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** The movie constantly portrays the squid swimming forward, with its tentacles in front. While squids ''can'' swim this way, they usually only do so when attacking their prey, and otherwise swim backward with the tentacles trailing behind them.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Manning gets killed by the squid after not killing it because he wants to put it on display, and Graves gets killed after cowardly abandoning everyone on the boat to take the only life raft and head back to shore.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Manning [[spoiler: Manning]] gets killed by the squid after not killing it because he wants to put it on display, and Graves [[spoiler: Graves]] gets killed after cowardly abandoning everyone on the boat to take the only life raft and head back to shore.shore. [[spoiler: Talley, who survives the book, aligns with Manning's plan in the telefilm, and thus he gets killed by karma when the squid sinks Whip's boat.]]
** In the novel, Manning's main drive to kill the squid is because it killed his children while they were scuba diving.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After it's been revealed that [[spoiler:the beast was not poisoned but sedated and might wake up soon]], Graves takes the only life raft and high tails it, leaving everyone else at the mercy of the beast.
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** Whip attempts this repeatedly in the novel as the desperate Manning tries to hire him to take him out to kill the squid. Manning wants revenge, as in the novel, the squid killed his children, but Whip understands how dangerous and foolhardy it is to try to kill the giant squid, and keeps turning down Manning's lucrative offers. [[spoiler: He ultimately caves when Manning buys the promissory note to Whip's house and hints at eviction. With no other options, Whip forces manning to burn the promissory note, forgiving the debt, and demands $40,000 to be kept in escrow for his wife if he doesn't return from the trip before agreeing to Manning's demands.]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After it's been revealed that [[spoiler:the beast was not poisoned but sedated and might wake up soon]], Graves takes the only life raft and high tails it, leaving everyone else at the mercy of the beast. [[spoiler: He pays the ultimate price for that decision.]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After it's been revealed that [[spoiler:the beast was not poisoned but sedated and might wake up soon]], Graves takes the only life raft and high tails it, leaving everyone else at the mercy of the beast. [[spoiler: He pays the ultimate price for that decision.]]
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Kathryn survives even though ''both'' of the characters she's based on are killed in the book, as does Mike.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Kathryn survives even though ''both'' one of the characters she's based on are is killed in the book, as does Mike.Mike. [[spoiler: The other novel character, Marcus Sharp, survives along with Whip and the novel's Herbert Talley.]]
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* DirtyCoward: To save his own political career and keep his ass off the line, Graves tries (and fails) at every opportunity to back out of the final showdown. When he gets roped into it anyway, he takes the only life boat to head back to shore, abandoning everyone else.
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* DirtyCoward: To save his own political career and keep his ass off the line, Graves tries (and fails) at every opportunity to back out of the final showdown. When he gets roped into it anyway, he takes the only life boat to head back to shore, abandoning everyone else. [[spoiler: He doesn't make it.]]
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** Whip's wife, even though she died long before the story proper. The fact that she's alive in the book makes it highly likely that TPTB eliminated her character to facilitate Whip's romance with Kathryn Marcus.
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** Whip's wife, even though she died long before the story proper. The fact that she's alive in the book makes it highly likely that TPTB eliminated her character to facilitate Whip's romance with Kathryn Marcus.Marcus, as well as add a main female role to the climax, as the book finale focuses solely on Whip, Osborn Manning, Marcus Sharp, and Herbert Talley, who are all male characters.
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* CanonForeigner: Schuyler Graves, Kathryn Marcus, and Christopher don't exist in the book.
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* CanonForeigner: Schuyler Graves, Kathryn Marcus, and Christopher don't exist in the book.book, however, Marcus is a gender swapped version of Marcus Sharpe, as noted below.
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* ImprobableTaxonomySkills: The resident scientist instantly identifies the squid as ''Archetuthis dux'' from a single sucker-claw and a whiff of ammonia. Especially egregious because ''Architeuthis'', aka the giant squid, doesn't have claws. The colossal squid ''Mesonychoteuthis'' does, though. And most deep-sea squid have a lot of ammonia in their systems.
