Murphy's Syndrome 

A (mostly eradicated) disease where an adult-oriented film/franchise is heavily reworked for children, or at least for a family-friendly audience due to its toyetic potential. Murphy's Syndrome was most prevalent from the 70s to the 90s, with specific examples including Rambo, The Toxic Avenger, The Mask, and Alien. It's a syndrome because nobody fucking knows why some stuffed shirts thought such a practice would be a good idea.

The name derives from the real name of RoboCop, Alex Murphy, one of the most well-known victims of the disease, having two shitty cartoons, a bland live-action show that only lasted one season, and two PG-13 rated films that nobody likes.

My cousin Chris grew up with RoboCop: Alpha Commando, not realizing that it was the result of Murphy's Syndrome.

Murphy's Syndrome by Hoagy Macintosh January 2, 2024

Murphy Syndrome 

When someone has been completely and utterly destroyed in a campaign, usually political in nature, and denies any wrong doing or personal responsibility. Named after Jim Murphy, head of the political party Scottish Labour, for his reaction to the 2015 UK General Election.

He was so in denial over his shortcomings and cockups with the campaign he was suffering Murphy Syndrome.

Murphy Syndrome by JimmyMurphy May 10, 2015

Eddie Murphy Syndrome

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(vb) to make great movies that are funny in the beginning of your career, then slowly whore yourself out to any studio willing to pay you money to make anything. Often includes dressing as a woman and/or obese person.

In 1994, the actor Eddie Murphy, was diagnosed with Eddie Murphy Syndrome. During the 1990's the disease became so debilitating that he soon was only capable of making sequels and movies for children. After a long battle with EMS in the early 2000's, he slowly began showing signs of recovery after having two life threatening breakouts in 2003 and again in 2007.

1983 Trading Places
1984 Beverly Hills Cop
1987 Beverly Hills Cop II
1988 Coming to America

1996 The Nutty Professor
1998 Doctor Dolittle
2000 Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
2001 Shrek
2003 Daddy Day Care
2007 Norbit

Eddie Murphy Syndrome by nupr October 10, 2012

Murph Syndrome 

Murph Syndrome is an example of a naturally occurring deficiency in self-confidence. It is characterised by a total failure to convert opportunities that present themselves to you. The only cure is encouragement from friends, and even then sufferers will never attain the levels of conversion achieved by non-sufferers. Sufferers can experience outbreaks of the syndrome in numerous spheres - however it most commonly occurs when propositioning the opposite sex. Murph syndrome sufferers are often outwardly confident, some even arrogant, however sufferers lose this in the heat of the moment.

Dude 1: Hey man, you know you took that girl for coffee yesterday, how'd it go?

Dude 2: Well I was gonna kiss her but my Murph Syndrome struck and all I got was a peck on the cheek

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Football commentator: He's on the ball, baring down on goal, but oh no! What's this? Murph Syndrome has hit him at the worst possible time and he has passed it back to his own goalkeeper!

Murph Syndrome by Balls deep polak May 30, 2011