History Quotes / JumpingtheShark

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->They don’t just jump the shark, they go back and beat the shark to death, then chop it’s body into chum to attract more sharks! Which is cool. Heh. Chopped sharks.
--> -- '''Jarry's Kid''', explaining the recent plot twists in {{Guilded Age}}

->This prompts Kirk to make what I believe is the first ''Star Trek'' fart joke. Hard to believe that three films prior he was [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan battling a villain who quoted Melville]], and now is an inch away from 'pull my finger.'
-->--'''{{WebVideo/SFDebris}}''' on ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier''

->"Let me make one thing ''perfectly clear'': this is ''not'' jumping the shark. I'll repeat that again. This is '''[[BaitAndSwitchComment not]]''' jumping the shark. Oh, no, no, no, no. ''({{Beat}})'' This is jumping the shark, coming back, shooting it in the ''balls, raping it, EATING ITS FLESH, CONSUMING ITS SOUL, MOUNTING ITS HEAD ON THE WALL,'' '''''AND THEN DOING THE SAME THING TO TWELVE MORE FUCKING SHARKS JUST TO BE SAFE!'''''"

->''"They did a bunch of jumps over a wall and a cruise boat but missed some sharks and didnt jump them ([[LampshadeHanging ITS AN INTERNET THINGY]])"''
-->-- '''FanFic/LightAndDarkTheAdventuresOfDarkYagami'''

->''"It was a shark. You jump the shark. [[SelfDeprecation Just like Homestarrunner.com.]]"''
-->-- ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner: Hallrunner''

->''"They don’t just jump the shark, they go back and beat the shark to death, then chop it’s body into chum to attract more sharks! Which is cool. Heh. Chopped sharks."''

->''"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!'"''

->''"This prompts Kirk to make what I believe is the first ''Star Trek'' fart joke. Hard to believe that three films prior he was [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan battling a villain who quoted Melville]], and now is an inch away from 'pull my finger.'"''

->''"I’m no expert, but if a car had been flying around in space would you really be able to [[RagnarokProofing start its engine again]]? Who thinks up this crazy shit--oh yeah Brannon Braga! Imagine the pitch meeting. ‘Okay, so ''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...Amelia Earhart is a step too far into insanity for me -- I understand the idea was to team up two strong female explorers, but [[ExcusePlot the million hoops of logic it bypasses]] to get them together is extraordinary. There seems to be an expert on ''Voyager'' to [[SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat fill in the gaps of every possible plot contrivance]], and so we learn Paris loves cars and Janeway is ''au fait'' in Earhart’s story. Given that one set of aliens abducted ''Voyager'' and another set abducted Earhart and friends, does that mean there are aliens taking people all the time and Janeway is going to discover all manner of confused 20th Century mysteries in her time? 'Captain we’re picking up a distress call from an ocean planet…it’s the crew of the ''Marie Celeste''!’"''

->''"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, supremely easy to answer: [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS21E1WarriorsOfTheDeep}} Warriors of the Deep]] finally gave a story so bad that not even the fans could defend it (it’s telling that ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' didn’t even bother running a review of the story) that gave open ammunition to [[ScrewedByTheNetwork Michael Grade]]. [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS21E7TheTwinDilemma}} The Twin Dilemma]] [[NeverLiveItDown cripples the incoming Doctor]] so that he is essentially never, ever going to be able to win the public over. And then [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS23E4TheUltimateFoe}} Trial of a Time Lord]] botches the last throw of the dice, failing to bring a restored show that anybody can be excited about and tout as the triumphant relaunch of ''Series/DoctorWho.''"''
-->--'''[[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2012/04/grounds-attacking-us-frontios.html Phil Sandifer]]'''

->''"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."''

->''"''{{Series/Sliders}}'' had a five season run, a series about four characters 'sliding' through parallel worlds in the hopes they can once again find their own. After one or two really good seasons exploring alternate history, evil doubles, and the paths not taken, each new slide that didn't get them attacked by evolved neanderthal Kromaggs started taking them to 'Dinosaur World' or 'Twister World' or, god help us all, 'Zombie World.'"''

