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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler: Vivo is the first of the mercenaries, and the first named character that we see die on-screen and it's not even by one of the creatures but by Canton driving a fire axe into his skull thinking it's one of the creatures.]]
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* AlienBlood: The Octalus appears to bleed two colours, red and green. Its unclear if one is blood and the other is bile, or if it has a double circulatory system.

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* AlienBlood: The Octalus appears to bleed two colours, red and green. Its unclear if one is blood and the other is bile, or if it has a double circulatory system. system, or if the red is actually liquified human tissue spilled from its multi-branched digestive tract.
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** Subverted when [[spoiler:Hanover]] is grabbed by one of the monsters. [[spoiler:Joey]] [[LeaveBehindAPistol hands him a weapon as an act of mercy]], only for the former to [[SoreLoser start shooting at him]]. While [[spoiler:Joey]] escapes, [[spoiler:Hanover]] [[faceDeathWithDignity tries to take his own life]] and discovers [[LaserGuidedkarma he doesn't have any bullets left]].

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** Subverted when [[spoiler:Hanover]] is grabbed by one of the monsters. [[spoiler:Joey]] [[LeaveBehindAPistol hands him a weapon as an act of mercy]], only for the former to [[SoreLoser start shooting at him]]. While [[spoiler:Joey]] escapes, [[spoiler:Hanover]] [[faceDeathWithDignity [[FaceDeathWithDignity tries to take his own life]] and discovers [[LaserGuidedkarma he doesn't have any bullets left]].
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** Subverted when [[spoiler:Hanover]] is grabbed by one of the monsters. [[spoiler:Joey]] hands him a weapon as an act of mercy, only for the former to start shooting at him. While [[spoiler:Joey]] escapes, [[spoiler:Hanover]] tries to take his own life and discovers he doesn't have any bullets left.

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** Subverted when [[spoiler:Hanover]] is grabbed by one of the monsters. [[spoiler:Joey]] [[LeaveBehindAPistol hands him a weapon as an act of mercy, mercy]], only for the former to [[SoreLoser start shooting at him. him]]. While [[spoiler:Joey]] escapes, [[spoiler:Hanover]] [[faceDeathWithDignity tries to take his own life life]] and discovers [[LaserGuidedkarma he doesn't have any bullets left.left]].
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* CoolGuns: The M1-L1 Triple-Pulse Rifle, a Minigun-Rifle-''thing''. [[BottomlessMagazines Impossibly-huge magazine capacity]], laser sight, flashlight, and the awesome rotating barrels. The guns were made by means of bolting the GunAccessories (including a motorized "gatling" barrel) to a Calico M-950. Amusingly the prop would appear in all sorts of places from ''Film/WrongfullyAccused'' to ''Series/{{Smallville}}''.
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* AffablyEvil: Finnegan and his boat crew, Trillion and the mercenaries are just {{Punch Clock Villain}}s who are not completely unlikeable.

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* AffablyEvil: Finnegan and his boat crew, Trillion Trillian and the mercenaries are just {{Punch Clock Villain}}s who are not completely unlikeable.



* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Entirely justified by anyone who attempts it, given that dying to the seamonster is a slow and awful affair.

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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Entirely justified by anyone who attempts it, given that dying to the seamonster sea monster is a slow and awful affair.



* BigBadWannabe: Simon Canton is responsible for hiring the mercenaries to sink the ship for him to collect the insurance. However, he is upstaged by the sea monsters that infest the ship. [[spoiler:Despite the infestation, he still tries making a shot for the BigBad title by using the others as bait so he can escape himself, and tries to kill Trillian and steal Finnegan's boat.]]

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* BigBadWannabe: Simon Canton is responsible for hiring the mercenaries to sink the ship for him to collect the insurance. However, he is upstaged by the sea monsters that infest the ship. [[spoiler:Despite the infestation, he still tries making a shot for the BigBad title by using the others as bait so he can escape himself, himself and tries to kill Trillian and steal Finnegan's boat.]]



* BrainFood: Vivo tries to make seasick T. Ray puke by claiming he'll be eating pigs' feet, monkey brains, and elephant eyeballs once their mission's over.

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* BrainFood: Vivo tries to make seasick T. Ray puke by claiming he'll be eating pigs' feet, monkey brains, brains and elephant eyeballs once their mission's over.



