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Crab mentality, also known as crab theory, [1] [2] crabs in a bucket [a] mentality, or the crab-bucket effect, describes the mindset of people who try to prevent others from gaining a favorable position, even if attaining such position would not directly impact those trying to stop them. It is usually summarized with the phrase "If I can't have ...
Early examples include The Three Stooges' parody of Nazi Germany You Nazty Spy, which stated that "Any resemblance between the characters in this picture and any persons, living or dead, is a miracle," [8] and its sequel I'll Never Heil Again, which features a disclaimer that states that "The characters in this picture are fictitious. Anyone ...
Hermit crab: Shark Tale: Voiced by David P. Smith, he is a deranged hermit crab who lives in a dumpster near the Whalewash. Cri-Kee Cricket Mulan: A cricket who is a sidekick of Mushu. Digit Cockroach An American Tail: Echizen Crab Crab: Sabagebu! Eugene H. Krabs [8] Crab: SpongeBob SquarePants
In real life, there are cases in history and popular culture where people have been perceived as reluctant heroes. One of the earliest occurrences of this archetype may be the biblical prophet Jonah , who refused to be elected, fled God's injunction to take on his responsibility as a prophet, only accepting it after his tribulation in the belly ...
The earliest reference I can find to crabs in a bucket (and this doesn't mean to say there aren't even earlier references out there somewhere), is in a book called Politics and Prejudice in Contemporary Hawaii, published in 1976 – a quarter of a century before Wikipedia was founded (Quote: "Kamakawiwoole cited as an example the "Alamihi crab ...
The name Charles Emerson Winchester was derived from three real street names in the city of Boston. [citation needed] He was introduced in the show's sixth season as a replacement for Frank Burns, both in the unit's surgical team and as a foil for Hawkeye and B.J. Though Winchester embodied some antagonistic qualities similar to Burns such as ...
However, he now thinks it is indeed a real-life crab -- one that he actually saw in person last summer. Winter explained, 'At first all I could see was some faint movement, then as it rose from ...
Greater likelihood of recalling recent, nearby, or otherwise immediately available examples, and the imputation of importance to those examples over others. Bizarreness effect: Bizarre material is better remembered than common material. Boundary extension: Remembering the background of an image as being larger or more expansive than the ...