Advocacy groups criticized the film for its use of Italian-American stereotypes. To raise the cash to pay of Don Lino, Sykes demands that Oscar owes him five thousand clams, to be paid back by tomorrow. : : Hey, do the muscle thing! [14] The film was projected on the largest inflatable screen in the world, measuring more than six stories tall and over 3,900 square feet (360m2). : Oscar The boldness of the wager attracts the attention of gold-digging femme-fatale Lola, When Sykes turns up with Ernie and Bernie, he is furious that Oscar has placed a bet with the money he is owed, and Lola, realizing that Oscar isn't the millionaire she imagined, quickly loses interest in him, and dismisses him, calling him a "cute but a nobody." Because you always wanted me to be like Frankie. Oscar buys some gifts for Angie, only to discover that Lino has kidnapped her to stage a meeting, which Lola is also attending in revenge for being dumped. I nodded. We've been open with the Pixar people, so we don't step on each other's toes. : Don Lino : : At the same time, Frankie and Lenny approach from the direction of Lino's ship. Don't have an account? Now which one of y'all sardines called this here meeting? Oscar | Dreamworks Animation Wiki | Fandom Oscar Don Lino : I'm a nobody - I want some of that! : Oscar is the main protagonist of the 2004 DreamWorks animated film Shark Tale. : : Crazy Joe I'm still working out the kinks Angie What did I ever do to YOU? the DEAD ones! This is the show part. [16] The film was released on Game Boy Advance Video on November 17,[17] and on Blu-ray on February 5, 2019. Oscar But that was before Oscar came to town! Photos of the Shark Tale (Movie) voice actors. : A tiny white lie turns a little fish into an unlikely hero. He stops by her office to thank her and chat and exasperates her with his latest get-rich-quick-scheme: bottled water. Why can't you? What'd he do? : Lenny He is voiced by Martin Scorsese in the film and by Sean Bishop in the video game. Don, Lino, sir, listen, it's not his fault - this is between you and me! "Snap your fin, Sykes! Angie No. Lenny psyches himself up to eat Oscar, but can't go through with it, and tries to fake it by biting through Oscar's ropes and thrashing his tail to stir up a cloud of silt to hide Oscar's escape. and it turns out the person's just fat! He is Angie's boyfriend and co-worker, Lenny's best friend, Lola's ex-boyfriend and the former tongue-scrubber and current co-manager of the Whale Wash. What did Angie say? And that's me! What? : Sykes is a major character of Shark Tale. Come on, I lied to EVERYBODY! Are you out of your MIND? Oscar (Shark Tale) | Heroes Wiki | Fandom Shut up? : : Oscar You just take credit for killing a shark and then everything would be fine and dandy for the rest of your life? While still cowardly when encountering Sharks, he is braver overall to the point of sneaking into the Sharks' lair to find a racing tip, and his combat prowess is upped to the point where he successfully takes down a giant eel, Giuseppe and Lenny in separate hand-to-hand fights. What're you doing working at a pizza joint? Well, for your information, I am the Sharkslayer. Oscar Oscar closes the emergency clamps to hold the whale immobile and squeegees the soap from the whale's eye, shortly before Sykes' jellyfish henchmen Ernie and Bernie arrive and hurl him into Sykes' office. Hey, too late now, Veggie Boy, they'll be looking for you too! Lenny Remember this name: Oscar the Sharkslayer! [26], Todd McCarthy of Variety was critical of the film's lack of originality: "Overfamiliarity extends to the story, jokes and music, most of which reference popular entertainment of about 30 years ago" noting that the script combines The Godfather and Jaws, with a dash of Car Wash. McCarthy calls Smith's character "tiresomely familiar", and Zellweger's "entirely uninteresting", but praises the vocal performance of Martin Scorsese. My jellyfish brothers! FrankieLola. He is voiced by Will Smith . A prank turns unpleasant when a whale is accidentally hit in the eye with a jet of soap and thrashes about in pain. Sykes brings Oscar to watch the race and everything seems smooth sailing and Lucky Day is pulling ahead of the horses when suddenly the horse trips on the finish line and the race is lost. Oscar likes to think of himself as a ladies man but is somewhat awkward around females, accidentally bumping into a pillar when trying to seduce Lola and stuttering when he tried to tell Angie how he felt about her. He could still be out there! Lola : To raise the cash to pay of Don Lino, Sykes demands that Oscar owes him five thousand clams, to be paid back by tomorrow. She is mischievous, funny, goofy, sweet, clumsy, silly, kind, and selfless fish fish Angie is beautiful and kind and she helps Oscar pay of 5,000 clams to Sykes (which he bets on a horse race) and advises that dreams began small, but as time goes on, they can grow into something wonderful. Angie tries to explain to him that he doesn't need to live at the top of the reef to be a somebody, and, feeling sorry for him, she tries to help him out by giving him a pink pearl a precious gift from her grandmother. | Now that you live in a big penthouse, can I be your financial advisor? : : : : He also has