Shark Tunnel: Difference between revisions

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A [[Stock Video Game Setting]] consisting of an underwater tunnel with glass walls. Expect to see all sorts of fish and aquatic life on the other side of the glass. Actual sharks are common, but not required.

 

 

Compare [[Under the Sea]] and [[Down the Drain]].

* In ''[[F-Zero|F-Zero GX]]'', Big Blue has these appear, with a giant fish visible.

* ''[[Stunt Race FX]]'': Even with the blocky early polygonal graphics, two out of three of the water-themed tracks had these, with sharks and sunken ships visible.

* ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' has the pathway to the underwater reactor at Junon.

* ''[[Earthworm Jim (video game)|Earthworm Jim]]'': While its name suggests a [[Down the Drain]] level, the Down The Tubes level is very much a Shark Tunnel.

* ''[[Mario Kart]] Wii'''s Koopa Cape track, which was then averted when it reappeared in [[Mario Kart 7|its successor]] to fit its new underwater-driving gimmick.

* It makes an appearance in ''[[Onimusha]]'' 2 and 3. In the former, if you stand still near the glass and absorb souls for a while, a large shark will appear and chomp a school of smaller fish, giving you yellow souls.

* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' has one of these, albeit as a mode of transportation and not an actual combat zone, called the Deeprun Tram.

* ''[[Sonic Colors]]'': In the Wii version, Sonic goes through such a tunnel at the very beginning of Aquarium Park Act 1. This is because Aquarium Park is set underneath a series of massive interconnected undersea geodesic domes. Sonic arrived from the surface of the water. The DS version does not have such a thing, immediately starting Sonic underneath the domes.

* ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'': Roo's Tubes from ''[[Crash Team Racing]]''; Deep Sea Driving from ''Crash Nitro Kart''

* ''[[Jaws Unleashed]]'': A rare [[Inversion]], where the protagonist is on the outside of the tunnel.

* ''[[Animorphs]]'' 15: The team end up in one of these while trying to acquire sharks for their next mission. Ax assumes it's just an enormous screen, and is surprised to learn that they're actually surrounded by sharks with only "poorly-made human plastic" protecting them. When they get caught by a Controller, Marco asks Ax "Just how poorly made ''is'' human plastic?" and Ax smashes the glass with his tail-blade.

* ''[[Jaws 3|Jaws 3D]]'' has an underwater tunnel that gets attacked by the shark.

* In the "Unfinished Business" season of ''[[The Amazing Race]],'' there's a Roadblock where one member of each team has to dive into a tank of this type in order to find their clue.

* The underwater train stations in ''[[Dinosaur Train]]''.