"I'm so sorry, Frankie..."
Shark Tale may not have been one of DreamWorks Animation's best movies. But despite it's flaws, it still proved that it's got what it takes to make the viewers sad.- Even though he was a jerk to his brother Lenny, The scene where Frankie dies, and his funeral afterwards is sad to watch.
- The fact that Frankie's last word was "Moron", aimed at Lenny. It's arguably Played for Laughs, but just imagine if this was the last thing your sibling said to you before their death. Ouch.
- Even worse? Frankie seems like he genuinely wants Lenny by his side at his death, evidenced by him asking Lenny to come closer. Unfortunately, when Frankie remarks on how cold he is, Lenny accidentally says something misguided ("I'm so cold..." "That's just because we're cold-blooded."). They were this close to having a moment, but now it's too late.
- Just as bad were Frankie's words when Lenny asked what would happen if he couldn't eat Oscar. Those words? "Then don't bother coming home!". Well, after Frankie's funeral, Lenny (out of shame) takes him up on that.
- Song that plays during Frankie's funeral "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler, and which is song by Don Feinberg, is an adequate song for the scene.
- After Frankie's death, Lenny swims away from home and later fakes his death. This is the moment where Don Lino is cast in a more sympathetic light—he's not thought in terms of a mob boss, rather about him as a father, which he clearly is—he's just lost both his sons to some total stranger whom he's never touched before in any way, shape, or form. Who WOULDN'T want vengeance?
- During the sit-down, Oscar breaks most of the tension by screwing around and scaring the crap out of the attending sharks, but all of the humor disappears when Don Lino walks in. In a pretty quick shot, you can see Lino walking in behind Oscar and he looks...devastated. Not angry, or eager to get back at the guy who killed his sons (which he has the means to do now that his people kidnapped Angie), just sad. Tired and sad, like any parent would if they lost their children.Don Lino: "So, this is the Sharkslayer. I've been lookin' forward to meeting you. I feel like we're practically family. You know that? Funny, ain't it? I brought my kids into the world, full of love and care, and you took them out."
- After finding out Oscar didn't kill Frankie, Don Lino asks Lenny why he didn't return home. He tried to, but he felt guilty for Frankie's death and the fact that he was an embarrassment to the family. He even overheard his mourning father that he's ashamed of Lenny while praising Frankie after Frankie's funeral.Lenny: Because you always wanted me to be like Frankie. I'll never be the shark you want me to be.
- After revealing to Oscar that he's a vegetarian shark, Lenny says how he wishes his family would just accept him and stop trying to force him to change. At one point, though, he even wishes he wasn't so different so he wouldn't be ridiculed.
- The fact that Frankie's last word was "Moron", aimed at Lenny. It's arguably Played for Laughs, but just imagine if this was the last thing your sibling said to you before their death. Ouch.
- Oscar's childhood flashback turns from a heartwarmer to tearjerker QUICKLY. He admired his father Earl's work at the Whale Wash so much he decided to bring it to show and tell for school, only for the class to cruelly mock him for what they consider a lame job. "Oscar's dad's a tongue-scrubber! Tongue-scrubber! Tongue-scrubber!" It's no wonder Oscar considers himself a nobody in adulthood. All he ever wanted was to be noticed and respected.
- Angie's heartbreak when she finds out that Oscar is going out with the gorgeous, but vain, shallow and manipulative Lola, and her calling him out for it.
- It's also the fact that Oscar didn't appreciate what he already had before he became the Sharkslayer, in which he became greedy and too self-absorbed to realize that Angie was in love with him. It's only when she confesses that he realizes what a rotten person he's become, especially when Angie says that in her eyes after finding out about the lie from Lenny, she doesn't see him as anything. What's also sadder about it is that Lenny is listening to all of this and he is pleading for Oscar and Angie not to argue with each other.
