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The Harrison Ford Effect

A common phenomenon where a person's most famous artwork, video, movie role, or other creation/appearance in media is incidentally their least favorite, and the person in question inevitably grows to hate said work as it becomes the sole thing they are known for.

The term is named after actor Harrison Ford, who has famously expressed his distaste for the Star Wars franchise after decades of only ever being seen as "the guy who played Han Solo."
A: "John setting his YouTube video to 'private' is just another case of the Harrison Ford effect. He's ready to move on from it."
B: "But it had over a million views!"
A: "That doesn't mean he enjoys hearing about it all the time."
by TSwany August 10, 2022
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The Swank Effect

When an actress/actor is average looking, but can look hot at times. Example: Hillary Swank, Sandra Bullock, Ellen Page....may as well add Elliot Page in here too.
"Sandra Bullock has "The Swank Effect" hardcore bro!
by JitsyBitsySpider August 10, 2022
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The Bayverse Effect

When a (usually live action) adaptation of a popular cartoon is hated and it's redeeming qualities are ignored because the fans of the cartoon are stubborn and do not like their favorite show being rebooted.
"Dude, the Michael Bay transformers movies were shit"
"They had some redeeming qualities despite the writing, the designs were actually really cool, you're just too used to the original blocky designs. Classic case of The Bayverse Effect."
by EricIsntSmart August 16, 2022
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Posse Effect

When something stupid seems cool the more guys you have with you. Similar to the cheerleader effect. The more people the better.
Scooters look better when the posse effect os applied.
by HOMERO89 August 20, 2022
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Oof Sound Effect

The Roblox “Oof Sound Effect”originally comes from a old game named “Messiah” being the death sound of when you die in Roblox and recently in July of 2022 it has been removed and with replaced with a “Duh” sound effect and in news which may or may not be fake Roblox (a multi millionaire or billionaire company) has decided to pay 10k to get back the oof sound and we may or may not know if it’s fake or not
Roblox: We are getting rid of the oof sound effect
Little Timothy: NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
by FrankieTheNOOB1 August 22, 2022
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The Tripathi Effect

When you try to explain something simple, but it immediately becomes insanely more complicated and unlearnable to anyone else because of your poor teaching mindset
person 1: "Dude did you understand anything from the math homework today?"
person 2: "Nah we totally got hit with the Tripathi Effect again"
Tripathi: "Just make a table! Is that okay?"
by fourmaster444 August 25, 2022
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The Barry Effect

An extreme juxtaposition which occurs over a particular timespan; you either die young or live long enough to see what you become what you fear the most
"remember pyrocynical, he likes fat furry farts now"
"talk about The Barry Effect in action.."
by The Gaming Epstein September 3, 2022
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