A fallacy in which one recalls a movie or TV show from childhood thinking it was amazing, but upon rewatching it is actually terrible.
Named after the 1994 movie “North”.
Named after the 1994 movie “North”.
Adam experienced The North Effect when he rewatched “North” starring Elijah Wood. After rewatching it as an adult, Adam experienced severe disappointment after realizing the movie was in fact - fucking terrible.
by Atom1cMerlee February 13, 2022
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those kids that are like massively awesome at ddr are the main inspiration for the ddr effect or guys that take their little siblings to a movie to get them out of their parent's hair for a while potray aspects of the ddr effect LOL. guys should totally try this. it's a total chick magnet :P
by Girllllllllll January 6, 2008
Get the the ddr effect mug.When Axxki or a teammate brings up the fact that your stack is on a winning streak and then you lose the game next ending the streak forever...
by Axxki February 14, 2021
Get the The Axxki Effect mug.When a game creator takes a character they made super bitchy in their first appearance, and tries to make them super bad-ass for later appearances, but over-does it so much that they still seem super bitchy, just also over-powered. The original "Raiden Effect" of course being 'Raiden'c from MGS2, later to appear in MGS4 as a super bad-ass cyborg thing.
"Man, remember when Riku was a bitch in the first Kingdom Hearts game? He's got 'Raiden Effect' up the ass now." "Man, they took a weak whiny kid and made him the main character... The Raiden Effect strikes again."
by UekiKousuke April 22, 2013
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Sam: Dr. Plank, what causes those strange aberrations in your graph?
Dr. Plank: Don't worry Sam, those are just cache effects.
Dr. Plank: Don't worry Sam, those are just cache effects.
by BTreesEvryDay June 21, 2016
Get the cache effects mug.An effect where a person converts every girl they pursue into a cosplayer. This usually refers specifically to the girl becoming a bunny girl and wearing a bunny girl body suit lingerie set.
by Anongelion January 12, 2023
Get the The ziediņš effect mug.Man 1:Ayo bruh did you hear that one mf crashed his car after talking shit about prollywoke
Man 2:shits that’s the prollywoke effect
Man 2:shits that’s the prollywoke effect
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