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Introducing the Phrase "Nuke the Fridge"
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Nuke the Fridge to replace Jump the Shark?
The Movie Blog — ... it came from. For those still in the dark, Jump the Shark is the term used to define the moment that a tv show or series did something that caused its inevitable failure. It comes from the classic TV Show Happy Days in which its cooler than cool star “The Fonz” performs a stunt water ski jumping over a shark. After that the show was on its way out. has a library of speculation on when a series Jumped the Shark. This brings me to an article I read over at /Film “Nuke the fridge is a colloquialism used to refer to the moment in a film ...

The Dailies: June 4, 2008
MTV Movies Blog — ... - Is “Nuke the Fridge” the new “Jump the Shark?” Goddamn the new Indiana Jones film was ridiculous. (/film) ...

Odds: Doc to power, sexist Lane, nuking the fridge.
IFC: Indie Eye — ... Peter Sciretta at /Film offers an "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"-inspired update of "jump the shark." Meet "nuke the fridge." From ...

Indiana Jones film spawns new "Nuke the Fridge" term that may replace Happy Days' "Jump The Shark" phrase.
Geno's World — Slash film: The Urban Dictionary has added an entry for “Nuke the Fridge”, a contemporary replacement for the slang term “Jumped the Shark”. Jump the Shark is a reference to a scene in an episode of Happy Days when Fonzie literally jumps over a shark while water skiing. The scene was considered so preposterous, and is considered by many to signify the moment in time when the show became unappealing to its core audience. The new term Nuke the Fridge is based on an event in the opening sequence of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. ...

New Slang: Valkyrie
Videogum — ... Incredible. Without even having seen the movie I totally understood what he meant. We all confront situations in which a noble assassination not only seems justified but necessary. So, in the spirit of 2008's "nuke the fridge," and 2007's " ...