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Not to be confused with the works ''WesternAnimation/ClassOfTheTitans'' and ''[[Franchise/CrashBandicoot Crash Of The Titans]]'' or the trope TrashOfTheTitans.
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Not to be confused with the works ''WesternAnimation/ClassOfTheTitans'' and ''[[Franchise/CrashBandicoot Crash Of The of the Titans]]'' or the trope TrashOfTheTitans.TrashOfTheTitans.
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!!This film contains examples of:
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* AdaptationalBadass: Medusa got taken out ''while she was asleep'' in the myths. Here she defends herself against would-be attackers not only with [[TakenForGranite her power]], but also with a bow and arrows. And she's a very good shot with it, signaling her presence by killing one of Perseus' soldiers.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Medusa got taken out ''while she was asleep'' in the myths. Here she defends herself against would-be attackers not only with [[TakenForGranite her power]], but also with a bow and arrows. And she's a very good shot with it, signaling her presence by killing one of Perseus' Perseus's soldiers.
* CrazyCatLady: Ammon the playwright is a male example. Although not quite crazy he's still eccentric, and his abode is filled with cats.
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** In retaliation for his lover and son being sentenced to death, Zeus orders the death of their attempted killer, King Acrisius of Argos. Fair enough. But then he orders the ''destruction of all of Argos'' by the Kraken.
*** Generally averted in the novelization, where Zeus comes off as much less petty in general. In regards to Argos, it's established that the Argosian people already had a long list of offenses against them, and the fact that no one in the whole city lifted a finger to stop a father publically murdering his daughter and her baby was the last straw.
*** Generally averted in the novelization, where Zeus comes off as much less petty in general. In regards to Argos, it's established that the Argosian people already had a long list of offenses against them, and the fact that no one in the whole city lifted a finger to stop a father publically murdering his daughter and her baby was the last straw.
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** In retaliation for his lover and son being sentenced to death, Zeus orders the death of their attempted killer, King Acrisius of Argos. Fair enough. But then he orders the ''destruction of all of Argos'' by the Kraken.
***Kraken. Generally averted in the novelization, where Zeus comes off as much less petty in general. In regards to Argos, it's established that the Argosian people already had a long list of offenses against them, and the fact that no one no-one in the whole city lifted a finger to stop a father publically murdering his daughter and her baby was the last straw.
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* DramaticNecklaceRemoval
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* DramaticNecklaceRemovalDramaticNecklaceRemoval: Andromeda dramatically takes off the jeweled necklace Calibos offered her, after her visitation in spirit to his lair.
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* EngagementChallenge: Part of the curse placed on Joppa by Calibos required any potential suitor to Andromeda solve a riddle; failing to answer correctly meant death by fire. Unfortunately, the incredibly hard-to-answer riddle was chosen by Calibos himself and changed each time. Perseus not only answered correctly after learning the current one, he fought and grievously wounded the villain, sparing him only when he lifted the curse.
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* EngagementChallenge: Part of the curse placed on Joppa by Calibos required requires any potential suitor to Andromeda solve a riddle; failing to answer correctly meant death by fire. Unfortunately, the incredibly hard-to-answer riddle was is chosen by Calibos himself and changed changes each time. Perseus not only answered answers correctly after learning the current one, he fought fights and grievously wounded wounds the villain, sparing him only when he lifted lifts the curse.
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* EvilPoacher: Not the biggest reason Calibos was cursed, but likely what crossed the line in Zeus' eyes; after being given the Wells of the Moon to rule by his mother, he overhunted it, and as the final straw, killed all of Zeus' sacred flying horses, the one survivor being Pegasus.
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* EvilPoacher: Not the biggest reason Calibos was cursed, but likely what crossed the line in Zeus' Zeus's eyes; after being given the Wells of the Moon to rule by his mother, he overhunted it, and as the final straw, killed all of Zeus' Zeus's sacred flying horses, the one survivor being Pegasus.
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* EyelessFace: The three Stygian Witches (i.e. Graeae) had no eye sockets, but they traded a single crystalline "eye" between them. Perseus steals it to get information from them.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: The Stygian Witches have to share a single (magical) eye between the three of them. The witch who has it is apparently quite capable of seeing through while it's sitting in her hand.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: The Stygian Witches have to share a single (magical) eye between the three of them. The witch who has it is apparently quite capable of seeing through while it's sitting in her hand.
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* EyelessFace: The three Stygian Witches (i.e. Graeae) had have no eye sockets, but they traded trade a single crystalline "eye" between them. Perseus steals it to get information from them.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: The Stygian Witches have to share a single (magical) eye between the three of them. The witch who has it is apparently quite capable of seeing through while it's sitting in her hand.them.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: The Stygian Witches have to share a single (magical) eye between the three of them. The witch who has it is apparently quite capable of seeing through while it's sitting in her hand.
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* GenreSavvy: Ammon, due to being a poet and playwright of stories very much like Perseus' and dealing with some of the same characters, including Medusa.
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* GenreSavvy: Ammon, due to being a poet and playwright of stories very much like Perseus' Perseus's and dealing with some of the same characters, including Medusa.
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* GiveMeASword: One of Perseus' friends tosses him his sword so he can fight off a giant scorpion.
* GoForTheEye: Perseus says this exact phrase when he orders Bubo to steal Stygian Witches' crystal eyeball.
* GoForTheEye: Perseus says this exact phrase when he orders Bubo to steal Stygian Witches' crystal eyeball.
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* GiveMeASword: One of Perseus' Perseus's friends tosses him his sword so he can fight off a giant scorpion.
* GoForTheEye: Perseus says this exact phrase when he orders Bubo to steal the Stygian Witches' crystal eyeball.
* GoForTheEye: Perseus says this exact phrase when he orders Bubo to steal the Stygian Witches' crystal eyeball.
* TheGrimReaper: TheFerryman Charon isn't depicted as an old man as in the original myths, but as a black-robe-clad skeleton.
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* HollywoodTorches: In Calibos' encampment and in Medusa's lair.
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* HollywoodTorches: In Calibos' Calibos's encampment and in Medusa's lair.lair.
* HookHand: After Perseus cuts off Calibos's left hand, it is replaced by a short trident.
* HookHand: After Perseus cuts off Calibos's left hand, it is replaced by a short trident.
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-->'''Thetis:''' If my son is not to marry her, then no man will. ... As my Calibos suffers, so will Andromeda.
* IntelligibleUnintelligible: Bubo, the mechanical owl. What sounded like clicks and whistles to everyone else was perfectly understandable by Perseus. Justified by the fact that it was a gift from the goddess Athena.
* {{Introdump}}: The movie has Zeus address all the gods by their name and what they are god of just so the audience won't be confused.
* IntelligibleUnintelligible: Bubo, the mechanical owl. What sounded like clicks and whistles to everyone else was perfectly understandable by Perseus. Justified by the fact that it was a gift from the goddess Athena.
* {{Introdump}}: The movie has Zeus address all the gods by their name and what they are god of just so the audience won't be confused.
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-->'''Thetis:''' If my son is not to marry her, then no man will. ...will.... As my Calibos suffers, so will Andromeda.
* IntelligibleUnintelligible: Bubo, the mechanical owl. Whatsounded sounds like clicks and whistles to everyone else was is perfectly understandable by Perseus. Justified by the fact that it was is a gift from the goddess Athena.
