So uhm, this thread really swings with monkeys?

Not to mention it doesn't make sense. It implies the fridge was destroyed, or was specifically nuked. Also the Jump the shake moment usually means the peak of the series or film (as in it only got worse after that). Jump the shark is also self explanatory. As cool as I thought the scene was (and positively ridiculous) the phrase doesn't fit.

Its not supposed to be funny

Plus--Indy mentions 'nukes' after the incident--wasnt everything called 'atomic' testing in those days? We dropped an atomic bomb on Japan, not a nuke.

In the late 50s? Who knows, that was quite some time after Japan.

And the scene was supposed to be funny, it looked like it was intentionally a bit goofy.

Actually the fridge was low on the totem pole of issues with Indiana Jones.

the movie is riddled with 'goofy' from groundhogs to the smiling mannequins in that whole sequence, but the fridge ride was supposed to be a 'daring escape' moment.

"Nuke the fridge"

Worst. Internetism. Ever.

Nuke the fridge makes me think of microwaving leftovers.

It makes me think of this guy:

Internet.

This thread has been armbarred by lameness.

Its the only way to be sure.

This thread? Not so fetch.

You beat me to it, but I was thinking something more like this:

Gremlins 2 rocks. That is all.

Everyone does know, of course, that the phrase is about criticizing the "reality" of a fantasy movie?

Anyone else find that as amusing as I do?

If one wanted to, one could accuse the entire series of Indy movies as "nuking the fridge" by trying to present aspects of various religious mythologies (fantasies) as being "real."

Raiders "nuked the fridge" with the wrath of God zapping Nazis.

ToD "NtF" with ripping out hearts (among other things).

Crusade "NtF" with drinking from the chalice healing a mortal wound.

I could go on, but...

There is nothing fantastical about Indy. 100% real 100% of the time (unless of course he's in a fridge)!

Are you serious ? You care about there being? Have you seen the previous Indy films? You didn't care about Nazis having their bodies melt because of some box that was opened -- but it didn't hurt Indy, because he didn't LOOK at it? Yeah, that's not one bit silly at all.

Enough said.

The urban dictionary really doesn't understand the phrase "jump the shark" if they think it equals "nuke the fridge."

To be fair, the sequences you mention are clearly based in mythology and fantasy. But nuclear tests sites and refrigerators are more realistic concepts. You make a good point, but it'll not quite the same thing.

it only took 2 dvdtalk pages for nuke the fridge to jump the shark.

Now you're just being picky.

I think it's stupid, too. Plus, I liked the fridge scene in the movie anyway.