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Jumped the couch 

See also
jump the couch, or jumping the couch

Bizarre behaviour or statement(s) of a formerly beloved celebrity recognized as the exact moment when the world realizes this person has lost touch with reality and their popularity plummets.

Inspired by Tom Cruise's behaviour when he tried unsuccessfully to convince the world of his mutual , non-transactional, hetero love for Katie Holmes.

See also "Jumping the Shark" as the original idiom, which was coined in 1985 by Jon Hein in response to a 1977 episode from the fifth season of the American sitcom Happy Days, in which Fonzie (Henry Winkler) jumps over a shark while on water-skis. The phrase is pejorative and is used to argue that a creative outlet or work appears to be making a misguided attempt at generating new attention or publicity for something that is perceived once to have been widely popular, but is no longer.

See also Matthew
McConaughey's Oscars acceptance speech at the 2014 academy Awards.

Update: See Will Smith at the 2022 Academy Awards.
Oof Will Smith really jumped the couch last night with that shit he pulled at the Oscars.

Jumped the fridge 

A combination of Jump the shark and Nuke the fridge for the most epic of failures.
That Nintendo conference at E3 really jumped the fridge.

jumped out the window

when you sneak out of a house that’s not your own. (you don’t necessarily have to jump out of a window)
sarah: “we were chilling and then hailey gets a call and jumped out the window
gracie: “wait she snuck out of your house??”
sarah: “yeah i’m so pissed at her!!”

Jumped the ship 

When a boyfriend or girlfriend meets the parents of their significant other.
Robert: Did you hear, Dave jumped the ship last week!
Susie: For real? They have been dating for a while now I guess.

Jumped in 

dis movie jumped in was stupid
Jumped in by myca September 23, 2007

Jumped Ship 

Jumping ship is when your team, ie the posh, are up to sh*t you wog eyed spastic that's why people jumped ship back in the day, not so they could be all like, 'Hey we're on the titanic, lets jump off and drown ourslves before we lose the chance' ffs
"Oh, so rafa got the boot?"
"Uh, no, he jumped ship before he had another beachball moment"
Jumped Ship by Piel Ling October 27, 2009