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* FlyingSeaFoodSpecial: The second film has ''flying piranha''.
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*NightSwimEqualsDeath: The young couple in the opening scene meet the piranha in their pool at night.
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* TooDumbToLive: David? Barbara? You find a facility surrounded by a chain-link fence and multiple "Keep Out" -signs, and you decide to go swimming in the large pool of water you find within?
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* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler:In the original, one of the kids does not survive the piranha attack at the summer camp]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Throughout the movie, Dumont the camp counselor can sometimes be pretty mean to Suzie and some other kids. However, he truly cares about their safety as he helps out some of the children when the piranhas attack the kids during a game at the summer cap. He even shows sadness when he's seen [[spoiler:over a body of a child who did not survive the attack]].
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* PyrrhicVictory: In the original movie Paul and Maggie manage to get rid of the piranha, but the river ends being polluted.
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* PyrrhicVictory: In the original movie Paul and Maggie manage to get rid of the piranha, but the river ends being polluted. Made even worse when [[spoiler:it's revealed the piranhas had survived]].
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Two teens break into an abandoned facility to engage in a spot of SkinnyDipping in the reservoir, and are promptly pulled under and torn to shreds. The next day, insurance investigator Maggie [=McKeown=] (Heather Menzies) is dispatched to find them. Teaming up with local hillbilly Paul Grogan (Bradford Dillman), the two enter the facility themselves and inadvertently drain the critters engineered by resident MadScientist Dr. Robert Hoak (Creator/{{Kevin McCarthy|Actor}}) as part of the now-defunct Operation Razorteeth ([[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar in which they would be unleashed into the riverways of North Vietnam]]) into the river; wherein they make themselves en route to a nearby summer camp where Grogan's daughter is staying, and ultimately the ocean...
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Two teens break into an abandoned facility to engage in a spot of SkinnyDipping in the reservoir, and are promptly pulled under and torn to shreds. The next day, insurance investigator Maggie [=McKeown=] (Heather Menzies) is dispatched to find them. Teaming up with local hillbilly Paul Grogan (Bradford Dillman), (Creator/BradfordDillman), the two enter the facility themselves and inadvertently drain the critters engineered by resident MadScientist Dr. Robert Hoak (Creator/{{Kevin McCarthy|Actor}}) as part of the now-defunct Operation Razorteeth ([[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar in which they would be unleashed into the riverways of North Vietnam]]) into the river; wherein they make themselves en route to a nearby summer camp where Grogan's daughter is staying, and ultimately the ocean...
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''This entry is for the original 1978 movie and its sequels. For the 2010 remake and its sequel see here: '''Film/Piranha3D'''''
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%%* SexSignalsDeath: Promiscuous resort-goers and the skinny-dipping couple of the prologue.
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* DeathByAdaptation: In the original version of the film [[spoiler:J.R. Randolph (the owner of the swim resort and one member of the "SuitWithVestedInterests" subplot) ends the film standing in the middle the slaughterhouse that his resort became thanks to the piranha attack, looking despondent.]] In the 90s remake [[spoiler:his role in the film finishes with him seeing said slaughter and, knowing he is utterly ruined, [[DrivenToSuicide committing suicide]].]]
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* HotterAndSexier: The 1995 remake has two female characters (shortly before diving into the water and becoming piranha chow) doing full blown strip-tease sequences. Ironically, it loses the scene where Maggie [[DistractedByTheSexy flashes a soldier]].
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''Piranha'' is a 1978 [[BMovie B]] comedy-horror film, directed by Creator/JoeDante and written by director-to-be Creator/JohnSayles, about a swarm of [[AttackOfTheKillerWhatever genetically-engineered killer piranhas]].
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''Piranha'' is a 1978 [[BMovie B]] comedy-horror film, HorrorComedy BMovie, directed by Creator/JoeDante and written by director-to-be Creator/JohnSayles, about a swarm of [[AttackOfTheKillerWhatever genetically-engineered killer piranhas]].
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* DeathBySex: Promiscuous resort-goers and the skinny-dipping couple of the prologue.
