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* During the climax, the trio attempt to consume the potion as their last few seconds run out. Stella and Chuck manage to take it in time, but Fly is seen struggling and attempting to reach the potion as he gets sucked towards the drain and we hear the ominous sound of the last few seconds ticking away.

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* During the climax, the trio attempt to consume the potion as their last few seconds run out. Stella and Chuck manage to take it in time, but Fly is seen struggling and attempting to reach the potion as he gets sucked towards the drain and we hear the ominous sound of the last few seconds ticking away.tick away ominously.
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** Another creepy thing is that his death is so... quiet. There's no scream at Fly at how he tried him, no cursing him with his last breath. There's no fanfare to it, no big to-do, nothing cinematic. He just drowns while his body lifelessly falls down the drain. The anti-climax just makes it more unsettling.

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** Another creepy thing is that his death is so... quiet. There's no scream at Fly at how he tried tricked him, no cursing him with his last breath. There's no fanfare to it, no big to-do, nothing cinematic. He just drowns while his body lifelessly falls down the drain. The anti-climax just makes it more unsettling.
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** Another creepy thing is that his death is so... quiet. There's no scream at Fly at how he tried him, no cursing him with his last breath, nothing. Just his body lifelessly falling down the drain.

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** Another creepy thing is that his death is so... quiet. There's no scream at Fly at how he tried him, no cursing him with his last breath, nothing. Just breath. There's no fanfare to it, no big to-do, nothing cinematic. He just drowns while his body lifelessly falling falls down the drain.drain. The anti-climax just makes it more unsettling.
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** Another creepy thing is that his death is so... quiet. There's no scream at Fly at how he tried him, no cursing him with his last breath, nothing. Just his body lifelessly falling down the drain.
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** We get a nice multi-second shot of Joe's drowned corpse floating down the drain. Even Fly [[SympathyForTheDevil appears to be shocked by this.]]

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** We get a nice multi-second shot of Joe's drowned corpse floating down the drain. Even Fly [[SympathyForTheDevil [[AlasPoorVillain appears to be shocked by this.]]
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** The process of the transformation is itself made up of several horrifying moments, as Joe's human body grows out of his fish body. It starts with human thumbs sprouting to [[FourFingeredHands complete his hands]], then the next sip makes bones erupt from his back and arms. Several of his teeth can be seen falling out, and he even tears off a fold of his old flesh without noticing. When the transformation is completed, we can actually see Joe's lower jaw ''rot and fall off'' as a human jaw replaces it. Those clothes that Joe is [[MagicPants suddenly wearing]] just before he dies? Those aren't clothes, that's [[GenuineHumanHide what's left of his skin]]!
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[BodyHorror What happens to a fish]] [[HalfHumanHybrid if it drinks too much antidote?]]'']]
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* The scene with Anna waking up from her sleep. Early on in the movie, she falls asleep while reading a story to Stella and the little girl [[FaceDoodling uses make-up to decorate her aunt's face]], seemingly setting up for a funny moment later on. But that never happens. Instead, Anna suddenly springs up from her sleep in the evening shouting her son's name, and then wanders around the house looking for him, Stella, and Fly. [[AdultFear The house is empty and quiet, and they're nowhere to be found.]]

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* The scene with Anna waking up from her sleep. Early on in the movie, she falls asleep while reading a story to Stella and the little girl [[FaceDoodling uses make-up to decorate her aunt's face]], seemingly setting up for a funny moment later on. But that never happens. Instead, Anna suddenly springs up from her sleep in the evening shouting her son's name, and then wanders around the house looking for him, Stella, and Fly. [[AdultFear The house is empty and quiet, and they're nowhere to be found.]]
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* The scene with Anna waking up from her sleep. Early on in the movie, she falls asleep while reading a story to Stella and the little girl [[FaceDoodling uses make-up to decorate her aunt's face]], seemingly setting up for a funny moment later on. But that never happens. Instead, Anna suddenly springs up from her sleep in the evening shouting her son's name, and then wanders around the house looking for him, Stella, and Fly. [[AdultFear The house is empty and quiet, and they're nowhere to be found]].

