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{{quote|''[[Oh Crap|"Holy shit!"]]''
▲{{quote|''[[Oh Crap|"Holy shit!"]]''|'''Airline passenger''', about to be eaten by a 50-ton [[Flying Seafood Special]] [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family|With Teeth]].}}
An [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]] movie, clearly aiming for [[Cool Versus Awesome]]. [[Your Mileage May Vary]] as to whether or not it succeeds.
A [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs|prehistoric]] [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|giant]] [[Giant Squid|octopus]] and a [[Megalodon]] shark have been [[Human Popsicle|frozen in an Alaskan glacier]] for millions of years when they're suddenly freed by illegal sonar experiments / a panicked pod of whales / a crashing helicopter / global warming / ice melting due to the proximity of a [[Hot Scientist]] in a minisub -- it's not clear which. They immediately take up where they left off -- eating everything in, on, and even above the ocean in order to fuel their vast bulk. Two [[Hot Scientist|Hot Scientists]], a [[The Professor|Professor]] and a [[Jerkass]] [[The Men in Black|Man in Black]] -- aided by the US and [[Kaiju Defense Force|Japanese]] navies -- team up to combat this [[Sea Monster|undersea menace]].
As with most [[The Asylum|Asylum]] films, the action sequences are few, and rely on terrible CGI, but the writing and acting are dramatic enough to endear it to some fans, particularly those of the [[Kaiju]] genre.
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It seems to have spawned a subgenre of its own, as there are now several other films of the "Mega [Insert Animal Name]" variety, including ''Mega Python vs. Gatoroid''. Of course, YMMV as to whether this is a good, bad, or hilarious thing.
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* [[Acrophobic Bird]]: An Air Force pilot [[Genre Savvy|tries to avoid]] this trope, but is [[We Have Reserves|ordered to fly lower]] by the [[Jerkass]] [[The Men in Black]]. He dies, naturally.
* [[America Saves the Day]]: Averted as both the United States and Japan co-operate to destroy the monsters, presumably due to Japan's [[Kaiju|extensive experience in this area]].
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