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In universe, and even if it wasn\'t, would belong in Trivia.
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** "[[TheManInTheIronMask Well fine,]] [[HouseMD I'm going to play a lovable old curmudgeon on Fox.]]"HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Dark Nella.
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* {{Hatedom}}: She gets Critic fangirls who say her sex jokes "make them feel ashamed to be a woman", Critic fanboys who hate her for "going into his territory", people who say she's just pretending to be a geek and really hates her job and colleagues and idiots who don't get that Lindsay is ''not'' like her character.
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* {{Hatedom}}: She gets Critic fangirls who say her sex jokes "make them feel ashamed to be a woman", Critic fanboys who hate her for "going into his territory", people who say she's just pretending to be a geek and really hates her job and colleagues colleagues, and idiots who don't get that Lindsay is ''not'' like her character.
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** Even though she made fun of this attitude ''herself'' in {{Kickassia}}, they also seem to think that she has the very worst HateDumb and she only gets criticized because she's female. While the shit-stirring trolls ''do'' go for sexism with her, everyone on TGWTG gets threats and creepiness and other nasty things. It just shows that they think she's a woman to be protected first and a person (who can so clearly look after herself) second.
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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: [[http://nostalgiachick.blip.tv/file/4750992/ This trailer.]] Dark!Nella finally beating on the people who abused her, especially the Chick? ''Hell yeah!''
** Did anyone notice that the Chick got StuffedInAFridge in one scene?
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** Did anyone notice that the Chick got StuffedInAFridge in one scene?The fandom reaction can be summarised as "HELL, yeah!"
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* MemeticMolester: The [[strike: perverts]] writers of the TGWTG KinkMeme usually paint the Chick as a [[AbusivelySexyWoman dommy]] [[ComedicSociopathy sociopath]] whose pick-up lines involve chloroform.
* NarmCharm: The last half of theKirk "Kirk vs. Picard video, video", where Chick and Nella meet to do battle, is ''gloriously'' cheesy.
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*** This is a genuine comment on her facebook page: "Compared to Lindsey's brand of humor, Doug is like a monkey throwing feces at a sad zoo-going child eating a tarnished ice cream cone." Uh, a touch unfair, don't you think?
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*** Though very arguable since she atleast acknowledged that like any Roleplaying experience without computers it involves lots of people who are friends.
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* [[HePannedItNowHeSucks She Panned It Now She Sucks]]: She pissed off quite a few people with her negative review of ''{{Dune}}''.
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* AcceptableTargets: While tearing apart ''BeautyAndTheBeastTheEnchantedChristmas'' for CharacterDerailment and appeal-mangling:
--> "It's like...it's like... bad ''{{fanfiction}}''. [ScareChord!]
** {{Leonardo DiCaprio}}'s [[{{Squee}} squealing]] {{fangirl}}s (when he was a [[{{Bishonen}} bishie]]) come under a lot of ridicule in her TheManInTheIronMask review.
** Her ''{{Labyrinth}}'' review involves some potshots at {{LARP}}ers:
--> "She seems to be the loneliest [=LARP=]er in town, and that's saying something for her social skills... or acting skills, for that matter."
--> "It's like...it's like... bad ''{{fanfiction}}''. [ScareChord!]
** {{Leonardo DiCaprio}}'s [[{{Squee}} squealing]] {{fangirl}}s (when he was a [[{{Bishonen}} bishie]]) come under a lot of ridicule in her TheManInTheIronMask review.
** Her ''{{Labyrinth}}'' review involves some potshots at {{LARP}}ers:
--> "She seems to be the loneliest [=LARP=]er in town, and that's saying something for her social skills... or acting skills, for that matter."
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* HarsherInHindsight: She took quite a bit of heat for her {{Schedule Slip}} during 2009-10. Which is pretty painful after the news came out that she was a little busy ''getting an abortion'', and then making a documentary about it for her master's thesis. She should be respected for still being around and making funny videos for the internet even while that was happening.
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* [[HePannedItNowHeSucks She Panned It Now She Sucks]]: She pissed off quite a few people with her negative review of ''{{Dune}}''.
** So did her review of the ''{{Transformers}}'' franchise. In a self-parody, TheNostalgiaCritic bitched at her for that one too.
** Inevitably, fans of the ''[[Disney/TheLittleMermaid The Little Mermaid]]'' weren't too keen on her hate for it.
** Apparently ''{{Disney}}'' fangirls can be just as savage as fanboys, because they got their claws out when she ''reviewed'' ([[FanDumb not panned, we might add]]) ''{{Mulan}}'' and slammed ''{{Hercules}}''.
** People who liked ''{{Dragonheart}}'' for more than just the "fucking dragon", bitched heavily after her review of it too.
** Not everyone agrees with her view that ''{{Shrek}}'' was a hate-filled TakeThat at Disney.
** Early on, ''{{Gargoyles}}'' fans weren't exactly happy when she acted like two well-established TearJerker moments in the show were {{narm}} instead.
** As you can tell from this page alone, she made her rage at ''BeautyAndTheBeastTheEnchantedChristmas'' abundantly clear. The movie was actually received quite well, so at the very least people were confused by her calling it worse than "seven holocausts".
