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** Let us all remember of the BaseBreaker fact: what many considered intricate controlling - wavedashing, the most famous case - was actually no more than a AscendedGlitch that even the makers thought it would bring a nice differential to the game, back in the ''Melee'' days. But the mastering of said techniques were spreading a huge gap between the hardcore players, those playing for fun, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and the casuals]] in the metagame. [[FanDumb It was the very rivalry between these groups getting out of hand in the communities that got those techniques removed from ''Super Smash Bros Brawl'' onwards]].

** Let us all remember of the BaseBreaker fact: what many considered intricate controlling - wavedashing, the most famous case - was actually no more than a AscendedGlitch that even the makers thought it would bring a nice differential to the game, back in the ''Melee days''. But the mastering of said techniques were spreading a huge gap between the hardcore players, those playing for fun, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and the casuals]] in the metagame. [[FanDumb It was the very rivalry between these groups getting out of hand in the communities that got those techniques removed from ''Super Smash Bros Brawl'' onwards]].

** Let us all remember of the BaseBreaker fact: what many considered intricate controlling - wavedashing, the most famous case - was actually no more than a AscendedGlitch that even the makers thought it would bring a nice differential to the game, back in the Melee days. But the mastering of said techniques were spreading a huge gap between the hardcore players, those playing for fun, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and the casuals]] in the metagame. [[FanDumb It was the very rivalry between these groups getting out of hand in the communities that got those techniques removed from Smash Bros Brawl onwards]].

** Let us all remember of the BaseBreaker fact: what many considered intricate controlling - wavedashing, the most famous case - was actually no more than a AscendedGlitch that even the makers thought it would bring a nice differential to the game, back in the Melee days. But because mastering said techniques were spreading a huge gap between the hardcore players, those playing for fun, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and the casuals]]. [[FanDumb It was the very rivalry between these groups getting out of hand in the communities that got those techniques removed from Shash Bros Brawl onwards]].

* Quite a bit of forums were usually better before those "noobs" and "newbies" came in and ruined it all. This also includes any * Chans.

* Miku Hatsune suffers a lot of backlash purely for being too popular and "stealing the spotlight" from other Vocaloids. The tendency of the media to zero in on Miku rather than other Vocaloids hasn't helped matters.

* It has now evolved to where a meme is hated when it reaches more mainstream image sites like {{reddit}} and 9gag. These two sites in particular where very unnoticed by 4chan until their memes began appearing on them. [[FromBadToWorse It Got Worse]] when 9gag began to claim the originator of all memes which led to 4chan leading a series of raids on 9gag. Posting an image from either site will be met with a constant stream of "GTFO" and "Go back to Reddit!"

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' had this treatment as well. Due to its evergrowing popularity in the earlier seasons and the movie, they decided to create more episodes. The popularity might not be a good one, [[SeasonalRot since the newer episodes are labeled as being stale by many fans,]] although this is perhaps because the show has had a different director and production team since Season 4.

* A lot of Disney movies from the animated canon get this effect; while some of the most obscure and less popular movies (''Disney/TheBlackCauldron'', ''Disney/TreasurePlanet''.. although ''Disney/HomeOnTheRange'' is a general exception) are praised wildly, Disney's most popular films (''Disney/TheLionKing'' is a prime example) suddenly get bashed for their unevenness and plot issues. It (happily) seems to be a decreasing trend.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Sym-Bionic Titan}}'', Lance joins a band, then gets kicked off after his appearances draws a huge crowd.

** Such notions went out the window shortly thereafter, as Act 4 of ''Homestuck'' led to a gigantic influx of fans that had no idea the comic was about suggestion boxes, or indeed, about anything that is not troll romance.

* [[http://notalwaysright.com/righteous-indie-nation/10596 If I've already heard of it, I wouldn't buy it.]]

** TomHiddleston has garnered a lot of this due to all of the female fans he garnered playing Comicbook/{{Loki}}. A number of comic fans seem to detest his {{fangirl}}s rather than being happy that the character has become exposed to a much wider audience. Sure, some of his fans can be really annoying or creepy, but ''that can be said of elements of virtually every other fandom anyway''.

