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* CatchPhrase: Jabber's "No Respect! No Respect!", Biff's "Hoppin' Halibut!" and "Jumpin' Jellyfish!", and Clamhead's "Wowwy-wow-wow!"
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}[=/=] DumbBlonde: Bubbles, whose personality was allegedly based on Gracie Allen.

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* CatchPhrase: CharacterCatchphrase: Jabber's "No Respect! No Respect!", Biff's "Hoppin' Halibut!" and "Jumpin' Jellyfish!", and Clamhead's "Wowwy-wow-wow!"
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}[=/=] DumbBlonde: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}[=/=]DumbBlonde: Bubbles, whose personality was allegedly based on Gracie Allen.



->''Who's gonna talk like [[Film/TheThreeStooges Curly]], since Curly isn't here?''\\
''Who's gonna chase down villains and then turn around and run in fear?''\\
''Who's gonna stand for justice, when bad guys break the law?''\\
''You know who I'm talkin' about, we're Clamhead, Shelly, Bubbles, and Biff,''\\
''but if you're catchin' a whiff of fish, it's'' '''Jabberjaw!'''

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->''Who's gonna talk like [[Film/TheThreeStooges Curly]], since Curly isn't here?''\\
''Who's
here?\\
Who's
gonna chase down villains and then turn around and run in fear?''\\
''Who's
fear?\\
Who's
gonna stand for justice, when bad guys break the law?''\\
''You
law?\\
You
know who I'm talkin' about, we're Clamhead, Shelly, Bubbles, and Biff,''\\
''but
Biff,\\
but
if you're catchin' a whiff of fish, it's'' '''Jabberjaw!'''
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In 1976, Creator/HannaBarbera created this show for Creator/{{ABC}} as a response to the popularity of the film ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. Creator/FrankWelker based the lead character's voice on Curly Howard from ''Film/TheThreeStooges'', along with Creator/RodneyDangerfield's CatchPhrase, "I don't get no respect." [[note]]He would later go on to actually voice Curly in "The Robonic Stooges" segments on ''Skatebirds'' using the same voice.[[/note]]

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In 1976, Creator/HannaBarbera created this show for Creator/{{ABC}} [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] as a response to the popularity of the film ''Film/{{Jaws}}''. Creator/FrankWelker based the lead character's voice on Curly Howard from ''Film/TheThreeStooges'', along with Creator/RodneyDangerfield's CatchPhrase, [[CharacterCatchphrase Catchphrase]], "I don't get no respect." [[note]]He would later go on to actually voice Curly in "The Robonic Stooges" segments on ''Skatebirds'' using the same voice.[[/note]]

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* ReusedCharacterDesign: In the episode, "There is No Place Like Outer Space", an alien named Domax leads a group of villains that blatantly reuse the design of ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'' villain Zorak, albiet with the completely different color scheme. A promo that aired on Cartoon Network decades later [[HandWave handwaves]] this as merely a [[SpecialGuest guest appearance]].



* ShoutOut: In one episode, the group of villains are designed to look like [[WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost Zorak]] but follow the orders of a different alien named Domax.
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* SpoofyDoo: The protagonists are basically Mystery Inc. from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', but they solve underwater cases and have a shark as their mascot.
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** Pretty much every city the Neptunes visit view sharks as mindless maneaters, and have systems to throw them out. And they view Jabberjaw as such, leading to his catchphrase.

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** Pretty much every city the Neptunes visit view sharks as mindless maneaters, and have systems to throw them out. And they view Jabberjaw as such, leading to his catchphrase. In the crossover comic with Aquaman, this extends to all sea creatures.
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* OnlySaneWoman: Despite her vanity, Shelly is sane enough to see the flaws in Biff's or Bubbles' idiotic ideas.

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* OnlySaneWoman: Despite her vanity, Shelly is sane enough to see the flaws in Biff's or Bubbles' idiotic ideas.ideas and is mainly the one who keeps Jabberjaw in line.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Shelly, being an {{Expy}} of [[WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats Alexandria Cabot]], has a snarky remark for nearly everything that goes on around her.
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* BalefulPolymorph: In one episode Shelly and Clamhead are turned into sharks and, along with Jabberjaw, 'trained' to become remorseless destroyers. It works about as well as you'd think.


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* ForcedTransformation: In one episode Shelly and Clamhead are turned into sharks and, along with Jabberjaw, 'trained' to become remorseless destroyers. It works about as well as you'd think.

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* FantasticRacism: Pretty much every city the Neptunes visit view sharks as mindless maneaters, and have systems to throw them out. And they view Jabberjaw as such, leading to his catchphrase.
** Subverted in "Claim-Jumped Jabber," where Jabberjaw tries to avoid this by pretending to be a walrus. When he got into the hotel he saw a sign claiming sharks were welcome. However as the clerk then informed him, they don't allow walruses though.

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* FantasticRacism: FantasticRacism:
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Pretty much every city the Neptunes visit view sharks as mindless maneaters, and have systems to throw them out. And they view Jabberjaw as such, leading to his catchphrase.
** Subverted in "Claim-Jumped Jabber," where Jabberjaw tries to avoid this by pretending to be a walrus. When he got into the hotel he saw a sign claiming sharks were welcome. However However, as the clerk then informed him, they don't allow walruses though.though.
* FiveManBandConcert: The cartoon's premise is that a band called "The Neptunes" has an [[ArtisticLicenseBiology amphibious shark]] for a [[AllDrummersAreAnimals drummer]]. Besides the titular character, who is TheBigGuy, the band has StandardizedLeader Biff on the electric guitar, OnlySaneWoman Shelly on the tambourine, MellowFellow Clamhead on the bass (and, occasionally, the trumpet), and {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Bubbles on the keyboard. Their instruments are appropriately ocean biology-themed.
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Creator/CartoonNetwork did a [[WesternAnimation/CartoonNetworkGroovies short music video]] in the 1990s that {{revision}}ed the Neptunes as an alternative-rock band, with Clamhead as a trumpeter; the video aired regularly as filler on the Boomerang network until 2014 when Boomerang became ad-supported. Most recently, a [[GenderFlip gender-flipped]] version of Jabberjaw is part of the cast of ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'', working in WesternAnimation/MagillaGorilla's accessories store.

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Creator/CartoonNetwork did made a [[WesternAnimation/JabberjawRunningUnderwater music video]] [[WesternAnimation/CartoonNetworkGroovies short music video]] in the 1990s 1990s]] that {{revision}}ed the Neptunes as an alternative-rock band, with Clamhead as a trumpeter; the ska band. The video aired regularly as filler on the Boomerang network until 2014 when Boomerang became ad-supported. Most recently, a [[GenderFlip gender-flipped]] {{Gender Flip}}ped version of Jabberjaw is part of the cast of ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'', working in WesternAnimation/MagillaGorilla's accessories store.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The Neptunes in concert. Don't worry, the drummer is harmless. [[note]][[FridgeLogic And still breathing, oddly enough.]] Left to right: Biff, Bubbles, Jabberjaw, Clamhead, Shelley.[[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:The Neptunes in concert. Don't worry, the drummer is harmless. [[note]][[FridgeLogic And still breathing, oddly enough.]] Left to right: Biff, Bubbles, Jabberjaw, Clamhead, Shelley.Shelly.[[/note]]]]
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In subsequent seasons, Jabberjaw was a referee in ''WesternAnimation/LaffALympics'' and a competitor in ''WesternAnimation/YogisSpaceRace''.

Creator/CartoonNetwork did a [[WesternAnimation/CartoonNetworkGroovies short music video]] in the 1990s that {{revision}}ed the Neptunes as an alternative-rock band, with Clamhead as a trumpeter; the video aired regularly as filler on the Boomerang network until 2014 when Boomerang became ad-supported.

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In subsequent seasons, appearances, Jabberjaw was a referee in ''WesternAnimation/LaffALympics'' and a competitor in ''WesternAnimation/YogisSpaceRace''.

Creator/CartoonNetwork did a [[WesternAnimation/CartoonNetworkGroovies short music video]] in the 1990s that {{revision}}ed the Neptunes as an alternative-rock band, with Clamhead as a trumpeter; the video aired regularly as filler on the Boomerang network until 2014 when Boomerang became ad-supported. Most recently, a [[GenderFlip gender-flipped]] version of Jabberjaw is part of the cast of ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'', working in WesternAnimation/MagillaGorilla's accessories store.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Jabberjaw to Shelly, if her reaction when he tries to kiss her is anything to go by.

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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Jabberjaw to Shelly, if her reaction when he tries to kiss her in the opening is anything to go by.
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%%* FiveManBand:
%%** TheLeader: Biff
%%** TheLancer: Clamhead
%%** [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]]: Shelly
%%** TheBigGuy: Jabberjaw
%%** TheChick: Bubbles

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