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Toy Story Effect

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
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
by Fanther09 March 19, 2019
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Obi wan effect

The instance of saying some words of wisdom to a person well before that person needs to use it, and when used makes a dramatic difference. Could be seconds could be years but will be needed.
Typically used in the student-teacher relationship.
Ex in movie: Use the force.
Ex in school: Take notes
Ex at work: take time to do it the right way
I wouldn't have got through college without the Obi wan effect.
by The Phil-pill May 24, 2017
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spartan effect

After watching the movie 300(2016), the phase was popularized.

Upon seeing fit people, wanting to look the same, and the inevitable increase in working out.
Wonderwoman gave me the "Spartan effect."

OR

"Wow, what happened to him?"
"Must have been the Spartan Effect after seeing the Olympics "
by MintRose June 3, 2021
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The Sanjaya Effect

Any instance when internet chat rooms or subreddit groups rouse a significant number of anonymous individuals to support a cause or an individual with the aim of exercising the group's bandwidth to hi-jack or manipulate things in the real world,

The Sanjaya effect is named after its first well-known publicized occurrence in 2006 when a Reddit group of mostly young males decided to hi-jack American Idol's voting systems to push a mediocre singer, Sanjaya Malakar, into the final competition. When he had consistently disappointed the judges for weeks on end, and still made it into the final competition with the last two other singers, the judges decided they had to take voting back into their own hands to stop the internet trolls from ruining the whole sixth season's final competition.

"The Sanjaya Effect" is now an easy way to explain what might appear as ludicrous events that may seem to occur with little reason but when taking into account the ease by which the internet allows individuals to anonymously conspire together to form large cohorts that bring about change in the real world with social media and manipulation of voting systems, it is now par for the course that such internet groups exist and always will exist.
Examples of the Sanjaya Effect are plentiful, including TV Shows like American Idol, season 6 in 2006, or stock prices (e.g. the 2021 Game Stop Frenzy), or cryptocurrency prices (e.g. The DogeCoin Pump Scheme, followed by Shibu Inu and Floki Inu pump and dump internet conspiracies in succession)
by Tyler Warden September 13, 2021
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Effective

Apparently not as effective as I am at getting your cohorts to see reason and abandon you. Bwahahahahaha!
Hym "Obviously not as effective as I am at getting people to see reason."
by Hym Iam March 11, 2023
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Duncy Effect

When you lose your lane in league of legends but your team wins, or when your team loses their lane while winning your lane
Damn the Duncy effect is real tonight
by Blitztank May 28, 2025
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helpdesk effect

When you call helpdesk and the problem fixes itself instantly.
Employee 1, "My desk phone was not working, but as soon as I emailed helpdesk it started working. "

Employee 2, "Bro that's the helpdesk effect."
by JBlocka May 12, 2016
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