History DethroningMoment / TheNostalgiaCritic

** Tropers/MorphinBrony: I'm retracting my DMOS for the Pokémon bit in ''Conquest of the Commercials'' in favor of the ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' review. I hate to say it, but I'm starting to think Creator/DougWalker is the NewMedia equivalent of Creator/SethMcFarlane: both of them made incredibly funny content in their prime, but now they seem to [[WriterOnBoard put comedy on the backburner in favor of a soapbox.]] The difference is that while McFarlane is using WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy as a StrawAtheist ChickTract with [[DudeNotFunny no comedic standards]], Doug is using the Critic as a way to get his soapbox out in [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad the most politically correct way possible]] [[PanderingToTheBase without upsetting those who can't stand extreme political correctness.]] It's this "[[SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond I have to please everyone]]" mentality that ruins this review for me, because he only addresses the [[OvershadowedByControversy controversial marketing campaign]] in passing, almost as if he's trying to ignore it so that he doesn't start a flame war in the comments section. [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement All gender politics aside]], the real problem with the marketing was that it was incredibly underhanded and insulting to not only the franchise's established fans, but to any fan of anything, male or female. That aside, he is trying to aim for the middle-ground, but instead comes off as too cowardly to take a definitive stance. With a film as controversial as this, [[Film/WarGames the only winning move]] [[Creator/JamesRolfe is not to see it.]]

** [=MorphinBrony=]: I would also like to nominate the Pokemon bit from Conquest of the Commercials as my Dethroning Moment for the Critic. For the most part, I thought the episode was pretty good overall (hell, [[ActuallyPrettyFunny I even enjoyed the Power Rangers skit mentioned above,]] which is saying something because I am a Power Rangers fan), but the whole Pokemon segment was just unfair. Now, to be fair, I can understand where the Critic is coming from with how he feels about Pokemon. When you don't understand why something is popular and there's merchandise for it everywhere you look, [[HypeBacklash you probably wouldn't be willing to give it a fair chance.]] This is a big part of why I'm not really a fan of ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''. But here's the thing: [[EvenEvilHasStandards even I would draw the line at]] [[DisproportionateRetribution burning Elsa to a crisp.]] To use another analogy, imagine someone who grew up in the late 70s making a video where the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Ninja Turtles]] (which was a major CashCowFranchise at its peak popularity, and yet [[{{Hypocrite}} the Critic sings its praises whenever he mentions it just because he grew up with it]]) were horribly murdered after he went out on a rant about how much the overexposure annoyed him. So to see the Critic display such petty behavior is very unpleasant, and put a dark spot on an otherwise stellar episode. While I'm not swearing off the Critic's videos, not by a long shot, and I know (unlike most of the other tropers who post here) that [[MeanCharacterNiceActor Doug Walker and the Nostalgia Critic are not one and the same]], I certainly hope he avoids mentioning Pokemon in the future.

* Tropers/MightyMewtron: I love post revival Critic, sketches and all, and I've been fine with Critic's clipless reviews- I really like his ''Pixels'' review, for example. But his ''Ghostbusters 2016'' review feels like a flop. He spends a ''lot'' of time on the controversy, which was inevitable, but he portrays ''every side'' as a straw man, including a StrawFeminist side, which looks tacky for a male reviewer to do. Admittedly he has good moments in the review, particularly the acknowledgment that little girls would find it inspiring, but exaggerating everyone's actions makes it harder to deliver the message to the fanbase [[{{Hypocrite}} (sort of like the point he was trying to make in his ''Lorax'' review).]] He spends so much time on this plot that it's even ''harder'' to understand the clipless parts of the review, and he mostly just repeats the same couple of criticisms over and over again about the movie cutting clips too short and ruining funny moments with unfunny moments as well as misrepresenting the characters and ideas in the movie (such as portraying the final ghost as a cutesy cartoon from the logo when the point of the ghost was that [[spoiler:it was a ''terrifying rendition'' of that cutesy cartoon from the logo.]] )If the sketches were entertaining, maybe this wouldn't be as bad a problem, but instead he relies on an unoriginal "everyone on the Internet is being a jerk about this movie".

