History Recap / TheNostalgiaCriticS9E18

** Malcolm tries to pull the Critic out of his HeroicBSOD by inviting him to take a target practice at Raja Gosnell's (of ''Film/TheSmurfs'' and ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' infamy) house.

** When an Oklahoma State Trooper played by Creator/JohnGoodman denies looking like the real-life Goodman, the Critic takes this as an allegory to Goodman being ashamed for being cast in ''[[Film/TheBluesBrothers Blues Brothers 2000]]''.

'''Tagline:''' After years of being asked, the Nostalgia Critic looks at the animated dud that bored the world...but was it worth the hate?

** The Whoopa Chopper pilot's rant over his helicopter being stolen by Boris and Natasha, followed by a laugh, made so little sense the Critic thought his actor Creator/JonathanWinters was senile at the time of filming, which would also explain [[Film/TheSmurfs his casting]] [[Film/TheSmurfs2 in two]] ''Franchise/TheSmurfs Smurfs'' movies (of which the first the Critic already reviewed together with WebVideo/AndreTheBlackNerd).
** When an Oklahoma State Trooper played by Creator/JohnGoodman denies looking like the real-life Goodman, the Critic takes this as an allegory to Goodman being ashamed for being cast in ''[[Film/TheBluesBrothers Blues Brothers 2000]]''

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: The fact that that the Rocky And Bullwinkle movie does a far better job at staying true to the source material than most other adaptations have ever done sends the Critic to insanity.

'''Film:''' ''Film/RockyAndBullwinkle''

* CriticalDissonance: InUniverse, much of the Critic's anguish stems from the fact that he finds the film much better than its poor critical ratings and box office numbers suggest.

** When an Oklahoma State Trooper played by Creator/JohnGoodman denies looking like the real-life Goodman, the Critic takes this as an allegory to Goodman being ashamed for being cast in ''[[Film/TheBluesBrothers Blues Brothers 2000]]''.
** Upon hearing Fearless Leader hypnotizing the masses through RBTV into voting for him into the presidency, the Critic claims choosing either UsefulNotes/HillaryRodhamClinton or UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump would work just as well.

** The Whoopa Chopper pilot's rant over his helicopter being stolen by Boris and Wanda, followed by a laugh, made so little sense the Critic thought his actor Creator/JonathanWinters was senile at the time of filming, which would also explain [[Film/TheSmurfs his casting]] [[Film/TheSmurfs2 in two]] ''Franchise/TheSmurfs Smurfs'' movies (of which the first the Critic already reviewed together with WebVideo/AndreTheBlackNerd).

* GoMadFromTheRevalation: The fact that that the Rocky And Bullwinkle movie does a far better job at staying true to the source material than most other adaptations have ever done sends the Critic to insanity.

* AdaptationDecay: Deconstructed, as the Critic struggles with the possibility that in its hit-or-miss brand of humor the film stays faithful to that of the original cartoons.

** When an Oklahoma State Trooper played by Creator/JohnGoodman denies looking like the real-life Goodman, the Critic takes this as an allegory to Goodman being ashamed for being cast in ''[[Film/TheBluesBrothers Blues Brothers 2000]]''.

* AdaptationDecay: Deconstructed, as the Critic struggles with the possibility that the film might be deliberately bad and/or odd in some places to better highlight its faithfulness to the original cartoons' brand of adult humor.

** When an Oklahoma State Trooper played by Creator/JohnGoodman denies looking like the real-life Goodman, the Critic takes this as an allegory to Goodman being ashamed for being cast in ''Film/TheBluesBrothers Blues Brothers 2000''.

** The Critic interprets Fearless Leader, Boris and Natasha's agenda of hypnotizing the masses with the RBTV (Really Bad Television) channel as an allegory for such modern-day shows as ''Series/TwoBrokeGirls'', ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'', ''Series/TheMiddle'', ''Series/KeepingUpWithTheKardashians'', ''Series/{{Selfie}}'', ''Series/ChasingLife'', ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' and the entirety of TMZ.

** After Fearless Leader states his intention to make a live-action adaptation of a cartoon from TheSixties, the Critic sarcastically claims that adaptations of 60s works always equals cinematic success, while showing a poster of ''Film/WildWildWest'' (which the Critic reviewed [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS9E16 a month ago]]).

** The Critic confesses to Fr. Venkmann that the film's trailer is one of the most maligned since several trailers for 2016 films, showing in particular posters of ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'', ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'', ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie'', ''Film/TheBFG'' and ''Film/IndependenceDayResurgence''.

* CriticalDissonance: InUniverse, much of the Critic's anguish stems from the fact that he finds the film much better than its poor [=IMDb=] and Rotten Tomatoes ratings suggest.

* TakeThat: Malcolm tries to pull the Critic out of his HeroicBSOD by inviting him to take a target practice at Raja Gosnell's (of ''Film/TheSmurfs'' and ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' infamy) house.

* ShoutOut: Much of the underlying sketch takes a lot of cues from ''Theatre/{{Amadeus}}'' -- in particular, Antonio Salieri's confession of having "killed" Mozart, with the Critic and Fr. Venkmann taking on the roles of Salieri and the priest he confesses to, respectively.

* ShoutOut: Much of the underlying sketch takes a lot of cues from ''Film/{{Amadeus}}'' -- in particular, Antonio Salieri's confession of having "killed" Mozart.