History FilM / MegaSharkVsGiantOctopus

** [[http://flowingdata.com/2010/02/19/how-a-giant-shark-took-down-an-airplane/ Here's the schematics]] behind how the Megashark took down the plane.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Let's [[RuleOfCool leave aside]] how a [[FlyingBrick 50-ton]] shark can leap high enough to catch an airliner flying at who knows how many miles-an-hour (and know exactly when to jump in order to snatch it out of the air). The scientist main characters play up the standard idea in films that only [[ArmiesAreEvil insensitive ecological morons]] would kill such wondrous creatures, and insist that they will only help if the military promises only to capture the monsters. They ignore the fact that feeding these things would require the [[BrokenAesop destruction of most of the ecological systems of Earth]].
** For the record, [[http://flowingdata.com/2010/02/19/how-a-giant-shark-took-down-an-airplane/ here's the schematics behind how the Megashark took down the plane]].

* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Military default is not nuking. Military default is minimum effort for maximum effect. Nuking is last resort. Which is why they're not considered a ''conventional'' solution.

A prehistoric [[GiantSquid giant octopus]] and a giant shark have been [[MonsterInTheIce frozen in an Alaskan glacier]] for millions of years when they're suddenly freed by illegal sonar experiments / a panicked pod of whales / a crashing helicopter / global warming / ice melting due to the proximity of a hot scientist in a minisub -- [[KudzuPlot it's not clear which]]. They immediately take up where they left off -- eating everything in, on, and even above the ocean in order to fuel their vast bulk. Two scientists, a [[TheProfessor Professor]] and a JerkAss [[TheMenInBlack Man In Black]]-- aided by the US and [[UsefulNotes/KaijuDefenseForce Japanese]] navies -- team up to combat this [[SeaMonster undersea menace]].

A prehistoric [[GiantSquid giant octopus]] and a giant shark have been [[HumanPopsicle frozen in an Alaskan glacier]] for millions of years when they're suddenly freed by illegal sonar experiments / a panicked pod of whales / a crashing helicopter / global warming / ice melting due to the proximity of a hot scientist in a minisub -- [[KudzuPlot it's not clear which]]. They immediately take up where they left off -- eating everything in, on, and even above the ocean in order to fuel their vast bulk. Two scientists, a [[TheProfessor Professor]] and a JerkAss [[TheMenInBlack Man In Black]]-- aided by the US and [[UsefulNotes/KaijuDefenseForce Japanese]] navies -- team up to combat this [[SeaMonster undersea menace]].

!!The first sequel contains examples of:

!!The second sequel contains examples of:

A prehistoric [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever giant]] [[GiantSquid octopus]] and a {{megalodon}} shark have been [[HumanPopsicle frozen in an Alaskan glacier]] for millions of years when they're suddenly freed by illegal sonar experiments / a panicked pod of whales / a crashing helicopter / global warming / ice melting due to the proximity of a hot scientist in a minisub -- [[KudzuPlot it's not clear which]]. They immediately take up where they left off -- eating everything in, on, and even above the ocean in order to fuel their vast bulk. Two scientists, a [[TheProfessor Professor]] and a JerkAss [[TheMenInBlack Man In Black]]-- aided by the US and [[UsefulNotes/KaijuDefenseForce Japanese]] navies -- team up to combat this [[SeaMonster undersea menace]].

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The movie review site ''Braineater'' counted how long the shark and/or octopus are on screen. End count? Including cutaways during their brief battle, ''five minutes and twenty seconds'' - cut by a third if you exclude repeated footage. Worse yet, half the footage is repeated from earlier in the film. There are, perhaps, five unique effects shots ''of the title characters''.

* SeaMonster / [[GiantSquid Giant Octopus]] / {{Megalodon}}. And [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile a giant croc]] in the sequel.

* VersusTitle

** The initial megalodon attack in Alexandria's harbor sends a boat flying into the Great Sphinx ([[ArtisticLicenseGeography hundreds of miles away in Giza]]), shattering its head.

A [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs prehistoric]] [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever giant]] [[GiantSquid octopus]] and a {{megalodon}} shark have been [[HumanPopsicle frozen in an Alaskan glacier]] for millions of years when they're suddenly freed by illegal sonar experiments / a panicked pod of whales / a crashing helicopter / global warming / ice melting due to the proximity of a hot scientist in a minisub -- [[KudzuPlot it's not clear which]]. They immediately take up where they left off -- eating everything in, on, and even above the ocean in order to fuel their vast bulk. Two scientists, a [[TheProfessor Professor]] and a JerkAss [[TheMenInBlack Man In Black]]-- aided by the US and [[UsefulNotes/KaijuDefenseForce Japanese]] navies -- team up to combat this [[SeaMonster undersea menace]].

A [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs prehistoric]] [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever giant]] [[GiantSquid octopus]] and a {{megalodon}} shark have been [[HumanPopsicle frozen in an Alaskan glacier]] for millions of years when they're suddenly freed by illegal sonar experiments / a panicked pod of whales / a crashing helicopter / global warming / ice melting due to the proximity of a hot scientist in a minisub -- [[KudzuPlot it's not clear which]]. They immediately take up where they left off -- eating everything in, on, and even above the ocean in order to fuel their vast bulk. Two {{Hot Scientist}}s, a [[TheProfessor Professor]] and a JerkAss [[TheMenInBlack Man In Black]]-- aided by the US and [[UsefulNotes/KaijuDefenseForce Japanese]] navies -- team up to combat this [[SeaMonster undersea menace]].

* EurekaMoment: After having sex the {{Hot Scientist}}s realise {{pheromones}} are the key. To capturing the monsters, that is.

A [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs prehistoric]] [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever giant]] [[GiantSquid octopus]] and a {{megalodon}} shark have been [[HumanPopsicle frozen in an Alaskan glacier]] for millions of years when they're suddenly freed by illegal sonar experiments / a panicked pod of whales / a crashing helicopter / global warming / ice melting due to the proximity of a HotScientist in a minisub -- [[KudzuPlot it's not clear which]]. They immediately take up where they left off -- eating everything in, on, and even above the ocean in order to fuel their vast bulk. Two {{Hot Scientist}}s, a [[TheProfessor Professor]] and a JerkAss [[TheMenInBlack Man In Black]]-- aided by the US and [[UsefulNotes/KaijuDefenseForce Japanese]] navies -- team up to combat this [[SeaMonster undersea menace]].

* HotScientist: Clearly what they were going for, but both our protagonists are sort of plain-looking at best.

* FatalFamilyPhoto: "I'm getting married in two days", said by the [[FanNickname Holy Shit Guy]] just seconds before his plane is eaten by a giant prehistoric flying shark.

* EurekaMoment: After having sex the {{Hot Scientist}}s realise pheromones are the key. To capturing the monsters, that is.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Aside from the megashark sea-to-air missile, there's the minisub that somehow races ahead of a predator traveling at "jet speed". Research subs are about as agile as tortoises, and move at speeds that couldn't outrun a kayak, let alone a jet. Or a perfectly ordinary shark, for that matter.