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* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'': In the self-referential 200th episode, Marty responds to the suggestion of doing the ''[[Show Within a Show|Wormhole X-Treme!]]'' [[The Movie|movie]] with ''[[Thunderbirds]]''-style puppets by sarcastically suggesting that they have Puppet O'Neill jump over a puppet shark on a scale motorcycle.
* ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'': in the episode "The One With the Cast of [[Night Court]]", Jenna Maroney was blamed by Harry Anderson, Markie Post, and Charles Johnson for making ''[[Night Court]]'' "jump the shark" for her three part episode as werewolf lawyer Sparky Monroe.
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'''Markie:''' I had just bought my second home when they brought that idiot werewolf lawyer in!
'''Jenna:''' ''(insulted)'' Uh, that "idiot werewolf" paid for my hand reduction surgery, okay? }}
* 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.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Maid RPG]]'' specifically lampshades this for one of its example games, which due to player twinkery went completely and irretrievably [[Off the Rails]] ([[Suspiciously Specific Denial|which, of course]], [[Blatant Lies|never happens in real sessions]]). After Yugami, Kamiya, and Hizumi manage to derail the game into something resembling ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'':
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* ''[[Bob the Angry Flower]]'' [http://www.angryflower.com/jumpsh.html ramps a shark on a motorcycle]. [[Up to Eleven|Into space]].
* In ''[[Unwinder's Tall Comics]]'', Unwinder laments the decline of his former favorite webcomic:
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* [http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2009/11/12/0111-shark-jumped-the-woo/ Inverted, but taken literally] in ''[[Sandra and Woo]]''.
* In the end-of-chapter commentary strips by two minor characters of [[Errant Story]], one of them carries waterski's and announces she'll try to jump a great white, [http://www.errantstory.com/2010-05-28/4823 prompting the other to note that the writer just did that.] The immediate [http://www.errantstory.com/2010-05-31/4824 followup] was an amusing subversion of JTS, too.
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* The ''[[Zero Punctuation]]'' review for "LEGO Indiana Jones" was the first to [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|feature a new opening video]] and [[Soundtrack Dissonance|hardcore metal theme song]], as opposed to the ([[Digital Piracy Is Evil|copyrighted]]) [[Suspiciously Apropos Music]] of previous shorts. In his sign-off bit of snark, Yahtzee predicts oodles of e-mails [[Ruined FOREVER|predicting this as "his shark jumping moment"]].
* In a similar fashion, episode 15 of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'' had this exchange at the end:
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'''Tristan:''' [[Unpleasable Fanbase|Let's complain about it!]]<br />
Cue [[Looney Tunes]] end-of-show fanfare and the credits-snark going "i think i just jumped the shark..." }}
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* The title card at the end of the first episode of ''[[Madd Man]]'' reads "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: Jumped The Shark On The First Episode"
* ''[[Two Best Friends Play]]''. After making two episodes independently, they were picked up by the Machinima Youtube channel. They referenced this "selling out" in their next video, ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'', by having Kong physically jump over a shark enemy.
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'''Pat:''' I don't wanna jump the shark! ...Aw, we jumped it. }}
* [[Invoked]] and [[Parodied]] in the episode [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5HWzwa3KOo&feature=autoplay&list=ULrg8jISMx4dk&lf=mfu_in_order&playnext=1 ''Trollin' ''] of the [[Annoying Orange]]
* [http://askudonge.tumblr.com/post/17637868580 This post] in the fan-made ''[http://askudonge.tumblr.com Just a Useless Bunny]'' ''[[Touhou]]'' Ask Blog parodies the common changes done by [[Executive Meddling]] that often lead to this, complete with a final panel of Reisen water skiing over a shark.
* From [[Red Letter Media]]:
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** 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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'''Ozmodiar:''' Damn straight, Troy my man! }}
** In the second season, motorcycle daredevil Lance Murdoch literally jumped over a shark (and a few other animals besides).
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