->''"The lesson to be learned from all this?''
->''Is there one?''
->''I mean, you ever heard the story about the snake? '[[TheFarmerAndTheViper Bitch, you knew I was a snake.]][='=]''
->''This is television. You can't expect it not to break your heart. If you expect greatness, pretty generally, you will be thwarted, just like in other mediums.''
->''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."''

->''"We've established that ''Renegade 3'' didn't so much jump the shark as repeatedly jump up and down on the shark whilst screaming 'Look at me, I'm Mr. Jumpy Sharko!'"''

->''"It's inevitable - everyone's got a bad one in them, and any artist that doesn't die young will eventually run out of steam at some point. They get old, they get complacent. No one can keep the fire burning forever, it happens. But until the end of my days, I don't think I will ever, ever see such a shocking drop in quality as this. You remember in ''Film/SpaceJam'' where aliens secretly stole the talent from NBA stars and suddenly those players completely sucked? I can only assume something similar happened to Eminem in 2004 because I can't come up with a single better explanation for what happened to Slim."''
--> -- '''WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows''', on {{Music/Eminem}}'s "Just Lose It"

->''"The lesson to be learned from all this?\\
Is there one?\\
I mean, you ever heard the story about the snake? '[[TheFarmerAndTheViper Bitch, you knew I was a snake.]]'\\
This is television. You can't expect it not to break your heart. If you expect greatness, pretty generally, you will be thwarted, just like in other mediums.\\
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."''

->''"I’m no expert, but if a car had been flying around in space would you really be able to [[RagnarokProofing start its engine again]]? Who thinks up this crazy shit…oh yeah Brannon Braga! Imagine the pitch meeting ‘Okay so ''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...Amelia Earhart is a step too far into insanity for me -- I understand the idea was to team up two strong female explorers, but [[ExcusePlot the million hoops of logic it bypasses]] to get them together is extraordinary. There seems to be an expert on ''Voyager'' to [[SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat fill in the gaps of every possible plot contrivance]], and so we learn Paris loves cars and Janeway is ''au fait'' in Earhart’s story. Given that one set of aliens abducted ''Voyager'' and another set abducted Earhart and friends, does that mean there are aliens taking people all the time and Janeway is going to discover all manner of confused 20th Century mysteries in her time? 'Captain we’re picking up a distress call from an ocean planet…it’s the crew of the ''Marie Celeste''!’"''

->Let me make one thing ''perfectly clear'': this is ''not'' jumping the shark. I'll repeat that again. This is '''[[BaitAndSwitchComment not]]''' jumping the shark. Oh, no, no, no, no. ''({{Beat}})'' This is jumping the shark, coming back, shooting it in the ''balls, raping it, EATING ITS FLESH, CONSUMING ITS SOUL, MOUNTING ITS HEAD ON THE WALL,'' '''''AND THEN DOING THE SAME THING TO TWELVE MORE FUCKING SHARKS JUST TO BE SAFE!'''''

->''They did a bunch of jumps over a wall and a cruise boat but missed some sharks and didnt jump them ([[LampshadeHanging ITS AN INTERNET THINGY]])''

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

-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2012/03/voyager-seasn-two.html Doc Oho]]''' on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''

->''"I’m no expert, but if a car had been flying around in space would you really be able to start its engine again? Who thinks up this crazy shit…oh yeah Brannon Braga! Imagine the pitch meeting ‘Okay so ''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...Amelia Earhart is a step too far into insanity for me -- I understand the idea was to team up two strong female explorers, but [[ExcusePlot the million hoops of logic it bypasses]] to get them together is extraordinary. There seems to be an expert on ''Voyager'' to [[SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat fill in the gaps of every possible plot contrivance]], and so we learn Paris loves cars and Janeway is ''au fait'' in Earhart’s story. Given that one set of aliens abducted ''Voyager'' and another set abducted Earhart and friends, does that mean there are aliens taking people all the time and Janeway is going to discover all manner of confused 20th Century mysteries in her time? 'Captain we’re picking up a distress call from an ocean planet…it’s the crew of the ''Marie Celeste''!’"''