** SpaceHunterDrakeRedcrest: The thing that really pushed it for me is the fact that among the negative comments Doug puts up when he says that Pokemon sucks, one of them asks him if he's intentionally trying to piss off fans. He knows that he's angering his fans (you know, the people who are [[BitingTheHandHumor responsible for him having a job]]) and yet he just doesn't care. I'm not even a fan of Pokemon and even I'm offended and annoyed by Doug/the Critic. I certainly hope this doesn't become a RunningGag, or else I'm just gonna be done with him.

** zeesims: [[CatharsisFactor I need a place to vent out my frustration since this has been bugging me for a while]]. There are several words that describe my feelings towards the Pokémon segment, infuriating, insulting, disgusting, and disrespectful. When it comes to that rant of his; about the [[ItsPopularNowItSucks overexposure]], [[PeripheryHatedom adults not liking it]], and it being a "fad"; my main issue with this reasoning is that [[{{Hypocrite}} some of the things that he likes is also guilty of the same thing]], (such as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the late 80s and early 90s, and Frozen. [[DoubleStandard It just gives off the vibe that only the things he likes can be super popular]]). While overexposure can get annoying, is it really a good reason to hate something just for that? Then there that bit with whole adults not liking it; all this does is remind me of the [[AnimationAgeGhetto "Pokémon is for kids" stigma]] that plagues many adult fans. Then there's the fad bit; this just screams, "I don't like it, therefore it's a fad". This is just painful to watch; knowing that the franchise has grown to be more than just a kid's fad, with the games and TGC having [[MultipleDemographicAppeal multiple demographic appeal]]. [[{{Hypocrite}} Once again the Ninja Turtles were guilty ]][[http://www.themarysue.com/evil-ninja-turtles/ of the things mentioned above at]][[http://articles.latimes.com/1990-08-27/news/vw-116_1_teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles the height of its popularity]], but knowing him, [[DoubleStandard it's magically okay just because he grew up with it]]. Then there's this line, "we didn't know what it was, but we didn't care", [[HateDumb so you hate it even though you know nothing about it?]] This whole rant just felt ignorant, arrogant, pretentious, and prejudice to me. Then we get to the actual commercial... Ugh, this part is just ridiculous, the comments above definitely describe my feelings towards this bit, [[DudeNotFunny mean-spirited and unfair]]. How would he feel if someone pulled off the same thing with the Ninja Turtles? I've seen several comments giving him a free pass with the [[JustJokingJustification "just a character" excuse]], [[SarcasmMode because that will totally make people less angry]]; frankly, I don't even know how much of it is an act. Just like with the Power Rangers mentioned above, Pokémon has brought joy and inspiration to many, a community has formed and brought many people together, young and old. So to see it getting treated so cruelly like this just makes me sick; joke or not. I've grown so tired of the [[CausticCritic caustic critic]] [[AccentuateTheNegative accentuating the negative]] gimmick, and even some of his real life attitude towards certain things (such as Pokémon, Power Rangers, Cars, Sailor Moon, Mulan Rogue) makes me regret the fact that I use to find him funny. I'm just done with him (and frankly any caustic critic) at this point.

** SenorCornholio: I didn't like the video much either, but one moment in particular stood out. It was at the beginning before the witches were sealed away, and they were going on about how trends of the 90s would become popular again. The examples they listed were Pokémon, the Backstreet Boys, and Furbies. This stands out because it's a particularly bad [[CriticalResearchFailure critical research failure]] because Hocus Pocus was released in 1993. The Backstreet Boys had just started their career that year, and they wouldn't make a real name for themselves until 1996. Pokémon was first released in Japan also in 1996, and wouldn't be released internationally until two years later in 1998. In addition to that, something else happened in 1998; Furbies were hitting the shelves at that time! In other words, none of these things became popular before, or during, the time this movie was first shown, and two of them weren't even around during that year. Granted, the witches could probably foresee the future, but [[FridgeLogic why did the people cringe in horror at their mention?]] If anything, they should be confused as to why they're hearing of things that don't exist yet. I wouldn't mind that part so much if it were a future release of the movie, but the time card clearly states "1993". Only one person questions what Furbies are, but that's probably due to their popularity falling short; the rest of the examples don't even try to justify themselves. Lastly, to lay waste to NC's claim that they were just fads, Pokémon has always been popular. Kids grew up with the games back then and continue to play later ones as the generations roll by. The part about Pokémon becoming popular again was likely just a jab at the franchise, which may as well be the case with [[RunningGag all the entries below covering his many, ''many'' anti-Pokémon moments that could easily fill an entire page of their own]]. Sorry Doug, but this was just a really stupid moment in an already stupid episode.