* {{Introdump}}: The movie has Zeus address all the gods by their name and what they are godof of, just so the audience won't be confused.
* IntelligibleUnintelligible: Bubo, the mechanical owl. What
* {{Introdump}}: The movie has Zeus address all the gods by their name and what they are god
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* JerkAssGods: Played with mainly with Zeus and Thetis. Both tend to be very protective of their children and fond of disproportionate retribution. Zeus at least only acts when someone has committed an injustice, is letting to let Perseus' defiance slide, and appears to be willing to allow the gods one day to be forgotten. The rest of the gods come off as indifferent rather than malicious.
* {{Kaiju}}: The Kraken.
* {{Kaiju}}: The Kraken.
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* JerkAssGods: JerkassGods: Played with mainly with Zeus and Thetis. Both tend to be very protective of their children and fond of disproportionate retribution. Zeus at least only acts when someone has committed an injustice, is letting to let Perseus' Perseus's defiance slide, and appears to be willing to allow the gods one day to be forgotten. The rest of the gods come off as indifferent rather than malicious.
* {{Kaiju}}: The Kraken.malicious.
* {{Kaiju}}: The Kraken.
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* LoopholeAbuse: When Calibos begs mother Thetis to punish Perseus, Thetis says she can't do anything because of Zeus' command. However, when Cassiopeia calls Andromeda more beautiful than the goddess, Thetis is able to use this open blasphemy as the excuse to condemn Andromeda after all to strike Perseus.
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* LoopholeAbuse: When Calibos begs mother Thetis to punish Perseus, Thetis says she can't do anything because of Zeus' Zeus's command. However, when Cassiopeia calls Andromeda more beautiful than the goddess, Thetis is able to use this open blasphemy as the excuse to condemn Andromeda after all to strike Perseus.
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-->'''Perseus:''' Just believe me when I say I that I ''did'' see you. And the sight of you burst straight through me like an arrow. ... From that moment, I knew that I loved you.
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-->'''Perseus:''' Just believe me when I say I that I ''did'' see you. And the sight of you burst straight through me like an arrow. ...arrow.... From that moment, I knew that I loved you.
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* MauveShirt: Thallo. Up until Calibos deals with him.
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* MauveShirt: Thallo. Up until He fights and kill a giant scorpion without help. But then, Calibos deals with him.
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* {{Medusa}}{{Medusa}}: The mythological gorgon is depicted here as having the lower body of a giant rattlesnake.
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* MisplacedWildlife: The snake that shows up is a boa constrictor. Boa constrictors live in the Americas--they would have definitely not been found in Ancient Greece.
* MosesInTheBulrushes: Baby Perseus, being an illegitimate demi-god, is locked into a coffin with his young mother and thrown into the sea, but Zeus has Poseidon make certain the waters will gently take Perseus and his mother to safety. Perseus is then raised on an island paradise.
* MosesInTheBulrushes: Baby Perseus, being an illegitimate demi-god, is locked into a coffin with his young mother and thrown into the sea, but Zeus has Poseidon make certain the waters will gently take Perseus and his mother to safety. Perseus is then raised on an island paradise.
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* MisplacedWildlife: The snake that shows up is a boa constrictor. Boa constrictors live in the Americas--they Americas -- they would have definitely not been found in Ancient Greece.
* MosesInTheBulrushes: Baby Perseus, being an illegitimatedemi-god, demigod, is locked into a coffin with his young mother and thrown into the sea, but Zeus has Poseidon make certain the waters will gently take Perseus and his mother to safety. Perseus is then raised on an island paradise.
* MosesInTheBulrushes: Baby Perseus, being an illegitimate
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* OffstageVillainy: Calibos' crimes that were the cause of his transformation are only described but not shown.
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* OffstageVillainy: Calibos' Calibos's crimes that were the cause of his transformation are only described but not shown.
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* TheOwlKnowingOne: Athena gives Perseus Bubo, a clockwork duplicate of her own owl companion built by Hephaestus, which becomes Perseus' guide.
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* TheOwlKnowingOne: Athena gives Perseus Bubo, a clockwork duplicate of her own owl companion built by Hephaestus, which becomes Perseus' Perseus's guide.
* PoisonedWeapons: Calibos uses his trident HookHand to pierce the bag containing Medusa's head, coating it with her poisonous blood in the process. He later stabs Thallo in the back with it, and the MauveShirt dies pretty quickly.
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* RealityChangingMiniature: There is a small chamber in Olympus containing several clay figurines, each one representing a real person. The gods can resculpt the model to invoke a PainfulTransformation, or just smash the thing to kill the person outright. Zeus even at one point sets Perseus' model back upright after he collapses from exhaustion.
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* RealityChangingMiniature: There is a small chamber in Olympus containing several clay figurines, each one representing a real person. The gods can resculpt the model to invoke a PainfulTransformation, or just smash the thing to kill the person outright. Zeus even at one point sets Perseus' Perseus's model back upright after he collapses from exhaustion.
* RentAZilla: The Kraken.
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* RuleOfCool: After being turned into stone the Krakken breaks into pieces for no reason but this.
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* RuleOfCool: After being turned into stone stone, the Krakken breaks into pieces for no reason but this.
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** The original myth has Perseus seeking Medusa's head for a completely unrelated reasons to Andromeda's plight. He saves her because he happens to be flying home on Hermes' winged sandals and comes across this poor VirginSacrifice strapped to a rock.
** There was only one Pegasus, not a herd, who sprang forth from Medusa's neck after she was killed. (Indeed, "Pegasus" actually means "he who sprang".) Pegasus was also not ridden by Perseus, but an unrelated hero named Bellerophon.
** There was only one Pegasus, not a herd, who sprang forth from Medusa's neck after she was killed. (Indeed, "Pegasus" actually means "he who sprang".) Pegasus was also not ridden by Perseus, but an unrelated hero named Bellerophon.
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** The original myth has Perseus seeking Medusa's head for a completely unrelated reasons to Andromeda's plight. He saves her because he happens to be flying home on Hermes' Hermes's winged sandals and comes across this poor VirginSacrifice strapped to a rock.
** There was only one Pegasus, not a herd, who sprang forth from Medusa's neck after she was killed. (Indeed, "Pegasus" actually means "he who sprang".) Pegasus was also not ridden by Perseus, but an unrelated hero namedBellerophon.Bellorophon.
** There was only one Pegasus, not a herd, who sprang forth from Medusa's neck after she was killed. (Indeed, "Pegasus" actually means "he who sprang".) Pegasus was also not ridden by Perseus, but an unrelated hero named
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* ScoobyDooHoax: Perseus initially meets Ammon while the playwright dressed up in a creepy mask and robe. He claims to use the get-up to scare trespassers away from the amphitheater.
* ShadowDiscretionShot: Calibos' transformation from man to monster. Necessary in that such effects were otherwise impossible to render cheaply in 1981.
* ShadowDiscretionShot: Calibos' transformation from man to monster. Necessary in that such effects were otherwise impossible to render cheaply in 1981.
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* ScoobyDooHoax: Perseus initially meets Ammon while the playwright is dressed up in a creepy mask and robe. He claims to use the get-up to scare trespassers away from the amphitheater.