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** And about their blood: Squids, especially giant squids, can't survive in the shallows for prolonged periods, because their circulation is significantly weaker than ours. Their haemocyanin can only efficiently transport oxygen in colder, deeper water. Granted, smaller squids don't mind the shallows, but for giant squids, who bodies are bigger and therefore need more oxygen, need the depths so badly to breathe, that they only come up to the surface when they're either sick or dying.
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** And about their blood: Squids, especially giant squids, can't survive in the shallows for prolonged periods, because their circulation is significantly weaker than ours. Their haemocyanin can only efficiently transport oxygen in colder, deeper water. Granted, smaller squids don't mind the shallows, but for giant squids, who whose bodies are bigger and therefore need more oxygen, need the depths so badly to breathe, that they only come up to the surface when they're either sick or dying.
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** And about their blood: Squids, especially giant squids, can't survive in the shallows for prolonged periods, because their circulation is significantly weaker than ours. Their haemocyanin can only efficiently transport oxygen in colder, deeper water. Granted, smaller squids don't mind the shallows, but for giant squids, who bodies are bigger and therefore need more oxygen, they need the dephts so badly to breathe, to the point where they onl come up to the surface when they're either sick or dying.
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** And about their blood: Squids, especially giant squids, can't survive in the shallows for prolonged periods, because their circulation is significantly weaker than ours. Their haemocyanin can only efficiently transport oxygen in colder, deeper water. Granted, smaller squids don't mind the shallows, but for giant squids, who bodies are bigger and therefore need more oxygen, they need the dephts depths so badly to breathe, to the point where that they onl only come up to the surface when they're either sick or dying.
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** And about their blood: Squids, especially giant squids, can't survive in the shallows for prolonged periods, because their circulation is significantly weaker than ours. Their haemocyanin can only efficiently transport oxygen in colder, deeper water. Granted, smaller squids don't mind the shallows, but for giant squids, who bodies are bigger and therefore need more oxygen, they need the dephts so badly to breathe, to the point where they onl come up to the surface when they're either sick or dying.
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** Squids can't eat mammals, because warm-blooded animals lack the nutrients they find in their usual prey, like fish, crustaceans, and other squid.
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Kick The Dog doesn't mean "a dog getting harmed," it means a character doing something evil or jerkish just to show that that character is a villain or jerk.
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A 1996 made for TV-movie adaptation of Creator/PeterBenchley's book, ''Literature/{{Beast}}''. The film makes some radical changes from the book, while maintaining its basic plot: a giant squid is terrorizing a community and must be stopped.
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A 1996 made for TV-movie adaptation of Creator/PeterBenchley's book, book ''Literature/{{Beast}}''. The film makes some radical changes from the book, while maintaining its basic plot: a giant squid is terrorizing a community and must be stopped.
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* AgeLift: Whip's daughter Dana is a teenager whereas in the novel she was in her mid-20's.
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** Squids [[note]]Most of them, anyway; a few species such as armhook squid do guard their eggs until they hatch. [[/note]] don't give a damn about their offspring at all and in some cases would even eat them, and also they don't give birth to single offspring, instead laying large numbers of eggs (and dying soon after). This is an example of artistic license in the film only, since the twist at the end of the novel involves the squid's numerous offspring proliferating after it is killed.
** Squids, like most non-mammal sea life, are mute, and do not roar.
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** Squids [[note]]Most Squids[[note]]Most of them, anyway; a few species such as armhook squid do guard their eggs until they hatch. hatch.[[/note]] don't give a damn about their offspring at all and in some cases would even eat them, and also they don't give birth to single offspring, instead laying large numbers of eggs (and dying soon after). This is an example of artistic license in the film only, since the twist at the end of the novel involves the squid's numerous offspring proliferating after it is killed.
** Squids, like mostnon-mammal non-mammalian sea life, are mute, and do not roar.
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* BrainsEvilBrawnGood: Hero Whip Dalton is a brawny fisherman, while the villainous Schuyler Graves is a classic bespectacled nerd—at one point, Dalton even sneers at him about his "Harvard education" as though this is something to be ashamed of. Dalton also sneers at him about how "you're still the same creepy little kid you always were", indicating that Dalton either (a)bullied him back during their school days and has no remorse over doing so, or worse yet, (b) protected him from bullies and now regrets doing so. All of which is presented as perfectly okay, especially since Graves proves himself to be more and more of a jerk as the movie progresses.
