# 'Jump the Shark' has jumped the shark!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-the-shark-has-jumped-the-shark/139420>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 29, 2002, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-the-shark-has-jumped-the-shark/139420 "2002-11-29T00:13:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-the-shark-has-jumped-the-shark/139420/1 "2002-11-29T00:13:06Z")

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When a catchphrase which was once witty and amusing and original gets used so much that it has become old and annoying and ridiculous…

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**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-the-shark-has-jumped-the-shark/139420/2 "2002-11-29T00:24:17Z")

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I’d complain, but NBC Nightly News just jumped the shark. Rehashing that old “Bush vs. Iraq” storyline from a decade ago…

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**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-the-shark-has-jumped-the-shark/139420/3 "2002-11-29T02:04:56Z")

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I’d agree but threads about Jumping the Shark have **so** jumped the Shark.

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**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-the-shark-has-jumped-the-shark/139420/4 "2002-11-29T02:56:51Z")

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Saying “‘Jumped the Shark’ has jumped the shark” has jumped the shark.

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**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-the-shark-has-jumped-the-shark/139420/5 "2002-11-29T03:11:06Z")

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I don’t think “jump the shark” has jumped the shark. I think it has simply become part of the vernacular, and y’all are just jealous because you don’t have exclusive use of it anymore.

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jump-the-shark-has-jumped-the-shark/139420/6 "2002-11-29T03:13:32Z")

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_insert Jaws theme here_