Street Sharks

I'm not saying it's really bad, just plain bad. And I'm not even comparing it to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, of which this is one of the many ripoffs made in the 90's.

The continuity is really sketchy - I mean restoring status quo is/was a popular thing to do in these cartoons, but considering the series kind of established itself as continuity actually mattering at all early on, it's really jarring when Piranoid finally gets arrested with the President of all characters giving a full expose on his activities, and he's shown trying to escape from prison at the end...and then in the next episode, he's hosting some trade symposium as if nothing had happened.

And the animation is really bad, with the framerate frequently dropping way below the television animation standard of 12 frames a second, leading to characters moving in a very choppy manner, and the characters' body parts occasionally miscolored or left uncolored entirely, like Ripster's jaw disappearing in one frame but the outlines are still there (and considering the low framerate, all the errors are very easy to spot). The show does a lousy job at conveying action on-screen sometimes, making it confusing to figure out what exactly is going on - such as when Piranoid is about to crash the van he's driving in, he's shown screaming, and it cuts to a backdrop painting which doesn't give you a faintest idea about what he's supposed to be crashing into...and then it cuts back to him, screaming again, and a brief pause, and he screams AGAIN as if to inhale between screaming, all before finally actually crashing, it's like the steam roller scene from Austin Powers except I'm not entirely convinced they did it deliberately since it's the kind of meta humor the series rarely dwells in.

And don't get me started on the weird montages that replace action scenes where they just play clips in split screen not only from earlier in the episode but even after the montage, while some second-rate song plays in the background - and once the montage is over, it rarely has made any difference, clearly existing only to pad out the episodes.

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.

"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.

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.

I grew up watching the street sharks. they were and still are one of my favorite cartoons. I thought it was a pretty good show as far as quality went, considering the other cartoons that came out at the time and I think it's a lot better than shows we see now. It seems like now they don't try anymore. There's a quality that went with this show and others in this time period that has been lost some how. Yes, it's unrealistic and a little campy, but that's what's fun about it. It was just that, fun and I think the story, characters and topics fit. I just wish they would give it it's recognition already...if the Mario brothers super show can have seasons' and volumes on DVD, why can't the street sharks?