Fish Out of Water
"Fish Out of Water" stories encapsulate narratives where a character, often unfamiliar or incompatible with their new surroundings, is placed in an entirely different environment or culture. This genre hinges on the inherent comedy or drama derived from the clash between the protagonist's original world and the one they find themselves thrust into. It frequently explores themes of cultural differences, personal growth, and adaptation.
Characters in these stories are often displaced from their comfort zones, facing challenges, misunderstandings, and the struggle to assimilate or navigate unfamiliar territory. Their journey involves overcoming obstacles, whether it's a rookie cop in a small town, an urbanite in a rural setting, or someone from a different time period suddenly finding themselves in the present day.
The narratives tend to focus on the contrast between the protagonist's initial confusion or discomfort and their eventual acclimatization or transformation. This transformation can lead to personal growth as they learn valuable lessons about themselves and others, fostering empathy and understanding along the way.
Characters in these stories are often displaced from their comfort zones, facing challenges, misunderstandings, and the struggle to assimilate or navigate unfamiliar territory. Their journey involves overcoming obstacles, whether it's a rookie cop in a small town, an urbanite in a rural setting, or someone from a different time period suddenly finding themselves in the present day.
The narratives tend to focus on the contrast between the protagonist's initial confusion or discomfort and their eventual acclimatization or transformation. This transformation can lead to personal growth as they learn valuable lessons about themselves and others, fostering empathy and understanding along the way.
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- CreatorWill ForteStarsWill ForteJanuary JonesCleopatra ColemanAlmost two years after a virus wiped out most of the human race, Phil Miller only wishes for some company, but soon gets more than he bargained for when that company shows up in the form of other survivors.
- CreatorJoe GlaubergGarry MarshallDale McRavenStarsRobin WilliamsPam DawberRalph JamesA wacky alien comes to Earth to study its residents and the life of the human woman he boards with is never the same.
- CreatorJeff HarrisBernie KukoffStarsGary ColemanTodd BridgesConrad BainThe misadventures of a wealthy Manhattan family who adopted the children of their late African American housekeeper from Harlem.
- CreatorPaul HaggisStarsPaul GrossBeau StarrTony CraigThe adventures of an impossibly upright Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable and his American colleagues in the city of Chicago.
- CreatorJeff AstrofMatthew MillerStarsNicholas D'AgostoJayma MaysSteven BoyerA spoof of crime documentaries about the arrest and trial of a beloved poetry professor from a small town in South Carolina, who is accused of brutally murdering his wife, and the young Northeastern lawyer hired to defend him.
- CreatorGreg PoehlerJosephine BornebuschNiclas CarlssonStarsGreg PoehlerJosephine BornebuschLena OlinNew York City accountant Bruce moves to Sweden in Northern Europe, after falling in love with a Swedish woman.
- CreatorJohn L. GreeneStarsRay WalstonBill BixbyPamela BrittonAn exoanthropologist from the planet Mars, stranded on Earth, is rescued by Tim O'Hara, a newspaper reporter who introduces the Martian to his friends and the authorities as his uncle Martin.
- StarsYoon Eun-hyeJu Ji-hoonSong Ji-hyoLove, tradition, and politics collide when a spirited young art student is betrothed to the crown prince of South Korea.
- CreatorJoe LawsonJosh GordonWill SpeckStarsBill EnglishNick KrollKaitlin DoubledayA trio of Neanderthals struggles to live in modern-day America.
- CreatorJ.H. WymanStarsMark ValleySienna MillerJulian Rhind-TuttWisecracking New York City cop Detective Eddie Arlette (Mark Valley), who has no respect for authority, is himself a fish out of water when he is assigned to a police precinct in the U.K.
- CreatorIain HollandsStarsSamuel RobertsonJohn DagleishKristen GutoskieThree British students decided to spend their summer in an American summer camp and make a large impression on fellow camp workers and the campers.
- CreatorLew MortonRob SchneiderStarsRob SchneiderCheech MarinClaudia BassolsCenters on solitary guy, Rob, who marries into a huge Mexican-American family.
- CreatorJeffrey BushellJon RossStarsLucas CruikshankVictory Van TuylPat FinnAn alien boy is sent to Earth because of a war on his home planet.
- StarsMohsen KiayeeAmin HayayeeMohammad Reza GolzarKoroosh afsharjam(Behnam Tashakor) is an unpopular Iranian scientist that invents a new powder that can turn dirty liquid to drinkable water. He gets a call from Paris indicating thaf he could come to Paris and announce his new invention to the world. After he gets in a car crash, laying on the ground, Gholam(Amin Hayayi) decides to still his samsunet bag without any idea of what it holds. After Gholam becomes wanted by police, decides to use Koroosh's passport to go to Paris. After finding out what the powder does, he decides to sell it and get the money as any cost. His stupid brain and not knowing anything about english or Europe makes this Hilarious character even better.
- CreatorRichard CarpenterStarsGeoffrey BayldonRobin DaviesGary WarrenA medieval wizard (though not a very good one) is transported to the modern age.
- StarsJohn SchuckLee MeriwetherHoward MortonAmerica's First Family of Fright awaken after an accidental 22-year nap and must adjust to life in the 1980s.
