Season 1
34 episodes · Sep 18, 1976
Misterjaw is a 34-episode cartoon television series, produced at DePatie-Freleng Enterprises in 1976 for The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half Hour and a Half Show television series on NBC.
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S1E1Flying Fool
Sep 18, 19765mMisterjaw 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.
S1E2Shopping Spree
Sep 25, 19765mPally 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.
S1E3To Catch a Halibut
Oct 2, 19765mMisterJaw 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!
S1E4Beach Resort
Oct 9, 19765mMisterjaw 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?"
S1E5Monster of the Deep
Oct 16, 19765mMisterjaw finds himself in a haunted sunken ship and being terrorized by its ghostly occupant.
S1E6Showbiz Shark
Oct 23, 19765mThe boys see a sign on shore: talent is needed for an amusement park water show. Misterjaw feels that he has it, and he applies for the job. He plays the piano for the agent. Misterjaw plays jazz, but the agent doesn't like jazz. Another shark plays classical, which the agent likes better. The other shark dives from a 20-foot pole into a barrel of water. Misterjaw dives from 500 feet into a glass of water. The other shark gets the job. No more show biz for Misterjaw.
S1E7Aladdin's Lump
Oct 30, 19765mTwo 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.
S1E8Little Red Riding Halibut
Nov 6, 19765mMisterjaw 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.
S1E9The Codfather
Nov 13, 19765mMisterJaw 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.
S1E10Davey Jones' Locker
Nov 20, 19765mMisterJaw 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.
S1E11Flying Saucer
Nov 27, 19765mTwo goofy aliens land on Earth and bump into Misterjaw and Catfish. The extraterrestrials believe these two nutty sea creatures are earthlings!
S1E12The Shape of Things
Dec 4, 19765mMisterjaw 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!
S1E13Caught In The Act
Dec 11, 19765mMisterjaw 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.
S1E14Merry Sharkman, Merry Sharkman
Dec 18, 19765mMisterjaw and Catfish have another episode with Fearless Freddy. Freddy tries so many things to catch Misterjaw, but Misterjaw always outsmarts him.
S1E15Sea Chase
Dec 25, 19765mUp to his old tricks of scaring someone, MisterJaw picks upon a fisherman's decoy duck.
S1E18Stand-In Room Only
Jan 15, 19775mThere's an ad in Variety from a studio that needs a stand-in for a shark in a new movie. MisterJaw applies for the job. He is not believable as a shark. However, he gets violent and gets the job. He finds that the stand-in does dangerous stunts. When MisterJaw rescues a tied-up girl from dynamite, the dynamite explodes. Next, he is supposed to scare a little old lady. Instead, she pounds him. He greets natives after swimming to an island, but they try to cook him. Determined, he holds out until the script calls for him to dive from a 500-foot tower into a bucket of water. The shark decides to retire from movie work.
S1E20Transistorized Shark
Jan 29, 19775mMisterJaw 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.
S1E21The $6.95 Bionic Shark
Feb 5, 19775mTwo Russians throw a mechanical shark overboard into the sea. Meanwhile, Misterjaw has found a new home: a resident's expensive swimming pool. When the owner comes to swim with his rubber horse, Misterjaw leaps out of the water and scares the owner and the rubber horse half to death. All seems calm until the owner rents the female, mechanical robot fish to clear up the matter. A swordfish attacks the robot and bends his sword. When the robot attacks a sea dragon, he finds himself outclassed. Now, Misterjaw attempts to "train" the shark to catch and eat tuna with humorous and disastrous results.
S1E22Holiday In Venice
Feb 12, 19775mMisterjaw and Catfish are enjoying a vacation in Venice until they run into two cats with their hunger pangs set on Catfish.
S1E24Shark and the Beanstalk
Feb 26, 19775mMisterjaw climbs up Jack's beanstalk to find a giant's castle with an owner on a diet of fish.
S1E25The Aquanuts
Mar 5, 19775mMisterJaw and Catfish are captured by the Dix Sealand aquarium for public display!
S1E26Cannery Caper
Mar 12, 19775mMisterjaw and Catfish are trying to stop a local fishing company from catching all "their" fish, so they take over the cannery. Misterjaw tries his hand as the enterprise's president, with surprising (and amusing) results as he gets greedy. Eventually, the police show up and Misterjaw and Catfish are forced to run for it. Misterjaw runs into the cannery room and winds up as canned fish. Of course, Catfish saves him.
S1E27Fish Anonymous
Mar 19, 19775mMisterjaw 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.
S1E28Maguiness Book of Records
Mar 26, 19775mMisterjaw tries to break a bunch of Jack Sharky's records in the Maguiness Book of records.
S1E29Cool Shark
Apr 2, 19775mA 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.
S1E30Deep Sea Rodeo
Apr 9, 19775mMisterjaw is introduced to the fastest Seahorse in the west, Seaweed, so he gets a rodeo lesson from Catfish on how to capture him.
S1E31Mama
Apr 16, 19775mA large egg being transferred to the Brooklyn Museum is snagged by MisterJaw, and when it hatches, he becomes Mama to the baby Sea Monster.
S1E32Easy Come Easy Go
Apr 23, 19775mMisterjaw tries to become part of posh Beverly Hills society by passing himself off as an adoptable pet.
S1E33No Man's Halibut
Apr 30, 19775mMisterjaw fights with an island castaway over who gets to eat Harry Halibut! Harry is not amused.
S1E34Sweat Hog Shark
May 7, 19775mMisterjaw finds himself in the company of a group of bikers. This cartoon features lots of humorous motorcycle slang, and even a reference to Evel Knievel and his Grand Canyon jump.