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* BrokenAesop: The film's "don't mess with Nature" message would probably be more credible if the animals seeking vengeance weren't mostly ''introduced species'', hence no more beneficial to the ecosystem than Old Man Crockett's pollution.

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** Clint is a somewhat boorish drunk boater whose somewhat mean to his wife, bullies his cousins a bit during the festival games, and openly admits he only bothered coming to the party to stay in Jason's will.

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** Clint is a somewhat boorish drunk boater whose who's somewhat mean to his wife, bullies his cousins a bit during the festival games, and openly admits he only bothered coming to the party to stay in Jason's will.



* ChildHater: Michael insults Jay and Tina twice with little provocation.



* ChildHater: Michael insults Jay and Tina twice with little provocation.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Implied with Karen and Clint, whose parents aren't seen or mentioned.

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* ChildHater: Michael insults Jay and Tina twice with little provocation.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Implied with Karen and Clint, whose parents aren't seen or mentioned.



* ObnoxiousInLaws: Jenny feels that her grandfather-in-law Jason hates her. Jason's son-in-law Stuart is also ordered down to the dock by him to check on how Smith is with Clint and Jenny even after pointing out that they'd be up there to tell Jason themselves within a couple minutes.
* OptOut[=/=]ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Three characters decide to leave Crockett mansion as the bodies start piling up.



* ObnoxiousInLaws: Jenny feels that her grandfather-in-law Jason hates her. Jason's son-in-law Stuart is also ordered down to the dock by him to check on how Smith is with Clint and Jenny even after pointing out that they'd be up there to tell Jason themselves within a couple minutes.
* OptOut[=/=]ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Three characters decide to leave Crockett mansion as the bodies start piling up.
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** Nearly the entire onslaught of animals is this trope, ranging from corn snakes to tegus to anoles to arizona blond tarantulas. The only exception being the alligator and water moccasin. And ''maybe'' the cane toads.

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** Nearly the entire onslaught of animals is this trope, ranging from corn snakes to tegus to anoles to arizona blond tarantulas. The only exception notable exceptions being the alligator and water moccasin. And ''maybe'' the cane toads.
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** Nearly the entire onslaught of animals is this trope, ranging from corn snakes to tegus to anoles to arizona blond tarantulas. The only exception being the alligator and water moccasin. And ''maybe'' the cane toads.
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Dewicked trope


* BareYourMidriff: In her first scene, Jenny is wearing a top that stops a ways above her pants.
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** Jason is a selfish guy whose largely responsible for pushing the animals over the edge and doesn't even care about his relatives dying. He does have a couple SourOutsideSadInside hints though, or PetTheDog moments with Pickett.
** Clint is a somewhat boorish drunk boater whose somewhat mean to his wife, bullies his cousins a bit during the festival games and openly admits he only bothered coming to the party to stay in Jason's will.

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** Jason is a selfish guy whose who's largely responsible for pushing the animals over the edge and doesn't even care about his relatives dying. He does have a couple SourOutsideSadInside hints though, or PetTheDog moments with Pickett.
** Clint is a somewhat boorish drunk boater whose somewhat mean to his wife, bullies his cousins a bit during the festival games games, and openly admits he only bothered coming to the party to stay in Jason's will.



** Downplayed or subverted with Iris and Michael. Michael is rude to the kids, throws a frog across the yard at one point and pauses driving to randomly shoot at bids once. However he's also gracious and thankful to Maybelle when she brings him a glass of water for his drive, is willing to leave the party to inspect the downed phone lines without complaint, and bothers to drive around a pair of lizards on the road instead of running them over. Iris is portrayed as a bit spoiled, and irritated that new environmental regulations the Crockett's business has to adopt will cost them money, but she's also nice to Smith, shows concern for Grover and dies in a pretty frightening, humiliating and drawn out way.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Jenny and Clint argue in a lot of their scenes and her grabs her arm in an argument.
* BareYourMidriff: In her first scene Jenny is wearing a top that stops a ways above her pants.

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** Downplayed or subverted with Iris and Michael. Michael is rude to the kids, throws a frog across the yard at one point point, and pauses driving to randomly shoot at bids birds once. However However, he's also gracious and thankful to Maybelle when she brings him a glass of water for his drive, is willing to leave the party to inspect the downed phone lines without complaint, and bothers to drive around a pair of lizards on the road instead of running them over. Iris is portrayed as a bit spoiled, and irritated that new environmental regulations the Crockett's business has to adopt will cost them money, but she's also nice to Smith, shows concern for Grover Grover, and dies in a pretty frightening, humiliating humiliating, and drawn out drawn-out way.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Jenny and Clint argue in a lot of their scenes and her he grabs her arm in an argument.
* BareYourMidriff: In her first scene scene, Jenny is wearing a top that stops a ways above her pants.



