History Trivia / SharkTale

** Storyboard artist David P. Smith plays Crazy Joe

** Animator David Soren voiced the little shrimp that Don Lino tries to make Lenny eat.

** Creator/JamesGandolfini was conisdered for Don Lino. This would have reunited him with ''Series/TheSopranos'' co-stars Michael Imperioli and Vincent Pastore.

* SoMyKidsCanWatch: Will Smith said he agreed to voice Oscar so his kids could watch him in a family-friendly movie.

* DescendedCreator: In the tie-in game, Dreamworks storyboard artist Sean Bishop voices Sykes, Lenny and Frankie.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://sharktale.wikia.com/wiki/Shark_Tale_Wiki The Shark Tale Wiki]].

* CreatorKiller: The film had the polar opposite reaction from critics and audiences from ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' and also has the lowest Website/RottenTomatoes score for any of DWA's productions. It led director Bibo Bergeron's American directing career to wind up on the rocks; his next film is a French movie and wouldn't come for 7 years.

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/MartinScorsese as the voice of Sykes is very different from his usual "filmography", which usually consists of CreatorCameos in his own films or AdamWesting in commercials.

* OldShame:
** [=DreamWorks=] seemingly regards the film as this, regretting it even though they released a Blu-ray by 2019, the film's 15th anniversary.
** Averted with both Creator/JackBlack and Creator/AngelinaJolie, who cited the film helped them voice in the ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' films.

* DVDCommentary: By Vicky Jenson and Bibo Bergenson.

* AllStarCast: [=DreamWorks=] really AllStarCast went above and beyond for this one. In addition to casting just about the biggest name actors they could, they even went after [[NonActorVehicle non-acting celebrities]] like [[Series/{{Today}} Katie Couric]].

* CelebrityVoiceActor: [=DreamWorks=] really [[AllStarCast went above and beyond for this one]]. In addition to casting just about the biggest name actors they could, they even went after [[NonActorVehicle non-acting celebrities]] like [[Series/{{Today}} Katie Couric]].

* FanNickname:
** Owing to the UncannyValley, many have taken to referring to the characters as [[InkSuitActor [actor name] fish]] - e.g. Creator/WillSmith Fish, Creator/JackBlack Shark, and so on.
** Sykes is often called Music/PuffDaddy thanks to two of his lines.

* SameLanguageDub: Katie Current is voiced in the original dub by her namesake, Kate Couric. British broadcaster Fiona Phillips dubs over Couric's lines in the film's UK release, though the character's original PunnyName is kept intact.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The movie is very much a product of 2004. It has an especially large focus on "urban gangsta flavor" and features celebrities who were at their peak among its cast: while Creator/WillSmith, Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/JackBlack, Creator/MartinScorsese and Creator/AngelinaJolie are still well-known, Katie Couric (at the time a host on ''{{Series/Today}}'' before anchoring CBS' evening newscast) and Renee Zellweger faded from the spotlight years later (although the latter would make a comeback of sorts in the late 2010s), and Creator/PeterFalk (whose final ''Columbo'' TV movie was made in 2003) would develop Alzheimer's before dying in 2011. The soundtrack also involves numerous artists who were really big at the time, but have since declined in popularity like Music/ThePussycatDolls and Music/JoJo.

* StillbornFranchise: A sequel was originally planned for a 2008 release, but was later shelved due to the first movie's poor international take

* StillbornFranchise: A sequel was originally planned for a 2008 release, but was later shelved due to the first movie's poor international take ([[MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales outside of the obvivous]]).

** Luca would have died during the film as well as the tone overall being DarkerAndEdgier than it came to be.

* StillbornFranchise: A sequel was originally planned for a 2008 release, but was later shelved due to the first movie's poor international take.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The movie is very much a product of 2004. It has an especially large focus on "urban gangsta flavor" and features celebrities who were at their peak among its cast: while Creator/WillSmith, Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/JackBlack, Creator/MartinScorsese and Creator/AngelinaJolie are still well-known, Katie Couric (at the time a host on ''{{Series/Today}}'' before anchoring CBS' evening newscast) and Renee Zellweger faded from the spotlight years later (although the latter would make a comeback of sorts in the late 2010s), and Creator/PeterFalk (whose final ''Columbo'' TV movie was made in 2003) would develop Alzheimer's before dying in 2011. The soundtrack also involves numerous artists who were really big at the time, but have since declined like Music/ThePussycatDolls and Music/JoJo.

** Averted with both Creator/JackBlack and Creator/AngelinaJolie, who cited the film helped them voice in the ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' films.

* OldShame: Dreamworks seemingly regards the film as this, regretting it even though they released a Blu-ray by 2019, the film's 15th anniversary.

* ActorInspiredElement: Ziggy Marley and Doug E. Doug made sure that the Jamaican slang the jellyfish use are accurate to the very definition.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The movie is very much a product of 2004. It has an especially large focus on "urban gangsta flavor" and features celebrities who were at their peak among its cast: while Creator/WillSmith and Creator/AngelinaJolie are still well-known, Katie Couric (at the time a host on ''{{Series/Today}}'' before anchoring CBS' evening newscast) and Renee Zellweger faded from the spotlight years later (although the latter would make a comeback of sorts in the late 2010s), and Creator/PeterFalk (whose final ''Columbo'' TV movie was made in 2003) would develop Alzheimer's before dying in 2011. The soundtrack also involves numerous artists who were really big at the time, but have since declined like Music/ThePussycatDolls and Music/JoJo.