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A [[BMovie B-Grade]] AttackOfTheKillerWhatever movie needs a title. So you name it after the Killer Whatever.

Only applies when the monster the film is named after is not some made up creature.

Subtrope to AntagonistTitle. Often a OneWordTitle as well.
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!!Examples:

* ''Film/{{Alligator}}''
* ''Film/{{Anaconda}}''
* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0271972/ Arachnid]]''
* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077210/ Barracuda]]''
* ''Film/{{Bats}}''
* ''Film/TheBeast''
* ''Film/Beast2022''
* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075620/ The Bees]]''
* ''Film/TheBirds''
* ''Film/BloodMonkey''
* ''Film/{{Boa}}''
* ''Film/{{Boar}}''
* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0350663/ Bugs]]''
* ''Film/CamelSpiders''
* ''Film/{{Carnosaur}}''
* ''Film/CocaineBear''
* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156205/ Creature]]''
* ''Film/{{Crocodile}}''
* ''Film/{{Frogs}}''
* ''Film/GreatWhite''
* ''Film/{{Grizzly}}''
* ''Film/{{King Cobra|1999}}''
* ''Film/KillerFish''
* ''Film/{{Komodo}}''
* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0339288/ Leeches]]''
* ''Film/TheMeg''
* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284303/ Megalodon]]''
* ''Film/{{Mosquito}}''
* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221905/ Octopus]]''
* ''Film/OrcaTheKillerWhale''
* ''Film/PigHunt''
* ''Film/{{Piranha}}''
* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452668/ Pterodactyl]]''
* ''Film/{{Python}}''
* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292634/ Raptor]]''
* ''Film/{{Razorback}}''
* ''Film/{{Sabretooth}}''
* ''Theatre/TheShrike'': A subtle one that relies on the audience to know birds. A shrike is a harmless-looking songbird that is actually carnivorous, and kills its victims by impaling them on thorns or other pointy objects, after which the shrike tears them apart. When protagonist Jim is sent to a mental ward after a suicide attempt, his estranged wife Ann pretends to be sympathetic and supportive, but actually manipulates events so that Jim will be WrongfullyCommitted unless and until he agrees to return to her. The title is symbolic of how Ann destroys Jim over the course of the play.
* ''Film/{{Slugs}}''
* ''Film/{{Spiders}}''
* ''Film/{{Tarantula}}''
* ''Film/TasmanianDevils''
* ''Film/TerrorBirds''
* ''Film/{{Ticks}}''
* ''Film/TheVampireBat''
* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152403/ Vipers]]''
* ''Film/{{Wolf}}''
* While ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' isn't an example in English, in Spanish-speaking countries it's retitled as ''Tiburón'', in Portuguese-speaking ones ''Tubarão'', in Hungary ''Cápa'', and in Sweden as ''Hajen'', among others, all of which means "(the) Shark". In Finland, it is titled ''Tappajahai'', which translates as "Killer Shark", and in German ''Der Weisse Hai'', meaning "The (Great) White Shark".
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* ''Theatre/TheShrike'': A subtle one that relies on the audience to know birds. A shrike is a harmless-looking songbird that is actually carnivorous, and kills its victims by impaling them on thorns or other pointy objects, after which the shrike tears them a part. When protagonist Jim is sent to a mental ward after a suicide attempt, his estranged wife Ann pretends to be sympathetic and supportive, but actually manipulates events so that Jim will be WrongfullyCommitted unless and until he agrees to return to her. The title is symbolic of how Ann destroys Jim over the course of the play.

* While ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' isn't an example in English, in Spanish-speaking countries it's retitled as ''Tiburón'', in Portuguese-speaking ones ''Tubarão'', in Hungary ''Cápa'', and in Sweden as ''Hajen'', among others, all of which means "(the) Shark".
** And in Finland, ''Tappajahai'', which means "Killer Shark".

Subtrope to AntagonistTitle.

* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209264/ Python]]''

* While ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' isn't an example in English, in Spanish-speaking countries it's retitled as ''Tiburón'', in Brazil as the Portuguese ''Tubarão'', in Hungary ''Cápa'', and in Sweden as ''Hajen'', among others, all of which means "(the) Shark".

* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284445/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Sabretooth]]''

* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113858/ Mosquito]]''

* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203425/ Crocodile]]''

* ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133521/ Boa]]''