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* A FilkSong [[https://youtu.be/8x6lpTLE3aw parody]] of Creator/DeanMartin's "That's Amore", titled "[[JustForPun That's a Moray]]", centers around how dangerous eels are.

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* A FilkSong [[https://youtu.be/8x6lpTLE3aw parody]] of Creator/DeanMartin's "That's Amore", titled "[[JustForPun "[[PunBasedTitle That's a Moray]]", centers around how dangerous eels are.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}'' has red coloured moray eels as enemies in [[UnderTheSea Quaria]]. They stick out of wall areas to attack an unsuspecting Bug, and some of them can spit fireballs. While underwater.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Bug}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Bug|1995}}'' has red coloured moray eels as enemies in [[UnderTheSea Quaria]]. They stick out of wall areas to attack an unsuspecting Bug, and some of them can spit fireballs. While underwater.
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* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Huntail and Gorebyss are eel-like creatures that live in the sea; the former has characteristics of moray eels, [[SeldomSeenSpecies viperfish and gulper eels]], while the latter is based on the [[SeldomSeenSpecies snipe eel and pipefish]]. Both are predator species, and use their respective characteristics to lure prey into range of attack.

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* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Huntail and Gorebyss are eel-like creatures that live in the sea; the former has characteristics of moray eels, [[SeldomSeenSpecies viperfish and gulper eels]], eels, while the latter is based on the [[SeldomSeenSpecies snipe eel and pipefish]].pipefish. Both are predator species, and use their respective characteristics to lure prey into range of attack.
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Of all the sea creatures in the world, alongside dolphins, [[{{PlayfulOtter}} sea otters]], and whales, the sneakiest sea creature alongside the [[ThreateningShark shark]] and the [[StealthyCephalopod octopus]] would be the moray eel. In nearly every form of media, eels are depicted as being sneaky creatures that have a propensity for tricking other sea creatures. It's a sure sign that they cannot be trusted. In other words, they're basically [[UndergroundMonkey the oceanic version]] of {{snakes|Are Sinister}}. Actual ''sea snakes'' (as opposed to mythical sea serpents) are SeldomSeenSpecies, probably because though highly venomous they're [[RuleOfScary far less intimidating-looking]] than moray eels, which basically look very bizarre and downright alien, right down to [[NestedMouths having Xenomorph-like jaws in their throats.]]

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Of all the sea creatures in the world, alongside dolphins, [[{{PlayfulOtter}} sea otters]], and whales, the sneakiest sea creature alongside the [[ThreateningShark shark]] and the [[StealthyCephalopod octopus]] would be the moray eel. In nearly every form of media, eels are depicted as being sneaky creatures that have a propensity for tricking other sea creatures. It's a sure sign that they cannot be trusted. In other words, they're basically [[UndergroundMonkey the oceanic version]] of {{snakes|Are Sinister}}. Actual ''sea snakes'' (as opposed to mythical sea serpents) are SeldomSeenSpecies, less commonly used, probably because though highly venomous they're [[RuleOfScary far less intimidating-looking]] than moray eels, which basically look very bizarre and downright alien, right down to [[NestedMouths having Xenomorph-like jaws in their throats.]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/HamsterAndGretel'', a MadScientist named Dr. Eelgood creates a giant mutant eel, calling it the "ideal eel." He plans to unleash it in the city aquarium as revenge from being fired from there. Hamster and Gretel stop his plan and defeat the eel [[spoiler:by freezing it, but while Hamster is sending it away, he accidentally drops it and [[LiterallyShatteredLives it shatters into a million pieces]].]]
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* ''Fanfic/PrehistoricParkReimagined'': While largely portrayed as being more like aggressive animals than as outright villains, the two rescued species of Eocene eel rescued for the titular park nonetheless prove fairly dangerous animals to work with over the course of both the efforts at getting them through the time portal as well as subsequent efforts to move them out to a new holding tank so they won't be in the way for when the next rescued aquatic animal for that particular mission gets brought back through the portal (with one of them even managing to very nearly bite off one keeper's hand).
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* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasGreatBattleOfTheMermaidKing'' have a giant moray eel monster larger than entire ships attacking the heroes when they arrived in the underwater world of Aquaria. Turns out it used to be a regular-sized moray, who was transformed into a monster thanks to the villains strapping a genetical manipulation device on it.
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** ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'': When Prince John gets upset with Sir Hiss, he calls him an "eel in snake's clothing!" as he is a snake already, and therefore he had to go further than the typical insults.

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** ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'': ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'': When Prince John gets upset with Sir Hiss, he calls him an "eel in snake's clothing!" as he is a snake already, and therefore he had to go further than the typical insults.
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** In ''Literature/{{Mossflower}}'', the heroes are captured by a tribe of hostile toads and thrown into a pit with a massive eel called Snakefish, whom the toads trapped there years earlier and used him to get rid of their prisoners since then. Surprisingly for a series in which fish are generally portrayed non-sentient creatures, Snakefish not only turns out to be quite intelligent, but fully capable of speech, and agrees to spare the heroes’ lives if they manage to release him from the pit. They do, and Snakefish finally gets his revenge on the toads by devouring most of them.

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** In ''Literature/{{Mossflower}}'', the heroes are captured by a tribe of hostile toads and thrown into a pit with a massive eel called Snakefish, whom the toads trapped there years earlier and used him to get rid of their prisoners since then. Surprisingly for a series in which fish are generally portrayed non-sentient creatures, Snakefish not only turns out to be quite intelligent, but fully capable of speech, and is able to be reasoned with. He agrees to spare the heroes’ lives if they manage to release him from the pit.pit (he prefers the taste of toads to mice); but he does caution them that they must do so within a few days, before he ''must'' eat. They do, and Snakefish finally gets his revenge on the toads by devouring most of them.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Music/DeanMartin If it lurks in a reef and has]] [[NestedMouths two sets of teef]], {{Pun}} that's a moray]].'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Music/DeanMartin If it lurks in a reef and has]] [[NestedMouths two sets of teef]], [[IncrediblyLamePun that's a moray]].'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Music/DeanMartin If it lurks in a reef and has]] [[NestedMouths two sets of teef]], [[IncrediblyLamePun {{Pun}} that's a moray]].'']]

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