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* BrainsEvilBrawnGood: Hero Whip Dalton is a brawny fisherman, while the villainous Schuyler Graves is a classic bespectacled nerd—at one point, Dalton even sneers at him about his "Harvard education" as though this is something to be ashamed of. Dalton also sneers at him about how "you're still the same creepy little kid you always were", indicating that Dalton either (a)bullied (a) bullied him back during their school days and has no remorse over doing so, or worse yet, (b) protected him from bullies and now regrets doing so. All of which is presented as perfectly okay, especially since Graves proves himself to be more and more of a jerk as the movie progresses.
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* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: The squid in the novel is killed [[spoiler: when its struggling after being wounded attracts a sperm whale which eats it. In the film it's killed when it's caught in a boat explosion.]]
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* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: The squid in the novel is killed [[spoiler: when [[spoiler:when its struggling after being wounded attracts a sperm whale whale, which eats it. In the film it's killed when it's caught in a boat explosion.]]
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* DisposableWoman: It is ''painfully'' obvious that Talley's assistant Christopher's sole purpose for even existing is to be a male version of this to Whip's daughter Dana thanks to their LoveAtFirstSight meeting. A review of the film even snarked about this.
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** It is ''painfully'' obvious that Talley's assistant Christopher's sole purpose for even existing is to be a male version of this to Whip's daughter Dana thanks to their LoveAtFirstSight meeting. A review of the film even snarked about this.
** It is ''painfully'' obvious that Talley's assistant Christopher's sole purpose for even existing is to be a male version of this to Whip's daughter Dana thanks to their LoveAtFirstSight meeting. A review of the film even snarked about this.
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* EvilDetectingDog: A dog seems to sense the squids presence and barks ferociously.
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* InNameOnly: The film changes so much of the material that the only things they pretty much share are a giant man-eating squid and the main character being named Whip.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Graves is portrayed as a jerk for only wanting the creature dead to return the town to prosperity, but given that tourism and fishing are the chief sources of income and that both have been badly affected, that's actually a completely legitimate reason.
** He's also seen as a sniveling coward for not wanting to go out on the squid-catching expedition, but he's right--there's no reason for him to go, and with his complete lack of knowledge about boats, he'd be a hindrance. It's the equivalent of [[Film/{{Jaws}} Brody/Hooper/Quint]] demanding that Mayor Vaughn accompany them to go shark-hunting.
* KickTheDog: A dog winds up in the water and encounters the squid. The trope is averted in this instance, however. The dog manages to escape, with his unknowing family wondering why he's all wet and hiding under the car.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Graves is portrayed as a jerk for only wanting the creature dead to return the town to prosperity, but given that tourism and fishing are the chief sources of income and that both have been badly affected, that's actually a completely legitimate reason.
** He's also seen as a sniveling coward for not wanting to go out on the squid-catching expedition, but he's right--there's no reason for him to go, and with his complete lack of knowledge about boats, he'd be a hindrance. It's the equivalent of [[Film/{{Jaws}} Brody/Hooper/Quint]] demanding that Mayor Vaughn accompany them to go shark-hunting.
* KickTheDog: A dog winds up in the water and encounters the squid. The trope is averted in this instance, however. The dog manages to escape, with his unknowing family wondering why he's all wet and hiding under the car.
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* InNameOnly: The film changes so much of the material that pretty much the only things they pretty much share are a giant man-eating squid and the main character being named Whip.
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** Graves is portrayed as a jerk for only wanting the creature dead to return the town to prosperity, but given that tourism and fishing are the chief sources of income and that both have been badly affected, that's actually a completely legitimate reason.
** He's also seen as a sniveling coward for not wanting to go out on the squid-catching expedition, but he's right--there's no reason for him to go, and with his complete lack of knowledge about boats, he'd be a hindrance.It's the equivalent of It would be like if [[Film/{{Jaws}} Brody/Hooper/Quint]] demanding Brody, Hooper and Quint]] demanded that Mayor Vaughn accompany them to go shark-hunting.
* KickTheDog: A dog winds up in the water and encounters the squid. The trope is averted in this instance, however. The dog manages to escape, with his unknowing family wondering why he's all wet and hiding under the car.shark-hunting.
