"Weird Al" Effect may refer to one of the following pages:

* AdaptationDisplacement: An adaptation of a work is more well known than the original.
* AluminumChristmasTrees: Something that sounds fictional, but isn't.
* AudienceColoringAdaptation: An adaptation of a franchise that affects its public image.
* CoveredUp: A song cover is better known than the original.
* OlderThanTheyThink: People underestimate how old a concept is.
* ParodyDisplacement: A parody is more well known than the work it's a parody of. Originally named "'Weird Al' Effect" after Music/WeirdAlYankovic.
* PopCulturalOsmosis: Audiences are more familiar with references to a work than the original work.

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