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Shaft Jr.'s son and Shaft Sr.'s grandson, a rookie FBI analyst.

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Shaft Jr.'s Jr's son and Shaft Sr.'s Sr's grandson, a rookie FBI analyst.
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Shaft Jr.'s son, a rookie FBI analyst.

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Shaft Jr.'s son, son and Shaft Sr.'s grandson, a rookie FBI analyst.

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->"''Who's the black private dick\\
That's a sex machine to all the chicks? (SHAFT!)\\
Ya damn right!\\
Who is the man that would risk his neck for his brother man? (SHAFT!)\\
Can you dig it?\\
Who's the cat that won't cop out\\
When there's danger all about? (SHAFT!)\\
Right on!''"

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->"''Who's the black ->''"They say this cat Shaft is a bad mother--\\
(SHUT YOUR MOUTH!)\\
But I'm talkin' 'bout Shaft.\\
(THEN WE CAN DIG IT!)"''

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private dick\\
That's a sex machine to all the chicks? (SHAFT!)\\
Ya damn right!\\
Who is the man that would risk his neck for his brother man? (SHAFT!)\\
Can you dig it?\\
Who's the cat that won't cop out\\
When there's danger all about? (SHAFT!)\\
Right on!''"
detective who operates in Harlem.


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Shaft's nephew/son, a former NYPD officer-turned-private investigator.


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Shaft Jr.'s son, a rookie FBI analyst.

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->'''Played by:''' Creator/RichardRoundtree

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->'''Played by:''' Creator/RichardRoundtree!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/RichardRoundtree
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/{{Shaft}}'' | ''Shaft's Big Score'' | ''Shaft in Africa'' | ''Film/Shaft2000'' | ''Film/Shaft2019''



->'''Played by:''' Creator/SamuelLJackson

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->'''Played by:''' Creator/SamuelLJackson!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/SamuelLJackson
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/Shaft2000'' | ''Film/Shaft2019''



->'''Played by:''' Creator/JessieTUsher

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->'''Played by:''' Creator/JessieTUsher!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JessieTUsher
!!!'''Appearances:''' ''Film/Shaft2019''

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->"''Who's the black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks? (SHAFT!)\\

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->"''Who's the black private dick that's dick\\
That's
a sex machine to all the chicks? (SHAFT!)\\



Who's the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about? (SHAFT!)\\

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Who's the cat that won't cop out when out\\
When
there's danger all about? (SHAFT!)\\
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!!John Shaft II/Jr.
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You're damn right!\\

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You're Ya damn right!\\



Who's the cat that won't cop out, when there's danger all about? (SHAFT!)\\

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Who's the cat that won't cop out, out when there's danger all about? (SHAFT!)\\
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* ReallyGetsAround: As stated by Music/IsaacHayes, he's a sex machine with all the chicks.

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* ReallyGetsAround: As stated by Music/IsaacHayes, he's a sex machine with to all the chicks.
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[[caption-width-right:300:"''He's a complicated man, but no one understands him but his woman!\\
(JOHN SHAFT!)''"]]

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->"''Who's the black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks?\\
SHAFT!\\

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->"''Who's the black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks?\\
SHAFT!\\
chicks? (SHAFT!)\\



Who is the man that would risk his neck for his brother man?\\
SHAFT!\\
Can you dig it?''"

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Who is the man that would risk his neck for his brother man?\\
SHAFT!\\
man? (SHAFT!)\\
Can you dig it?''"it?\\
Who's the cat that won't cop out, when there's danger all about? (SHAFT!)\\
Right on!''"



* CoolOldGuy: By the 2019 film, Shaft is old enough to be a grandpa, but still won't cop out when danger's all about.

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* CoolOldGuy: By the 2019 film, Shaft is old enough to be a grandpa, but still [[WaxingLyrical won't cop out when danger's all about.about]].



* ReallyGetsAround: As stated by Music/IsaacHayes, [[WaxingLyrical he's a sex machine with all the chicks]].

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* ReallyGetsAround: As stated by Music/IsaacHayes, [[WaxingLyrical he's a sex machine with all the chicks]].chicks.
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Who is the man that would risk his neck for his brother, man?\\

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Who is the man that would risk his neck for his brother, brother man?\\
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* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: More pronounced in the 2019 film; his father Shaft Sr is a smooth gentleman, whereas he is a cynical jerk.


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* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: JJ is quite nerdy and bumbling, unlike his father John Shaft II, who feels he has to "babysit his ass".
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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: In the 2019 film, he's the streetwise wise-cracking Manly Man to his son's JJ nerdy, peaceful Sensitive Guy.


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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He subdued a man with UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}} in a BarBrawl, while he was drunk.
* DoesntLikeGuns: JJ mentions to his father several times that he has a disdain for guns. On occasion, however, he won't hesitate to use one whenever a shootout occurs.
-->'''JJ''': I said I didn't like guns. I didn't say I can't shoot.
* NewMeat: JJ is not quite prepared for some extreme situations his father and grandfather can handle as they're hardened veterans from much different eras.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The nerdy, peaceful Sensitive Guy to his father's streetwise wise-cracking Manly Man.
* WouldntHitAGirl: He refuses to hit women, even in situations where he should defend himself; when he and his father confront a [[BatterUp baseball bat]]-wielding woman, JJ never lays a finger on her. She ends up punching him.
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* ReallyGetsAround: As stated by Music/IssacHayes, [[WaxingLyrical he's a sex machine with all the chicks]].

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* ReallyGetsAround: As stated by Music/IssacHayes, Music/IsaacHayes, [[WaxingLyrical he's a sex machine with all the chicks]].
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* {{Badbutt}}: In the series of TV movies, Shaft got downgraded to a [[{{Bowdlerise}} Bad Melon Farmer]] in order to avoid [[MoralGuardians offending TV audiences]].
* CoolOldGuy: By the 2019 film, Shaft is old enough to be a grandpa, but still won't cop out when danger's all about.
* GuileHero: Shaft's cunning is one of his greatest assets.
* PrivateDetective: You're ''damn'' right he is.
* ReallyGetsAround: As stated by Music/IssacHayes, [[WaxingLyrical he's a sex machine with all the chicks]].
* SoulBrotha: He's black, he's funky, he's kickass, he's a bad motherf-- ''Shut your mouth!''


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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Shaft Jr is a cop (a CowboyCop, but a cop nonetheless) and far more action-oriented than his uncle/father Shaft Sr, an anti-authoritarian PI who tended to sweet-talk information out of someone where possible, and was [[ThePornomancer far more successful with women.]]
* CowboyCop: When requested to turn in his badge, he does so by throwing it like a shuriken, causing it to embed itself in the wall next to a judge's head. Awesome? Very much so.
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!!John Shaft I

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!!John Shaft ISr.
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Who is the man that risk his neck for his brother, man?\\

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Who is the man that would risk his neck for his brother, man?\\
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-->"''Who's the black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks?\\

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-->"''Who's ->"''Who's the black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks?\\



->'''Played by:''' Creator/SamuelLJackson



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Characters who appear in ''Film/{{Shaft}}'', ''Film/Shaft2000'' and ''Film/Shaft2019''

!!The Shaft Family
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!!John Shaft I
->'''Played by:''' Creator/RichardRoundtree
-->"''Who's the black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks?\\
SHAFT!\\
You're damn right!\\
Who is the man that risk his neck for his brother, man?\\
SHAFT!\\
Can you dig it?''"
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[[folder:John Shaft II]]
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!!John "JJ" Shaft III
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