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* SelfDeprecation: A large amount of how humans react with hysteria and blaming the shark, the presence of a nonthreatening, perfectly normal great white was Benchley's way of bashing himself for ''Jaws'', which he'd come to regret demonizing sharks in.
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Tall Man and Werewolf play just as much of a role in killing the monster as the white characters.
* FlawedPrototype: It's implied the creature was the prototype of the dolphin/shark mash ups that were created later. However, where they can be trained, it's far too vicious, powerful, and intelligent.
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* ItCanThink: It's discovered the creature has been manually dismantling and rebuilding traps and sets an ambush in the swamps to take out an entire squad of armed soldiers. It's also implied it's smart enough to be sadistic and kill for fun.
* LivingWeapon: The creature was made to be a biological weapon in the war. It's implied one reason the creature is actively sadistic and murderous is because of this.
* OhCrap: The entire present cast's reaction to the seemingly beached and dying monster evolving into its second form capable of moving on land.
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* ProphetEyes: ''Der Weisse Hai'' is described as having dead, pale eyes.
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* ProfessorGuineaPig: Mr. Franks, a concentration camp prisoner drafted to be Krueger's lab assistant, was also one of his only surviving test subjects (although he didn't undergo the same level of alterations that the creature did).
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: ''Der Weisse Hai'' is killed by being trapped in a decompression chamber and exploded.
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* WasOnceAMan: ''Der Weisse Hai'' was created by surgically modifying a human into an amphibious super soldier. The resulting creature only vaguely resembles a person and has very little of its former personality or intelligence.
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* BlackBestFriend: Tall Man in this version.
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* AccidentalHeroism: The actual great white shark attacking the creature diverts it from killing a pair of Skinny dippers.
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* EvilPoacher: Greatly downplayed with Toby and Chester, a pair of kids hunting on private property (one of whom falls victim to the hark, while the other becomes the first surviving victim to see it up close).
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* EvilPoacher: Greatly downplayed with Toby and Chester, a pair of kids hunting on private property (one of whom falls victim to the hark, creature, while the other becomes the first surviving victim to fully see it up close).
* INeedAFreakingDrink: After Rusty sees the creature and lives to tell the tale, he goes straight to a local bar, puts down a $50 bill and says to keep giving him drinks until that money runs out. And when he finally gets kicked out three hours later he just heads straight to another bar.
* IntrepidReporter: Nate Green, the local reporter, is always looking around suspicious stuff to see if there could be a story and is one of the first to agree with Simon that there could be something out there.
* IntrepidReporter: Nate Green, the local reporter, is always looking around suspicious stuff to see if there could be a story and is one of the first to agree with Simon that there could be something out there.
* SerendipitousSurvival: When Rusty is attacked in his boat, he only escapes the shark by leaping back, hitting the throttle hard with his shoulder and causing the boat to go zooming forward, away from the creature.
* ShadyRealEstateAgent: One who wants to buy the island and sell it to a reclusive prince has been trying to undermine Simon with frivolous court proceedings.
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* AccidentalHeroism: The actual great white shark attacking the creature diverts it from killing a pair of Skinny dippers.
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* CoolOldLady: Mrs. Bixler, one of Chase's friends/employees, who takes care of Max and Elisabeth sometimes.
* DutifulSon: Franks' son Rudi, who accompanies him in his hunt for the Creature.
* EvilPoacher: Greatly downplayed with Toby and Chester, a pair of kids hunting on private property (one of whom falls victim to the hark, while the other becomes the first surviving victim to see it up close).
* GadgeteerGenius: Buck Bellamy, who is attacked by the creature (along with his brother) while testing out a new underwater communications system he's hoping to patent.
* DutifulSon: Franks' son Rudi, who accompanies him in his hunt for the Creature.
* EvilPoacher: Greatly downplayed with Toby and Chester, a pair of kids hunting on private property (one of whom falls victim to the hark, while the other becomes the first surviving victim to see it up close).
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* MeanBoss: Bem Madeira bosses around his mate (whose father employs his brother as a gardener) a lot.
* ProfessorGuineaPig: Mr. Franks, a concentration camp prisoner drafted to be Krueger's lab assistant, was also one of his only surviving test subjects (although he didn't undergo the same level of alterations that the creature did).
* ProfessorGuineaPig: Mr. Franks, a concentration camp prisoner drafted to be Krueger's lab assistant, was also one of his only surviving test subjects (although he didn't undergo the same level of alterations that the creature did).
