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."
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."
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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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."
"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
Get the The Bayverse Effect mug.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
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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?"
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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"Is Josh skating with us today?"
"No he's with his girl, he's not coming"
"Damn, The Gumbo Effect at it's prime"
"No he's with his girl, he's not coming"
"Damn, The Gumbo Effect at it's prime"
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Get the The Gumbo Effect mug.An effect in which emotions and actions are intensified during an event due to Peter Delaney; Peter does not have to be present for the Peter Effect to be in issue
- “Last night was crazy, everyone stripped naked and started peeing all over Ethan!”
- “That’s clearly the Peter Effectin full action”
- “That’s clearly the Peter Effectin full action”
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