great integrity, as whenever he finds himself in the wrong, he becomes dead set on setting things right for the people he cares about. Well then if that was true, then why did you run away? Oscar Listen to them, Lenny! : My dad was the greatest but nobody loves a nobody. They're going to tear you fin from fin! This is no time to act crazy! Ernie and Bernie take Oscar out into the wasteland surrounding the reef, and, with Oscar tied to a rock, torture him with their stingers. After that, he desperately wanted to be a somebody. You're supposed to be the MOB, get yourselves a decent hideout! Lino reconciles with Lenny and accepts him, and states that he and his gang bear the city no ill will. A lion fish gold digger named Lola sees this and flagrantly seduces Oscar. On top there's Don Lino, there's me, there's regular fish Oscar Kinks? Oscar would prefer to run away from danger rather than fight it, but he's actually very caring and will do anything to protect his friends from danger. Angie advises Oscar to just do his job "which, by some miracle, you still have." : You might think you know. And then me! Are you kidding me? As Sykes leaves, Bernie stings Oscar in the eye as a warning. But Oscar is confused by Lenny's attempt to save him, and is still there, looking baffled, as the silt settles. Lenny comes along now disguised as a dolphin named Sebastian. They love us! Oscar asks "or else what?" In response Oscar has Lenny (disguised as a dolphin) to grab Angie and eat her on the spot (grabbing her in her mouth, but not swallowing), but Lenny begins choking and vomits Angie out. Luca : She is Oscar's girlfriend. Shark Tale cleverly uses its aquatic characters in ways that fit the species they're based on. Awww, you guys, please don't fight Angie Oscar [floats away on an umbrella, cackling insanely], Oscar [in Oscar's mind] Shark Tale made a whopping $374 million at the box office, making it the ninth-highest grossing film of 2004. to which Sykes responds "The boys'll explain." Uh yeah. Exactly how it looked; that's how it is. Don Lino Angie Shark Tale - Rotten Tomatoes Wait a minute. It's emotional and it's pressure! He is Angie's boyfriend and co-worker, Lenny's best friend, Lola's ex-boyfriend and the former tongue-scrubber and current co-manager of the Whale Wash. : The next day, Oscar and Lenny stage a battle involving Oscar "fighting" off Lenny, thus cementing Oscar's popularity and making the sharks believe that Lenny has been killed too, infuriating Lino. [about Lenny] Contents 1 Bad Qualities Hey, boss, it's Lenny - he was wearing a disguise so we wouldn't recognise him, but he's not wearing a disguise, so we DO recognise him! I'm a nobody without you. Angie Ain't that great? A con. Is that you? Oscar Coz even a superstar Mac-daddy fish like me has to have the basic necessities! Will Smith Scores No. 1 Netflix Spot After Chris Rock's Live Special Oscar Lenny responded "You always wanted me to be like Frankie. Oscar recalls his late father, a tongue-scrubber at the Whale Wash for 25 years and how he admired his work so much he brought it to school, only for the class to cruelly mock him for it. : More than anything, we are in showbusiness. But nothing, you never take sides against the family, ever! He is about less than a foot tall. [29] Columbus Citizens Foundation issued a statement condemning the stereotyping of people with Italian names as gangsters. Oscar sees his dreams of being rich and famous evaporate, and Sykes, inflating in anger, tells Ernie and Bernie to find the deepest, darkest hole in the ocean. : Shut up? My man, Sykes Has just, begged me Not to murderlize you all up in here, all right? Oscar At the same time, Frankie and Lenny approach from the direction of Lino's ship. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. "SHARKS! You're alive? Sykes, the deal is off! They love YOU, they hate me! Dig dawg , dawg dig, dig dawg, yeah, yo diggy dog! Everybody thinks you "slayed the shark!". She can't understand why Oscar always gets himself into these situations, nor his obsession with trying to live at the top of the reef. : The soundtrack features newly recorded music by various artists, including Christina Aguilera, Mary J. Blige, India.Arie, Bobby Valentino, Sean Paul, Timbaland, The Pussycat Dolls, Ludacris, Missy Elliott, and Justin Timberlake, as well as "Some of My Best Friends Are Sharks", the film's closing theme composed by Hans Zimmer. Enraged, Lino chases Oscar through the reef. Who? Don Lino Shark Tale (2004) - Will Smith as Oscar - IMDb Oscar : Oscar dreaming of becoming rich and famous. Oh, I mean that's the way it used to be. Oscar (as Dan St. Pierre) Art Direction by Production Management Art Department Oscar recalls his late father, a tongue-scrubber at the Whale Wash for 25 years and how he admired his work so much he brought it to school, only for the class to cruelly mock him for it. "[46] Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation, had appointed Jackson's producers Jam & Lewis to be involved with the soundtrack, though the duo only ended up producing only one song for the film, with Jam saying "We worked for DreamWorks before on the Bryan Adams song for Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and the Boyz II Men tune for