* ShadowDiscretionShot:Calibos' Calibos's transformation from man to monster. Necessary in that such effects were otherwise impossible to render cheaply in 1981.
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* SupernaturalAid: Perseus' helmet, sword, shield, and Bubo.
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* SupernaturalAid: Perseus' Perseus's helmet, sword, shield, and Bubo.
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* TeamPet: Bubo the robot owl regularly acted goofy, including flying into things and making crash-landings. However, it also led Perseus to the Stygian Witches, grabbed the Witches' Eye for him, single-handedly freed Pegasus from captivity in Calibos' camp, distracted the Kraken long enough for Perseus to arrive, and carried the bag containing Medusa's head to Perseus, allowing him to petrify the Kraken and save the day.
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* TeamPet: Bubo the robot owl regularly acted acts goofy, including flying into things and making crash-landings. However, it also led leads Perseus to the Stygian Witches, grabbed grabs the Witches' Eye for him, single-handedly freed frees Pegasus from captivity in Calibos' Calibos's camp, distracted distracts the Kraken long enough for Perseus to arrive, and carried carries the bag containing Medusa's head to Perseus, allowing him to petrify the Kraken and save the day.
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* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: How Perseus finishes off Calibos.
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* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: How Perseus finishes off Calibos.Calibos, since it's hard to get close as the latter wields a whip.
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* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: Perseus' journey back to Joppa on Pegasus as Andromeda's sacrifice is being carried out.
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* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: Perseus' Perseus's journey back to Joppa on Pegasus as Andromeda's sacrifice is being carried out.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There were three giant scorpions, but only two were killed...
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There were are three giant scorpions, but only two were killed...are killed...
* WhipItGood: Calibos's favorite weapon is a whip, and he's very handy with it, capturing Pegasus and nearly strangling Perseus.
* WhipItGood: Calibos's favorite weapon is a whip, and he's very handy with it, capturing Pegasus and nearly strangling Perseus.
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* TheXOfY
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* TheXOfYTheXOfY: ''Clash of the Titans''.
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* {{Constellations}}: The film ends with Perseus, Andromeda, The Hydra and other characters becoming constellations. Fitting too as the movies are based on [[Myth/GreekMythology the myths of Perseus]].
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* {{Constellations}}: The film ends with Perseus, Andromeda, The Hydra Pegasus, and other characters becoming constellations. Fitting too too, as the movies are based on [[Myth/GreekMythology the myths of Perseus]].
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*** In the novelization, Zeus comes off as much less petty in general. In regards to Argos, it's established that the Argosian people already had a long list of offenses against them, and the fact that no one in the whole city lifted a finger to stop a father publically murdering his daughter and her baby was the last straw.
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*** In Generally averted in the novelization, where Zeus comes off as much less petty in general. In regards to Argos, it's established that the Argosian people already had a long list of offenses against them, and the fact that no one in the whole city lifted a finger to stop a father publically murdering his daughter and her baby was the last straw.
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*** In the Novelization, Zeus comes off as much less petty in general. In regards to Argos, it's established that the Argosian people already had a long list of offenses against them, and the fact that no one in the whole city lifted a finger to stop a father publically murdering his daughter and her baby was the last straw.
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*** In the Novelization, novelization, Zeus comes off as much less petty in general. In regards to Argos, it's established that the Argosian people already had a long list of offenses against them, and the fact that no one in the whole city lifted a finger to stop a father publically murdering his daughter and her baby was the last straw.
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*** In the Novelization, Zeus comes off as much less petty in general. In regards to Argos, it's established that the Argosian people already had a long list of offenses against them, and the fact that no one in the whole city lifted a finger to stop a father publically murdering his daughter and her baby was the last straw.
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* MrExposition: The World's Most Helpful Guard. Perseus, a complete stranger, walks up to him, and he manages to go from surly hostility to explaining the complete social and political history of Joppa in under a minute. While swatting flies.
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* MrExposition: The Thallo, the World's Most Helpful Guard. Perseus, a complete stranger, walks up to him, and he manages to go from surly hostility to explaining the complete social and political history of Joppa in under a minute. While swatting flies.
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* AncientGreece
* AscendedExtra: Phineus, Calibos' counterpart from the myth, just appears after Andromeda has been rescued to threaten the kingdom so Andromeda will be handed over to him. After that, Perseus uses Medusa's Head on him.
* AttackReflector: Perseus uses a mirrored shield to reflect Medusa's gaze back at her and petrify her.
* AscendedExtra: Phineus, Calibos' counterpart from the myth, just appears after Andromeda has been rescued to threaten the kingdom so Andromeda will be handed over to him. After that, Perseus uses Medusa's Head on him.
* AttackReflector: Perseus uses a mirrored shield to reflect Medusa's gaze back at her and petrify her.
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* AncientGreece
* AscendedExtra: Phineus, Calibos' counterpart from the myth, just appears after Andromeda has been rescued to threaten the kingdom so Andromeda will be handed over to him. After that, Perseus uses Medusa's Head on him.
* AttackReflector: Perseus uses a mirrored shield to reflect Medusa's gaze back at her and petrify her.AncientGreece: The setting, obviously.
* AscendedExtra: Phineus, Calibos' counterpart from the myth, just appears after Andromeda has been rescued to threaten the kingdom so Andromeda will be handed over to him. After that, Perseus uses Medusa's Head on him.
* AttackReflector: Perseus uses a mirrored shield to reflect Medusa's gaze back at her and petrify her.
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* BeautyEqualsGoodnessBeautyEqualsGoodness: Andromeda is beautiful, and she's as innocent as it gets.
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* BigCreepyCrawlies: Giant scorpions.
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* BigCreepyCrawlies: Giant scorpions.Calibos uses Medusa's blood to enlarge a pack of scorpions to attack Perseus.
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* BloodyMurder: Medusa's blood melts Perseus's shield -- and not any ordinary shield, but one given to him by the gods. And as if that wasn't enough, later on drops of her blood turn into giant scorpions (possibly due to something Calibos did, but it's not entirely clear).
* CallAPegasusAHippogriff: Not the pegasus, but the kraken, which bears no resemblance to the mythological kraken more specific than them both being sea monsters.
* CallAPegasusAHippogriff: Not the pegasus, but the kraken, which bears no resemblance to the mythological kraken more specific than them both being sea monsters.
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* BloodyMurder: Medusa's blood melts Perseus's shield -- and not any ordinary shield, but one given to him by the gods. And as if that wasn't enough, later on drops of her blood turn into giant scorpions (possibly due to something Calibos did, but it's not entirely clear).
enlarge some scorpions.
* CallAPegasusAHippogriff: Notthe pegasus, Pegasus himself, but the kraken, Kraken, which bears no resemblance to the mythological kraken more specific than them both being sea monsters.monsters and having multiple limbs.
* CallAPegasusAHippogriff: Not
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* ChainedToARock: Andromeda.
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* ChainedToARock: Andromeda.Andromeda is chained to a rock to be sacrificed to the Kraken.
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* ClockworkCreature: Bubo the clockwork owl, sent by Athena as a guide.
* ColdSniper: Medusa. As if the [[TakenForGranite petrifying gaze]] wasn't enough...
* ColdSniper: Medusa. As if the [[TakenForGranite petrifying gaze]] wasn't enough...
