BACKGROUND:Making discussions about the power or effects of the contents of mass media through movies and TV series can be considered as an effective strategy in a way. In addition, investigating the power and effects of movie screenings through metaphor creation can be an effective strategy. In the literature, it has been seen that the metaphor creation technique is widely used in examining the perception of sports. However, no research has been found using the metaphor generation technique to determine the effects of sports-themed movies. In this context, the aim of the research is to examine the acute effect of the sportsthemed movie named "Dangal", in the wrestling branch, on the metaphors that adolescents create about wrestlers.