History Characters / TheNostalgiaCriticTheCriticTropesNToZ

* SissyVillain: Although not with the usual UnfortunateImplications. He's a pathetic jackass, but not because he's "sissy". That's just part of his personality. In the ''Transformers 4'' crossover, he badass boasts that he's the Nostalgia Critic, he's the original movie basher and his face [[GloryDays used]] to be the site logo, but then ruins it by obsessing over wondering how Erod thinks he looks like Edward Norton.

* [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl Reluctant Fanservice Boy]]: Whenever someone else ([[DistressedDude Game Heroes]], [[BlackComedyRape Spoony]], [[BastardGirlfriend Chick]] etc.) makes him the victim.

* [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend He Is Not My Girlfriend]]: He really wants to do a review with WebVideo/JesuOtaku in the ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'' episode, and denies being attracted to him just because he's a guy who wants to do a crossover with a girl. (And then he turns into ShipperOnDeck for CR/Phelous.)

* [[FanDumb The Strawstuffer]]: Invoked. Doug talks in ''Film/ASimpleWish'' commentary how, even though he has fair days, Critic can never quite grasp how the films he moans about are often the subject of ExecutiveMeddling and that the actor/director/producer is usually not the one he should be directing his complaints at.

* [[FanDumb The Strawstuffer]]: Invoked. Doug talks in ''TheSimpleWish'' commentary how, even though he has fair days, Critic can never quite grasp how the films he moans about are often the subject of ExecutiveMeddling and that the actor/director/producer is usually not the one he should be directing his complaints at.

** He almost certainly was trying to invoke this at the beginning. Sexist, homophobic, a lower-pitched voice, still wasn't smart but had much more CommonSense, owned a HairTriggerTemper, slobby, easily bored and none of the femmy, childish behavior we know him for.

* TwitchyEye: Towards the end of his "lawyer tastes like deep-seated insecurity and bitterness" joke in ''Film/JurassicPark''. Only Doug knows why. Referenced in ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'' where he says “we all get nervous twitches like that sometimes”. Quite understandably, his whole face is a twitching mess in the ''Film/ManOfSteel'' review when Joe is giving Zod ideas on how to torture him. When he's [[spoiler: hallucinating]] at the start of ''Film/TheChristmasTree'' review, his eye jolts in time to his tapping of the coffee machine.

** PlayedForLaughs in Linkara's ''Radio/WelcomeToNightVale'' parody as the podcast believes he's just doing clipless reviews to work himself and Malcolm/Tamara to death.

** When Soulless is pressuring him with an AnnoyingLaugh and everyone is waiting for him to come out with it and praise Jim Carrey in ''Film/TheGrinch'', he acts more like a ShrinkingViolet than usual HotBlooded, hiding his face while begging it to stop and only raising his voice once. Considering his lack of soul at this point, it makes sense.

** Goes all out at the end of ''WebVideo/TheUncannyValley'', as Doug [[note]]and this was purely written by Doug for the DVD, no Rob involved[[/note]] writes ''two'' {{hope spot}}s where Critic angsts about possibly being fixable but is completely unable to.

** He also has this dynamic with Snob, especially in ''Film/PassionOfTheChrist'' where he's nervous and guilty about what happened to Santa Christ and Snob is snarky and thrilled.

* [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend He Is Not My Girlfriend]]: He really wants to do a review with WebVideo/JesuOtaku in the ''Film/HeavyMetal'' episode, and denies being attracted to him just because he's a guy who wants to do a crossover with a girl. (And then he turns into ShipperOnDeck for CR/Phelous.)

** He hates his audience for being sadistic, ungrateful pricks [[note]] note that Doug loves his fans[[/note]] but will put himself through an ungodly shitty film because they requested it all the time. This usually doesn't end well for him.

** Also, 'Film/'StarTrekInsurrection'' has him pawing That Sci-Fi Guy enough to raise some eyebrows. What makes it this trope is that three episodes before, Sci-Fi Guy killed him.

** [[{{in-universe}} Believes]] in this pretty heavily. As an example, Princess Peach using a frying pan to knock out an enemy disgusts him. As another example, he calls the possessed person in ''Franchise/StarTrek'' with "no emotions, no feelings and no needs" the perfect woman. Although like Chick and Lindsay, this is just meant to be the character being an idiot and not Doug's real feelings on the subject. In Doug's own reviews of Disney movies, he even argues why leads like Ariel, Cinderella and Snow White aren't the feminist nightmares they're made out to be.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: It's great that you want the Chick to be proud of herself, but forcing her to watch ''{{Bratz}}'' is kinda harsh.

** He himself approaches stalker territory when he first pretends to be Rasputin to have a conversation with the Chick and secondly hides in the bushes to capture her and make her watch ''{{Bratz}}''. She finds the former endearingly annoying and doesn't seem to mind the latter, however, probably because she chloroformed him first.