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** Graves is portrayed as a jerk for only wanting the creature dead to return the town to prosperity, but given that tourism and fishing are the chief sources of income and that both have been badly affected, that's actually a completely legitimate reason.
** He's also seen as a sniveling coward for not wanting to go out on the squid-catching expedition, but he's right--there's no reason for him to go, and with his complete lack of knowledge about boats, he'd be a hindrance.
* KickTheDog: A dog winds up in the water and encounters the squid. The trope is averted in this instance, however. The dog manages to escape, with his unknowing family wondering why he's all wet and hiding under the car.
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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Graves only facilitates action against the squid to be rid of it and return Graves Point to prosperity.
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* OnlyInItForTheMoney: OnlyInItForTheMoney:
** Graves only facilitates action against the squid to be rid of it and return Graves Point to prosperity.
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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Whip refuses to take a young couple to dive the dangerous ''Admiral Burnham'' wreck, even when they offer him $1000.
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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Whip refuses to take a young couple to dive the dangerous ''Admiral Burnham'' wreck, even when they offer him $1000.$1,000.
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* ShoutOut: At least one TV critic likened the above-mentioned scene with the dog to the one in ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. The difference being that this time, the canine survived.
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* ShoutOut: At least one TV critic likened the above-mentioned scene with the dog to the one in ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. The ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', the difference being that this time, the canine survived.survives.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Kathryn survives even though ''both'' of the characters she's comprised of are killed in the book, as does Mike.
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* TyrannicalTownTycoon: Schuyler Graves basically runs the town of Graves Point (to the point its seemingly named after him), by virtue of being the harbour master and owning profitable businesses in town.
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* TyrannicalTownTycoon: Schuyler Graves basically runs the town of Graves Point (to the point its that it's seemingly named after him), by virtue of being the harbour master and owning profitable businesses in town.
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** Squids don't give a damn about their offspring at all and in some cases would even eat them, and also they don't give birth to single offspring, instead laying large numbers of eggs (and dying soon after). This is an example of artistic license in the film only, since the twist at the end of the novel involves the squid's numerous offspring proliferating after it is killed.
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** Squids [[note]]Most of them, anyway; a few species such as armhook squid do guard their eggs until they hatch. [[/note]] don't give a damn about their offspring at all and in some cases would even eat them, and also they don't give birth to single offspring, instead laying large numbers of eggs (and dying soon after). This is an example of artistic license in the film only, since the twist at the end of the novel involves the squid's numerous offspring proliferating after it is killed.
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* RecycledPremise: ''The Beast'' is essentially a re-hash of ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' and its sequels. Based on a Creator/PeterBenchley novel? Check. Giant marine predator terrorizing a small maritime town? (1,2,3,4) Check. A dog in peril? (1) Check. CorruptCorporateExecutive? (1,2,3) Check. Capturing the animal you think is responsible only for it to be a RedHerring? (1,3) Check. An expert obsessed with catching the creature, only to be killed by it? (1) Check. Climactic final battle at sea with the creature? (1,2,3,4) Check. There's even talk of the squid being out for [[Film/JawsTheRevenge revenge]].(Mostly 4, but also 3, as both creatures are mothers seeking to avenge the capture and death of their infant)
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* RecycledPremise: ''The Beast'' is essentially a re-hash of ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' and its sequels. Based on a Creator/PeterBenchley novel? Check. Giant marine predator terrorizing a small maritime town? (1,2,3,4) Check. A dog in peril? (1) Check. CorruptCorporateExecutive? (1,2,3) Check. Capturing the animal you think is responsible only for it to be a RedHerring? (1,3) Check. An expert obsessed with catching the creature, only to be killed by it? (1) Check. Climactic final battle at sea with the creature? (1,2,3,4) Check. Creature dies in an explosion during said final battle? (1, 3, and most versions of 4) Check. There's even talk of the squid being out for [[Film/JawsTheRevenge revenge]].(Mostly 4, but also 3, as both creatures are mothers seeking to avenge the capture and death of their infant)
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* BlackBestFriend: Mike to Whip.
