History Main / IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam

* Happened to Dick Solomon of ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' with American football in "Fourth and Dick".
* Happened to Red Forman of ''Series/That70sShow'', when he is made to watch ''Star Wars'' and is impressed against his will by the first big explosion.
* One episode of ''Series/{{Taxi}}'' had a subplot where Reverend Jim was shocked that Alex hadn't seen ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' yet. Alex says he just doesn't like science fiction movies. He sees it to get Jim to quit pestering him, and afterward admits he liked it.
* ''Franchise/StarTrek'': A well-known Klingon delicacy is Gagh, serpent worms that are traditionally served very fresh - in other words, live. It is far better than it sounds or appears, and is enjoyed by many races, including humans.
* In ''Series/SportsNight'', Dana gets tickets to see ''Theatre/TheLionKing'' 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 is owned by Disney, this could also count as a blatant example of ProductPlacement.
* In ''Series/{{Angel}}'', Gunn is angry that Angel got them ballet tickets, instead of tickets to a hip-hop concert. He's almost weeping with joy by the first intermission. And it's not even a magical compulsion.
* In ''Series/TopGear'''s American muscle car roadtrip, James May hates his Cadillac CTS-V and is less than thrilled about the detour the other two presenters want to make on a winding backroad in Nevada. He promptly changes his tune once he sends the car through a few tight corners.

* Londo Molari from ''Series/BabylonFive'' has a particularly notable example of this when he meets the comedy duo Reebo and Zooty (played by Creator/PennAndTeller). Their [[HypeAversion ubiquity and popularity confuses and annoys him]] throughout the episode. However, after meeting them in person, he seems to become a devoted fan.
* In ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'', a variant happens with [[ClassClown class clowns]] Bulk and Skull in a more serious episode highlighting the latter. [[HiddenDepths Skull is an accomplished pianist]] but hides it from Bulk who thinks classical music is for sissies, but when he finds out that Skull is the pianist, [[RealMenWearPink he gives it a chance and by the end is moved to tears by his performance.]]
* ''Series/HomeImprovement'': In one episode, Jill attempts to interest the men in the house in opera. As expected, they all claim to hate it, until she brings an opera singer in to sing for a party. One of the boys finds it incredibly fascinating and asks if he can go to the opera with her.
* In the ''Series/CornerGas'' episode "[[Recap/CornerGasS2E13PandorasWine Pandora's Wine]]", courtesy of Lacey, the Leroys get hooked on various expensive food that they initially claim not to enjoy before trying it. They also get "bumped up to a new bracket" on types of food they already enjoyed by trying a more expensive version and being unable to go back to the cheaper stuff. Bemoaning the high cost of feeding their new cravings, they plot a "revenge brunch" hoping to get Lacey hooked on expensive food in return, but end up getting her hooked on Emma's meatloaf instead: the cheapest, easiest thing they know how to make. Though the Leroys do get some satisfaction when Hank gives her a pen with expensive refills, bumping her up to a new pen bracket.
* In an episode of ''Series/TheLucyShow'', Lucy concocts a large-scale scheme to pay for her new furniture by taking advantage of Bailey's Barbecued Beans' double-your-money-back guarantee, insisting that the beans couldn't possibly be better than what her mother used to make. Of course, she tries some at the end of the episode and loves them.
* ''Series/IronFist2017'': Davos has nothing but contempt for food in the world outside K'un-L'un and isn't afraid to say so. When Claire introduces him to New York pizza though, he admits it to be "not horrible."

It doesn't necessarily have to be a movie or a play; it can be anything. It can even be a dish, like, well...[[TropeNamer green eggs and ham]].

* A food example from ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Rachel's infamous Beef trifle strikes fear into everybody, but Joey actually likes it. He even eats the ones that everyone else discarded.

* A mild example in one of the ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' 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 [[BagOfHolding 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."

* The premise of the ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' episode "Cow's Pie" has Cow create her own pie - [[{{Toilet Humour}} Cow's Pie]] - and trying to get Chicken to try it. Not trusting what is in the pie, he refuses, but Cow insists he tries it, trying and failing to trick him into it. Such methods include: impersonating their Mom and Dad, hiding in the shower-spout, hiding in his locker, getting his attention from out the window (getting him in trouble), and replacing the football he was playing with the pie during recess. It is not until she empties out the entirety of their food stock does he finally concedes, discovering that it is actually pretty good. When he asks what is in it, she says that it is best that he didn't know.

* ''VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest'': One minor sidequest has Aloy gathering bird meat and eggs for a Tenakth cook, who's trying to get the warriors in her camp to [[ARealManEatsMeat try eating something other than red meat]]. It's only after Aloy gives her approval of the dish that one warrior in particular is willing to try eating "egg slime." The next time you visit that camp, she can be overheard talking about how great it is.

* In the first episode of ''LightNovel/AmagiBrilliantPark'', after [[JustifiedTrope already seeing so much wrong with the eponymous park]], Seiya initially turns down some croquettes that Isuzu offers him as he's about to leave. After being prodded into having a bite, he's actually impressed for the first time all day, and asks her if she made them, and she offers to introduce him to the actual chef, Queen Latifah Fullanza.

