History Trivia / OrcaTheKillerWhale

* FakeNationality: The film's set and shot in Newfoundland, Canada. Most of the cast is American except Creator/CharlotteRampling, who is English.

* DuelingMovies: With ''Jaws'' and a number of "When Animals Attack" films that were released in the 70s.

* OldShame: While Creator/RichardHarris wasn't ashamed of the film and enjoyed his experiences on-set, he did admit that he regretted turning down the chance of being in Creator/IngmarBergman's ''The Serpent's Egg''. That said, he would become furious if you claimed ''Orca'' was a ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' rip-off in front of him.

* FollowTheLeader: Several elements seem directly lifted from ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', most clearly [[spoiler: Nolan's death scene and Bo Derek's attack scene, both of which draw heavily on Quint's death scene]]. Ironically, ''Film/JawsTheRevenge'' would go on to lift major elements of Orca, most notably in giving the animal human-like motivations for revenge.

* OldShame: While Creator/RichardHarris wasn’t ashamed of the film and enjoyed his experiences on-set, he did admit that he regretted turning down the chance of being in Ingmar Bergman’s ''The Serpent’s Egg''. That said, he would become furious if you claimed ''Orca'' was a ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' rip-off in front of him.

* FakeNationality: The film's set and shot in Newfoundland, Canada, but most of the leading cast is non-Canadian. Creator/BoDerek, Creator/RobertCarradine, Creator/KeenanWynn, and Peter Hooten are all American, and Creator/CharlotteRampling is English. Creator/RichardHarris is an exception, since his character is an Irish emigrant.

* OldShame: While Creator/RichardHarris wasn’t necessarily ashamed of being on the film per say, he did admit that he regretted turning down the chance of being in Ingmar Bergman’s ''The Serpent’s Egg''.
** Harris would become furious, though, if you claimed ''Orca'' was a ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' rip-off in front of him.

* FakeNationality: The film's set and shot in Newfoundland, Canada, but most of the leading cast is non-Canadian. Creator/BoDerek, Creator/RobertCarradine, Keenan Wynn, and Peter Hooten are all American, and Creator/CharlotteRampling is English. Creator/RichardHarris is an exception, since his character is an Irish emigrant.

* FakeNationality: The film's set and shot in Newfoundland, Canada, but most of the leading cast is non-Canadian. Creator/BoDerek, Keenan Wynn Creator/RobertCarradine, and Peter Hooten are all American, and Creator/CharlotteRampling is English. Creator/RichardHarris is an exception, since his character is an Irish emigrant.

* NoStuntDouble: The 46-year-old Creator/RichardHarris insisted on performing his own stunts in the polar sequences and was nearly killed on several occasions

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Had the film been a success at the box office, audiences would have been treated to, OF ALL THINGS, ''King Kong vs Orca''. With both of them apparently being ''cyborgs''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Had the film been a success at the box office, audiences would have been treated to, OF ALL THINGS, ''King Kong vs Orca''.

* HarsherInHindsight: The film is this when compared to the fact that, while wild orcas are not known to attack humans, captive ones have turned on and severely injured or killed their trainers, often in full view of an audience. Also the initial premise of capturing an orca for life in an aquarium, since we now know this is severely detrimental to their well-being.

** [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even apex predators love their mamas]] and/or [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes have loved ones]] could arguably apply, though, if the human characters misconstrued the vengeful orca's relationship with the dead female and her stillborn calf. Since male orcas form intensely powerful relationships with their mothers and may choose to remain with them all their lives, it's not completely far fetched that a male might be enraged by his ''mother's'' and fetal sibling's demise.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Had the film been a success at the box office, audiences would have been treated to, OF ALL THINGS, ''King Kong vs Orca''. Yeah, maybe we're lucky that didn't get made.
** Then again with a premise [[SoBadItsGood so unapologetically cheesy]] [[NarmCharm and simultaneously awesome,]] maybe it was a bad thing it didn’t see the light of day.

* HarsherInHindsight: The film is this when compared to the fact that, while wild orcas are not known to attack humans, captive ones have turned on and severely injured or killed their trainers. Also the initial premise of capturing an orca for life in an aquarium, since we now know this is severely detrimental to their well-being.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Had the film been a success at the box office, audiences would have been treated to, OF ALL THINGS, ''King Kong vs Orca''. Yeah, maybe we're lucky that didn't get made.

** [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even apex predators love their mamas]] and/or [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes have loved ones]] could arguably apply, though, if the human characters misconstrued the vengeful orca's relationship with the dead female and her stillborn calf. Since male orcas form intensely powerful relationships with their mothers and may choose to remain with them all their lives, it's not completely far fetched that a male might be enraged by his ''mother's'' demise.

** [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even apex predators love their mamas]] and/or [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes have loved ones]] could arguably apply, though, if the human characters misconstrued the vengeful orca's relationship with the dead female and her stillborn calf. Since male orcas form intensely powerful relationships with their mothers and may choose to remain with them all their lives, it's not completely far fetched.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Yes, that's [[HarryPotter Dumbledore]] as the Captain Nolan.

** [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even apex predators love their mamas]] and/or [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes have loved ones]] could arguably apply, though, if the human characters misconstrued the vengeful orca's relationship with the dead female and her stillborn calf. Since male orcas form intensely powerful relationships with their mothers and choose to remain with them all their lives, it's not completely far fetched.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Had the film been a success at the box office, audiences would have been treated to, OF ALL THINGS, ''King Kong vs Orca''. Yeah, maybe we're lucky that didn't get made.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Had the film been a success at the box office, audiences would have been treated to, OF ALL THINGS, King Kong vs Orca. Yeah, maybe we're lucky that didn't get made.