can't seem to understand jokes, or visual gags, so Milo has to teach to fake how to laugh.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Milo. Why? He seems to be very happy about his shorts in "We've Got Fish Spirit". He is too excited to be a girl in "Fish Sleepover Party". He talks like a girl, for example "Girl, you crazy." and he is obsessed with his "booty". Wow, his lyrics in "Fish School Musical" pretty much prove he is gay: "When I get down, shake my booty around, all the potatoes in the town, rise up from the ground." Also, Coach Salmons seems obviously gay.
** In ''Halloween Haul'', Bea and the other girls are drooling over Steve Jackson's Shirtless Werewolf costume; when Steve does his PecFlex, Milo approves. ''Mm-hmm.'' Though since it ''is'' Steve Jackson, it could just be EvenTheGuysWantHim.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Bea ''Goldfishberg''. There's also Oscar's Jewfro.
* AndYouWereThere: Oscar hits his head and wakes up in a fantasy kingdom populated by fish that look like people he knows. He thinks it's all a dream, but Milo and Bea find him and tell him he was just moved to another fish tank. Turns out a lot of fish look alike.
* AnimalsNotToScale: Keep in mind these guys live in a pet store aquarium... and yet it seems like they have a whole town inside it.
* AntiHumor: Despite the show having [[PunnyName punny character names]] such as "Clamantha" and "Jocktopus," any reference to the fish-world equivalent of a real-world locale simply has the word "Fish" attached to it rather than a fish-related pun, such as "Fish Broadway" or "Fish Austin, Texas."
** Semi-justified as there are other species around the pet shop, a point brought up in "Hooray for Hamsterwood".
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Milo in "Big Fish", complete with ShoutOut to [[{{Ghostbusters}} Stay-Puff Marshmallow Man]].
* BerserkButton: If you happen to be a {{Jerkass}}, don't even touch Bea. [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Oscar will be very pissed.]]
* CasanovaWannabe: Randy Pincherson, though he [[SingleTargetSexuality only targets Bea]].
* CatchPhrase: Details, details, doodley doo!
** JOCKTOPUUUUUUS!
** HOT DOG!!
** I'M RANDY PINCHERSON!!!
* TheCastShowoff: ''Fish School Musical'' has Chelsea Kane show off her singing voice.
* CatsAreMean: The orange cat in the pet shop.
* ChekhovsGun: In "Dollars and Fish", Milo gets a loan from Randy Pincherson and spends it on a ''diamond-encrusted'' motorcycle. After getting his pay from a job, he realizes that his job alone won't get him the money he needs sooner when Milo's boss points out said motorcycle.
* ChristmasEpisode: WordOfGod confirmed that there will be one this year. We don't know what it's about though.
* ContinuityNod: In "Fail Fish", Kevin brings up two events that happened in "Doggonit!" and "Fish Out of Water".
* CouchGag: Each episode opens with an exterior shot of the pet shop with a sign that says "Bud's Pets And [Insert Plot Relevant Service or Product Here]".
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Clamantha
** The school counselor Ms. Lips.
* CreatorCameo: Bud, the photorealistic pet shop owner, is modeled after storyboard artist Sherm Cohen.
** Noah Z. Jones plays Bea's father, and Maxwell Atoms plays Razor and Bo Gregory.
* CreditsGag: The Snake and Mouse's commentary.
* DawsonCasting: Averted with Albert Glass, who is voiced by 12-year-old Atticus Shaffer. The other students are voiced by people who obviously wouldn't be in high school, 19-year-old Kyle Massey being the youngest.
* DemotedToExtra: Piranhica, despite even appearing in promotional artwork, has had a grand total of ''seven'' lines through out season 1. One of them being a part of background noise.
* DescriptionCut: One in the first episode.
--> '''Oscar''': Uh oh, she's losing it again, Milo.
--> '''Milo''': Is she bro, is she?
--> (Cue [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/fishhooks/images/3/38/Fish_Hooks_Bea_starts_panicking.PNG this]])
--> '''Oscar''': Yes!
* DisguisedInDrag: Milo and Oscar dress as girls to get into Bea's all-girl slumber party. No one was fooled.
** Except Clamantha.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Milo and Bea's reaction to Oscar's blogging, and in the same episode, Oscar's attempt at flushing himself down a toilet.
--> '''Bea''': Listen to me, whatever is troubling you, you'll make it through.
* DontExplainTheJoke: "I'm a claaaam!"
* DrugsAreBad: "Big Fish" can be viewed as a "don't do steroids" episode.
* DumbMuscle: Jocktopus. In "Happy Birthfish, Jocktopus" he doesn't even know what money is.
* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: For a show on the DisneyChannel, this show uses [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar an incredible amount of violence]], ranging from characters being eaten onscreen to a scene where [[SlapstickKnowsNoGender Clamantha is thrown out the window]] [[WouldHitAGirl by Jocktopus]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice where a car runs her over]], to a scene at the end of "Dropsy!" where a sick fish's face ''[[{{Squick}} peels off]]'' and the muscle can be seen in detail.
