Jabberjaw (character)
- This article is about the main title character. For the TV series, see Jabberjaw (TV series).
Jabberjaw (character) | |
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Jabberjaw in "Dr. Lo Has Got to Go." | |
Species | Shark (great white shark) |
Gender | Male Female in SCOOB! and Jellystone! |
Affiliation | The Neptunes Laff-A-Lympics Aquaman Magilla Gorilla Loopy De Loop Magilla's |
First appearance | JJ: "Dr. Lo Has Got to Go" |
Played by | Frank Welker (1976-2010) Niccole Thurman (2021) |
File:WR 2017 Jabberjaw.png Wacky Races | |
Aquaman/Jabberjaw Special | |
SCOOB! | |
Jellystone! |
Jabberjaw is an anthropomorphic 15-foot air-breathing great white shark who plays the drums for the Neptunes and was also the main title character of the Jabberjaw animated television series. He is voiced by Frank Welker impersonating Curly Howard of The Three Stooges.
In the Jellystone! reboot, Jabberjaw appears as a female shark who works at Magilla's. She is voiced by Niccole Thurman.
Character description
As originally depicted, Jabberjaw is someone who feels he doesn't get enough respect. At times he will say "Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk," another mannerism copied from Curly Howard.
In the aforementioned reboot, Jabberjaw is boy crazy. Her main crush is El Kabong, but she doesn't hesitate to ask any boy out. In "El Kabong's Kabong is Gone," she gets left unread by the Banana Splits after texting them.
Biography
Debut series
Crossover Era
Laff-A-Lympics
Yogi's Treasure Hunt
Jellystone!
Jabberjaw is a major character in the series. She's an overly cheerful employee at Magilla's clothing store, and is best friends with Loopy de Loop. She's extremely boy-crazy, especially for El Kabong. She is willing to do anything to achieve her goals, even if they are questionable. She and Loopy once pretended to be sea monsters to scare everyone away from Moby Dick Beach.
Harvey Birdman
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Wacky Races (2017) cameo
SCOOB!
Jabberjaw and the Neptunes appear on a poster in the Funland amusement park arcade.[1]
Jabberjaw in the Funny Books
90s Throwback
Terminated
In Deathstroke/Yogi Bear Special #1, he was killed by Deathstroke.
Development
Gallery
- Main article: Jabberjaw/Gallery
Toys and merchandise
- Main article: Jabberjaw/Toys
Behind the scenes
- An unproduced episode for Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? was to have Jabberjaw and swimmer Michael Phelps as guest stars.[2]
- A female version of Jabberjaw, voiced by Lizzo, was intended to be in the theatrical film SCOOB!
- When creating Jellystone! C.H. Greenblatt had also gender flipped Jabberjaw.[3]
References
- ^ SCOOB! (2020).
- ^ TheAtomicLight (March 27, 2020). "An Interview With... Chris Bailey". Scoobypedia. Retrieved April 27, 2020).
- ^ Iza, Melody in response to @bitsofjam (July 30, 2021) "Nah, Carl had planned Augie & Jabberjaw to be girls from the beginning! ✨". Twitter. Retrieved November 11, 2021.