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Zig & Sharko

  • TV Series
  • 2010–
  • TV-Y
  • 7m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
1.3K
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Zig & Sharko (2010)
SlapstickAdventureAnimationComedyFamilyFantasyRomance

Zig, a famished hyena comes up with the craziest plans to make a meal out of Marina, the carefree mermaid. But that's forgetting all about Sharko, the muscly shark who will do anything to pr... Read allZig, a famished hyena comes up with the craziest plans to make a meal out of Marina, the carefree mermaid. But that's forgetting all about Sharko, the muscly shark who will do anything to protect her.Zig, a famished hyena comes up with the craziest plans to make a meal out of Marina, the carefree mermaid. But that's forgetting all about Sharko, the muscly shark who will do anything to protect her.

  • Creator
    • Olivier Jean-Marie
  • Stars
    • Zack Sage
    • Vernon Dew
    • Luca Bottale
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    1.3K
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    • Creator
      • Olivier Jean-Marie
    • Stars
      • Zack Sage
      • Vernon Dew
      • Luca Bottale
    • 14User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Zack Sage
    • Bernie
    • 2019
    Vernon Dew
    Vernon Dew
    • Sharko
    • 2019
    Luca Bottale
    • Zig
    • 2019
    Elizabeth Maxwell
    Elizabeth Maxwell
    • Marina
    • 2010–2011
    • Creator
      • Olivier Jean-Marie
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    2mpumimbanjwa

    Sexist

    I dislike this show because it portrays women and girls as helpless beings, who always need to be rescued by men when in trouble. I don't want my daughter to watch this show.
    4rimacjakov

    ANNOYING

    Animation is okay,characters are flat and voice acting and story are annoying as hell
    10bassam305

    Only watch season 2 and 3 - 10/10

    I watch zig and sharko with my kids and it gives me the classic cartoon laughs, season 2 and 3 are amazing and funny and im waiting for season 4.
    9pandemicgamer

    Great

    In my personal opinion it is very good for someone who is younger, give them a sense of entertainment that doesn't have to be educational 24/7 and instead more on the funny side. It can let your kid learn how to pick sides and even parts of the show give a few lessons on what is good to do in life for other people and how to get along, I personally watched this when I was a bit younger so I'm speaking from experience when it comes to this specific show. And for the sexist comment, just how is this sexist on its own? They probably call the original Donkey Kong sexist for the person you have to save being a girl.
    9majdo007

    Silly entertainment

    This cartoon is presumably a remake of 'Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner'. Instead of a hungry wolf, however, we got a starving hyena whereas an ostrich is replaced with a mermaid.

    The series so far consists of two seasons with seventy eight episodes each. The plot almost solely circles around Zig - a desperate hyena on a remote island who tries to catch and eat Marina - a redhead goofy mermaid. Most of the plans to catch the mermaid are neglected by Sharko - a great white shark (duh!) who is Marina's very protective boyfriend. Zig is also accompanied by a hermit crab named Bernie. Occasionally, a few other characters are introduced but most of them just once.

    The cartoon is very colorful, nonetheless, the first season has different character and background graphic design than the second one. This may be probably explained by the fact that the first season ran during 2010 whereas the second was broadcast during 2016. Noticeably, some of the character changes are present as well. Personally, I prefer the first season.

    There are several music themes present in both seasons and interestingly, there is no spoken dialogue. All characters communicate with each other by gestures and other ways of non-verbal communication.

    As explained the cartoon bears considerable amount of similarities to the Road Runner show. Zig is very creative in methods concerning capturing Marina just like Wile E Coyote was. Very often he uses various sea animals to obtain his goal which is hilarious. Of course typically he is either out of luck or mostly his attempts are hampered by Sharko - needless to say in a quite horrific manner but as an adult I am not much bothered by this. The show was meant to be quite silly and as an entertainment it is pretty good.

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    • Trivia
      The series is made in France.
    • Goofs
      Zig's tummy is brown instead of grey and another mistake is that his feet are brown instead of grey.
    • Quotes

      Zig: [Zig's occasional scream]

      Zig: YAAAAAHH!

    • Connections
      Featured in Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story (2020)

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    • Release date
      • December 21, 2010 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • South Korea
      • Vietnam
    • Official site
      • Official Website
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Zig and Sharko
    • Production companies
      • Canal+
      • Inspidea
      • TF1
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    • Runtime
      • 7m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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