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** Made worse by how {{spoiler|he's arguably one of the most likable characters, firmly established as a [[Friend to All Children]] (he even saves two boys from the ants before getting killed) and feels incredibly guilty when his police partner dies. The fact that the arguably most moral and warm hearted character could be brutally killed off in this universe was the first sign the movie was not going to have a hopeful, optimistic ending...}}
* [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever]]
* [[Big Creepy -Crawlies]]
* [[Bug War]]
* [[Friend to All Children]] -Peterson. It's pretty obvious from his actions and body language that children in any kind of distress really upsets him.
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** Actually, it's subverted; the ants are tough but can be taken down with enough machine-gun bullets. The trouble is there are so many of them...
* [[Infant Immortality]] -Though this is still a pretty grim dark movie, mostly played straight, but averted for one subtle instance offscreen before the start of the film; see Fridge tab...
* [[Kill It Withwith Fire]] - This film had flamethrower-toting heroes stalking monsters through dark tunnels decades before ''[[Alien (Filmfranchise)|Alien]]''.
* [[Noisy Nature]] - The ants display good lung-power.
* [[One-Scene Wonder]] - Fess Parker as the pilot-witness; landed him his role as Davey Crockett.
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* [[Splash of Color]]: The entire movie is gray scale with the exception of the title at the start.
* [[Square-Cube Law]] - Obviously ignored, but let's face it - you couldn't have the movie if you didn't.
* [[Stay in Thethe Kitchen]] - Impressively averted, considering the era it was made. The military gasses the nest of giant killer ants, and the next stage is for someone to go down into the nest and confirm they're all dead. This is universally recognized as a [[Darkness Equals Death|very bad idea]], yet [[Hot Scientist]] Dr. Pat Medford argues firmly and convincingly that she ''has'' to go down into the nest as her father is too old and she can't give the two male leads "a crash course in entomology".
* [[Stock Scream]] - Several uses of the Wilhelm Scream. (Although this was long before it became an example of this trope.)
* [[The End - Oror Is It?]] - {{spoiler|The ants are all wiped out, but Dr. Medford Sr. issues a grim warning; the atomic genie is out the bottle...}}
* [[Title Drop]]
{{quote| "THEM! THEM!"}}
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