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* HeManWomanHater: It's not commented on, but the minute Quint sees Ellen standing on the dock next to his ship, he blows up and starts ranting about women. Then he sings filthy sea chanty songs at the top of his lungs, seemingly to further antagonize her. He also speeks gleefully of celebrating his "late wife's demise".

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* HeManWomanHater: It's not commented on, but the minute Quint sees Ellen standing on the dock next to his ship, he blows up and starts ranting about women. Then he sings filthy sea chanty songs at the top of his lungs, seemingly to further antagonize her. He also speeks speaks gleefully of celebrating his "late wife's demise".

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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He seems like a little nerdy guy with a smartass sense of humor, but where sharks are concerned, there's nobody who knows more. And he's not afraid to get his feet wet, or even the rest of him, such as in a shark cage.

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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He Not "moron" exactly given his expertise but he seems like a little nerdy guy with a smartass sense of humor, but where sharks are concerned, there's nobody who knows more. And he's not afraid to get his feet wet, or even the rest of him, such as in a shark cage.


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* HiddenDepths: Both Mayor Vaughn and Quint dismiss him as an opportunistic scientist out to make his career and a rich college boy who doesn't know anything of real labor but Matt is far from either. He has considerable hands on experience with dangerous sea creatures and doesn't back down when things get seriously dangerous, putting himself on the front line and playing a major role in stopping the shark.


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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be snippy, short-tempered and doesn't suffer fools but he's not a bad guy at all. He can be very polite as seen when he visits Brody at his home and is perfectly cordial with Martin and Ellen and he mutually decides to bury the hatchet with Quint and the two happily exchange stories and jokes after a hard day's work. He also is doing everything he can to stop an extremely dangerous predator from killing more innocent people and proves himself extremely brave in doing so.
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* {{Leitmotif}}: The sea shanty "Spanish Ladies", which he sings repeatedly and appears a couple of times throughout the musical score, most notably [[DarkReprise as the Orca is sinking and he finally understands he screwed up]].
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** When Hooper wants to cut open the shark the locals caught, Vaughn suggests that if it did kill that kid, no one needs to see the body spilled out on the dock in front of everyone.

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** When It's also perfectly reasonable for him to forbid Hooper wants to cut from cutting open the a shark the locals caught, Vaughn suggests on a pier full of people when it's possible that if it did kill that kid, no one needs to see there are the body spilled out on the dock in front remains of everyone. a child inside.
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* MamaBear: When her son is killed by the shark, she gives Chief Brody a BitchSlap when she hears about how he knew about the shark and kept the beaches open (Mayor Vaughn [[KarmaHoudini unfortunately does not gets one himself]]) and puts a $10.000 reward to anybody who can kill the shark, which to the despair of Brody and Vaughn she [[CantStopTheSignal sent off to print]] to newspapers all over the Eastern Seaboard.
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Jaws fans call the fourth shark Vengeance and this is included on the Jaws wiki


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* OddNameOut: The first shark was named Bruce, which was the nickname given to the animatronic during filming, and the next two are female variants of Bruce. The fourth shark is named Vengeance by fans.
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* DirtyCoward: On the Fourth of July weekend, Vaughn, who can see no one is going into the water and wanting to prove the beaches are safe but he doesn’t volunteer to go swimming first, instead he decides to pressure a couple to go in the water with their kids instead.
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* AdaptationalBadass: While unusually large, the shark in the original novel is unable to pull the barrels attached to it underwater like in the film.
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: When the shark, who was for the most part only driven by the instinct to eat, is finally blown up to pieces, sad piano music from the soundtrack is playing in the background while the shark's corpse is slowly sinking to the bottom of the sea]].

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* AdaptationalBadass: While unusually large, the shark in the original novel is unable to pull the barrels attached to it underwater like in the film.
film. [[spoiler:Additionally, it dies from exhaustion thanks to these barrels while the movie shark is so impervious that it requires a literal explosion from a scuba tank to stop the beast]].
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* WealthyYachtOwner: Owns the research ship full of high-tech gadgets that he brings to Amity, and claims he’s sailed in “three [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transpacific_Yacht_Race TransPacs]] and an America’s Cup trial”.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: In the novel, Brody files away Chrissie's death in secret after being pressured by Mayor Vaughn, and focuses on other community matters until he receives phone calls of another shark attack a few days later. The film slightly changes it by having Brody being on the beach and silently monitoring the sea, so intent on keeping the beachgoers safe that he ignores other community issues being brought up to his face.

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* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler: Even as the shark is biting into him, he grabs the machete he'd set aside earlier and keeps stabbing at it even when he's chest deep inside its mouth]].

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* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler: Even [[spoiler:Even as the shark is biting into him, he grabs the machete he'd set aside earlier and keeps stabbing at it even when he's chest deep inside its mouth]].



* HeroicBSOD: After the Orca's engine breaks down just before they can safely reach the shorelines, Quint quietly shuts down, only focused on keeping his crew alive and allowing Hooper to use his modern methods. The shark has bested him, and he knows it.



* OhCrap: Quint's reaction when he sees the shark pull all three barrels beneath surface with no issue. He admits to Hooper that he's never seen a shark able to do that, and starts to silently show fear when he helms the Orca. Instead of maintaining the Orca's steady pace to the shore, Quint pushes the boat's speed limit to the max in an attempt to outrun the shark.



* SanitySlippage: Some of his acts, like lying to Brody's wife or breaking the radio, defy all logic.

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* SanitySlippage: When it becomes clear the shark is much more of challenge than he initially thought (even by his standards), Quint's professional skills begins to slip as his frustration at the shark's persistence grows. Some of his acts, like lying to Brody's wife or breaking the radio, defy all logic.

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