->''"I’m no expert, but if a car had been flying around in space would you really be able to start its engine again? Who thinks up this crazy shit…oh yeah Brannon Braga! Imagine the pitch meeting ‘Okay so ''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...Amelia Earhart is a step too far into insanity for me -- I understand the idea was to team up two strong female explorers, but [[ExcusePlot the million hoops of logic it bypasses]] to get them together is extraordinary. There seems to be an expert on ''Voyager'' to [[SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat fill in the gaps of every possible plot contrivance]] and so we learn Paris loves cars and Janeway is ''au fait'' in Earhart’s story. Given that one set of aliens abducted ''Voyager'' and another set abducted Earhart and friends does that mean there are aliens taking people all the time and Janeway is going to discover all manner of confused 20th Century mysteries in her time? 'Captain we’re picking up a distress call from an ocean planet…it’s the crew of the ''Marie Celeste''!’"''

->'''Chris''': The bloom is off the rose for me, man. As much as I’ve enjoyed bits of what we’ve watched, the return of Season 10 has uncorked a hidden reserve of hate I didn’t even know I had. In fact, I found myself plotting revenge on you for suggesting we do this article in the first place.\\
'''David''': I’m cool with that. As we discovered in this episode, you ''[[IceCreamKoan learn]]'' to hate. And I’m glad I was able to teach you.
-->--'''Chris Sims''' and '''David Uzumeri''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/recap-smallville-episode-10-13-beacon/ on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}'' ("Beacon")

->''"I’m no expert, but if a car had been flying around in space would you really be able to start its engine again? Who thinks up this crazy shit…oh yeah Brannon Braga! Imagine the pitch meeting ‘Okay so ''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...Amelia Earhart is a step too far into insanity for me -- I understand the idea was to team up two strong female explorers but the million hoops of logic it bypasses to get them together is extraordinary. There seems to be an expert on ''Voyager'' to [[SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat fill in the gaps of every possible plot contrivance]] and so we learn Paris loves cars and Janeway is ''au fait'' in Earhart’s story. Given that one set of aliens abducted ''Voyager'' and another set abducted Earhart and friends does that mean there are aliens taking people all the time and Janeway is going to discover all manner of confused 20th Century mysteries in her time? 'Captain we’re picking up a distress call from an ocean planet…it’s the crew of the ''Marie Celeste''!’"''

->''"I’m no expert, but if a car had been flying around in space would you really be able to start its engine again? Who thinks up this crazy shit…oh yeah Brannon Braga! Imagine the pitch meeting ‘Okay so ''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 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...Amelia Earhart is a step too far into insanity for me -- I understand the idea was to team up two strong female explorers but the million hoops of logic it bypasses to get them together is extraordinary. There seems to be an expert on ''Voyager'' to [[SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat fill in the gaps of every possible plot contrivance]] and so we learn Paris loves cars and Janeway is ''au fait'' in Earhart’s story. Given that one set of aliens abducted ''Voyager'' and another set abducted Earhart and friends does that mean there are aliens taking people all the time and Janeway is going to discover all manner of confused 20th Century mysteries in her time? 'Captain we’re picking up a distress call from an ocean planet…it’s the crew of the ''Marie Celeste''!’"''

->''"I’m no expert but if a car had been flying around in space would you really be able to start its engine again? Who thinks up this crazy shit…oh yeah Brannon Braga! Imagine the pitch meeting ‘Okay so ''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 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...Amelia Earhart is a step too far into insanity for me -- I understand the idea was to team up two strong female explorers but the million hoops of logic it bypasses to get them together is extraordinary. There seems to be an expert on ''Voyager'' to [[SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat fill in the gaps of every possible plot contrivance]] and so we learn Paris loves cars and Janeway is ''au fait'' in Earhart’s story. Given that one set of aliens abducted ''Voyager'' and another set abducted Earhart and friends does that mean there are aliens taking people all the time and Janeway is going to discover all manner of confused 20th Century mysteries in her time? 'Captain we’re picking up a distress call from an ocean planet…it’s the crew of the ''Marie Celeste''!’"''

