r/TopCharacterTropes • u/MammothPenguin69 • 16d ago

Hated Tropes Stupid Contrived Survival Stories

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  1. 12 Feet Deep - Two idiots decide they absolutely positively MUST go swimming in a pool after it's closed. An incredibly contrived sequence of events happens so they get stuck in a pool. So the movie can happen.

  2. Frozen (not that one) - Three idiots decide they absolutely positively MUST get on a ski-lift after it's closed. To the point of bribing the operator who for some stupid reason doesn't say anything. Do the movie can happen. Also, Wolves are not that aggressive. They are typically shy and avoid humans.

  3. 47 Meters Down- Arguably the most believable scenario on this list. It's still really stupid.

  4. Fall- Two idiots decide to climb an abandoned radio tower without proper equipment that would make escaping their predicament trivially easy. Stop me if you've heard this one before

so the movie can happen.

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u/MammothPenguin69 16d ago

You're not wrong. Whalefall looks awesome for all the wrong reasons.

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u/Kratomius 16d ago edited 16d ago

Only reason i'm not going to watch that movie is because of thalassophobia. It's interesting premise although physically impossible. Even blue whales gullet is only a size of a grapefruit.

EDIT: Spermwhales gullet is 20 inches wide, not large enough to swallow an adult whole, especially if said adult is wearing diving gear.

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u/True-Obligation-9471 16d ago edited 16d ago

It’s actually not impossible.

The whale in the movie is a sperm whale which is a toothed whale that can swallow humans whole.

They just don’t hunt humans

Killer whales(even tho they are dolphins but being honest most dolphins are closely related to whales)

Are also able to shallow humans whole.

Now would the movie actually happen?From the plot given it’s actually possible.The whale isn’t actually hunting the human, the human just got in the way of a hunt and thus got crossed on the crossfire.

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u/TurbulentCucumber831 16d ago

Dolphins are whales. There are two types of whales: toothed and baleen whales. Dolphins are toothed whales as well as sperm whales. 🙂

But yes I think you are right that sperm whales technically do have a throat large enough to swallow a human. I believe they are the only one though, even orcas are too small