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* MissingEpisode: After deciding to leave Channel Awesome, Lindsay intended a review of "Animorphs" to be her last one using the Nostalgia Chick character. She did film the episode, but was not satisfied with it and decided not to release it, making her first Loose Canon episode ("Starscream") also the last official NC appearance.

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* MissingEpisode: After deciding to leave Channel Awesome, Lindsay intended a review of "Animorphs" to be her last one using the Nostalgia Chick character. She did film the episode, but was not satisfied with it and decided not to release it, making her first Loose Canon episode ("Starscream") also the last official NC appearance.video.
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* MilestoneCelebration: To celebrate her three year anniversary of being on the site, she did a DVD commentary on her first episode ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}''.
* MissingEpisode: After deciding to leave Channel Awesome, Lindsay intended a review of "Animorphs" to be her last one using the Nostalgia Chick character. She did film the episode, but was not satisfied with it and decided not to release it, making her first Loose Canon episode ("Starscream") also the last official NC appearance.
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* CreatorBacklash: To the "Nostalgia Chick" title itself, mostly to do with TGWTG's ugly politics and the title's connection to that (as she was brought on to be a DistaffCounterpart for Critic). [[https://twitter.com/thelindsayellis/status/624288959179419648 There's only about seven episodes she likes]], and she much prefers doing articles under her own name or "Loose Canon".
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** Her notes for "Loose Canon: Death" available to patrons show that she originally considered including ComicBook/MarvelComics' Death, [[Anime/DeathNote Shinigami]], and other personifications of death from global religions.
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** When the lead lady in ''{{Grease 2}}'' sings that she wants "a devil in skintight leather", the Chick asks "Oh ''really'', Michelle Pfeiffer?" before cutting to a picture of [[Film/BatmanReturns Catwoman]].
** In the ''{{Newsies}}'' review, she says that Creator/ChristianBale's dancing got better before cutting to a deranged Bateman killing scene from ''AmericanPsycho''.

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** When the lead lady in ''{{Grease ''Film/{{Grease 2}}'' sings that she wants "a devil in skintight leather", the Chick asks "Oh ''really'', Michelle Pfeiffer?" before cutting to a picture of [[Film/BatmanReturns Catwoman]].
** In the ''{{Newsies}}'' ''Film/{{Newsies}}'' review, she says that Creator/ChristianBale's dancing got better before cutting to a deranged Bateman killing scene from ''AmericanPsycho''.



* {{Blooper}}: During the ''{{Bratz}}'' episode, when the Critic is [[SecretTestOfCharacter reasoning with her about why he made her do the movie]], he pushes the door and she pulls, which should actually open the door but it remains closed.
** As was lampshaded in her review of ''TheCraft'', her hair length will change drastically over the period of an episode.

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* {{Blooper}}: During the ''{{Bratz}}'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Bratz}}'' episode, when the Critic is [[SecretTestOfCharacter reasoning with her about why he made her do the movie]], he pushes the door and she pulls, which should actually open the door but it remains closed.
** As was lampshaded in her review of ''TheCraft'', ''Film/TheCraft'', her hair length will change drastically over the period of an episode.
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** In the Death episode of ''Loose Canon'', she misgenders [[{{Transsexual}} Grell]], referring to her with male pronouns.
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* CowboyBebopatHisComputer: In the Captain America episode of ''Loose Canon'', Lindsay says ''Marvel 1602'' is set on the Roanoake Colony in ''Virginia''! While the city of Roanoake is indeed in Virginia, the "lost colony" and therefore the setting of the book is in what is now ''North Carolina''.

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* CowboyBebopatHisComputer: In the Captain America episode of ''Loose Canon'', Lindsay says ''Marvel 1602'' is set on the Roanoake Roanoke Colony in ''Virginia''! While the city of Roanoake Roanoke is indeed in Virginia, the "lost colony" and therefore the setting of the book is in what is now ''North Carolina''.
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* CowboyBebopatHisComputer: In the Captain America episode of ''Loose Canon'', Lindsay says ''Marvel 1602'' is set on the Roanoake Colony in ''Virginia''! While the city of Roanoake is indeed in Virginia, the "lost colony" and therefore the setting of the book is in what is now ''North Carolina''.
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** Her review of the ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' film. Lindsay took it down because she felt that most of the plot holes she brought up were actually addressed within the film itself, as unclear as they were.