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* TheStoner: Local diver Brian Bellamy, who got addicted to pot while serving in the army near the Mexican border, leaving him in a constantly mellow state.
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* RaceLift: Because of the relocation, nearly the entire cast. Chase's family were immune. Even the characters that where already minorities. This also has the unfortunate side effect of making the character of Elisabeth much more generic.
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* RaceLift: Because of the relocation, relocation to a Caribbean island, nearly the entire cast. Chase's family were immune. Even the characters that where already minorities. This also has the unfortunate side effect of making the character of Elisabeth much more generic.
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: ''Der Weisse Hei'' is killed by being trapped in a decompression chamber and exploded.
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* BadAss: Tall Man, but especially in the book where he [[spoiler:fights and wounds the creature]].
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* HybridPower: Predictably, the Creature has the advantages of a shark ''and'' those of a human, without the liabilities. [[spoiler: Except, evidently, a human's vulnerability to ExplosiveDecompression.]]
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* ItCanThink: It's discovered the creature has been manually dismantling and rebuilding traps and sets an ambush in the swamps to take out an entire squad of armed soldiers.
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* AdaptationalBadass: The Creature itself is a downplayed example. While certainly threatening in the novel, the movie version is much more powerful and effective. For a good example, see the trope right below.
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* ArmiesAreEvil: Possibly the {{Aesop}} of this story, and itis fairly {{Anvilicious}}[[{{Anvilicious}}isn't subtle.]]
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* CanonForeigner: Lt. Thomas Peniston AKA Werewolf. Also, anyone that had to do with the creation of the creature and arguably the creature itself.
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* CanonForeigner: Lt. Thomas Peniston AKA Werewolf. Also, anyone that had to do with Werewolf, one of the scientists involved in the creation of the creature. In fact, the entire staff behind the creation of the creature and arguably is completely different than in the book, going from ThoseWackyNazis to US Navy scientists. The creature itself.itself is also a case of this to an extent: it is a completely different thing altogether in the movie and even has a completely different personality.
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* SlidingScaleOfAdaptationalFaithfulness: A Type one: most everything is changed about the movie. Its not the most extreme example of this trope as the base plot looks kind of similar to the novel, if you squint really hard, but all the specifics and details are changed and only a scant few scenes are adapted directly from the novel.
* SpaceWhaleAesop: You shouldn't 'play God' or else you might make a super deadly SharkMan! A rare example that also overlaps with FantasticAesop.
* SpaceWhaleAesop: You shouldn't 'play God' or else you might make a super deadly SharkMan! A rare example that also overlaps with FantasticAesop.
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* SharkMan: Averted in the Novel and played straight in the movie. In the novel, ''Der Weisse Hai'' has some shark like features and predatory instincts, but it is just a modified human being. The movie version however is a [[spoiler:shark with human genes spliced in at the embryonic stage]].
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* ThreateningShark: Subverted. There is a pregnant great white shark, but it doesn't pose much threat to the protagonists. Later played straight in the novel, when [[spoiler:the great white shark is spooked by the presence of Der Weisse Hai, it instictivly realises that the creature is related to humans, and to protect its territory, it attacks all humans near it]]. Also, in the movie, the creature itself is part shark, and could therefore count.
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* ThreateningShark: Subverted. There is a pregnant great white shark, but it doesn't pose much threat to the protagonists. Later played straight in the novel, when [[spoiler:the great white shark is spooked by the presence of Der Weisse Hai, it instictivly realises instinctively realizes that the creature is related to humans, and to protect its territory, it attacks all humans near it]]. Also, in the movie, the creature itself is part shark, and could therefore count.
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* LegoGenetics: Hoo boy. Apparently because [[ViewersAreGeniuses Philogeny recapitulates ontogeny]], you can mix in the DNA of a human into a shark and create a fertile hybrid. That's right, somehow it can reproduce with a plain old vanilla great white shark! this also works on Dolphins.
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* TooDumbToLive: The military personell decide to hunt the creature at night in the middle of a bog. Turns out just the way you'd suspect.
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* TheWorfEffect: The great white is killed by the creature in both versions, but it's killed much easier in the film.
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''Creature'', originally known as ''White Shark'', is a horror-thriller novel by the author of ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', the late Creator/PeterBenchley.
It is about a humanoid monster, known as ''Der Weisse Hai'', or 'The White Shark' designed by ThoseWackyNazis that terrorizes a small NewEngland coastline. It follows a similar format to ''Jaws'', but is certainly its own tale.
In 1998 it got a TV movie adaptation, but this movie was only very loosely based on the Novel.
