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{{quote|''"Its name is Quetzalcoatl... just call it Q... that's all the time you'll have to say before it tears you apart!"''
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1982 movie starring David Carradine, Michael Moriarty, Candy Clark, and Richard Roundtree.
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Meanwhile, Michael Moriarty is a piano player and petty criminal who gets caught up in a jewelry-store heist caper. When things go badly, he takes the stolen jewels and flees, abandoning his fellow crooks, and hides the jewels in a disused attic space at the top of the Chrysler building. There he finds a humongous nest near a hole in the roof.
The two plot lines come together when David Carradine figures out that an Aztec Cultist priest has been convincing victims to be somewhat willing human sacrifices as he prays the ancient Aztec god Quetzalcoatl back into existence. Quetzalcoatl appears in the form of a [[Giant Flyer|enormous]] [[Mix
The cultist priest is chased down and killed by Carradine and his [[Da Chief|chief]] played by Richard Roundtree. Michael Moriarty disposes of his fellow crooks by leading them to the nest and cheering as the bird eats them, then informs Carradine's character where to find the nest in exchange for a promise of immunity and one million dollars, tax free. A team of NYPD cops waits at the top of the Chrysler building, and when the bird-snake-god thing returns from a hunting flight, they shoot the thing to death in a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLOyp_7X7K0 surprisingly cool action sequence]. Moriarty gets his one million dollars, tax free.
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▲* [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever]]: A giant snake-bird thing terrorizes New York City.
* [[Big Applesauce]]: Of course the events take place in modern New York City.
* [[Chewing the Scenery]]: Michael Moriarty has his moments. Such as when he tricks his fellow crooks into climbing up into Q's nest, and momma comes home.
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* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]?: At the end of the movie the NYPD manage to kill Q, an Aztec God. Somewhat justified in that modern weapons such as sub machine guns didn't exist in the Aztec's time.
* [[Fanservice Extra]]: The rooftop sunbathers qualify, particularly the one who takes off her bikini top and lotions herself right before being snatched away by the monster.
* [[Giant Flyer]]: Quetzalcoatl's physical form.
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* [[Human Sacrifice]]: How the god is prayed back into existence.
* [[Landmarking the Hidden Base]]: The monster nests in the top of the Chrysler Building.
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* [[Monumental Battle]]: The final shootout at the top of the Chrysler Building.
* [[Sadly Mythtaken]]: In [[Aztec Mythology]], Quetzalcoatl was one of the only gods that ''did not'' receive human sacrifices. In fact, he harshly condemned the practice. Also, he wasn't a dragon, [[Rule of Cool|but who cares?]]
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