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{{quote| ''Who's the black private dick <br />
''That's a sex machine to all the chicks? <br />
''SHAFT! <br />
''Ya damn right! <br />
''Who is the man that would risk his neck <br />
''For his brother man? <br />
''SHAFT! <br />
''Can you dig it? <br />
''Who's the cat that won't cop out <br />
''When there's danger all about? <br />
''SHAFT! <br />
''Right On! <br />
''They say this cat Shaft is a bad [[Curse Cut Short|mother-]]<br />
''[[Big "Shut Up!"|SHUT YOUR MOUTH!]]<br />
''But I'm talkin' 'bout Shaft. <br />
''THEN WE CAN DIG IT! <br />
''He's a complicated man <br />
''But no one understands him but his woman<br />
''JOHN SHAFT! }}
 
[[Funetik Aksent|You's know de dojigger. You's know de movie. You's might even know de remake. But do ya' know Shaft?]]
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[[Turn of the Millennium|In the year 2000]], a [[The Remake|sequel/remake]] starring [[Samuel L. Jackson]] as the [[Spin Offspring|nephew of the original Shaft]] (Roundtree, in a [[The Cameo|cameo]]), also named John Shaft, who works for the NYPD. Christian Bale makes an early appearance as the villain.
 
Also in the year 2000, the original film was added to the [[National Film Registry]].
 
And in 2019, a [[w:Shaft (2019 film)|new film in the saga]] was announced, reuniting Roundtree and Jackson as Shafts 1 and 2, and adding a new generation of John Shaft, played by [[Jessie Usher]].
 
[[Memetic Mutation|And we can dig it.]]
 
For the anime studio, look no further than [[Studio Shaft]].
 
=== {{examples|Films in this series: ===}}
* ''Shaft '' (1971)
* ''Shaft's Big Score'' (1972)
* ''Shaft in Africa'' (1973)
* ''Shaft'' (2000)
* ''Shaft'' (2019)
 
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=== [[Shaft]] contains examples of: ===
* [[Actor Allusion]]: Shaft's uncle in [[The Remake]] was played by the original John Shaft, Richard Roundtree.
* [[Angry Black Man]]
* [[Badass|Bad Mother F]] -- ''[[Curse Cut Short|Shut your mouth]]!''
* [[Blaxploitation]]
* [[Bully Hunter]]: In the 2000 movie, Shaft II was looking for Diane. In an effort to get a lead, he visits an old girlfriend of his named Terry. She offers to cooperate and even implies to offer sex with Shaft, in exchange for one favor. She has a son Tony, who is a good kid. However he is bullied by another kid, A drug dealer named Malik; into smuggling drugs for him. [[Cowboy Cop|Shaft]], is more than happy to oblige. By pistol whipping Malik into submission and keeping his friends at bay through gunpoint. Making Malik say his name and intimidating him into leaving Tony alone. It seems this is a recurring thing for Shaft II, as a fellow police officer starts driving by giving Shaft nothing but a nod as he passes through.
* [[The Chief's Daughter]]: Shaft woos an African princess in the first sequel.
* [[The Chosen Zero]]: One of the taglines was something along the lines of "The mob wanted Harlem back. They got Shaft".▼
* [[Cold Cash]]
* [[Compensating for Something]]: Played up in the ads. According to a book on blaxploitation films, several theatrestheaters had a contest going during the run of ''In Africa'' where customers could win a prize if they correctly guessed the length of Shaft's... walking stick.
* [[Cowboy Cop]]: Jackson's Shaft, who when requested to turn in his badge does so by throwing it like a shuriken, causing it to embed itself in the wall next to a judge's head. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Awesome? Very much so.]]
* [[Curse Cut Short]]: [http://youtu.be/CHbYLjWEEQA The title theme:]
{{quote| '''Isaac Hayes:''' They say this cat Shaft is a bad mother— <br />mother-
'''Female Chorus:''' Shut your mouth! <br />
'''Isaac Hayes:''' But I'm talkin' 'bout Shaft! <br />
'''Female Chorus:''' And we can dig it. }}
* [[Fake Nationality]]: In the 2000 film, Christian Bale plays his customary [[Fake American]] role, and Jeffrey Wright plays a very convincing fake Dominican.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: ''[[Shaft]]'' essentially created [[Blaxploitation]].
* [[Hollywood Healing]]: In the original, Shaft gets shot numerous times with a machine gun. He mysteriously lives.
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* [[Line-of-Sight Name]]: The main character was named after, of all things, a fire shaft.
* [[New York City Cops]]: [[The Remake]].
* [[Playing Against Type]]: Richard Roundtree was a ''male model'' before he was cast as Shaft.
* [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]]: In [[The Remake]], Shaft spends the whole movie trying to get a murderer put in prison... {{spoiler|and then the victim's mother shoots the murderer anyways, rendering Shaft's efforts pointless.}}
** Of course, since the murderer got [[Off on a Technicality]] ''twice'' - first by escaping to Switzerland after posting bail, and then was allowed to ''re-post'' bail upon returning despite being a ''proven'' flight risk(which led to Shaft doing that aforementioned Awesome shuriken thing) it was quite likely he was about to get off ''scott free.'' {{spoiler|[[Vigilante Execution]] was likely the ''only'' way he was going down.}}
* [[Soul Brotha]]
* [[Spin Offspring]]: [[The Remake]] stars Samuel L. ''Mudafu-'' [[Memetic Mutation|SHUT YOUR MOUTH!]] Jackson as the nephew of the original, played by Richard Roundtree in a cameo appearance.
▲* [[The Chosen Zero]]: One of the taglines was something along the lines of "The mob wanted Harlem back. They got Shaft".
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''"Any questions?"''
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