Jump the Shark
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Etymology
From a moment on the TV series Happy Days in which the character Fonzie jumped over a shark on waterskis.
Verb
- To undergo a storyline development which is so ridiculous that previous quality is considered to have been lost.
- Happy Days jumped the shark when Fonzie jumped over a shark on waterskis.
- 2007, Jeph Jacques, Time To Add A Cute Kid To The Cast Questionable Content Number 951
- Pintsize: Wait, don’t you want to know why I’m tied up and hanging from the ceiling?
- Faye: Not really. Nighty night!
- Pintsize: Shit! My wacky antics have jumped the shark!