* Cities that have more than one team in a sport (mostly New York) have to deal with fans switching team allegiance depending on which team is more successful at the time. Example, when the Giants won the Super Bowl in 2008, they were New York's most popular team until the Jets made it to back to back AFC Championships in 2010-11, only to become the popular team again when they won it all in 2012. Loyal fans of both teams find this very annoying.

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* Don't forget about hipsters. Their entire shtick is "I liked X before X was cool!" If X becomes even the least pit popular, they decry it. Saying that the creators have now "sold out".

* Some people believe the insane popularity of the ''SuperSmashBros'' series is what made the ''Brawl'' entry cater more to casual players due to the many changes made to the game mechanics and balance.
* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' reached insane popularity levels within a few years after it was released to the public in its alpha/beta state. Naturally, many people began to hate the game for trying to appeal to more people by having new items or mobs instead of keeping the game the way it was.

* Creator/CirqueDuSoleil's suffered this perception since the TurnOfTheMillennium, when the success of their tours and Las Vegas "resident" shows spurred something of a boom period for the company with many new productions being mounted (in 2003 they had three different shows in Vegas alone; in 2013 that number grew to ''eight''). While newer tent tours have received the same generally warm reception from North American audiences and critics that older ones have, the fanbase has been far more critical of them. It doesn't help that some of their other productions of late went over badly with casual viewers and fans alike (''Theatre/BananaShpeel'', ''Theatre/CrissAngelBelieve'', etc.) or were affected by outside circumstances (''[=ZED=]'', a Tokyo resident show, had to close after the post-2012 earthquake tourism slowdown) over 2008-2013, which gave support to the fans' claims that the company was favoring quantity over quality.

** For David Lindsay-Abaire, it's Rabbit Hole. In both cases, that individual play is much more universally popular than any other play they're done so they're seen as selling out with them.
** Shanley had also written ''Film/{{Moonstruck}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/WereBackADinosaursStory''. The film adaptation of ''Doubt'' was ''Directed'' by him.

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* Parodied in ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' 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.

* After the release of ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', several "Game of the Year" awards for it, and the spawn of several {{meme|ticMutation}}s from it, several older fans of ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' derided like they did with ''Morrowind'' and ''Oblivion.''

* Paramore has gotten this treatment mainly because they did a song for the first ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' film and because they now have merchandise at Hot Topic. Unfortunate considering how talented they actually are.

* Two words: BruceCampbell. Fans want him to be successful and more than a B-movie star, but at the same time they want to keep him all to themselves and hope he never gets that A-listing he deserves, because then a lot of what makes him cool will simply vanish and he'd be just another Hollywood star. As of 2012, his biggest role is one of the three leads of USANetwork's hit show ''Series/BurnNotice''. His character is so popular he actually got his own spinoff movie. The fans don't seem to actually mind.

* ''PhineasAndFerb''. Originally, the show was adored by many, had been received positive reviews by many critics, and praised for being "a show in the second dark age of animation, that was actually bearable and groundbreaking". The praise went on from 2007 to 2011, until the show's popularity had been gradually dying out, due to the successes and arrivals of ''RegularShow'', ''AdventureTime'', and ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. All 3 of which have been much more successful, praised and even have DVD season boxsets (though Disney hasn't really released season sets of their shows, so this could be the MAJOR reason), as opposed to the show that started the New Renaissance Age of Animation. Then, people started to hate on it in late 2011/early 2012, to constantly claim that "the show is repetitive, one dimensional, doesn't have any character development whatsoever", and that the show follows the same plot, to avoid trying to do something new. The hate was small and minor at first(there are some, that even thought this before the HateDumb of the show arrived), but then gradually became bigger and bigger, to the point of most people on the Internet thinking this, and go out of their way to avoid mentioning this show as one of the few good shows on TV nowadays. This got even worse, when ''GravityFalls'' came along, which was pretty much the final nail in the coffin for people ever appreciating the show again. Alot of the haters have moved onto the aforementioned 3 shows, and ''GravityFalls''. Worst of all, is that people are actually BLAMING ''PhineasAndFerb'', on the fact that ''GravityFalls'' hardly shows new episodes, despite Disney doing the same thing with ''PhineasAndFerb''.

