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'''Captain Harrison''': "That's right, Mrs. Rogo. The Greek god [[Classical Mythology|Poseidon]]. God of storms, tempests, earthquakes and other miscellaneous natural disasters. Quite an ill-tempered fellow." }}
A 1969 novel by [[Paul Gallico]], ''The Poseidon Adventure'' became a film in 1972 co-directed and produced by [[
On [[New Year Has Come|New Year's Eve]], the passengers and crew aboard the SS ''Poseidon'' party without a care in the world. Despite protests from its captain, the ship, which is on its way to the scrapyard, still sails on across the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Already behind schedule, the new owner's representative refuses to let the ship slow to take on ballast to help ride out some bad weather. Meanwhile, an undersea earthquake strikes near Crete and creates a [[Giant Wall of Watery Doom|massive tidal wave]]. When the wave hits the ''Poseidon'', she capsizes. Now, one lone preacher, Rev. Scott, must get a group of survivors up to the bottom. But will they make it?
A sequel, ''Beyond the Poseidon Adventure'', was made in 1979. Meanwhile, the original story was remade [[Dueling Movies|twice within the course of six months around 2005-2006]], as a made-for-TV movie and as the feature film ''[[
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* [[Anyone Can Die]]: Even more so in the novel, where {{spoiler|Robin goes missing and isn't found again}}.
* [[Award Bait Song]]: "There's got to be a morning after..."<ref>A successful bait, in fact!</ref>
* [[Butter
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: Earlier in the movie, Mrs. Rosen proudly boasts that in her youth, she was a champion swimmer.
* [[Commander Contrarian]]: Rogo. Full stop.
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* [[Good Shepherd]]: Reverend Scott.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Belle Rosen, Reverend Scott}}
* [[Hooker
▲* [[Hooker With a Heart of Gold]]: Linda Rogo was a hooker before her husband kept arresting her to keep her off the street.
* [[Inspired By]]: The author was on the RMS ''Queen Mary'' during [[World War II]], when it was hit by a rogue wave and was a degree or so from being capsized. Naturally, he was inspired by what might've happened if she
▲* [[Impaled With Extreme Prejudice]]: {{spoiler|Linda}}, in the novel.
* [[Irony]]: At the end of the novel, the characters discover a different, larger group of survivors who apparently had a ''far'' easier time making their way to safety by taking a route other than the one Rev. Scott pushed
▲* [[Inspired By]]: The author was on the RMS ''Queen Mary'' during [[World War II]], when it was hit by a rogue wave and was a degree or so from being capsized. Naturally, he was inspired by what might've happened if she DID flip.
▲* [[Irony]]: At the end of the novel, the characters discover a different, larger group of survivors who apparently had a ''far'' easier time making their way to safety by taking a route other than the one Rev. Scott pushed. (Averted in the film, where the remaining members of Scott's group learn they're the only survivors.)
** Or maybe not quite averted; the sequel ''Beyond the Poseidon Adventure'' does involve another group of survivors, albeit ones with no connection to the first group. They didn't have that easy of a time getting out, either.
* [[John Williams]]: Composed the music score.
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* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Mrs. Rosen, despite being an overweight woman in her fifties, gets her own personal [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Moment of Awesome]] by being able to swim a great distance underwater to rescue Rev. Scott -- {{spoiler|then she suffers a fatal heart attack.}}
* [[Nobody Calls Me Chicken]]: James has to "motivate" Mr. Rogo to continue after Rev. Scott dies, especially since it's right after Linda's death.
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'''Mike Rogo:''' All right, you. That's enough!
* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]: Linarcos.
* [[Oh Crap]]: The captain's "Oh, my God!", when seeing the wave dead ahead.
* [[Panty Shot]]: Linda Rogo many times, as she spends the 2nd half of the film wearing only a button-down shirt, and panties, [[Fan Service|which get soaking wet.]]
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* [[Skyward Scream]]: Or rather, ''Floorward'' Scream, from Susan after {{spoiler|Rev. Scott}}'s [[Heroic Sacrifice]].
* [[Smite Me, O Mighty Smiter!]]: Rev. Scott, {{spoiler|just before his death.}}
* [[Spared
* [[Tagalong Kid]]: Robin's somewhat a mixture of this and [[Bratty Half
* [[Tears of Fear]]: Nonnie does this, but given her situation...you'd be doing that, too!
* [[Tempting Fate]]: They think they can get an aging ocean liner across the Atlantic -- on her [[Retirony|final voyage]], no less -- without a hitch? Not in Hollywood.
** The 2006 remake inverts the situation but still plays the trope straight -- the ship is brand new and is taking her [[Titanic
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: {{spoiler|Linda Rogo. In the novel. In the 1972 movie, her death is an accident. In the novel? She rebels and tries to find her own way out.}}
* [[The Un-Reveal]]: In the novel, {{spoiler|Robin's ultimate fate is never learned, although he was presumably killed in a stampede of panicked survivors after the ship's lights went out.}}
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