History Headscratchers / ToBoldlyFlee

* Why does Jesu Otako turn into a hyperactive computer hacker? I am not very familiar with JO's videos, so is it some sort of in-joke?
** She is meant to be Edward from Cowboy Bebop, which is a very popular anime series (and JO reviews Anime). As to why she turned into Edward, it is just this anniversary's way of explaining why they are cos-playing as certain characters.
*** Thank you. I figured it was some sort of Anime character.
** It's also possible that the brain altering device worked on her, changing her into Edward from the shock.

** I was under the impression it was because JO wasn't in Suburban Knights (hence the won-a-car joke), and that Edward was what she would have dressed as had she been there, but it was taken to more literal extremes.

** Nothing has been said to suggest Doc Brown was a fixed thing that had to happen. His blowing up in Film/ScoobyDoo might have been foreshadowing for not his existing anymore, or he's on a different timeline, or my personal theory: the two had interacted so much that Critic was never going to change into his future self anyway.

* Anyone expecting the ending to follow the Critic's fate after the events of the movie will be sorely disappointed. At the end, Critic merges with the hole in order to keep it under control, and effectively ''becomes'' the universe...... implying that he won't make reviews anymore. Doug has no intention of halting his own reviews after September 13t, when the last installment was uploaded, so we can only assume the ending to this film isn't canon to what happens in the reviews!
** Before all this, he confirmed that Ask That Guys and Bum Reviews will come back. He also said he wants to do more original stuff and he can't do NC forever. So we'll just have to wait and see what happens in the coming weeks.
** Would it be so ''bad'' if there were no more Nostalgia Critic reviews? Not saying I ''want'' them to end, but, well, Doug is right. All good things do eventually come to an end, and frankly, if he is tired of doing them and wants to move on to other things, it would be the best thing for those reviews if he ends them now on a high note rather than continue them due to fan demand and see them jump the shark.
*** But all signs (the posts, the hype, the marketing of this film, the answers to questions at public appearances, the story elements) were pointing to the Critic ''returning,'' which is what most of us predicted. When the Critic chose not to step into the real world, what was the only other option the Writer gave him? Yup. That would've been the most ''predictable'' way this would've ended, anyway, so maybe that's why. The NC is the flagship series on the site, and if the reviews do end, maybe these "retools" that Lindsey mentions are bigger than we have ever imagined.
*** Not really. From all the "this is the end" posts, the Film/ScoobyDoo review and the final fate trailers, they were definitely going for end of an era. We just didn't think they'd go through with it.
*** Exactly, it was completely unexpected that they ''would'' go through with it. How many stories in media DO that?!
*** ...And having those stones is supposed to be a good thing.
*** Turns out he IS ending the Nostalgic Critic series (barring specials) and for much the same reason as the above had predicted.
* The Masked Man/Gort's secret identity. Was that supposed to be WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd? Or was it the real life Creator/JamesRolfe, completely out-of-character just like Writer!Doug was?

** By the look of the trailers, JO isn't going to be the last person this happens to. We've seen Angry Joe as [[Franchise/MetalGear Solid Snake]], Film Brain as [[Franchise/TheMatrix Neo]], Kinley as [[TheDanza Luke]] [[Franchise/StarWars Skywalker]][[note]]Kinley was using the name Luke at the time[[/note]], Marzgurl as [[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex the Major]]... Hell, Sad Panda is dressed as [[Series/DoctorWho the Eleventh Doctor]] right now (though I'm not sure that counts, since he's not ''acting'' like him). I'm guessing that that device is ''supposed'' to turn people into Sci-Fi characters.
*** This theory has been jossed. The others simply don costumes, but don't become the characters.
** Whilst that is very likely, it should be pointed out that WebVideo/{{Sad Panda|QAndA}} always dresses like the Eleventh Doctor, even in his reviews.

* Regarding the scene in which Film Brain is sent inside Spoony's brain and encounters his naked, horrifying superego: It seemed that Doug and Rob, in writing the special, did not know what the term [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id,_ego_and_super-ego superego]] [[YouKeepUsingThatWord means]].

*** Not really. From all the "this is the end" posts, the ScoobyDoo review and the final fate trailers, they were definitely going for end of an era. We just didn't think they'd go through with it.

** Nothing has been said to suggest Doc Brown was a fixed thing that had to happen. His blowing up in ScoobyDoo might have been foreshadowing for not his existing anymore, or he's on a different timeline, or my personal theory: the two had interacted so much that Critic was never going to change into his future self anyway.

* For a movie that treats Sci-Fi as something serious, and a movie that utilizes a lot of Star Wars elements, why do they criticize Phantom Menace? Isn't that HypocriticalHumor, especially considering that they use Revenge of the Sith elements as well?
** I don't follow your logic. ''The Phantom Menace'' took itself seriously and was science-fiction, ''To Boldly Flee'' took itself seriously and was science-fiction, therefore ''TBF'' can't criticize ''TPM''?
** You have ''seen'' Phantom Menace, right? It's hard to not mock it, and a lot of, and I hate to use this word, nerds/geeks do love to hate the movie, and this includes a lot of Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses producers.
*** There are plenty of people who ''do'' like the prequels, despite the impression that the vocal hatedom would suggest, but regardless, concerning the main point, just because they don't like it doesn't mean they can't reference it. For example, Doug hates Battlefield Earth and yet a character from Battlefield Earth is a major antagonist in this movie.

