Dictionary of Ichthyology  

Blubber = the name of the suicidal goldfish, and the only friend, in the eponymous 2001 movie Amélie. The home environment was the cause of the goldfish's leaps from its bowl and these suicide attempts destroyed the nerves of Amélie's mother. Blubber was released into the wild. 
Cafe and poster from the movie Amélie, rue Lepic, Paris, September 2011. Photograph by Brian W. Coad.

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