Today is Whale Day, on which occasion we’d love to go see some whales, but there are rarely any in New York’s polluted and traffic-heavy waterways (sometimes, but rarely). So we’ll do the next best thing, go to see some of our favorite fictional whales talk, jump, fight and kill their way through the ocean deep in our listicle of 7 Hugely Awesome Movie Whales.

The vengeful killer whale from Orca

Remember the elephant from that Rolo commercial? This movie is basically the same thing, with dead relatives instead of Rolo and an orca instead of an elephant.

The whales from Finding Nemo

Another great moment in mis-translated dialog.

The whale ridden in The Whale Rider

The second most over-sentimentalized movie whale after…

Willy from Free Willy

Did you ever see this hilarious poster version of what really happened?

The titular white whale from Moby Dick (the John Huston, 1956 version, of course)

Biggest symbol in the history of fiction?

The flying whales from Fantasia 2000

Sometimes, Disney, it really seems like you’re making movies for a really, really high audience.

The hilarious killer killer whales from The Island at the Top of the World

This movie looks amazing, especially when, near the end of this trailer, viking orcas start attacking like dolphins.