Basic Trope: Dolphins are portrayed as heroic and/or friendly.
- Straight: Dave the dolphin is kind, helpful, and the protagonist of the work.
- Exaggerated:
- Dave is an All-Loving Hero.
- Dolphins are Always Lawful Good.
- Downplayed:
- Dave is a Jerk with a Heart of Gold or a Sociopathic Hero at worst.
- Justified: Dave was raised to be a friendly dolphin, and wants to remain that way, even in the worst times.
- Inverted: Devious Dolphins
- Subverted: Dave reveals himself to be Evil All Along...
- Double Subverted: ...But then he has a Heel–Face Turn.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: Sometimes dolphins are friendly, but sometimes they're not.
- Averted:
- There are no dolphins in the work.
- Dolphins aren't presented as good or evil.
- Enforced: Good Animals, Evil Animals, especially if the antagonists are sharks or orcas.
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: Because of his ability to swim, the heroes rely on Dave to access underwater areas.
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
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