History YMMV / TheNostalgiaChick

** In her "Female Superheroes" video (originally released in 2012), she expressed a major desire that the Franchise/WonderWoman movie (which had been in DevelopmentHell for ages) would finally break the streak of bad superheroine movies (and that Hollywood would be wise to make it a PeriodPiece a la ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''). Based on the critical and commercial success of ''Film/WonderWoman2017'', it appears she got her wish.

** She still gets complaints that her reviews aren't even close to being passionate and that she sounds bored, when it should have been made clear from the ''Franchise/XMen'' review and all of her NotSoAboveItAll moments that she thinks she's "too good" for that kinda thing. And really, that complaint already is a high YMMV.

* EvilIsSexy:
** The Chick's SlasherSmile when she's being evil is both adorable and utterly terrifying.
** It seems to be unanimous amongst fangirls and fanboys alike; Dark Nella is ''hot''.
** We also have Dr. Tease, The Makeover Fairy and even Brian The Sexual Predator has his fans when he wears a leather jacket.

* RewatchBonus: You'll be surprised to see just how many moments in the earlier reviews that seemed like a prototype of the messed up, trying-to-be-sane-but-failing [[PsychopathicManchild Psychopathic Womanchild]] character we have today.

* CharacterRerailment: Political issues aside, a lot of people felt like Chick was overly nasty in ''Film/CharliesAngels'', forcing Nella and Elisa to do her things her way and generally acting like a bitter old bigot. ''Film/CutthroatIsland'' had her return to lovable bitch territory.

** WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated: The Lovecraft {{Expy}} has to compete with ''Dusk'', a ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' {{Expy}}. He does so by writing a Young Adult romance novel, with his EldritchAbomination characters. Now comes ''Fifty Shades of Green''.

** Despite her love for SoundtrackDissonance, she's also pretty good for choosing song lyrics that go well with the situation. "How can he tell her he loves her [-] he would give his heart gladly" when Critic CannotSpitItOut, "baby come back, you can blame it all on me" when they've both left, Nella (who wants to be left how she is) is shut up by the Makeover Fairy when she tries to sing the start of Mein Herr from ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'' and the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'' has a self-loathing tribute to alcohol.

** ''Film/TheFifthElement''. Many people think she really misrepresented this film, especially when she didn't show Leeloo kicking ass so she could complain about her being TheChick.

* UnfortunateImplications: She got intense heat for for the cultural appropriation in the ''Film/CharliesAngels'' review, which she acknowledged as a gray area between feminism and culture [[http://www.themarysue.com/lindsay-ellis-interview/ here]]. Later on, as herself in the video "Mask Off", Lindsay addressed the controversy more seriously and apologetically, saying she knew people were protesting the joke and willfully disregarded them because she was naively taking her friendship with an Egyptian neighbor who dressed that way and who didn't object to the joke as permission to make it.

* GrowingTheBeard: She began to develop more of her own review style starting roughly around the time of her ''Film/{{Armageddon}}'' review, after which her friend Nella became a regular on the show. Around this point is when her reviews took on a more trope based look with a lot more SketchComedy. Then again, see BrokenBase above. And arguably, her "Top 10 Disturbing and Inescapable Christmas Songs" list proved that [[BlackComedy dark, disturbing humor]] is what she's ''really'' good at.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: She said she regretted the episode she did with the Critic about ''Film/MoulinRouge'', as she's actually a fan of the film. In her analysis of the 2004 film version of ''[[Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera2004 Phantom of the Opera]]'', she uses ''Moulin Rouge'' as a comparison.

** The ''Cutthroat Island'' episode, the first episode of the show after ''To Boldly Flee'', shows the Nostalgia Critic passing his baton over to the Chick as his successor. This ended up not becoming the case as two months later, the Nostalgia Critic returned, then Lindsay Ellis left Channel Awesome not too long after.

* MemeticMolester: The TGWTG KinkMeme usually paints the Chick as a [[BastardGirlfriend dommy]] [[ComedicSociopathy sociopath]] who likes to pick up guys (and girls) through the use of chloroform.

* CriticalResearchFailure:
** During her "Top 10 Boy Bands of the '90s" review, while discussing 98º, it's pretty clear she isn't all that concerned with learning Jeff Timmons and Justin Jeffrie's names or even telling the four guys apart, especially towards the end of the segment, when she's perplexed over the tattoo of the band's logo on Jeff's arm... and mistakes him for Nick Lachey.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** Not an example from within the same work, but The RunningGag of her ''Film/HocusPocus'' review centers on the film's hang-ups with virgins, leading her to say "I mean, why do virgins even exist? Why don't they just lose it straight out of the womb...screaming and bleeding?" What would've been a bit of BlackComedy and CrossesTheLineTwice moment becomes awful after the creation of ''Film/ASerbianFilm'', which several of the other TGWTG contributors have reviewed.
** Any video where Chick fights Critic about her role in the site, knowing now that Lindsay really didn't like the DistaffCounterpart idea to begin with and hates how she went about it. She contributed a lot to the "Not So Awesome" document that listed many grievances with Channel Awesome, including issues with Doug being ignorant and not speaking out against poor treatment by the higher-ups.

* LesYay: Lindasay and Nella, ''so'' much. It helps that they're both bi.
-->'''Nella:''' [Suggesting the Chick dates the Critic] I think you should go out ... of this apartment ... Away from me ... People are starting to talk. The [[FunTShirt shirts]] don't help.\\
[The shirts read [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzhB0gF5GTI&NR=1 "Mr. Owl, how many licks does it take?"]] on Nella and "I (heart) my ([[LampshadedDoubleEntendre "kitten"]]) on the Chick.]]'
** At a con with members of Website/ChannelAwesome, someone asked Nella how she and Lindsay met. As she's talking, Creator/LewisLovhaug did the "scissoring" motion with his hands.
** Also with [=MarzGurl=] in "Linking up with Linkara", although that was a prank.

** To make fun of the [[StuffedIntoTheFridge trope]], Dark Nella literally stuffs Chick into the fridge. First time it's scary with Chick's screams, second time it's funny.

** The ''Cutthroat Island'' episode, the first episode of the show after ''To Boldly Flee'', shows the Nostalgia Critic passing his baton over to the Chick as his successor. This ended up not becoming thew case as two months later, the Nostalgia Critic returned, then Lindsay Ellis left Channel Awesome not too long after.

** The ''Cutthroat Island'' episode, the first episode of the show after ''To Boldly Flee'', shows the Nostalgia Critic passing his baton over to the Chick as his successor. This ended up not becoming thew case as two months later, the Nostalgia Critic returned, then Lindsay Ellis left the site not too long after.

* MemeticMutation: [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdk4xmfAmJ1qgos7ro1_1280.gif Animated GIFs of Lindsay being]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext hit in the face by a shower of hotdogs]] (from her review of ''Film/FreddyGotFingered'') have spread to areas of the internet who have no idea who she is, but like the image.