->Let me make one thing ''perfectly clear'': this is ''not'' jumping the shark. I'll repeat that again. This is '''[[BaitAndSwitchComment not]]''' jumping the shark. Oh, no, no, no, no.... This is jumping the shark, coming back, shooting it in the ''balls, raping it, EATING ITS FLESH, CONSUMING ITS SOUL, MOUNTING ITS HEAD ON THE WALL,'' '''''AND THEN DOING THE SAME THING TO TWELVE MORE FUCKING SHARKS JUST TO BE SAFE!'''''

->Let me make one thing ''perfectly clear'': this is ''not'' jumping the shark. I'll repeat that again. This is '''not''' jumping the shark. Oh, no, no, no, no. This is jumping the shark, coming back, shooting it in the ''balls, raping it, EATING ITS FLESH, CONSUMING ITS SOUL, MOUNTING ITS HEAD ON THE WALL,'' '''''AND THEN DOING THE SAME THING TO TWELVE MORE FUCKING SHARKS JUST TO BE SAFE!'''''

->''"I should also, I suppose, briefly disclaim regarding the Creator/ColinBaker era, given that it is possibly the most contentious era of ''Series/DoctorWho'' there is, save possibly the Creator/SylvesterMccoy era. Actually, it's not even particularly contentious -- almost everybody finds massive fault with it. It's more that there's [[NeverMyFault an elaborate blame game]], with all of the primary sources having massive axes to grind with the other primary sources and generally suggesting that the era would have been great if it weren't for X. (Generally X is either Creator/JohnNathanTurner or Eric Saward.) I tend to agree with the assessment that the Colin Baker years are deeply, deeply flawed. I think [[FranchiseZombie the problems are far, far deeper]] than what can be laid at the feet of one or even two particular creative forces."''
-->--'''Phil Sandifer''' [[http://www.philipsandifer.com/2011/07/time-can-be-rewritten-8-two-doctors.html on]] ''Series/DoctorWho'', [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS22E4TheTwoDoctors}} "The Two Doctors"]]

->''"''{{Series/Sliders}}'' had a five season run, a series about four characters 'sliding' through parallel worlds in the hopes they can once again find their own. After one or two really good seasons exploring alternate history, evil doubles, and the paths not taken, each new slide that didn't get them attacked by evolved neanderthal Kromaggs started taking them to 'Dinosaur World' or 'Twister World' or, god help us all, 'Zombie World'...But when it comes to truly, brutally killing off a character with no hope of return, you gotta admire what they did with their lead, Jerry O'Connell, who played Quinn Mallory, the inventor of sliding technology. At the beginning of season 5, he [[CompositeCharacter fuses with another Quinn]] from the new dimension (the only Quinn, short of his female counterpart, who [[TheOtherDarrin looked nothing like Jerry O'Connell]]!). This new persona goes by Mallory, and the share some memories until the personality dichotemy gets resolved and...Let's just say there's a damned good reason they haven't bothered to release season 5 on DVD yet. It's like giving main cast credits to [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Tuvix.]]"''

->''"''{{Series/Sliders}}'' had a five season run, a series about four characters 'sliding' through parallel worlds in the hopes they can once again find their own. After one or two really good seasons exploring alternate history, evil doubles, and the paths not taken, each new slide that didn't get them attacked by evolved neanderthal Kromaggs started taking them to 'Dinosaur World' or 'Twister World' or, god help us all, 'Zombie World'...But when it comes to truly, brutally killing off a character with no hope of return, you gotta admire what they did with their lead, Jerry O'Connell, who played Quinn Mallory, the inventor of sliding technology. At the beginning of season 5, he fuses with another Quinn from the new dimension (the only Quinn, short of his female counterpart, who [[TheOtherDarrin looked nothing like Jerry O'Connell]]!). This new persona goes by Mallory, and the share some memories until the personality dichotemy gets resolved and...Let's just say there's a damned good reason they haven't bothered to release season 5 on DVD yet. It's like giving main cast credits to [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Tuvix.]]"''
->--'''''{{Website/Cracked}}''''', [[http://www.cracked.com/funny-7660-10-most-implausible-unpleasant-infuriating-ways-sci-fi-shows-kill-off-main-characters/ "10 Most Implausible, Unpleasant, And Infuriating Ways Sci-fi Shows Kill Off Main Characters"]]