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* ClockworkCreature: Bubo the clockwork owl, sent by Athena as a guide.
guide so she won't have to send her beloved owl.
* ColdSniper:Medusa.Medusa, with a bow and arrows. As if the [[TakenForGranite petrifying gaze]] wasn't enough...
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* DamselInDistress: Andromeda, near the end.
* DecapitationPresentation: Perseus presents the head of Medusa to the gods just before collapsing in exhaustion.
* DecapitationPresentation: Perseus presents the head of Medusa to the gods just before collapsing in exhaustion.
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* DamselInDistress: Andromeda, near in the end.
climax.
* DecapitationPresentation: Perseuspresents the takes Medusa's head after killing her and gets out of Medusa to her hideout, then lifts it in the gods just before collapsing in exhaustion.same iconic fashion as many artistic representations of him. Zeus then encourages him to keep fighting and fulfilling his destiny.
* DecapitationPresentation: Perseus
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** In retaliation for his lover and son being sentenced to death, Zeus orders the death of their attempted killer, King Acrisius of Argos. Fair enough. But then he orders the destruction of all of Argos and the deaths of all its inhabitants, too.
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** In retaliation for his lover and son being sentenced to death, Zeus orders the death of their attempted killer, King Acrisius of Argos. Fair enough. But then he orders the destruction ''destruction of all of Argos and Argos'' by the deaths of all its inhabitants, too.Kraken.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Medusa got taken out ''while she was asleep'' in the myths. Here she defends back against would-be attackers not only with [[TakenForGranite her power]], but also with a bow and arrows.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Medusa got taken out ''while she was asleep'' in the myths. Here she defends back herself against would-be attackers not only with [[TakenForGranite her power]], but also with a bow and arrows.arrows. And she's a very good shot with it, signaling her presence by killing one of Perseus' soldiers.
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* BigHam: Burgess Meredith is clearly having a blast as Ammon. Justified in that the man is a playwright and actor and even admits to Perseus he likes to act up being a ghost to keep looters from the theater.
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* AdaptationalBadass: A minor case with Medusa, who got taken out ''while she was asleep'' in the myths. Here she fights back against her would-be attackers not only with the powers of a Gorgon, but also with a bow and arrows.
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* AdaptationalBadass: A minor case with Medusa, who Medusa got taken out ''while she was asleep'' in the myths. Here she fights defends back against her would-be attackers not only with the powers of a Gorgon, [[TakenForGranite her power]], but also with a bow and arrows.
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* LoopholeAbuse: When Calibos begs mother Thetis to punish Perseus, Thetis says she can't do anything because of Zeus' command. However, when Cassiopeia calls Andromeda more beautiful than the goddess, Thetis is able to use this open blasphemy as the excuse to condemn Andromeda after all to strike Perseus.
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* BigHam: Burgess Meredith is clearly having a blast as Ammon. Justified in that the man is a playwright and actor and even admits to Perseus he likes to act up being a ghost to keep looters from the theater.
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* AscendedExtra: Phineus, Calibos' counterpart from the myth, just appears after Andromeda has been rescued to threaten the kingdom so Andromeda will be handed over to him. After that, Perseus uses Medusa's Head on him.
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* WeddingSmashers: During Perseus and Andromeda's wedding, Thetis stop stops the ceremony by causing an earthquake and giving an ultimatum of about the Krakken's Kraken's attack.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Medusa never speaks, and one could say that she's doing little more than [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation defending her home against trespassers]]. Viewers can make their own conclusions.
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* JerkAssGods: Played with mainly with Zeus and Thetis. Both tend to be very protective of their children and fond of disproportionate retribution. Zeus at least only acts when someone has committed an injustice, is letting to let Perseus' defiance slide, and appears to be willing to allow the gods one day to be forgotten. The rest of the gods come off as indifferent rather than malicious.
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* RealityChangingMiniature: There is a small chamber in Olympus containing several clay figurines, each one representing a real person. The gods can resculpt the model to invoke a PainfulTransformation, or just smash the thing to kill the person outright.
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* RealityChangingMiniature: There is a small chamber in Olympus containing several clay figurines, each one representing a real person. The gods can resculpt the model to invoke a PainfulTransformation, or just smash the thing to kill the person outright. Zeus even at one point sets Perseus' model back upright after he collapses from exhaustion.
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* MisplacedRetribution: After Cassiopeia insults her in her own temple, Thetis demands ''Andromeda's'' life as retribution.
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* AsHimself: This is how "The Mythologicals" (Pegasus, Medusa, The Kraken, and Bubo) are billed in the credits.
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* DivineAssistance: Zeus interferes repeatedly to help his son Perseus and punish those who oppose him. He also has other deities give him divine gifts, including a shield, a sword, and a helm that grants the power of invisibility. The goddess Thetis likewise tries to help her son Calibos but it doesn't turn out very well.
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* MosesInTheBulrushes: Baby Perseus, being an illegitimate demi-god, is locked into a coffin with his young mother and thrown into the sea, but Zeus has Poseidon make certain the waters will gently take Perseus and his mother to safety. Perseus is then raised on an island paradise.
* MrExposition: The World's Most Helpful Guard. Perseus, a complete stranger, walks up to him, and he manages to go from surly hostility to explaining the complete social and political history of Joppa in under a minute. While swatting flies.
* MrExposition: The World's Most Helpful Guard. Perseus, a complete stranger, walks up to him, and he manages to go from surly hostility to explaining the complete social and political history of Joppa in under a minute. While swatting flies.
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* TheFerryman: Charon, the ferryman on the River Styx, who transports Perseus and his team part of the way to Medusa's lair.
* GiveMeASword: One of Perseus' friends tosses him his sword so he can fight off a giant scorpion.
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* HandSignals: Perseus uses them twice: once a "stop" signal to halt the travelers just before meeting Bubo they meet Bubo, and while approaching also gestures to the soldiers with him as they approach Medusa's lair.
* IntelligibleUnintelligible: Bubo, the mechanical owl. What sounded like clicks and whistles to everyone else was perfectly understandable by Perseus. Justified by the fact that it was a gift from the goddess Athena.
* {{Introdump}}: The movie has Zeus address all the gods by their name and what they are god of just so the audience won't be confused.
* {{Introdump}}: The movie has Zeus address all the gods by their name and what they are god of just so the audience won't be confused.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: The Kraken has four arms.
* NoEyeInMagic: Medusa must make eye contact to be able to turn people into stone.
* OrganicBra: Medusa.
* TheOwlKnowingOne: Athena gives Perseus Bubo, a clockwork duplicate of her own owl companion built by Hephaestus, which becomes Perseus' guide.
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* TeamPet: Bubo the robot owl.owl regularly acted goofy, including flying into things and making crash-landings. However, it also led Perseus to the Stygian Witches, grabbed the Witches' Eye for him, single-handedly freed Pegasus from captivity in Calibos' camp, distracted the Kraken long enough for Perseus to arrive, and carried the bag containing Medusa's head to Perseus, allowing him to petrify the Kraken and save the day.
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* AdaptationalModesty: In the myth, Andromeda was sent out naked to be eaten by the sea monster. In the film, she gets some clothes.
* AttackReflector: Perseus uses a mirrored shield to reflect Medusa's gaze back at her and petrify her.
