History TheNostalgiaCritic / TropesDToG

** When reviewing the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' movie, he grudgingly admits that at least ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'' had a moral; even if it was poorly handled.

* FiveTokenBand: Parodied in ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'', with Critic as the WhiteMaleLead with an ''Franchise/XMen'' [[CallBack t-shirt]], Malcolm as the black kid, Jim as the cool kid, Rob as the geeky kid and Jason as the HollywoodPudgy kid.

* ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics: A lot of new fans don't know that his “The Review Must Go On” theme tune actually came from the ''Film/MoulinRouge'' review, and both parodied “[[Music/{{Queen}} The Show Must Go On]]” and foreshadowed his end [[note]]as this was the review where Doug decided he should wrap up[[/note]]. Doug pointed this out himself in Connecticon 2016, saying that when he came back, that song about having to carry on made the most sense to use.

* GetOut: In the Hyper Fangirl's fourth vlog, when she comes across him, Spoony and Linkara (both of whom are freaked out/annoyed by her), Critic grits at her to leave and literally chases her out the room. She just screams “I love you too!”

* GoKartingWithBoswer: Critic will go between hating the chart guys and what they stand for, and being friendly with them when he thinks they can help him get money.

** In his review of ''Film/{{Steel}}'', he had the following to say about Shaquille O'Neal's acting:
-->"But give him some credit, though. He's tall."

** “The Review Must Go On” review has him note that Doug is just supposed to bringing a web-show back but he's playing it more like Critic as the devil trying to get a deal with him.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: Mama Critic takes an off-screen cue from [[WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee her son]] in ''Jurassic Park III'', as she goes from AlcoholicParent who rips into him when she's drunk, to not letting him know she was sick because she didn't want to distract him from work.
* DeathGlare: Gives a vicious one to [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] after he caught the latter impersonating him at the beginning of their ''Superman IV'' review.
** [[spoiler: Don Bluth]] to Critic in ''Conquest Of The Commercials'', along with silent treatment. Critic being [[ManChild himself]], he can't handle it. In the ''VideoGame/DragonsLair'' LP, he likens it to a scary disapproving grandparent.

* DeathIsDramatic: {{Retcon}} aside, Critic got a whole [[WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee movie]] dedicated to letting him die happy (no DeathAsComedy this time as he's a DeathSeeker who wants to fix his mistakes), and while it's offscreen, his mom actually gets a good few minutes in ''Film/JurassicPark III'' about how she died and Critic's distraught reaction.

** ''Film/ScoobyDoo''. His ButtMonkey status has finally broken him, the Doc Brown parody is closer to an intelligent old man feeling the beginnings of dementia, if he hadn't been TheDitz Roger would have been able to tell him more about the end of the world, young Critic makes him realize his extreme interest in overly-dommy women is not exactly sane, a suicide actually means something this time around with him having to get sent back from purgatory instead of just a UnexplainedRecovery, and he learns by the end that he actually has to make choices to get his life better.
** As noted below, Doug has been portraying Critic's job as pathetic and self-destructive ever since he began, with Critic himself telling Film Brain in ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'' that nobody needs him for many reasons including the fact that he's a shitty reviewer. The review of ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes2001'' opens with an almost three minute long “truthful preview” about this, ending up calling it “white privilege: the job”.

** The opening of ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' leaves it in the dust, as it goes over how he thinks he's never done anything in his life to make someone's better, he doesn't have any friends and [[{{Foreshadowing}} that his life is the worst thing anyone could possibly go through]].

** ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' starts with an improvised-from-Doug rant about how much Critic hates his job and has no friends.
** The ''Film/JurassicPark III'' review is not particularly happy for a few reasons, and it starts off with Critic having night-memes before sombrely stating the nightmares are yet to come.

* DramaBombFinale: While the 2012 season had more emotion than previously, ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' was a ContinuityPorn finale that had every hint that Critic was getting more depressed blow up into confirmation. It also leads into WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee, another DramaBombFinale that took all of his issues seriously.

* DramaticIrony: He hates himself for not having any power, but he can't see that he does. The other contributors might humiliate him, put him back in his place, not listen and so on, but they've [[WebVideo/{{Kickassia}} followed him]] [[WebVideo/SuburbanKnights willingly, twice]].
** You could prove wrong most of the feelings expressed in his DespairEventHorizon rant at the beginning of ''Film/ScoobyDoo''. As examples: he has nobody to bounce any ideas off with? ''Literature/{{It}}'' showed that he and The Other Guy work on scripts together. He hasn't contributed anything to anyone? He's done more crossovers than ever this year. He's never made a person's life better? Chester would be the first to disagree. The sadness comes from how he can't see any of that.
** As also shown in ''Film/ScoobyDoo'', teenage Critic is actually a WideEyedIdealist dork than the bitter cynic he grew up to be.

** Played seriously in ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' and WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee. While they're {{heroic suicide}}s, he makes it clear in both that he has other motives than just going out a hero.

** Malcolm's phone-doctor in ''Jurassic Park III'' averts it, reassuring a tearful Critic that his mother fought as hard as she could with her illness, died in her sleep, and sweetly apologizes for his loss.

** He got there properly in WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee after a serious meltdown in ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' made him realize he actually had to put effort into changing things, involving saving the world and atoning for Ma-Ti's death. It just got [[http://blip.tv/nostalgiacritic/the-review-must-go-on-6510378 subverted pretty horribly]] a few months later.

** Also subverted by the poker game in ''Film/ScoobyDoo''. It's made clear that this is just a start, not a fix, and he's still very broken in ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee''.

** In ''Scooby Doo 2'', he fails to notice that Roger is back (even calling him Tamara), much to the angel's frustration.

* FailureHero: In his reviews of ''Film/{{Steel}}'' and ''Film/{{Captain America|1990}}'', the Critic seems to view the titular characters as this. Also Wrestling/HulkHogan's character in ''Film/MrNanny'' - he gets owned by the psychopathic kids he takes care of, as well as villain's {{mooks}}.
* FakeActionPrologue: The opening of the ''Maximum Overdrive'' review has someone [[spoiler: WebVideo/JonTron]] in a mask stalking through Critic's house and stabbing him. After the credits, Critic's on a food binge and acts like that never happened. Not so cheap as the usual trope, because reboot Critic has a tendency to hallucinate.

** The Critic ends the review very quickly at the beginning of the Scooby-Doo review. Of course, after he acknowledges he can't do that, so the review continues after the credits had started rolling. Also serves as CharacterDevelopment from the ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'' review, as back then he had to be forced to go back to a review by past Critic and past Ma-Ti.

** Considering ''he'' has dyslexia and ADHD, he takes great relish in mocking ''Film/PercyJackson'' for thinking that combo is the worst ever.

** Even leaving aside the fact that it got undone as the series finale, a lot of people have said they can't watch the ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' review more than a couple of times as it's just too emotionally painful. Doesn't help that Doug improvised the opening rant.

** Mocked by name in ''Care Bears Nutcracker'', as he does a short [[invoked]] TalkingToHimself bit about how the Care Bears only care about white kids crying instead of ruthless dictators slaughtering brown people.