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!!Tropes Present in both the book and the movie:
* BadAss: Tall Man, but especially in the book where he [[spoiler:fights and wounds the creature]].
* ChekhovsGun: The decompression chamber.
* DisabledLoveInterest: Chase's son's girlfriend, Elisabeth, is deaf.
* TheHero: Dr. Simon Chase
* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: Was renamed from ''White Shark'' for the movie. The Book's title eventually followed suit.
* JerkAss: Pucket
** FakeUltimateHero as well.
* MadScientist: The scientist who created the monster. Different characters in each version. The novel has a CaptainErsatz of Josef Mengele while the movie had a more generic one.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The aforementioned sea lions
* SharkMan: Averted in the Novel and played straight in the movie. In the novel, ''Der Weisse Hai'' has some shark like features and predatory instincts, but it is just a modified human being. The movie version however is a [[spoiler:shark with human genes spliced in at the embryonic stage]].
* SuperPersistentPredator: Justified in that the creature was bred for combat. Played straighter in the book where it actually eats what it kills.
* ThreateningShark: Subverted. There is a pregnant great white shark, but it doesn't pose much threat to the protagonists. Later played straight in the novel, when [[spoiler:the great white shark is spooked by the presence of Der Weisse Hai, it instictivly realises that the creature is related to humans, and to protect its territory, it attacks all humans near it]]. Also, in the movie, the creature itself is part shark, and could therefore count.
* TheWorfEffect: The great white is killed by the creature in both versions, but it's killed much easier in the film.
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!!Tropes Present in only the book:
* TheAtoner: Ernst Kruger's former assistant, who wants to help capture and destroy ''Der Weisse Hai'' (which he helped to create) before it can hurt anyone else.
* BadassBookworm: Chase, after he mans up and kills the monster using a decompression chamber.
* BadassNative: Tall Man.
--> "Maybe it isn't interested in six and a half feet of redskin Franchise/{{Terminator}}.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: ''Der Weisse Hei'' is killed by being trapped in a decompression chamber and exploded.
* HotScientist: Invoked. Chase is worried Amanda will be one and thus distract him from his work. While she's pretty enough, she's no stunner and as such, he is able to focus on the job.
* JawsFirstPersonPerspective: Several scenes have the POV of Der Weisse Hai.
* KnifeNut: Tall Man who goes after the creature with a kitchen knife.
* MajorInjuryUnderReaction: Der Weisse Hai certainly wasn't worried about having a huge slash on his chest and having one of his fingers hanging by a thread.
* SerialKiller: As opposed to the movie version, ''Der Weisse Hai'', which was this pre-experiment.
* SuperSoldier: Der Weisse Hai, although he was incomplete when released.
* StupidJetpackHitler: Since when did Nazis have the technology to make aquatic super soldiers?
* TokenMinority: Tall Man is an American Indian and Elisabeth is deaf.
* ThoseWackyNazis: The creators of the monster.
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!!Tropes Present in only the film:
* ArmiesAreEvil: Possibly the {{Aesop}} of this story, and it is fairly {{Anvilicious}}
* BlackBestFriend: Tall Man in this version.
* CanonForeigner: Lt. Thomas Peniston AKA Werewolf. Also, anyone that had to do with the creation of the creature and arguably the creature itself.
* DeathByAdaptation: Ben Madeira, a man who helps rich people fish for Great Whites is killed in the adaptation, instead of his assistant, who was killed in the novel
* HalfHumanHybrid: The creature is this in this version. Its half man, half great white shark.
* IgnoredExpert: Chase and his family. No one believes him except Tall Man.
* LegoGenetics: Hoo boy. Apparently because [[ViewersAreGeniuses Philogeny recapitulates ontogeny]], you can mix in the DNA of a human into a shark and create a fertile hybrid. That's right, somehow it can reproduce with a plain old vanilla great white shark! this also works on Dolphins.
* OffWithHisHead: A victim of the creature is beheaded and his head is stuffed in a trap.
* PerpetualMotionMonster
* RaceLift: Because of the relocation, nearly the entire cast. Chase's family were immune. Even the characters that where already minorities. This also has the unfortunate side effect of making the character of Elisabeth much more generic.
** MightyWhitey: The unfortunate effect of changing everyone's race but Chase's family.
* TooDumbToLive: The military personell decide to hunt the creature at night in the middle of a bog. Turns out just the way you'd suspect.
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It is about a humanoid monster, known as ''Der Weisse Hai'', or 'The White Shark' designed by ThoseWackyNazis that terrorizes a small NewEngland coastline. It follows a similar format to ''Jaws'', but is certainly its own tale.
