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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/MrSilk13642 on 2023-12-20 06:52:56.

Original Title: TIL the idiom “Jumping the Shark” argues that a creative work or entity has reached a point in which it has exhausted its core intent, named after an episode of Happy Days when the character Fonzie literally water ski jumps over a shark.