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jump the shark

To undergo a storyline development which is so ridiculous that previous quality is considered to have been lost.

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  • From "Hollywood ", a 1977 episode of the TV series Happy Days, in which the character Fonzie jumped over a shark on waterskis, after which the show bore no similarity to its original form.
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Happy Days jumped the shark when Fonzie jumped over a shark on waterskis.

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