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.
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.