Fish out of water comedy film

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In a fish out of water comedy film the main character (or characters) finds himself or herself in an alien environment and this drives most of the humor in the film. One example is men having to dress and live as women to accomplish some goal such as in the films Some Like It Hot (1959) and Tootsie (1982).

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[edit] Fish out of water themes and examples

[edit] One gender having to live as the other

[edit] Adult having to live as a child and/or vice versa

[edit] Laid back or unorthodox individual in an austere environment (or vice versa)

[edit] Pampered or spoiled individual in an austere environment or vice versa

[edit] Trying to survive in a different socio-economic class

[edit] Naive or timid individual out in the "big, bad" world

[edit] Inexperienced father figure who has to take care of kids and/or do domestic work

[edit] Where fantasy and/or science fiction meets reality and vice versa

[edit] Unlikely mismatched combinations of genres, trends, styles or vice versa with regular occupations

  • The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979) Mismatched and inexperienced basketball players from different environments brought together by astrology
  • Cool Runnings (1993) Jamaican bobsled team in the 1988 Winter Olympics
  • Party Girl (1995) A young woman with a habit of throwing parties uses her knowledge of dance music, rave culture and fashion style in her work as a librarian
  • Mystery, Alaska (1999)
  • Connie and Carla (2004) Two struggle female lounge singers pose as--and find success as--female impersonators, while hiding from the mob.
  • Stranger Than Fiction (2006) A normal IRS agent is the subject of an author's novel that she is writing, and in the process is controlling his life while she is working on the book.
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