I was never a hater, but I was annoyed about it being everywhere on the internet. Then I skimmed through an episode (Party of One) to see what the big deal was. I remember thinking that it was cute and funnny, but way too simple and childish to keep an older person's attention, and the only reason anyone became a fan was to be part of a fad. Then I decided to watch the pilot and warmed up to it a little. Then I started looking a bunch of fanmade stuff like dubs, remixes of the songs, fanart, reading articles. So I decided to give the show another real try. By the forth one I watched I knew I was hooked.