History WesternAnimation / StreetSharks

-->''Dr. Paradigm:'' Hmmm... Rhino for brute strength and a little desert tortoise DNA for longevity seems to have helped a little.
-->''Greco:'' A little?! This is wonderful! Nothing wrong with being old when you're in this kind of shape!

** Also a blatant shot at the ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' when, during an early episode, the four were disgusted at the idea of eating pizza.

* DisappearedDad: After showing up once in the pilot and being turned into a monster offscreen, the Sharks' dad is never seen 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.

* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: The last EIGHT episodes are taken up by a long one, introducing the Dino Vengers, and the evil raptors, dinosaur like aliens from outer space. The opening sequence was actually changed to call the show: ''Dino Vengers Featuring Street Sharks.'' One year later, the "Dino Vengers," heavily re-tooled, and having cut all continuity with this cartoon, got their own show in the form of ''WesternAnimation/ExtremeDinosaurs.''

** When Slammu is mind-controlled by Doctor Paradigm in "Shark Quest," his screams are mixed with the shark roar from ''Film/JawsTheRevenge''.

* StockSoundEffect:
** The shark roar from ''Jaws: The Revenge'' was frequently utilized, alongside other stock monster sound effects, like Sharptooth's roar from ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime''.

* TakeThat: Quite blatant "Take That" 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.
** Also a blatant shot at the ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles,'' when during an early episode, the four were disgusted at the idea of eating pizza.

* 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.]]

* TakeThat: Quite blatant "Take That" 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.

** 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. Although the show at least remembered they're {{gentle giant}}s

* HorrifyingHero: Granted, the Street Sharks are actually pretty nice, but they still look likes oversized, very threatening sharks on legs who can [[ExtremeOmnivore eat steel and concrete]], are superhumanly strong, and have some anger issues, so they tend to scare everyone in sight. Really, it's not ''that'' surprising Paradigm has so little trouble convincing people they are a threat.

* VillainTeamUp: Paradigm allies himself with the Raptors in season three.

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The word "shark" is in every title.
* IdiotBall: Yes, Doctor Bolton, we're sure you're a brilliant man. Perhaps confronting a MadScientist in an abandoned laboratory over [[ForScience illegal experiments]] at night, without [[HaveYouToldAnyoneElse telling anyone else about this]], wasn't the best idea though.

** 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. The one thing the show got right is that they're {{gentle giant}}s

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: In one episode, the mutated Doctor Bolton single handedly defeats Dr. Paradigm's forces to rescue a mutant. He tears off Paradigm's suit, revealing his grotesque Piranoid form, and mocks the cowering villain, claiming that he has become something far less than human.

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!!''StreetSharks'' has examples of:

* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Happens to the heroes in the pilot, when they are being turned into sharks.

** 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. The one thing the show got right is that they're {{gentle giants}}s

** 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.

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'''Future Paradigm:''' Comparing you to me would be like comparing a caveman to [[Main/AlbertEinstein Einstein]].

* TakeThat: Quite blatant "Take That" to the ''Jurassic Park'' 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.

* 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 publically exposed by the Street Sharks, Manta-Man and President Horne.]]

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Slash and Slobster disappear in Season 3.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Paradigm, to the point at which he's able to blame, the sharks for virtually ''everything.''

** In the final episode, [[spoiler: Dr. Iguanoid is defeated in the White House when his mind-controlled alien dinos are turned against him. He is last seen surrounded by the Street Sharks and his former minions, with no escape available. In the last couple of minutes of the episode, it is not stated whether he was arrested or not]].

* KarmicTransformation: Dr. Paradigm to Dr. Piranoid. [[spoiler: In the season three episode "Sand Sharks", his attempt to splice himself with the Raptors' [=DNA=] turns him into an iguana hybrid, and he is redubbed "Dr. Iguanoid".]]

** In the final episode, [[spoiler: Dr. Iguanoid is defeated in the White House when his mind-controlled alien dinos are turned against him. He is last seen surrounded by the Street Sharks and his former minions, with no escape available. In the last couple of minutes of the episode, it is not stated whether he was arrested or not].]

* KarmicTransformation: Dr. Paradigm to Dr. Piranoid.

* OpenSecret: Theoretically, the Street Sharks are fugitives from justice... They very rarely make any effort at all to hide themselves, and walk around openly in public...

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

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Hot dogs and hamburgers, though they're capable of eating almost anything. In a reference to the Ninja Turtles, though, they all hate pizza.