Zig and Sharko

Zig & Sharko is a French animated television series of directed by animation studios Xilam, known for their animated series Space Goofs and Oggy and the Cockroaches.

It revolves around Zig the Hyena trying to capture Marina the Mermaid, with the help of Bernie the Hermit Crab, so he can eat her. However, Sharko the Shark is there to protect her. Hilarity Ensues.

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Tropes used in Zig and Sharko include:

• Absurdly Sharp Blade: Sharko's dorsal fin.
• Amusing Injuries
• Ash Face
• Aside Glance: Marina does this in the opening credits.
• Badass: Sharko. He beat up an army of killer whales and threw an oil tanker at Zig.
• Bamboo Technology
• Banana Peel: One floating on the water somehow managed to trip up a ship.
• Be Careful What You Wish For
• Beware the Nice Ones: You don't want to make Marina or Bernie mad...
• Bodyguard Crush: Sharko has one on Marina.
• Born Lucky: Marina
• Built With Lego: "Silly Builders"
• Cartoony Eyes: Sharko's eyes have yellow scleras.
• Cats Hate Water: A cheetah in one episode is too scared to even touch water.
• The Chew Toy: Poor Zig!
• Christmas Episode: "Santa Zig"
• Deserted Island: The island Zig lives on.
• The Ditz: Sharko's Hammerhead Cousin.
• Enemy Mine: Zig and Sharko often have to team up when someone new gets too close to Marina.
• Enthralling Siren: How Marina saves Sharko from some shark hunters.
• Everything's Even Worse with Sharks: Averted with Sharko, who spends the entire series protecting Marina from Zig and other dangers.
• Everythings Worse With Polar Bears
• Freaky Friday Flip: Happens to Zig and Sharko in "Me, myself and I".
• Friend to All Living Things: Marina
• Fur Is Clothing
• Genki Girl: Marina.
• Ghost Pirate
• Hartman Hips: Marina
• Hawaiian-Shirted Tourist
• Hiccup Hijinks
• Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Sharko and Marina, although it's more Huge Shark Tiny Mermaid.
• The Hyena: Zig. Obviously.
• Hypercompetent Sidekick: Bernie.
• Idea Bulb
• Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja: Zig spends an episode as one.
• Instant Plunder, Just Add Pirates: Zig also tried to join some pirates after they kidnap Marina.
• Interspecies Romance
• Jerkass: being a Xilam cartoon, pretty much everyone, yes even Marina, has shown their douche side.
• Killer Gorilla: a particularly mean one lives on Zig's island and sometime beats him up.
• Lightning Can Do Anything: Even give Zig amnesia.
• Look Behind You!
• Meat-O-Vision
• Mismatched Eyes: Both Sharko's Hammerhead cousin and the crazy Dolphin have a yellow and pink irs.
• No Dialogue Episode: The whole series.
• Ocular Gushers
• Organic Technology: Sharko and Marina are often seen using various sea life as household devices, such as using a sea urchin as a ping pong ball and a small octopus as a walkman.
• Or Was It a Dream?: "Coral Reef Cowboys"
• Our Mermaids Are Different: Marina can walk on land using the tips of her tailfin.
• Pass the Popcorn
• POV Cam
• Prince Charmless: King Neptune.
• Ridiculously Cute Critter: Bernie
• The Rival: Marina gets one in "The Manic Mermaid"
• Robot Me: Bernie makes an army of robot Zigs in "War of the Clones".
• Scooby-Dooby Doors
• Seahorse Steed
• Shout-Out: The whole episode "The Island Tour" was one to Mario Kart.
  • As well as Super Mario Bros. in general. They've also done Video Game shout outs to Pitfall and Pac-Man
• Squashed Flat
• Stockholm Syndrome: Marina has a crush on Zig, the hyena who is constantly kidnapping her because he wants to eat her.
• Suddenly Voiced: The Hindi version of the show dubs over the silence with voice actors for the characters.
• Super Villain Episode: "Super Zig"
• Super-Persistent Predator: Zig
• Super Serum: Made by Bernie in both "The Tiny Tyrant" and "The Were-Yena."
• Swallowed Whole: Zig spends an episode inside a whale's stomach.
• The Thing That Would Not Leave: A Pirate ghost overstays his welcome, to Sharko anyway.
• Three Dimensional Episode: In some episodes Marina will put on 3D glasses during 3D scenes.
• Throwing the Distraction
• Uncomfortable Elevator Moment
• Villain Protagonist: Zig.
• Voluntary Shapeshifting: "Magical Jellyfish".
• Wacky Racing: "The Island Tour"
• Walking on Water: Zig sometimes runs on water
• Water Is Air
• The Wild West: "Coral Reef Cowboys"
• Wingding Eyes: Keeping in the show's country of origin, Neptune's eyes turn into Euro signs.
• X-Ray Sparks