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2
3->"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!'"
4-->-- '''Mike Nelson''', ''Film/SpiderMan3'' Podcast/RiffTrax
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6[[AC:Web Animation]]
7
8->"It was a shark. You jump the shark. [[SelfDeprecation Just like Homestarrunner.com.]]"
9-->-- ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner: Hallrunner''
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11[[AC:Webcomics]]
12
13->''"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."''
14--> -- '''Jarry's Kid''', explaining the recent plot twists in ''Webcomic/GuildedAge''
15
16->''"I did a cool thing with my shark and it's just been all down hill for me from there."''
17--> -- '''Lien''', ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''
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19[[AC:Web Original]]
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21->''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.''
22-->--'''[[http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/66103/happy-days-season-6/ Paul Mavis]]'''
23
24->''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.]]''
25-->--'''[[http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/the-grounds-attacking-us-frontios/ Dr. El Sandifer]]'''
26
27->''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.''
28-->--'''[[http://them0vieblog.com/2013/12/06/doctor-who-the-twin-dilemma-review/ Darren Mooney]]''' on ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E7TheTwinDilemma The Twin Dilemma]]"
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30->''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.''
31-->--'''[[http://docohobigfinish.blogspot.com/2012/03/voyager-seasn-two.html Joe Ford]]''', "Captain we’re picking up a distress call from an ocean planet…it’s the crew of the ''Marie Celeste''!"
32
33->''{{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.''
34-->--'''''Website/{{WrestleCrap}}''''', [[http://www.wrestlecrap.com/inductions/induction-wcw-champion-david-arquette-vs-tank-abbott-remember-when-russo-wanted-to-put-the-title-on-him/ "WCW Champion David Arquette vs Tank Abbott"]]
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36->''The lesson to be learned from all this?\
37Is there one?\
38I mean, you ever heard the story about the snake? '[[TheFarmerAndTheViper Bitch, you knew I was a snake.]]'\
39This 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.\
40What is rare, however, is a show to start so well and devolve to this level on so many facets of its creation and execution.''
41-->-- '''Neal bailey''' [[http://www.supermanhomepage.com/tv/tv.php?topic=reviews/smallville6-ep22 on]] ''{{Series/Smallville}}''
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43[[AC:Web Video]]
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45->However, towards the end of the decade, as popularity and hype towards [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel this series]] began to wane, the writers behind the Ultimate universe decided it was time to do a major event that would shake up the status quo, altering the landscape of the universe in a way never really attempted in the regular continuity. The result of this was ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}'', a five-issue 2009 miniseries written by Creator/JephLoeb that saw unprecedented death to every corner of the Marvel universe, killing over twenty established heroes and villains within five issues. Now, today ''Ultimatum'' is widely regarded as one of the biggest misfires in the history of Marvel comics, and event devised to surprise readers and boost sales with the shocking deaths that in the end only served to kill the universe that it attempted to save.
46-->-- '''Owen Likes Comics''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii1WElmjhU4 ULTIMATUM: How Marvel Destroyed the Ultimate Universe]]"
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48->''"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.'"''
49-->--'''WebSite/SFDebris''' on ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier''
50
51->'''Matt''': Jump the shark! Jump the shark!\
52'''Pat''': I don't wanna jump the shark! ...Aw, we jumped it.
53-->-- ''WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay: VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns''
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55->''"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!'"''
56--> -- '''Dr. Ashen'''
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58->''"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!'''''"''
59--> -- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''', on seeing the Rock Biter singing [[Music/{{Steppenwolf}} "Born to be Wild"]] in ''Film/TheNeverEndingStoryIIIEscapeFromFantasia''.
60
61->'''Bardock:''' Hey! You! What year is it?
62->'''Chilled:''' 2222
63->'''Bardock:''' B.C. or A.D.?
64->'''Chilled:''' The hell are those?
65->'''Bardock:''' [deadpan] I'm in the fucking past. [enraged] OF ALL THE STUPID! [{{Headdesk}}] ASININE! [punches ground] SHARK JUMPING BULLSHIT! [headdesks again, [[spoiler: goes Super Saiyan]]]
66-->-- ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', "[[Recap/DragonBallZAbridgedM5 Episode of Bardock]]"
67
68-> '''Beth:''' There comes a time when life gets you down, and the ratings are low.
69-> '''Tim:''' Gotta do what it takes, gotta up the stakes, 'til there's nowhere left to go!
70-> '''Both:''' Shaaaaa-aaark Jumping! Making some friends on the way together we're Shaaaaa-aark Jumping!
71-->-- WebVideo/SharkJumping Theme Song.
72
73->''"At first I wanted to say it doesn't just jump the shark but it loses the force of gravity while in the process of jumping the shark and floats off into space and flies into the center of the [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] sun."''
74-->-- '''WebVideo/StuartHardy''', on [[Recap/SherlockS04E03TheFinalProblem Sherlock, The Final Problem]]
75
76->''"This movie did not just jump the shark, it jumped it, shot it, roasted it over an open fire, ate it, and pissed on its bones."''
77-->-- '''[[WebVideo/CinematicExcrement Smeghead]]''', on Peter Parker's "emo dance" scene in ''Film/SpiderMan3''.
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79[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
80->"We're so meta, the shark jumps ''us''!"
81-->-- '''Yakko Warner''', ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs 2020}}''
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83[[AC:RealLife]]
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85->"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."
86-->--A lesson in how to properly shade by '''[[Creator/RogerMoore Sir Roger Moore]]'''
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88->Yes, it's a more modern idiom, "jump the shark". It just means the point in a TV show or film franchise when it seems to become ridiculous. Obviously named after an episode of ''Series/HappyDays'' when the Fonz did jump the shark.
89-->--'''Richard Osman''', explaining the phrase when it was an answer on "Animal-Based Idioms" on ''Series/{{Pointless}}''
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91->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'.
92-->--'''Creator/RonMoore''', on an episode of the final season of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''
93
94->''To me, it felt more like the episode had betrayed its own contestants, as well as its audience, with a lack of expertise among judges, and a lack of curiosity among hosts. Paul Hollywood explaining steak tacos with pico de gallo and refried beans to Prue Leith would be howlingly funny, if he weren’t positioned as an expert.\
95\
96It was even worse than the clips implied — an hour of incompetent exposition, farcical bumbling and maracas-shaking. A distraction for an increasingly insular, self-referential show that’s run out of energy and expertise, and refuses to find it elsewhere.''
97-->--'''Tejal Rao''', writing in ''The New York Times'' about [[https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/14/dining/great-british-bake-off-mexican-week.html the infamous "Mexican Week"]] on the ''Series/TheGreatBritishBakeOff''

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