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** The director of the film has since rebutted these claims and has challenged SeaWorld to a public debate.
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** The first worker to be killed by Tilikum, Keltie Byrne. She slipped and fell into the water and was dragged away after only seconds of falling.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Jane Valez-Mitchell of CNN asks "If you were in a bathtub for 25 years, don’t you think you’d get a little psychotic?" as the documentary plays yet another incident.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Jane Valez-Mitchell of CNN Creator/{{CNN}} asks "If you were in a bathtub for 25 years, don’t you think you’d get a little psychotic?" as the documentary plays yet another incident.
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Blackfish is a 2013 documentary directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite that covers the death of a trainer at [=SeaWorld=] due to the actions of one of the captive Orca whales, Tilikum. The documentary poses the debate as to whether it is possible or not to keep such creatures like Orcas in captivity due to them being very difficult to control.
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Blackfish is a 2013 documentary directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite that covers investigates the death of a trainer at [=SeaWorld=] Ride/SeaWorld due to the actions of one of the captive Orca whales, Tilikum. The documentary poses the debate as to whether it is possible or not to keep such creatures like Orcas in captivity due to them being very difficult to control.
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* DocumentaryOfLies: According to [[http://seaworldparks.com/en/corporatesites/truth/home/truth-about-blackfish/?from=Top_Nav SeaWorld's official statement]], this is not a documentary, but rather a propaganda piece. They claim it uses outdated information, ManipulativeEditing & the testimony of Animal Rights Activists with no expertise, which the film purports to have authority on the matter of killer whales in captivity.
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* DocumentaryOfLies: While the movie raises a very valid argument towards whether or not keeping orcas in captivity is moral, it has been accused of skewing some facts and being incredibly biased against [=SeaWorld=]. The movie fails to mention that [=SeaWorld=], while having very sketchy policies surrounding their captive animals, have also spent millions of dollars rescuing hundreds of sea animals affected by such things as oil spills.
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* OldShame: Sailor John Crowe states that capturing Tilikum was "one of the worst things I've ever done".
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** In all fairness, that's not really relevant to the topic at hand.
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* DocumentaryOfLies: While the movie raises a very valid argument towards whether or not keeping orcas in captivity is moral, it has been accused of skewing some facts and being incredibly biased against [=SeaWorld=]. The movie fails to mention that [=SeaWorld=], while having very sketchy policies surrounding their captive animals, have also spent millions of dollars rescuing hundreds of sea animals affected by such things as oil spills.
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* YouBastard: Tends to imply this to anyone who's gone to see the whales at Sea World. One can see why.
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Not to be confused with [[Series/GameOfThrones that other Blackfish.]]
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*TooDumbToLive: The man who snuck into Tilkum's pen in the night and was subsequently killed won a [[DarwinAwards Darwin Award]] a couple years back.
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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Part of what contributes to Tilikum's problems is implied to be the constant separation from social groups and being kept in solitary confinement.
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* GodzillaThreshold: When an orca is trying to drown it's trainer, the other trainers decide to release a larger and more aggressive orca in order to distract the first one. It works.
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Blackfish is a 2013 documentary directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite that covers the deaths death of several trainers a trainer at [=SeaWorld=] due to the actions of one of the captive Orca whales, Tilikum. The documentary poses the debate as to whether it is possible or not to keep such creatures like Orcas in captivity due to them being very difficult to control.
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* AnimalTalk: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] at one point, where they mention putting orcas from different parts of the world in a tank together is akin to throwing entirely different species together, as they have their own different behaviours and languages. The last point is drawn out; one interviewee even mentions that modern science doesn't like calling the sounds the orcas make "language", but there's simply no other word for it.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Tilikum grabs his trainer's arm, and is described to have swallowed it.
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* DaylightHorror: [[CaptainObvious Since daytime is when the trainers interact most frequently with the orcas,]] most of the attacks occur then as well.
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: The man who sneaked into the park after hours was found the next morning, naked and mutilated, slung across Tilikum's back. There are, justifiably, no images shown.
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: The man who sneaked into the park after hours was found the next morning, naked and mutilated, slung across Tilikum's back. There are, justifiably, no images shown.
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* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: This naturally comes up in relation to all the orcas who have attacked people.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Several of the trainers describe Tilikum as one of the friendliest orcas they've dealt with, which made his kills even more horrifying.
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* GroinAttack: The homeless man who was found dead in Tilikum's tank was described as having his genitals bitten off. One interviewee states they have no idea if this was pre- or post-mortem.
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* NatureIsNotNice: The film seems to make a point to contrast the sugary family-friendly [=SeaWorld=] TV commercials with orcas performing tricks and being petted by trainers to the terrifying footage of orcas attacking the trainers and sometimes each other. Although the film also presents the whale's natural environment as being a relatively harmonious one.