** Hanover as well, [[spoiler:when he is slowly eaten by the creature and his facial expressions show him in visible pain without even screaming initially. After Joey gives him his handgun to perform a MercyKill (which he unfortunately wasted the last bullet on Joey in a TakingYouWithMe attempt only to miss) and he failed to commit [[SuicideIsPainless quick painless suicide]], Hanover can only scream finally in a mixture of horror, disbelief over the loss of bullets, and pain as he is eaten alive.]]

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** Hanover as well, [[spoiler:when he is slowly eaten by the creature and his facial expressions show him in visible pain without even screaming initially. After Joey gives him his handgun to perform a MercyKill (which he unfortunately wasted the last bullet on Joey in a TakingYouWithMe attempt only to miss) and he failed to commit [[SuicideIsPainless quick painless suicide]], Hanover can only scream finally in a mixture of horror, disbelief over the loss of bullets, bullets and pain as he is eaten alive.]]
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* RewatchBonus: After losing Atherton, the group moves about the ship trying to find a way out. Canton explains where a particular path will lead them, but Mulligan disputes that by citing the schematics he has access to. Canton rebuffs him by saying he provided those schematics and that he certainly knows his own ship, so everyone takes the route he suggested. On the first viewing, it just seems like a haughty executive insisting he knows better than a merc. On the second viewing, [[spoiler:Canton has already started thinking about finding some way to ensure there would be no witnesses to tell the authorities how his attempted scam got a lot of people killed]].


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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Upon getting ensnared, Atherton calls out to Canton for help. Canton responds by backing away for his own safety. By contrast, Finnegan and Trillian stumble upon this, and they at least try to pull Atherton to safety.

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* AdmiringTheAbomination: Canton is admittedly impressed by the creatures' sheer strength, due to how easily the ship's hull has been ripped open.
-->'''Finnegan:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Glad you're so impressed.]]



* BaitTheDog: Canton is introduced addressing the passengers talking about the cruise being the fulfillment of his life's dream. He's not shy about admitting he finds the passengers' money appealing, but he comes across as quite the pleasant host and honest CEO. After Trillian is caught trying to rob the safe, though, he slaps her for talking back to him, hinting at the HateSink to come.



* TheBigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:Trillian gives Finnegan one after they make it to the island]].
* BigWhat: Joey in response to Finnegan sheepishly admitting he lost the repair parts.



* BrickJoke: When Trillian tries to barter her way onto Finnegan's boat, she reluctantly agrees he can name his price, to which he simply asks for a cold beer. [[spoiler:In the last scene, Trillian observes being stuck on the island with her has to be better than a cold beer for Finnegan]].



** After being confined, Trillian reveals she pickpocketed Canton's wallet. Later, after encountering her, the mercenaries use material inside to quickly get into the vault, [[spoiler:resulting in Vivo's death and the beginning of an explanation of the overall situation]].



* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: Upon seeing [[spoiler:Hanover]] in the process of being swallowed, Joey is quite content to leave him to his fate and save himself. However, due to just how ghastly that fate is going to be, Joey feels some pity and goes back to hand over a gun for a quickie suicide. [[spoiler:Joey is nearly shot for this act of mercy.]]



* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Finnegan interrupts the second MexicanStandoff with his story of an octopus figuring out how to claim a fish that had been placed in a bottle. Joey appears to be the only one not grasping the point of this story.
-->'''Joey:''' And the moral of this story is?\\
'''Trillian:''' ''[grimly]'' We're the fish.



* FavorsForTheSexy: After the first full depiction of a tentacle and the chaos that follows, Trillian wants to make a deal with Finnegan for a seat on his boat. She reluctantly agrees that he can ask her for anything in return, though he says he just wants a cold beer.



* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:After Mulligan is eaten, what's left of the DwindlingParty is on the move and finding themselves being herded. However, Canton also deliberately misleads them on which way they can go. He wants all witnesses dead so that he doesn't get busted for his insurance scam.]]



* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:At the end, the few survivors regroup on a nearby island they spotted earlier while on the ship. Unfortunately, they have little time to be grateful about their survival before they hear something huge roar and crash its way through the jungle towards them. The camera then zooms out to show the island they're on has multiple erupting volcanoes on top of that.]]

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* HopeSpot: HopeSpot:
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[[spoiler:At the end, the few survivors regroup on a nearby island they spotted earlier while on the ship. Unfortunately, they have little time to be grateful about their survival before they hear something huge roar and crash its way through the jungle towards them. The camera then zooms out to show the island they're on has multiple erupting volcanoes on top of that.]]]]
** In the corridor at the bottom of the elevator, the group finds a bloody mess and then sees something bending the other side of door trying to reach them. After a moment, it all stops and nothing happens, even as Finnegan and Hanover cautiously check things out. Then Mason accidentally steps on a skull and shouts in surprise, prompting the creature to realize there are people in there and resume attacking.