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* The scene with Anna waking up from her sleep. Early on in the movie, she falls asleep while reading a story to Stella and the little girl [[FaceDoodling uses make-up to decorate her aunt's face]], seemingly setting up for a funny moment later on. But that never happens. Instead, Anna suddenly springs up from her sleep in the evening shouting her son's name, and then wanders around the house looking for him, Stella, and Fly. [[AdultFear The house is empty and quiet, and they're nowhere to be found]].found.]]
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--> '''Fly:''' Can a human breathe underwater?
--> '''Joe:''' [[note]] (''whilst struggling to speak'') [[/note]] '''OF COURSE NOT-...!''' (slowly realizes that he's doomed himself, and dies)

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--> '''Fly:''' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Can a human breathe underwater?
underwater?]]
--> '''Joe:''' [[note]] (''whilst struggling to speak'') [[/note]] '''OF '''[[ExplainExplainOhCrap OF COURSE NOT-...!''' (slowly !]]''' (''[[ExplainExplainOhCrap slowly realizes that he's doomed himself, himself,]] [[PuffOfLogic and dies)dies]]'')
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--> '''Joe:''' [[note]] (''whilst struggling to speak'') [[/note]] OF COURSE NOT-...! (slowly realizes that he's doomed himself, and dies)

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--> '''Joe:''' [[note]] (''whilst struggling to speak'') [[/note]] OF '''OF COURSE NOT-...! !''' (slowly realizes that he's doomed himself, and dies)
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--> '''Joe:''' [[note]] (''whilst struggling to speak'') [[/note]] OF COURSE NO-...! (slowly realizes that he's doomed himself, and dies)

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--> '''Joe:''' [[note]] (''whilst struggling to speak'') [[/note]] OF COURSE NO-...NOT-...! (slowly realizes that he's doomed himself, and dies)
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* While trying to take the potion from Fly, the Crab wallops him violently. Prior to the deed, we get to see a shot of the Crab looming menacingly over Fly (who is quite visibly terrified) as the music in the background tenses up. And then, when the Crab attacks Fly, [[NothingIsScarier the music instantly goes silent]] and the next few seconds show Fly ''[[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence bleeding from his gills]]'' behind a red image filter as he helplessly falls in slow motion.

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* While trying to take the potion from Fly, the Crab wallops him violently. Prior to the deed, we get to see a shot of the Crab [[DeathGlare looming menacingly menacingly]] over Fly (who is quite visibly terrified) as the music in the background tenses up. And then, when the Crab attacks Fly, [[NothingIsScarier the music instantly goes silent]] and the next few seconds show Fly ''[[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence bleeding from his gills]]'' behind a red image filter as he helplessly falls in slow motion. Doesn't help the Crab has a [[SlasherSmile sadistic grin]] on his face and utters a hideous, growling sound during the scene.
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* The scene with Anna waking up from her sleep. Early on in the movie, she falls asleep while reading a story to Stella and the little girl [[FaceDoodling uses make-up to decorate her aunt's face]], seemingly setting up for a funny moment later on. But that never happens. Instead, Anna suddenly springs up from her sleep in the evening shouting her son's name, and then wanders around the house looking for him, Stella, and Fly. [[AdultFear The house is empty and quiet, and they're nowhere to be found]].
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* While trying to take the potion from Fly, the Crab wallops him violently, resulting in a long slow-mo shot of [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence blood pouring out of Fly's side]].

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* While trying to take the potion from Fly, the Crab wallops him violently, resulting in violently. Prior to the deed, we get to see a long slow-mo shot of [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence blood pouring out of Fly's side]].the Crab looming menacingly over Fly (who is quite visibly terrified) as the music in the background tenses up. And then, when the Crab attacks Fly, [[NothingIsScarier the music instantly goes silent]] and the next few seconds show Fly ''[[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence bleeding from his gills]]'' behind a red image filter as he helplessly falls in slow motion.
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--> '''Joe:''' OF COURSE NOT! (dies)

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--> '''Joe:''' [[note]] (''whilst struggling to speak'') [[/note]] OF COURSE NOT! (dies)NO-...! (slowly realizes that he's doomed himself, and dies)
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* When Joe [[spoiler: takes too much antidote, he ends up [[BodyHorror turning into a horrifying human/fish hybrid]] that resembles a cross between [[Manga/DeathNote Ryuk]], [[ComicBook/TheJoker the Joker]] and [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Mr. Hyde.]] [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath His death afterwards]] is no less horrific.]]
--> '''Fly:''' [[spoiler:Can a human breathe underwater?]]
--> '''Joe:''' [[spoiler:OF COURSE NOT! (dies)]]
** [[spoiler:We get a nice multi-second shot of Joe's drowned corpse floating down the drain. Even Fly [[SympathyForTheDevil appears to be shocked by this.]]]]
* Fly's DisneyDeath near the end, [[spoiler:especially when it looks like Aunt Anna ''stepped'' on him, complete with SickeningCrunch. Thankfully, it turns out to just be a stuffed fish of the same species as Fly.]]