** SenorCornholio: I didn't like the video much either, but one moment in particular stood out. It was at the beginning before the witches were sealed away, and they were going on about how trends of the 90s would become popular again. The examples they listed were Pokémon, the Backstreet Boys, and Furbies. This stands out because it's a particularly bad [[CriticalResearchFailure critical research failure]] because Hocus Pocus was released in 1993. The Backstreet Boys had just started their career that year, and they wouldn't make a real name for themselves until 1996. Pokémon was first released in Japan also in 1996, and wouldn't be released internationally until two years later in 1998. In addition to that, something else happened in 1998; Furbies were hitting the shelves at that time! In other words, none of these things became popular before, or during, the time this movie was first shown, and two of them weren't even around during that year. Granted, the witches could probably foresee the future, but [[FridgeLogic why did the people cringe in horror at their mention?]] If anything, they should be confused as to why they're hearing of things that don't exist yet. I wouldn't mind that part so much if it were a future release of the movie, but the time card clearly states "1993". Only one person questions what Furbies are, but that's probably due to their popularity falling short; the rest of the examples don't even try to justify themselves. Lastly, to lay waste to NC's claim that they were just fads, Pokémon has always been popular. Kids grew up with the games back then and continue to play later ones as the generations roll by. The part about Pokémon becoming popular again was likely just a jab at the franchise, which may as well be the case with [[RunningGag all the entries below covering his many, ''many'' anti-Pokémon moments that could easily fill an entire page of its own]]. Sorry Doug, but this was just a really stupid moment in an already stupid episode.

** SenorCornholio: I didn't like the video much either, but one moment in particular stood out. It was at the beginning before the witches were sealed away, and they were going on about how trends of the 90s would become popular again. The examples they listed were Pokémon, the Backstreet Boys, and Furbies. This stands out because it's a particularly bad [[CriticalResearchFailure critical research failure]] because Hocus Pocus was released in 1993. The Backstreet Boys had just started their career that year, and they wouldn't make a real name for themselves until 1996. Pokémon was first released in Japan also in 1996, and wouldn't be released internationally until two years later in 1998. In addition to that, something else happened in 1998; Furbies were hitting the shelves at that time! In other words, none of these things became popular before, or during, the time this movie was first shown, and two of them weren't even around during that year. Granted, the witches could probably foresee the future, but [[FridgeLogic why did the people cringe in horror at their mention?]] If anything, they should be confused as to why they're hearing of things that don't exist yet. I wouldn't mind that part so much if it were a future release of the movie, but the time card clearly states "1993". Only one person questions what Furbies are, but that's probably due to their popularity falling short; the rest of the examples don't even try to justify themselves. Lastly, to lay waste to NC's claim that they were just fads, Pokémon has always been popular. Kids grew up with the games back then and continue to play later ones as the generations roll by. The part about Pokémon becoming popular again was likely just a jab at the franchise, which may as well be the case with all the entries below covering his many, ''many'' anti-Pokémon moments that could easily fill the Plot Hole. Sorry Doug, but this was just a really stupid moment in an already stupid episode.

** SenorCornholio: I didn't like the video much either, but one moment in particular stood out. It was at the beginning before the witches were sealed away, and they were going on about how trends of the 90s would become popular again. The examples they listed were Pokémon, the Backstreet Boys, and Furbies. This stands out because it's a particularly bad [[CriticalResearchFailure critical research failure]] because Hocus Pocus was released in 1993. The Backstreet Boys had just started their career that year, and they wouldn't make a real name for themselves until 1996. Pokémon was first released in Japan also in 1996, and wouldn't be released internationally until two years later in 1998. In addition to that, something else happened in 1998; Furbies were hitting the shelves at that time! In other words, none of these things became popular before, or during, the time this movie was first shown, and two of them weren't even around during that year. Granted, the witches could probably foresee the future, but [[FridgeLogic why did the people cringe in horror at their mention?]] If anything, they should be confused as to why they're hearing of things that don't exist yet. I wouldn't mind that part so much if it were a future release of the movie, but the time card clearly states "1993". Only one person questions what Furbies are, but that's probably due to their popularity falling short; the rest of the examples don't even try to justify themselves. Lastly, to lay waste to NC's claim that they were just fads, Pokémon has always been popular. Kids grew up with the games back then and continue to play later ones as the generations roll by. The part about Pokémon becoming popular again was likely just a jab at the franchise, given the entry below. Sorry Doug, but this was just a really stupid moment in an already stupid episode.

