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* This [http://twitter.com/#!/Discographies/status/5687865124069376 tweet] by Discographies on [[Journey (band)|Journey]] sums up the phenomenon perfectly.
* [[Candle Cove]] starts out playing this trope straight, but is later [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] as we learn about all the gory details.
* Pitchfork of ''Socks Make People Sexy'' is quite an example of this; responsible for his self started task of doing a Final Fantasy Retrospective, his retrospective eventually devolved into a self deluded and shaky self hating mess that started with his admiration for classics and then to.... Well, let's just say that ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' didn't help. At all. This is an example of Nostalgia gone messy with an individual who is typing as if he would say what he wrote in such a fashion like a speech. Nonetheless, in fact, you can pretty much say this about [[EVER Yone]]everyone on the site, really.
* [[Mr. Brilliant's Reviews|Mr. Brilliant]] is a huge fan of the original [[Dragon Ball]] and harshly criticizes ''Dragon Ball Z'' and ''Dragon Ball Super'' even they've improved ideas from the orginal Dragon Ball.
 
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{{quote|'''Phineas:''' You know, I may have over-romanticized those memories...}}
* This attitude is called out in one episode of ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'', where Ray is talking about how the fifties were a much simpler time. Egon points out that there's no inherent proof of that, as each decade has its own individual challenges.
* In the [[Be Careful What You Wish For]] episode of ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and& Mandy]]'', Billy's dad wants to relive his high school days. He soon realizes it wasn't as good as he thought it was.
* Given a quick jab in the ribs from ''[[The Oblongs]]'', as Bob wonders fitfully about his children being sold drugs.
{{quote|'''Bob:''' This stuff wasn't around when we were kids.
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