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->"''FinalFantasyVIII sucks and you suck for liking it!''"
-->--'''Noah "''[[TheSpoonyExperiment The Spoony One]]''" Antwiler'''

->"''Creed sucks! I hate you, and I hate the bands you like!''"
-->--RedVsBlue PSA

To some people, there is only one thing worse than anything they consider SoBadItsHorrible; people ''actually liking it''.

In a nutshell, a FanHater is someone in a {{Hatedom}}, who hates ''not only'' the work, but ''also'' the [[{{Fandom}} fans of that work]].

The thing is that to these people, art is SeriousBusiness, and they treat their enjoyment of art the way [[StopHavingFunGuys some people]] take to [[TournamentPlay competitive gaming]]. If you like anything not up to their standards, they will either mock you, mock that thing in front of your face, or just go on a diatribe about why you shouldn't like that thing. A common term that {{Fan Hater}}s are fond of using, is "LowestCommonDenominator".

As a work becomes more popular, the probability of such a group appearing approaches one. Today's media landscape seems to encourage this somewhat, because InAWorld where [[ExecutiveMeddling executives and producers]] seem to believe in QualityByPopularVote, and because {{Ratings}} are so important in determining what keeps getting made and what gets [[ScrewedByTheNetwork cancelled]], it's easy for fans of one thing that might be on the verge of getting canned to resent the people who are making another work so popular (and thus keeping it on the air), as they blame those fans for their own favorite work's misfortune.

But others seem to just want to rail against fans simply because they think it makes them superior. This group is comparable to MoralGuardians, only it's their own subjective tastes they are trying to guard. These kinds of people are a big reason for some people's mentality of HePannedItNowHeSucks: FanHaters are always waiting for an opportunity to pounce, and even a single negative critical opinion of something is usually enough to "justify" their "this thing is bad and you should feel bad for liking it" rants. It also contributes to ComplainingAboutPeopleNotLikingTheShow: because there are quite a few FanHaters out there, some fans mistake an honest criticism of a work for Fan Hating and get ''very'' defensive.

It is a very odd phenomena, because after all, not everyone enjoys the same things. And maybe they just don't enjoy it for one reason or another, not because of their sexual orientation, not because of their intelligence, not because they're old or inexperienced, they just happen to like it. But chances are if you like something that's subject to fan haters, expect one of those comments to be thrown at you. It's incredibly rare to see someone who actually acknowledges that maybe you like different things because you're not mentally ill or homosexual or "haven't seen a 'true' something".

Of course [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch actually being familiar with the works people aren't supposed to like is entirely optional]].

Contrast the inverse, ComplainingAboutPeopleNotLikingTheShow, where fans of a show will lambast you for ''not'' liking it. This activity has also been known to spawn Fan Haters, though in that case, the hate starts with the fans and spreads to the work. Also compare TaintedByTheFanbase, where you love the work but hate the fans. Also, when a fan likes the show, but is a FanHater toward a certain character on the show, it's a specific type of FanDumb known as The Hate Monger.

Be warned some may pretend to be fan haters, but are in fact {{Troll}}s, which is even worse.

A SubTrope of both {{Hatedom}} and OpinionMyopia.

Due to past messes, please avoid TakeThat statements, flame bait, "This Troper" blurbs, and redundancy.
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!!Common forms of this trope:
* AccentuateTheNegative
* AdaptationDecay, in that they hate anyone who likes an adaptation that isn't the original version.
* AnimationAgeGhetto, in that they hate anyone older than 12 who watches anything animated.
* BrokenBase, in that the dissenters will hate the loyalists for not giving up on a particular series.
* DeadHorseGenre
* DeaderThanDisco
* FanDumb
* HypeAversion
* HypeBacklash, in which they hate a work simply because of the attention it has received or is receiving. A subset hates things that are critically-acclaimed.
* InternetBackdraft
* ItsPopularNowItSucks
* {{Jerkass}}
* MisaimedFandom, in which they hate you for liking something the "wrong way".
* SeriousBusiness
* StillTheEighties, as well as not recognizing that media, genres and sub-genres can evolve.
* StopHavingFunGuys, in which you get hate for playing a game the "wrong way."
* TastesLikeDiabetes
* All the TrueArt pages
* And especially GuiltyPleasures, because they'll try to make you feel guilty for it.

!!Websites specializing in Fan Hating (and {{Hatedom}}):
* ''4chan'', varying by board.
* ''The Encyclopedia Dramatica''
* ''SomethingAwful''
* ''The Best Page In The Universe''
* ''Your Webcomic is Bad And You Should Feel Bad''
* ''TelevisionWithoutPity''
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!!Examples here should be from in media. Anything else goes to the [[TroperTales/FanHater troper tales page]].
* In ''BeavisAndButthead'', they were watching a BonJovi video. Beavis didn't think it was that bad, and Butthead kept smacking him for not thinking it sucked. Finally Beavis got fed up and [[GroinAttack kicked Butthead in the nuts]].
* One of the quotes on the page shows that the Spoony One hates Final Fantasy VIII, releasing a lot of videos to show how much he hates it and why he thinks the game is retarded. At least half of one video is dedicated to trashing the fans who draw hentai. Of course, RuleOfFunny states that he has to ignore all the people doing the ''exact same thing'' to other games.
* If you like ''FinalFantasy'' or any JRPGs, then there is a 100% chance you will be hated by Adam and Morgan of ''XPlay''. They're part of the reason there's a taboo against saying anything positive about JRPGs. Also consider yourself hated if you like anime - which they in particular ''love'' to trash, most of their Full Metal Alchemist and Dragon Ball Z game reviews are trashing the people who will flame them.
* [[ZeroPunctuation Yahtzee]] is prone to doing this and he doesn't just hate one kind of gamer - he's hated on people who like JRPGs, Western RPGs, Silent Hill Fans(Even he admits to doing so himself - he said his ''SilentHillOrigins'' review was mostly him crying) people who like Halo, People who played Psychonaughts, people who didn't play Psychonaughts, Console gamers, PC gamers, fans of point and click adventure games, people who own a Wii, fans of MMORPGs, Korean gamers, fans of sprite comics, fans of Control Alt Delete, fans of The Sims, Retro gamers, Indie gamers, people who hate retro, people who hate indies, etc. In general, it's safe to assume that Yahtzee hates ''all'' gamers, but some kinds moreso. Unfortunately, people on TheEscapist [[ReviewsAreTheGospel have somehow adopted his mindset]] and will sadly probably never ever enjoy a video game again.
** The biggest example is his Smash Brothers review. At least 60% of the review itself was saying "I do not like fighting games so I will [[DontLikeDontread not show any interest in it]]" or hating on fans, then the following up video was fan hatred.
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