I Do Not Like Green Eggs and Ham in Western Animation.
- A mild example in one of the The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius 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 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 until the 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."
- Amphibia: In the episode “Taking Charge,” Anne shows the Plantars the show, Suspicion Island. Sprig and Polly love it immediately, but Hop Pop dismisses as garbage. Later, a shadowy figure ends up watching Suspicion Island, draining Anne’s phone battery. As per the nature of this trope, it was Hop Pop who watched the show, and that he loved it, watching every last episode.
- The Angry Beavers episode "Beach Beavers A Go-Go" has Daggett insisting that he and Norbert go to the beach, despite the latter's reluctance. Once they get there, lots of bad things happen to Dag, and Norb ends up having a good time.
- The Animaniacs short "The Warners and the Beanstalk" not only parodies the classic fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk, but also Green Eggs and Ham with the Warners trying to get the giant, who looks and sounds like Ralph the Guard, to try gold eggs and meat. It ends with the memorable exchange "Gold eggs and meat I do not hate!" "But now those clouds won't hold your weight", followed by the giant plummeting to Earth like a stone.
- Arthur:
- The episode "D.W. The Picky Eater" (adapted from a short story of the same name), where D.W. at first hates spinach, but after trying it in a pie served at a restaurant, she likes it. The original book ended with her looking horrified after learning she enjoyed spinach, while the animated version had her go on to proudly declare a love for the vegetable and saying she never had a problem with it.
- In another episode, Muffy is invited to see her first opera with her dad, but doesn't want to go because she's worried she'll get bored and end up embarrassing them both. After some encouragement from her mom, who felt the same way about opera at first, she goes anyway and ends up really enjoying herself.
- In "The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club", the local kids all love the "Scare-Your-Pants-Off" books, a horror series for young readers (and thus an Expy of Goosebumps). Problems begin when Mr. and Mrs. Crosswire, Muffy's parents, begin a campaign to ban the books after Muffy claims she had nightmares from reading them. Thankfully, it turns out the author lives in Elwood City, and she challenges Mr. Crosswire to look at the books before making a snap judgment. He ends up enjoying them so much that he rescinds his efforts (especially after Muffy reveals that her nightmares actually came from eating too much ice cream).
- Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!: In an incredibly rare turn of events, both Shaggy and Scooby (well established as Big Eaters with a taste for all manner of bizarre foods) are shown absolutely refusing to try an Irish dish of crubeens (batter-fried pig's trotters, sometimes deboned and stuffed with mashed potato) and farl (pan-cooked soda bread) in the episode "Giant Problems", despite the hounding of a chef determined to make them eat the dish. The usual Aesop is subverted at the episode's end; whilst they are forced to eat the dish, they still proclaim it tastes disgusting, in a Hard Truth Aesop that sometimes first judgments are correct.
- Bob's Burgers:
- In "Bad Tina", Bob is dragged against his will by Linda to the theater, which is playing "CAKE", a troupe of "Stomp"-like dancers doing high-energy "Patty Cake". Bob gets completely absorbed to the point of obsession, driving friends to tears making them "cake" with him.
- The same thing happens to Louise in the episode "Boyz 4 Now," when Tina drags her to a concert by the titular boy band. Louise develops a crush on one of the band members, and being Louise, is sure the only way to break his spell over her is to slap him in the face.
- In "The Moody Foodie," the restaurant is given a negative review by the titular Caustic Critic due to shenanigans from the rest of the family while Bob was trying to satisfy him. At the end of the episode, after Bob ties him up in an attempt to get a do-over, he forgets to untie him after leaving his house. After the entire ordeal is over and done with, Bob doesn't understand why he hasn't been arrested for his actions. As it turns out, the Moody Foodie tried the burger while trying to call the police, and loved it enough not to press charges.
- BoJack Horseman is usually disgusted by the sight of honeydew melon. In the final episode, he tries it and quite likes it.
- The premise of the Cow and Chicken episode "Cow's Pie" has Cow create her own pie - 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 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.
- Dexter's Laboratory: "Sister's Got a Brand New Bag" has Dexter spend most of the cartoon trying to get away from Dee Dee, who is insistent on showing him her new dance. He goes to such extremes like heading to the bottom of the ocean and outer space. In the end, he finally gives up and watches. This is Dexter's response to Dee Dee afterwards:"Hey, that was pretty good."
- Doug:
- In one episode, Grandma Opal tries to convince Doug to eat sushi. He's reluctant to do so as he horrified of the idea of eating raw fish. After being reminded of how as a baby, he initially resisted ice cream only to love it, Doug eats some sushi and discovers that he indeed likes it.
