Kyrofelonoshophobia

Kyrofelonoshophobia is the fear of characters. It is almost exclusively experienced by young children. The fear is often triggered due to unique appearance of cartoons. Sufferers often have bad dreams about getting attacked by some cartoon characters, especially by villains.

If a sufferer of kyrofelonoshophobia sees a cartoon, they would likely scream, panic, run away, and cry. It is often treated by having parents or older siblings teach them that cartoons are only found in illustration and therefore pose no threat to them, but if the phobia is severe, child psychotherapists would be recommended.