History YMMV / Maneater

* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: Port Clovis bears some resemblance to real life Gulf Coast town [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Fourchon,_Louisiana Port Fourchon]], including locales named for luxury foods (Caviar Key in the game, Bay Champagne in real life) and being an odd mix of science research hub/tourist town.

* AssholeVictim: The overwhelming majority of humans in the game are called out in quest text (or by the narrator) for why they have this coming, ranging from destroying precious habitants for wildlife to participating in the illegal shark fin trade (which Scaly Pete himself is noted to have been involved with) to bulldozing Native American sacred sites to build hotels and casinos.

* AcceptableTargets:
** The rich and the stupid are put on display in-game. While the narrator will often snark at the overabundance of dumb people, he has a tendency to rip into the rich idiots throughout the game, even calling them out for their treatment of the local sea life and pollution.
** Environmentalists get this as well, with plenty of it too, like their tendency to have projects that support the cause of lessening pollution but not actually doing anything to stop it.
** The shark can decide to ignore TheMafia's victims and attack the gangsters instead.

*** Seeing as Maneater's mother was noted to be just as, if not more, mindlessly aggressive as Maneater, it's possible she chased and/or ate all the other Bull Sharks.

** One that kind of sticks out like a sore thumb considering the game's protagonist and her mother? There are no other Bull Sharks that appear in the game aside from these two. Even revisiting Crayfish Bay will show wildlife not too different from what you've seen elsewhere, with the player being the sole bull shark in the whole game.

* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: Port Clovis bears some resemblance to real life Gulf Coast town [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Fourchon,_Louisiana Port Fourchon]], including locales named for luxury foods (Caviar Key in the game, Bay Champagne in real life) and being an odd mix of science research hub/tourist town.

** A minor detail, but one that kinda sticks out as well: the [[spoiler: fate of Scaly Pete's son. Instead of being eaten by the shark, like one would expect, he's killed in a boat explosion.]]

** One that kind of sticks out like a sore thumb considering the game's protagonist and her mother? There are no other Bull Sharks that appear in the game aside from these two. Even revisiting Crayfish Bay will show wildlife not too different from what you've seen elsewhere, with the player being the sole bull shark in the whole game.
* WhatAnIdiot: Pete starts a fire next to his own fuel tank. Given how deep-seeded his FatalFlaw is, though, it's not surprising.

** There's a lot on interpretations regarding Pete's story about the Mega shark; ranging from TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight to UnreliableNarrator. Was Scaly Pete right about the shark's mother not being the Mega; was he just so young that the shark looked big from his point of view, like Kyle said; or did he actually lie to avoid the embarrassment of his father being devoured by an "''ordinary''" shark?

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: One of the landmarks in the game is a wrecked SUV on a golf course that serves as a parody of professional golfer Tiger Woods. In 2021, Woods was badly injured when his SUV rolled over.

* PolishedPort: The UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch port plays well and maintains a 60 FPS surprisingly well even in handheld mode, and aside from a few minor graphical glitches and some downscaled graphics, the only unique downside as of the end of 2021 is the lack of the ''Truth Quest'' DLC, since it is worth noting that it took the developers over a year to be able to port the game to the Nintendo Switch in the first place, and ''Truth Quest'' was announced for all of the other ports a few months before the Nintendo Switch port was even announced.
* ScrappyMechanic: Tail slaps are excellent for throwing enemies but that's about it. It barely damages an underwater opponent and boats at higher levels are constantly moving. Most just prefer using the Bone Mutation to attack boats and other beefier targets.

** And unless it appears in future DLC or sequel, [[spoiler: you never do get to face the Mega that killed Pete's dad -- unless that Mega was ''your mom'', and Pete just remembered her bigger..]]

* MST3KMantra: The narrator obliquely points out all the biological inaccuracies, and basically shrugs and urges the player not to think too deeply about it.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped:
** Training animals for entertainment is not a good life for them. Regardless of how well kept they are, they still have instincts that drive them. While there are ones who are allowed to have their own space, it doesn't give humans the right to treat them with anger and vitriol.
** Don't pollute, respect the ocean, and for God's sake, ''don't irradiate it''.

* GameBreaker: The Bio-Electric Mutation is extremely useful for both human and sea enemies, due to its ability to use paralysis and sponging a good amount of damage. It's very rare to not see a player use the mutation once all the parts are collected. In particular, the Bio-Electric fins give you an invincible dodge that damages enemies across a wide radius once it's fully upgraded and can be spammed an unlimited number of times. This turns fighting shark hunters into a breeze.

* CatharsisFactor: As a pup, the bull shark manages to humiliate Scaly Pete, the so-called "best shark hunter" around by biting his arm off after he kills the shark's mother and deliberately injures the shark itself for the sake of recognizing her later.

* {{Narm}}: The Bone Head evolution can, instead of vicious and intimidating, make the shark look a bit comical, due to the change to its eyes looking more like the cartoonish "angry eyes" seen on an emoji.