This kid-friendly internet star did a bait and switch.

Tot influencer Blippi has amassed 250,000 Instagram followers and more than 5.7 million YouTube subscribers with “educational” videos featuring him visiting bakeries, aquariums and farms, and generally being enthused in the context of bright colors.

So, when he announced his first “Blippi Live” tour, parents and kids rushed to buy tickets, with many paying extra for a meet-and-greet opportunity with their favorite, excitable viral sensation.

But they won’t be meeting Stevin John, 31, the Blippi they see on their screens — they’ll be meeting an actor hired to perform as him.

“Stevin John is the creator of Blippi and acts as the writer and creative force behind the Blippi character,” reads the tour’s online FAQ section, “Now that Blippi has evolved as a character he is excited that a dynamic stage performer has been cast as Blippi to entertain and thrill audiences across all of our tour markets.”

Some miffed mama bears aren’t having it.

“I’m livid,” mom Dana Oliver, who shelled out $400 for her child to see Blippi’s Toronto show, tells BuzzFeed News. “I’m trying to get a refund.”

Another mad mom, Angelina Sakowski, who is trying to get a refund for the $126 she dropped on the New Jersey tour date, told the outlet: “Ticketmaster didn’t seem to have any info about it being an actor on their website. The info is buried on the bottom of the FAQ page on Blippi’s website.”

Meanwhile, John blamed his burgeoning Blippi superstardom for his inability to perform in his own live tour.

“[Since] YouTube is a monster and all of these platforms are really crazy I can’t go on the road for many weeks or months at a time,” he tells Billboard.

This isn’t the performer’s first time at the rodeo of internet backlash. Earlier this year, it resurfaced that, pre-Blippi, John had made “Jackass”-like stunt videos as “Steezy Grossman,” including one where he explosively defecated on a friend.