History Quotes / JumpingTheShark

--> -- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''', on seeing the Rock Biter singing [[Music/{{Steppenwolf}} "Born to be Wild"]] in ''Film/TheNeverendingStory 3''.

-->-- ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', "Episode of Bardock"

->I next joined [[Creator/PierceBrosnan Pierce]] and co at the premiere of ''Film/DieAnotherDay'' in 2002, which marked the 40th anniversary of the series. When asked later what I thought of the film, I merely said “interesting”. In truth I thought it just went too far -- and that’s from me, the first Bond in space! Invisible cars and dodgy CGI footage? Please! They gave the public what they wanted, though maybe they too realised there was only so far they could push it before Bond became a caricature of himself, and the funeral directors were called in.

->I think [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E3Interface it]] was a point where we were in the room and we were talking about bringing Geordi's mother in, and we all kind of looked at each other and we were like, 'This is sad. This is the best we can do? Is this the best we can do, is Geordi's mother?' It was such a "who cares" idea that we were just sort of, 'Oh man… This show has got to end'.
-->--'''Creator/RonMoore''', on an episode of the final season of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''

->''"Yup, the shark had its slippers on, was relaxing on the couch, now it's hurriedly getting dressed while his wife shrieks at him, 'I thought you weren't doing jumps this late anymore!'"''

->''"It was a shark. You jump the shark. [[SelfDeprecation Just like Homestarrunner.com.]]"''

->''"Always a devoted fan to this bright, funny family show when I was a kid (I didn't even mind the previous season's shark), when the ''Series/HappyDays'' producers had Fonzie [[SoapOperaDisease go blind]] at the start of this sixth go-around, this 13-year-old quit checking in so regularly with the Cunninghams."''

->''"There is a longstanding and not particularly interesting debate over what the killing blow for the classic series was. I say it is uninteresting because it is, quite frankly, [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS21E1WarriorsOfTheDeep}} supremely]] [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS21E7TheTwinDilemma}} easy to]] [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS23E4TheUltimateFoe}} answer.]]"''

->''"It’s hard to watch The Twin Dilemma these days without getting a sense that we’re watching the show commit a form of suicide."''

->''"Imagine the pitch meeting. ''"Okay, so ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'' is cruising through space where they come across [[ARareSentence an old truck hanging in space and when they get it on board they pick up an SOS signal in Morse code from a nearby planet where Amelia Earhart is chilling out!]]"'' Any reasonable person would do their best [[Series/TheApprentice Alan Sugar]] impression and say ''"you’re fired"'', but no, they jumped all over it and in a way you have to [[GiftedlyBad kind of admire]] that they did. However, as we head into a season that flaunts some outrageous concepts (yeah Tom and Janeway lizard babies, I’m looking at you), this is a warning that this show is about fall off the rails."''

->''"{{Wrestling/WWF}} put their title on future A-List actor [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock.]] {{Wrestling/WCW}} put their title on past, present and future D-List actor David Arquette."''

->''"The lesson to be learned from all this?\\\

What is rare, however, is a show to start so well and devolve to this level on so many facets of its creation and execution."''

-->--'''Neal bailey''' [[http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=reviews/smallville6-ep22 on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}''

-->-- ''WebVideo/StuartHardy'', on [[Recap/SherlockS04E03TheFinalProblem Sherlock, The Final Problem]]

-->--Richard Osman, explaining the phrase when it was an answer on "Animal-Based Idioms" on ''Series/{{Pointless}}''

-->--'''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2012/04/grounds-attacking-us-frontios.html Dr. El Sandifer]]'''