History Film / Sharktopus

* [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Monsters Love Their Mamas]]: [[spoiler:It's implied the second Sharktopus in the sequel starts attacking the Pteracuda to protect the woman that raised it after its control device is destroyed.]]
* [[ThreateningShark Everything's Even Worse With Sharks]]: Yes.
* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: And yes, although the Sharktopus quickly proves that the combo of the two beats out the former.

* GoneHorriblyRight:
** Nicole created a hunter, but her dad wanted a killer. He changes her programming and everyone ends up paying for it.
** TooDumbToLive: They had a remote control anyway, so there was no reason to make the shark psychotic too.

* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: After the device that enabled the scientists to control their project gets smashed, this happens—although it's not so much against its masters as it is against humanity in general.

* TheWorfEffect: See AlwaysABiggerFish above.

* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: The line of thought on combining a Pteradactyl and Barracuda was "Let's make a weaponized pterosaur out of [=DNA=] [[Franchise/JurassicPark fragments]], and since we need something else to [[LEGOGenetics add we can throw in breathing air and water]], for ... reasons''.

* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: The line of thought on combining a Pteradactyl and Barracuda was "Let's make a weaponized dinosaur out of [=DNA=] [[Franchise/JurassicPark fragments]], and since we need something else to [[LEGOGenetics add we can throw in breathing air and water]], for ... reasons''.

A SyFyChannelOriginalMovie released September 25, 2010, this film centers on the rampage of a half-shark half-octopus whose handlers have lost control of it.

* PteroSoarer: Pteracuda, though it does have one redeeming quality: its wings have pteroid bones.

** Or ''breathe'', with no mantle to pump water through octopus-gills and an octopus's habit of lurking in one place for prey, which would asphyxiate the kind of pelagic shark its front end resembles.

** Heck, how does it even ''swim''? It doesn't have a shark's tail ''or'' a cephalopod's siphon for propulsion; it just waggles its tentacles around slightly and at random.

The film would later go on to inspire ''Piranhaconda'', a sort of SpiritualSuccessor in 2012. Currently two sequels to Sharktopus are in development. The first sequel, ''Sharktopus vs Pteracuda'' was aired August 2, 2014 on Syfy. The second sequel, ''Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf'' airs on July 19, 2015.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere" The news cameraman from the second film quits after one too many close calls, forcing the IntrepidReporter to hire a homeless man to operate the camera for her.

* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: The line of thought on combining a Pteradactyl and Barracuda was "Let's make a weaponized dinosaur out of [=DNA=] [[Franchise/JurassicPark fragments]] sense we need something else to [[LEGOGenetics add we can throw in breathing air and water]], for ... reasons''.

** How did the Sharktopus breathe on land? Is it part [[SaturdayNightLive landshark]]?

* AHeadAtBothEnds: The Sharktopus has a shark-head in front and an octopus-beak in back.

** ''Sharktopus vs Whalewolf'' is so demented makes the first two movies look like the original [[Jaws]] in comparison.

** ''Sharktopus vs Whalewolf'' is so demented makes the first two movies look like the original [[Film/Jaws]] in comparison.

** ''Sharktopus vs Whalewolf'' is so demented makes the first two movies look like the original [[{{Jaws}}]] in comparison.

** ''Sharktopus vs Whalewolf'' is so demented makes the first two movies look like the original [[Franchise/Jaws]] in comparison.

* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter

The film would later go on to inspire ''Piranhaconda'', a sort of SpiritualSuccessor in 2012. Currently two sequels to Sharktopus are in development. The first sequel, ''Sharktopus vs Pteracuda'' was aired August 2, 2014 on Syfy.