* FatAndSkinny: Milo and Oscar, respectively.
** [[http://noahzjones.com/Character_Design_files/Media/new_fishtales_characters/new_fishtales_characters.jpg?disposition=download It was originally supposed to be vice-versa.]]
* FeatherFingers: The entire cast. Oddly, they change from normal fins to "hand" fins when needed.
** TailfinWalking: The entire cast, again. Oddly, their tailfins are designed nothing like those of real fish or legs and feet.
* FeudEpisode: Fish Talent Show. An incident involving Clamantha's face and Shellsea's foot causes causes them to fight. At one point, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome the whole school gets involved]].
* FieryRedhead: Bea
* ForgottenChildhoodFriend: Kevin. PlayedForLaughs since he's a one-time character, and [[DefiedTrope defied]] since he didn't show any clear signs of hating them.
* FreezeFrameBonus: Minor example, but near the end of the theme song, one of the pictures that flash for a few frames depicts [[ShipTease Bea holding a blushing Oscar's hand while doing the peace sign]].
* FunWithFlushing: Swimming in a flushing toilet is an extreme sport.
* GentleGiant: Koi
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: This wouldn't have been that big a deal if it wasn't on Disney, but in "Fish Out of Water", the teacher, a seahorse, starts ranting:
-->'''Teacher''': You think you got problems? Look at me! [[MisterSeahorse I'm pregnant!]]
-->''[class gasps with horrified looks on their faces; Clamantha laughs, unfazed]''
-->'''Teacher''': You probably didn't know that male seahorses could get pregnant. Well, neither did I! But LIFE HAPPENS!
** Not to mention the use of "screw" in the same episode, which again wouldn't be a big deal if it wasn't on Disney.
* GilliganCut: It's had a couple.
* HalloweenEpisode: One where the fish trick-or-treat outside their fish tanks.
* HoldYourHippogriffs: "Ladies and gentlefish" is but one example.
* HugeSchoolgirl: Koi
* InterspeciesRomance: The brief romance between Pamela Hamster, [[CaptainObvious a hamster]], and Milo, a fish.
** The one-sided romance between Clamantha and Oscar counts, since clams technically aren't fish.
** Also the one-sided romance between Randy, a crab, and Bea, a fish.
* {{Jerkass}}: Randy Pincherson
* JerkJock: "JOCKTOPUS WILL BE PUNCHING YOU NOW!"
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: At the end of "Fish School Musical", after showing some HiddenDepths, Jocktopus goes right back to bullying.
* KarmaHoudini: Randy Pincherson in the Christmas Episode. He admits out loud that he was only doing the job for money, he treated kids like crap all day, and he even tried to quit before his job was done. Unfortunately, when Bea snapped and tried to get the Santa costume off of him, she got fired after Randy made it seem like it was her fault. He never gets his comeuppance.
* {{Keet}}: Milo
* LargeHam: Bea
** GeorgeTakei's [[OneSceneWonder bird]]
** Jocktopus
* LineOfSightName: How Oscar came up with Doris Flores Gorgeous, by altering the words "door" and "floor" and adding an adjective that was also an attractive character trait.
* MeaningfulName: An [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_(fish) oscar]] is a popular species of aquarium fish.
* MediumBlending: Most of the fish are drawn in regular cartoon-y style, but their setting and anything outside the tanks are portrayed in a photorealistic style.
* MisterSeahorse: A literal example with one of their teachers, Mr. Baldwin. [[HangingALampshade Lampshaded]], even. And he apparently has the LongestPregnancyEver.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In "Mascotastrophe", Milo reveals the fact that he and Oscar are [[TotemPoleTrench both]] the school mascot. Because of this, the geckos use this to their advantage and kidnap Oscar so the fishes' basketball team would lose.
* NoCartoonFish: Inverted; the fish cast are cartoony, but the rest of the world is photorealistic.
* NonMammalianHair: Played straight.
* NoodleIncident: A handful of them come up in "Fail Fish". How did a can of non-stick spray nearly kill Milo, Oscar, Bea, and apparently Albert Glass?
** How did the gang end up in a tank full of jellyfish?
** What happened while the gang decided to go for a swim in the pet shop's toilet?
** What happened in 1986 that caused Mr. Baldwin to never laugh or go out on a Friday night ever again?
*** And while we're at it, how did he get [[MisterSeahorse knocked up]]?
* NotSoDifferent: Oscar doesn't mind Clamantha having a StalkerShrine of him because he has one of Bea.
** No, he minds Clamantha's shrine of him. [[AbhorrentAdmirer He minds...]]
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Subverted when Clamantha is caught making out with [[MakesSenseInContext Oscar's laptop]].
* PacmanFever: Oscar's video games.
* PerkyGoth: Oscar, when he was one.
* PopStarComposer: Former {{Jellyfish}} frontman Andy Sturmer scores some of the episodes.
