Top Ten Kids Shows that Jumped the Shark

Jumping the shark is somthing that happens to a TV show when the writers are out of ideas and just decide to do whatever pops into their head. But it's something that happens to kids shows too. So I'll be counting down those moments right here. So strap on your water skis bewcause this is the Top Ten TV Shows that Jumped the Shark. Also some spoilers for some of these shows are ahead so be warned.



10 The Muppet Show: The Star Wars Episode
Everyone loves the Muppets almost everyone had them in their childhood. The catchy songs, the funny characters, and the guest stars that modern kids won't recognize. But, believe it or not there was an episode of the iconic Muppet Show that featured the characters from Star Wars. The episode isn't that bad, it's just that it feels really out of place in this world. Not too much else to say about except for: "Why and how?"







9 Batman the Animated Series: The Redesign
Halfway into this series the animation was redesigned to look more stylized. For some of it the redesign worked. But for other parts it didn't work as well. One of the biggest examples is the joker who.....I don't know it just seems really weird. Of course this didn't stop the series from being any less good.












                                                                                    8 Ninja Turtles: The Alien
In the 2003 reboot of the 80's show about teenaged reptiles that ate pizza and fought crime (it is much better than it sounds) we get a pretty silly dramatic reveal. At the beginging of season two we find out that the series' main villain, a samurai called The Shredder is an alien. While the reveal actually does make a lot of sense and is pretty schocking it still doesn't make this moment any less silly.







                                                                                    7 Total Drama: Feral Zeke

While this show was aimed at teenagers it did air on Cartoon Network so I guess this counts. The show is a parody of reality TV shows such as Survivor and The Amazing Race. One of the least interesting characters in the show is the reason they jumped the shark believe it or not. In season three the character Zeke (who didn't have much of persoanlity becides a thick Canadian accent) got turned into what is essentialy Gollum from Lord of the Rings after being locked in the cargo hold of a jumbo jet. Honestly, I don't know why they did this. He barely shows up later on and doesn't add much to the plot.

6 Hanna Barbera: Repeating Themselves

In the 70's the animation studio Hanna Barbera was running out of ideas. One of their biggest hits was Scooby Doo. They realized is was popular and easy to make seeing as all the episodes basically have the same plot of old guys dressed as ghosts. So they decided to make cheap knock offs of it. Some of the best examples of this are the shows The Funky Phantom and Goober and the Ghost Chasers. Their wasn't much difference between any of these shows just change the names of the characters and then you have your show. In fact one episode of Ghost Chasers had a plot simaller to a Scooby Doo episode.



5 Any Show: The Clip Show
If the writers for a TV show won't finish their script before their deadline they will throw together a clip show. Just edit clips from older episodes together maybe write a flimsy plot to hold it together and then you have your clip show. Clip shows are rarely ever good. Scratch that clip shows are never good their always either "Meh"  or "No".



4 Scooby Doo: Guest Stars
I am not going to be nice to Hanna Barbera in this review, am I? The season of scooby doo titled "The New Scooby Doo Movies" had a gimmick where each episode had a special guest star. Now, the episodes are pretty average for Scooby Doo the problem is it makes the episodes feel really dated. Most kids these days won't recognise Don Knotts, Davy Jones, or Phyllis Diller. Probably one of the weirder episodes of the show is where they team up with the Adam West Burt Ward Batman and Robin to stop the Joker and the Penguin.




3 The Flintstones: The Great Gazoo
For those of you who don't know who this is allow me to explain, The Great Gazoo is a tiny, green, floating alien who was exiled to Earth. Okay, stop. This is a sitcom about the stone age. Where do aliens fit into this? Not only is it out of place but Gazoo is also very annoying.








2 Scooby Doo Again: Scrappy Doo
Scooby's nephew Scrappy will forever be known as one of the most annoying cartoon characters in history. All he did was shout catchphrases and got in trouble. To make things first worse his voice really started to hurt your ears after a while. Honestly, what where they thinking? There isn't much to say that hasn't been said already. Let's just hope they don't bring him back any time soon.




1 Happy Days: Fonzie Jumps the Shark
Well gee....I bet you didn't expect this one did you? Well of course it's on here what kind of Shark Jumping list wouldn't it be without it. It's pretty self explainetory The Fonz jumps over some sharks on water skis. It is just about as silly as it sounds. It's the original Shark Jumping moment what else can you say.










Well that was the Top Ten Kids Shows that Jumped the Shark. I do suppose that Happy Days is more of a family show but still what kind of a reviewer would I be if I didn't include it. I hope you enjoyed it and I will see you next time for another review.