The title refers to this kind of fish, which is preying on the people (and dogs) of Amity.
What is a shark?
He gets left behind at the the beginning of the movie.
Who is E.T.?
The score composed for the shark (by John Williams) is made of up of this many notes.
What is two?
The movie title is both the name Elliot gives to the alien and an abbreviation for any creature living somewhere besides earth.
What is "extra-terrestrial"?
The mechanical shark shares this name with Spielberg's lawyer and the shark in Finding Nemo.
What is Bruce?
Elliot uses these candy-coated peanut butter morsels to create a trail that lures E.T. into his home.
What is Reese's Pieces (a product placement that caused sales to skyrocket)?
What is mashed potatoes?
This is most famous line from the movie, an ad lib by Roy Scheider.
What is "You're gonna need a bigger boat"?
This is the film's most famous line, spoken by the alien (voiced by actress Pat Welsh).
What is "E.T. phone home"?
This is the one word that goes in both blanks of this quote: "____. Why did it have to be ____?"
What is snakes?
What is "life"?
The production ran into so many problems that the cast and crew joking called it by this rhyming word instead.
What is FLAWS?
The only ride still original to Universal Park, the E.T. adventure lets you feel like you are riding one of these.
What is a bicycle?