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The first film was rather pointlessly remade as a [[MadeForTVMovie TV movie]] in 1995, most notable for starring a young Creator/MilaKunis and for [[StockFootage reusing footage]] from the original film.
A more notable 3D remake, ''Film/Piranha3D'', eventually arrived in summer 2010, directed by Creator/AlexandreAja. Shifting the action to Lake Victoria (a fictionalized version of Lake Havasu, Arizona) and ditching the GovernmentConspiracy set-up in favour of an equally implausible plot involving prehistoric versions of the eponymous fish, it was BloodierAndGorier, HotterAndSexier, and generally [[RefugeInAudacity reveled in its own silliness]]. A sequel to the remake, ''Film/Piranha3DD'', was released in 2012.
A more notable 3D remake, ''Film/Piranha3D'', eventually arrived in summer 2010, directed by Creator/AlexandreAja. Shifting the action to Lake Victoria (a fictionalized version of Lake Havasu, Arizona) and ditching the GovernmentConspiracy set-up in favour of an equally implausible plot involving prehistoric versions of the eponymous fish, it was BloodierAndGorier, HotterAndSexier, and generally [[RefugeInAudacity reveled in its own silliness]]. A sequel to the remake, ''Film/Piranha3DD'', was released in 2012.
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The first film was rather pointlessly remade as a [[MadeForTVMovie TV movie]] in 1995, most notable for starring a young Creator/MilaKunis and for [[StockFootage reusing footage]] from the original film.
A more notable 3D remake, ''Film/Piranha3D'', eventually arrived in summer 2010, directed by Creator/AlexandreAja. Shifting the action to Lake Victoria (a fictionalized version of Lake Havasu, Arizona) and ditching the GovernmentConspiracy set-up in favour ofan equally implausible a plot involving prehistoric versions of the eponymous fish, it was BloodierAndGorier, HotterAndSexier, and generally [[RefugeInAudacity reveled in its own silliness]]. A sequel to the remake, ''Film/Piranha3DD'', was released in 2012.
A more notable 3D remake, ''Film/Piranha3D'', eventually arrived in summer 2010, directed by Creator/AlexandreAja. Shifting the action to Lake Victoria (a fictionalized version of Lake Havasu, Arizona) and ditching the GovernmentConspiracy set-up in favour of
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Hoak]] jumps in the water he knows is infested to save a boy trapped on a sinking, capsized canoe.
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In many respects a parody of ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', Universal Studios initially threatened to sue until Creator/StevenSpielberg saw it himself and loved it. In 1981, it got itself a sequel titled ''Film/PiranhaPartTwoTheSpawning'' in which the piranhas ''fly''; this film happens to be the directorial debut of Creator/JamesCameron.
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In many respects a parody of ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', Universal Studios initially threatened to sue until Creator/StevenSpielberg saw it himself and loved it. In 1981, it got itself a sequel titled ''Film/PiranhaPartTwoTheSpawning'' in which the piranhas ''fly''; this film happens to be the directorial debut of Creator/JamesCameron.
Creator/JamesCameron. [[Film/TheTerminator Yes,]] '''''[[Film/{{Aliens}} that]]''''' [[Film/Titanic1997 James]] [[Film/{{Avatar}} Cameron]].
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* [[ItsPronouncedTropay It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]]: Hoak and Mengers both pronounce piranha "piranYAH", while everyone else says "piranAH".[[note]]Technically the former is the correct, original pronunciation, but the latter is so widespread that it's more common.[[/note]]
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* YouSayTomato: Hoak and Mengers both pronounce piranha "piranYAH", while everyone else says "piranAH". Technically the former is the correct, original pronunciation, but the latter is so widespread that it's more common.
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* EvilDetectingDog: Jack's dog starts reacting shortly before AgonyOfTheFeet occurs. When Maggie, Paul, and Hoak arrive on the scene, the dog is barking like crazy as if to warn them.
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* NeverMyFault: Goes both ways on the raft, as Maggie and Paul chastise Hoak for continuing the experiment and thus keeping the little monsters alive all this time, but he's quick to point out they were the ones that released them from their isolated pool.