* PhineasAndFerb. Originally, the show was adored by many, had been received positive reviews by many critics, and praised for being "a show in the second dark age of animation, that was actually bearable and groundbreaking.". The praise went on from 2007 to 2011, until the show's popularity had been gradually dying out, due to the successes and arrivals of RegularShow, AdventureTime, and MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic. All 3 of which have been much more successful, praised and even have DVD season boxsets(though Disney hasn't really released season sets of their shows, so this could be the MAJOR reason), as opposed to the show that started the New Renaissance Age of Animation. Then, people started to hate on it in late 2011/early 2012, to constantly claim that "the show is repetitive, one dimensional, doesn't have any character development whatsoever", and that the show follows the same plot, to avoid trying to do something new. The hate was small and minor at first(there are some, that even thought this before the HateDumb of the show arrived), but then gradually became bigger and bigger, to the point of most people on the Internet thinking this, and go out of their way to avoid mentioning this show as one of the few good shows on TV nowadays. This got even worse, when GravityFalls came along, which was pretty much the final nail in the coffin for people ever appreciating the show again. Alot of the haters have moved onto the aforementioned 3 shows, and GravityFalls. Worst of all, is that people are actually BLAMING PhineasAndFerb, on the fact that GravityFalls hardly shows new episodes, despite Disney doing the same thing with PhineasAndFerb.

There's only one thing worse than [[ComplainingAboutPeopleNotLikingTheShow people not watching your favorite show]]: people actually watching it.

* The NostalgiaFilter plays a big factor in this. Even if the artist or work hasn't actually gone mainstream, it gets more popular and has a larger fan base after it's been around for a while simply because more people have now heard of it. This inevitably leads to the belief that an artist's earlier work is always better than their newer stuff or earlier entries in a series are always better than newer ones

* QestionableContent has been hit with this, with people dissing it for being just a venue for selling t-shirts

** PhineasAndFerb. Originally, the show was adored by many, had been received positive reviews by many critics, and praised for being "a show in the second dark age of animation, that was actually bearable and groundbreaking.". The praise went on from 2007 to 2011, until the show's popularity had been gradually dying out, due to the successes and arrivals of RegularShow, AdventureTime, and MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic. All 3 of which have been much more successful, praised and even have DVD season boxsets(though Disney hasn't really released season sets of their shows, so this could be the MAJOR reason), as opposed to the show that started the New Renaissance Age of Animation. Then, people started to hate on it in late 2011/early 2012, to constantly claim that "the show is repetitive, one dimensional, doesn't have any character development whatsoever", and that the show follows the same plot, to avoid trying to do something new. The hate was small and minor at first(there are some, that even thought this before the HateDumb of the show arrived), but then gradually became bigger and bigger, to the point of most people on the Internet thinking this, and go out of their way to avoid mentioning this show as one of the few good shows on TV nowadays. This got even worse, when GravityFalls came along, which was pretty much the final nail in the coffin for people ever appreciating the show again. Alot of the haters have moved onto the aforementioned 3 shows, and GravityFalls. Worst of all, is that people are actually BLAMING PhineasAndFerb, on the fact that GravityFalls hardly shows new episodes, despite Disney doing the same thing with PhineasAndFerb.

* {{Creator/Bungie}}; in their early days a Macintosh game developer, decided that their next title after their hit ''[[PathwaysIntoDarkness PID]]'' was ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' instead of a ''PID'' sequel, but after ''Marathon'', they made ''Marathon 2''. "Oh no, they've sold out!", said the fans. "No we haven't", said Bungie, later revealing work on the genre-founding Real Time Tactics game ''VideoGame/{{Myth}}''. Next, ''Marathon 2'' was ported to become Bungie's first non-Mac release. "Oh no, they've sold out!", the fans said again. "No we haven't", said Bungie, "We're still doing our own thing making innovative work" pointing to pioneering BeatEmUp/[[ThirdPersonShooter shooter]] ''VideoGame/{{Oni}}'' and [[WideOpenSandbox Sandbox]] guerrilla warfare game ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''. After that, Microsoft bought them, and turned ''Halo'' into a KillerApp for the original Xbox. "They've sold out!" screamed the fans, and Bungie responded "No, we haven't." After they were finished with the Halo series, 'Bung split up with Microsoft to create a new ip and signed a deal that it will be published by Creator/{{Activision}}. Of course the fans said "They've sold out!" and of course Bungie responded with "No, we haven't."