Fat Apollo Edit Meaning

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Derived from the character Lee Apollo Adama from Battlestar Galactica, when the character put on weight in an act of complacency, the phrase now means the point in which a television series or any artistic creation has gone away from its intended goal. This phrase is closely related to jumping the shark.

Cheers really went Fat Apollo when Diane left the show.

Moonlighting really pulled a Fat Apollo after Dave and Maddy had sex.

You really did a Fat Apollo when you added cloves to your chili.

See jumping the shark, battlestar galactica, critique, analysis, television