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* The fifth-season premiere of ''Reno911'', entitled "Jumping the Shark", featured Lt. Dangle actually attempting to jump over a normal fish tank containing a small shark. Naturally, he doesn't quite make it over, and [[Hilarity Ensues]]. Incidentally, it was the first new episode to be aired after the release of [[The Movie]], which can also be a major shark-jumping point for some shows.
* An episode of ''[[That '70s Show]]'' in which Fez, imagining how cool it would be to be the Fonzie, has a daydream of himself performing the original jump. Hyde comments that this was the worst moment in television history, and Fez confesses that he stopped watching the show after that. It's interesting, because [[Anachronism Stew|this is more of a modern perspective rather than one commonly held at the time it aired]]... like pretty much everything on ''That '70s Show''.
* In the last episode of ''[[Boston Legal]]'' after {{spoiler|Alan accepts Denny's proposal of marriage}} Denny says "It'll be great! Like jumping a shark!"
* ''[[Supernatural]]'':