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** "Sweet Stench of Success", when Bloo becomes an advertising icon who gets his own sitcom spinoff. The preview after the very first episode is "tune in next week when Deo jumps a shark!"
** In the final episode, "Goodbye to Bloo", Bloo thinks Mac is moving away forever, and tries to come up with something big they can do for their last day together. After Mac shoots down several of his suggestions as things they have already done before (they are in fact [[Continuity Nod|references to the plots of previous episodes]]), Bloo decides that the only thing left to do is to [[Jump the Shark]]. Unable to find a shark in time, he settles for walking over a fish with a paper fin on a bowl.
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'' addresses thoughts on jumping the shark, by hanging up on Ron when he brings it up. [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3387428/1/Kim_vs_Donzie This Fanfiction] takes the idea a bit further, parodying ''Happy Days'' and then {{spoiler|revealing it all as just a dream.}}
** Also a [[Show Within a Show]] example, is where they [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall|lean on the fourth wall]] about a couple on the show, claiming if they got together the show would practically end. A reference to the soon pairing of Kim and Ron.
* One episode of ''[[Dora the Explorer]]'' had Dora use Jump Star to "jump the shark".
* One episode of ''[[Squidbillies]]'' shown Rusty watching a TV show in a dramatic way, showing a Mailman delivering mail into a mailbox. What is worth a mention in this article is Early commenting on the show with the trope name.
* In an episode of ''[[
* One "Previously On" for a two-part episode of ''[[South Park]]'' had scenes of Fonzie about to jump a shark cut in. Then when he makes the jump, he gets eaten, seeming to say "Not yet, viewers".
* ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'' "In-Des-Tuck-Able" serves as the final episode where Tuck is performing a series of dangerous stunts including riding a motorcycle over a [[Shark Pool]]. Brad provides the lampshading. ''"Once you jump the shark, the show is over."''
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'':
** Lampooned this trope by showing an episode where Bart buys a race horse (Lisa already did that), Lisa notices Marge's gambling problem (we already know that) and adds an improbable twist that horse jockeys are elves in disguise (complete with schlocky musical number). ''[[Lampshaded]]'' by Comic Book Guy when he is seen wearing a "Worst Episode Ever" shirt.
** Also made more direct references: One [[Couch Gag]] had the family do it to land on the couch, only for Homer to lose both legs. Additionally, one of the [[Clip Show]] episodes featured a song [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshading]] both clip shows and the sort of absurd plots that normally constitute a shark-jump, [http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu231/firewaller/Trolls/homer-jump-shark.jpg complete with a still image of Homer on waterskis].
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** In the second season, motorcycle daredevil Lance Murdoch literally jumped over a shark (and a few other animals besides).
* During the ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' episode where the Titans chased Control Freak into [[Trapped in TV Land|TV land]], Robin finds himself on some kind of action challenge show being forced by a [[Crocodile Hunter|suspiciously familiar looking host with a funny accent]] to waterski off a ramp, at which point a shark leaps out of the water underneath him.
* ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'':
** A [[Cut Song]] from [[The Movie]] ''[[Trapped in TV Land|Channel Chasers]]
** Also in the later episode that introduces Wanda's twin sister Blonda, the B-plot of the episode consists of Timmy doing various "EXTREEEEEME!!" stunts. The very first stunt was him rocketskating over a shark tank.
* ''[[Fanboy and Chum Chum]]'' referenced jumping the shark during the episode [[Total Recall]]. One of the shows they liked had the title character, an octopus spy named Agent 8 jump a shark. [[Inverted Trope|They found the show got better after]].
* Dante and Randal in the ''[[Clerks]]'' series reminisce about the iconic scene from ''[[Happy Days]]'', except in their recollection, the shark came back and ate [[Deep Blue Sea|Samuel L. Jackson]].
* In ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' the Monarch references this trope regarding henchmen. You say "jump", they say "what shark?"
* The series finale of ''[[Batman: The Brave
* ''[[D.N. Ace]]'' episode 17b "Mendel vs Mendor" features a photo of Mendor water-skiing over four sharks {{spoiler|They fix everything, but by then the show's already been cancelled. The series ends with a giant wrap party where Batman tells the viewers that he'll always be around to fight evil, but for now this is goodbye.}}
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