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{{quote|''[[Trope Namer|I do not like Green Eggs and Ham]]. I do not like them, Sam I Am.''|[[Dr. Seuss]]'s ''[[Green Eggs and Ham]]''}}
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By the way, don't eat eggs and ham which are literally green. [[Broken Aesop|You'll probably get food poisoning]].
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* Done slightly differently in the old "Life Cereal" commercials where the ''other'' kids don't want to try the cereal, so they push it off on some kid named Mikey. Mikey, memetically, likes it.
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* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' has an interesting variation in [[Meta Guy|Chisame]], who goes to extraordinary lengths not to accept the existence of magic, despite all the other characters telling her about how awesome it is. When she finally ''does'' get away from the madness, she realizes that her life is too boring, so she heads right back. And promptly starts complaining about it again.
* In the ''[[The Remake|New]] [[Doctor Slump]]'', there's a couple of chained episodes which Arale, Katchan, Akane, and Peasuke visit King Nikochan's planet, where white radishes are the famous food. Peasuke, being very picky about what he eats, says he hate them, but after Akane forces him to eat one, he ends up loving them.
* Played With in an episode of ''[[Lucky Star]]'', when Tsukasa - who hates horror films - is taken to see ''[[Saw|Saw III]]'' by Kagami and Konata. Tsukasa comes out of the theater... still hating horror films.
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS]]'', this is the [[Fatal Flaw]] of many members of the [[Mega Corp| Goha Corporation]]. Their goal is to eradicate the Rush Duel system, that the protagonist programmed into their own computers with an untraceable source code; to pursue this goal, they have to humor the Rush Duel Club by using the system themselves. Problem is... They start to have ''way'' too much fun using it.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* Obviously, the title of the trope comes from the classic [[Dr. Seuss]] book, ''Green Eggs And Ham'', in which one of the main characters is constantly badgered to try the strangely colored breakfast concoction. He balks at first, but when he finally tries it, he ends up loving it.
** And... guess what happens in obscure Canadian band Moxy Früvous's [http://www.elyrics.net/read/m/moxy-fruvous-lyrics/green-eggs-and-ham-lyrics.html version of the story], when the pestering Sam-I-Am is asked if he wants to ''share'' the verdant foodstuffs with the convinced protagonist? {{spoiler|''He's'' not keen on them.}}
* [[Jonathan Swift]] once quoted "He was a bold man that first ate an oyster," and declined to explain it further, thinking it self explanatory.
== [[Live
* An episode of ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' has Vanessa dismissing blues as "whiny music" until she actually goes with the family to a concert given by the episode's [[Special Guest]].
* Happened to Dick Solomon of ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'' with American football in "Fourth and Dick".
* Happened to Red Forman of ''[[That '70s Show]]'', when he is made to watch ''[[Star Wars]]'' and is impressed against his will by the first big explosion.
* One episode of ''[[Taxi]]'' had a subplot where Reverend Jim was shocked that Alex hadn't seen ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'' yet. Alex claims he simply doesn't like science fiction. He sees it to get Jim to quit pestering him, and afterward admits he liked it.
* In ''[[Sports Night]]'' Dana gets tickets to see ''The Lion King'' on Broadway with her young nephew. She thinks it's going to be silly but returns and raves about how awesome it was.
** Of course, since ABC was owned by Disney at the time, this could also count as a blatant example of [[Product Placement]].
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* The [[Barenaked Ladies]] sang a partially rewritten rap song version of the original [[Dr. Seuss]] story in their first independent album.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* ''[[Peanuts]]'': In one arc, Peppermint Patty was dragged to a classical concert expecting to hate it, only to find it beautiful. Then she turns to apologise to Marcie, who dragged her there...only to find that Marcie has fallen asleep.
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* A common plot involving real or made up [[Game Show Appearance]] episodes: one character will initially think a [[Game Show]] or [[Lottery Ticket|lottery drawing]] is stupid, silly, and/or pointless and will generally become the one to get obsessed by it.
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
* Happens in ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' when John Marsten takes his son Jack hunting. Jack originally believes he wouldn't like it, but in the end is commenting on how much he enjoyed it.▼
* In ''[[Super Robot Wars J]]'', [[G Gundam|Domon Kasshu]] is apprehensive about watching [[Martian Successor Nadesico|Gekiganger 3]]. By the time they're done with it, he's so moved that he's crying.▼
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* Subverted in ''[[Homestar Runner]]'', with the Strong Bad Email [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail175.html concert]. Strong Bad ends the email with the words "And that's how sloshy became one of my favorite metal bands", only to have Strong Sad tell him that sloshy, a band whose only mentioned song is entitled ''We Don't Even Really Care About You'', is not metal. After Strong Bad breaks a record over Strong Sad's head for "tricking" him, he says "And that's how sloshy became one of my least favorite bands".
* Parodied in the [[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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* Traditionally, and indeed as expressed in the opening theme song, Arnold would lament the necessity of the day's field trip in most, if not all episodes of ''[[The Magic School Bus]]''.
** Ironically, the one he missed (where they went through his digestive track) made him wish he'd gone with and swear to never miss another fieldtrip again...starting after the next one, when he found it was going to deal with dinosaurs.
* ''Green Eggs and Ham'' is parodied in part of an episode of ''[[Histeria!]]'' in which Loud Kiddington tries to persuade former President George H.W. Bush to [https://web.archive.org/web/20190928041444/http://thinkexist.com/quotation/i_do_not_like_broccoli-and_i_haven-t_liked_it/150717.html eat some broccoli]. He does, and, contrary to the trope, he hates it. (It turns out, though, that Loud just wanted him to verify his distaste for it, because it provides an excuse for him and his friends to not eat it themselves.)
