Tag Archives: fish

Everybody Loves a Clownfish

Posted on July 22, 2017 by Nathan

Finding Nemo – I saw this one in the theater when it was new, but haven’t watched it since then. The animation of animals under the sea is quite impressive. Pixar humans still looked weird at this point, but we … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Families, Humor, Names, Revisiting Disney, Television, The Simpsons, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged clownfish, ellen degeneres, finding nemo, fish, pelicans, pixar, regal blue tang, sharks, whales | 1 Comment

The Second Most Dangerous Game

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Nathan

I would have to suspect that, in a land in which practically all animals can talk, humans killing and eating them would pretty much disappear. Perhaps strangely, however, there are a few mentions of human hunters in Oz. They’re most … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Edward Einhorn, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Food, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged birds, bunnybury, cowardly lion, dorothy and the wizard in oz, fish, foxes, grampa, grampa in oz, gump, guns, henry blossom, hungry tiger, hunting, joe bongiorno, merry go round in oz, mombi, notta bit more, ojo in oz, ozma, ozroar, paradox in oz, pigasus, pigs, professor grunter swyne, rabbits, realbad, seebania, the blue emperor of oz, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the lost king of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonder city of oz, view-halloo | 8 Comments

The Fish-Woman Who Got Away

Posted on June 25, 2016 by Nathan

I had enjoyed watching the Coney Island Mermaid Parade last year, and had been considering going again, but didn’t think to look up when it was. As it turns out, it was last weekend, and I missed it. Oh, well. … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, Mythology, Roman, Semitic | Tagged aphrodite, ashkelon, atargatis, cupid, dagon, derketo, doves, fish, hadad, hyginus, mermaids, ovid, pisces, semiramis, typhon, venus | 1 Comment

Cheep Cheeper by the Dozen

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Nathan

The original Super Mario Bros. introduces two kinds of water-based enemies, the Bloober or Blooper and the Cheep Cheep. The latter is a pretty generic-looking fish, and in addition to appearing in the underwater stages, there are levels where you … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Mario, Monsters, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged big bertha, bloopers, boss bass, cheep cheeps, chef shmi, fish, flying fish, nintendo adventure books, paper mario, paper mario: the thousand-year door, rip van fish, sashimie, super mario bros., super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, super mario world, sushie, trouters, yoshi | Leave a comment

Oz Fish

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Nathan

Although L. Frank Baum wrote a fantasy taking place under the sea and referenced it a few times in the Oz books, he really didn’t say that much about aquatic life in Oz and its surrounding nations. In Glinda of … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Bill Campbell and Irwin Terry, Characters, Dick Martin, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a-b-sea serpent, captain salt, captain salt in oz, crimson-tailed quipperug, emerald city, fish, flying fish, glenn ingersoll, glinda of oz, king arthur, lady water lily, lake orizon, lake quad, loch ness monster, lucky bucky in oz, masquerade in oz, mermaids, monkey-fish, narwhal, nonestic ocean, octopuses, octopuss, patchwork girl, quaddle, quiberon, rattlesnake, roger the read bird, sea serpent, seeweegia, sherwood smith, tazander tazah of ozamaland, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the giant horse of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the royal book of oz, the secret island of oz, tin woodman, turtles | 1 Comment

Fishy Oaths

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Nathan

My last post had me thinking about the expression “holy mackerel,” and I wondered how it originated. Why are mackerel any holier than any other fish, or any other animal for that matter? Fish in general seem to show up … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholicism, Christianity, Etymology, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged fish, holy mackerel, mackerel, minced oaths, oaths, odds fish | Leave a comment

Go Fish

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Nathan

Can fish in Oz talk? L. Frank Baum gave us a somewhat ambiguous answer to that question in Glinda of Oz. He wrote, “In Oz, where all the animals and birds can talk, many fishes are able to talk also, … Continue reading →

Posted in L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged david hulan, fish, glinda of oz, mermaids, ozma, the glass cat of oz, the sea fairies, three adepts | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: fish

Everybody Loves a Clownfish

The Second Most Dangerous Game

The Fish-Woman Who Got Away

Cheep Cheeper by the Dozen

Oz Fish

Fishy Oaths

Go Fish

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