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* BlasphemousPraise: Queen Cassiopeia says that her daughter Princess Andromeda is more lovely than the goddess Thetis. Thetis is not pleased by this and orders that Andromeda be sacrificed to the Kraken. If they don't, the Kraken will destroy Joppa.
* BloodyMurder: Medusa's bloodbecomes melts Perseus's shield -- and not any ordinary shield, but one given to him by the gods. And as if that wasn't enough, later on drops of her blood turn into giant scorpions when it falls on the ground after (possibly due to something Calibos stabs her severed head.did, but it's not entirely clear).
* CallAPegasusAHippogriff: Not the pegasus, but the kraken, which bears no resemblance to the mythological kraken more specific than them both being sea monsters.
* CanonForeigner: Calibos and Bubo.
* BloodyMurder: Medusa's blood
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->''"Release the Kraken!"''
''Clash of the Titans'' is the 1981 film adaptation of the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek myth of Perseus]]. Stop motion animation was used extensively in many special effects, and the monsters were created by Creator/RayHarryhausen, who retired from filmmaking shortly after ''Clash'' was released. Stephen R. Wilk wrote in 2000 that "most people today who are aware of the story of Perseus and Medusa [[PopCulturalOsmosis owe their knowledge to the 1981 film]] ''Clash of the Titans''."
A remake was released in April 2010: see ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans2010''.
Not to be confused with ''WesternAnimation/ClassOfTheTitans'', ''[[Franchise/CrashBandicoot Crash Of The Titans]]'' or TrashOfTheTitans.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Perseus's magical sword can slice through marble. It never really needs to, but it ''does'' need to quickly behead Medusa, whose scales are as hard as iron.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Medusa never speaks, and one could say that she's doing little more than [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation defending her home against trespassers]]. Viewers can make their own conclusions.
* AdaptationalBadass: A minor case with Medusa, who got taken out ''while she was asleep'' in the myths. Here she fights back against her would-be attackers not only with the powers of a Gorgon, but also with a bow and arrows.
* AesopCollateralDamage: The goddess Thetis demands the sacrifice of Andromeda after Queen Cassopeia boasts that she is more beautiful than the goddess.
* AncientGreece
* BalefulPolymorph: Calibos, who is turned into a beastman by Zeus as a punishment.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: "Find and fulfill your destiny."
* BigBad: Thetis pretty much sets up the need for Perseus to set off on a quest to defeat the Kraken.
* BigDamnHeroes: Oh no! The Kraken is about to eat Andromeda! Perseus and Pegasus ([[NoRespectGuy and Bubo]]) to the rescue!
* BloodyMurder: Medusa's blood becomes scorpions when it falls on the ground after Calibos stabs her severed head.
* ChainedToARock: Andromeda.
* ClockworkCreature: Bubo the clockwork owl, sent by Athena as a guide.
* ColdSniper: Medusa. As if the [[TakenForGranite petrifying gaze]] wasn't enough...
* {{Constellations}}: The film ends with Perseus, Andromeda, The Hydra and other characters becoming constellations. Fitting too as the movies are based on [[Myth/GreekMythology the myths of Perseus]].
* CoolOldGuy: Ammon.
* CosmicChessGame: Perseus and Calibos are both guided by opposing gods, Zeus and Thetis respectively... in a very literal fashion, too! The gods have clay statuettes of their favorites that they move about as they wish in a model amphitheater.
* DamselInDistress: Andromeda, near the end.
* DisproportionateRetribution:
** In retaliation for his lover and son being sentenced to death, Zeus orders the death of their attempted killer, King Acrisius of Argos. Fair enough. But then he orders the destruction of all of Argos and the deaths of all its inhabitants, too.
** Thetis declares that all of Joppa must die in retribution for Calibos's maiming and Cassiopeia's insult.
* DramaticNecklaceRemoval
* DullSurprise: Harry Hamlin's performance as Perseus.
* DwindlingParty: All the soldiers end up dead.
* EngagementChallenge: Part of the curse placed on Joppa by Calibos required any potential suitor to Andromeda solve a riddle; failing to answer correctly meant death by fire. Unfortunately, the incredibly hard-to-answer riddle was chosen by Calibos himself and changed each time. Perseus not only answered correctly after learning the current one, he fought and grievously wounded the villain, sparing him only when he lifted the curse.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Hello, Olympus!
* EvilPoacher: Not the biggest reason Calibos was cursed, but likely what crossed the line in Zeus' eyes; after being given the Wells of the Moon to rule by his mother, he overhunted it, and as the final straw, killed all of Zeus' sacred flying horses, the one survivor being Pegasus.
* EvilSlinks: Medusa, snake woman with an attitude.
* {{Expy}}: Calibos = Caliban from Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/TheTempest''.
* EyelessFace: The three Stygian Witches (i.e. Graeae) had no eye sockets, but they traded a single crystalline "eye" between them. Perseus steals it to get information from them.
* TheEyesHaveIt: The statue of Thetis when she's about to throw down.
* FantasyKitchenSink:
** The Kraken is from Myth/NorseMythology. The original creature was Cetus, a giant whale, but it was apparently switched because the writer thought "kraken" [[RuleOfCool sounded cooler]]. Creator/RayHarryhausen changed the look from a giant squid or octopus to a four-armed humanoid because he thought it looked cooler.
** Calibos is an {{expy}} of Caliban from ''Theatre/TheTempest'', who has nothing to do with Greek mythology at all.
* FertileBlood: When Calibos sticks his trident into Medusa's head, which Perseus has hung on a branch while resting, giant scorpions are created from the blood as it drips on the ground, which proceed to attack Perseus and his men, killing many of them.
* GenreSavvy: Ammon, due to being a poet and playwright of stories very much like Perseus' and dealing with some of the same characters, including Medusa.
* GiantFlyer: Calibos' pet vulture. Mr. Harryhausen dug his giant flying beasties.
* GoForTheEye: Perseus says this exact phrase when he orders Bubo to steal Stygian Witches' crystal eyeball.
* GrandpaGod: Zeus.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Perseus, as a demigod, fits this trope.
* HandSignals: Perseus uses them twice: once before meeting Bubo and while approaching Medusa's lair.
* TheHerosJourney
* HollywoodTorches: In Calibos' encampment and in Medusa's lair.
* JerkAssGods: Played with mainly with Zeus and Thetis. Both tend to be very protective of their children and fond of disproportionate retribution. Zeus at least only acts when someone has committed an injustice, is letting to let Perseus' defiance slide, and appears to be willing to allow the gods one day to be forgotten. The rest of the gods come off as indifferent rather than malicious.
* IfICantHaveYou:
-->'''Thetis:''' If my son is not to marry her, then no man will. ... As my Calibos suffers, so will Andromeda.
* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis:
-->'''Ammon:''' This would make a fine heroic poem you know. Or perhaps a play...
* {{Kaiju}}: The Kraken.
* KrakenAndLeviathan: A Kraken is summoned to destroy the city.
* LetsGetDangerous: Bubo will unquestioningly fly into battle when called upon and apparently can be quite fearsome, frightening off the much larger and ostensibly scarier-looking giant vulture at one point.
