release the kraken

From the 1981 film Clash of the Titans.

• "Science now supports a cognitive appraisal model for understanding why some athletes can take everything in stride while others release the kraken."
• "I haul the pet carrier into the house and release the kraken. Hannibal emerges from the cage, glares at me, and lumbers off toward the kitchen."
• ""I believe we can safely pronounce the gods appeased." "So case closed?" Baird asked. "No more 'Release the Kraken' scenarios for the time being?" "I believe so.""
• "She also claimed that governors and secretaries of state had "financial interests" in the voting machine company, and that they or their families had been enriched because of it. "I'm going to release the kraken," she said."