- Another episode has Patti inviting Doug to a party she's hosting where the guests will be served liver and onions. Doug despises that dish (to the point where he once gave a presentation to the class on how much he hates it!), and so has to "train" for eating it at the party. When he finally starts liking it (or at least builds up a tolerance to it) and goes to Patti's house, she reveals that it was all a joke based on the aforementioned presentation Doug gave, and they're actually having something else.
- In the animated special The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town, the Bunny actually has a song that explains this Trope, which he uses to convince two city guards who are doubtful of trying anything new. (With a Shout-Out to Johnathan Swift
which the target audience likely didn't get.). See it here at the 16:00 mark. - In The Fairly OddParents!, Timmy wishes that his mom was a great chef so he wouldn't have to eat her nasty looking food. She ends up losing this gift after entering a cooking competition (the Fairy rulebook forbids magic being used to win competitions because it counts as cheating) and cooks up a disgusting looking meal. Not wanting his mother to be humiliated on national television, Timmy volunteers to eat it...only to find that the meal is absolutely delicious, so much so that it ends up winning her the competition! At the end of the episode, Mom cooks some of it for dinner and places a plate of it in front of a very enthusiastic looking Timmy.
- In the Family Guy episode "Chick Cancer", Peter gets dragged by Lois to a Chick Flick. He enjoys it so much he decides to make his own. Hilarity Ensues.
- In Frisky Dingo, rapper Ta'Quil becomes instantly hooked to NASCAR after watching his first race, sporting a racing jacket afterwards. This is Truth in Television: NASCAR tends to have that effect once people actually give it a chance.
- Gravity Falls: In "The Inconveniencing", Stan can't find the TV remote, and because he refuses to stand up, he's forced to watch an old-time movie called The Duchess Approves. At first, he's horrified at the prospect of being forced to watch it, but as the movie goes on, he ends up becoming a complete fanboy over it.
- Green Eggs and Ham (2019), based on the trope-naming book, features Guy-Am-I (the Named by the Adaptation second character of the book) proclaiming his distaste for the titular dish, though he admits he hadn't eaten it before. He caves in in the season 1 finale to win back Sam's trust after their falling out.
- An episode of Hey Arnold! actually includes both a subversion and usage of this through and through. Some of Arnold's classmates are all raving about Ronnie Matthews, a singer who's coming to town, except for Helga and Phoebe. Helga isn't even into Matthews and thinks he's stupid, while Phoebe is actually a closet fan of his.note Phoebe then wins a contest where she and a guest gets to go to his concert and meet him afterwards. She invites Helga to be her guest. After meeting Matthews as a person following the concert, Phoebe experiences Fan Disillusionment and starts to dislike him. Helga, on the other hand, becomes a huge fan of Matthews and thinks he's the greatest person ever, for the following reasons:
- His accent is fake.
- He can't play any of his instruments.
- He doesn't write or even sing his own songs.
- He's a huge Jerkass. This part amazes Helga, who's one herself.
- Despite all of the above, he's made enormous amounts of money and fame for himself, and she views this as "the perfect scam."
- Histeria!: Green Eggs and Ham is parodied in part of an episode, in which Loud Kiddington tries to persuade former President George H.W. Bush to eat some broccoli. He does, and, contrary to the trope, he hates it (it turns out, though, that Loud just wanted him to verify his distaste for it, because it provides an excuse for him and his friends to not eat it themselves).
- Kim Possible: One episode has Kim, in order to buy a new jacket, applied for a job at the Bueno Nacho. Her partner in crimefighting, Ron, only gets dragged into the same job by accident and complains that he'll hate it when he realizes he's been roped in. Later, he almost leaves the crime-fighting to become a manager at the Bueno Nacho.
- Subverted in the Let's Go Luna! episode "Stinky Fruit", where Leo is reluctant to try a durian fruit due to its awful stench, but is encouraged by his friends to try eating it anyway. Once Leo finally does work up the courage to eat the fruit, he ends up legitimately disliking its taste.
- In the Looney Tunes short "Fin n’ Catty", there’s a cat that wants to eat a goldfish, but acts deathly allergic to water. That is, until he accidentally locks himself in a shower stall full of water. The goldfish points out that the cat is fully submerged; at first, the cat panics, but eventually realizes he loves water so much that takes the goldfish’s bowl for himself.
- The Looney Tunes Show: The episode "Customer Service" has Bugs's cable getting switched to the soap opera network. Speedy comes in to see a Spanish soap opera on TV and reprimands him for watching "this garbage". The moment Bugs leaves, Speedy watches the show for a few seconds and becomes completely invested in it to the point where he blows off his job at Pizzariba so he can stay home and watch it.