* LoveAtFirstSight:
-->'''Perseus:''' Just believe me when I say I that I ''did'' see you. And the sight of you burst straight through me like an arrow. ... From that moment, I knew that I loved you.
* MagiBabble:
-->'''Stygian Witch:''' [Medusa's blood] is deadly and poisonous. But you have touched the eye. Just as it has the power to give us sight, so it can make your cloak -- your ''red'' cloak -- proof against the blood.
* MamaBear: Thetis curses Joppa for what happened to Calibos, then orders Andromeda's sacrifice out of revenge for him being mutilated (partially).
* MassOhCrap: The city people in the temple when Thetis declares the Kraken will destroy them all if they don't sacrifice Andromeda.
* MauveShirt: Thallo. Up until Calibos deals with him.
* MeaningfulName: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_horned_owl Bubo the Owl]].
* {{Medusa}}
* MisplacedWildlife: The snake that shows up is a boa constrictor. Boa constrictors live in the Americas--they would have definitely not been found in Ancient Greece.
* NippleAndDimed: Averted. Danae and Andromeda show some T&A [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids even though the film is rated PG!]][[note]]In the U.S., the PG-13 rating was only three years away from being created[[/note]]
* NonHumanSidekick: Bubo.
* NonIndicativeName: The title would seem to have you believe that at least two titans will clash at some point in the film. No actual Titans from Greek mythology show up. The Kraken is, at one point, called "the last of the Titans", which would seem to preclude it from clashing with any others. They might has well have left that line out and just tried to play off that "Titan" is supposed to mean "monster". The closest thing we get is when one of the Stygian Witches refers to Perseus using Medusa to defeat the Kraken as "A Titan against a Titan!"
* {{Novelization}}: A very nicely done one by Creator/AlanDeanFoster, which does a fair job of reconciling the plot to traditional Greek mythology.
* OffingTheOffspring:
** King Acrisius tries to off Perseus as a child, which would actually be Offing the Offspring's Offspring.
** Queen Cassiopeia must sacrifice her virgin daughter Andromeda because she pissed off Thetis. ''In her own temple.''
* OffstageVillainy: Calibos' crimes that were the cause of his transformation are only described but not shown.
* OhCrap: Cassiopeia, upon realizing her insult has doomed her daughter and/or her city to the wrath of an angry goddess.
* OhMyGods: Ammon's CatchPhrase is, "By the gods!"
* OverprotectiveDad: The film's explanation for why Acrisius "grew jealous and kept (Danae) guarded from the eyes of men, locked behind iron doors" (in the original myth, this was partly due to a prophecy that his grandson would kill him, but YouCantFightFate).
* PapaWolf: Zeus destroys Argos out of retribution for his lover and son's sentence.
* {{Pegasus}}: The film takes the "whole species of winged horses" route, although Pegasus himself is the only one who appears, Calibos having killed all the others.
* PoisonIsCorrosive: Medusa's blood.
* {{Prequel}}: To Ray Harryhausen's previous film ''Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts''. Both stories being based off of Myth/ClassicalMythology, Perseus is the great-grandfather of Hercules, it's all there.
* RedShirt: Any soldier who goes with Perseus on his quest.
* RobotBuddy: Bubo, a [[ClockworkCreature clockwork owl]] fashioned by Hephaestus in the shape of Athena's pet owl Bubo, to be Perseus' companion.
* RuleOfCool: After being turned into stone the Krakken breaks into pieces for no reason but this.
* SadlyMythtaken:
** The Kraken is from Myth/NorseMythology.
** Contrary to the reference by one of the Stygian witches, Medusa and the Kraken were not Titans. The Titans were Elder Gods, who were overthrown by a race of younger gods, their descendants, a.k.a., the Olympians.
** Amphitrite is the wife of Poseidon in Greek mythology, while Thetis is generally a sea nymph. Some suggest that she was a full goddess, as portrayed in the film, but even then she was certainly not among the central circle who dwelt on Olympus.
** The original myth has Perseus seeking Medusa's head for a completely unrelated reasons to Andromeda's plight. He saves her because he happens to be flying home on Hermes' winged sandals and comes across this poor VirginSacrifice strapped to a rock.
** There was only one Pegasus, not a herd, who sprang forth from Medusa's neck after she was killed. (Indeed, "Pegasus" actually means "he who sprang".) Pegasus was also not ridden by Perseus, but an unrelated hero named Bellerophon.
* SandalPunk: The film is set in a version of Ancient Greece where fantasy monsters are real.
* ScaryScorpions: The giant scorpions that Calibos creates by causing Medusa's blood to drop on some normal scorpions.
* ShadowDiscretionShot: Calibos' transformation from man to monster. Necessary in that such effects were otherwise impossible to render cheaply in 1981.
* ShoutOut: The Kraken bears a strong resemblance to Ymir from ''Film/TwentyMillionMilesToEarth'', also animated by Creator/RayHarryhausen.
* SnakePeople: Medusa.
* SneakyDeparture: While on the journey to Medusa's island, Perseus and his soldiers take off in the middle of the night, leaving Andromeda behind (and Ammon to look after her).
* StandardHeroReward: Perseus wins the right to Andromeda's hand ''twice''; first by solving her riddle and freeing Joppa from Calibos's curse (even thought the second part wasn't necessary) and second by saving her from the Kraken later (the part loosely adapted from actual mythology).
* StayInTheKitchen: "Too perilous (a journey) for a princess." To which Andromeda responds [[YouGotSpunk with all due spunk]], "You are not my lord and husband. Not yet!" and comes along on the trip to the Stygian Witches anyway. Perseus later ''does'' ditch her for her own safety when he finds out he has to fight Medusa.
* StopMotion: Stop-motion animation was used for the monsters.
* SummonBiggerFish: Using Medusa on the Kraken.
* SupernaturalAid: Perseus' helmet, sword, shield, and Bubo.
* SwordAndSandal: The fantasy subtype thereof.
* TakenForGranite: All of Medusa's past victims that are exhibited in her temple, one of Perseus' soldiers and the Kraken.
* TeamPet: Bubo the robot owl.
* ThisWayToCertainDeath: The statues outside Medusa's lair.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: How Perseus finishes off Calibos.
* TooDumbToLive: Cassiopeia declares her daughter Andromeda to be "more beautiful than the goddess Thetis herself!" This she does while standing ''in Thetis' own temple'', directly beneath a giant statue of Thetis. Needless to say, it does not go well for anyone. Even the film itself {{lampshade|Hanging}}s how ridiculously stupid this gaffe is.
* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: Perseus' journey back to Joppa on Pegasus as Andromeda's sacrifice is being carried out.
* TheUnintelligible: Bubo, except to Perseus. Ammon eventually figures out what he's saying.
* VirginSacrifice: After Perseus rescues Joppa from the curse and wins Andromeda's hand in marriage, Thetis demands Andromeda's sacrifice as an alternative restitution, and specifies she must be "unknown to man, a virgin" -- not for any mystical reason but just to spite Perseus and make sure he doesn't get any of what Calibos had once hoped to get.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Harry Hamlin as Perseus.
* WaxMuseumMorgue: Medusa's temple, albeit stone instead of wax.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There were three giant scorpions, but only two were killed...