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** Her review of the ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' ''Film/{{Dune}}'' film. Lindsay took it down because she felt that most of the plot holes she brought up were actually addressed within the film itself, as unclear as they were.
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** The Chick taping Todd to a chair in "''SleeplessInSeattle'' vs. ''WhenHarryMetSally''" was originally going to be a ''{{Misery}}'' parody instead, but was cut for being considered far too creepy.

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** The Chick taping Todd to a chair in "''SleeplessInSeattle'' vs. ''WhenHarryMetSally''" was originally going to be a ''{{Misery}}'' ''{{Film/Misery}}'' parody instead, but was cut for being considered far too creepy.
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** As charmingly goofy as it was, the Dark Nella Saga was going to be much sillier and originally consisted of the eponymous quasi-demonic force of evil giving everyone evil noogies.

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** As charmingly goofy as it was, the Dark Nella Saga was going to be much sillier and originally consisted of the eponymous quasi-demonic force of evil giving everyone [[PokeThePoodle evil noogies.noogies]].
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* {{Blooper}}: During the ''{{Bratz}}'' episode, when the Critic is [[SecretTestOfCharacter reasoning with her about why he made her do the movie]], he pushes the door and she pulls, which should actually open the door but it remains closed.
** As was lampshaded in her review of ''TheCraft'', her hair length will change drastically over the period of an episode.
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* ActingForTwo: In the [=NChick=] labs, Nella is in the same room with her MadScientist self while Elisa plays both The Makeover Fairy and [[HotScientist Dr. Tease]]. Elisa has lampshaded this in a formspring question, saying that the Makeover Fairy [[VanityIsFeminine was too obsessed with looking good]] to notice a woman looking almost exactly like her.
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** When the lead lady in ''{{Grease 2}}'' sings that she wants "a devil in skintight leather", the Chick asks "Oh ''really'', Michelle Pfeiffer?" before cutting to a picture of [[Film/BatmanReturns Catwoman]].
** In the ''{{Newsies}}'' review, she says that Creator/ChristianBale's dancing got better before cutting to a deranged Bateman killing scene from ''AmericanPsycho''.
** In-film, the Genie's constant references to Robin Williams's other roles gives her a migraine.
** Whenever WillSmith comes along, she'll work in a WaxingLyrical reference to ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' theme song.


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* DawsonCasting: Lindsay occasionally plays herself (or rather, [[AlterEgoActing the Chick]]) as a mopey teenager in {{flashback}}s.
* {{Defictionalization}}: Based on her idea for a Disneyfied AnneFrank, we have a page for [[JustForFun/DisneysAnneFrank it]]. She's even edited it herself.
* DevelopmentHell: There was talk of making a home site (like [[WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow Angry Joe's]], a place for stuff that they couldn't put on TGWTG) last year, but it hasn't come into fruition yet.


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* FandomNod: After fans shipped Mara Wilson with Critic after just her enjoying his humiliation in ''ASimpleWish'', ''{{Matilda}}'' ups the FoeYay aspect with her acting like he was a really fun toy to play with.
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* FakeNationality: In the ''Grease 2'' review, the Makeover Fairy claims to be [[UsefulNotes/{{Moldova}} Moldovan]], though Elisa is American.


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* FunnyCharacterBoringActor: Inverted. It's not so much that the Chick isn't really funny, but Lindsay is a lot happier and gigglier out of character.