The Prince of Egypt, and Katzenberg is a fan of what we do. Oscar can't take it anymore and finally confesses the truth that he lied about being a Sharkslayer, and an anchor killed Frankie. : : Okay, everybody go home to your loved ones - spend the last few hours that you have with each other! Oscar encounters Lenny who, aware of Oscar's lie, begs Oscar to let him stay at his place to avoid returning to his father. He then sadly enters his penthouse ignoring the party inside and shuts the balcony door behind him. So he likes to dress like a dolphin, so what? | [Oscar has just prised his way out of a shark's jaw and is striking a manly pose for the crowds] [he picks up a fork and places it between the eyes of the hammerhead shark Giuseppe]. Realizing he can become famous, Oscar lets them believe he killed the shark. Appearances: 5. But I'm hungry. At least she treats me like I'm somebody! Yeah, that's "sorry"! He has a bad temper. : Oscar Oscar forsakes all the wealth he has acquired, makes peace with the sharks, becomes co-manager of the Whale Wash (now frequented by sharks, killer whales, and swordfish), and starts dating Angie and enjoys a happy, honest life as he and Angie dance on the Whale Wash sign. [realizing he loves Angie more than Lola] : Angie confronts Oscar about hiding Lenny in the storage room where upon Oscar accidentally blurts out his lie. Oscar forsakes all the wealth he has acquired, becomes co-owner of the Whale Wash (which is now frequented by the gang members), and reconciles with and begins a romantic relationship with Angie. [8][12], The film was produced concurrently with Finding Nemo, another animated film set underwater, which was released a year and a half before Shark Tale. He then looks at his penthouse and his smile quickly fades. When Lola comes out on the balcony Oscar rethinks his feelings and dumps Lolawhich, unfortunately, leads to her great fury as she mercilessly whacks Oscar against the windows, before sulking away. He then makes a truce with the reef. Katie Current Lenny Oscar And then you took them out. As a crowd cheers Oscar on, a disappointed Angie begins to leave believing Oscar will continue to live under a lie. Yo that was crazy, right? So your son likes kelp. Luca! He thought we would be perfect to do the music for Shark Tale."[46]. He is also compassionate and open-minded, as he befriends Lenny and promises to not laugh at his secret. To me, you were a somebody, Oscar. Furious, Frankie tries to attack Oscar himself when suddenly, an anchor falls on top of him, crushing him to death. : But then again I might not! [23] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. Not a few, I suppose, and some of its characters and dialogue have passed into common knowledge. I wish I knew now what I knew then. He also manages to make peace with Lino after admitting that he wasn't a Sharkslayer, thus saving the reef from Lino and his sharks. : When Katie Current asks Oscar what's next for him after he lost everything he lied about, Oscar looks very thoughtful. Angie I feel like we're practically family, you know? Shark tale was a hit CG animated movie released in 2004. [47] Published by Activision, Edge of Reality developed the console versions of the game, while Vicarious Visions developed the Game Boy Advance version, and Amaze Entertainment developed the Microsoft Windows version. Oscar [29][30][31] Politician Bill Pascrell said: "The prevailing message is negative and they have to be held out to dry for it. [27] Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter said the film was not as good as Shrek, but called it "an overly jokey but often quite entertaining spoof that should please families everywhere. You mean when the Oscar Oscar 'Cause I'm tired of hearing how everything you had in your life wasn't good enough including me. Oscar flees to the Whale Wash, accidentally trapping Lenny in the machinery before also trapping Lino. | Arriving late for work one day, Oscar finds that he's already punched in on the time clock, and realizes he has been helped out by Angie, the angelfish receptionist and cashier at the Whale Wash (and harbors a secret unconditional crush on him). Gallery. What's that? When Oscar runs into Lenny, Lenny (who does not wish to return home) forces Oscar to let him stay with him since he is aware of Oscar's lie. Oscar also comforts Lenny when the latter blames himself for Frankie's death, saying that it's not his fault. : Frankie tells Lenny it doesn't come any easier than this and instructs him to eat Oscar. I'll have a large pie, everything on it, anchovies, meatballs, mushrooms Don Lino He is a bluestreak cleaner wrasse. Earl (father) : Shark Tale Characters Contents 1 History 1.1 In Shark Tale 2 Personality 3 Appearance 4 Trivia 5 Gallery History Oscar No, this is as far away from "sorry" as you can possibly get! He also opined that younger viewers would have trouble enjoying a film about adult characters with adult problems, such as an elaborate love triangle and a main character wanting to clear his debt with loan sharks, and compared it to more successful fish-focused animated features like Pixar Animation Studios' Finding Nemo, which Ebert felt featured a simpler plot that audiences could more easily identify with.