** The cheerleading outfit in ''Christmas Story II'' was to prove a point (if a {{fanservice}} one), but the accompanying vlog has him put the mini-skirt to his waist and swing it around curiously. Hyper then interrupts, lunging at him and making him freak before the video cuts out. It also got spoilered in the "Carpet Diem" vlog, as the review aired a few days later and Doug says that because he's been in drag a million times and will be again, the fans mock him constantly and say he's {{transsexual}}.

* OpinionMyopia: Sometimes acts like everyone agrees with him, even if the movie was pretty popular like the first two ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' sequels. There are plenty of other times he fully acknowledges a BrokenBase and offers his take.

* TwitchyEye: Towards the end of his "lawyer tastes like deep-seated insecurity and bitterness" joke in ''JurassicPark''. Only Doug knows why. Referenced in ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'' where he says “we all get nervous twitches like that sometimes”. Quite understandably, his whole face is a twitching mess in the ''Film/ManOfSteel'' review when Joe is giving Zod ideas on how to torture him. When he's [[spoiler: hallucinating]] at the start of ''Film/TheChristmasTree'' review, his eye jolts in time to his tapping of the coffee machine.

** His reason for hating the women in ''PearlHarbor'' is that they giggle. Not what they're giggling about, not that they do it too much, not that they're {{flat character}}s, just hates them from the first laugh.

* SweetTooth: He downs an entire bag of candy in ''NickToons''.

** Douchey has a picture of him wearing MarilynMonroe's dress, which Critic gets embarrassed by.

** He remembered ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'' as becoming a God when he just sat on his ass all day, and the titular crossovers as teaching Linkara, Chick, Phelous and LordKat a lesson about going into his territory when in reality, he broke down in all of them and had to be comforted.

* [[StupidSexyFlanders Stupid Sexy]] KeithDavid, Creator/HughJackman and Creator/WillSmith.

* SplitPersonality: Done in the more realistic fashion. Three times now something bad has happened to really trigger him off, he'll react with intense distaste (HearingVoices with the ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' bullies, long {{angrish}} with how childish ''TheHaunting'' remake was, exploding cities with ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'') and then he'll come back with apologies or would have to be made aware of what he just did.

* TroubledButCute: Boy is pretty damaged.

* {{Uke}}: Even ''Chester'' lampshades the implications of "Nerd-On-Critic action". Not to mention that if he spends any time with a woman, it'll end up in MasculineGirlFeminineBoy.

** A good example of stepfordness is in the beginning of the ''BluesBrothers'' video game where he's waking up in the morning. In Last Angry Geek's review of ''Spider-Man and the X-Men'', where Brian asks whatever happened to Dr. Smith and Critic (with a giant frozen smile) tells him “Cancer. Very sad.”, and it cuts back to Brian mouthing “ouch”. If it weren't for the much sadder take at the end (where he also reveals Dr. Smith was his father), one would assume LackOfEmpathy.

** There's a few hints in the reboot that he still has this power, like at the end of “Top 11 South Park Episodes” where he changes into a SouthPark version of himself, or ''Film/AfterEarth'' where he brings out the muppet Critic from the PlotHole, or the numerous YourMindMakesItReal moments. Confirmed in ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'', where he has the power of “ruining”, creating the PlotHole again (or a blue hole very similar to it) and making things go back to normal with no more SicklyGreenGlow, no more fetish gear, and everyone at least having a personality.

* [[StupidSexyFlanders Stupid Sexy]] KeithDavid, Creator/HughJackman and WillSmith.

** What later causes Tamara to be hired in-universe; he realizes people find his pain sexy, and after she succeeds in her scheme to make him talk about the Bee Torture scene in ''Film/TheWickerMan'' and why it became a meme, he decides she's worth keeping around.

** Also, ''Star Trek Insurrection'' has him pawing That Sci-Fi Guy enough to raise some eyebrows. What makes it this trope is that three episodes before, Sci-Fi Guy killed him.

** In ''Film/TheWickerMan'', he asks if he can vacation on Summerisle when he hears that he'd have no responsibilities other than to have sex, StayInTheKitchen and not talk to anyone.

** In ''The Sixth Day'', That Sci-Fi Guy accidentally creates a clone of the Critic, who has a 50% chance of being beamed back to original Critic's place and having to be this for him. ([[http://channelawesome.com/that-scifi-guy-the-6th-day/ And no we're not making that up.]])

* {{Transgender}}: At some point he grew up as female, he takes testostorone pills, and he has repeatedly asked if he was born as a girl. Plus he's able to get pregnant by Chick, even if it is by ''Film/{{Ferngully}}'' magic.