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HTML

<table id="mytable">
    <tr>
        <td>fooooooo</td>
        <td>hulk</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>fooooooo</td>
        <td>hulk</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>fooooooo</td>
        <td>hulk</td>
    </tr>
    <button>Yo click yo</button>
</table>

JavaScript

$('button').click(function () {
    alert($(this).parents().find('table#mytable').html());
    $(this).parents().find('table#mytable').animate({
        backgroundColor: '#3c3c3c'
    });
});