* CoversAlwaysLie: The toads are not giant-sized nor eat human flesh, and they just want the pond, thank you very much. For that matter they're about the only wildlife that ''doesn't'' kill anyone. Oh, and toads are not frogs.

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* CoversAlwaysLie: The toads are not giant-sized nor eat human flesh, and they just want the pond, thank you very much. For that matter matter, they're about the only wildlife that ''doesn't'' kill anyone. Oh, and toads are not frogs.



* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: Most of the deaths occur during 4th of July, which is also old man Crockett's birthday.

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* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: Most of the deaths occur during the 4th of July, which is also old man Crockett's birthday.



* TheJeeves: Charles the butler is constantly calm, efficient and polite even when talking about how he wants to leave.

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* TheJeeves: Charles the butler is constantly calm, efficient efficient, and polite even when talking about how he wants to leave.



* NiceToTheWaiter: Most of the Crockett-Martindale family are fairly nice to Charles and Maybelle the servants (save for Jason, when they want to leave) and Karen and Iris also express concern for Grover when he doesn't come back.

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* NiceToTheWaiter: Most of the Crockett-Martindale family are fairly nice to Charles and Maybelle the servants (save for Jason, when they want to leave) leave), and Karen and Iris also express concern for Grover when he doesn't come back.



* OptOut / ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Three characters decide to leave Crockett mansion as the bodies start piling up.
* SacredHospitality: For the most part the family is surprisingly polite and cordial to Smith during his stay at the island. Even in the midst of his worst self-centered meltdown and argument with his remaining family, Jason pauses to thank Smith for asking if he'll be alright on his own. Smith for his part is somewhat respectful of them as well despite some distaste for the pollution around the island.

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* OptOut / ScrewThisImOuttaHere: OptOut[=/=]ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Three characters decide to leave Crockett mansion as the bodies start piling up.
* SacredHospitality: For the most part part, the family is surprisingly polite and cordial to Smith during his stay at the island. Even in the midst of his worst self-centered meltdown and argument with his remaining family, Jason pauses to thank Smith for asking if he'll be alright on his own. Smith for his part is somewhat respectful of them as well despite some distaste for the pollution around the island.



* SportsHeroBackstory: Clint, who was a football player in High School and college, where dated a cheerleader (his future wife Jenny), and proudly keeps his old trophies and jerseys. Unusually for the trope, he hasn't let himself go (aside from becoming a bit of a drunk) and boasts that he hasn't put on a pound since those days.

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* SportsHeroBackstory: Clint, who was a football player in High School and college, where he dated a cheerleader (his future wife Jenny), and proudly keeps his old trophies and jerseys. Unusually for the trope, he hasn't let himself go (aside from becoming a bit of a drunk) and boasts that he hasn't put on a pound since those days.
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Absolute Cleavage was renamed Navel Deep Neckline. Removing examples that don't fit the trope.


* AbsoluteCleavage: Bella's shirt duding the first day shows off some cleavage.
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* DuellingMovies: By incredible coincidence, the film got released on the same date as ''Film/SilentRunning'', another ecologically-themed film.
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** Jason is a selfish guy whose largely responsible for pushpin the animals over the edge and doesn't;t even care about his relatives dying. He does have a cruel SourOutsideSadInside hints though, or PetTheDog moments with Pickett.

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** Jason is a selfish guy whose largely responsible for pushpin pushing the animals over the edge and doesn't;t doesn't even care about his relatives dying. He does have a cruel couple SourOutsideSadInside hints though, or PetTheDog moments with Pickett.



** Stuart sounds a bit classist while talking about Grover in one scene, and goads his sons to fight Clint in one of the ocntests(standing on a log while whacking each other with sacks) when they don't want to.

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** Stuart sounds a bit classist while talking about Grover in one scene, and goads his sons to fight Clint in one of the ocntests(standing contests (standing on a log while whacking each other with sacks) when they don't want to.



* SacredHospitality: For the most part the family is surprisingly polite and cordial to Smith during his stay at the island. Even in the midst of his worst self-centered meltdown and argument with his remaining family, he pauses to thank Smith for asking if he'll be alright on his own. Smith for his part is somewhat respectful of them as well despite some distaste for the pollution around the island.

