jump the shark

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English - Turkish
köpekbalığı atlama
English - English
To undergo a storyline development which is so exceptional that all content following is disappointing

And I knew something was up when I started getting press releases about tape labels. Maybe vinyl had finally jumped the shark, and magnetic tape was due for a return.

include an excessive scene or a variation of the plot pointing out that the long-running television show has been determined as declining
jump the shark

    Turkish pronunciation

    cʌmp dhi şärk

    Pronunciation

    /ˈʤəmp ᴛʜē ˈsʜärk/ /ˈʤʌmp ðiː ˈʃɑːrk/

    Etymology

    () From a moment on the TV series Happy Days in which the character Fonzie jumped over a shark on waterskis, and from then on (supposedly) the show wasn't as good.
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