* The ''[[Animaniacs]]'' short "The Warners and the Beanstalk" not only parodies the classic fairy-tale ''Jack and the Beanstalk'', but also ''Green Eggs and Ham'' with the Warners trying to get the giant to try gold eggs and meat. It ends with the memorable exchange "Gold eggs and meat I do not hate!" "But now the cloud can't hold your weight", followed by the giant plummeting to Earth like a stone.
* In ''[[Family Guy]]'' Peter gets dragged to a [[Chick Flick]], and enjoys it so much he decides to make his own. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* An episode of ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' actually includes both a subversion and usage of the trope through and through. The girls around the school are all raving about a singer who's coming to town. Except for Helga and Phoebe. Helga isn't even into the singer and thinks he's stupid, while Phoebe is actually a closet fan. (A ''huge'' fan at that, she had posters of him all over her room) Then Phoebe and Helga win a chance to see him in concert and meet him afterwards. After meeting him as a person, Phoebe experiences [[Fan Disillusionment]] and starts to dislike him, while Helga meanwhile just ''loves'' him and thinks he's the greatest person ever, for the following reasons:
** His accent is fake.
** He can't play any of his instruments.
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* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has the episode "Read it and Weep", where [[Jerk Jock|Rainbow Dash]] realizes to her horror that she loves reading the [[Two-Fisted Tales|Daring Do book]] Twilight gave her, especially after her earlier outburst about how books are only for eggheads. She then tries to hide her newfound obssession from her friends, which is quite hard to do when she experiences Just One More Page syndrome. Naturally, the Aesop of the episode was "I shouldn't knock something until I've tried it".
* A mild example in one of the ''[[Jimmy Neutron]]'' shorts (before it became a full-blown series): Jimmy is very reluctant to try cream corn for supper, despite his mother reassuring him that it's good. So he scoops it into his [[Bag of Holding|Hypercube]] while his parents are busy talking. This backfires when his dad spots the cube, mistakes it for a brainteaser puzzle, and starts fiddling with it the until cream corn it was storing explodes all over the room. Some gets in his mouth and he comments in an offhand, pleasantly surprised tone, "Oh. That ''is'' good."
* ''[[Gravity Falls]]'': In the B-plot of "The Inconveniencing", Stan can't find the TV remote, and is too lazy to simply get up and change the channel. He's horrified to see that the movie about to come on is a "chick flick" called ''The Duchess Approves''. One commercial break later, however, he's ''really'' loving the movie.
* ''[[Rick and Morty]]''; in "The Rickchurian Mortydate", Rick is, at first, dismissive of the game Morty is playing - ''[[Minecraft]]'' - but a scene later he's playing it himself and starting to like it.
▲== [[Video Games]] ==
* In the animated special ''The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town'', the Bunny actually has a song that explains this Trope, which he uses to convince two city guards who are doubtful of trying anything new. (With a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Jonathan Swift]] which [[Genius Bonus|the target audience]] likely didn't get.). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTzLNJqgBvQ&t=90s See it here at the 16:00 mark.]
▲* Happens in ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' when John Marsten takes his son Jack hunting. Jack originally believes he wouldn't like it, but in the end is commenting on how much he enjoyed it.
* In ''[[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power]]'', Perfuma is a [[Granola Girl]] with a magical [[Green Thumb]] and a [[Friend to All Living Things| love of plant life]]. However in one episode that takes the heroines to a desert, she ends up having to reluctantly confess that one type of plant she cannot make herself like (and not for lack of trying) is cacti. Her powers have never worked on such plants due to their odd body structure (thick, very hard stems, and spines instead of leaves) and when she tried raising them the old fashioned way, they always died because she never figured out exactly how to water them. They'd either die from lack of water or from overwatering. However, when a crisis starts and every when is needed in battle, [[Eureka Moment| she realizes her powers work not only on leaves and stems, but on roots]]. And cacti have ''very'' strong roots…
▲* In ''[[Super Robot Wars J]]'', [[G Gundam|Domon Kasshu]] is apprehensive about watching [[Martian Successor Nadesico|Gekiganger 3]]. By the time they're done with it, he's so moved that he's crying.
== [[Real Life]] ==
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* Inversion: Quite a few members of ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'''s [[Hatedom]] are former fans. [[Fridge Logic|Presumably, they switched on the way to the fridge.]]
** Same with ''[[The Inheritance Cycle]]''.
* Mary Whitehouse, one of the earliest critics of ''[[Knightmare]]'', had the show described to her in very unfavorable terms by journalists intent on causing her embarrassment. She [[Complaining About Shows You Don't Watch|objected to the show based on that description]]: it was too violent, but a nice concept. After seeing it, she was impressed and dropped all charges against it.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130807123634/http://www.11points.com/Food-Drink/11_Strange,_and_Often_Wrong,_Colored_Foods_and_Drinks 11 Strange, and Often Wrong, Colored Foods and Drinks]... Humorously, it was the white mint chocolate chip ice cream, and not the [[Palette-Swapped Alien Food|Green Eggs]] (sans ham).
* [[NASCAR]] tends to have this effect on people once they attend a race in person.
* At least half of Bronies, adult fans of ''[[My Little Pony:
* Many people who dismissed ''[[American Dad]]'' as a ''[[Family Guy]]'' clone were pleasantly surprised once they actually watched the former.
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