Sharko's Machine

Season 4, Episode 4, Aired
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Shanks refuses to hire Sharko because, well, he's a shark-man. Determined to help him Debbie vows to tutor Sharko so he can pass his Civil Servant Test but realizes she's bitten of more than she can chew. She asks Quinn for help but he refuses until Shanks makes a racial comment about him. In the meantime Hesh and Stromy try to grow a magic beanstalk.moreless
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      • The first page of Sharko's Civil Service Practice Test reads as follows: 1. If you're looking for me: A) better check under the sea B) 'cause that is where you'll find me C) underneath the Sealab, underneath the water D) Sealab, at the bottom of the sea 2. What is Sealab's primary function? A) Underwater research B) What? C) unpredictability D) whore quarantine (a.k.a. whorantine) 3. Never operate Deep Diver unless: A) under attack B) Dad's out of town C) we're out of beer D) you want to impress Debbie 4. In case of emergency, what is the secondary action? A) blame Stormy B) shoot person to your right C) push the red button D) crap pants... 5. The reactor room is: A) off-limits B) ward of Hesh C) big D) great for growing extra... Edit
      • Sharko tells Shanks he prefers being called "Homo Carcaradon" to "sharkman". "Homo" means human, and "Carcaradon" means shark. Also Quinn calls Sharko a "Wareshark", "ware" means man. Edit
      • In the very next episode, "Return of Marco" we learn said Marco corpse was a mashed potato sculpture, with gravy blood. Edit

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      • This is the first episode where Shanks has new head animation: Now his head can move and his face can be seen from different angles. Edit
      • Some of the references in the montage sequence: - Atari/activision Pitfall - Happy Days - Stargate - Rocky - Hot Dog eating champ Kobiashi Edit
      • in a bizzare twist Sharko jumps the Fonzies. It is a reversal of the famous Happy Days episode where Fonzie water ski jumps over a shark. Edit

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      • Happy Days: This episode has the show "jumping the shark" literally (though inversely), by having Sharko perform a waterski jump over a pool filled with Fonzies. "Jumping the shark" is a reference to an episode of Happy Days in which Fonzie jumps over a shark tank on waterskis. Since this is considered by fans to be the discernible point at which the series went downhill, the term "jumping the shark" has become known amongst TV fans as the point in which a show starts declining in quality. This was done as a clever in-joke about fans believing that the introduction of Sharko (and to some extent, Shanks) was the beginning of the end of Sealab's comedic quality. Edit
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        Sharko told Debbie about his mom being blown up by a guy who put a tank in her mouth and then shot it. This is what happened to the shark in Jaws at the end. Edit
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        the scene where Shanks rides away on the cow, wearing a suit of lights, is a reference to the Robert Redford movie "Electric Horseman" Edit

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