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** {{Lampshaded}} in that he's never actually played ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', beyond maybe two hours, but avoided it ''solely'' because he hated the art style, and hadn't been paying any attention to the first two hours, since he wrote Zidane off as an "androgynous-whiny-pansy-ass character". He also admitted that "it was likely that [he] was being fiercely unfair" to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' on judging it by its art style, especially when the game was specifically targeted at fans of the NES and UsefulNotes/SuperNintendo-era Franchise/FinalFantasy games like him, but he just couldn't get over it. He elaborated in his Q&A at [=MAGfest=], and admitted his reasons for avoiding it were entirely childish, and he really can't stand the art style so much that he simply can't make himself keep playing. [[invoked]]

* ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1985}}'' episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1985S1E14 The Misfortune Cookie]]" starred a CausticCritic who is introduced writing a bad review for a new Chinese restaurant that he has not even dined at yet. When he actually does visit the restaurant at the urging of his editor, all he does is order a massive amount of food (none of which he eats) before asking for the bill.

* FanHater (they don't just hate this particular work, but they also despise everyone who likes it)

* ''WebVideo/DVDRHell'': ''Film/RockItsYourDecision'' did some terrible research on the songs it vilified. Brad quickly called the movie out for this, debunking ''each and every one'' of the movie's arguments. A particularly bad example on the movie's part:
-->'''Jeff:''' ''(providing "[[{{Demonization}} examples]]" of [[EveryoneIsSatanInHell Satanic songs]])'' "Evil Ways" and "Soul Sacrifice" by Music/{{Santana}}.\\
'''Brad:''' Yes, [[SarcasmMode I can see how you would have misinterpreted the line]], '''"You've got to change your evil ways."'''
* ''WebAnimation/ExtraCredits'': They criticised ''VideoGame/{{Hatred}}'' as having no value - which is actually rather impressive, seeing as the game wasn't even out yet and there was probably no way for them to have actually played it.
* ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'': During Silver's Radical Train, Arin and Jon have a long conversation about VideoGame/BioshockInfinite that lasts about two episodes, with Arin being critical of it despite having barely played it. Two weeks later, once Arin had actually finished it, he tweeted that he liked it.

* In Creator/TheBBC Radio 2 comedy series ''The Blagger's Guide'', David Quantick lists the three stages of being a music journalist. Stage 1 is going to the gig and making a huge deal out of being a music journalist. Stage 2 is going to the gig and furtively scribbling your review, hoping nobody notices you're a music journalist. And stage 3 is sitting at home, describing how much the band's gone downhill without attending the gig at all.

* Subverted in ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}: When Peanut gets addicted to the ''Pridelands'' books, generally seen as being for cats, the Good Old Dog Club starts to give him a hard time. He suggests they should read them first, and they reply that they ''did'', specifically in order to prove how stupid they were, because "we're not hypocrites". And, yes, there were all these bits they actually ''liked'', but that's not the point!

* [[KnightTemplar Miko Miyazaki]] writes the introduction to ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' prequel ''Recap/StartOfDarkness'', heavily criticising it for [[StartOfDarkness its subject matter]]. About halfway through, she mentions that she hasn't actually read it.

* ''WebVideo/BeatriceTheGoldenWitch'' mentions this trope in her Let's Argue series regarding ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''. Beatrice says that the hatred of Sword Art Online is largely bandwagoning and most people have not actually watched it, but have seen people discuss how terrible it is enough to know it's bad through word of mouth.

** Critic reviewing ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'', ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' and [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the anime series]] ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'' was based off of. He admitted he had never actually seen them, but argued in the latter case that it could be open to a broad audience not familiar with the franchise. [[invoked]]

** Admittedly, Candace does get in a good zing when Linda says she can't judge a book by its cover. To which Candace asks what made Linda acquire said books in the firs place, causing Linda to hesitantly reply "[[NotHelpingYourCase I thought they looked interesting]]."