Pinkfish
Like goldfish, but a different color. Pink actually. Very tame when happy, but when bored can be aggressive and bite like pirañas. Need constant attention, i.e. have to be walked, entertained, read to before bed etc… Some rich pinkfish actually have their own walk-bowls. Walk-bowls are bowls that can walk, in case you were wondering.
Pinkfish are freshwater fish, and originate from lake iWalam. Monkey Bay is particularly well-known for large schools, and the local hatchery, run by Mr. Stevens, exports worldwide.
Pinkfish are always the same color and are more intelligent and more valuable than other fish. If someone tries to sell you a pinkfish that is not pink, don’t buy it, because it’s not a pinkfish. So for example, if it’s yellow, it’s not a pinkfish, but a yellowfish.
The criminal family, the Vena Cavas of Inner-Volgrogia, once set up a massive pinkfish fraud operation. They discovered that if you feed regular goldfish strawberry ice cream for at least 2 years, the goldfish start to turn pink. A number of high-profile people were tricked before the scam was uncovered, and the entire Vena Cava family went to prison, initially in Inner-Volgrogia, but after bad behaviour were transferred to Witch-nose Island, where they remain to this day.
First seen in Book 1, page 93
Research
e_pinkfishIn the printed almanac pages (10 cited)
Straight from the books
Facts
character_fact (11)
Pinkfish are freshwater fish originating from lake iWalam; they are more intelligent and more valuable than other fish.
Pinkfish are freshwater fish, and originate from lake iWalam. Pinkfish are always the same color and are more intelligent and more valuable than other fish. al1:c01:p236 al1:c01:p237
Pinkfish are like goldfish but pink in color.
Like goldfish, but a different color. Pink, actually. b01:c99:p201
Pinkfish are very tame when happy but when bored can be aggressive and bite like piranas.
Very tame when happy, but when bored can be aggressive and bite like pirañas. b01:c99:p201
Pinkfish need constant attention: they have to be walked, entertained, and read to before bed.
Need constant attention, i.e. have to be walked, entertained, read to before bed etc... b01:c99:p201
Mr. Darling has a pinkfish that he left behind in his classroom.
Mr. Darling (he left his pinkfish behind in his classroom) b03:c08:p188 b03:c99:p207
Pinkfish are like goldfish but pink; very tame when happy, but when bored can be aggressive and bite like piranhas.
Like goldfish, but a different color. Pink actually. Very tame when happy, but when bored can be aggressive and bite like pirañas. b04:c99:p213
Pinkfish need constant attention: they have to be walked, entertained, and read to before bed; some rich pinkfish have their own walk-bowls.
Need constant attention, i.e. have to be walked, entertained, read to before bed etc...Some rich pinkfish actually have their own walk-bowls. b04:c99:p213
Pinkfish are like goldfish but pink; they are very tame when happy but when bored can be aggressive and bite like piranhas.
Like goldfish, but a different color. Pink actually. Very tame when happy, but when bored can be aggressive and bite like pirañas. b06:c02:p057 b06:c99:p276
Pinkfish need constant attention: they have to be walked, entertained, and read to before bed.
Need constant attention, i.e. have to be walked, entertained, read to before bed etc... b06:c99:p276
Pinkfish are like goldfish but pink; they are very tame when happy, but when bored can be aggressive and bite like piranhas.
Like goldfish, but a different color. Pink, actually. Very tame when happy, but when bored can be aggressive and bite like piranhas. b07:c99:p256
Pinkfish need constant attention: they have to be walked, entertained, and read to before bed; some rich pinkfish have their own walk-bowls.
Need constant attention, i.e., have to be walked, entertained, read to before bed, etc. Some rich pinkfish actually have their own walk-bowls. b07:c99:p256
world_rule (3)
Some rich pinkfish have their own walk-bowls, which are bowls that can walk.
Some rich pinkfish actually have their own walk-bowls. (Walk-bowls are bowls that can walk, in case you were wondering.) b01:c99:p201
Pinkfish are like goldfish but pink; very tame when happy but when bored can be aggressive and bite like piranhas.
Like goldfish, but a different color. Pink, actually. Very tame when happy, but when bored can be aggressive and bite like piranhas. b09:c12:p271 b09:c99:p293
Pinkfish need constant attention and have to be walked, entertained, and read to before bed; some rich pinkfish have their own walk-bowls.
Need constant attention, i.e., have to be walked, entertained, read to before bed, etc. Some rich pinkfish actually have their own walk-bowls. b09:c99:p293
Relationships
Incoming
Mr. Darling is obsessed with his pinkfish, and every day during recess, he takes them for a walk around the school yard b01:c04:p093
Mr. Darling (he left his pinkfish behind in his classroom) b03:c08:p188
Greta had calmed Ms. Grimstead down by jamming Mr. Darling's pet pinkfish onto her head. b04:c09:p170
He'd just rented a boat and was taking his pinkfish out for a little row. b06:c02:p057
Mr. Darling, a teacher from our school, had built some kind of weird structure for his pinkfish. b07:c10:p225
Incidents
Continuity findings
- Pinkfish bite comparison: 'piranas' / 'pirañas' / 'piranhas' variant
- Pinkfish color: 'always the same color' (Almanac) vs. 'a different color' from goldfish (story books) conflict
- Mr. Darling's pinkfish: recurring motif across books 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 recurring_element
- Pinkfish as Mr. Darling's pets: recurring motif across books recurring_element