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

Flynn Rider Effect

When someone is feeling super attractive for no reason. It's called the Flynn Rider effect.

Toby said he feels attractive. Maybe it's the Flynn Rider effect.

by Vered P August 3, 2011

The Dylan Effect

when you date dylan and you lose all of your clout afterwards

That girl was super popular before, but after she broke up with dylan she got hit with the dylan effect and became irrelevant

by cloutsplenda February 21, 2018