I can't help but feel that the TV show would've ruined it, like Scarfolk only works if you only have a certain amount of it and the TV show would've pushed it

I can't help but feel that the TV show would've ruined it, like Scarfolk only works if you only have a certain amount of it and the TV show would've pushed it from "wait, was that real?" to "Ah, right, that's from that show".