pulling a liefield

When you create one mediocre character, have someone else tweak them and make them one of the most popular characters in modern literature and then go “yep that was all me, no one else helped at all”

Can also be used to describe over the top “EXXXXTREME!!” art found in 90’s comics, insanely poor human anatomy (especially with women) or poorly drawn feet

“Why weren’t you credited in that movie, it’s based on that book you were working on“

“Well, the book sold really well and was insanely more popular than the original creator‘s so the dude committed the ultimate sin in Pulling a Liefield”