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* HellholePrison: Tilikum and other orcas' captivity is described as one. Notably the fact that animals used to thousands of mils of ocean are sometimes in tanks only thirty feet long, some of which are unlit.
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* JustOneLittleMistake: Trainer Dawn Brancheau's death is suggested as being the result of simply getting too close to the whale when hadn't been co-operating with a performance and when it was in a ''very'' dangerous mood.
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* JustOneLittleMistake: Trainer Dawn Brancheau's death is suggested as being the result of simply getting too close to the whale when he hadn't been co-operating with a performance and when it was in a ''very'' dangerous mood.
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* JustOneLittleMistake: Trainer Dawn Brancheau's death is suggested as being the result of simply getting too close to the whale when hadn't been co-operating with a performance and when it was in a ''very'' dangerous mood.
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* TorturedMonster: Tilkum is ''not'' a creature you would want to go swimming with. But it is totally understandable why he has become so aggressive and dangerous.
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Blackfish is a 2013 documentary directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite that covers the deaths of several trainers at SeaWorld due to the actions of one of the captive Orca whales, Tilikum. The documentary poses the debate as to whether it is possible or not to keep such creatures like Orcas in captivity due to them being very difficult to control.
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Blackfish is a 2013 documentary directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite that covers the deaths of several trainers at SeaWorld [=SeaWorld=] due to the actions of one of the captive Orca whales, Tilikum. The documentary poses the debate as to whether it is possible or not to keep such creatures like Orcas in captivity due to them being very difficult to control.
* AmericanCourts: Scenes involving the OSHA vs. [=SeaWorld=] case are animated.
* {{Matriarchy}}: The Orca's social structure in the wild. Tilikum, being a male, is repeatedly attacked by females in captivity.
* NoOSHACompliance: The safety of [=SeaWorld=]'s orca trainers being a RealLife example, with critical contributions from an OSHA inspector.
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* CruelAndUnusualPunishment: Tilikum and other orcas' captivity is described as one. Notably the fact that animals used to thousands of mils of ocean are sometimes in tanks only thirty feet long, some of which are unlit.
** Also a look at solitary confinement, as part of what contributes to Tilikum's problems is implied to be the constant separation from social groups.
* NatureDocumentary: This is a documentary about animals after all, orcas to be specific - one orca in particular (Tilikum).
** Also a look at solitary confinement, as part of what contributes to Tilikum's problems is implied to be the constant separation from social groups.
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* CruelAndUnusualPunishment: Tilikum and other orcas' captivity is described as one. Notably the fact that animals used to thousands of mils of ocean are sometimes in tanks only thirty feet long, some of which are unlit.
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* NatureDocumentary: This is a documentary about animals after all, orcas to be specific - one orca
* HellholePrison: Tilikum and other orcas' captivity is described as one. Notably the fact that animals used to thousands of mils of ocean are sometimes in tanks only thirty feet long, some of which are unlit.
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* (StockFootage: SapientCetaceans: A certain level of intelligence in the whales is shown by film of whales seemingly toying with their trainers. One incident in particular -where the whale drags the trainer repeatedly down the bottom of the tank- shows that the whale seems to know how long it can submerge it's trainer to torture him without drowning him.
* StockFootage: Footage of several of the incidents involving Tilikum and his trainers are shown in the trailers for the documentary as well as the film itself.
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* NightmareFuel: [[InvokedTrope Invoked for all its worth]]:
** The poster alone is chilling, with the killer whale facing front on a black background.
** Most notable is the use of actual footage, be it of Tilikum's behavior, news reactions, Sea World capture facilities...it's disturbing because you know it's ''real''.
** Even more frightening is some of the footage and audio in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2vG_Ifu4zg trailer]], in which you hear two police calls of a trainer drowned by Tilikum and one that appears to have been ''eaten'' by him.
** The poster alone is chilling, with the killer whale facing front on a black background.
** Most notable is the use of actual footage, be it of Tilikum's behavior, news reactions, Sea World capture facilities...it's disturbing because you know it's ''real''.
** Even more frightening is some of the footage and audio in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2vG_Ifu4zg trailer]], in which you hear two police calls of a trainer drowned by Tilikum and one that appears to have been ''eaten'' by him.
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* CruelAndUnusualPunishment: Tilikum and other orcas' captivity is described as one. Notably the fact that animals used to thousands of mils of ocean are sometimes in tanks only thirty feet long, some of which are unlit.
** Also a look at solitary confinement, as part of what contributes to Tilikum's problems is implied to be the constant separation from social groups.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Jane Valez-Mitchell of CNN asks "If you were in a bathtub for 25 years, don’t you think you’d get a little psychotic?" as the documentary plays yet another incident.
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** Even more frightening is some of the footage and audio in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2vG_Ifu4zg trailer]], in which you hear two police calls of a trainer drowned by Tilikum and one that appears to have been ''eaten'' by him.