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* RecycledPremise: ''The Beast'' is essentially a re-hash of ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' and its sequels. Based on a Creator/PeterBenchley novel? Check. Giant marine predator terrorizing a small maritime town? (1,2,3,4) Check. A dog in peril? (1) Check. CorruptCorporateExecutive? (1,2,3) Check. Capturing the animal you think is responsible only for it to be a RedHerring? (1,3) Check. An expert obsessed with catching the creature, only to be killed by it? (1) Check. Climactic final battle at sea with the creature? (1,2,3,4) Check. There's even talk of the squid being out for [[Film/JawsTheRevenge revenge]].
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* RecycledPremise: ''The Beast'' is essentially a re-hash of ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' and its sequels. Based on a Creator/PeterBenchley novel? Check. Giant marine predator terrorizing a small maritime town? (1,2,3,4) Check. A dog in peril? (1) Check. CorruptCorporateExecutive? (1,2,3) Check. Capturing the animal you think is responsible only for it to be a RedHerring? (1,3) Check. An expert obsessed with catching the creature, only to be killed by it? (1) Check. Climactic final battle at sea with the creature? (1,2,3,4) Check. There's even talk of the squid being out for [[Film/JawsTheRevenge revenge]]. (Mostly 4, but also 3, as both creatures are mothers seeking to avenge the capture and death of their infant)
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* TooHappyToLive: Subverted. Mike is injured from his encounter with the squid, but lives, despite being HappilyMarried and with a baby on the way.
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* TooHappyToLive: Subverted. Mike is injured from his encounter with the squid, but lives, despite being HappilyMarried HappilyMarried, African-American, and with a baby on the way.
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* TyrannicalTownTycoon: Schuyler Graves basically runs the town of Graves Point (to the point its seemingly named after him), by virtue of being the harbour master and owning profitable businesses in town.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Kathryn survives even though ''both'' of the characters she's comprised of are killed in the book.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Kathryn survives even though ''both'' of the characters she's comprised of are killed in the book.book, as does Mike.
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* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: The squid in the novel is killed [[spoiler: when its struggling after being wounded attracts a sperm whale which eats it. In the film [[spoiler: it's killed when it's caught in a boat explosion.]]
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* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: The squid in the novel is killed [[spoiler: when its struggling after being wounded attracts a sperm whale which eats it. In the film [[spoiler: it's killed when it's caught in a boat explosion.]]
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* RecycledPremise: ''The Beast'' is essentially a re-hash of ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' and its sequels. Based on a Creator/PeterBenchley novel? Check. Giant marine predator terrorising terrorizing a small maritime town? (1,2,3,4) Check. A dog in peril? (1) Check. CorruptCorporateExecutive? (1,2,3) Check. Capturing the animal you think is responsible only for it to be a RedHerring? (1,3) Check. An expert obsessed with catching the creature, only to be killed by it? (1) Check. Climactic final battle at sea with the creature? (1,2,3,4) Check. There's even talk of the squid being out for [[Film/JawsTheRevenge revenge]].
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* RecycledPremise: ''The Beast'' is essentially a re-hash of ''Film/{{Jaws}}''.''Film/{{Jaws}}'' and its sequels. Based on a Creator/PeterBenchley novel? Check. Giant marine predator terrorising a small maritime town? (1,2,3,4) Check. A dog in peril? (1) Check. CorruptCorporateExecutive? (1,2,3) Check. Capturing the animal you think is responsible only for it to be a RedHerring? (1,3) Check. An expert obsessed with catching the creature, only to be killed by it? (1) Check. Climactic final battle at sea with the creature? (1,2,3,4) Check. There's even talk of the squid being out for [[Film/JawsTheRevenge revenge]].
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology:
** When the baby squid is shot to death, it bleeds red. Squids, being molluscs, have copper-based blood rather than iron-based, resulting in blood which is a milky blue or teal in colour rather than red.
** Squids don't give a damn about their offspring at all and in some cases would even eat them, and also they don't give birth to single offspring, instead laying large numbers of eggs (and dying soon after). This is an example of artistic license in the film only, since the twist at the end of the novel involves the squid's numerous offspring proliferating after it is killed.
** When the baby squid is shot to death, it bleeds red. Squids, being molluscs, have copper-based blood rather than iron-based, resulting in blood which is a milky blue or teal in colour rather than red.