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* SacredHospitality: For the most part the family is surprisingly polite and cordial to Smith during his stay at the island. Even in the midst of his worst self-centered meltdown and argument with his remaining family, he Jason pauses to thank Smith for asking if he'll be alright on his own. Smith for his part is somewhat respectful of them as well despite some distaste for the pollution around the island.
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** Clint is a somewhat boorish drunk boater whose somewhat mean to his wife and openly admits he only bothered coming to the party to stay in Jason's will.
** Stuart sounds a bit classist while talking about Grover in one scene, and not particularly nice to his son Kenneth.
** Downplayed or subverted with Iris and Michael. Michael is rude to the kids, throws a frog across the yard at one point and pauses driving to randomly shoot at bids once. However he's also gracious and thankful to Maybelle when she brings him a glass of water for his drive, is willing to leave the party to inspect the downed phone lines without complaint, and bothers to drive around a pair of lizards on the road instead of running them over. Iris is portrayed as a bit spoiled, and irritated that new environmental regulations the Crockett's business has to adopt will cost them money, but she's also nice to Smith, and dies in a pretty frightening, humiliating and drawn out way.

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** Clint is a somewhat boorish drunk boater whose somewhat mean to his wife wife, bullies his cousins a bit during the festival games and openly admits he only bothered coming to the party to stay in Jason's will.
** Stuart sounds a bit classist while talking about Grover in one scene, and not particularly nice to goads his son Kenneth.
sons to fight Clint in one of the ocntests(standing on a log while whacking each other with sacks) when they don't want to.
** Grover is implied to have been somewhat shiftless by the other characters and is shown to have killed all kinds of animals with his pesticide spraying.
** Downplayed or subverted with Iris and Michael. Michael is rude to the kids, throws a frog across the yard at one point and pauses driving to randomly shoot at bids once. However he's also gracious and thankful to Maybelle when she brings him a glass of water for his drive, is willing to leave the party to inspect the downed phone lines without complaint, and bothers to drive around a pair of lizards on the road instead of running them over. Iris is portrayed as a bit spoiled, and irritated that new environmental regulations the Crockett's business has to adopt will cost them money, but she's also nice to Smith, shows concern for Grover and dies in a pretty frightening, humiliating and drawn out way.

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* AssholeVictim:
** Jason is a selfish guy whose largely responsible for pushpin the animals over the edge and doesn't;t even care about his relatives dying. He does have a cruel SourOutsideSadInside hints though, or PetTheDog moments with Pickett.
** Clint is a somewhat boorish drunk boater whose somewhat mean to his wife and openly admits he only bothered coming to the party to stay in Jason's will.
** Stuart sounds a bit classist while talking about Grover in one scene, and not particularly nice to his son Kenneth.
** Downplayed or subverted with Iris and Michael. Michael is rude to the kids, throws a frog across the yard at one point and pauses driving to randomly shoot at bids once. However he's also gracious and thankful to Maybelle when she brings him a glass of water for his drive, is willing to leave the party to inspect the downed phone lines without complaint, and bothers to drive around a pair of lizards on the road instead of running them over. Iris is portrayed as a bit spoiled, and irritated that new environmental regulations the Crockett's business has to adopt will cost them money, but she's also nice to Smith, and dies in a pretty frightening, humiliating and drawn out way.



* ChildrenAreInnocent: Clint and Jenny's kids Jay and Tina enjoy playing outside and don't really come across as bratty.

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* ChildrenAreInnocent: Clint and Jenny's kids Jay and Tina enjoy playing outside and don't really come across as bratty. They later shown concern for their parents and bother to say goodbye to Jason at the end.



* DoesNotLikeGuns: Jenny says this almost verbatim.
* DrunkDriver: Clint, although he's more of a drunk boater.



* EvilCripple: Old man Crockett cares more about keeping his birthday festivities on schedule than about the growing body count or whether his own grandchildren are in danger.

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* EvilCripple: Old man Crockett has been in a wheelchair for fifteen years since an accident and cares more about keeping his birthday festivities on schedule than about the growing body count or whether his own grandchildren are in danger.



* TheJeeves: Charles the butler is constantly calm, efficient and polite even when talking about how he wants to leave.



* NiceToTheWaiter: Most of the Crockett-Martindale family are fairly nice to Charles and Maybelle the servants and Karen and Iris also express concern for Grover when he doesn't come back.

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* NiceToTheWaiter: Most of the Crockett-Martindale family are fairly nice to Charles and Maybelle the servants (save for Jason, when they want to leave) and Karen and Iris also express concern for Grover when he doesn't come back.



* SacredHospitality: For the most part the family is surprisingly polite and cordial to Smith during his stay at the island. Smith for his part is somewhat respectful of them as well despite some distaste for the pollution around the island.

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* SacredHospitality: For the most part the family is surprisingly polite and cordial to Smith during his stay at the island. Even in the midst of his worst self-centered meltdown and argument with his remaining family, he pauses to thank Smith for asking if he'll be alright on his own. Smith for his part is somewhat respectful of them as well despite some distaste for the pollution around the island.