* Tropers/{{JayJuJayMeMan}}: Doug Walker always says adaptations should stand on their own, but that still doesn't justify his review of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog''. He blatantly ignores the fact that Robotnik's minions were all enemies Sonic fought in the games. He also ignores several other elements from the games that were imitated in the show, several of which are pretty much {{foregone conclusion}}s for anybody whose ever been near the games. Perhaps he just hasn't played the games, but he should have at least done the research on them beforehand. Not liking the show is fine, but facts need to be kept straight.

** [=fairygirl567=] Reading all the post for the anti-Pokemon segment in Conquest of the Commercials makes me a little sad, because, half of the tropers think this is how Doug actually feels about Pokemon, he was just playing around by overdramatizing his hate. In reality, he just wasn't a fan, people need to realize Doug the man and Nostalgia Critic the character aren't one in the same. Now with that being said, I absolutely loathe this segment! I get Doug was joking but this was still way too mean spirited and insulting, this was too much hatred for a show and to say he was college when the show first aired so he wasn't the right audience for it is an even bigger insult to the older fans! There were older fans so I don't see who he's acting all high and mighty about it. Secondly, him having that sadistic look as the Pokemon are being crushed was messed up and him showing joy at the alternative ending wasn't funny at all especially since after that he showed the Canada video where a woman gets her face burned off and he shows visual disgust at it. So something he hates he shows glee for it dying but the woman there is bad. Come on Doug! At least with the power rangers segment it was funny, this was just mean! I don't like North, but I don't want to see Elijah Woods character get brutally murdered!

** Tropers/Clark Spins: Oh, that's nothing compared to his offensive implications that children who watch ''Scooby Doo 2'' will grow up to be complete retards who are injury lawyers, Subway clerks, paint sniffers, and brain eaters (their own brains, to be specific). That is the lowest I've seen him go since that infamous moment in the ''Eight Crazy Nights'' review. Y'know, the one where Happy Madison fans are portrayed as blithering retards, and NC ends up blowing them up with a grenade?

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** Tropers/Clark Spins: Oh, that's nothing compared to his offensive implications that children who watch ''Scooby Doo 2'' will grow up to be complete retards who are injury lawyers, Subway clerks, paint sniffers, and brain eaters (their own brains, to be specific). That is the lowest I've seen him go since that infamous moment in the ''Eight Crazy Nights'' review. Y'know, the one where Happy Madison fans are portrayed as blithering retards, and NC ends up blowing them up with a grenade? Seriously, when this show gets cancelled a second time (and hopefully STAY cancelled), I will be one happy fool, because I am honest to God ''done'' with his bullshit.

* Tropers/{{Eegah}}:The joke about Michael's daughter asking about sex, given that Judith Barsi would be murdered before being old enough to learn about it herself.

** SpaceHunterDrakeRedcrest: The thing that really pushed it for me is the fact that among the negative comments Doug puts up when he says that Pokemon sucks, one of them asks him if he's intentionally trying to piss off fans. He knows that he's angering his fans (you know, the people who are [[BitingTheHandHumor responsible for him having a job]]) and yet he just doesn't care. I'm not even a fan of Pokemon and even I'm offended and annoyed by Doug/the Critic. I certainly hope this doesn't become a RunningGag, or else I'm just gonna be done with him.

** Tropers/Clark Spins: Oh, that's nothing compared to his offensive implications that children who watch ''Scooby Doo 2'' will grow up to be complete retards who are injury lawyers, Subway clerks, paint sniffers, and brain eaters (their own brains, to be specific). That is the lowest I've seen him go since that infamous moment in the ''Eight Crazy Nights'' review. Y'know, the one where Happy Madison fans are portrayed as blithering retards, and NC ends up blowing them up with a grenade? Seriously, when this show gets cancelled a second time (and hopefully STAY cancelled), I will be one happy fool.

