History Recap / TheNostalgiaCriticS12E36

* IgnoredEpiphany: At the end of the review, Walter seems to have agreed with the Critic that he shouldn't follow the example of the Pennywises and instead find his own, more grown up strategy, but once the Critic leaves, Walter chooses to follow their example willingly, thus recieving the makeover noted in Take That! below.

* {{Corpsing}}: Aiyanna!Beverly could barely contain her snickering after Barney!Kersh transforms into an unintentionally hilarious monster.

* RunningGag: Characters claiming they don't have much time for story exposition in the film despite being three hours long.

* CallBack: Besides seven of the eight main cast of the previous ''It'' review (except Jason), Jim also reprises his role as the Creator/JaredLeto version of the Joker from the ''Film/SuicideSquad'' [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS10E10 review]].

* ClipShow: {{Inverted|Trope}}--in a Channel Awesome tradition, it substitutes clips of movies still in theaters (and thus avoid potential legal issues) with its own props and cast. The pastiche of the film has most of the main cast from the previous ''It'' review reprise their roles, starring Doug as the Creator/BillSkarsgard version of Pennywise, Malcolm as Mike Hanlon, Tamara as Eddie Kasprak, Walter Banasiak as Bill Denbrough, Aiyanna Wade as Beverly Marsh, Heather Reusz as Richie Tozier, and Trevor Mueller as Stan Uris; the exception is Ben Hanscom, whose actor Jason Laws has been replaced with Adonis K.J. Wright to parody his extreme makeover (see "YouDontLookLikeYou", below). In addition, Walter, Jim and Tamara play a trio of bullies, Doug as Adrian Mellon and Malcolm as Don Hagarty (the gay couple the three bullies pick on), Jim as Tom Rogan (Beverly's abusive husband), Tamara as Victoria and Dean (Pennywise's young victims), and Doug and Rob's real-life father Barney as Mrs. Kersh. Within the FramingDevice, Doug also plays the Creator/TimCurry version of Pennywise from the [[Film/It1990 1990 version]], Rob as Chart Guy, Walter as Arthur Fleck, the Creator/JoaquinPhoenix version of [[ComicBook/TheJoker the Joker]] as he appears in [[Film/Joker2019 the same-named 2019 film]], and Jim as the Creator/JaredLeto version of the Joker from ''Film/SuicideSquad''.

* ClipShow: {{Inverted|Trope}}--in a Channel Awesome tradition, it substitutes clips of movies still in theaters (and thus avoid potential legal issues) with its own props and cast. The pastiche of the film has most of the cast from the previous ''It'' review reprise their roles, starring Doug as the Creator/BillSkarsgard version of Pennywise, Malcolm as Mike Hanlon, Tamara as Eddie Kasprak, Walter Banasiak as Bill Denbrough, Aiyanna Wade as Beverly Marsh, Heather Reusz as Richie Tozier, and Trevor Mueller as Stan Uris; the exception is Ben Hanscom, whose actor Jason Laws has been replaced with Adonis K.J. Wright to parody his extreme makeover (see "YouDontLookLikeYou", below). In addition, Walter, Jim and Tamara play a trio of bullies, Doug as Adrian Mellon and Malcolm as Don Hagarty (the gay couple the three bullies pick on), Jim as Tom Rogan (Beverly's abusive husband), Tamara as Victoria and Dean (Pennywise's young victims), and Doug and Rob's real-life father Barney as Mrs. Kersh. Within the FramingDevice, Doug also plays the Creator/TimCurry version of Pennywise from the [[Film/It1990 1990 version]], Rob as Chart Guy, Walter as Arthur Fleck, the Creator/JoaquinPhoenix version of [[ComicBook/TheJoker the Joker]] as he appears in [[Film/Joker2019 the same-named 2019 film]], and Jim as the Creator/JaredLeto version of the Joker from ''Film/SuicideSquad''.

* YouDontLookLikeYou: The Critic notes how radically different Ben looked following the TimeSkip (Jeremy Ray Taylor as a child, Jay Ryan as an adult), contrasting it with his versions from the [[Film/It1990 1990 version]] (where Brandon Crane and Creator/JohnRitter were at least near-identical in appearance). The pastiche of the film parodies it by replacing Jason, a portly white man, with Adonis, a muscular black transgender man.

