History WesternAnimation / StreetSharks

* AtlantisIsBoring

* [[DestructiveSaviour Destructive Saviours]]: It's not uncommon for the Street Sharks to cause some severe property damage whenever they save the day, such as destroying the eponymous streets by ''swimming through the solid concrete''.

* ObviouslyEvil: Dr. Paradigm. True, giant shark-men aren't exactly going to inspire confidence, but does that really mean that you should trust a man who goes around town in a giant, heavily armed diving suit? Of course he'd still set off villain alarms in civilian garb. Paradigm tries to subvert it by ''claiming'' that the suit's main purpose is a life-support system, after a run-in with the Street Sharks.

* PinocchioSyndrome: One of the main goals of the protagonists is to get turned back to humans, though this tends to take backseat.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Literal example: Jab had a pet mouse when he was still human. After the pilot, she is never seen again.

* HeroWithBadPublicity: Paradigm could blame the Sharks for anything he did and the citizens of Fission City would accept without question.

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.

* ObviouslyEvil: Dr. Paradigm. True, giant shark-men aren't exactly going to inspire confidence, but does that really mean that you should trust a man who goes around town in a giant, heavily armed diving suit? Of course he'd still set off villain alarms in civilian garb. Paradigm tries to downplay it by ''claiming'' that the suit's main purpose is a life-support system, after a run-in with the Street Sharks.

* ObviouslyEvil: Dr. Paradigm. True, giant shark-men aren't exactly going to inspire confidence, but does that really mean that you should trust a man who goes around town in a giant, heavily armed diving suit? Of course he'd still set off villain alarms in civilian garb.
** Somewhat justified as Paradigm ''claims'' that the suit's main purpose is a life-support system, after a run-in with the Street Sharks.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Not too many ways to see this series anymore.
** The first five or so episodes are on Website/YouTube and the first three episodes (which make up the pilot) are very easy to find, mostly because those were all released on VHS. Most after that are really hard to find and if you want to see the very last episodes, you're pretty much SOL.
** Netflix had the entire series available for streaming, but it left.

** Also a blatant shot at the [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles TMNT]] when during an early episode the four were disgusted at the idea of eating pizza.

** Netflix has the entire series available for streaming, albeit ordered differently from the original run.

* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Ripster
** TheLancer: Streex
** TheSmartGuy: Jab
** [[KidAppealCharacter Bumbling]] [[TheBigGuy Big Guy]]: Slammu
** SixthRanger: Moby Lick, Rox, and Mantaman (none of them stuck around permanently).

* DyingLikeAnimals: The entirety of Fission City had apparently been gene-slammed with lemmings years ago. They eagerly believed every word out of Dr. Paradigm's mouth and gladly complied with even his most transparent evil schemes. It took the Sharks forcing him to [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting transform into his "Paranoid" form]] on national television to dent his credibility.

** Also a blatant shot at the [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles TMNT]] when during a early episode the four were disgusted at the idea of eating pizza.

** This is lampshaded in WesternAnimation/RobotChicken.

* FollowTheLeader: One of several humanoid animal hero groups in the wake of the Ninja Turtles.

** [[KidAppealCharacter Kid Appeal]] [[TheBigGuy Big Guy]]: Slammu

* Slammu (former name Coop): TheBigGuy and youngest of the sharks; a whale shark.

* SixthRanger: Moby Lick, Rox, and Mantaman (none of them stuck around permanently).

* YouFailBiologyForever: More likely DidNotDoTheResearch, but there's a reason why they are called ''whale'' sharks. Whale Sharks are shrimp-eating, filter-feeding, peaceful creatures that do not have giant sharp teeth and are not dangerous to anything larger than a tiny fish.
* YouFailPhysicsForever: How in the world can the sharks ''swim through concrete''?
** RuleOfCool?
** [[ExtremeOmnivore They eat it.]]

Street Sharks 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.

* Streex (former name Bobby): [[TheLancer the second in command]]; a tiger shark.
* Jab (former name Clint): [[TheSmartGuy the mechanics expert]]; a hammerhead shark.
* Slammu (former name Coop): TheBigGuy and youngest of the sharks; a whale shark.

* Lena and Bends: Their friends from college
* Moby Lick (former name Jets Taylor): a friend from high school who was turned into an orca whale
* Rox (former name Melvin Kresnik): a rock musician who was turned into a mako shark

* {{CrossOver}}: The Extreme Dinosaurs make appearances in the last season, though with a different name (Dino-Vengers) and backstory.

* EyepatchOfPower: Dr Piranoid.

** The first five or so episodes are on YouTube and the first three episodes (which make up the pilot) are very easy to find, mostly because those were all released on VHS. Most after that are really hard to find and if you want to see the very last episodes, you're pretty much SOL.
** Netflix has the entire series available for streaming, albeit ordered differently from the original run.

* OverlyLongTongue: Moby Lick's prehensile tongue.

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

* {{CrossOver}}: The Extreme Dinosaurs make appearances in the last season.

* BodyHorror: The consequences of gene-slamming, especially on Dr. Bolton. He's never seen on-screen after his transformation, but from the looks of his shadow and the gurgling noises made whenever he appeared, [[TheUnseen Dr. Bolton]] became something [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel truely grotesque]].