History Fridge / TheCritic

* The [[Franchise/XMen XYZ Men]] parody in the web series is a continuation of the XYZ gag in the early episodes of the original series.

* In the pilot episode, Jay and Valerie are seeming making out in front of Trump Tower, which is under foreclosure. This comes across as a TakeThat to DonaldTrump and his bankruptcies in the early 90s, but Valerie tells Jay on their date that she had dated Trump. This could be her rubbing it in his face.

* In the pilot episode, Jay and Valerie are seeming making out in front of Trump Tower, which is under foreclosure. This comes across as a TakeThat to DonaldTrump and his bankruptcies in the early 90s, but Valerie tells Jay on their date that she had dated Trump. This could be here rubbing it in his face.

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* Jay's obesity is more of an InformedFlaw and he appears to be the size of and looks like an average man. Keep in mind he's in show business that has high standards when it comes to appearances (not just in women, but men as well).

* In "A Song For Margo" Jay reviews an ETTheExtraTerrestrial parody called "D.T. The Drunken Terrestrial." D.T. (real name: delirium tremens) is also an abbreviation for withdrawals alcoholics go through after they stop drinking.

* Jay's obesity is more of an InformedFlaw and he appears to be the size of and looks like an average man. Keep in mind he's in show business that has high standards when it comes to appearances (not just in women, but men as well).

* The [[XMen XYZ Men]] parody in the web series is a continuation of the XYZ gag in the early episodes of the original series.

* Double FridgeBrilliance: In "All The Duke's Men" Duke runs for president and is campaigning to a group of zombies, where he see Doris who's not dead, but looking for a husband. The zombies was another way of saying that American voters are zombies and vote without doing research on the candidates.

* Jay's obesity is more of an InformedFlaw and he appears to be the size of and looks like an average man. Keep in mind he's in show business that has high standards when it comes to appearances (not just in women, but men as well).

* In "Dukerella" [[ItMakesSenseInContext Jay eats a mutated potato playing the bag pipes,]] but he shows up at the end of the episode and runs off. This is a different potato, but it could have a GeneticMemory.

* Jay's obesity is more of an InformedFlaw and he appears to be the size of and looks like an average man. Keep in mind he's in show business that has high standards when it comes to appearances.

* Double FridgeBrilliance: In "All The Duke's Men" Duke runs for president and is campaigning to a group of zombies, where he see Doris who's not dead, but looking for a husband. She has an unrequited crush on Duke, [[StalkerWithACrush so she was following him]] and trying to get his attention. The zombies was another way of saying that American voters are zombies and vote without doing research on the candidates.

* In "A Song For Margo" Jay reviews an ETTheExtraTerrestrial parody called "D.T. The Drunken Terrestrial." D.T. is also an abbreviation for withdrawals alcoholics go through after they stop drinking.

* The [[XMen XYZ Men]] parody in the WebSeries is a continuation of the XYZ gag in the early episodes of the original series.

* A subtle running gag is Jay or someone else's fly being unzipped (And hence why he gets a laugh.) This is even carried over to the WebSeries where Jay reviews the [[XMen XYZ Men.]]

* Why would someone like Jay become a critic? He's obviously a nerd and cynical, he's made a career criticizing stuff, but since he was unpopular growing up and was adopted, films are a way for him to escape reality for a while.

* A subtle running gag is Jay or someone else's fly being unzipped (And hence why he gets a laugh.) This is even carried over to the WebSeries where Jay reviews the [[XMen XYZ Men.]]

* In the pilot episode, Jay meets an actress who pretends to be in love with him so he'll give her a good review. Her acting in the movie is atrocious, but she manages to convince him. She really is a good actress, she was just given a crappy script and the film more than likely had a bad director. This also happens again in "From Chunk to Hunk" with another actor who Jay bashes, then they convince Jay they're gonna kill him, which turns out to be acting and Jay changes his mind.

* In the second season Jay TookALevelInKindness. The theme song reflects on this. In the first season it was slower paced, and Jay was crankier and more quick to anger. In the second season the theme song is more upbeat.

* In "Dukerella" [[ItMakesSenseInContext Jay eats a mutated potato playing the bag pipes,]] but he shows up at the end of the episode and runs off. This is a different potato, but it could have a GeneticMemory.

* In "Dukerella" [[ItMakesSenseInContext Jay eats a mutated potato playing the bag pipes,]] but he shows up at the end of the episode and runs off. This could be possible due to GeneticMemory.

* Double FridgeBrilliance: In "All The Duke's Men" Duke runs for president and is campaigning to a group of zombies, where he see Doris who's not dead, but looking for a husband. She has an unrequited crush on Duke, [[StalkerWithACrush so she was following him]] and trying to get his attention. The zombies was another way of saying that American voters are zombies and vote without doing research on the candidates.

* Double FridgeBrilliance: In "All The Duke's Men" Duke runs for president and is campaigning to a group of zombies, where he see Doris who's not dead, but looking for a husband. She has an unrequited crush on Duke, [[StalkerWithACrush so she was following him.]] The zombies was another way of saying that American voters are zombies and vote without doing research on the candidates.