* {{Irony}}: After all the chaos and carnage, Joey manages to get back up to the ballroom. He passes an electric sign reading "Your fun ship!" on the wall. His annoyed glance at this says it all.



* LaserGuidedKarma: Finnegan initially had no interest in rescuing Joey from the mercenaries, figuring it'd be risky for himself and that the guy deserved a little pummeling for explicitly ignoring orders to stay out of the mercenaries' stuff. Leila pointing out the mercenaries are likely to outright kill Joey gets Finnegan moving, though.



** Once a tentacle becomes aware of him, Finnegan sees the FlowerMouth open up in full detail. He is most distressed by this, especially up so close.



* PragmaticVillainy: Mamooli makes it very clear that he'd like to rape Leila and asks to be her guard instead of Billy, almost getting into a fight with her boyfriend Joey over it. The other mercenaries tell him to "behave yourself", but only because they're there to do a job.

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* PragmaticVillainy: PragmaticVillainy:
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Mamooli makes it very clear that he'd like to rape Leila and asks to be her guard instead of Billy, almost getting into a fight with her boyfriend Joey over it. The other mercenaries tell him to "behave yourself", but only because they're there to do a job.job.
** As Joey's getting roughed up by the mercenaries for snooping around, Finnegan pointed out that killing the ship's mechanic risks the job into going overtime and thus increasing his fee, per their contract. This actually doesn't work, leading to the first MexicanStandOff. Finnegan knows he would be cut down pretty quickly, but he also notes to Hanover how messy it would still be for mercenaries who have a big job to do. Hanover promptly lets Finnegan take Joey and leave.



* SanitySlippage: The deaths of his colleagues one after another take a toll on Mulligan. By the time they make it to the kitchen, he's on his last nerve, talking about making a stand and threatening to shoot anyone who tries to leave (Hanover included).



* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** After the mess that happens when the vault is open, Trillian takes the opportunity to slip off and make her way to an elevator.
** After the group is briefly scattered, a tentacle soon gets the drop on Finnegan and Trillian. She immediately starts running, but Finnegan gets trapped and has to be very careful with his movements. Subverted in that Trillian comes back once she realizes he wasn't right behind her.
** Upon seeing [[spoiler: the creature's full form]], Trillian suggests leaving immediately. Finnegan agrees; a pesky tentacle ''doesn't''.
* SenseImpairedMonster: Knocked onto the floor, a quiet Finnegan notices a tentacle simply feel around the area rather than lunge right at him. He then sees it react to the noise he makes when retrieving his gun off the floor. [[spoiler:Ultimately downplayed. The tentacles do rely on noise and touch rather than sight, but they're all part of one big monster that does have eyes, as Finnegan learns firsthand (before shooting one out).]]



* ThisIsGonnaSuck:
** Joey over Vivo catching him sneaking a look at the mercenaries' cargo.
** After the group finds the ship devoid of people and a total mess, an elevator suddenly starts rising. Finnegan has this reaction. The insides being smeared with blood validate his concern, as well as creep out the mercenaries.



* WouldHitAGirl: At the beginning of the film, Canton has no qualms about giving Trillian a vicious bitch slap when he and his goons catch her red-handed in the Argonautica's vault. She nicks his wallet in revenge.

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At the beginning of the film, Canton has no qualms about giving Trillian a vicious bitch slap when he and his goons catch her red-handed in the Argonautica's vault. She nicks his wallet in revenge.revenge.
** After finding Trillian sneaking around, Hanover stops her from leaving by forcing her against the wall and putting a hand on her neck. He warns she'd better give him some answers about the situation or else.


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* YoureInsane: Trillian's response to Mulligan wanting to hole up in the kitchen and wait for rescue rather than keep moving.
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** T-Ray and Vivo take offense to Mamooli's promiscuity, with the former calling him a "bloody pervert" and musing over Mulligan's suggestion that the only way to shut him up from constantly talking about women and sex is to shoot him.
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** Canton wanted to sink the cruise liner so he could reap the insurance money, but when Finnegan accuses him of trying to kill all the passengers Canton takes offense. He claims that he's just a crook, not a savage; he planned for all of them to live, as they would be safely transported off the ship before anyone could drown. Ultimately subverted when [[spoiler:Canton decides it would be better for everyone not named Canton to "go down with the ship."]]

