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* Oscar hums the ''Film/{{Superman}}'' theme as he fake fights Lenny.
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* Oscar hums the ''Film/{{Superman}}'' ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' theme as he fake fights Lenny.
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* When Luca fixes his record player in Lino and Sykes’ meeting, [[Music/SirMixALot "Baby Got Back"]] plays for a few seconds.
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* Oscar also sarcastically says that he’s Pinocchio, who he voiced in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/HappilyEverAfterFairyTalesForEveryChild''.
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* Oscar also sarcastically says that he’s Pinocchio, who he Pinocchio. Funnily enough, Will Smith actually voiced Pinocchio in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/HappilyEverAfterFairyTalesForEveryChild''.
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''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'' wouldn't be a [=DreamWorks=] movie without many of references to pop culture, in an aquatic way.
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* The most obvious and numerous are to ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. This film's music is even described as their "theme song" by Frankie, but Lenny hates it.
* Lenny's name is probably inspired by Lennie Small of ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen''. There's even a short "AndCallHimGeorge" moment with Oscar.
* Crazy Joe watches ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'' inside his shell.
* To the movie ''Car Wash'', of all things with a cover by Music/ChristinaAguilera and Music/MissyElliott heard twice.
* Possibly accidental, but the movie bears some distinct resemblance to ''Film/{{Dragonheart}}'', in which a knight and a dragon ends up in a stalemate during a fight and decides to cooperate. They do this by faking battles with each other in front of awestruck villagers that the dragon pretends to attack, where he at the end of the battle pretends to die.
* One of the shrimp says "[[Film/Scarface1983 Say hello to my little friends!]]"
* Another shrimp says at the ending "You Got Served"!
* Oscar references three R-rated movies back to back during his battle with Lenny:
-->[[{{Film/Gladiator}} ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!]] [[Film/AFewGoodMen YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!]] [[Film/JerryMaguire YOU HAD ME AT HELLO!]]
* When Oscar shouts "You had me at hello!" on TV, Angie is seen grinning. Renee Zellweger, who voiced Angie, made the quote famous in ''Film/JerryMaguire''.
* Speaking of Creator/ReneeZellweger, earlier in the film, Angie is seen writing her innermost thoughts about her and Oscar. Hmmmm, [[Literature/BridgetJones sound familiar]]?
* Also, lines such as De Niro's character Don Lino saying, [[Film/RagingBull "I heard things"]] plus a conversation between the De Niro character and the Scorsese character (Sykes) spoof their infamous repeat the same lines back at one another.
* The crowd even shouts "Oscar Bumaye!" the same where a crowd shouts "Ali Bumaye!" to UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli (Creator/WillSmith plays Ali in his 2001 {{Biopic}}).
* Oscar's "Pants" are big like Will Smith's clothes were before in his older works.
* Ira Feinberg played by Creator/PeterFalk mentions [[Series/{{Columbo}} his wife]] at one point.
* Oscar also sarcastically says that he’s Pinocchio, who he voiced in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/HappilyEverAfterFairyTalesForEveryChild''.
* Oscar hums the ''Film/{{Superman}}'' theme as he fake fights Lenny.
* "Oscar the Sharkslayer" is a play on ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
* Lola resembles an aquatic version of Jessica Rabbit from ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.
* At the end, one of the sharks with clown paint asks "[[{{Film/Goodfellas}} You think this is funny? What am I? A clown to you?]]"
* Oscar asked to Lenny if Don Lino was like ''Film/TheGodfather''.
* After Lenny spews out Angie and other items, he yells "[[Film/ApocalypseNow The horror! The horror!]]"
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* The most obvious and numerous are to ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. This film's music is even described as their "theme song" by Frankie, but Lenny hates it.
* Lenny's name is probably inspired by Lennie Small of ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen''. There's even a short "AndCallHimGeorge" moment with Oscar.
* Crazy Joe watches ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'' inside his shell.
* To the movie ''Car Wash'', of all things with a cover by Music/ChristinaAguilera and Music/MissyElliott heard twice.
* Possibly accidental, but the movie bears some distinct resemblance to ''Film/{{Dragonheart}}'', in which a knight and a dragon ends up in a stalemate during a fight and decides to cooperate. They do this by faking battles with each other in front of awestruck villagers that the dragon pretends to attack, where he at the end of the battle pretends to die.
* One of the shrimp says "[[Film/Scarface1983 Say hello to my little friends!]]"
* Another shrimp says at the ending "You Got Served"!
* Oscar references three R-rated movies back to back during his battle with Lenny:
-->[[{{Film/Gladiator}} ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!]] [[Film/AFewGoodMen YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!]] [[Film/JerryMaguire YOU HAD ME AT HELLO!]]
* When Oscar shouts "You had me at hello!" on TV, Angie is seen grinning. Renee Zellweger, who voiced Angie, made the quote famous in ''Film/JerryMaguire''.
* Speaking of Creator/ReneeZellweger, earlier in the film, Angie is seen writing her innermost thoughts about her and Oscar. Hmmmm, [[Literature/BridgetJones sound familiar]]?
* Also, lines such as De Niro's character Don Lino saying, [[Film/RagingBull "I heard things"]] plus a conversation between the De Niro character and the Scorsese character (Sykes) spoof their infamous repeat the same lines back at one another.
* The crowd even shouts "Oscar Bumaye!" the same where a crowd shouts "Ali Bumaye!" to UsefulNotes/MuhammadAli (Creator/WillSmith plays Ali in his 2001 {{Biopic}}).
* Oscar's "Pants" are big like Will Smith's clothes were before in his older works.
* Ira Feinberg played by Creator/PeterFalk mentions [[Series/{{Columbo}} his wife]] at one point.
* Oscar also sarcastically says that he’s Pinocchio, who he voiced in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/HappilyEverAfterFairyTalesForEveryChild''.
* Oscar hums the ''Film/{{Superman}}'' theme as he fake fights Lenny.
* "Oscar the Sharkslayer" is a play on ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
* Lola resembles an aquatic version of Jessica Rabbit from ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.
* At the end, one of the sharks with clown paint asks "[[{{Film/Goodfellas}} You think this is funny? What am I? A clown to you?]]"
* Oscar asked to Lenny if Don Lino was like ''Film/TheGodfather''.
* After Lenny spews out Angie and other items, he yells "[[Film/ApocalypseNow The horror! The horror!]]"