** [=Ryanruff13=]: Agreed. What exactly is Doug trying to prove by this point by shoehorning a third recent reference (among numerous others) to the franchise and its fanbase within a few weeks? If all the bitterness towards the ''Pokémon'' fandom is meant to be part of his character and not representative of what Doug Walker himself is like, then all of his [[TakeThat Take Thats]] are still oddly obsessive and needlessly frequent even with that in mind. If his comments about trying to "piss the fans off" are only referring to the more opinionated, rabid members of the fanbase and not the entire fanbase together, then the comments fall flat since he has made genuinely disrespectful comments about people only enjoying ''Pokémon'' since it's a fad rather than, y'know, perhaps considering that maybe people have their own opinions and genuinely enjoy the games/show. Newsflash, Doug: ''Pokémon'' fans aren't going to be annoyed just because you don't like ''Pokémon'' (well, maybe [[OpinionMyopia some fans]] will be). They're going to be annoyed at your repeatedly pushing upon them that they're only enjoying something because it's a fad.

** [=Ryanruff13=]: Agreed. What exactly is Doug trying to prove by this point by shoehorning a third recent reference to the franchise within a few weeks? If all the bitterness towards the ''Pokémon'' fandom is meant to be part of his character and not representative of what Doug Walker himself is like, then all of his [[TakeThat Take Thats]] are still oddly obsessive and needlessly frequent even with that in mind. If his comments about trying to "piss the fans off" are only referring to the more opinionated, rabid members of the fanbase and not the entire fanbase together, then the comments fall flat since he has made genuinely disrespectful comments about people only enjoying ''Pokémon'' since it's a fad rather than, y'know, perhaps considering that maybe people have their own opinions and genuinely enjoy the games/show. Newsflash, Doug: ''Pokémon'' fans aren't going to be annoyed just because you don't like ''Pokémon'' (well, maybe [[OpinionMyopia some fans]] will be). They're going to be annoyed at your repeatedly pushing upon them that they're only enjoying something because it's a fad.

** [=Ryanruff13=]: Agreed. What exactly is Doug trying to prove by this point by shoehorning a third reference to the franchise within a few weeks? If all the bitterness towards the ''Pokémon'' fandom is meant to be part of his character and not representative of what Doug Walker himself is like, then all of his [[TakeThat Take Thats]] are still oddly obsessive and needlessly frequent even with that in mind. If his comments about trying to "piss the fans off" are only referring to the more opinionated, rabid members of the fanbase and not the entire fanbase together, then it falls flat since he has made genuinely disrespectful comments about people only enjoying ''Pokémon'' since it's a fad rather than, y'know, perhaps considering that maybe people have their own opinions and genuinely enjoy the games/show. Newsflash, Doug: ''Pokémon'' fans aren't going to be annoyed just because you don't like ''Pokémon'' (well, maybe [[OpinionMyopia some fans]] will be). They're going to be annoyed at your repeatedly pushing upon them that they're only enjoying something because it's a fad.

** [=Ryanruff13=]: Agreed. What exactly is Doug trying to prove by this point by shoehorning a third reference to the franchise within a few weeks? If all the bitterness towards the ''Pokémon'' fandom is meant to be part of his character and not representative of what Doug Walker himself is like, then all of his [[TakeThat Take Thats]] are still oddly obsessive and needlessly frequent even with that in mind. If his comments about trying to "piss the fans off" are only referring to the more opinionated, rabid members of the fanbase and not the entire fanbase together, then it falls flat since he has made genuinely disrespectful comments about people only enjoying ''Pokémon'' since it's a fad rather than, y'know, perhaps considering that maybe people have their own opinions and genuinely enjoy the games/show. Newsflash, Doug: ''Pokémon'' fans aren't going to be annoyed just because you don't like ''Pokémon'' (well, maybe some fans will be). They're going to be annoyed at your repeatedly pushing upon them that they're only enjoying something because it's a fad.

* IAmNotBeast: I generally have nothing against people who dislike things that I like. It's just their opinion, after all. As long as they don't keep bringing it up over and over again, I'm perfectly fine with it. And as you've probably noticed from the other entries on this page, Doug keeps bringing up his hatred of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' over and over again, most recently in his ''Film/ScoobyDooMonstersUnleashed'' review. In that one, he paused just before the review just to take another jab at the series for no reason whatsoever. We get it, Doug, you don't like ''Pokémon''. Could you please stop bringing it up at every opportunity? It's getting a bit excessive.

