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'''''Creature
Notable for its beautiful underwater shots (the 3-D version of the movie is breathtaking), artful full-body ''submersible'' costuming for Gill Man, location filming [[California Doubling|(in Wakulla Springs
Had two lackluster sequels, ''[[
There's also [[The Musical|a musical]] based on it.
Not to be confused with the anime ''[[
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* [[Three D Movie]]: Originally released as one.▼
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* [[The Amazon]]
* [[Big No]]: Kay lets out one when Gill Man tries to capture her.
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Captain Lucas.
* [[Cigar Chomper]]: Captain Lucas.
* [[Distinguished
* [[Egomaniac Hunter]]: Mark.
* [[Evolutionary Levels]]
* [[Fish People]]: The Creature may be the most famous example.
* [[Fountain of Expies]]: Lots of fish men in other media took notes from Gill Man.
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Lucas gives a slap to the sobbing Zee after Gill Man drags his brother Chico underwater.
* [[Green Aesop]]: A rather more subtle one that you wouldn't expect from a 50s monster movie. The first film's message appears to be about conserving by not interfering with it, exemplified by the conflict between the two male leads. One insists on killing the Creature and bringing its body back to America, while the lead scientist wants to let the Creature live in peace and study it. There's a scene where the heroine casually throws a cigarette in the water, and the creature looking up at it floating on the surface. The Creature only attacks because it feels provoked by these strangers messing with him and his territory, and the man trying to kill him only makes things worse, so there's the added aesop of "violence begets violence." This was an intentionally done by one of the scriptwriters as a not so clear way teaching the audience to not be cruel to those who are different.
* [[Harpoon Gun]]: Mark brought one with him.
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** Subject to the same [[Unfortunate Implications]] as ''[[King Kong]]'' and other films, with a "they're coming to take our white women" subtext.
* [[Monster Misogyny]]: Subverted; Gill Man mostly slaughters and kills men, albeit he kidnaps two women and befriends another throughout his three movies.
* [[Novelization]]: By an unknown author under the pseudonym "[[Awesome McCoolname|Carl Dreadstone]]" which barely resembles the film, renaming almost all of the characters, killing off nearly everyone who survived in the actual movie, and depicting the titular monster as a [[Godzilla]]-sized [[Attack of the 50
* [[People in Rubber Suits]]: Almost the architype
* [[Red Shirt]]: The two Brazilian diggers in the first movie, slashed to horrified death
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