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The Robot Shark is a villainous mechanical shark and a minor supporting antagonist in James and the Giant Peach.

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James and the Giant Peach[]

In the movie, the robot shark appears from the ocean after sucking up a school of tuna and attacks the peach. It fires multiple harpoons and biting missiles which penetrate the peach and cut the threads that connected the stem to the seagulls that were carrying the peach.

The Centipede loses his balance due to the shaking of the peach from the impact and falls onto the shark's harpoon wire. He grabs the wire cable of the harpoon and slips down close to the machine's mouth. Miss Spider subsequently use a hammer to break the harpoon and release the giant peach.

After the Centipede manages to escape back up the cable, the harpoon gets stuck inside the shark's mouth after Miss Spider releases it, jamming and breaking its turbines of teeth. With the turbine clogged, the machine's inner mechanisms clash with each other and jam the machine which it breaks apart, causing it to explode and sink. Then the Centipede insults the shark for the last time as they all watch it sink and fly off to New York City on the peach with the seagulls tugging it along.

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  • In the original book by Roald Dahl, the group was attacked by a massive group of normal sharks that ate at the peach. It is unknown why it was changed to a giant robot in the film, but it may have been to make a more compelling and intense scene than a group of normal sharks. It might also have been to make animation easier, as it would probably be very difficult to animate a bunch of sharks with stop-motion.
  • The shark's existence is unusual, as it is unknown how and why it was created or even if it was a figment of James' imagination.
    • It is also possible that the shark was built by Spiker and Sponge to bring James back in case he tries to escape, as when it rises out of the sea, it spouts several plates of the same rotten fish heads they tried to serve him the other day after it sucks up a school of tuna. This is unlikely however, as Spiker and Sponge are shown to have economic problems as their house does not look good, and they have very little resources, and the school of fish could've been the part that is just his imagination. Another theory is that it's just a fishing machine that happened to be there.


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Media
James and the Giant Peach (video)
Characters
James Henry TrotterAunt SpikerAunt SpongeMagic ManCrocodile TonguesMr. CentipedeMr. GrasshopperEarthwormMrs. LadybugMiss SpiderGlowwormRhinoRobot SharkJack SkellingtonSkeleton PiratesCraig TrotterRachel Trotter
Songs
My Name is JamesThat's the Life for MeEating the PeachFamilyGood News
Locations
Giant PeachNew York CityThe Empire State Building
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