History WesternAnimation / StreetSharks

''Street Sharks'' (1994-1997) was an animated series about four teenage boys whose father is kidnapped by a rival scientist named Dr. Paradigm and transformed into a monster. When they attempt to rescue him, Dr. Paradigm transforms them into anthropomorphic sharks. In their first battle, Dr. Paradigm is injected with the same chemical mixture intended for the sharks' kooky-but-genius sidekick, giving him the ability to [[HulkingOut transform into a piranha monster when angry.]] It causes severe drama, [[HeroWithBadPublicity because the sharks are then painted as the villains]] and [[VillainWithGoodPublicity the villain made the city hero]], whose dream it is to mutate everyone into fish people.

* Ripster (former name John): [[TheHero the leader]]; a great white shark.

* TitleSequenceOpening: The opening to the first three episodes consists entirely of episode clips from the respective episodes. The opening to the rest of the series uses various episode clips from the first series.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Paradigm, to the point at which he's able to blame, the sharks for virtually ''everything''. [[spoiler: He finally loses this in "Shark Jacked", after being publicly exposed by the Street Sharks, Manta-Man and President Horne.]]

* OffModel: A Creator/DicEntertainment series, so it's to be expected. More evident after the first three episodes thanks to the use of multiple animation studios working on the show. "Shark Source" being a huge offender with it's innumerable moments of choppy or even unfinished animation and layering issues.

* PinocchioSyndrome: One of the main goals of the protagonists is to get turned back to humans, though this tends to take a backseat, since they're better-equipped to fight the villain and his mutant underlings with mutant powers themselves than without.

Creator/DiscotekMedia (yup, the same one that licences retro anime) has licensed this show for an SD Blu-Ray release, set for April 2022. So ''jawsome''.

Creator/DiscotekMedia (yup, the same one that licences retro anime) has licensed this show for an SD Blu-Ray release, set for April 2022.

* DisappearedDad: After showing up once in the pilot and being turned into a monster offscreen, the Sharks never meet their dad in person again. His absence is the main concern of the heroes and finding him is usually their first priority. He sometimes appears in shadows, or as a 'just missed' character, making him a major plot element nevertheless. [[spoiler:The season 2 finale sees him confronting and speaking to Dr. Piranoid, tearing apart Piranoid's armor and sending a piece of it to his sons as a trophy afterward, but they don't get to see him in person.]]

* OffModel: A Creator/DicEntertainment series, so it's to be expected. More evident in Season 2 due to the multitude of animation studios working on it unlike opposed to the first and last seasons.

* AdultFear: As goofy as it was, there's the pretty freaky premise that, at some point, your co-worker could turn on you, steal everything you've ever done, perform an extremely painful procedure on you, and turn the entire town against you, completely ruining your life. And when he's done with that, he'll do it to your ''kids''.

* FingerlessGloves: Streex wears them.

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Creator/DiscotekMedia, of all companies, has licensed this show for an SD Blu-Ray release, set for April 2022.

The show in its entirety has been uploaded to an [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxltrvdaTwy4o1MT9sXAFGg/ official YouTube channel]].

* TakeThat: Quite blatant one to the ''Film/JurassicPark'' toys, on the back of the "Big Hand Puppet" toy box. There was a small picture of one of said puppets, smacking one of the T-Rex toys from said rival toy line. Surprisingly, no lawsuit was filed.

* CreateYourOwnVillain: Inverted. In gene-slamming the Bolton family, Paradigm created the very heroes who would constantly thwart his plans.

* EvolvingCredits: The opening credits change in episode 4. They're changed again in episode 33, which marks the beginning of the Raptors and Dino Vengers' arc.

''Street Sharks'' (1994-1995) was an animated series about four teenage boys whose father is kidnapped by a rival scientist named Dr. Paradigm and transformed into a monster. When they attempt to rescue him, Dr. Paradigm transforms them into anthropomorphic sharks. In their first battle, Dr. Paradigm is injected with the same chemical mixture intended for the sharks' kooky-but-genius sidekick, giving him the ability to [[HulkingOut transform into a piranha monster when angry.]] It causes severe drama, [[HeroWithBadPublicity because the sharks are then painted as the villains]] and [[VillainWithGoodPublicity the villain made the city hero]], whose dream it is to mutate everyone into fish people.

* Mantaman (former name Dr. Terrence Morton): a scientist who was turned into a manta ray.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Slash and Slobster disappear in Season 3. In a similar vein, Killermari and Repteel vanish during the "Dino-Vengers" episodes, with Shrimp Louie and Tentakill appearing early on, then following suit.

* EvolvingCredits: The opening credits change in Episode 4.

* PowerUpgradingDeformation: The gene splicing everyone goes through turns them into grotesque anthropomorphic animals.

* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Justified, since the pilot has a part where all four are re-captured, and Slammu is very narrowly forced to undergo "exploratory surgery." He's saved, and the others are tempted to try the same surgery on the doctor.

* CutLexLuthorACheck: It's subtly shown that, if it weren't for [[EvilutionaryBiologist his obsession with using it to reshape humanity into his genetically-altered slave race]], Paradigm's genetic tinkering technology could change the world. Most obviously, in season 3's "Shark Father", an aged crimeboss named Maximillian Greco spots Piranoid's Seaviates and follows them to Paradigm's lab, blackmailing him into using his technology to "fix" the withered, aging-crippled former gangster. Paradigm splices him with a subtle mix of desert tortoise and rhino genes, causing Greco to become a physical powerhouse who looks half his former age and without turning him into an obvious mutant.

** The Seaviates, with the exception of Repteel, subvert this by being UpliftedAnimals instead.

** "Fresh Water Sharks" has an incident where the Sharks are confronted by tear gas and are unaffected, with Ripster claiming it was "nothing our shark gills won't filter out". Gills don't work that way - they filter oxygen from water and are just as vulnerable to toxins and irritants as our lungs are. The sharks ought to have been screaming in pain as their gills were burned out by the gas.
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: How in the world can the sharks ''swim through concrete''? [[ExtremeOmnivore They eat it]].

* DoesNotLikeSpam: The Street Sharks don't like pizza.