** Squids don't give a damn about their offspring at all and in some cases would even eat them, and also they don't give birth to single offspring, instead laying large numbers of eggs (and dying soon after). This is an example of artistic license in the film only, since the twist at the end of the novel involves the squid's numerous offspring proliferating after it is killed.
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** Whip's wife, even though she died long before the story proper. The fact that she's alive in the book makes it highly likely that TPTB eliminated her character to facilitate Whip's romance with Kathryn Marcus.
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* CanonForeigner: Schuyler Graves.
** He's a minor character, but Christopher doesn't exist in the book either.
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** He's a minor character, but
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* RecycledPremise: ''The Beast'' is essentially a re-hash of ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. Based on a Creator/PeterBenchley novel? Check. Giant marine predator terrorising a small maritime town? Check. A dog in peril? Check. CorruptCorporateExecutive? Check. Capturing the animal you think is responsible only for it to be a baby? Check. An expert obsessed with catching the creature, only to be killed by it? Check. Climactic final battle at sea with the creature? Check. There's even talk of the squid being out for [[Film/JawsTheRevenge revenge]].
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* RecycledPremise: ''The Beast'' is essentially a re-hash of ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. Based on a Creator/PeterBenchley novel? Check. Giant marine predator terrorising a small maritime town? Check. A dog in peril? Check. CorruptCorporateExecutive? Check. Capturing the animal you think is responsible only for it to be a baby? RedHerring? Check. An expert obsessed with catching the creature, only to be killed by it? Check. Climactic final battle at sea with the creature? Check. There's even talk of the squid being out for [[Film/JawsTheRevenge revenge]].
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** He's also seen as a sniveling coward for not wanting to go out on the squid-catching expedition, but he's right--there's no reason for him to go, and with his complete lack of knowledge about boats, he'd be a hindrance. It's the equivalent of [[Film/{{Jaws}} Brody/Hooper/Quint]] demanding that Mayor Vaughn accompany them on their shark-hunting expedition.
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** He's also seen as a sniveling coward for not wanting to go out on the squid-catching expedition, but he's right--there's no reason for him to go, and with his complete lack of knowledge about boats, he'd be a hindrance. It's the equivalent of [[Film/{{Jaws}} Brody/Hooper/Quint]] demanding that Mayor Vaughn accompany them on their shark-hunting expedition. to go shark-hunting.
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** He's also seen as a sniveling coward for not wanting to go out on the squid-catching expedition, but he's right--there's no reason for him to go, and with his complete lack of knowledge about boats, he'd be a hindrance. It's the equivalent of [[Film/{{Jaws}} Brody/Hooper/Quint]] demanding that
Mayor Vaughn accompany them on their shark-hunting expedition.
Mayor Vaughn accompany them on their shark-hunting expedition.
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** He's also seen as a sniveling coward for not wanting to go out on the squid-catching expedition, but he's right--there's no reason for him to go, and with his complete lack of knowledge about boats, he'd be a hindrance. It's the equivalent of [[Film/{{Jaws}} Brody/Hooper/Quint]] demanding that
that Mayor Vaughn accompany them on their shark-hunting expedition.expedition.
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* BrainsEvilBrawnGood: Hero Whip Dalton is a brawny fisherman, while the villainous Schuyler Graves is a classic bespectacled nerd—at one point, Darling even sneers at him about his "Harvard education" as though this is something to be ashamed of. Darling also sneers at him about how "you're still the same creepy little kid you always were", indicating that Darling bullied him back during their school days and has no remorse over doing so, or worse yet, protected him from bullies and now regrets doing so. All of which is presented as perfectly okay, especially since Graves proves himself to be more and more of a jerk as the movie progresses.
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* BrainsEvilBrawnGood: Hero Whip Dalton is a brawny fisherman, while the villainous Schuyler Graves is a classic bespectacled nerd—at one point, Darling Dalton even sneers at him about his "Harvard education" as though this is something to be ashamed of. Darling Dalton also sneers at him about how "you're still the same creepy little kid you always were", indicating that Darling bullied Dalton either (a)bullied him back during their school days and has no remorse over doing so, or worse yet, (b) protected him from bullies and now regrets doing so. All of which is presented as perfectly okay, especially since Graves proves himself to be more and more of a jerk as the movie progresses.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The sight of Schuyler Graves returning from the mainland with a bag of--gasp!--golf clubs is supposedly enough to tell the audience that he's a rich jerk who only cares about making money.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Graves is seen as a sniveling coward for not wanting to go out on the squid-catching expedition, but he's right--there's no reason for him to go, and with his complete lack of knowledge about boats, he'd be a hindrance.