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'''As a Moments subpage, all spoilers are unmarked [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff as per policy.]] Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.'''

* When Joe [[spoiler: takes too much antidote, he ends up [[BodyHorror turning into a horrifying human/fish hybrid]] that resembles a cross between [[Manga/DeathNote Ryuk]], [[ComicBook/TheJoker the Joker]] and [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Mr. Hyde.]] [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath His death afterwards]] is no less horrific.]]
horrific.
--> '''Fly:''' [[spoiler:Can Can a human breathe underwater?]]
underwater?
--> '''Joe:''' [[spoiler:OF OF COURSE NOT! (dies)]]
(dies)
** [[spoiler:We We get a nice multi-second shot of Joe's drowned corpse floating down the drain. Even Fly [[SympathyForTheDevil appears to be shocked by this.]]]]
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* Fly's DisneyDeath near the end, [[spoiler:especially especially when it looks like Aunt Anna ''stepped'' on him, complete with SickeningCrunch. Thankfully, it turns out to just be a stuffed fish of the same species as Fly.]]



* While trying to take the potion from Fly, the Crab [[spoiler:wallops him violently, resulting in a long slow-mo shot of [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence blood pouring out of Fly's side]].]]
* During the climax, [[spoiler:the trio attempt to consume the potion as their last few seconds run out. Stella and Chuck manage to take it in time, but Fly is seen struggling and attempting to reach the potion as he gets sucked towards the drain and we hear the ominous sound of the last few seconds ticking away.]]

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* While trying to take the potion from Fly, the Crab [[spoiler:wallops wallops him violently, resulting in a long slow-mo shot of [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence blood pouring out of Fly's side]].]]
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* During the climax, [[spoiler:the the trio attempt to consume the potion as their last few seconds run out. Stella and Chuck manage to take it in time, but Fly is seen struggling and attempting to reach the potion as he gets sucked towards the drain and we hear the ominous sound of the last few seconds ticking away.]]
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** [[spoiler:We get a nice multi-second shot of Joe's drowned corpse floating down the drain. Even Fly [[SympathyForTheDevil appears to be shocked by this.]]
* Fly's DisneyDeath near the end, [[spoiler:especially when it looks like Aunt Anna ''stepped'' on him. Thankfully, it turns out to just be a stuffed fish of the same species as Fly.]]

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** [[spoiler:We get a nice multi-second shot of Joe's drowned corpse floating down the drain. Even Fly [[SympathyForTheDevil appears to be shocked by this.]]
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* Fly's DisneyDeath near the end, [[spoiler:especially when it looks like Aunt Anna ''stepped'' on him.him, complete with SickeningCrunch. Thankfully, it turns out to just be a stuffed fish of the same species as Fly.]]
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For a film aimed at kids, it certainly has a couple of prominent moments. Notably, [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/16MdkSs3UuWCYIpfwhddnbg9qC_zGAarHY1F69k2wYC4/edit it was designed as a "horror movie for kids"]].
* When Joe [[spoiler: takes too much antidote, he ends up [[BodyHorror turning into a horrifying human/fish hybrid]] that resembles a cross between [[Manga/DeathNote Ryuk]], [[ComicBook/TheJoker the Joker]] and [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde Mr. Hyde.]] [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath His death afterwards]] is no less horrific.]]
--> '''Fly:''' [[spoiler:Can a human breathe underwater?]]
--> '''Joe:''' [[spoiler:OF COURSE NOT! (dies)]]
** [[spoiler:We get a nice multi-second shot of Joe's drowned corpse floating down the drain. Even Fly [[SympathyForTheDevil appears to be shocked by this.]]
* Fly's DisneyDeath near the end, [[spoiler:especially when it looks like Aunt Anna ''stepped'' on him. Thankfully, it turns out to just be a stuffed fish of the same species as Fly.]]
* While PlayedForLaughs, the Shark's constant devouring of various smaller and [[SapientEatSapient fully sapient]] creatures can be disturbing.
* While trying to take the potion from Fly, the Crab [[spoiler:wallops him violently, resulting in a long slow-mo shot of [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence blood pouring out of Fly's side]].]]
* During the climax, [[spoiler:the trio attempt to consume the potion as their last few seconds run out. Stella and Chuck manage to take it in time, but Fly is seen struggling and attempting to reach the potion as he gets sucked towards the drain and we hear the ominous sound of the last few seconds ticking away.]]
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