Street Sharks: Quattro pinne all'orizzonte

I see many people accusing this show of being a "rip-off" of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And while I do see more than evident similarities between both series (I think the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were even referenced at one point) I still watched this series almost religiously.

Like many 90s cartoons, it had an awesome theme song, and many cool characters; kinda wish the series continued: As far as I remember, the series ended in some sort of cliffhanger (Sadly, also another common element from many 90s cartoons)

Considering the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had many reboots and movies, Street Sharks should get at least one reboot series.

Street Sharks is a cartoon from DIC and Bohbot Entertainment that originally aired on the latter's "Amazin' Adventures" syndicated block in the Mid-1990's.

The series follows on the adventures of Ripster, Jab, Streex and Big Slammu, four half-human, half-sharks who were originally the Bolton brothers John, Clint, Bobby and Coop, who thanks to the evil Dr. Paradigm's gene-slamming device were injected with the DNA of different Shark species, but to the point they thought for good instead of evil which Dr. Paradigm wanted, but he soon gets injected himself with piranha DNA and became Dr. Piranoid, and episodes followed on this formula - Paradigm creates new creatures with the device and the Street Sharks must beat them all down, while still being like humans and scaring everyone along the way due to Dr. Paradigm's smart and lying ways.

The animation in the show is your typical standard DIC-quality animation, so at times it may look cheap, or it may look decent. The voice acting is good as well and was one of the few DIC toons where they mostly went with voice talent from Omaha, Nebraska who have done little, if any well known work.

The tone of the show is a bit like Mummies Alive!, it's a bit serious at times but it's not meant to be taken seriously, if at all. It's just silly campy fun with four Human Sharks kicking tail and being Jawsome.

The music, especially the theme tune, is catchy and cool. It certainly gives that nineties feel to it.

And now, the fact that this show is normally classified as a big Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ripoff, and yeah, there are many similarities with the turtles, but it also does its own things as well that still make it unique, abit uninspired at the same time.

Overall, Street Sharks is a fun and campy show that's worth watching for a good nostalgia trip.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was bad but this is just plain horrendous. Poor plot, horrible animation, stupid character designs, and a really lame attempt to cash in on something kids aren't even interested in anymore. Avoid this piece of crap at all costs.

"Street Sharks" wasn't that bad of a show. I used to watch it about five years ago on UPN on Sunday mornings. I liked the animation, the plots, and the characters. My favorite character was Streex. He was cool. I also liked Roxie. She was also cool.

My favorite episodes were: "Attack of the shark bots (1)", "Here Comes The Mantaman", "Clash of the Titans", "Follow The Leader", and "Cabin Fever". I also liked the "Street Sharks" movie "The Shiva Saga". I even have that on video.

Overall I really enjoyed this show and it is ashame that it didn't last that long. I give this show 8/10 stars.

First of, TMNT was an amazing show that fed my childhood imagination.

Street Sharks was awesome. What kid didn't want to watch a show where tough sharks were punching down criminals. It was made simple for children and not adults.

I believe the idea might have been based of of Maui and son's (sp) Typical shark character that they but all over skate boards, boogie boards, shirts, shoes and anything else that was popular in the early 90's

When I see pictures from this show it reminds me of a time when Neon colored fanny packs, Bk knights light up shoes, Over-sized sunglasses, squeeze its, legos, and slap on bracelets were only a necessity of life.