Basic Trope: The platypus is seen as a strange animal.
- Straight:
- Alice and Bob see a platypus, and are confused because they thought platypi didn't exist.
- Paul the Funny Animal platypus is depicted as a Cloud Cuckoolander.
- Exaggerated: A platypus appears as an utterly incomprehensible Animalistic Abomination.
- Downplayed: Charlie owns a platypus as a pet, and there are some comments made about how he and/or the platypus are rather strange.
- Justified: Truth in Television - when the platypus was first discovered, it was originally believed to be a hoax due to having so many traits from different animal species.
- Inverted:
- The platypus is seen as a perfectly normal creature.
- Paul the platypus is the Only Sane Man.
- Subverted: ???
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: Alice and Bob try to comprehend the platypus, and their heads explode.
- Zig-Zagged: ???
- Averted:
- Platypi never show up in the work.
- Platypi are not seen as particularly unusual.
- Enforced: The show's creator is an animal enthusiast and is particularly fascinated with the platypus. They want to feature the animal as best as they can.
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "I was so surprised when I found out that the animal that looks like a cross between a beaver and a duck is actually real!"
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