History Film / SharkNight

* HateSink: The sharks are just animals that are clearly hungry for some food. While a couple of moments show them having an almost demonic visage, they're ultimately not evil, and can't really be hated. However, the human villains are completely despicable pieces of work with nothing redeemable about them. [[spoiler: Greg Sabin engages in extensive KickTheDog moments with Nick, taunting him about his fate with the tiger sharks. Dennis and Red even throw the adorable Sherman into the water with the sharks out of spite against Sara.]]

* FollowTheLeader:
** Following the path of ''Film/Piranha3D'' and possibly hoping to get that film's critical acclaim in the process. It didn't work.
** InUniverse, the bad guys got inspiration to do their SnuffFilm from the Creator/DiscoveryChannel's "Shark Week" and the fact that it's one of the most-seen events in cable TV. The implication is that they are insane enough to try to sell this to Discovery, or at least say they will to justify continuing their scheme.

* BareMidriffsAreFeminine: Beth is a TankTopTomboy who never covers her stomach even before spending most of the movie in a WalkingSwimsuitScene.

* BareYourMidriff: Beth and Maya both before and after they spend the rest of the movie in a WalkingSwimsuitScene.

** * KarmaHoudini: The bait shop owner.

* ProductPlacement: The film was cross-promoted with the Creator/DiscoveryChannel's Shark Week.

&& * OfficialCouple: Malik and Maya.

* HollywoodNerd: The beginning of the film shows Nick to be wearing glasses and studying for his finals while his friends are playing Halo. He has extremely awkward social behavior with Sara, acting like he's never talked to a girl before in his life. He also has a toned body, can dive like an Olympic swimmer, and battles a Great White Shark.

* KarmaHoudini: The bait shop owner.

* OfficialCouple: Malik and Maya.

* FollowTheLeader[[invoked]]:

* CasanovaWannabe: Blake. The guy thinks applying spray-on tan everywhere, even his ''genitals'', makes him attractive.

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: a minor example but Sara is a bit of a risk taker, ActionGirl and BadassDriver, while Nick feels a bit like a twentieth century gender-flipped FinalGirl in terms of being studious, helpful to friends and hinted to be a virgin (based on Beth’s joking line to Sara about whether she's going to steal his innocence).

* MostGamersAreMale: Gordon.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To the ''Piranha'' films and perhaps ''Snakes on a Plane''.

* ThreateningShark: The plot of the movie centers around the protagonists being attacked by sharks, which we wound out later was {{Enforced}} by the human villains, as they want to make SnuffFilm out of people getting eaten by sharks. Also, the film features not just one species of shark, but seven species.

%% * FinalGirl: Subverted with Sara. [[spoiler:She forms the Final Couple with Nick, and they both die off anyway (maybe)]].

'''''Shark Night''''' is a 2011 3D action horror film from the director of ''Film/SnakesOnAPlane'' starring Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan, Creator/JoelDavidMoore, and Creator/DonalLougue and released by Relativity Media and Rogue Pictures.

'''''Shark Night''''' is a 2011 3D action horror film from the director of ''Film/SnakesOnAPlane'' and released by Relativity Media and Rogue Pictures.

* NakedOnArrival: Blake is introduced [[PublixExposure posing nude]] for an art class (albeit with a SceneryCensor).

* * MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: a minor example but Sara is a bit of a risk taker, ActionGirl and BadassDriver, while Nick feels a bit like a twentieth century gender-flipped FinalGirl in terms of being studious, helpful to friends and hinted to be a virgin (based on Beth’s joking line to Sara about whether she's going to steal his innocence).

* * MostGamersAreMale: Gordon.

%% * ScaryBlackMan: Malik puts on this image in order to scare Nick in the opening scene.

* NakedUponArrival: Blake is introduced posing nude for an art class (albeit with a SceneryCensor).

* FeminineBoyMasculineGirl: a minor example but Sara is a bit of a risk taker, ActionGirl and BadassDriver, while Nick feels a bit like a twentieth century gender-flipped FinalGirl in terms of being studious, helpful to friends and hinted to be a virgin (based on Beth’s joking line to Sara about whether she's going to steal his innocence).

* {{Gamer}}: Gordon.

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Subverted- Malik is the first one to get attacked by the sharks (losing an arm in the process), but he outlives about half the cast.

* GetRichQuickScheme: The bad guys have shot 46 of those snuff vids (and counting) but apparently haven't actually sold any of them, yet. The case could be made that selling them is just the excuse for making them.

%% * JustDesserts: [[spoiler:Dennis]] and [[spoiler:the Sheriff]] get eaten by, you guessed it, sharks.
%% * KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: Maya]] and later, [[spoiler: Beth]]

* MisplacedWildlife: Averted; normally every shark featured in the film, save for the bull shark, wouldn't be able to survive in an ordinary fresh water lake, but when this is brought up we're reminded that Lake Pontchartrain is a brackish/salt water lake.

%% * SharkPool: [[spoiler:The Sheriff]] tries to lower Nick into one of these, only to fall in himself.

%% * ThreateningShark: The whole plot of the movie. Also, the film features not just one species of shark, but seven species.