Angie: PRIVATE? The entire reef saw you do it.Oscar: Hey, whoa. Somebody's in a bad mood. C'mon, Ang, lemme see that smile. Show me the smile, baby—Angie: Knock it off!Oscar: Eh... What has gotten into you?Angie: ME? Oh, I swear, sometimes I wanna take your big dumb dummy head, and just...[angrily makes pounding gesture]Oscar: Hey, Ang, Ang. What is the problem?Angie: [mockingly] Problem? There's no problem! I don't have a problem— Miss Perfect is the one with the problem!Lenny: Hey, you guys...Oscar: What do you got against Lola?Angie: Not my lips, that's for sure.Oscar: Ok. What's goin' on?Lenny: Uh, I'm gonna stay out of this one.Oscar: Look, why would you even care about Lola anyway?Angie: I DON'T!Oscar: Ya don't?Angie: NO!Oscar: "No" what?Angie: I don't know!Lenny: Guys, you wanna...Oscar & Angie: NO!Angie: Just tell me, Oscar, 'cause I'm curious: why do you think she's interested, huh? Do you think, for one minute, that she would even be WITH you if you weren't the rich and famous Sharkslayer?Lenny: Please don't fight.Angie: Are you that blind?Oscar: At least she treats me like I'm somebody!Angie: Yeah, well, would she love you if you were nobody?Oscar: NOBODY loved me when I was nobody!Angie: I DID! ...Before the money...before the fame...Before the lie...to me, you were a somebody, Oscar. Now you're nothing but a fake. A sham. A con. You're a joke.Lenny: Here I come. Ta-da! (singing) Sebastian - The whale-washing dolphin (mimics dolphing cliking, but seeing how he showed his new identity at a wrong time, he lowers his head and becomes sad).Oscar: [reaches out his fin] Angie...Angie: [rebuffs his fin, on the verge of tears] No, forget it! Just go! 'Cause I'm tired of hearing how everything you had in your life wasn't good enough—including me.(Oscar lowers his head in despair and sadly swims out of the warehouse while Angie weeps.) - As Oscar sadly swims around the reef, he sees how much his lie has affected him far more than he'd intended it to. He sees the Shorties laughing with Crazy Joe and smiles as he remembers how bottom of the reef used to be fun. He then looks at his penthouse and his smile quickly fades. He then sadly enters his penthouse, ignoring the party going on inside, and goes to the balcony to be alone and release stress.Oscar: "Angie was right. I am a joke".
- The usage of India Arie's "Get it Together" as an underscore certainly fits the scene pretty well.
- Oscar's Jerkass Realization when he finds out from Luca calling him through a phone that Angie's been captured by the mob to force a sit-down, specifically when he looks at her "Angie+Oscar" doodle paper.Oscar: They got Angie. And they want a sit-down. I never meant for anybody to get hurt, especially not Angie. This is all my fault...
- When Lenny reveals himself to be alive to his father Don Lino, Don Lino is both, angry and hurt that his son, Lenny is actually friends with Oscar, whom he believes he killed Lenny's brother Frankie and calls him out for doing something like that. It's a bit of a Narm due to Robert De Niro's voice acting being unintentionally laughable, but still, no parent should ever find themselves in a situation where they discover that their child is actually being a friend with someone who killed their other child. Music that plays during the scene also sounds very depressive and melancholic.Lenny: But, Pop, listen...Don Lino: But nothing. You never take sides against the family. Ever.
- After Oscar subdues Don Lino and the crowd starts cheering for him, a disappointed Angie shakes her head and begins to leave, believing he will continue to live a lie. Oscar's desperate calls to her before he finally confesses the truth really sells it.
- The scene where Oscar meets Lola not only serves as her Establishing Character Moment, but also a Kick the Dog moment when she realizes Oscar isn't rich and leaves him while calling him a nobody. It also doesn't help how Ernie and Bernie are making fun out of that moment at all.Lola: Look, deep down, I'm really superficial. (pulls Oscar close as if to kiss him) And don't get me wrong: you're cute, but...(whispers as she pushes him away) you're a nobody.Bernie: (mimicking Lola's voice) Oscar, you cute, but you're a nobody.Ernie: (mimicking Oscar's voice) Wait. Lola. Come back. I'm not a nobody. I'm a wiener!(Ernie and Bernie laugh.)
