History WesternAnimation / Misterjaw

* ActorAllusion: One of the bumpers features Misterjaw trying to scare Tyrone F. Horneigh, a character his voice actor, Arte Johnson, performed in ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn'' and later in another DFE series, ''WesternAnimation/BaggyPantsAndTheNitwits''.

The cartoon was produced by Creator/DepatieFrelengEnterprises and was originally broadcast as a segment on ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther The Think Pink Panther Laugh-and-a-Half Hour-and-a-Half Show]]'', a 90-minute anthology series on Creator/{{NBC}} that grouped together theatrical shorts from the studio's inventory; ''Misterjaw'' was thus the only newly produced cartoon in the program. After its network run, the show was syndicated to stations as part of the ''Pink Panther'' package.

* UnexplainedAccent: Misterjaw speaks in an exaggerated German accent throughout the series, even though he doesn't live anywhere near Germany.

** One episode features Misterjaw saying "Very interesting", similar to another Arte Johnson character in ''Laugh-In'', Wolfgang.

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* ActorAllusion: One of the bumpers feature Misterjaw trying to scare Tyrone F. Horneigh, a character his voice actor, Arte Johnson, performed in ''Series/RowanAndMartinsLaughIn''.

* TailfinWalking: Misterjaw and Catfish does this constantly whenever they're on land.

* GermanDialects: Misterjaw speaks in an exaggerated German accent throughout the series.

* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Misterjaw. He scares the daylights out of humans for laughs; he constantly bullies his only friend and sidekick, Catfish, and he frequently insults people.

One of the two cartoons from 1976 that was created in response to the popularity of the movie ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' (the other being ''WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}}''), ''Misterjaw'' centered on a German-accented shark that goes around scaring unsuspecting folks by jumping out of the water and yelling "Gotcha!" Often joined by his sidekick Catfish, the two got into misadventures, whether in the ocean or even by land.

The cartoon was produced by Creator/DepatieFrelengEnterprises and was originally broadcast as a segment on ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther Laugh and a Half/Hour and a Half Show'', a 90-minute anthology that grouped together theatrical shorts from the studio's inventory (''Misterjaw'' was thus the only newly-produced cartoon in the program). After its network run the show was syndicated to stations as part of the ''Pink Panther'' package.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Catfish always calls Misterjaw "Chief" or "Boss", and other people simply call him "Shark". In fact, Misterjaw's name was never said on-screen, the only mention being the series title itself.

* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Misterjaw. He enjoys scaring the daylights out of humans for laughs, constantly bullies his only friend and sidekick Catfish, and frequently insults people.

* VillainProtagonist: Misterjaw

The cartoon was produced by Creator/DepatieFrelengEnterprises and was originally broadcast as a segment on ''The WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther Laugh and a Half/Hour and a Half Show'', a 90-minute anthology that grouped together theatrical shorts from the studio's inventory (''Misterjaw'' was thus the only newly-produced cartoon in the program). After its network run the show was syndicated to stations as part of the ''Pink Panther'' package.

The cartoon was produced by Creator/DepatieFrelengEnterprises and was originally broadcast as a segment on
''The WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther Laugh and a Half/Hour and a Half Show'', a 90-minute anthology that grouped together theatrical shorts from the studio's inventory (''Misterjaw'' was thus the only newly-produced cartoon in the program). After its network run the show was syndicated to stations as part of the ''Pink Panther'' package.