->''"The writers are now out of ideas and the show compensates by upping production values. The characters now bend and twist to accommodate increasingly-harebrained plots, as opposed to the plots being shaped by the characters. Whatever originally motivated the show is now too distant for the creators to recall. One or two great episodes squeak through but this is purely due to the [[SturgeonsLaw law of averages.]]"''
-->--'''''{{Website/Cracked}}''''', [[http://cdn-www.cracked.com/articleimages/ob/seriestwo.jpg "The Lifespan of Every TV Show Ever Produced"]]

->''"''{{Series/Sliders}}'' had a five season run, a series about four characters 'sliding' through parallel worlds in the hopes they can once again find their own. After one or two really good seasons exploring alternate history, evil doubles, and the paths not taken, each new slide that didn't get them attacked by evolved neanderthal Kromaggs started taking them to 'Dinosaur World' or 'Twister World' or, god help us all, 'Zombie World.'"''

->''"The writers are now out of ideas and the show compensates by upping production values. The characters now bend and twist to accommodate increasingly-harebrained plots, as opposed to the plots being shaped by the characters. Whatever originally motivated the show is now too distant for the creators to recall. One or two great episodes squeak through but this is purely due to the [[SturgeonsLaw law of averages.]]"''\\

->''These shows didn't 'jump the shark'. That doesn't do them justice. No, these are shows where the creators simply said, 'Fuck it', flew out of the water, broke the bounds of the earth's atmosphere and set a course for the center of the Sun. They took their shows down in a blaze of batshit insane glory, and we were there to watch.''
-->-- '''Website/{{Cracked}}''', ''[[http://www.cracked.com/article/242_6-tv-shows-that-completely-lost-their-shit/ 6 TV Shows That Completely Lost Their Shit]]''

->''"I should also, I suppose, briefly disclaim regarding the Creator/ColinBaker era, given that it is possibly the most contentious era of ''Seires/DoctorWho'' there is, save possibly the Creator/SylvesterMccoy era. Actually, it's not even particularly contentious -- almost everybody finds massive fault with it. It's more that there's [[NeverMyFault an elaborate blame game]], with all of the primary sources having massive axes to grind with the other primary sources and generally suggesting that the era would have been great if it weren't for X. (Generally X is either Creator/JohnNathanTurner or Eric Saward.) I tend to agree with the assessment that the Colin Baker years are deeply, deeply flawed. I think [[FranchiseZombie the problems are far, far deeper]] than what can be laid at the feet of one or even two particular creative forces."''

->"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!'"

->"This prompts Kirk to make what I believe is the first ''Star Trek'' fart joke. Hard to believe that three films prior he was [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan battling a villain who quoted Melville]], and now is an inch away from 'pull my finger.'"

->''Now we've established that Renegade 3 didn't so much jump the shark as repeatedly jump up and down on the shark whilst screaming "Look at me, I'm Mr. Jumpy Sharko!''

->''It's inevitable - everyone's got a bad one in them, and any artist that doesn't die young will eventually run out of steam at some point. They get old, they get complacent. No one can keep the fire burning forever, it happens. But until the end of my days, I don't think I will ever, ever see such a shocking drop in quality as this. You remember in ''Film/SpaceJam'' where aliens secretly stole the talent from NBA stars and suddenly those players completely sucked? I can only assume something similar happened to Eminem in 2004 because I can't come up with a single better explanation for what happened to Slim.''

I mean, you ever heard the story about the snake? '[[TheFarmerAndTheViper Bich, you knew I was a snake.]]'\\