History Film / Aquaman2018

* AlmostKiss: Arthur and Mera lean in to kiss after discovering the last clue pointing to the location of the Trench. Then Black Manta and the Atlantean commando he leads open fire and show up.

--->'''Arthur:''' (''realizing what he just got himself into''): ''[[OhCrap Shit]]''.

--->'''Arthur:''' (''realizing what he just got himself into''):''[[OhCrap Shit]]''.

--->'''Arthur:''' ''[[OhCrap Shit]]''.

* HeroesWantRedheads: "Redheads, gotta love 'em" says Arthur while traveling with Mera.

The film was released on December 21, 2018. A sequel titled ''Film/AquamanAndTheLostKingdom'' is set for release on December 20, 2023.

* WhatMeasureIsAMook: Arthur expresses regret over his part in Jesse Kane's death, [[spoiler:and ultimately spares Orm]], but has no problem killing dozens (if not hundreds) of nameless Atlantean mooks [[spoiler:while controlling the Karathen.]] Although to the movie's credit, Mera says the battle is taking too many casualties and they split up to convince her father to stand down and defeat his brother, respectively, so the battle will end.

Following the events of ''Film/{{Justice|League 2017}} [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague League]]'', Arthur Curry/Aquaman (Creator/JasonMomoa), the son of Queen Atlanna (Creator/NicoleKidman) and the lighthouse keeper Thomas Curry (Creator/TemueraMorrison), claims his birthright as ruler of the underwater kingdom of {{Atlantis}}, with the help of ComicBook/{{Mera}} (Creator/AmberHeard) in order to prevent his half-brother king Orm (Creator/PatrickWilson) from invading the surface. To do so, he goes on a quest to find a powerful weapon, the legendary trident of King Atlan.

The cast also includes Creator/YahyaAbdulMateenII as ComicBook/BlackManta, Michael Beach as Jesse Kane, Creator/WillemDafoe as Nuidis Vulko, Creator/DolphLundgren as King Nereus, Creator/LudiLin as Murk and Creator/RandallPark as Dr. Stephen Shin.

The film was released on December 21, 2018. A sequel titled ''Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom'' is set for release on December 20, 2023.

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The film was released on December 21, 2018. A sequel titled ''Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom'' is set for release on December 25, 2023.

* StrongButUnskilled: Arthur has been extensively trained in underwater combat and weapon fighting but he spends half his time on the surface, leaving him literally "out of his element" when fighting in water and giving him a disadvantage among elite Atlanteans like Orm who spent all their time fighting underwater and with Atlantean weapons. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] as he is still able to fight with great skill in the sea and can handle multiple soldiers and Trench beasts on his own right, but it's there with how he struggles against them more than he would against normal opponents despite being much stronger than them, and fighting the equally strong and more well-trained Orm ends in his defeat and his mother's trident broken. Even when they fight in the surface, despite Arthur's Trident of Atlantis being much stronger than Orm's, Orm's superior skill still made him a hell of a tough challenge and the only reason Arthur beats him is by revealing a technique he alone knew and then using the Trident to shatter Orm's.

* ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: One of the sharks that comes to young Arthur's rescue at the aquarium is a Great White Shark. In reality it's unlikely an aquarium would hold a Great White, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMbHLF_zwjs as they have a reputation for dying extremely quickly in captivity]].

* ArtisticLicenseMarineBiology: Whales, dolphins (including orcas), and sea turtles are air breathers that can't survive too long deep underwater without coming to the surface for air. Unless those all about Atlantis had been adapted to living permanently underwater the same way the Atlanteans had been. Also, Atlantean shark mounts shown holding stationary position in water (sharks have no swim bladder or mechanism to pump water over their gills, if they stop moving forward they sink and drown) and growling (with no lungs or vocal chords, sharks can't make vocalizations of any sort). Again, unless this is a new species of shark native to Atlantis that has these peculiar characteristics and happens to look exactly like a Great White.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The last of the Atlantean mooks attacking Thomas and Atlanna in the opening gets pinned to the wall by Atlanna's quindet.

* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Played with. Helmeted Atlanteans (especially the commandos), for the most part, are definitely antagonistic compared to Arthur and Mera. Black Manta himself adheres to this trope closely. However, even Arthur wears a helmet during his ritualistic duel with Orm, and even Orm could be read as a quite a WellIntentionedExtremist at first. It's not until he wears his iconic Ocean Master helm that his megalomania becomes plain to see.

* ApparentlyHumanMerfolk: The people of Atlantis and Xebel are basically humans who adapted to underwater life.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Orm sends a veritable mountain of trash to the surface. It ''might'' have been a horrible act... except it was garbage [[HumansAreBastards humanity]] tossed into the ocean to begin with.

* StockSoundEffects: The sound effect that plays when the submarine crashes after attacking the Council of the Kings is identical to the Tyrannosaurus Rex roar from ''Film/TheLandUnknown'' (more familiar in the modern day from ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'', as the Battlelord's air-splitting roar).

* StockSoundEffects: The sound effect that plays when the submarine crashes after attacking the Council of the Kings is identical to the Battlelord from ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D''.

* WeAllLiveInAmerica: European toilets don't fill the toilet bowl that high with water. Murk would have gotten his hair wet and that's about it

The film was released on December 21, 2018. A sequel titled ''Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom'' is set for release on March 23, 2023.

* BondOneLiner: As part of his BoisterousBruiser style, Arthur's also fond of these. For example, after breaking into a submarine in his opening appearance:

* BondOneLiner: As part of his BoisterousBruiser style, Arthur's also fond of these. For example, after breaking into a submarine, at the same time knocking out two pirates: