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2[[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, Shelly.[[/note]]]]
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4->''"Me and my friends get no respect,\
5What does Franchise/{{Scooby|Doo}} do that we neglect?\
6We be puttin' all our foes in check,\
7but me and my friends get no respect!"''
8-->-- '''Pain''', from their song "Running Underwater"
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10In 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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12Jabberjaw, an amphibious shark, is the drummer in a rock band called the Neptunes. His human friends are guitarist Biff, bassist Clamhead, keyboardist Bubbles and tambourinist Shelly; the last appeared to be allergic to Jabberjaw's displays of affection. When they're not making music, Jabberjaw and his friends solve mysteries UnderTheSea, in yet another variation on the ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo'' formula. They live in a [[TheFuture future]] when the ocean floor has been extensively colonized, with [[DomedHomeTown domed cities]] and the like.
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14In subsequent appearances, Jabberjaw was a referee in ''WesternAnimation/LaffALympics'' and a competitor in ''WesternAnimation/YogisSpaceRace''.
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16Creator/CartoonNetwork made a [[WesternAnimation/JabberjawRunningUnderwater music video]] [[WesternAnimation/CartoonNetworkGroovies in the 1990s]] that {{revision}}ed the Neptunes as a ska band. The video aired regularly as filler on the Boomerang network until 2014 when Boomerang became ad-supported. Most recently, a {{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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18!!This series provides examples of:
19* AbhorrentAdmirer: Jabberjaw to Shelly, if her reaction when he tries to kiss her in the opening is anything to go by.
20* AdaptationDistillation: The aforementioned [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn1pf0Xi3nU music video.]]
21* AlphaBitch: Shelly is this in general, but it's usually directed at Jabberjaw.
22* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Plentiful, not to mention how Jabber walks.
23* BandToon: The show is built around a band called the Neptunes touring the colonized ocean floor.
24* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Used in the first episode, where the main characters plummet to Earth from a rocket.
25* BorrowedCatchphrase: Jabberjaw threatened to sue Shelly for plagiarism when she borrowed his.
26* ButtMonkey: Jabberjaw... even his catchphrase lampshades it!
27* CatchPhrase: Jabber's "No Respect! No Respect!", Biff's "Hoppin' Halibut!" and "Jumpin' Jellyfish!", and Clamhead's "Wowwy-wow-wow!"
28* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}[=/=] DumbBlonde: Bubbles, whose personality was allegedly based on Gracie Allen.
29* DeadpanSnarker: Shelly, being an {{Expy}} of [[WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats Alexandria Cabot]], has a snarky remark for nearly everything that goes on around her.
30* DomedHometown: Pretty much every underwater city has to be domed.
31* {{Expy}}: Design-wise, Clamhead heavily resembles [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou Shaggy]].
32* FakeBand: The Neptunes.
33* FantasticRacism:
34** 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.
35** 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.
36* 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.
37* FlintstoneTheming: Most places in the show are parody names but with an underwater theme.
38* 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.
39* FurryConfusion: Or fishy confusion, at least. Most fish portrayed in the show--including most other sharks--are drawn realistically and can't move about on land. And then there's Jabberjaw...
40* TheFuture: Press materials and one song indicate that this show takes place in the year 2062.
41* GoneHorriblyRight: In "No Helpin' the Sculpin", Clamhead is mistaken for a scientist by the villainous Sculpin. The others show up to try to help him 'fix' the TimeMachine the Sculpin has him working on. They, of course, are just trying to scam him to let Clamhead go. But it turns out they actually fix it to work.
42* HeyThatsMyLine: Shelly once used Jabberjaw's catchphrase. Jabber threatened to sue her for that.
43* JerkAss: Shelly, although sometimes she is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
44* LaughTrack: Of course. This is 70s Hanna-Barbera we're talking about.
45* MadScientist: Dr. Lo, The Octopus and The Phantom of the Kelp, among others.
46* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Jabber's voice is patterned after Curly of the Three Stooges, even with some of the same verbal tics.
47* OnlySaneWoman: Despite her vanity, Shelly is sane enough to see the flaws in Biff's or Bubbles' idiotic ideas and is mainly the one who keeps Jabberjaw in line.
48* 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]].
49* SecretCircleOfSecrets: The Brotherhood of Evil is one in "Hang On To Your Hat Jabber". The main leader keeps a mask over his face while everyone else only reveals their faces under a hood.
50* SecretIdentity: Some villains in this show have these, but that being said most of these are to disguise MadScientist agendas instead of a ScoobyDooHoax.
51* SirCameosALot: Jabberjaw in particular appears in a lot of crossovers (especially with ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'') despite only having one cartoon to his name.
52* SpoofyDoo: The protagonists are basically Mystery Inc. from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', but they solve underwater cases and have a shark as their mascot.
53* StandardizedLeader: Biff fills the role of the group leader on this show.
54* TailfinWalking: How Jabberjaw gets around. One-shot character Francine Lafinn can walk on her tailfin, too. Commander Shark's army of shark-human hybrids are apparently supposed to be able to do this by design, but only Shelly and Clamhead (transformed into sharks themselves) are actually shown walking on land.
55* ThreateningShark:
56** Inverted, as Jabberjaw is harmless to humans, though it doesn't stop them from freaking out when the presence of a live shark sinks in. Shelly has her [[AbhorrentAdmirer own reasons.]]
57** Played with by a VillainOfTheWeek who turned his {{Mooks}} into sharks, and by shark woman Francine Lafinn who tried to seduce Jabberjaw in "Claim-Jumped Jabber".
58* TotallyRadical: Seriously, who in real life actually says "Wowwy-wow-wow!"?!
59* UnderwaterBase: If a villain has a base on this show, it is underwater.
60* UnexpectedInheritance: In "Claim-Jumped Jabber", Jabberjaw inherits a gold mine for having saved an old prospector. But in the end, [[SubvertedTrope this is a clerical error]], as the proper recipient was a Mr. Jabberclaw (who is human).
61* WackyRacing: "The Fast Paced Chase Race" has most of its plot take place during a underwater race with many shenanigans throughout.
62%%* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Robotic shark ejectors!
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64->''Who's gonna talk like [[Film/TheThreeStooges Curly]], since Curly isn't here?''\
65''Who's gonna chase down villains and then turn around and run in fear?''\
66''Who's gonna stand for justice, when bad guys break the law?''\
67''You know who I'm talkin' about, we're Clamhead, Shelly, Bubbles, and Biff,''\
68''but if you're catchin' a whiff of fish, it's'' '''Jabberjaw!'''
69-->-- '''Pain''', From their song "Running Underwater"

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