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| “ | Atten-tion! | „ |
| ~ The Shark ordering his troops. |
The Shark is the secondary antagonist of the 2000 Danish animated film Help! I'm a Fish.
He is an enormous lemon shark that serves Joe in which he consider him a "flunkey', he is truthfully co-dominant with Joe and more than capable of killing the smaller fish. Although he can threaten Joe, Shark just isn't interested in the work involved in ruling the ocean and chooses to sit by and occasionally eat bystanders.
In the Danish version, he was voiced by Dick Kaysø. In the English version, he was voiced by David Bateson (who played Crab in the same film and also played Agent 47 in the Hitman video game series)
History[]
Not much is known about Shark, though he was just a normal lemon shark who ate other fish and crabs, but when he and a pilot fish named Joe became mutated, Joe made Shark his servant after gaining intelligence. Though it can be presumed to be close before mutation, Joe only kept Shark around for his immense strength and ability to intimidate other sea animals. Shark was happy to follow Joe and obey his orders, but due to lacking Joe's charisma, he was often berated. Despite this, Joe would often back down because of Shark's strength, and would appease him until he found a way to get rid of him.
Shark and Joe nearly succeeded in their plot to take over the ocean, but were foiled by Fly, his sister Stella and cousin Chuck. Eventually, Shark turned on Joe after being fired by him, and that he offered the job to Fly and his friends. Later on, a whirlpool was caused by Professor Mac Krill's suction device with the millicrabs, and Shark got his head stuck in the tube, causing Joe to be freed. Before Joe was freed, Shark stated that he would call the shots now, and he had the strength as Joe had the brains. It's unknown what happened to Shark as he could have been killed or released back into the sea.
Personality[]
As Joe's henchman, Shark, like his master, was made intelligent due to a mad scientist's potion, but it only made him as smart as a moronic human. Because of this, he still tends to eat something at random, including bystanders. He is actually more powerful than Joe, but his stupidity and laziness means he cannot be bothered running things, and leaves most of the organizing and complex planning to Joe. However, if Joe makes the shark do anything he doesn't like, the shark will refuse to do it, and physically threaten joe. Because of this, shark is not Joe's assistant, as Joe would like to believe, but truly Shark is a co-ruler of the empire and an equal to Joe. The reason Shark appears subordinate is because he is just not interested in political affairs and doesn't interact with the empires citizens, apart from occasionally eating them, while Joe actively engaged with his subjects.
Trivia[]
- Shark has the highest kill count in the entire film, in fact he is the only villain shown to kill numerous times - however he is also frequently depicted as short-tempered, stupid and reliant upon fear: this means Joe is able to outrank him in terms of threat and ambition, though both Shark and Crab are power-hungry and eager to backstab when they get the chance.
- Prior to being mutated, Joe and Shark already shared a partnership, with Joe being a cleaner fish and thus naturally able to follow Shark around in a symbiotic relation - upon gaining intelligence Joe instantly reversed the roles and made Shark his servant, showing that Joe always hated the partnership.
- Unlike Joe and the Crab, the Shark is the only antagonist who did not drink the antidote to mutate a second time.
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