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Trivia: Towards the end of the film when Naru manages to shoot the Predator in the back of the head, at several points she is whistling. This is usually something the Comanche would never do as they believe whistling at night attracts spirits. But since the Predator is seen as a demon, it makes sense for her to use said whistling to lure it to her.

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Trivia: The tall grass that Naru and her brother run through and try to hide in was actually planted by the film crew once they scouted and locked in the location. That way, when it was time to start filming, the grass would be the height it needed to be.

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Trivia: Naru's dog in Prey is named Sarii, which literally means "dog" in Comanche. While some viewers criticized the inclusion of a dog like this, it's historically accurate. The breed used is a Carolina Dog, also known as the "American Dingo." This ancient breed was present in North America long before European contact, making it a fitting companion for Naru.

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Trivia: Prey was developed under the working title Skulls, intentionally obscuring its connection to the Predator franchise to maintain secrecy during early production. It wasn't until November 2020 that the project was revealed to be a Predator installment, something the filmmakers had initially hoped to avoid in promotion.

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Trivia: The character of Billy from the original Predator was a major inspiration for Prey. Beyond both being Native American, the film includes nods like Naru's neck pouch, mirroring Billy's. The first Predator screenplay was also originally centred on a Native American protagonist before being rewritten, and director Dan Trachtenberg wanted to honour that by finally giving the franchise a full story led by one.

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Trivia: This film rewrites Predator lore by changing the backstory of the flintlock pistol seen in Predator 2. In the 1996 Dark Horse comic Predator: 1718, the pistol originally belonged to pirate Raphael Adolini, who gave it to a Predator. But Prey retcons this, showing the weapon's true origin during the 1700s hunt with Naru, effectively decanonizing the comic's version. In this movie, Raphael Adolini is a translator for the French poachers and gives the pistol to Naru and shows her how to use it in exchange for her saving him.

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Trivia: The success of this film, despite being released on Hulu, is what led to the decision to release Alien: Romulus in theaters instead of also direct to streaming on Hulu. This led to that movie being a runaway success and a revival of both the Predator and Alien franchises.

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Plot hole: The way Naru defeats the Predator at the end is extremely contrived and unrealistic. For one, she figured out how the laser-guided bolt gun worked just by seeing the bolt follow the laser one time before. She somehow knew not only exactly where the Predator would be in the mud, but where he would stand and have the laser aimed exactly at his head. And somehow the laser turned on exactly when she needed it to. And also, the Predator had several seconds to duck once he realised. It should not work. (01:26:40)

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Character mistake: The Predator is jumping through trees, then landing in a creek, splashing in the water. Its cloak barely flashes for a moment, then it can walk through the water still cloaked. This is a prequel to the other Predator movies, where it is already established that with their cloaking technology, even in the future, walking in water or getting wet disrupts the cloak and it malfunctions. (00:37:10)

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Factual error: Early in the movie, the Predator is standing still while cloaked as an ant crawls across its leg. A rat grabs and eats the ant, then a snake strikes the rat. The snake starts to crawl away, then suddenly senses the Predator and gets startled, rattling its tail. However, rattlesnakes are pit vipers. They see heat. So even cloaked, the snake should have already seen the Predator standing there and known. Predator cloaks do not cloak from heat vision. (00:13:30)

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