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* PropRecycling: Lindsay originally built the robot prop for a student film about a Catholic robot; it was reused for the Nostalgia Chick show.
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** Her review of the ''Literature/{{Dune}}'' film. Lindsay took it down because she felt that most of the plot holes she brought up were actually addressed within the film itself, as unclear as they were.
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* FanNickname: Japanese fans nicknamed her "Nosko."
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** In a weird way, [[http://chezapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/37955055365/i-was-kind-of-wondering-why-you-took-down-the-tlc the TLC retrospective]]. While she doesn't seem to think it's a ''bad'' episode, it's more that she thinks sincere emotions on the show are too out of place.

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** In a weird way, [[http://chezapocalypse.[[http://lindsayetumbls.tumblr.com/post/37955055365/i-was-kind-of-wondering-why-you-took-down-the-tlc the TLC retrospective]]. While she doesn't seem to think it's a ''bad'' episode, it's more that she thinks sincere emotions on the show are too out of place.
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** In the ''LesMiserables'' big group song, Ed Glazer or Doug could have played Marius instead of Paw, it could have been a chorus of Lindsays (recorded to set everyone's place, as described in the commentary), or the review might not have happened at all due to Lindsay and Elisa having a car accident on the way to Chicago. (A hurricane just made them swerve into a ditch, they were fine.)

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** In the ''LesMiserables'' ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' big group song, Ed Glazer or Doug could have played Marius instead of Paw, it could have been a chorus of Lindsays (recorded to set everyone's place, as described in the commentary), or the review might not have happened at all due to Lindsay and Elisa having a car accident on the way to Chicago. (A hurricane just made them swerve into a ditch, they were fine.)
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* MeaningfulReleaseDate: Her own co-site, [[http://chezapocalypse.com/ Chez Apocalypse]] came out on the day of the supposed apocalypse. (21/12/2012)
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** In a weird way, [[http://chezapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/37955055365/i-was-kind-of-wondering-why-you-took-down-the-tlc the TLC retrospective]]. While she doesn't seem to think it's a ''bad'' episode, it's more that she thinks sincere emotions on the show are too out of place.
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* OldShame: In her livestream, Lindsay admitted that she watched "Rapping About Rape" again recently and could see why it got so much hate.

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* OldShame: In her livestream, Lindsay admitted that she watched "Rapping About Rape" again recently and could see why it got so much hate.
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**She has referenced several tropes from this very wiki by name (ABoyAndHisX, the {{Egregious}} in-joke, AcceptableTargets, ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans, etc).
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* CreatorCouple: Lindsay and Todd write a lot of the scripts together, including episodes where he doesn't appear.
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** In the ''LesMiserables'' big group song, Ed Glazer or Doug could have played Marius instead of Paw, it could have been a chorus of Lindsays, or the review might not have happened at all due to Lindsay and Elisa having a car accident on the way to Chicago. (A hurricane just made them swerve into a ditch, they were fine.)
** An example that made [[{{Shipping}} shippers']] hearts soar: in the first "Thanks For The Feedback" the Chick and Critic were going to have sex, and then realize [[BrotherSisterIncest they were related]].
** While still charmingly goofy, the Dark Nella saga was going to be much sillier and originally consisted of the eponymous quasi-demonic force of evil giving everyone evil noogies.
** Chick taping Todd to a chair in "''SleeplessInSeattle'' vs. ''WhenHarryMetSally''" was originally going to be a ''{{Misery}}'' parody instead, but was cut for being considered far too creepy.

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** In the ''LesMiserables'' big group song, Ed Glazer or Doug could have played Marius instead of Paw, it could have been a chorus of Lindsays, Lindsays (recorded to set everyone's place, as described in the commentary), or the review might not have happened at all due to Lindsay and Elisa having a car accident on the way to Chicago. (A hurricane just made them swerve into a ditch, they were fine.)
** An In an example that made [[{{Shipping}} shippers']] hearts soar: in soar, the first "Thanks For The Feedback" was going to see the Chick and Critic were going to have sex, and then realize [[BrotherSisterIncest they were related]].
** While still As charmingly goofy, goofy as it was, the Dark Nella saga Saga was going to be much sillier and originally consisted of the eponymous quasi-demonic force of evil giving everyone evil noogies.
** The Chick taping Todd to a chair in "''SleeplessInSeattle'' vs. ''WhenHarryMetSally''" was originally going to be a ''{{Misery}}'' parody instead, but was cut for being considered far too creepy.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In her commentary for ''X-Men'', Lindsay said she was going to follow the TGWTG trend of having more than one character and play Dr. Tease herself.