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Calibos can be perceived sympathetic and at least worthy of pity, especially because we are only [[OffstageVillainy informed of his cruelty]] before the transformation. Indeed, Perseus says that's why he spared his life, in spite of all he had put Andromeda and the city through. But Calibos comes back on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge anyway.
* TheXOfY
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Perseus frees the city of Joppa from its curse fairly early in the film, and the good guys throw a big party -- only for a much worse crisis to then present itself before they're even through celebrating.
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->''"Release the Kraken!"''
''Clash of the Titans'' is the 1981 film adaptation of the [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek myth of Perseus]]. Stop motion animation was used extensively in many special effects, and the monsters were created by Creator/RayHarryhausen, who retired from filmmaking shortly after ''Clash'' was released. Stephen R. Wilk wrote in 2000 that "most people today who are aware of the story of Perseus and Medusa [[PopCulturalOsmosis owe their knowledge to the 1981 film]] ''Clash of the Titans''."
A remake was released in April 2010: see ''Film/ClashOfTheTitans2010''.
Not to be confused with ''WesternAnimation/ClassOfTheTitans'', ''[[Franchise/CrashBandicoot Crash Of The Titans]]'' or TrashOfTheTitans.
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!!This film contains examples of:
* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Perseus's magical sword can slice through marble. It never really needs to, but it ''does'' need to quickly behead Medusa, whose scales are as hard as iron.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Medusa never speaks, and one could say that she's doing little more than [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation defending her home against trespassers]]. Viewers can make their own conclusions.
* AdaptationalBadass: A minor case with Medusa, who got taken out ''while she was asleep'' in the myths. Here she fights back against her would-be attackers not only with the powers of a Gorgon, but also with a bow and arrows.
* AesopCollateralDamage: The goddess Thetis demands the sacrifice of Andromeda after Queen Cassopeia boasts that she is more beautiful than the goddess.
* AncientGreece
* BalefulPolymorph: Calibos, who is turned into a beastman by Zeus as a punishment.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: "Find and fulfill your destiny."
* BigBad: Thetis pretty much sets up the need for Perseus to set off on a quest to defeat the Kraken.
* BigDamnHeroes: Oh no! The Kraken is about to eat Andromeda! Perseus and Pegasus ([[NoRespectGuy and Bubo]]) to the rescue!
* BloodyMurder: Medusa's blood becomes scorpions when it falls on the ground after Calibos stabs her severed head.
* ChainedToARock: Andromeda.
* ClockworkCreature: Bubo the clockwork owl, sent by Athena as a guide.
* ColdSniper: Medusa. As if the [[TakenForGranite petrifying gaze]] wasn't enough...
* {{Constellations}}: The film ends with Perseus, Andromeda, The Hydra and other characters becoming constellations. Fitting too as the movies are based on [[Myth/GreekMythology the myths of Perseus]].
* CoolOldGuy: Ammon.
* CosmicChessGame: Perseus and Calibos are both guided by opposing gods, Zeus and Thetis respectively... in a very literal fashion, too! The gods have clay statuettes of their favorites that they move about as they wish in a model amphitheater.
* DamselInDistress: Andromeda, near the end.
* DisproportionateRetribution:
** In retaliation for his lover and son being sentenced to death, Zeus orders the death of their attempted killer, King Acrisius of Argos. Fair enough. But then he orders the destruction of all of Argos and the deaths of all its inhabitants, too.
** Thetis declares that all of Joppa must die in retribution for Calibos's maiming and Cassiopeia's insult.
* DramaticNecklaceRemoval
* DullSurprise: Harry Hamlin's performance as Perseus.
* DwindlingParty: All the soldiers end up dead.
* EngagementChallenge: Part of the curse placed on Joppa by Calibos required any potential suitor to Andromeda solve a riddle; failing to answer correctly meant death by fire. Unfortunately, the incredibly hard-to-answer riddle was chosen by Calibos himself and changed each time. Perseus not only answered correctly after learning the current one, he fought and grievously wounded the villain, sparing him only when he lifted the curse.
* EverythingsBetterWithSparkles: Hello, Olympus!
* EvilPoacher: Not the biggest reason Calibos was cursed, but likely what crossed the line in Zeus' eyes; after being given the Wells of the Moon to rule by his mother, he overhunted it, and as the final straw, killed all of Zeus' sacred flying horses, the one survivor being Pegasus.
* EvilSlinks: Medusa, snake woman with an attitude.
* {{Expy}}: Calibos = Caliban from Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/TheTempest''.
* EyelessFace: The three Stygian Witches (i.e. Graeae) had no eye sockets, but they traded a single crystalline "eye" between them. Perseus steals it to get information from them.
* TheEyesHaveIt: The statue of Thetis when she's about to throw down.
* FantasyKitchenSink:
** The Kraken is from Myth/NorseMythology. The original creature was Cetus, a giant whale, but it was apparently switched because the writer thought "kraken" [[RuleOfCool sounded cooler]]. Creator/RayHarryhausen changed the look from a giant squid or octopus to a four-armed humanoid because he thought it looked cooler.
** Calibos is an {{expy}} of Caliban from ''Theatre/TheTempest'', who has nothing to do with Greek mythology at all.
* FertileBlood: When Calibos sticks his trident into Medusa's head, which Perseus has hung on a branch while resting, giant scorpions are created from the blood as it drips on the ground, which proceed to attack Perseus and his men, killing many of them.
* GenreSavvy: Ammon, due to being a poet and playwright of stories very much like Perseus' and dealing with some of the same characters, including Medusa.
* GiantFlyer: Calibos' pet vulture. Mr. Harryhausen dug his giant flying beasties.
* GoForTheEye: Perseus says this exact phrase when he orders Bubo to steal Stygian Witches' crystal eyeball.
* GrandpaGod: Zeus.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Perseus, as a demigod, fits this trope.
* HandSignals: Perseus uses them twice: once before meeting Bubo and while approaching Medusa's lair.
* TheHerosJourney
* HollywoodTorches: In Calibos' encampment and in Medusa's lair.
* JerkAssGods: Played with mainly with Zeus and Thetis. Both tend to be very protective of their children and fond of disproportionate retribution. Zeus at least only acts when someone has committed an injustice, is letting to let Perseus' defiance slide, and appears to be willing to allow the gods one day to be forgotten. The rest of the gods come off as indifferent rather than malicious.
* IfICantHaveYou:
-->'''Thetis:''' If my son is not to marry her, then no man will. ... As my Calibos suffers, so will Andromeda.
* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis:
-->'''Ammon:''' This would make a fine heroic poem you know. Or perhaps a play...
* {{Kaiju}}: The Kraken.
* KrakenAndLeviathan: A Kraken is summoned to destroy the city.
* LetsGetDangerous: Bubo will unquestioningly fly into battle when called upon and apparently can be quite fearsome, frightening off the much larger and ostensibly scarier-looking giant vulture at one point.
* LoveAtFirstSight:
-->'''Perseus:''' Just believe me when I say I that I ''did'' see you. And the sight of you burst straight through me like an arrow. ... From that moment, I knew that I loved you.
* MagiBabble:
-->'''Stygian Witch:''' [Medusa's blood] is deadly and poisonous. But you have touched the eye. Just as it has the power to give us sight, so it can make your cloak -- your ''red'' cloak -- proof against the blood.