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** Canton wanted to sink the cruise liner so he could reap the insurance money, but when Finnegan accuses him of trying to kill all the passengers Canton takes offense. He claims that he's just a crook, not a savage; he planned for all of them to live, as they would be safely transported off the ship before anyone could drown. Ultimately subverted when [[spoiler:Canton decides it would be better for everyone not named Canton to "go down with the ship."]]ship" since they're all [[LeaveNoWitnesses witnesses]].]]
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--->'''Joey:''' ''[tossing Hanover a pistol]'' Here. Don't say I never did nothin' for ya.\\

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--->'''Joey:''' --->[[spoiler:'''Joey:''' ''[tossing Hanover a pistol]'' Here. Don't say I never did nothin' for ya.\\



'''Joey:''' ''YOU [[AssholeVictim ASS]][[LampshadeHanging HOLE]]!''

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'''Joey:''' ''YOU [[AssholeVictim ASS]][[LampshadeHanging HOLE]]!''HOLE]]!'']]
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** Joey hands Hanover a pistol as a MercyKill so he will not be EatenAlive and painfully digested. This is right after Hanover shot Joey himself and tried to feed him to the monster in his place. When Hanover tries to shoot him ''again'', Joey calls him an asshole and leaves him to his fate.
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* ICallItVera: Played with in that, while none of the mercenaries name their many, many weapons, the twin ''engines'' of Finnegan's charter boat are called "Jezebel" and "Hercules".

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* ICallItVera: Played with in that, while none of the mercenaries name their many, many weapons, the twin ''engines'' of Finnegan's charter boat are called "Jezebel" and "Hercules". [[spoiler: Finnegan and Joey weaponize the explosive-laden boat so it crashes into the ''Argonautica'' to kill the monster, so technically they ''do'' count as "weapons".]]
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* ManOnFire: Averted. Canton threatens Trillian with a flare gun, saying it "might not be quick, but it'll be interesting." Fortunately for her, [[BigDamnHeroes Finnegan shows up]] before this can be tested.

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* ManOnFire: Averted.Subverted. Canton threatens Trillian with a flare gun, saying it "might not be quick, but it'll be interesting." Fortunately for her, [[BigDamnHeroes Finnegan shows up]] before this can be tested.
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* CannibalLarder: The heroes at one point come across the creature's feeding grounds in the bowels of the ship. There are hundreds of gory, skeletal remains strewn across the giant storage room. The haunting final screams of the people can be heard as the camera pans over them. Earlier in the film, some of the passengers' excreted corpses are found in a corridor at the bottom of the elevator.

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* CannibalLarder: The heroes at one point come across the creature's creatures' feeding grounds in the bowels of the ship. There are hundreds of gory, skeletal remains strewn across the giant storage room. The haunting final screams of the people can be heard as the camera pans over them. Earlier in the film, some of the passengers' excreted corpses are found in a corridor at the bottom of the elevator.



* CombatTentacles: Near the end, it turns out that the protagonists have been facing nothing ''but'' these [[spoiler:until they encountered the head.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Simon Canton. The man was willing to hijack his own ship and sink it to keep himself financially afloat. That a sea monster ate everybody inside it before he arrived only eliminated the issue about having to kick the passengers out.

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* CombatTentacles: Near the end, it turns out that the [[spoiler:the protagonists have been facing nothing ''but'' these [[spoiler:until until they encountered the head.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Simon Canton. The man was willing to hijack his own ship and sink it to keep himself financially afloat. That a sea monster monsters ate everybody inside it before he arrived only eliminated the issue about having to kick the passengers out.



* DinnerDeformation: Played for horror. A piece of the monster's tentacles is noticeably bulging before the heroes open fire on it. Then the half-digested, shrieking body of another character falls out.

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* DinnerDeformation: Played for horror. A piece of the a monster's tentacles body is noticeably bulging before the heroes open fire on it. Then the half-digested, shrieking body of another character falls out.



* FlowerMouth: The gigantic octopoid monster has tentacles that function like this, being closed until they detect prey and split open like a blooming flower to reveal an additional two-jawed inner mouth.

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* FlowerMouth: The gigantic octopoid monster has creatures [[spoiler:which are actually just the tentacles that to a single ''big'' monster]] function like this, being closed until they detect prey and split open like a blooming flower to reveal an additional two-jawed inner mouth.



* ForgottenFallenFriend: Averted, when already an hour has gone past after her death, Finnegan and especially Joey [[spoiler:mourn Leila death's with tears.]]

