Shark Tale/Trivia

Trivia about Shark Tale includes:

• The film was going to be released on November 5, 2004, but it was moved up to October 1, 2004 to prevent competition with The Incredibles. This helped the film reach number one at the box office for three weeks straight.
• Fan Nickname: Fans like to nickname the film A Shrek Alt because the anagram is quite accurate.
• Old Shame:
  • DreamWorks Animation prefers not to bring it up nowadays despite giving it a Blu-ray release on 2019.
  • Averted with Jack Black and Angelina Jolie, who said that their experience with the film helped them get ready for Kung Fu Panda.
• Shout-Out:
  • "They gave us an offer we can't refuse."
  • "The horror! The horror!"
  • "And why are you still living in this Love Boat?"
  • "Moving On Up" is sung in this movie.
  • Lenny crashes through a Jaws billboard. The theme tune is also played in the movie.
  • "I'm not asking you, I'm telling you."
  • "Yippee-ki-yay..."
  • SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIENDS!
  • A shark painted as a clown repeated a line from Joe Pesci's "Funny like a clown" scene in Goodfellas.
  • "You can't handle the truth!"
  • When the whale burps in the whale wash, Oscar looks into the bucket of slime, which makes rings in the slime, like the famous waterglases in Jurassic Park.
  • "Fuggedaboutit" from Donnie Brasco.
  • ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!?
  • At one point in the film, a spoof of the Kate Winslet portrait from Titanic is shown in the shark's home. Also the sharks house looks an awful lot like the Titanic.
    • Heck, in the funeral scene, Don Feinberg asks someone to play "My Heart Will Go On".
    • At Frankie's funeral, a portrait of him in framed in a life preserver from the RMS Titanic.
  • "Oscar the Sharkslayer", anyone?
  • "You might think you know but you have no idea." from MTV's Diary.
  • Another MTV example: "I just pimped your hide".
  • "You're fired!" and sticking hand in face.
• Stillborn Franchise: It was supposed to have a sequel in 2008 but it was scrapped because DreamWorks Animation doesn’t want to do more genre parodies outside of Shrek.
• Voices in One Room: Several of the actors recorded in the same room, including Jack Black and Will Smith.
• What Could Have Been:
  • There was going to be an electric eel named Polly but his character traits were passed on to Sykes.
  • Luca would have been killed by Lola with a piano.
• Working Title: “Sharkslayer” before it was retitled to make it more family-friendly.