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=== The film invokes the following tropes: ===
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* [[Black Dude Dies First]]: Subverted- Malik is the first one to get attacked by the sharks (losing an arm in the process), but he outlives about half the cast,
* [[Casanova Wannabe]]: Blake. The guy thinks applying spray-on tan everywhere, even his ''genitals'', makes him attractive.
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** [[The Savage South]]
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: {{spoiler|Sabin's reason for assisting with the scheme is that he's tired of being looked down upon by "rich kids". Which makes no sense because they never really belittled him over the course of the film.}}
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* [[Final Girl]]: Sara.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: Following the path of ''[[Piranha 3D]]'' and possibly hoping to get that film's critical acclaim in the process. It didn't work.
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* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]] / [[Karmic Death]]: Two of the villains are eaten by the sharks.
* [[Hollywood Nerd]]: The beginning of the film shows Nick to be wearing glasses and studying for his finals while his friends are playing Halo. He has extremely awkward social behavior with Sara, acting like he's never talked to a girl before in his life. He also has a toned body, can dive like an Olympic swimmer, and battles a Great White Shark.
* [[If It Bleeds, It Leads]]: One of the villains invokes the popularity of [[Discovery Channel|Shark Week]] as proof that people want to see violence, which he's [[Snuff Film|more than happy to provide]].
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: This was obviously intended to be a teen-friendly alternative to the R-rated ''[[Piranha 3D]]''.
* [[Not Screened for Critics]]
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* [[Senseless Sacrifice]]: Malik, who's dying of blood loss, uses his body as a distraction so Blake can escape, only for a different shark to get him.
* [[Monster Mash|Shark Mash]] - The film features not just one species of shark, but seven species
* [[Step Three: Profit]]: The bad guys have shot 46 of those snuff vids, (and counting) but apparently haven't actually sold any of them, yet.
* [[Stock Footage]]: The opening and closing credits feature stock footage of several species of sharks and one blink-and-you'll-miss it scene from [[Deep Blue Sea]] (specifically where the shark eats the parrot).
** One clip is a rather famous shot of world renowned shark expert Valerie Taylor testing out shark proof chain mail with blue sharks. Valerie and Ron Taylor shot all of the live shark footage for ''Jaws''.
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