jumping the whale 

An expression used by people too stunned to remember it's supposed to be "jumping/jumped the shark" and too lame to realize that that phrase has, in fact, jumped the shark.

"I think that series is really jumping the whale," said the loser, which brought only stunned looks from the rest of his buddies at the debating club.

jumping the whale by Adman12 September 21, 2005

Jumping the whale 

when your favorite show starts to flag and go downhill, and then adds a fat character for no good reason making the show look stupid, as when STD added Stacey Abrams as the president of Earth

When The Mandalorian added Lizzo as it's "jumping the whale" moment, we all knew it was on its way down then.

Jumping the whale by NeoTechni April 7, 2023