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* In ''[[Family Guy]]'' Peter gets dragged to a [[Chick Flick]], and enjoys it so much he decides to make his own. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* 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:
* 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.
** His accent is fake.
** He can't play any of his instruments.
** He can't play any of his instruments.
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* ''[[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.
* ''[[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.
* ''[[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.
* 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 the target audience likely didn't get.). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTzLNJqgBvQ&t=90s See it here at the 16:00 mark.]
* 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.]


== [[Video Games]] ==
== [[Video Games]] ==