History Main / KidsShowMascotParody

** Also, the episode "That's a Baby Show" centers around Arthur secretly becoming a fan of ''The Love Ducks'' (which appears to be a parody of ''The Series/{{Teletubbies}}'') rather than ''Dark Bunny'' (an obvious parody of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''). In the end it turned out that [[spoiler: everyone else was addicted to it too]].

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* The webgame ''Pico vs. Bear'' pits {{VideoGame/Pico}} of Website/{{Newgrounds}} fame against "Big Brown Bary", a DepravedKidsShowHost version of ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'', who comes with equally sadistic versions of the other members of the main cast.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' has Blarney the Dinosaur, an Irish dinosaur whom Lola and Lana love. In "The Price of Admission", 11-year-old Clyde is also revealed to be a huge fan of Blarney, and goes to see his movie. He [[WarningSong even sings a few of his songs to warn Lincoln about]] [[KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms the consequences of seeing a horror movie]] called ''The Harvester'' against his parents' wishes.

* ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' has Boomer the Purple Dragon. In the first book, George and Harold manage to switch Mr. Krupp's videotape of them ruining the school football game with a Boomer videotape. Later, Mr. Krupp decides to give to the football team what he thinks is George and Harold's videotape, causing the team to have so much fun with Boomer's show that they end up renaming themselves from the Knuckleheads to the [[RealMenWearPink Purple Dragon Sing-Along Friends]]. The appearance of bulletin boards with that name is a RunningGag in subsequent books.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6izIv9jdmk The commercial]] for the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation PS1]] video game, "Search for Reptar", involves a big purple turtle named Terrence Turtle dancing and singing a sappy song at a children's birthday party. The children there are very bored, and when the guy in the Terrence costume falls over and loses the costume's head, the children go inside to play ''Search for Reptar'' while the guy in the Terrence costume gets attacked by a dog.

* Blarney the Singing Sea Serpent from ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998''. He is a plaid StockNessMonster who Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup enjoy. At first, he seems relatively harmless...until he starts encouraging children to act like various animals, including hopping like a bunny, stomping like a rhinoceros, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers screaming like a fish]]. The Girls, whose superpowers make these actions even more annoying (and dangerous) than usual, happily follow Blarney's commands, leaving BadlyBatteredBabysitter Mojo Jojo in horrible shape.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Horrid Henry}}'', ''Happy Hippos'' is a toddler show Perfect Peter watches, but Henry calls it a show for "Smelly Nappy Babies."

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* Smoochy from ''Film/DeathToSmoochy''. Referenced in the film as the "bastard son of Barney", Smoochy is a purple anthropomorphic rhino in the movie. So despised is Smoochy by the kids' show host (Creator/RobinWilliams) he replaced that the man is set to ruin Smoochy's career. Unlike most of other examples where the person wearing the costume turn out to be a JerkAss, the man who plays Smoochy (Creator/EdwardNorton) [[IncorruptiblePurePureness really is as sweet and nice as the character he portrays]].
* Arnie the Dinosaur, played by Creator/CharlesMartinet, (yes, ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros that]]'' Charles Martinet,) from ''Film/NineMonths'' acts similarly to Barney, when he is in a toy store. But when he pushes a little too hard in selling his toys to Marty (Tom Arnold), he tells Arnie that his kids think his show sucks. Arnie then goads Marty and later Samuel (Creator/HughGrant) into a fight with a bunch of stunned children watching.

** Mary Moo Cow is a preschool show that D.W. enjoys watching, much to Arthur's discomfort about said show being a baby show.
** Also, one episode centers around Arthur secretly becoming a fan of "The Love Ducks" (which appears to be a parody of ''The Series/{{Teletubbies}}'') rather than "Dark Bunny" (an obvious parody of ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''). In the end it turned out that [[spoiler: everyone else was addicted to it too]].

* Blarney the Singing Sea Serpent from ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''. He is a plaid StockNessMonster who Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup enjoy. At first, he seems relatively harmless...until he starts encouraging children to act like various animals, including hopping like a bunny, stomping like a rhinoceros, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers screaming like a fish]]. The Girls, whose superpowers make these actions even more annoying (and dangerous) than usual, happily follow Blarney's commands, leaving BadlyBatteredBabysitter Mojo Jojo in horrible shape.

* Rainbow Monkeys from ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', who similarly to the ''Rugrats'' example below, mostly just dance around singing their saccharine theme song and having fun. However, Numbuh 4 is the only one of the 10-year-old cast to hate them. There may be some TruthInTelevision to this, however, as it's not ''too'' uncommon for kids to have a phase where they'll get into a preschool show.

The success of ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' led to [[FollowTheLeader a whole string of similar children's programs being produced]]. This also affected media produced around this time.

These characters are from a PreschoolShow and are so [[TastesLikeDiabetes sweet, friendly]], simple and cloying that they are an annoyance to anyone but the target audience.

* Uncle Mikey from ''WesternAnimation/RockAndRule'' is kinda like this - in the scene where Zip watches an episode of the show, Uncle Mikey talks down to the in-universe audience asking them if they know the difference between good and evil, to which we see a clip of cartoon violence against a cow for the in-universe audience to determine if the perpetrator is good or evil. Needless to say, [[BigBad Mok]] utterly despises the show. (For an added bit of irony, the animation studio that made the movie, Creator/{{Nelvana}}, would later become famous for preschool cartoons.)

* Crocky in ''ComicBook/{{Robin}}'' #42 is a ''Barney'' parody who's a crocodile. Tim finds the character annoying when he has to watch the show for clues, because the actor who was fired from the role has taken to committing crimes in costume.

Sometimes the mascot of a SubvertedKidsShow.