History Recap / TheNostalgiaCriticS6E12

* HoYay: The Critic's [[InUniverse problem]] with Sam and Frodo's relationship. "If Frodo and Sam were actually gay in the story, I wouldn't care...The intention was not to show ThePowerOfLove; it was meant to show ThePowerOfFriendship. Having a friendship and being in love are two very different things." To the Critic, it was obvious that Tolkien's intention was to show the friendship aspect more.

# The homoerotic undertones of Frodo and Sam's relationship -- specifically, [[InUniverse according to the Critic,]] [[RelationshipWritingFumble as a detriment to showing their strong friendship]].

* StuffedInTheFridge: Albeit a non-lethal variation. Arwen was essentially debilitated as a means of giving Aragorn further motivation for his character, according to the Critic.

# Sara-who? (Saruman's absence in the theatrical cut of ''Return of the King''.)

# Those Close-Up Shots (Pointless wide-angle close-up shots, specifically in the first movie.)

# The numerous false endings in ''Return of the King''.
# Just Letting Gandalf Die (The Fellowship letting Gandalf fall down an abyss in the first film without any real justification.)

* EndingFatigue: [[InUniverse In regards to]] the ending of ''Return of the King''.

# "Arwen's life is now tied to the fate of the Ring." (The ring's connection to Arwen's fate [and, by extension, her reduced role in the later films]).
# [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail "I'm Not Dead!"]] (Constant death fake outs).

* GaryStu: The Critic considers Legolas to be this. [[invoked]]

'''Countdown:''' The Top 11 Dumbest Moments in the [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Lord of the Rings films]]

# Sara-who? (Saruman's absence in the theatrical cut of Return of the King.)
# The homoerotic undertones of Frodo and Sam's relationship--specifically, [[{{In-universe}} according to the Critic,]] [[RelationshipWritingFumble as a detriment to showing their strong friendship]].

* BadassDecay: The Critic [[{{In-universe}} states]] that this happened to Arwen after being written out of the story via her "life [being] tied to the fate of the Ring."
** StuffedInTheFridge: Albeit a non-lethal variation. Arwen was essentially debilitated as a means of giving Aragorn further motivation for his character, according to the Critic.
* EndingFatigue: [[{{In-universe}} In regards to]] the ending of ''Return of the King''.

* HoYay: The Critic's [[{{In-universe}} problem]] with Sam and Frodo's relationship. "If Frodo and Sam were actually gay in the story, I wouldn't care...The intention was not to show ThePowerOfLove; it was meant to show ThePowerOfFriendship. Having a friendship and being in love are two very different things." To the Critic, it was obvious that Tolkien's intention was to show the friendship aspect more.
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] [[{{In-universe}} by the Critic]] in #5.

* RunningGag: The skits with Legolas solving everyone's problems by shooting an arrow with the Ring tied to it at Mount Doom, destroying it instantly.

# The Eagles' neglected chance to save the world from the start.
# Saruman's absence in the original cut of Return of the King.

# The ring's connection to Arwen's fate (and, by extension, her reduced role in the later films).
# Constant death fake outs.
# John Noble's over-the-top performance of Denethor.
# Pointless wide-angle close-up shots.
# Legolas' lack of weakness and frequent show-off moments.
# Gimli's reduction to comic relief.

# The Fellowship letting Gandalf fall down an abyss in the first film without any real justification.

* NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat: What his "if they were actually gay that'd be cool" comments about Frodo/Sam comes off as, right before he makes disgusted faces about lines that were in the book.

* GaryStu: The Critic considers Legolas to be this.

* GaryStu: The critic consider this to Legolas.

* NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat: What his "if they were actually gay that'd be cool" comments about Frodo/Sam comes off as, right before he makes disgusted faces about lines that were in the book.

* GaryStu: Legolas.

* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] [[{{In-universe}} by the Critic]] in #5.

# The homoerotic undertones of Frodo and Sam's relationship--specifically, [[RelationshipWritingFumble as a detriment to showing their strong friendship]].

'''Countdown'''

# The eagles' neglected chance to save the world.
# Saruman's absence in Return of the King.
# Sam and Frodo's possibly homosexual relationship.
# The ring's connection to Arwen's fate.

# Legolas' lack of weakness.

# The numerous false endings in Return of the King.
# Letting Gandalf fall down an abyss in the first film.

# The eagles neglected chance to save the world.