Pull a Shyamalan

To "Pull a Shyamalan" means to begin doing something and being fantastic at it on your first attempt, but to then become progressively worse at it with every attempt as you continue on doing it with no possible chance of redemption. Some people might even secretly hope you're gonna make it this next time but you never will. The origin of this phrase comes from Director Night Shyamalan's career as everyone seems to unanimously agree that the "6th Sense" was a masterpiece while everything else he did afterwards only got worse and worse over time.

(to pull a Shyamalan): Gaston Gaudio really pulled a Shyamalan with his tennis carreer. He started of winning Roland Garros and then crashed it spectaculary into the ground match after match. Total career meltdown.

by KaiserWordsmith November 3, 2017

The M.Knight Shyamalan

After an extended period of intercourse a partner could pull an M.Knight Shyamalan on their partner. Whereas right before they finish their partner they insert a broomstick up their parters anus.

I was at that party last night and I think a girl pulled “The M.Knight Shyamalan” on me, I’m so sore.

by Puggymonkeybaby May 19, 2022

M. Night Shyamalanism

Verb: To pull something spectacular off once, and then fail miserably each time you try to do it again.

1) Dude, your second attempt at dinner last night was such an M. Might Shyamalanism.

2) I thought it could work, but I ended up doing an M. Night Shyamalanism.

by Lltan November 1, 2010

shyamalaned

a situation that ends up involving ghosts, robots, aliens or other random elements and possibly a plot twist.

dude a: "I am glad we have been fighting reverse werwolf vampires at this seemingly innocent roller rink in the year 3000."

dude b: "yeah all that advice from my dead uncle really came in handy during the time traveling portion of our adventures."

dude a: "i am a ghost and i have herpes. you just got shyamalaned!!!"

by alex h. September 2, 2008

Shyamalaned

(verb): to mind rape something and turn it inside out. To strip something of everything beautiful about it. To take something totally awesome, and completely, utterly fuck it up. Named for the director M. Night Shyamalan.

Dayum, the Last Airbender has been Shyamalaned so badly that it's making me bleed from every orifice.

I was making a sculpture of the Eiffel tower, and I realized I totally Shyamalaned it when it came out looking like Sarah Jessica Parker.

Wow, Mary just totally Shyamalaned her work project. She'll never work again!

The Olive Garden has pretty much Shyamalaned all Italian food.

by Toph Bei Fong July 13, 2010

Shyamalaned

When things appear to be going fine, then take a terrible turn for the worst. Based off of the style of writing/directing of filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, a proponent of twist endings.

Dude, I was about to hook it up with this hot girlie, but then it turned out she was a dude. There were a lot of signs that suggested she was a dude, but I overlooked them; in hindsight it all makes sense. I just got Shyamalaned.

by Nick S. June 20, 2006

Shyamalaned

To create an absurd and unfitting hypothetical twist to a given situation, usually to annoy the person with whom you are conversing. Occasionally followed with a declaration of the act.

Shyamalanee: I heard Bill got real drunk last night.
Shyamalaner: ...or maybe his brain was actually replaced by Alien Zombies who have been living secretly in a hidden bunker in New Jersey for decades! You just got Shyamalaned!

by TheMarkO March 7, 2010