Street Sharks 

A group of teens turned into mutant sharks on rollerblades, who battle the evil Dr. Paradigm and protect the Earth. Especially Fission City. Each member is a different kind of shark, and ... See full summary »

Stars:

Andrew Rannells, D. Kevin Williams, Jim Hoggatt

Cast

Series cast summary:
Andrew Rannells	...	Streex / ... 40 episodes, 1994-1996
D. Kevin Williams	...	Big Slammu / ... 40 episodes, 1994-1996
Jim Hoggatt	...	Bends / ... 40 episodes, 1994-1996
Lee Tockar	...	Ripster / ... 40 episodes, 1994-1996
John Michael Lee	...	Dr. Piranoid / ... 34 episodes, 1994-1996
Tony Wike	...	Repteel / ... 28 episodes, 1994-1996
Pam Carter	...	Lena Mack 22 episodes, 1994-1996
Todd Campbell		21 episodes, 1994-1996
Rob Baker	...	Additional Voices 20 episodes, 1994-1996

Storyline

A group of teens turned into mutant sharks on rollerblades, who battle the evil Dr. Paradigm and protect the Earth. Especially Fission City. Each member is a different kind of shark, and has their own special abilities. Joining them is Blades, techno-genius kid, Moby Lick, and Roxie the chick. They started the catch phrases Shark Attack. and Jawesome.

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Plot Keywords:

shark | based on toy | goofball | parody | two word title | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Crime | Family | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-Y7

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English French

Release Date:

1 September 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Esquadrão Tubarão

Company Credits

Production Co:

DIC Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Coined the phrase 'Jawesome', a play on the word 'awesome'.

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Connections

Referenced in Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves! (1997)

User Reviews

It's kind of bad

I'm not saying it's really bad, just plain bad. And I'm not even comparing it to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, of which this is one of the many ripoffs made in the 90's.

The continuity is really sketchy - I mean restoring status quo is/was a popular thing to do in these cartoons, but considering the series kind of established itself as continuity actually mattering at all early on, it's really jarring when Piranoid finally gets arrested with the President of all characters giving a full expose on his activities, and he's shown trying to escape from prison at the end...and then in the next episode, he's hosting some trade symposium as if nothing had happened.

And the animation is really bad, with the framerate frequently dropping way below the television animation standard of 12 frames a second, leading to characters moving in a very choppy manner, and the characters' body parts occasionally miscolored or left uncolored entirely, like Ripster's jaw disappearing in one frame but the outlines are still there (and considering the low framerate, all the errors are very easy to spot). The show does a lousy job at conveying action on-screen sometimes, making it confusing to figure out what exactly is going on - such as when Piranoid is about to crash the van he's driving in, he's shown screaming, and it cuts to a backdrop painting which doesn't give you a faintest idea about what he's supposed to be crashing into...and then it cuts back to him, screaming again, and a brief pause, and he screams AGAIN as if to inhale between screaming, all before finally actually crashing, it's like the steam roller scene from Austin Powers except I'm not entirely convinced they did it deliberately since it's the kind of meta humor the series rarely dwells in.

And don't get me started on the weird montages that replace action scenes where they just play clips in split screen not only from earlier in the episode but even after the montage, while some second-rate song plays in the background - and once the montage is over, it rarely has made any difference, clearly existing only to pad out the episodes.