When a movie series wraps up, and the viewers think it can't continue because it was a perfect ending.
Then the movie studio releases the trailer for the next one and you become really excited again
Then the movie studio releases the trailer for the next one and you become really excited again
Person 1: New trailer for the 4th one
Person 2: not interested. The trilogy wrapped everything up perfectly
Person 1: At least just watch the trailer
Person 2: Ok *Watches Trailer*
Person 1: So what do you think?
Person 2: *says nothing, and instead preorders opening premiere ticket
Person 1: Seems to be the Toy Story Effect to me
Person 2: not interested. The trilogy wrapped everything up perfectly
Person 1: At least just watch the trailer
Person 2: Ok *Watches Trailer*
Person 1: So what do you think?
Person 2: *says nothing, and instead preorders opening premiere ticket
Person 1: Seems to be the Toy Story Effect to me
by Fanther09 March 19, 2019
Get the Toy Story Effectmug. When you lose your lane in league of legends but your team wins, or when your team loses their lane while winning your lane
by Blitztank May 28, 2025
Get the Duncy Effectmug. Da annoying dual-pitch "Beeeeeee-yuhhhhhhhh!" dat you hear when some dumba** motorist roars past you while engaging in an "extended honk". Okay, okay --- so maybe he's "just trying to be friendly" by saying hello to a familiar face by the roadside (you), but as gas-station attendant Dale says in the Red Green Show episode, "Hurricane Doug", it's far more cheerful/polite and less startling/grating on the eardrums to just briefly "tap the hooter" a couple times as you go by.
And incident of Doppler-effect horn-blowing can be even more annoying and emotionally draining (i.e., it can become a Droppler effect sometimes) if you either (1) do not recognize whoever it was who honked at you, and so you are left to wonder "who that might have been" and/or if he possibly mistook you for someone else while your back was turned, or (2) don't have a clue as to the driver's reason for honking at you, and so you are left to wonder what you might have been doing that caused him to either notice or be upset with you. Plus of course if there are one or more other people in your immediate vicinity at the time, you may even be unsure if said extended honk was actually "untended for you", or if the driver was noisily "addressing" someone else nearby --- or all of you in general --- instead of you personally.
by QuacksO July 20, 2019
Get the Doppler-effect horn-blowingmug. by Beaulo November 23, 2020
Get the golly effectmug. a situation where someone (usually a minor or an adult that did not give consent) is caught by a predator and the victim gets banned while the predator is unharmed
by AdinbutimnotAdinimQuinn September 16, 2025
Get the The Schlep Effectmug. The tendency of kids who grew up playing a competitive sport and then retired in their teens to tryhard video games, have a good sense of momentum, timing, and intuitive controls, be prone to careers requiring more discipline, and being used to regiment/feeling lost without rigid schedules or structure.
"Hey, why is John so good at timing his jumps in Mario Kart 7?"
"Oh, that's just the child athlete effect. He did competitive gymnastics for 7 years before quitting."
"Oh, that's just the child athlete effect. He did competitive gymnastics for 7 years before quitting."
by Cry_onis September 5, 2021
Get the child athlete effectmug. The Coach Ashley Effect is when Coach Ashley says she's going to do something but doesn't fucking do it.
"Coach Ashley Said she was going to schedule me to work a midshift tomorrow but somehow it didn't fucking happen, that's the Coach Ashley Effect in action"
by ThePublicker February 13, 2025
Get the Coach Ashley Effectmug.