* PunnyName: Quite a few. For example, Clamantha (guess what she is), Jocktopus, Finberley, Shellsea, and several others, with possibly more to come.
* RecurringExtra: At the end credits, there is a snake and a mouse who usually give commentary on what's happened in the last episode (or the episode it was paired with, it depends on which one Disney Channel aired). The snake wants to join the fish in their tanks, while the mouse is all right with being in a small terrarium with the snake.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The geckos are heartless jerkasses that enjoy seeing a fish suffocate without water.
* RichBastard: Randy Pincherson.
* SeriesContinuityError: ''Run, Oscar, Run'', an episode that deals with the possibility of Oscar ruining his perfect attendance record, contradicts a major plot point in ''The Tale of Sir Oscar Fish'', Oscar being tanks away during school.
* ShortRunInPeru: In Poland, the Czech Republic, and Romania, the first 22-minute episode had aired around 2 months before its US airing.
** In Latin America, ''Driving in Cars with Fish'' aired the day before its US airing.
** Disney Channel UK aired Fish School Musical a week before it came on in the US. They also premiered "Milo on the Lam" 2 months before its US airing.
* ShoutOut: To DonkeyKong and SuperMarioBrothers; one episode has Oscar liken himself to a plumber, Bea to a princess, and their dilemma to a gorilla in a tank top throwing barrels at them.
** "Hooray for Hamsterwood" has Milo saying that Pamela Hamster is the finest hamster actress of their generation, immediately followed by Pamela (on the TV show) saying, "Science class is [[SonnyWithAChance so random]]!"
** During "Two Clams in Love", Oscar accidentally paints himself blue while trying to run away from Clamantha; the next shot we see depicts Clamantha chasing Oscar in a PacMan-like fashion. She even stops to eat a cherry.
** ''Pamela Hamster Returns'' mentions [[HighSchoolMusical Hamster School Musical]] and [[WizardsOfWaverlyPlace Hamsters of Hamsterly Place]].\
** "Just One of The Fish" has Oscar making the "OhCrap" face.
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: During "Two Clams in Love", the gang had played a video game. Oscar told Milo to hit the B button on his controller. Instead, he [[IncrediblyLamePun hit Bea]].
** There was a string of episodes where Clamantha fell victim to this.
* SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: "Fishing for Compliments: The Albert Glass Story"
* StalkerWithACrush: Clamantha
-->'''Clamantha''': Love the new 'do, Oscar!
-->'''Oscar''': It's not a new 'do. Combs just stick to me and never let go.
-->'''Clamantha''': I'll be your comb...
* StealthPun: The main hamster actress for [[ShowWithInAShow Secret Teen]] [[Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch Witch Hamster]] is played by a girl named [[Film/TheCheetahGirls Sabrina]].
* SuicideAsComedy / InterruptedSuicide: See the DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything entry above.
* TemporaryLoveInterest: Played UpToEleven with Bea's boyfriends in "Doris Flores Gorgeous". She wasn't replacing her boyfriends rapidly because she's [[ReallyGetsAround promiscuous]], but rather because she thinks that's what high school girls are supposed to do.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Jocktopus
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Milo sure does love his apples.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: A promo for the special episode, "We've Got Fish Spirit", already spoils a good chunk of the episode: [[spoiler:Bea being able to compete in the cheer off.]]
** The promos for "Just One of The Fish" implied that [[spoiler: Bea would end up competing on the football team and that she was a completely different person from a student that had a strong resemblance to her.]]
* ValleyGirl: Shellsea
* VerbalTic: Shellsea
-->'''Shellsea:''' ''Giiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirlllllllllll.''
* WidgetSeries: You'd be surprised how amazingly weird this series actually is.
* WorthlessYellowRocks: Jocktopus is given money on his birthday and thinks it's just worthless paper. His girlfriend Piranhica knows what money is, but intentionally keeps him in the dark so she can keep it for herself.
* WouldHitAGirl: Jocktopus
** He actually ''tosses Clamantha'' out a window (and onto a car) during "Fish Floaters".
** And was about to beat up Bea in one episode until Oscar stopped him.
* {{Yandere}}: In the episode "Fishing for Compliments: The Albert Glass Story", Bea becomes obsessed with Albert Glass because he doesn't like her. It bugs her so much because she's not used to people not liking her and she spends the entire episode trying to get on his good side. In the end, after going to so much trouble, she no longer cares if anybody likes her or not and realizes that what's important is that she likes herself.
-->'''Oscar:''' I like you.\\
'''Bea:''' Yeah whatever.
** Which, ironically, is how she finally becomes friends with Albert in the end.
* YeahShot: FRIENDS!
* YourHeadASplode
--> ''[After Milo and Oscar take off their [[PaperThinDisguise Paper Thin Disguises]]]''
--> '''Oscar''': Aren't you gonna react? Like angry mob style or something?
--> '''Bea''': Um... we, like, kinda already knew.
--> '''Clamantha''': We did? ''[head explodes]''
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