History Characters / SharkTale

* TheDon: But of course.

** He bets the money he owes Sykes (which Angie gave him her grandmother's pearl to get) on a rigged seahorse race, not even considering the idea of his horse losing. Sure enough, when it happens, he's unable to pay the money he owes Sykes, which results in Ernie and Bernie almost killing him on Sykes' orders.

* RageBreakingPoint: Sykes is already on a knife's edge when Oscar gambles away the protection money on a racehorse, but when the horse loses, he finally has enough and decides to get rid of Oscar once and for all. Though Oscar does ultimately survive, and his Sharkslayer ruse turns out to be beneficial for both him and Sykes.

* ManChild: Another one principle of his stupidity and cowardice. That's the kind of annoying ignorance he really was, from when he thinks he's "nobody", and in reality he's "somebody" until he became a Sharkslayer. If he doesn't realize how need to telling the truth and going back to work in Whale Wash, he'll still an immature dreamer across the own lie.

* ManChild: Another one principle of his stupidity and cowardice. That's the kind of annoying ignorance he really is, from when he thinks he's "nobody", and in reality he's "somebody" until he became a Sharkslayer. If he doesn't realize how need to telling the truth and going back to work in Whale Wash, he'll still an immature dreamer across the own lie.

* ItsAllAboutMe: That is why Oscar lies since dreams to be rich and famous and live in top of the reef.

* WomanScorned: Oscar inadvertedly sets the third act in motion when he tries to break up with Lola. After an already extreme reaction in the moment - during which she mercilessly beat him against the glass window in front of Sykes and dozens of other partygoers - she then arranges to have Angie kidnapped by the sharks, fully intended to have her ''murdered'', to prevent her and Oscar.

* WaifFu: She demonstrates incredible strength when she effortlessly and brutally beats up Oscar despite being incredibly slinky.
* WomanScorned: Lola's immediate reaction to being politely dumped by Oscar privately is to mercilessly beat him against a glass window in front of dozens of people.

* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Oscar's dad passed away some time before the movie started. To Oscar, his dad was his hero. He admired that he was the #1 employee at the Whale Wash for 25 years and had an incredible amount of love and respect for him despite the fact that kids viewed him as a "nobody". This implies that while his dad wasn't rich or famous, he was at least a [[GoodParents strong and loving parent]]..

* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Oscar's dad passed away some time before the movies timeline. To Oscar, his dad was his hero. He admired that he was the #1 employee for 25 years and had an incredible amount of love and respect for him despite the fact that people made fun of Oscar for having a dad who was a "nobody". This implies that his dad was a GoodParent.

* EvilOldFolks: While he may not ''look'' that old, Lenny's character arc is kickstarted by Lino retiring from the mob business and passing the torch onto his sons. Though this was confirmed one of the video game and the junior novel. It was only implied in the actual movie.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While done superficially, Oscar comes off as stupidly brash and makes impulsive and selfish decisions, but once he realizes he's in the wrong, he'll do anything to make it right again for his friends.

* {{Foil}}: To Angie. Both want Oscar's affections and end up forcefully kissing him in public. However, Angie has known Oscar for some time and cares about him for his character, whereas Lola seduced him immediately after the two met and is only interested in his wealth and fame.

* MoneyDumb: Much of Oscar's troubles in the first half of the film stem from his irresponsible spending. He is in significant debt to Sykes, due to taking numerous "advance payments" that he wasted on failed get-rich-quick schemes, and even when Angie gives him her treasured family heirloom specifically to get the money he needs, Oscar can't resist betting it on a horse race and loses all of it.

* MoneyDumb: Oscar didn't pay his dues at the Whale Wash.

* SelfServingMemory: He's prone to distorting the words of others to serve his own needs. One scene has him work up the nerve to bet Angie's pearl on a seahorse race instead of paying off his debt to Sykes by remembering what she said: while the real Angie actually told him to pay Sykes, flashback Angie instead tells him to "bet it all".

* JerkassHasAPoint: He criticises Lenny for not being a predator like Frankie, and Don Lino eventually sees these criticisms himself after attempting to get Lenny to eat shrimp.

* AdaptationalBadass: While he's an utter wimp and a FakeUltimateHero in the movie, the tie-in game ups his combat ability to the point where, despite still running from Frankie and Don Lino, he actually takes down a hostile hammerhead shark in a hand-to-hand fight, something he never did in canon.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: [[AdaptationalBadass Bumped up to this]] in the tie-in game; while still a goofy, fame-hungry coward, Oscar actually manages to take down a giant eel, Lenny and a hostile hammerhead shark in hand-to-hand combat. Even in the movie, he did [[spoiler:actually outsmart and humiliate Don Lino with a trap.]]

* EvilOldFolks: While he may not ''look'' that old, Lenny's character arc is kickstarted by Lino retiring from the mob business and passing the torch onto his sons. Though this was confirmed in the video game and the junior novel. It was only implied in the actual movie.

* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Lenny is a vegetarian, while his father and brother are carnivores.

* OfficalCouple: Becomes one with Oscar at the end.

* CatchPhrase: "Old school!"

* ButtMonkey: Despite being the main protagonist, Oscar is the biggest punching bag in the film by far. He was bullied as a child and is abused by Sykes such as when he has Ernie and Bernie give him a black eye and then tie him up and torture him in the middle of nowhere for failing to get his money. He also is a massive coward and wimp who hides behind Lola after hearing that a shark has been found in the reef, and even minor attempts at trying to be more cool often results in failure such as when he tries to wear a cape for his fake sharkslayer stunt and the cape entangles him up. Even after he becomes famous, he manages to remain a punching bag by entering an abusive relationship with Lola who slams him against his own lava lamp for his obedience and sneaks up on him for a public make-out session where she controls what happens. Once he finally breaks up with Lola, which was completely unrelated to her prior abuse of him, he ends up getting slammed across a wall repeatedly in his own penthouse in public viewing of other fish.

* CharacterDevelopment: Oscar became from JerkWithAHeartOfGold to NiceGuy, but at first realized how stupid and selfish he had become. Where in the end he began to hope to be some kind of friend further and [[DumbassNoMore no more previous antics]]. It means, being a manager of Whale Wash is better than Sharkslayer.

* CharacterDevelopment: Oscar became from JerkWithAHeartOfGold to NiceGuy, but at first realized how stupid and selfish he had become. Where in the end I began to hope to be some kind of friend further and [[DumbassNoMore no more previous antics]]. It means, being a manager of Whale Wash is better than Sharkslayer.

-->'''Angie:''' ''I '''did!''''' Before the money... And before the fame... Before the ''lie''... [[WhatTheHellHero To me, you ''were'' a somebody, Oscar. And now, you're nothing...]] but a ''fake''. A sham, a con. You're a ''[[ManChild joke]]''.