The Big Bang Theory: In the episode "The Soldier Excursion Diversion", Leonard and Howard are invited to see an early movie screening. As they head into the theater, Leonard says that if it's Shark Tale 2 then it'd better be as good as the original.
The Angry Video Game Nerd: In his review of Shrek: Fairy Tale Freakdown, when the Nerd decides to watch the film the game is based on, he asks the Library of Congress for a copy of the film. He is sent the Game Boy Advance Video cartridge of the film, which is a 2-in-1 cartridge that also includes Shark Tale.
Shark Tale features prominently in Schaffrillas Productions videos, starting with the YouTube Poops "Doug Walker's Glowing Review of Shark Tale" and "Sharp Talk", and continuing to the full-fledged review "Why Shark Tale is a Cinematic Disaster". It still gets mentioned in his videos to this day; for instance, in his Hadestown video he called Uncut Gems the best live-action Shark Tale remake he could ever ask for.
MAD: In the sketch "I AmLorax", as the animal zombies close in on Will Smith and Ted, Will says that he'll never make a sequel to this film. Then Oscar shows up.
Dawn of the Croods: In the episode "Creature from the Crood Lagoon", Oscar makes a cameo swimming past Thunk while he is searching in the Watering Hole for the "sea thing" that rescued him earlier that day.