- CreatorJamie DenboStarsGeorgia FloodLucas NeffSeana KofoedAn American socialite runs off to join a Renaissance Faire after her wedding goes awry.
- CreatorMorgan O'NeillStarsAlexander BertrandKate BoxHunter Page-LochardA Queensland outback man flees his past, gets lured into Sydney's seedy underbelly and entangled in crime.
- StarsKim Min-kyuKo Bo-gyeolLee Jang-wooA fantasy-romance drama about an unknown idol, Woo Yeon-woo, whose body was possessed by Rembrary, the god of this world.
- StarsMichael ShanksMenik GooneratneMark Samual BonannoFor centuries, war had raged across the seven planes of the Magical Realm. It's so intense that Jack, a wizard commanding the elemental forces of nature, has decided to try living in Footscray.
- CreatorSherwood SchwartzStarsFrank AletterJack MullaneyImogene CocaTwo astronauts traveling faster than light go back in time to prehistoric Earth. Unable to return, they make friends with the "natives".
- CreatorTucker CawleyStarsKelsey GrammerNathan GambleDavid KoechnerA man and his family and lose everything.
- CreatorJim ThomasJohn ThomasStarsMartin KoveDanny MannBrad KoepenickJesse, an alien exiled to Earth, finds himself in Los Angeles. His only companion is a floating, orb-shaped robotic parole officer named Control. Doomed to stay on Earth until Jesse can show compassion, Control helps him lead as normal a life as possible, but not knowing Earthly ways Jesse often finds himself in trouble.
- StarsHiroshi TamakiHaruna KawaguchiJun ShisonTatsu (Hiroshi Tamaki) is 38 years old. He was once a legendary yakuza and was known as "Immortal Dragon" because he was so feared. He quit the yakuza and married Miku. Tatsu then became a househusband. He buries himself in housework.
- CreatorBill MacIlwraithStarsElaine StritchDonald SindenJohn SavidentAn American author hires a British butler and discovers that they are polar opposites.
- CreatorRichard HarrisDonald CottonStarsGerald HarperJuliet HarmerJack MayIn 1902, Edwardian adventurer Adam Adamant is frozen alive in a block of ice by his archnemesis, the Face. In 1966, workmen discover him and he is revived, perfectly preserved but completely bewildered by his new environment, "swinging '60s" London, until he meets beautiful Georgina Jones, who helps him adapt. Before long, he is back to adventuring, solving crime, and fighting evil wherever it lurks.
- StarsRob BrydonHollie AndrewTim DraxlBritish astronomer Paul Hamilton leaves London for a new life in a remote Australian settlement.
- StarsJulia McKenzieAnton RodgersPamela SalemThe British family from "Fresh Fields" (1984) move to France. The episodes revolve around their adjustment to and difficulties dealing with French culture. Much humour is also derived from their maid, an elderly woman who speaks an obscure, old dialect of French that no one understands.
- CreatorJed MercurioStarsAndrew LancelHelen BaxendaleAce BhattiComedy set in and around a hospital, where the newly qualified Dr Andrew Collin is thrown into a world that is totally beyond him.
- CreatorOriol CapelDavid S. OlivasAntonio SánchezStarsAntonio VelázquezBelén CuestaKimberley TellSiblings Alex and Carol, decide to move to Berlin looking for good fortune and escaping their love and financial problems. Unfortunately things aren't so easy, especially if you are Spanish and don't know a word of German.
- StarsMark WilliamsJack DochertySarah AlexanderAliens in human form land on Earth to carry out a secret mission, and when the Supervisor is decapitated, the two bumbling Cadets have no idea what the mission entails. With a mixture of their of own language, and mannerisms taken from old 50s movies, they try and get through the crazy world we live in, without trying to get caught by the various shady organisations after them.
- CreatorEd SimmonsStarsMonte MarkhamArthur O'ConnellFrank MaxwellThe misadventures of a man who is revived out of decades of accidental suspended animation and is still physically half the age of his own son and matches the age of his grandson.
- CreatorRobert L. BoyettRoss BrownThomas L. MillerStarsBronson PinchotEd Begley Jr.Michelle TrachtenbergA wacky alien lands on Earth, where he is befriended by some children who convince their recently-widowed father to hire him as their nanny.
- StarsLuci ChristianTiffany GrantRob MungleThe story of an American family who relocate to Japan. Also, all the characters are mannequins.
- StarsSky du MontAndrea SawatzkiMavie HörbigerA family of millionaires has suddenly become poor, and needs to learn how to live with minimal income.
- CreatorSam HarrisBruce H. NewbergStarsCarol MansellDavid KaufmanKyle RichardsAfter being struck down by a trolley (golly) in 1925, Ethel MacDoogan, a flapper, waits in heaven for a chance to help a family and earn her wings. That chance arrives in the form of the Preston family.
- StarsJisu ChoiSteve Sang-Hyun NohSejin LeeA light-hearted time travel fantasy where three scholars from the Joseon era are swept forward to modern-day Seoul. After adapting to this new life with the help of a young female museum manager, they must decide on going back or staying.
- CreatorDarren StarStarsLily CollinsAshley ParkPhilippine Leroy-BeaulieuA young American woman from the Midwest is hired by a marketing firm in Paris to provide them with an American perspective on things.