** Malcolm!Mike alerts the Losers Club of Pennywise's return by lighting up a [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bat]] [[BatSignal|Signal]] with the letter "L" in American sign language.

* ClipShow: {{Inverted|Trope}}--in a Channel Awesome tradition, it substitutes clips of movies still in theaters (and thus avoid potential legal issues) with its own props and cast. The pastiche of the film has most of the cast from the previous ''It'' review reprise their roles, starring Doug as the Creator/BillSkarsgard version of Pennywise, Malcolm as Mike Hanlon, Tamara as Eddie Kasprak, Walter Banasiak as Bill Denbrough, Aiyanna Wade as Beverly Marsh, Heather Reusz as Richie Tozier, and Trevor Mueller as Stan Uris; the exception is Ben Hanscom, whose actor Jason Laws has been replaced with Adonis K.J. Wright to parody his extreme makeover (see "YouDontLookLikeYou", below). In addition, Walter, Jim and Tamara play a trio of bullies, Doug as Adrian Mellon and Malcolm as Don Hagarty (the gay couple the three bullies pick on), Jim as Tom Rogan (Beverly's abusive husband), Tamara as the boy who now lives in Bill's old home, and Doug and Rob's real-life father Barney as Mrs. Kersh. Within the FramingDevice, Doug also plays the Creator/TimCurry version of Pennywise from the [[Film/It1990 1990 version]], Rob as Chart Guy, Walter as Arthur Fleck, the Creator/JoaquinPhoenix version of ComicBook/TheJoker as he appears in [[Film/Joker2019 the same-named 2019 film]], and Jim as the Creator/JaredLeto version of the Joker from ''Film/SuicideSquad''.
* ShoutOut: The FramingDevice of the review takes cues from the opening scenes of ''Film/Joker2019'' with Arthur Fleck (Joker), played by Walter, preparing for his performance, before being interrupted by the Critic and the two Pennywises.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: The Critic notes how radically different Ben looked following the TimeSkip (Jeremy Ray Taylor as a child, Jay Ryan as an adult), contrasting it with his versions from the [[Film/It1990 1990 version]] (where Brandon Crane and Creator/JohnRitter were at least near-identical in appearance). The pastiche of the film parodies it by replacing Jason Laws (a white, portly man) with Adonis K.J. Wright (a black, athletic man).

* YouDontLookLikeYou: The Critic notes how radically different Ben looked following the TimeSkip (Jeremy Ray Taylor as a child, Jay Ryan as an adult), contrasting it with his versions from the [[Film/It1990 1990 version]] (where Brandon Crane and Creator/JohnRitter were at least near-identical in appearance). The pastiche of the film parodies it by replacing Jason Laws (a white, portly man) with Adonis K.J. Wright (a black, athletic woman).

->'''Release Date:''' October 2, 2019 (theatrical) / October 9, 2019 (online)

->'''Film:''' ''Film/ItChapterTwo''

* ClipShow: {{Inverted|Trope}}--in a Channel Awesome tradition, it substitutes clips of movies still in theaters (and thus avoid potential legal issues) with its own props and cast. The pastiche of the film has most of the cast from the previous ''It'' review reprise their roles, starring Doug as the Creator/BillSkarsgard version of Pennywise, Malcolm as Mike Hanlon, Tamara as Eddie Kasprak, Walter Banasiak as Bill Denbrough, Aiyanna Wade as Beverly Marsh, Heather Reusz as Richie Tozier, and Trevor Mueller as Stan Uris; the exception is Ben Hanscom, whose actor Jason Laws has been replaced with Adonis K.J. Wright to parody his extreme makeover (see "YouDontLookLikeYou", below). In addition, Walter, Jim and Tamara play a trio of bullies, Doug as Adrian Mellon as Malcolm as Don Hagarty (the gay couple the three bullies pick on), Jim as Tom Rogan (Beverly's abusive husband), Tamara as the boy who now lives in Bill's old home, and Doug and Rob's real-life father Barney as Mrs. Kersh. Within the FramingDevice, Doug also plays the Creator/TimCurry version of Pennywise from the [[Film/It1990 1990 version]], Rob as Chart Guy, Walter as Arthur Fleck, the Creator/JoaquinPhoenix version of ComicBook/TheJoker as he appears in [[Film/Joker2019 the same-named 2019 film]], and Jim as the Creator/JaredLeto version of the Joker from ''Film/SuicideSquad''.