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In her commentary for ''X-Men'', Lindsay said she was going to follow the TGWTG trend of having more than one character and play Dr. Tease herself.
*** The same went for Dr. Block, but because Lindsay hates acting so much, Nella took the role
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** WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic was going to review ''{{Newsies}}'', but Lindsay told Doug she expressed interest in reviewing it, so he let her do it instead.

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** WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic was going to review ''{{Newsies}}'', but Lindsay told Doug she expressed interest in reviewing it, so he let her do it instead.



** Chick taping Todd to a chair in "''SleeplessInSeattle'' vs. ''WhenHarryMetSally''" was originally going to be a ''{{Misery}}'' parody instead, but was cut for being considered far too creepy.

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** Chick taping Todd to a chair in "''SleeplessInSeattle'' vs. ''WhenHarryMetSally''" was originally going to be a ''{{Misery}}'' parody instead, but was cut for being considered far too creepy.creepy.
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* ColbertBump: Because of her short episode on ''Minnie The Moocher'', CabCalloway got a lot of new fans.
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** In the ''LesMiserables'' big group song, Ed Glazer or Doug could have played Marius instead of Paw, it could have been a chorus of Lindsays or the review might not have happened at all due to Lindsay and Elisa having a car accident on the way to Chicago. (A hurricane just made them swerve into a ditch, they were fine.)
** In an example that made shipper hearts soar, in the first "Thanks For The Feedback", the Chick and Critic [[StarWars would have proper sex and then realize they were related]].

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** In the ''LesMiserables'' big group song, Ed Glazer or Doug could have played Marius instead of Paw, it could have been a chorus of Lindsays Lindsays, or the review might not have happened at all due to Lindsay and Elisa having a car accident on the way to Chicago. (A hurricane just made them swerve into a ditch, they were fine.)
** In an An example that made shipper [[{{Shipping}} shippers']] hearts soar, soar: in the first "Thanks For The Feedback", Feedback" the Chick and Critic [[StarWars would were going to have proper sex sex, and then realize [[BrotherSisterIncest they were related]].



** Chick taping Todd to a chair in ''Sleepless In Seattle vs. When Harry Met Sally'' was originally going to be a ''{{Misery}}'' parody instead, but was cut for being considered far too creepy.

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** Chick taping Todd to a chair in ''Sleepless In Seattle "''SleeplessInSeattle'' vs. When Harry Met Sally'' ''WhenHarryMetSally''" was originally going to be a ''{{Misery}}'' parody instead, but was cut for being considered far too creepy.
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** TheNostalgiaCritic was going to review ''{{Newsies}}'', but Lindsay told Doug she expressed interest in reviewing it, so he let her do it instead.

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** TheNostalgiaCritic WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic was going to review ''{{Newsies}}'', but Lindsay told Doug she expressed interest in reviewing it, so he let her do it instead.

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** In a joking (we think) example, in the first "Thanks For The Feedback", the Chick and Critic [[StarWars would have proper sex and then realize they were related]].
** While still charmingly goofy, the Dark Nella saga was going to be much sillier and originally consisted of the eponymous quasi-demonic force of evil giving everyone evil noogies.

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** In a joking (we think) example, an example that made shipper hearts soar, in the first "Thanks For The Feedback", the Chick and Critic [[StarWars would have proper sex and then realize they were related]].
** While still charmingly goofy, the Dark Nella saga was going to be much sillier and originally consisted of the eponymous quasi-demonic force of evil giving everyone evil noogies.noogies.
** Chick taping Todd to a chair in ''Sleepless In Seattle vs. When Harry Met Sally'' was originally going to be a ''{{Misery}}'' parody instead, but was cut for being considered far too creepy.

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