Periphery Hatedom: Difference between revisions

*** And Tony Mason's song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xba9M6S7IP0 "Barney's on Fire"] is all about this, to the point that even the audience delight in the gristly spectacle and actively refuse to help, even though they're aware there's a perfectly normal actor in that suit ''who is dying horribly''. [[Comedic Sociopathy]] taken to a horrifying level.

** In ''[[Dilbert]]'', the [[Pointy-Haired Boss]] is a ''Barney'' fan, the joke being that he's a grown man who enjoys a show which 6-year olds consider babyish because [[Who Would Be Stupid Enough...?|he's ''just that stupid'']].

* ''[[Here's Humphrey]]'': Humphrey B. Bear can be viewed as the [[Land Down Under|Australian]] Barney, due to the way he is hated by many pre-teens in his homeland for his goofy antics. And oh, for having [[Viewers are Morons|a human co-host that talks down to the viewers]]. However, Humphrey invokes the [[Nostalgia Filter]] sooner- Most Australians tend to remember him more favorably by the time they reach their late teens. Barney [[Hatedom]] usually doesn't fade and get replaced by [[Nostalgia Filter]] until the former viewer-cum-hater has started a family, which by then he/she will be in the late 20s or early-30s (and sometimes, it doesn't even leave, due to the show's simplicity). The fact that Humphrey's co-host is usually a hot chick (albeit one that talks down to kids) and the fact that the show has not raked up any controversy probably helps.

* Barney is the king of this trope, but ''[[The Teletubbies]]'' is worthy company for him. The ''Teletubbies'' is even hated due to the "Bear and Lion" vignette. They were not meant for you. Especially not if you're denouncing one of them for being gay.