** A clip from a news show where the anchor asks if ''you'' were kept in a bathtub for twenty years, wouldn't you be psychotic as we cut to a jumping whale crashing onto another carrying a trainer.
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** Even more frightening is some of the footage and audio in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2vG_Ifu4zg trailer]], in which you hear two police calls of a trainer drowned by Tilikum and one that appears to have been ''eaten'' by him.
** A clip from a news show where the anchor asks if ''you'' were kept in a bathtub for twenty years, wouldn't you be psychotic as we cut to a jumping whale crashing onto another carrying a trainer.him.
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* OldShame: Even in the trailer, one of the interviewees states that capturing Tilikum was "one of the worst things I've ever done".
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* OldShame: Even in the trailer, one of the interviewees Sailor John Crowe states that capturing Tilikum was "one of the worst things I've ever done".
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* NightmareFuel: The poster alone is chilling, with the killer whale facing front on a black background. Even more frightening is some of the footage and audio in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2vG_Ifu4zg trailer]], in which you hear two police calls of a trainer drowned by Tilikum and one that appears to have been ''eaten'' by him.
* Nature Documentary: This is a documentary about animals after all, orcas to be specific - one orca in particular (Tilikum).
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* StockFootage: NightmareFuel: [[InvokedTrope Invoked for all its worth]]:
** The poster alone is chilling, with the killer whale facing front on a black background.
** Most notable is the use of actual footage, be it of Tilikum's behavior, news reactions, Sea World capture facilities...it's disturbing because you know it's ''real''.
** Even more frightening is some of the footage and audio in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2vG_Ifu4zg trailer]], in which you hear two police calls of a trainer drowned by Tilikum and one that appears to have been ''eaten'' by him.
** A clip from a news show where the anchor asks if ''you'' were kept in a bathtub for twenty years, wouldn't you be psychotic as we cut to a jumping whale crashing onto another carrying a trainer.
* OldShame: Even in the trailer, one of the interviewees states that capturing Tilikum was "one of the worst things I've ever done".
* (StockFootage: Footage of several of the incidents involving Tilikum and his trainers are shown in the trailers for the documentary as well as the film itself.
** The poster alone is chilling, with the killer whale facing front on a black background.
** Most notable is the use of actual footage, be it of Tilikum's behavior, news reactions, Sea World capture facilities...it's disturbing because you know it's ''real''.
** Even more frightening is some of the footage and audio in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2vG_Ifu4zg trailer]], in which you hear two police calls of a trainer drowned by Tilikum and one that appears to have been ''eaten'' by him.
** A clip from a news show where the anchor asks if ''you'' were kept in a bathtub for twenty years, wouldn't you be psychotic as we cut to a jumping whale crashing onto another carrying a trainer.
* OldShame: Even in the trailer, one of the interviewees states that capturing Tilikum was "one of the worst things I've ever done".
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Blackfish is a 2013 documentary directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite that covers the deaths of several trainers at SeaWorld due to the actions of one of the captive Orca whales, Tilikum. The documentary poses the debate as to whether it is possible or not to keep such creatures like Orcas in captivity due to them being very difficult to control.
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!! This show provides examples of:
* NightmareFuel: The poster alone is chilling, with the killer whale facing front on a black background. Even more frightening is some of the footage and audio in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2vG_Ifu4zg trailer]], in which you hear two police calls of a trainer drowned by Tilikum and one that appears to have been ''eaten'' by him.
* Nature Documentary: This is a documentary about animals after all, orcas to be specific - one orca in particular (Tilikum).
* GratuitousForeignLanguage: The title of the documentary itself is the Native American word for Orca.
* StockFootage: Footage of several of the incidents involving Tilikum and his trainers are shown in the trailers for the documentary as well as the film itself.
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[[caption-width-right:233: ''Never capture what you can't control'' (tagline for the film)]]
Blackfish is a 2013 documentary directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite that covers the deaths of several trainers at SeaWorld due to the actions of one of the captive Orca whales, Tilikum. The documentary poses the debate as to whether it is possible or not to keep such creatures like Orcas in captivity due to them being very difficult to control.
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!! This show provides examples of:
* NightmareFuel: The poster alone is chilling, with the killer whale facing front on a black background. Even more frightening is some of the footage and audio in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2vG_Ifu4zg trailer]], in which you hear two police calls of a trainer drowned by Tilikum and one that appears to have been ''eaten'' by him.
* Nature Documentary: This is a documentary about animals after all, orcas to be specific - one orca in particular (Tilikum).
* GratuitousForeignLanguage: The title of the documentary itself is the Native American word for Orca.
* StockFootage: Footage of several of the incidents involving Tilikum and his trainers are shown in the trailers for the documentary as well as the film itself.
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