In 1998 it got a TV movie adaptation, but this movie was only very loosely based on the Novel.
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!!Tropes Present in both the book and the movie:
* BadAss: Tall Man, but especially in the book where he [[spoiler:fights and wounds the creature]].
* ChekhovsGun: The decompression chamber.
* DisabledLoveInterest: Chase's son's girlfriend, Elisabeth, is deaf.
* TheHero: Dr. Simon Chase
* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: Was renamed from ''White Shark'' for the movie. The Book's title eventually followed suit.
* JerkAss: Pucket
** FakeUltimateHero as well.
* MadScientist: The scientist who created the monster. Different characters in each version. The novel has a CaptainErsatz of Josef Mengele while the movie had a more generic one.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The aforementioned sea lions
* SharkMan: Averted in the Novel and played straight in the movie. In the novel, ''Der Weisse Hai'' has some shark like features and predatory instincts, but it is just a modified human being. The movie version however is a [[spoiler:shark with human genes spliced in at the embryonic stage]].
* SuperPersistentPredator: Justified in that the creature was bred for combat. Played straighter in the book where it actually eats what it kills.
* ThreateningShark: Subverted. There is a pregnant great white shark, but it doesn't pose much threat to the protagonists. Later played straight in the novel, when [[spoiler:the great white shark is spooked by the presence of Der Weisse Hai, it instictivly realises that the creature is related to humans, and to protect its territory, it attacks all humans near it]]. Also, in the movie, the creature itself is part shark, and could therefore count.
* TheWorfEffect: The great white is killed by the creature in both versions, but it's killed much easier in the film.
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!!Tropes Present in only the book:
* TheAtoner: Ernst Kruger's former assistant, who wants to help capture and destroy ''Der Weisse Hai'' (which he helped to create) before it can hurt anyone else.
* BadassBookworm: Chase, after he mans up and kills the monster using a decompression chamber.
* BadassNative: Tall Man.
--> "Maybe it isn't interested in six and a half feet of redskin Franchise/{{Terminator}}.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: ''Der Weisse Hei'' is killed by being trapped in a decompression chamber and exploded.
* HotScientist: Invoked. Chase is worried Amanda will be one and thus distract him from his work. While she's pretty enough, she's no stunner and as such, he is able to focus on the job.
* JawsFirstPersonPerspective: Several scenes have the POV of Der Weisse Hai.
* KnifeNut: Tall Man who goes after the creature with a kitchen knife.
* MajorInjuryUnderReaction: Der Weisse Hai certainly wasn't worried about having a huge slash on his chest and having one of his fingers hanging by a thread.
* SerialKiller: As opposed to the movie version, ''Der Weisse Hai'', which was this pre-experiment.
* SuperSoldier: Der Weisse Hai, although he was incomplete when released.
* StupidJetpackHitler: Since when did Nazis have the technology to make aquatic super soldiers?
* TokenMinority: Tall Man is an American Indian and Elisabeth is deaf.
* ThoseWackyNazis: The creators of the monster.
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!!Tropes Present in only the film:
* ArmiesAreEvil: Possibly the {{Aesop}} of this story, and it is fairly {{Anvilicious}}
* BlackBestFriend: Tall Man in this version.
* CanonForeigner: Lt. Thomas Peniston AKA Werewolf. Also, anyone that had to do with the creation of the creature and arguably the creature itself.
* DeathByAdaptation: Ben Madeira, a man who helps rich people fish for Great Whites is killed in the adaptation, instead of his assistant, who was killed in the novel
* HalfHumanHybrid: The creature is this in this version. Its half man, half great white shark.
* IgnoredExpert: Chase and his family. No one believes him except Tall Man.
* LegoGenetics: Hoo boy. Apparently because [[ViewersAreGeniuses Philogeny recapitulates ontogeny]], you can mix in the DNA of a human into a shark and create a fertile hybrid. That's right, somehow it can reproduce with a plain old vanilla great white shark! this also works on Dolphins.
* OffWithHisHead: A victim of the creature is beheaded and his head is stuffed in a trap.
* PerpetualMotionMonster
* RaceLift: Because of the relocation, nearly the entire cast. Chase's family were immune. Even the characters that where already minorities. This also has the unfortunate side effect of making the character of Elisabeth much more generic.
** MightyWhitey: The unfortunate effect of changing everyone's race but Chase's family.
* TooDumbToLive: The military personell decide to hunt the creature at night in the middle of a bog. Turns out just the way you'd suspect.
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