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* ForgottenFallenFriend: Averted, when already an hour has gone past after her death, Finnegan and especially Joey [[spoiler:mourn Leila death's with tears.]]tears]] -- and then proceed to never speak of her again.
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* CoolGuns: The Minigun-Rifle-''thing''. [[BottomlessMagazines Impossibly-huge magazine capacity]], laser sight, flashlight, and the awesome rotating barrels. The guns were made by means of bolting the GunAccessories (including a motorized "gatling" barrel) to a Calico M-950, in and of itself a cool (and rare!) gun in RealLife.

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* CoolGuns: The M1-L1 Triple-Pulse Rifle, a Minigun-Rifle-''thing''. [[BottomlessMagazines Impossibly-huge magazine capacity]], laser sight, flashlight, and the awesome rotating barrels. The guns were made by means of bolting the GunAccessories (including a motorized "gatling" barrel) to a Calico M-950, M-950. Amusingly the prop would appear in and all sorts of itself a cool (and rare!) gun in RealLife.places from ''Film/WrongfullyAccused'' to ''Series/{{Smallville}}''.



%%* DeadpanSnarker: Joey.

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%%* * DeadpanSnarker: Joey. Joey, Finnegan's very snarky mechanic who always has something witty to say.

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* BlindWithoutEm: When [[spoiler:Canton jumps onto the mercenaries' boat from the cruise ship in an attempt to escape, he breaks his leg and loses his glasses. This proves to be his undoing, as he finds the boat has been intentionally set on autopilot in a collision course with the cruise ship, and without his glasses he can't tell what buttons and gauges can set it back to manual.]]



* FinallyFoundTheBody: When the mercenaries board the cruise ship, they're utterly bewildered to find the inside in ruin and everyone gone; Joey darkly jokes that perhaps everyone simultaneously jumped overboard and collectively forgot about the lifeboats. They eventually find the fate of the passengers and crew in the bow of the ship, all reduced to bloody skeletons after being digested and regurgitated by the monsters.



* LaserGuidedKarma: Hanover shoots Joey in the leg while the two are being chased by the monsters so they'll eat Joey first and give him time to escape. [[spoiler:Not only does Joey survive, Hanover ends up being caught by one of the tentacles off-screen. Joey walks in on Hanover in the middle of being swallowed and gives him a pistol so he can MercyKill himself before being digested. Hanover decides to use the gun to shoot Joey first; not only does he ''miss'', but it turns out that was the last bullet and he just wasted it.]]



* NonMaliciousMonster: Ironically, the protagonists are all criminals of some kind, while the main antagonist is a non-sapient SeaMonster that has no motivation beyond hunting its prey. Although it is incredibly persistent in hunting such a meagre number of remaining humans and doesn't even bother killing its victims before ingesting them.



* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Towards the end, Finnegan finds the windshield smashed open and Joey missing, so he assumes the worst. However, in the final scene, Joey turns up alive and says he barely escaped.]]

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* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Towards the end, Finnegan finds the windshield smashed open and open, Joey missing, and monster slime in the boat, so he assumes the worst. However, in the final scene, Joey turns up alive and says he barely escaped.]]



* SpoilerTitle: Averted, as the working title of [[spoiler:''Tentacles'']] was changed to conceal the real nature of the monsters.

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* SpoilerTitle: Averted, as the working title of [[spoiler:''Tentacles'']] was changed to conceal the real nature of the monsters. However, it's played straight with the theatrical poster, which features a menacing eyeball underwater. The "worms" don't have eyeballs, [[spoiler:but the giant octopoid monster which the "worms" are attached to does.]]
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* AlienBlood: The Octalus appears to bleed two colours, red and green. Its unclear if one is blood and the other is bile, or if it has a double circulatory system.
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** Deconstructed. After finding the ship, the group splits up. Leila is left on Finnegan's boat to do some repair work, with Billy watching her. That makes some sense, but once aboard the ship and finding the place trashed and bloody, Hanover splits up the group. He leads most of the team in trying to find the crew, while T-Ray and Mamooli escort Finnegan and Joey below decks to find repair parts. It goes badly to varying degrees for everyone.

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** Deconstructed. After finding the ship, the group splits up. Leila is left on Finnegan's boat to do some repair work, with Billy watching her. That makes some sense, but once aboard the ship and finding the place trashed and bloody, Hanover splits up the group.group again. He leads most of the team in trying to find the crew, while T-Ray and Mamooli escort Finnegan and Joey below decks to find repair parts. It goes badly to varying degrees for everyone.

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