** supernintendo128: While everyone and their mother's [=DMoS=] seems to be whenever the Critic attacks Pokemon and its fanbase, My [=DMoS=] is when the Critic took a rather mean-spirited jab at gamers in general in the very same review, said joke basically amounting to "Gamers are misogynists who refuse to take orders from women lol" even though that many gamers have long since grown out of this mindset and that [[SocietyMarchesOn the gaming community has become much more welcoming towards female gamers since the 1990s and that more women than ever are playing video games.]] This joke didn't outright offend me but it did make me groan about how dated it was.

** supernintendo128: While everyone and their mother's [=DMoS=] seems to be whenever the Critic attacks Pokemon and its fanbase, My [=DMoS=] is when the Critic took a rather mean-spirited jab at gamers in general in the very same review, said joke basically amounting to "Gamers are misogynists who refuse to take orders from women lol" even though that many gamers have long since grown out of this mindset and that [[SocietyMarchesOn the gaming community has become much more welcoming towards female gamers since the 1990s and that more women than ever are playing video games.]] This joke didn't outright offend me but it did make me groan about how dated it was.
* IAmNotBeast: I generally have nothing against people who dislike things that I like. It's just their opinion, after all. As long as they don't keep bringing it up over and over again, I'm perfectly fine with it. And as you've probably noticed from the other entries on this page, Doug keeps bringing up his hatred of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' over and over again, most recently in his ''Film/ScoobyDooMonstersUnleashed'' review. In that one, he paused just before the review just to take another jab at the series at its fans for no reason whatsoever. We get it, Doug, you don't like ''Pokémon''. Could you please stop bringing it up at every opportunity? It's getting a bit excessive.

* IAmNotBeast: I generally have nothing against people who dislike things that I like. It's just their opinion, after all. As long as they don't keep bringing it up over and over again, I'm perfectly fine with it. And as you've probably noticed from the other entries on this page, Doug keeps bringing up his hatred of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' over and over again, most recently in his ''Film/ScoobyDooMonstersUnleashed'' review. In that one, he paused just before the review just to take another jab at the series at its fans for no reason whatsoever. We get it, Doug, you don't like ''Pokémon''. Could you please stop bringing it up at every opportunity?

** supernintendo128: While everyone and their mother's [=DMoS=] seems to be whenever the Critic attacks Pokemon and its fanbase, My [=DMoS=] is when the Critic took a rather mean-spirited jab at gamers in general in the very same review, said joke basically amounting to "Gamers are misogynists who refuse to take orders from women lol" even though that many gamers have long since grown out of this mindset and that [[SocietyMarchesOn the gaming community has become much more welcoming towards female gamers since the 1990s and that more women than ever are playing video games.]] This joke didn't outright offend me but it did make me groan about how dated it was.

* batmany: I pretty much threw my hands up and went [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere "Done!"]] during his review of ''SpyKids 3D: Game Over''. Why? Simple, because he had to throw in another Anti-Pokemon tirade. This time, he says the sub-par graphics of the film were as good as ''PokemonStadium'' before taunting the fandom to post their comments. Oh, let me count the ways this is absolute horse manure. First off, Pokemon Stadium was first released in Japan in 1999. Spy Kids 3 was released in 2003. Second, Doug pointed out at the start of the film that director Robert Rodriguez's films tend to be pretty low-budget. In other words, of course the CGI is going to be pretty poor compared to larger budget productions. So, therefore, it's unfair to compare it to a video game that was made 4 years earlier. That would be like comparing ToyStory to the CGI segments in ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}''. And, finally, there's his TakeThat towards the fandom. Look, if Doug isn't a fan of Pokemon, fine. That's his opinion. It's his treatment of the fandom that takes it from him simply not being a fan of the franchise to being a JerkAss FanHater who feels he must jab his hatred of the franchise into the fandom's side at every turn. To make matters worse, this mean-spirited comment towards the Pokemon fandom was completely unnecessary. There was no reason for it to be in the review at all. It's just another excuse for Doug to go "Pokemon sucks and the fandom sucks too!" yet again.