Misterjaw
1976Misterjaw was a blue-colored great white shark who liked to leap out of the water and shout "Gotcha!" at unsuspecting folks who would run off in terror. He spoke with a German accent and was known to mispronounce words.
Seasons & Episode
Misterjaw is having trouble catching fish for dinner. When he sees a pelican fly over and dive down, scooping up his dinner, he thinks that flying is the way to catch a meal, so he tries taking to the air, too! He decides to build himself a set of wings so that he can do this. He also finds that flying is more difficult than he thought! A clever ending adds the perfect touch.
Pally finds a deal in the newspaper where they can get a deal on fish without hunting for their meals. MisterJaw and Catfish raid a nearby fish market and end up on the lam from the law.
MisterJaw dives on some fish for dinner, but he ends up swallowing a big rock. He tries to catch two pelicans, but they escape. His pal Catfish suggests that he go after a halibut. After all, they are easy targets... but not for MisterJaw, who gets a hankering to eat Harry Halibut. With Catfish's help, MisterJaw comes up with some very imaginative ways to capture his prey!
Misterjaw and Catfish terrify a local beach, scaring all the tourists off. Now they have everything to themselves and take up tennis. The clerk at the Freebairn Hotel calls Fearless Freddy: Shark Hunter! Freddy is no match for Misterjaw until he blows up a decoy. When the decoy explodes, Misterjaw asks Catfish, "Why didn't you tell me she was that kind of woman?"
Misterjaw finds himself in a haunted sunken ship and being terrorized by its ghostly occupant.
Two fishermen find Aladdin's Lamp. Misterjaw comes along and scares the fishermen away, keeping the lamp. He proceeds to get exactly what he wishes for. He then scares the lamp's genie away.
Misterjaw tries to get Harry Halibut by pretending to be Granny Halibut. Appearances by the "real" Little Red Riding Hood, and The Wolf, add a whimsical touch.
MisterJaw and Catfish find a treasure map. The map leads them to a sunken boat full of cans of tuna fish, but a huge fish, the Codfather, is guarding it. The fish claims all the treasures in the area... as long as it's in the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean! MisterJaw and Catfish keep trying to get rid of the Codfather so that they can eat the tuna.
MisterJaw is after the little yellow fish again, but is captured by a Swordfish pool shark, so they play a game of pool for the little fish.
Two goofy aliens land on Earth and bump into Misterjaw and Catfish. The extraterrestrials believe these two nutty sea creatures are earthlings!
Misterjaw enrolls in a gym to lose some weight. Trouble begins when some neighborhood cats (complete with British accents) set their eyes on having Catfish for lunch!
Misterjaw has his eye on a little fish that is to be his supper. The little fellow runs to Madame Neptune, and she lets him stay in her fish bowl. Misterjaw dons a variety of disguises to snatch his halibut prey from Madame Neptune. He pretends to be a phone repairman to sneak the fish out. Granny gives him the broom. Next, a policeman. Again, the broom... A final surprise provides the perfect finish.
Misterjaw and Catfish have another episode with Fearless Freddy. Freddy tries so many things to catch Misterjaw, but Misterjaw always outsmarts him.
Up to his old tricks of scaring someone, MisterJaw picks upon a fisherman's decoy duck.
MisterJaw goes on a Hawaiian excursion.
MisterJaw and a piranha
Misterjaw does a little time-traveling.
MisterJaw is showing off and scares a fisherman, accidentally swallowing the fisherman's transistor radio. Now with a stomachache, he tries to find a radio repairman. Everywhere that MisterJaw goes, the radio plays a commercial. First, he offends a lady eating ice cream. Then, he "says" just the right thing during a bank holdup. He goes to Pogo Pogo Island to allow the batteries to run down. Tourists win a contest and flood the island.
Misterjaw and Catfish are enjoying a vacation in Venice until they run into two cats with their hunger pangs set on Catfish.
While chasing Harry Halibut, Misterjaw ends up in France.
Misterjaw climbs up Jack's beanstalk to find a giant's castle with an owner on a diet of fish.
MisterJaw and Catfish are captured by the Dix Sealand aquarium for public display!
Misterjaw tries to go on a diet, and orders food from a man on television. Catfish gets to the box before he does and eats it all. Misterjaw almost eats Catfish because of the diet, and gets fatter because catfish gave him food.
Misterjaw tries to break a bunch of Jack Sharky's records in the Maguiness Book of records.
A little purple octopus keeps playing pranks on MisterJaw and Catfish, so they chase him all the way up to the North pole, where ice plays havoc with them.
Misterjaw is introduced to the fastest Seahorse in the west, Seaweed, so he gets a rodeo lesson from Catfish on how to capture him.
A large egg being transferred to the Brooklyn Museum is snagged by MisterJaw, and when it hatches, he becomes Mama to the baby Sea Monster.
Misterjaw tries to become part of posh Beverly Hills society by passing himself off as an adoptable pet.
Misterjaw fights with an island castaway over who gets to eat Harry Halibut! Harry is not amused.
Misterjaw was a blue-colored great white shark who liked to leap out of the water and shout "Gotcha!" at unsuspecting folks who would run off in terror. He spoke with a German accent and was known to mispronounce words.