diff --git a/Engine/source/afx/afxEffectGroup.cpp b/Engine/source/afx/afxEffectGroup.cpp
index 71c6a89b6..e7677d4a7 100644
--- a/Engine/source/afx/afxEffectGroup.cpp
+++ b/Engine/source/afx/afxEffectGroup.cpp
@@ -253,13 +253,13 @@ DefineEngineMethod(afxEffectGroupData, reset, void, (),,
   object->reloadReset();
 }
 
-DefineEngineMethod(afxEffectGroupData, addEffect, void, (afxEffectBaseData* effect),,
+DefineEngineMethod(afxEffectGroupData, pushEffect, void, (afxEffectBaseData* effect),,
                    "Adds an effect (wrapper or group) to an effect-group.\n\n"
                    "@ingroup AFX")
 {
   if (!effect) 
   {
-    Con::errorf("afxEffectGroupData::addEffect() -- missing afxEffectWrapperData.");
+    Con::errorf("afxEffectGroupData::pushEffect() -- missing afxEffectWrapperData.");
     return;
   }
   
diff --git a/Engine/source/afx/afxEffectron.cpp b/Engine/source/afx/afxEffectron.cpp
index cf60ede4b..1c68256c1 100644
--- a/Engine/source/afx/afxEffectron.cpp
+++ b/Engine/source/afx/afxEffectron.cpp
@@ -216,13 +216,13 @@ DefineEngineMethod(afxEffectronData, reset, void, (),,
   object->reloadReset();
 }
 
-DefineEngineMethod(afxEffectronData, addEffect, void, (afxEffectBaseData* effect),,
+DefineEngineMethod(afxEffectronData, pushEffect, void, (afxEffectBaseData* effect),,
                    "Adds an effect (wrapper or group) to an effectron's phase.\n\n"
                    "@ingroup AFX")
 {
   if (!effect) 
   {
-    Con::errorf("afxEffectronData::addEffect() -- missing afxEffectWrapperData.");
+    Con::errorf("afxEffectronData::pushEffect() -- missing afxEffectWrapperData.");
     return;
   }
   
diff --git a/Engine/source/afx/afxMagicSpell.cpp b/Engine/source/afx/afxMagicSpell.cpp
index e169d70d7..b45d7c131 100644
--- a/Engine/source/afx/afxMagicSpell.cpp
+++ b/Engine/source/afx/afxMagicSpell.cpp
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ DefineEngineMethod(afxMagicSpellData, reset, void, (),,
   object->reloadReset();
 }
 
-DefineEngineMethod(afxMagicSpellData, addCastingEffect, void, (afxEffectBaseData* effect),,
+DefineEngineMethod(afxMagicSpellData, pushCastingEffect, void, (afxEffectBaseData* effect),,
                    "Adds an effect (wrapper or group) to a spell's casting phase.\n\n"
                    "@ingroup AFX")
 {
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ DefineEngineMethod(afxMagicSpellData, addCastingEffect, void, (afxEffectBaseData
   object->mCasting_fx_list.push_back(effect);
 }
 
-DefineEngineMethod(afxMagicSpellData, addLaunchEffect, void, (afxEffectBaseData* effect),,
+DefineEngineMethod(afxMagicSpellData, pushLaunchEffect, void, (afxEffectBaseData* effect),,
                    "Adds an effect (wrapper or group) to a spell's launch phase.\n\n"
                    "@ingroup AFX")
 
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ DefineEngineMethod(afxMagicSpellData, addLaunchEffect, void, (afxEffectBaseData*
   object->mLaunch_fx_list.push_back(effect);
 }
 
-DefineEngineMethod(afxMagicSpellData, addDeliveryEffect, void, (afxEffectBaseData* effect),,
+DefineEngineMethod(afxMagicSpellData, pushDeliveryEffect, void, (afxEffectBaseData* effect),,
                    "Adds an effect (wrapper or group) to a spell's delivery phase.\n\n"
                    "@ingroup AFX")
 
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ DefineEngineMethod(afxMagicSpellData, addDeliveryEffect, void, (afxEffectBaseDat
   object->mDelivery_fx_list.push_back(effect);
 }
 
-DefineEngineMethod(afxMagicSpellData, addImpactEffect, void, (afxEffectBaseData* effect),,
+DefineEngineMethod(afxMagicSpellData, pushImpactEffect, void, (afxEffectBaseData* effect),,
                    "Adds an effect (wrapper or group) to a spell's impact phase.\n\n"
                    "@ingroup AFX")
 
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ DefineEngineMethod(afxMagicSpellData, addImpactEffect, void, (afxEffectBaseData*
   object->mImpact_fx_list.push_back(effect);
 }
 
-DefineEngineMethod(afxMagicSpellData, addLingerEffect, void, (afxEffectBaseData* effect),,
+DefineEngineMethod(afxMagicSpellData, pushLingerEffect, void, (afxEffectBaseData* effect),,
                    "Adds an effect (wrapper or group) to a spell's linger phase.\n\n"
                    "@ingroup AFX")
 
diff --git a/Engine/source/afx/afxSelectron.cpp b/Engine/source/afx/afxSelectron.cpp
index 67cd32849..033940dc3 100644
--- a/Engine/source/afx/afxSelectron.cpp
+++ b/Engine/source/afx/afxSelectron.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//
 // afxSelectronData::ewValidator
 //
-// When an effect is added using "addEffect", this validator intercepts the value
+// When an effect is added using "pushEffect", this validator intercepts the value
 // and adds it to the dynamic effects list.
 //
 void afxSelectronData::ewValidator::validateType(SimObject* object, void* typePtr)
diff --git a/Engine/source/afx/ce/afxPhraseEffect.cpp b/Engine/source/afx/ce/afxPhraseEffect.cpp
index b574afbed..eff1315ec 100644
--- a/Engine/source/afx/ce/afxPhraseEffect.cpp
+++ b/Engine/source/afx/ce/afxPhraseEffect.cpp
@@ -297,12 +297,12 @@ void afxPhraseEffectData::gather_cons_defs(Vector<afxConstraintDef>& defs)
 
 //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~//
 
-DefineEngineMethod( afxPhraseEffectData, addEffect, void, ( afxEffectBaseData* effectData ),,
+DefineEngineMethod( afxPhraseEffectData, pushEffect, void, ( afxEffectBaseData* effectData ),,
    "Add a child effect to a phrase effect datablock. Argument can be an afxEffectWrappperData or an afxEffectGroupData.\n" )
 {
   if (!effectData) 
   {
-    Con::errorf("afxPhraseEffectData::addEffect() -- failed to resolve effect datablock.");
+    Con::errorf("afxPhraseEffectData::pushEffect() -- failed to resolve effect datablock.");
     return;
   }