History WebVideo / TheNecroCritic

* WidgetSeries[[invoked]]: His ''Top 10 Weirdest Anime'' list is comprised mostly of these.

* 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]] [[WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians amount]] [[ComicBook/TheInvisibles of]] [[Creator/RankinBass media]] [[Film/JackFrost1997 influence]] [[Film/JackFrost1998 the]] [[Music/JethroTull character]] [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 has]].

** Apparently [[{{Film/Sleepwalkers}} cats]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext are extremely flammable]].
** ''WesternAnimation/VanHelsingTheLondonAssignment'' had the counter reaching the ''thousands''.

* [[CatharticScream Cat-thartic Scream]]: He has a tendency to scream into his cat the same way one would do to a pillow. Oddly enough, the cat doesn't seem to mind it too much.
** She even has a credit in some of his videos as "[[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Shampoo]] the Stress-Relief Cat"

* ContinuitySnarl: He goes on a MASSIVE rant about how ''[[WesternAnimation/RudolphAndFrostysChristmasInJuly Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas In July's]]'' attempt to connect the Creator/RankinBass specials into a SharedUniverse makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, due a combination of inconsistent timelines, drastically different portrayals of the same characters in different specials, and the same characters seeming to exist in multiple conflicting canons.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: [[https://www.manapotions.com/ Mana Energy Potion is a real energy shot.]] It is quite potent[[labelnote:*]]75mg of caffeine[[/labelnote]] with an extremely strong sour flavor, which makes his reaction to it quite legit.

* CaffeineBulletTime: See KlatchianCoffee.

** Exaggerated in ''WesternAnimation/VanHelsingTheLondonAssignment''.

** Taken UpToEleven in ''WesternAnimation/VanHelsingTheLondonAssignment''.

* AbsurdPhobia: Necro has a really nasty fear of babies. Implied to be caused by the [[UncannyValley giant robot baby]] from Film/BabyGeniuses.

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* WidgetSeries: His ''Top 10 Weirdest Anime'' list is comprised mostly of these.

You can see his videos [[http://necrocritic.webs.com/ here]].

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

* IAteWhat: PlayedWith in his WesternAnimation/VanHelsingTheLondonAssignment review, where Necro opts to drink a bottle of cyanide rather than talk about the Film/VanHelsing comic book. After seeing and hearing him writhing in absolute agony, we get this reveal:
-->[[spoiler:'''Devil Critic''': ''(opens fridge)'' "Cyanide? Where the hell is my [[TakeThat Diet Mountain Dew]]?]]

The Necro Critic 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.

While he doesn’t have many episodes, nor is he as popular as other more famous reviewers, he has a very dedicated cult fanbase.

!Tropes:

* DrivenToSuicide: At the end of his ''WesternAnimation/VanHelsingTheLondonAssignment'' review, he swears to chug a bottle of cyanide if he ever sees another ''Film/VanHelsing''-related media. [[spoiler:Suddenly, the ''Van Helsing'' tie-in comic magically appears in his hand, and he follows through on his promise. Unfortunately, what he drank ended up being Diet Mountain Dew, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments which is an even more excruciating fate]].]]

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece[[invoked]]: In his ''Call Me Tonight'' review, he straight up breaks into song[[note]]to the tune of the Hallelujah Chorus[[/note]] about how blatantly and hideously [[TheEighties '80s]] the characters' fashion choices were.

* CoolShades

* DisorganizedOutlineSpeech: Necro Critic states three things that could've been done to fix Spider-Man 3 (paraphrased)
-->1: Use any villain other than the Sandman.
-->B: Stop focusing on Uncle Ben.
-->Finally: Save Venom for the sequel.
** In fact he's been doing the "1, B,..." thing in a lot of his videos.

->''"We watch crap movies, we play crap games.''
->''There's too much out there, causing us pain.''
->''The actors are rancid. The plot is stale.''
->''Necro is here to put an end to the fail.''
->''The Necro Critic is in!"''

* TrainingMontage: He did two of these while playing ''VideoGame/{{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".

* TakeThat: [[https://www.facebook.com/necrocritic/posts/1027810750681599 Apparently,]] WebOriginal/TheIrateGamer once sent Necro an unsolicited video cameo, asking him to feature it in one of his reviews. He even told him what context to use the cameo in as well as suggesting what specifically to review. Needless to say, Necro was very offended by this gesture. So instead, he used the cameo clip in his Film/TheSantaClause2 review in a joke at IG's expense.

* DrivenToSuicide: At the end of his ''WesternAnimation/VanHelsingTheLondonAssignment'' review, he swears to chug a bottle of cyanide if he ever sees another ''Film/VanHelsing''-related media. [[spoiler:Suddenly, the ''Van Helsing'' tie-in comic magically appears in his hand, and he follows through on his promise. Unfortunately, what he drank ended up being Diet Mountain Dew, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny which is an even more excruciating fate]].]]