** He's also portrayed as a jerk for only wanting the creature dead to return the town to prosperity, but given that tourism and fishing are the chief sources of income and that both have been badly affected, that's actually a completely legitimate reason.
** He's also portrayed as a jerk for only wanting the creature dead to return the town to prosperity, but given that tourism and fishing are the chief sources of income and that both have been badly affected, that's actually a completely legitimate reason.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Graves is seen as a sniveling coward for not wanting to go out on the squid-catching expedition, but he's right--there's no reason for him to go, and with his complete lack of knowledge about boats, he'd be a hindrance.
** He's alsoportrayed as a jerk for only wanting the creature dead to return the town to prosperity, but given that tourism and fishing are the chief sources of income and that both have been badly affected, that's actually a completely legitimate reason. reason.
** He's also seen as a sniveling coward for not wanting to go out on the squid-catching expedition, but he's right--there's no reason for him to go, and with his complete lack of knowledge about boats, he'd be a hindrance. It's the equivalent of [[Film/{{Jaws}} Brody/Hooper/Quint]] demanding that
Mayor Vaughn accompany them on their shark-hunting expedition.
** He's also
** He's also seen as a sniveling coward for not wanting to go out on the squid-catching expedition, but he's right--there's no reason for him to go, and with his complete lack of knowledge about boats, he'd be a hindrance. It's the equivalent of [[Film/{{Jaws}} Brody/Hooper/Quint]] demanding that
Mayor Vaughn accompany them on their shark-hunting expedition.
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* RecycledPremise: ''The Beast'' is essentially a re-hash of ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. Based on a Creator/PeterBenchley novel? Check. Giant marine predator terrorising a small maritime town? Check. A dog in peril? Check. CorruptCorporateExecutive? Check. Capturing the animal you think is responsible only for it to be a baby? Check. An expert obsessed with catching the creature? Check. Climactic final battle at sea with the creature? Check. There's even talk of the squid being out for [[Film/JawsTheRevenge revenge]].
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* RecycledPremise: ''The Beast'' is essentially a re-hash of ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. Based on a Creator/PeterBenchley novel? Check. Giant marine predator terrorising a small maritime town? Check. A dog in peril? Check. CorruptCorporateExecutive? Check. Capturing the animal you think is responsible only for it to be a baby? Check. An expert obsessed with catching the creature? creature, only to be killed by it? Check. Climactic final battle at sea with the creature? Check. There's even talk of the squid being out for [[Film/JawsTheRevenge revenge]].
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* TooDumbToLive: Instead of poisoning the giant killer sea monster, just sedate it so you can tow it back to the mainland in a boat? [[SarcasmMode: Definitely no ways that that could backfire]].
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* TooDumbToLive: Instead of poisoning the giant killer sea monster, just sedate it so you can tow it back to the mainland in a boat? [[SarcasmMode: [[SarcasmMode Definitely no ways that that could backfire]].
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Starring [[{{Series/CSI}} William Petersen]].
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Starring [[{{Series/CSI}} William Petersen]].Creator/WilliamPetersen.
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* AdaptationalNationality: Goes from a Bermuda setting to an island of the coast of Washington State.
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* AdaptationalNationality: Goes from a Bermuda setting to an island of off the coast of Washington State.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Graves is seen as a sniveling coward for not wanting to go out on the squid-catching expedition, but he's right--there's no reason for him to go, and with his complete lack of knowledge about boats, he'd be a hindrance.
** He's also portrayed as a jerk for only wanting the creature dead to return the town to prosperity, but given that tourism and fishing are the chief sources of income and that both have been badly affected, that's actually a completely legitimate reason.
** He's also portrayed as a jerk for only wanting the creature dead to return the town to prosperity, but given that tourism and fishing are the chief sources of income and that both have been badly affected, that's actually a completely legitimate reason.
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* TooHappyToLive: Subverted. Mike is injured from his encounter with the squid, but lives, despite being HappilyMarried and with a baby on the way.
