I call him HURF DURF shark.
August 14, 2010 10:25 AM Subscribe
I baked a cake yesterday. I put a shark on top. The shark looks familiar, like he's a character from something, but since any resemblance was accidental I can't place him. Please look at it and tell me what he's from.
jabberjaw?
posted by toodleydoodley at 10:29 AM on August 14, 2010
posted by toodleydoodley at 10:29 AM on August 14, 2010
It looks like something from the Spongebob Squarepants universe.
posted by Meatbomb at 10:31 AM on August 14, 2010
posted by Meatbomb at 10:31 AM on August 14, 2010
He does look like a Nickelodeon or Adult Swim character, and I have a nagging feeling that I have seen him somewhere!
posted by Sufi at 10:35 AM on August 14, 2010
posted by Sufi at 10:35 AM on August 14, 2010
It's got a Craig McCracken vibe to it. He looks like he'd be right at home in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
posted by Dr. Zira at 10:45 AM on August 14, 2010
posted by Dr. Zira at 10:45 AM on August 14, 2010
Response by poster: I've never seen Jabberjaw (or Kenny) before these links, so I doubt it's a Jabberjaw connection I'm drawing.
Right after I put the eyes on I thought he might look like Muddy the Mudskipper from Ren and Stimpy, but after I looked him up I realized that wasn't the case.
There's a theory in the works right now that he looks like a sock puppet used on the Simpsons. We have people investigating this and I'll get back to you.
posted by phunniemee at 10:55 AM on August 14, 2010
Right after I put the eyes on I thought he might look like Muddy the Mudskipper from Ren and Stimpy, but after I looked him up I realized that wasn't the case.
There's a theory in the works right now that he looks like a sock puppet used on the Simpsons. We have people investigating this and I'll get back to you.
posted by phunniemee at 10:55 AM on August 14, 2010
Best answer: I think he sort of looks like Dag from the Angry Beavers.
posted by Tha Race Card at 10:55 AM on August 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Tha Race Card at 10:55 AM on August 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
He kind of looks like a Butch Hartman creation -- he did the Nickelodeon show Fairly Oddparents, among others.
posted by ThatSomething at 11:21 AM on August 14, 2010
posted by ThatSomething at 11:21 AM on August 14, 2010
Family Dog was my first thought, too.
posted by cerebus19 at 11:22 AM on August 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by cerebus19 at 11:22 AM on August 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
Rupert from the Pathetic sharks in VIZ comic
posted by stuartmm at 11:23 AM on August 14, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by stuartmm at 11:23 AM on August 14, 2010 [3 favorites]
great cake! what about the lead shark from shark tale?
posted by curiositykilledthelemur at 11:58 AM on August 14, 2010
posted by curiositykilledthelemur at 11:58 AM on August 14, 2010
My first thought was Muddy as well. It also reminds me of one of the hand puppets that are occasionally Craig Ferguson's backup singers.
EAT EVERY CAKE LIKE IT'S SHARK CAKE
posted by elizardbits at 12:06 PM on August 14, 2010 [2 favorites]
EAT EVERY CAKE LIKE IT'S SHARK CAKE
posted by elizardbits at 12:06 PM on August 14, 2010 [2 favorites]
You're right, it does look familiar. My guess was maybe the way they draw sharks in the Bugs Bunny cartoons? It's probably not from any one place, it just looks like a typical way to draw a cartoon shark with anthropomorphic eyes. Just picture it clamped on to the rear end of Sylvester the cat while it raises its eyebrows suggestively.
posted by GleepGlop at 12:25 PM on August 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by GleepGlop at 12:25 PM on August 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
Not a really close match, but it definitely put me in mind of the Pathetic Sharks, too.
posted by Decani at 12:33 PM on August 14, 2010
posted by Decani at 12:33 PM on August 14, 2010
When I loaded the picture and the only thing I could see were the eyes, the first thing I thought of was South Park.
posted by cali59 at 1:01 PM on August 14, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by cali59 at 1:01 PM on August 14, 2010 [2 favorites]
The shark from Finding Nemo? Sorry...long shot there!
posted by pecanpies at 1:47 PM on August 14, 2010
posted by pecanpies at 1:47 PM on August 14, 2010
Response by poster: Thanks for the answers, everyone!
As soon as I saw The Race Card's response, I knew that was it. I was definitely thinking Daggett from The Angry Beavers. Man, I logged so many hours of that show. I miss real Nickelodeon.
My shark looks remarkably like the Pathetic Sharks guy, but I've never seen/heard of it before. Interesting.
Thanks!
posted by phunniemee at 5:08 PM on August 15, 2010
As soon as I saw The Race Card's response, I knew that was it. I was definitely thinking Daggett from The Angry Beavers. Man, I logged so many hours of that show. I miss real Nickelodeon.
My shark looks remarkably like the Pathetic Sharks guy, but I've never seen/heard of it before. Interesting.
Thanks!
posted by phunniemee at 5:08 PM on August 15, 2010
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posted by belladonna at 10:28 AM on August 14, 2010 [2 favorites]