History WebVideo / TheNecroCritic

* LargeHamAnnouncer: Devil Critic's performance in general tends to evoke this on the rare occasion that he ends up reviewing something.
** "Bukkake Death Race 2011"

* LargeHamAnnouncer: "Bukkake Death Race 2011"

TheNecroCritic is a VideoReviewShow starring Gareth Van Camp as the [[TitleCharacter Necro Critic]], [[LonghairedPrettyBoy a long-haired]], [[CoolShades sunglasses wearing]], [[FrothyMugsOfWater root beer drinking]] CausticCritic who attacks his review subjects with cold logic and common sense.

* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: When Jack Frost from ''[[Film/TheSantaClause The Santa Clause 3]]'' points out how Santa has his own holiday as well as a great life, he asks what he has in comparison. Devil responds by listing [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTensei the]] [[Literature/TheLifeAndAdventuresOfSantaClaus sheer]] [[Film/RiseOfTheGuardians amount]] [[ComicBook/TheInvisibles of]] [[Creator/RankinBass media]] [[Film/JackFrost1997 influence]] [[Film/JackFrost1998 the]] [[Music/JethroTull character]] [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 has]].

* AluminumChristmasTrees: [[https://www.manapotions.com/ Mana Energy Potion is a real energy shot.]] It is quite potent with an extremely strong sour flavor, which makes his reaction to it quite legit.

* JekyllAndHyde: Subverted. [[{{Sidekick}} The Devil Critic]] is introduced this way[[labelnote:*]]appropriately enough in a two-part Literature/DrJekyllAndMrHyde movie review[[/labelnote]], but he's later revealed to just be his brother taking over for him [[ItMakesSenseInContext while he's in an energy drink induced coma.]] [[spoiler:[[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext And then it revealed that they were both warring robot clones from the future.]]]]

* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Discussed and parodied in his ''[[Film/TheSantaClause Santa Clause 3]]'' review.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Inverted. Film/BabyGeniuses had a scene that he considered to be this, until said scene was repeated not 5 seconds later.

* SillinessSwitch: The only fun he has with''[[VideoGame/VanHelsing Van Helsing: The Videogame]]'' is by toying around with the game's numerous graphics-altering cheats (which are, strangely enough, found as random collectables throughout the game).

* ScheduleSlip[[invoked]]: He's had a few "embarassingly late" holiday specials.
** As of late, there's been a tendency to have a few months between videos.
** Lampshaded in his ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTheAmericanRabbit'' review
-->''"Happy Fourth of July... as of filming this anyway. [[SelfDeprecation Which means, by my track record, it's probably January right now.]]"''

* AuthorPhobia: The fact that Gareth suffers from Paedophobia in real life really puts certain aspects of his Film/BabyGeniuses review into perspective.

* OldShame: Before he was The Necro Critic, Gareth had a series of random rant videos called, ''You Know What Pisses Me Off?'' He is apparently not very fond of them.
** You know, he *does* start off his first official Necro Critic review this this phrase...

--> ''[[spoiler:"No."]]''

* FunnyBackgroungEvent: His ''Film/TheSantaClause2'' review begins with him getting ready to review ''VideoGame/RedNinjaEndOfHonor'', only to throw it away upon the realization that it's Christmas. If you look carefully, you can see the game box hitting the light fixture behind him and busting open.

* BigNo: Him discovering that there's another game mode in ''{{Ehrgeiz}}''. It actually extends past the end credits.

* TrainingMontage: He did two of these while playing {{Ehrgeiz}}'s infamous Quest Mode. One while progressing a character to the end of the game, and a second one maxing out the other character's levels by hilariously exploiting a GoodBadBug. Both done to the tune of [[Music/{{KISS}} Paul Stanley's]] "Live To Win".

* ManOnFire: Abused so much in ''Film/VanHelsing'', that he started a Burning Man Count in the same vein as [[WebOriginal/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony's "Fuse Box Count"]]. He's reused that same counter in a couple of other videos.

* JekyllAndHyde: Subverted. [[{{Sidekick}} The Devil Critic]] is introduced this way [[note]]appropriately enough in a two-part Literature/DrJekyllAndMrHyde movie review[[/note]], but he's later revealed to just be his brother taking over for him [[ItMakesSenseInContext while he's in an energy drink induced coma.]] [[spoiler:[[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext And then it revealed that they were both warring robot clones from the future.]]]]

* SillinessSwitch: The only fun he has with''[[VideoGame/VanHelsing Van Helsing: The Videogame]]'' is by toying around with the game's numerous graphics-altering cheats (which are, strangely enough, found as random collectables throughout the game).

--> [[spoiler:"No."]]