* MamaBear: Thetis curses Joppa for what happened to Calibos, then orders Andromeda's sacrifice out of revenge for him being mutilated (partially).
* MassOhCrap: The city people in the temple when Thetis declares the Kraken will destroy them all if they don't sacrifice Andromeda.
* MauveShirt: Thallo. Up until Calibos deals with him.
* MeaningfulName: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_horned_owl Bubo the Owl]].
* {{Medusa}}
* MisplacedWildlife: The snake that shows up is a boa constrictor. Boa constrictors live in the Americas--they would have definitely not been found in Ancient Greece.
* NippleAndDimed: Averted. Danae and Andromeda show some T&A [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids even though the film is rated PG!]][[note]]In the U.S., the PG-13 rating was only three years away from being created[[/note]]
* NonHumanSidekick: Bubo.
* NonIndicativeName: The title would seem to have you believe that at least two titans will clash at some point in the film. No actual Titans from Greek mythology show up. The Kraken is, at one point, called "the last of the Titans", which would seem to preclude it from clashing with any others. They might has well have left that line out and just tried to play off that "Titan" is supposed to mean "monster". The closest thing we get is when one of the Stygian Witches refers to Perseus using Medusa to defeat the Kraken as "A Titan against a Titan!"
* {{Novelization}}: A very nicely done one by Creator/AlanDeanFoster, which does a fair job of reconciling the plot to traditional Greek mythology.
* OffingTheOffspring:
** King Acrisius tries to off Perseus as a child, which would actually be Offing the Offspring's Offspring.
** Queen Cassiopeia must sacrifice her virgin daughter Andromeda because she pissed off Thetis. ''In her own temple.''
* OffstageVillainy: Calibos' crimes that were the cause of his transformation are only described but not shown.
* OhCrap: Cassiopeia, upon realizing her insult has doomed her daughter and/or her city to the wrath of an angry goddess.
* OhMyGods: Ammon's CatchPhrase is, "By the gods!"
* OverprotectiveDad: The film's explanation for why Acrisius "grew jealous and kept (Danae) guarded from the eyes of men, locked behind iron doors" (in the original myth, this was partly due to a prophecy that his grandson would kill him, but YouCantFightFate).
* PapaWolf: Zeus destroys Argos out of retribution for his lover and son's sentence.
* {{Pegasus}}: The film takes the "whole species of winged horses" route, although Pegasus himself is the only one who appears, Calibos having killed all the others.
* PoisonIsCorrosive: Medusa's blood.
* {{Prequel}}: To Ray Harryhausen's previous film ''Film/JasonAndTheArgonauts''. Both stories being based off of Myth/ClassicalMythology, Perseus is the great-grandfather of Hercules, it's all there.
* RedShirt: Any soldier who goes with Perseus on his quest.
* RobotBuddy: Bubo, a [[ClockworkCreature clockwork owl]] fashioned by Hephaestus in the shape of Athena's pet owl Bubo, to be Perseus' companion.
* RuleOfCool: After being turned into stone the Krakken breaks into pieces for no reason but this.
* SadlyMythtaken:
** The Kraken is from Myth/NorseMythology.
** Contrary to the reference by one of the Stygian witches, Medusa and the Kraken were not Titans. The Titans were Elder Gods, who were overthrown by a race of younger gods, their descendants, a.k.a., the Olympians.
** Amphitrite is the wife of Poseidon in Greek mythology, while Thetis is generally a sea nymph. Some suggest that she was a full goddess, as portrayed in the film, but even then she was certainly not among the central circle who dwelt on Olympus.
** The original myth has Perseus seeking Medusa's head for a completely unrelated reasons to Andromeda's plight. He saves her because he happens to be flying home on Hermes' winged sandals and comes across this poor VirginSacrifice strapped to a rock.
** There was only one Pegasus, not a herd, who sprang forth from Medusa's neck after she was killed. (Indeed, "Pegasus" actually means "he who sprang".) Pegasus was also not ridden by Perseus, but an unrelated hero named Bellerophon.
* SandalPunk: The film is set in a version of Ancient Greece where fantasy monsters are real.
* ScaryScorpions: The giant scorpions that Calibos creates by causing Medusa's blood to drop on some normal scorpions.
* ShadowDiscretionShot: Calibos' transformation from man to monster. Necessary in that such effects were otherwise impossible to render cheaply in 1981.
* ShoutOut: The Kraken bears a strong resemblance to Ymir from ''Film/TwentyMillionMilesToEarth'', also animated by Creator/RayHarryhausen.
* SnakePeople: Medusa.
* SneakyDeparture: While on the journey to Medusa's island, Perseus and his soldiers take off in the middle of the night, leaving Andromeda behind (and Ammon to look after her).
* StandardHeroReward: Perseus wins the right to Andromeda's hand ''twice''; first by solving her riddle and freeing Joppa from Calibos's curse (even thought the second part wasn't necessary) and second by saving her from the Kraken later (the part loosely adapted from actual mythology).
* StayInTheKitchen: "Too perilous (a journey) for a princess." To which Andromeda responds [[YouGotSpunk with all due spunk]], "You are not my lord and husband. Not yet!" and comes along on the trip to the Stygian Witches anyway. Perseus later ''does'' ditch her for her own safety when he finds out he has to fight Medusa.
* StopMotion: Stop-motion animation was used for the monsters.
* SummonBiggerFish: Using Medusa on the Kraken.
* SupernaturalAid: Perseus' helmet, sword, shield, and Bubo.
* SwordAndSandal: The fantasy subtype thereof.
* TakenForGranite: All of Medusa's past victims that are exhibited in her temple, one of Perseus' soldiers and the Kraken.
* TeamPet: Bubo the robot owl.
* ThisWayToCertainDeath: The statues outside Medusa's lair.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: How Perseus finishes off Calibos.
* TooDumbToLive: Cassiopeia declares her daughter Andromeda to be "more beautiful than the goddess Thetis herself!" This she does while standing ''in Thetis' own temple'', directly beneath a giant statue of Thetis. Needless to say, it does not go well for anyone. Even the film itself {{lampshade|Hanging}}s how ridiculously stupid this gaffe is.
* TravelingAtTheSpeedOfPlot: Perseus' journey back to Joppa on Pegasus as Andromeda's sacrifice is being carried out.
* TheUnintelligible: Bubo, except to Perseus. Ammon eventually figures out what he's saying.
* VirginSacrifice: After Perseus rescues Joppa from the curse and wins Andromeda's hand in marriage, Thetis demands Andromeda's sacrifice as an alternative restitution, and specifies she must be "unknown to man, a virgin" -- not for any mystical reason but just to spite Perseus and make sure he doesn't get any of what Calibos had once hoped to get.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Harry Hamlin as Perseus.
* WaxMuseumMorgue: Medusa's temple, albeit stone instead of wax.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There were three giant scorpions, but only two were killed...
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Calibos can be perceived sympathetic and at least worthy of pity, especially because we are only [[OffstageVillainy informed of his cruelty]] before the transformation. Indeed, Perseus says that's why he spared his life, in spite of all he had put Andromeda and the city through. But Calibos comes back on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge anyway.
* TheXOfY
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Perseus frees the city of Joppa from its curse fairly early in the film, and the good guys throw a big party -- only for a much worse crisis to then present itself before they're even through celebrating.
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