Vengeance

Vengeance Background information Appears in Jaws: The Revenge (only appearance) Feature firsts Feature lasts Character information Full name Vengeance the Shark Gender Male Status Deceased Cause of death Head blown apart (DVD version) Stabbed in the belly near the left gills on the boat's post by Michael and Ellen Brody, and Hoagie Newcombe, causing him to bleed out (theatrical version) Other names Jaws the Fourth (by fans) Jaws IV (by fans) Bruce IV (by fans) Occupation Mindless eating machine Relatives Bruce † (father) Brucette † (mother) Brucetta † (older sister) Danny † (nephew) Relationships Allies Appearances Portrayed by

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Vengeance the Shark (a.k.a. Jaws the Fourth, Jaws IV and Bruce IV) is a great white shark and the main antagonist of Jaws: The Revenge (1987).

Role in Jaws: The Revenge

This shark returns to wreak havoc on the Brody family. Soon after, he kills Sean Brody and follows the family to the Bahamas to avenge his father (Bruce), his mother (Brucette), his sister (Brucetta) and his nephew (Baby Shark).

Shortly after Vengeance is shocked; by the device Jake put down his gullet, he Roared, something that; sharks are not supposed to do. Vengeance ultimately was impaled; by Neptune's Folly's prow, causing him to spontaneously explode and sink; into the depths.

Victims

• Sean Brody; Arm bitten off and devoured.
• Mrs. Ferguson; Eaten alive.
• Jake; Devoured (Theatrical/TV version)
• Cinema (metaphorically)

Survived Victims

• Michael Brody
• Thea Brody
• Ellen Brody
• Hoagie Newcombe
• Jake (DVD version)

Novelization

In the novelization for Jaws 2 and Jaws: The Revenge (both of which were written by Hank Searls), Vengeance was the offspring of the first and second shark. Having spent his time in the womb fighting off his siblings' attempts to cannibalize him, Vengeance emerged from his mother while she was being electrocuted.

Years later, Vengeance would return to Amity, first killing Sean Brody and subsequently proceeded to follow Ellen Brody to the Bahamas. Upon arrival, Vengeance came under the control of a voodoo witch doctor named Papa Jacques, who bore a hateful grudge against Ellen's other son, Michael Brody.

Appearance

Vengeance is a great white shark, like Bruce, Brucette, Brucetta and the Baby Shark; with a hostile and vengeful attitude. Reaching enormous lengths of up to approximately 28 feet in the novel, 25 foot long in the film; due to it using the same chassis as the original shark prop, although a tad smaller than Brucette and much smaller than Brucetta; who had reached 35 feet in length. On the mouth, he has several wounds and inside is full of sharp teeth with two or three rows; with round eyes of black or dark grey colour. On the back, it has 5 gills on each side behind the head. Two large fins on each side and on the back has a large dorsal fin ending in a curved tip. The body is a green color combined; with brown or a greenish gray, behind the great tail typical of a shark. He had weighed approximately 6.9 tons.

Further Links

• Jaws Shark Family Tree
• Size of the sharks from the Jaws franchise

Gallery

Vengeance searching through a sunken ship.

Vengeance underwater.

Vengeance jumping at Jake.

A frame from the cut version of Vengeance's death.

Vengeance impaled.

Vengeance bleeding out (Theatrical Cut).

Vengeance Sinking (Theatrical Cut).

Vengeance sinking underwater (Theatrical Cut).

1/4 photos of Vengeance's DVD Death.

2/4 of Vengeance's DVD Death.

3/4 photos of Vengeance's DVD Death.

4/4 photos of Vengeance's DVD Death.

Trivia

• Part of Vengeance's death in Jaws: The Revenge seems to use archival footage from the first film of his father, Bruce's death.
• Unlike the previous films; there was no official nickname for the shark given; by the film's crew.