*** Film Brain may be British, but the mainstream video sites he'd be using like TGWTG and YouTube are firmly American and therefore subject to American law.

** In Linkara's crossover review with the Nostalgia Critic on the ''Film/{{Batman}}'' comic book adaptation, it's revealed that the Critic thought all of Linkara's storylines were just skits.

* The Masked Man/Gort's secret identity. Was that supposed to beWebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd? Or was it the real life Creator/JamesRolfe, completely out-of-character just like Writer!Doug was?

* How did Mechakara come back? Last time he showed up on WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall, he was blown up and his hand was on Linkara's shelf. Linkara would have noticed if Mechakara transferred his consciousness from the hand to a new body, since he noticed when [[spoiler: Lord Vyce did it]]. So how did Mechakara get the body we see him with in To Boldly Flee?

* The Masked Man/Gort's secret identity. Was that supposed to be [[spoiler:WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd]]? Or was it [[spoiler:the real life Creator/JamesRolfe, completely out-of-character just like Writer!Doug was]]?
** With the respect they show for each other, it's most likely to be [[spoiler:the Nerd. Just without the glasses]].
** He appeared multiple times before the finale and helped the critics before [[spoiler:any signs of another universe existing appeared in the real universe]]. It was definitely [[spoiler:the Nerd, not James.]]
** Are we sure it's not [[spoiler:Board James, who previously "assisted" them in ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'' and doesn't wear the glasses at all]]?
*** [[spoiler:It wouldn't make much sense since Critic wouldn't recognize Board James. He wasn't with the group when he had that cameo. It makes more sense for it to be the Nerd considering the history between Critic and Nerd.]]

*** While it's almost certainly not the case, does anyone remember how [[spoiler: Linkara convinced the Entity to find out what happens to an Elder God when it dies?]] Then, when "Ma-Ti" is back from the dead, he simply decides to destroy the universe by [[DespairEventHorizon allowing the Critic to leave the Awesome-verse forever]], [[spoiler: I couldn't help but think that maybe The Entity found the answer to Linkara's question and performed GrandTheftMe on Ma-Ti's SOUL.]] [[spoiler: Ma-Ti has moved on at last... and soon The Entity will return, with [[FallenHero The Nostalgia Critic as his new avatar.]] ]]

** He descends after [[spoiler: being [[WebVideo/DemoReel Donnie [=DuPre=]]]]], so this issue is resolved.

* Okay, I get that The thermal detonator was powerful enough to [[spoiler: kill Terl, Zod and Mechakara, but how was it so powerful that it actually managed to destroy the entire Death Bomb?]].
** [[spoiler: Maybe the Death Bomb was made using Turl's Psychlo technology, and the Psycho's stuff is notoriously flammable (particularly the air).]]
** More likely it was the [[spoiler:house ship's engines/fuel being exploded by the thermal detonator, causing a chain reaction that took out the Death Bomb's fuel/reactor, causing the stupendous explosion.]]
** If you look close, [[spoiler:the house gets blown up by the thermal detonator, and the explosion ignites the fuse on the Death Bomb, leading to it's destruction.]]

** Whilst that is very likely, it should be pointed out that SadPanda always dresses like the Eleventh Doctor, even in his reviews.

** He immediately punched Linkara out and tied him up in their first meeting, I don't watch much AT4W anymore, but I got the impression Link mostly needs his toys to win the fights.

** By the look of the trailers, JO isn't going to be the last person this happens to. We've seen Angry Joe as [[Franchise/MetalGear Solid Snake]], Film Brain as [[Franchise/TheMatrix Neo]], Luke as [[TheDanza Luke]] [[Franchise/StarWars Skywalker]], Marzgurl as [[Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex the Major]]... Hell, Sad Panda is dressed as [[Series/DoctorWho the Eleventh Doctor]] right now (though I'm not sure that counts, since he's not ''acting'' like him). I'm guessing that that device is ''supposed'' to turn people into Sci-Fi characters.

'''Note:''' If you have not watched ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'' yet, then there will be spoilers below! Read at your own risk.
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* Did Paw tell everyone what happened to ThatSciFiGuy offscreen, or has he not told them yet?

** Of course, [[ToddInTheShadows Todd]] also said that his first review was of {{Kesha}}'s "Blah Blah Blah"...even though it was only the first one that was posted on TGWTG, whereas the first review he ''actually'' did was of "Down" by JaySean ft. LilWayne. So maybe they were just going by the first videos posted on the website.

** Because that would be another Plot Hole, which would have it's own set of consequences and would have to be dealt with. Why could the pothole be stable without someone in it when it previously needed someone in it to be stable. If the rules just changed without no in-universe explanation, then more plot holes. The only way to handle a Plot Hole is to have it be resolved in a way that makes logical sense within the story, otherwise it remains a Plot Hole. Given that the Hole was controlled by Ma-Ti after his death, and given that the Hole became unstable after Ma-Ti moved on, the only logical way to handle the Plot Hole is to have someone else inside it to ensure it stays stable.