* SignificantBirthDate: Jason was born on the fourth of July and mentions that Michael, Karen and Stuart also have birthdays within the same two weeks.



* SpidersAreScary: As Michael writhes helplessly on the ground, tarantulas starts falling from trees, which then proceed to kill and cocoon him in web and moss.

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* SpidersAreScary: As Michael writhes helplessly on the ground, tarantulas starts falling from trees, which then proceed to kill and cocoon him in web and moss.moss, presumably killing him.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The fate of the servants' group is left ambiguous, as they're last seen being harassed by birds but not actually dying. (Their scattered luggage is found by the second fleeing group, but it's unclear if the trio got fatally ambushed or just dropped their bags to run to safety faster.) Also, Crockett's Irish setter Colonel is last seen slinking away as the toads invade the old man's house.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The fate of Bella and the servants' group servants is left ambiguous, as they're last seen being harassed by birds but not actually dying. (Their scattered luggage is found by the second fleeing group, but it's unclear if the trio got fatally ambushed or just dropped their bags to run to safety faster.) Also, Crockett's Irish setter Colonel is last seen slinking away as the toads invade the old man's house.
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* BareYouMidriff: In her first scene Jenny is wearing a top that stops a ways above her pants.

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* BareYouMidriff: BareYourMidriff: In her first scene Jenny is wearing a top that stops a ways above her pants.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: Bella's shirt duding the first day shows off some cleavage.


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* AwfulWeddedLife: Jenny and Clint argue in a lot of their scenes and her grabs her arm in an argument.
* BareYouMidriff: In her first scene Jenny is wearing a top that stops a ways above her pants.


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* ChildrenAreInnocent: Clint and Jenny's kids Jay and Tina enjoy playing outside and don't really come across as bratty.
* ChildHater: Michael insults Jay and Tina twice with little provocation.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Implied with Karen and Clint, whose parents aren't seen or mentioned.


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* TheDutifulSon: Crockett's grandson Michael is the member of the family who seems to spend the most time around him and carries out several of his requests.


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* IntimateOpenShirt: Michael's brother Kenneth is introduced talking to his girlfriend Bella while having the top few buttons of his shirt undone.


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* NiceToTheWaiter: Most of the Crockett-Martindale family are fairly nice to Charles and Maybelle the servants and Karen and Iris also express concern for Grover when he doesn't come back.


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* PosthumousCharacter: Grover, an employee of Jason who is mentioned a few times early on but found killed by snake, having likely been dead for a few hours.


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* ObnoxiousInLaws: Jenny feels that her grandfather-in-law Jason hates her. Jason's son-in-law Stuart is also ordered down to the dock by him to check on how Smith is with Clint and Jenny even after pointing out that they'd be up there to tell Jason themselves within a couple minutes.


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* SacredHospitality: For the most part the family is surprisingly polite and cordial to Smith during his stay at the island. Smith for his part is somewhat respectful of them as well despite some distaste for the pollution around the island.


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* SportsHeroBackstory: Clint, who was a football player in High School and college, where dated a cheerleader (his future wife Jenny), and proudly keeps his old trophies and jerseys. Unusually for the trope, he hasn't let himself go (aside from becoming a bit of a drunk) and boasts that he hasn't put on a pound since those days.
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Crosswicking.

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* SpeciesTitle: AntagonistTitle, but most of the killing is done by other critters, such as alligators, snakes, spiders, and lizards. The frogs (actually [[ArtisticLicenseBiology cane toad stand-ins]]) are only depicted as killing Old Man Crockett, though we never see how they accomplish this on-screen.
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Fed up with their home being polluted, frogs and other animals start attacking humans around the Southern mansion of an old rich man celebrating his birthday.

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Fed up with their home being polluted, frogs and other animals start attacking humans around the Southern mansion island plantation of an old rich man celebrating his birthday.
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->''Cold green skin against soft warm flesh... a croak... a scream. ''

''Frogs'' is a 1972 eco-horror film starring Creator/SamElliott and Creator/RayMilland.

Fed up with their home being polluted, frogs and other animals start attacking humans around a mansion of an old rich man celebrating his birthday.

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->''Cold ->''"Cold green skin against soft warm flesh... a croak... a scream. ''\n\n"''

''Frogs'' is a 1972 eco-horror film directed by George [=McCowan=], starring Creator/SamElliott and Creator/RayMilland.

Fed up with their home being polluted, frogs and other animals start attacking humans around a the Southern mansion of an old rich man celebrating his birthday.

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