La Flame Effect

Its when rappers or singers bring Travis Scott as a guest but ended up getting their concert or performance stolen by Travis Scott. in summary, If you bring Travis Scott on your performance you best hope the La Flame Effect will happen and you should consider that it's not your concert anymore

Dude 1: Bro, Drake's concert is Lit! But Travis took the mf show
Dude 2: Shiiiiit La Flame Effect happened?

Dude 1: Bro, On GOD! it Happened

by Xer Ralda December 22, 2019

Medusa Effect

When an attractive person makes direct eye contact with you and just freeze there staring and smiling; making eye contact with an attractive person and you just freeze in place blushing/smiling.

Dude, I saw this girl at the coffee shop earlier and she totes had the Medusa Effect.

This girl got me weak yo! She definitely had the Medusa Effect down!

by experimentalphase January 24, 2018

The Cumberbatch Effect

When the mind encounters a face that by all accounts should be seen as incredibly strange looking, but instead interprets it as ridiculously attractive. This term is displayed strongly by, and named for, British actor Benedict Cumberbatch.

Girl one: "His cheekbones don't even make sense, and his head is so tall. He should be ugly. . . why am I aroused?"
Girl two: "It's the Cumberbatch Effect"
Girl one: "It's just like James Marsters all over again"

by TheBabyBear November 2, 2011

Pink Floyd Effect

(Also known as the Pink Floyd Stare) A physical and mental state of spiritual awe one gets when listening to the music of Pink Floyd. Similar to the effects of hallucinogens.

Jon was listening to Echoes when he started staring blankly at a wall. He was experiencing a Pink Floyd Effect.

by Nockaleno November 13, 2014

The Goldlust Effect

Named after the Brown University scientist who first formally characterized it, The Goldlust Effect is a phenomenon in which an email recipient mentally hears the author's physical voice while reading the message. Closely related is the Holmes Effect, in which an email recipient mentally sees the author's physical mannerisms and gesticulations while reading the message.

When I started reading my old collegiate acapella friend's message, The Goldlust Effect was so strong that I instinctively turned around and accused my wife of launching vocal percussion spittle onto the back of my neck.

by Greenleafs_4Evar March 3, 2015

bruh sound effect #1

a mythical ancient artefact whose existence is yet to be proved

person 1: yo you ever heard bruh sound effect #1?
person 2: idk, i don't think anyone has

by xSRGman July 21, 2020

John Walker Effect

First coined by Twitter user @buggy_con, the John Walker Effect is when in any form of media the writers unintentionally make the antagonist characters

-Far more entertaining
-Far more believable as characters
-More sympathetic

-More heroic than the stale and downright evil protagonists/heroes

Typically you will see the writers project all the things they view as evil onto these characters in order to make a straw man to pit against their oh so perfect protagonists. However, this unintentionally causes these characters to be loved by the audience, for they are the only ones who

-Call out the protagonists' bullshit for what it is
-Have actual ideas and motivations that aren't selfish

These characters often have to be amped up to cartoonish levels of evil in order to try and make the audience root against them.

Rorschach from Watchmen, Tyler Durden from Fight Club, and Colonel Quaritch from Avatar are all examples of villains that suffer from the John Walker Effect.

by janh47 July 23, 2023