* In the last episode of ''Anime/LuckyStar'', Konata invites Kagami to join Patricia's planned event for their school's cultural festival. Initially, she passes, but then decides to join because her friends need her a lot more than do others. Next thing you know, she basically takes charge of the whole thing upon realizing how badly Patricia herself has been slacking off.

* Wiki/TVTropes: A common plot involving real or made-up GameShowAppearance episodes: one character will think a GameShow or lottery drawing is stupid, silly, and/or pointless and will generally become the one to get obsessed by it.

** In one arc, Peppermint Patty was dragged to a classical concert expecting to hate it, [[ClassicalMusicIsCool only to find it beautiful.]] Then she turns to apologize to Marcie, who dragged her there... [[ClassicalMusicIsBoring only to find that Marcie has fallen asleep.]]
** Another time, Peppermint Patty's teacher assigned ''Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates'' for winter break. Patty didn't like the assignment at first, but found she actually enjoyed the book; when school started again, she told her teacher, "Thank you for forcing us to read it!"
** And in an earlier arc, Sally was scared to death about the prospect of starting kindergarten. After one day there, she loved going. Unfortunately, [[CharacterDevelopment Sally's enthusiasm for school didn't last.]]
* In one ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' arc, Paige was grossed out about having to dissect frogs in biology class, even to the point of having nightmares. After actually doing it, she thought it was so ''cool'' that she couldn't stop talking about the process at home. Even during dinner.
** In another arc, the normally voracious Peter refuses to eat one of his mother’s...unusual culinary inventions. He’s forced to sit at the table for hours until late at night, in the dark, he grudgingly takes a bite. A pause, and then he thinks “Crud ..... I like it.”
* In one ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' strip, Dilbert offers Dogbert some avocado dip to go with their chips; when the latter says he doesn't like it, Dilbert retorts that he doesn't know it until he's tried it. Dogbert argues that Dilbert has never tried cramming a potato chip up his nose; who's to say he wouldn't like ''that'' once he's tried it? Dilbert then ''agrees to do just that'' if Dogbert tries the dip. After all's said and done, Dogbert admits that he lied; he's always loved avocado dip.[[note]]Dilbert's experience, meanwhile, was just as painful and unpleasant as he expected it to be.[[/note]]

* The sidestory Oak's Summer Camp Gaiden of ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' expands on Ash and Serena's first meeting. When she first arrives to the titular camp, Serena isn't at all happy, and blames her mother for leaving her there. But after she meets Ash, the two quickly become friends and she grows to like it more.
* In ''Fanfic/TheMouseInTheWalls'', while Mirabel finds Ratón's telanovellas -- in their execution and ridiculous, protracted storylines -- rather dumb, it just takes one "episode" before she ''immediately'' becomes a fan of it, volunteering to help make costumes for the rats and throwing out fan-theories about the characters.

By the way, don't eat eggs and ham which are literally green. [[BrokenAesop You'll probably get food poisoning]] unless food coloring was involved. Or they're [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_egg century eggs]], though that may fall under ForeignQueasine for you instead.

* ''Film/AngelsProject'': Inspector Hu, assigned to watch after a witness, Chan-Wai, unintentionally ends up stranded with Chan in the rural Malaysian countryside where they end up bunking at a village where Chan-Wai's local friend offers them a place to stay, and also dinner... which turns out to be deep-fried monitor lizard. Inspector Hu expresses her disgust, but after Chan goads her into taking a bite, she ends up ''loving'' it.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheNewMrPeabodyAndShermanShow'', Mr. Peabody and Sherman travel back in time to see Marco Polo discover Chinese noodles to bring them back to Italy to give birth to Italian pasta, only to find that he refuses to even try noodles. Peabody even remarks that there was a specific story he always used to tell Sherman whenever he refused to try something new, but since he doesn't have the right to tell that exact story on the show, he has to make up his own version to tell Marco Polo.

* This is actually an extremely common story for [[PeripheryDemographic Bronies]]: In October 2010, Amid Amidi wrote an article for Blog/CartoonBrew called [[https://www.cartoonbrew.com/ideas-commentary/the-end-of-the-creator-driven-era-29614.html "The End of the Creator-Driven Era in TV Animation"]], where they bemoaned Creator/LaurenFaust going to work on a franchise show rather than on an original work, and how this marked a death knell for creator-driven animation. The show she was working on was ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', and people on 4Chan decided to all go watch the show to see how bad it was. Instead, they liked it immensely for its fresh and surprisingly well-written take on a show for little girls about the magic of friendship, and the Brony fandom was born. Over the next decade, a large number of new original creator-driven animated works garnered large followings online.

* Happened to Red Forman of ''Series/That70sShow'', when he is made to watch ''StarWars'' and is impressed against his will by the first big explosion.

* Averted in ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid''. [[RunningGag Tohru tries on multiple occasions to get Miss Kobayashi to taste her tail]], which she states the very first time to find immoral.

* Averted in ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid''. Tohru tries on multiple occasions to get Miss Kobayashi to taste her tail, which she states the very first time to find immoral. [[spoiler: The series ends not with her finally giving it a try, but with Tohru wising up and preparing something without it for a farewell meal]].