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Caillou The Grownup tears the show to pieces, depicting Caillou as a sociopathic manchild.
It's extremely common for users to feature Caillou and his family in videos on the DIY animation software website Vyond (formerly GoAnimate), usually revolving around the title character getting grounded for petty offenses.^note Since it's common for characters from preschool shows to be targeted by GoAnimate users, nobody can resist making Caillou the butt of karma. However, there are a good amount of people who like the show that actually treat him right in their videos.

The Nostalgia Critic: In his review of Barney's Great Adventure, when the Critic talks about Barney's Periphery Hatedom, he mentions how such a hatedom never arose for Sesame Street, Dora the Explorer, and Super Why!, but then a picture of Caillou is shown, so the last example he lists instead is WordGirl.
SiIvaGunner had a video called Theme Song - Caillou, a Nightmare Fuel-laden Found Footage parody. The title comes from the fact that one scene in the video shows a guy singing the Caillou theme while a kid can be heard screaming in the background. (The linked video is a reupload as it came to light that said clip reportedly came from a real child abuse video, so NSFL to an extent.) More information on the video here.

In the Family Guy episode "Stewie's First Word", Lois suspects that Caillou is responsible for Stewie's Precision F-Strike at the church the previous day, so she unwillingly watches a full episode to prove it. Of course though, she is returned with no evidence, since it's a kids' show and isn't supposed to contain profanity in the first place. And of course, Caillou's baldness becomes the butt of mockery in this episode. Later references include an in-series female narrator providing commentary over Lois' actions throughout the episode, causing Lois to snap at her, which is in reference to the female narrator of Caillou herself. Lastly, a Cutaway Gag reveals that Peter learned manners after hanging out with Caillou's dad, and it then shows the duo on a swing-set at the park, eating unsalted Saltine crackers. Peter remarks that Boris' sweater looks like what Rachel Maddow would wear to a pumpkin patch.