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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:The piranhas survive the toxic waste and reach the ocean.]]
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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:The piranhas are implied to survive the toxic waste and reach the ocean.]]
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* [[ItsPronouncedTropay It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]]: Hoak and Mengers both pronounce piranha "piranYAH", while everyone else says "piranAH".[[note]]Technically the former is the correct, original pronunciation, but the latter is so widespread that it's more common.[[/note]]
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* DeadStarWalking: [[spoiler:Keenan Wynn as Jack,]] who appears in only two scenes before [[spoiler:his legs are devoured by the piranhas, and he bleeds to death.]]
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* DeadStarWalking: [[spoiler:Keenan Wynn [[spoiler:Creator/KeenanWynn as Jack,]] who appears in only two scenes before [[spoiler:his legs are devoured by the piranhas, and he bleeds to death.]]]]
* DeadHatShot: After [[spoiler:Colonel Waxman]] is devoured by the piranhas, his hat is shown sinking to the bottom of the river.
* DeadHatShot: After [[spoiler:Colonel Waxman]] is devoured by the piranhas, his hat is shown sinking to the bottom of the river.
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* GeneralRipper: Colonel Waxman, who is implied to want to preserve the piranhas to use them as a weapon, which results in him keeping the situation quiet (of course, this is also motivated by him trying to prevent him from being bankrupted by an investment he made in a swim resort).
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In the original film, there's a small bipedal reptilian creature that resembles a pocket-sized [[Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon Gillman]] with a long tail in the lab building, realized through pretty good stop-motion animation. Neither of the heroes notice it, Dr. Hoak never mentions it, and it disappears completely from the film when it runs off-screen after Hoak first appears.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In the original film, there's a small bipedal reptilian creature that resembles a pocket-sized [[Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon Gillman]] with a long tail in the lab building, realized through pretty good stop-motion animation. Neither of the heroes notice it, Dr. Hoak never mentions it, and it disappears completely from the film when it runs off-screen after Hoak first appears.
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* AllForNothing: [[spoier:The piranhas survive the toxic waste and reach the ocean.]]
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* AllForNothing: [[spoier:The [[spoiler:The piranhas survive the toxic waste and reach the ocean.]]
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* AllForNothing: [[spoier:The piranhas survive the toxic waste and reach the ocean.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The piranha reach the ocean, and the world is definitely screwed.]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:J.R. Randolph in the remake goes to his office and shoots himself in the head after the piranha kill or maim a large number of his resort's guests and ruined his business.]]
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* BioweaponBeast: The piranhas were made in a lab through controlled mutation and bioloical manipulation to be unleashed in rivers as an area denial weapon, during the Vietnam War in the original and the late Cold War in the remake.
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* {{Fanservice}}: We get a lot of people in swimsuits, a close-up of Maggie's bare breasts when she flashes a soldier as a distraction so Paul can conk him from behind, and the girl of the skinny-dipping couple in the prologue accidentally goes full-frontal for a second before she pulls her panties back up as she rushes to take off her pants.
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* EatenAlive: What the piranha do to their victims.
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* ArmiesAreEvil: The U.S. Government is the one that funded "Operation Razorteeth", a biological weapon with absolutely no concept of discrimination between combatants and non-combatants, to be used during the Vietnam War and Colonel Waxman, the general that arrives to help deal with the released piranha, is a SuitWithVestedInterests in the ''Jaws'' way.
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* ArmiesAreEvil: The U.S. Government is the one that funded "Operation Razorteeth", a biological weapon with absolutely no concept of discrimination between combatants and non-combatants, to be used during the Vietnam War and Colonel Waxman, the general that arrives to help deal with the released piranha, is a SuitWithVestedInterests in the ''Jaws'' way. In the remake, the intent was for them to be used in the Cold War if it went hot.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The piranha in the TV remake make various high pitched squeal and shrieks, an impossibility for fish as they have no vocal chords.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The piranha in the TV remake make various high pitched squeal high-pitched squeals and shrieks, an impossibility for fish as they have no vocal chords.
