Shark Tale/YMMV

• Cliche Storm
• Designated Hero: Most of the complaints about this movie come down to Oscar's portrayal as this.
• Ensemble Darkhorse:
  • Lola is very well-received due to her design, as well as Crazy Joe from being hilarious. Both characters are a couple by the epilogue.
  • Also Sykes, whom even haters describe him as a scene stealer.
• Ethnic Scrappies: Ernie and Bernie. What's surprising is that their portrayal is accurate.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Lenny, the Ambiguously Gay shark that wants to be a dolphin.

Brittany: Did you know that dolphins are just gay sharks?

• Magnificent Bastard: Don Lino has his moments, owed mostly to Robert De Niro's voice acting for him in certain scenes.
• Rooting for the Empire: Many have found themselves rooting for the sharks and Lola due to being more interesting than the so-called "hero".
• So Average Its Okay/So Bad It's Good
• Strangled by the Red String: There is no reason why Oscar and Angie should be together beyond the "best friends who fall in love" cliché, and even less so considering how Oscar acts throughout the movie.
• Uncanny Valley: While the sharks do not appear to be that bad, the fish have this very awkward combination of a human's face and a fish's body...unfortunately, calling the personal servants to everyone's personal fears "awkward" is a gross understatement....
• Unfortunate Implications: The Italian-American community are not happy by the depiction of their kind in this movie.
• What Do You Mean It's for Kids?: Way to many PG-13 stuff here.
• The Woobie: Lenny.