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* [[They Might Be Giants (band)|They Might Be Giants]]. A lot of people found ''John Henry'', their first album with a full band, to be selling out. God only knows what these people think of the band's four (so far) children's albums.

* [[Tool]] produced an epic, [[Cluster F-Bomb]]-throwing response to this phenomenon with the song "Hooker With a Penis", where Maynard tells an [[Fan Dumb|OGT]] "Yeah, I sold out, fuck off."

''Fucking finger up your [[Metal Scream|AAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS]]''<br />

''All you know about me is what I've sold you/Dumb fuck''<br />

* Many RPG fans don't seem too pleased that the ''[[Mass Effect]]'' series has become a hit, [[Action RPG|especially since they went towards a different game style]] [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|than the "traditional" RPG]].

** [[Conversational Troping|Conversed]] by Shepard in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' during his/her conversation with Morinth. When asked about music:

* ''[[Minecraft]]'', now that Notch has received an interview in a popular PC magazine and been plugged on the ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' blog, [http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=21336 some people] are calling the demise of the game. The cries of "Notch is a sellout!" became even more common among fans once he announced ''Minecraft'' would come to the [[Xbox 360]], which happened because of the game's huge success. To be fair, however, they appear to be a minority.

* ''[[Mother 3]]'', now that the translation has finally been released and is receiving attention, there seem to be a lot of people who want to make clear to everyone that they always thought that the entire ''[[MOTHER]]'' series was overrated tripe.

== Web Animation ==

* ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' mocked this trope in a [[Public Service Announcement|PSA]] about "Ten Things We've Never Seen Posted on an Internet Forum". The first being someone that liked a band before they were popular and being ''happy'' about it.

* Parodied in ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' on the Strong Bad E-Mail "geddup noise". Strong Sad was a fan of The Geddup Noise until it became a cultural sensation, after which he takes to wearing shirts that say "This Is Not A The Geddup Noise T-Shirt" and calling The Geddup Noise a sell-out.

* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by [[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]] in his review of ''[[Amnesia: The Dark Descent|Amnesia the Dark Descent]]''.

 

 

* Wondermark gets in on the act [http://wondermark.com/262/ here].

* ''Brax the Alien Rocker'', [http://braxcomics.com/3-meet-manny here]:

'''Manny:''' It's too late. You've ruined it. }}

* In [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2390.html this] ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'' strip, this is how Shakespeare feels about ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]''.

== Other ==

* The [[TV Tropes (Wiki)]].

** The hate seems to stem from our terms popping up in other places more frequently. But hey! We seem to be taking over the internet! Aren't you ''happy?''

* The "Kony 2012" campaign got this reaction shortly after it went viral. Although to be fair, giving only 31% of donations to the cause and oversimplifying the conflict won't keep many supporters by their side. Moreover, [http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/03/kony-2012-fallout-moves-to-uganda.html Invisible Children is being funded by hardcore Christian fundamentalist organizations.] This revelation turned off a lot of agnostic and liberal internetgoers.

* Although not exactly a fandom, many followers of various conspiracy theories seem to subscribe to this mindset; many seem to reject the official record not because they sincerely believe it's wrong and want to know the truth, but simply ''because'' it's the official record and has been widely accepted. These 'theorists' then cling to the alternative theories because accepting them makes them feel smarter than the 'sheeple' who accept the official record ("I'm smart enough to see The Truth and you're not!"). This can have interesting results in cases where the official 'lies' are actually more accurate and / or make more sense than the alternative theory, or the alternative theory is patently flawed and nonsensical. Although actual examples are numerous (and far too bitterly contested to be discussed in detail here), many of the alternative theories around 9/11 appear to have attracted these types.

* When browsing through the comments areas of [http://www.behindthename.com/ Behind the Name], every now and again, you'll come across some people commenting on how they used to like this name because nobody had it, but now they don't like it because more people have started using it.

'''A comment on the name Aaron:''' This name is getting to be too common! }}

** Keep in mind that a name being too common is a legitimate concern-if there's a class with, say, three kids named Michael, then it gets confusing.

** Sometimes runs into some [[Unfortunate Implications]], especially with names popular among African-Americans. Expect comments with lots of double standards, basically saying that a name more popular with rich white people with the same characteristic is better, such as this:

* Using the Phillips CD-I games as a source for [[Youtube Poop]] has been frowned upon by the members of the [[You Chew]] community for years now, although some people are still able to make some funny videos using them.

* The Daewoo Lacetti (aka the [[Market-Based Title|Chevrolet Optra]] in the rest of the world (except Europe, where it's badged as the Daewoo/Chevrolet Lacetti, and Suzuki Forenza in North America, and [[Market-Based Title|Holden Barina]] in [[Land Down Under|Australia and New Zealand]].) was considered great at launch in 2002 (or late 2003, in the rest of the world, 2004 for North America), but by 2008 was considered to have lost its elite luxury image due to offering a basic 1.4-litre version, and going for the [[Lowest Common Denominator]] in equipment levels. However, motoring press and the public's opinion differed on this car. Now, with the new General Motors, it, and its successor, the Chevrolet Cruze are seen as a joke by some... but the [[Popularity Polynomial]] may come into play here. [[The Plan|some kind of plan maybe?]]

 

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