Sharknado 4 Photo Recap: From Random To Ridiculous

If the title and poster weren't clue enough, we're apparently going "all in" on the Star Wars thing.

Fin's son Gil, who was last seen as a newborn being extracted from a shark's belly, thinks his mom is a fish. Sad.

Hey, it's supermodel Cheryl Tiegs! Not that they will do a single thing with her.

Because of "demos," I suppose, Fin's cousin Gemini gives herself a sexy makeover, thus giving the kin an awkward vibe — especially when she later asks in a "baby talk" voice if he needs protecting from a big, bad sharknado.

"It's safer in the car," Fin?? In the car perched on the edge of some beam?? Just how do you plan to get down from there, drive down the corkscrew of a tornado?

The camera sure lingered on this poster for the "Sky Jump" attraction. Hmm, wonder if it will figure into the plot later....

Whereas Sharknado 3 was a non-stop ad for Universal Studios, we'll allow them this plug for Comcast's DVR microphone gizmo. After all, it's not like they'll have a giant poster for Xfinity float by a few scenes later.

A stickler for continuity, The 4th Awakens made sure we remembered that Natalie Morales didn't escape Part 3 unscathed.

You almost wish this ridiculous moment where a Chippendale's dancer hip-thrusts a shark into submission hadn't been spoiled by the promos.

It showed admirable restraint that it took this long for someone to utter, "What happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas."

Gotta admit, the sharks frolicking in the Bellagio fountain was amusing.

Did a braying Todd Chrisley just become chum?? This may be my favorite Sharknado ever. (That's a lie, Part 2 will always be the superior film.)

This entire sequence seemed born of a writer determined to introduce a "sharkberg." Suddenly, Once Upon a Time's pirate ship effects don't look too shabby.

Whoa, working "Leaving Las Vegas" and "Viva, Las Vegas" into the same moment. Ambitious.

Isn't YouTube sensation iJustine the prettiest? [Sigh] So happy she presumably survived.

For a moment, I was worried that Gary Busey's crazy would be confined to the wrist radio. Luckily, they later let him loose.

Finally, the big "reveal": April is alive! But she needs to "plug in" to dad Gary Busey's contraption to stay that way.

Tommy Davidson is revealing a plan to blow up the Grand Canyon, but all I can think about is: "Why are two Robert Palmer music video girls trailing behind him?"

Our first offshoot of the sand-nado: the "bouldernado," featuring rock-embedded sharks.

Though April's ninja star attachment was nifty, surely the light saber will come in more handy.

Factoring in Robert Herjavec's appearance earlier in the movie, has the Sharknado franchise now accommodated all of the Shark Tank sharks?

What happens when a bouldernado randomly passes across an oil field? "Oil-nado!"

What happens when an oil-nado catches fire? "Fire-nado"!

Luckily the Texas Chainsaw Massacre references were ham-handed enough that I eventually realized this was horror franchise vet Caroline Williams.

Confession: It wasn't until we learned that the "lightning-nado" was headed toward Fin's hometown in Kansas that the Wizard of Oz of it all hit me. And boy, did those hits keep on coming!

"...and your little chainsaws, too!" — Stacey Dash as the Wicked Witch

In case you were wondering why that random building conspicuously crumbled... time to "follow the yellow brick road"!

Is Knots Landing alum Donna Mills among the biggest Sharknado cameos ever? Discuss.

Did they put the Hoff in an old-timey car simply so April could later evoke the Action Comics No. 1 cover?

Can you do this, just appropriate the likeness and name of a Stephen King character...?

Bravo to Ryan Newman for going the extra mile and pumping out a tear during this emotional family scene.

If Wayne Newton's cameo from earlier hadn't already made you sad....

Twine-nado?

Admittedly, 1996's Twister did cow-nados first.

Seriously, Matt's new wife may as well have been nicknamed "Dead Meat" a la Hot Shots.

I like to think this was a nod to Syfy's defunct Defiance.

And thus wraps the Wizard of Oz portion of our send-up. What a world, what a world....

Because every action/sci-fi movie now has to have a character ironically say, "Come with me if you want to live."

April admits to Fin that she now has implants.

Of the robotic kind.

"My mom is a shark, not a robot!!" There's not enough child therapy in the world.....

Bringing the sandnado's evolution to a close: "Nuke-nado!"

"Cause baby, now we've got shark blood...."

"She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid." #StarWars

This Baywatch reunion had it all. Lifeguarding jokes. Allusions to a salary dispute. Slow-motion running....

Not revealed in promos: Flying, laser-shooting April is now basically Iron Man.

I question the physics of this.

This is where the CGI gets a bit sketchy.

You must admit, they committed to the "Russian nesting dolls" joke, with a person inside a shark inside a larger shark with another person, etc... as young Gilly gleefully sliced and diced.

Justifying the earlier throwaway line about why Nova wasn't around for Part 4, the final scene finds her landing at Niagara Falls — on top of a displaced Eiffel Tower, seemingly setting the stage for a more international Sharknado 5.