Then there's the Space Project--pictures that take you on a trip to various space facilities, inspiring the sensation of being on a Kubrick set.
Sanchez was on shaky ground on after an 8-8 season in 2011 and Tebow, who said all of the right things but was rumored to have his eye on the starting gig, was a meme-generating, fan-inspiring sensation.
These days, Floss is a global sensation, inspiring rabid fandom with their productions online and festival sets.
Edward Bellamy's "Looking Backward," published in 1888, depicted a socialist paradise in the year 2000, and became a sensation, inspiring "Bellamy Clubs" around the country.
Isabelle has since become a viral sensation, inspiring people to use Photoshop to portray the little girl as everything from Ron Burgundy to Wolverine.
Thanks to Sugata Mitra's brilliance, the compelling story of the Hole in the Wall became a worldwide sensation, inspiring millions of people around the world -- including on Vikram Swarup the author of the novel Q & A, which eventually was turned into the Academy Award-winning feature film Slumdog Millionaire.
From the first work by Hübner et al. in 2003, showing that oocyte-like cells (OLCs) could be produced from mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells in vitro, derivation of germ cells from stem cells raised great public sensation, inspiring hopes in some, fears in others.
The illustration is now a viral sensation online, inspiring dozens of pro-Conan protest groups on Facebook; several of Mr. O'Brien's employees have made the image their Facebook profile photo.
The video became a cultural sensation in Hong Kong, inspiring vigorous debate and discussion on lifestyle, etiquette, civic awareness and media ethics within the city, eventually attracting the attention of the media around the world.
The three men, all executives at Belpointe Asset Management, a Greenwich-based firm that manages more than $82 million, became overnight media sensations after claiming the lottery winnings, inspiring front-page tabloid stories and waves of – well, whatever the opposite of schadenfreude is.
The Pokémon creatures became a sensation in Japan and around the world, inspiring a long string of video games and a similarly popular game played with collectable trading cards.
