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1"He" is a ScienceFiction {{Adventure}} {{Thriller}} short story by Creator/AlanDeanFoster, first published in the 1977 anthology ''With Friends Like These…''
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3The story tells of how oceanographer Dr. Woodruth Poplar ends up encountering in an atoll in UsefulNotes/AmericanSamoa a creature thought to have been extinct for millions of years, a ''[[PrehistoricMonster Megalodon]]''.
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9* TheAgeless: The stories opening explains that ''He'' has survived for millions of years.
10* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Dr. Poplar ends up surviving his encounter with the Megalodon, at the cost of his right foot.]]
11* GodGuise: The Polynesian people fear and revere the Megalodon as something akin to a god.
12* LastOfHisKind: ''He'' (the Megalodon) is the last of his kind, having outlived the rest for millions of years.
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14* OneWordTitle: SecondaryCharacterTitle referencing ''He'', the name of the Megalodon that the protagonist finds.
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16* SeaMonster: ''He'' is a Megalodon, a gigantic [[PrehistoricMonster prehistoric shark]].
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18* SatelliteLoveInterest: Elaine, Poplar’s receptionist who accompanies him on his dives at the atoll.
19* SecondaryCharacterTitle: ''He'' is the name of the Megalodon.
20* ThreateningShark: ''He'' is feared by all other creatures and the sight of him installs a primal terror in humans.
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