- The Magic School Bus: Traditionally, and indeed as expressed in the opening theme song, Arnold would lament the necessity of the day's field trip in most, if not all episodes. Ironically, the one he missed, where they went through his digestive tract, made him wish he'd gone with and swear to never miss another field trip again. This started after the next one, when he found it was going to deal with dinosaurs.
- In an episode of The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show, 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.
- Muppet Babies (2018): In "Kitchen Catastrophe", Gonzo makes pickled pineapple and sauerkraut sandwiches, which none of the other babies particularly like, but Sam the Eagle has a particular distaste for them as part of his status as a Picky Eater. When Animal accidentally brings Sam one of Gonzo's sandwiches instead of the burger that the Swedish Chef made for him, Sam tries the sandwich and discovers that he likes it after all. Just Sam's approval is enough to convince the other babies to try Gonzo's sandwiches.
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic:
- The episode "Read it and Weep" has Rainbow Dash realizing to her horror that she loves reading the Daring Do book Twilight gave her, especially after her earlier outburst about how books are only for eggheads. She then tries to hide her newfound obsession from her friends, which is quite hard to do when she experiences Just One More Page syndrome. Naturally, the Aesop of the episode was "I shouldn't knock something until I've tried it".
- "Putting Your Hoof Down" begins with Angel Bunny refusing to eat his sliced vegetables, and demanding a fancy salad instead (which he also rejects because there is no cherry on top). At the end of the episode, Fluttershy finally gets him to eat, and he loves it.
- The Nature Cat episode "Mud Love" has the group and their animal friends celebrating Mud Appreciation Day, a special occasion where they appreciate, discover, and have fun with all different kinds of mud. Nature Cat accidentally gets himself involved despite his refusal to participate in his friends' activities, to the point where his poem on not liking it references Green Eggs and Ham! However, by the end of the episode, he takes interest in mud painting, where it's less messy. He even admits that mud is fun and "mud-nificent".
- Subverted in one episode of Pelswick. Hot new boy band N'Talented becomes the new favorite group of all the girls in town and the scorn of all the boys, including Pelswick. But after giving their music a try, he's shocked to discover that he actually likes them! Though that's only because they turn out to be lip-syncing to a washed-up (and much more talented) rock band from the '80s.
- Regular Show: In the episode "Fool Me Twice," Mordecai, Rigby, and Benson go on a Japanese game show. When they manage to win, their prize is a choice between space camp and a clipboard. Mordecai and Rigby want to go to space camp, while Benson wants the clipboard. Afterwards, it's shown that Benson considers space camp the time of his life. Mordecai and Rigby don't agree.
- An episode of Rugrats had the characters going to the "Reptar on Ice" spectacular. Grandpa Lou was vehemently opposed to going. Once the show began, however, he was enthralled, and by the end, could only offer up this stunned observation:"Brilliance... sheer brilliance."
- In an episode of Sam & Max: Freelance Police, Sam & Max go after a guy named Kent Standit, who has banned their favorite snack, Glazed McGuffins. Following several contrived misadventures, they manage to force feed it to him by literally throwing it down his throat. Shortly after he declares his fondness for McGuffins (and lampshades this trope), he tells Sam & Max that he will be going after another snack that the duo happen to love. Big mistake.
- In The Simpsons episode "This Little Wiggy," Marge is charmed by Ralph's mannerisms and pushes a reluctant Bart the next day to go play with him. Sure enough, Bart starts to enjoy being at his house, but not in and of itself; actually, he's thrilled mostly to have access to Chief Wiggum's master key that can open any door in Springfield.
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Double subverted in the episode "Just One Bite". Squidward vehemently refuses to try a Krabby Patty, and when pressed by SpongeBob, theatrically declares how disgusted he is with the sandwich and goes so far as bury it in the sand. The double subversion comes when SpongeBob dejectedly leaves and Squidward frantically digs the Patty back up and devours it with gusto, revealing that he was immediately hooked on them, but pretends to hate them as a face-saving strategy and tries to keep his addiction a secret. He eventually learns that too many Krabby Patties at one time can have some very unfortunate side effects:"They'll go right to your thighs! ...And then you'll blow up!"
- Sushi Pack: A minor version occurs in the episode "The Yam Yakkers". Tako insists he isn't excited about Vince Face, the actor who plays Aquabot-boy, showing up for the new movie's premiere, as he's a fan of the character only. Yet when face-to-face with Vince, he can't help asking for an autograph, and Maguro is quick to remind him of what he said earlier.
- Timothy Goes to School has the episode "Yoko", where the students (except for Timothy) ick on Yoko for having her lunch being sushi. The only student who actually tries it and ends up enjoying it is Timothy.
- Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: In "I Am Neil Armstrong", Yadina thinks she won't like a cheese and marmalade sandwich, but when she tries it, she likes it.
