Sharks in popular culture

Representations of the shark are common in popular culture in the Western world, with a range of media generally portraying them of eating machines and threats.

In some media, however, comedy is drawn from portrayals of sharks running counter to their popular image, with shark characters being portrayed as unexpectedly friendly or otherwise comical.

The lists below give an approximate sample of the many forms of representation of the shark in popular culture.

In video games, they typically appear either as playable characters or threats to the player.

The 1975 movie Jaws and its sequels inspired several licensed and unlicensed games.