* UnpleasableFanbase: If she does straightforward reviews of girly movies, she's [[DistaffCounterpart a rip-off of]] [[TheNostalgiaCritic the Critic]]. If she looks at tropes, [[FanDumb she's not doing her job properly]]. If she looks at typically male-{{geek}}-loved movies, [[HePannedItNowHeSucks she'll suck because she panned it]]. [[SarcasmMode What a merry bunch of fans]].
** So did her review of the ''{{Transformers}}'' franchise. In a self-parody, TheNostalgiaCritic bitched at her for that one too.
** Inevitably, fans of the ''[[Disney/TheLittleMermaid The Little Mermaid]]'' weren't too keen on her hate for it.
** Apparently ''{{Disney}}'' fangirls can be just as savage as fanboys, because they got their claws out when she ''reviewed'' ([[FanDumb not panned, we might add]]) ''{{Mulan}}'' and slammed ''{{Hercules}}''.
** People who liked ''{{Dragonheart}}'' for more than just the "fucking dragon", bitched heavily after her review of it too.
** Not everyone agrees with her view that ''{{Shrek}}'' was a hate-filled TakeThat at Disney.
** Early on, ''{{Gargoyles}}'' fans weren't exactly happy when she acted like two well-established TearJerker moments in the show were {{narm}} instead.
** As you can tell from this page alone, she made her rage at ''BeautyAndTheBeastTheEnchantedChristmas'' abundantly clear. The movie was actually received quite well, so at the very least people were confused by her calling it worse than "seven holocausts".
* UnpleasableFanbase: If she does straightforward reviews of girly movies, she's [[DistaffCounterpart a rip-off of]] [[TheNostalgiaCritic the Critic]]. If she looks at tropes, [[FanDumb she's not doing her job properly]]. If she looks at typically male-{{geek}}-loved movies, [[HePannedItNowHeSucks she'll suck because she panned it]]. [[SarcasmMode What a merry bunch of fans]].
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** Nearly all the "ChristmasSongs" video qualifies. She gets roofied by Brian the Sex Predator, makes her face look like a skeleton at one point and does a pretty good imitation of TheJoker when she's mocking the "Christmas Shoes" {{glurge}}. The video that accompanies "Please, Daddy, Don't Get Drunk This Christmas" goes from disturbing to hilarious when [[spoiler:the realistic domestic abuse gives way to stop-hitting-yourself's and noogies]]. It was also her first BlackComedy video, which set the standard for the following episodes.
** The CreepyUncle joke in her "Enchanted Christmas" review.
** [[RapeAsComedy Gleefully hip-thrusting]] when the ''{{Mulan}}'' villain says they should get a missing doll back to a little girl.
** In her cameo in the Critic's [[ItsAWonderfulPlot Christmas Special]], she's [[HappilyMarried happily married]] and has a daughter. It's hard to miss the underlying reference to her abortion. (TropesAreNotBad, just remember.)
** [[NoahAntwiler Spoony]] said in his commentary that "[[RapeAsComedy Spooning With Spoony]]" was her creation, not his.
** Her response to the guy in ''{{Showgirls}}'' saying his girlfriend is having a baby: "Why not just shove her down the stairs and hope for the best?"
** Nearly all the "ChristmasSongs" video qualifies. She gets roofied by Brian the Sex Predator, makes her face look like a skeleton at one point and does a pretty good imitation of TheJoker when she's mocking the "Christmas Shoes" {{glurge}}. The video that accompanies "Please, Daddy, Don't Get Drunk This Christmas" goes from disturbing to hilarious when [[spoiler:the realistic domestic abuse gives way to stop-hitting-yourself's and noogies]]. It was also her first BlackComedy video, which set the standard for the following episodes.
** The CreepyUncle joke in her "Enchanted Christmas" review.
** [[RapeAsComedy Gleefully hip-thrusting]] when the ''{{Mulan}}'' villain says they should get a missing doll back to a little girl.
** In her cameo in the Critic's [[ItsAWonderfulPlot Christmas Special]], she's [[HappilyMarried happily married]] and has a daughter. It's hard to miss the underlying reference to her abortion. (TropesAreNotBad, just remember.)
** [[NoahAntwiler Spoony]] said in his commentary that "[[RapeAsComedy Spooning With Spoony]]" was her creation, not his.
** Her response to the guy in ''{{Showgirls}}'' saying his girlfriend is having a baby: "Why not just shove her down the stairs and hope for the best?"
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Nella is usually the Chick's "[[ButtMonkey beleaguered bitch]]", but then she was shown as a professional "Big Fat Friend", helping to buoy up the Chick's ruined self-esteem by making her look good - so long as she keeps paying for the service.
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* DudeNotFunny: In her second "Thanks For The Feedback" video, she made a music video featuring [[{{RapeAsComedy}} a rap song about rape.]] The video was almost universally reviled as being in poor taste, and has since been taken down. Although not for that reason; WordOfGod says that she wasn't happy with the edit and didn't want it to be put up anyway.
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** Yes, okay, {{Interquel}}s are pretty bad... but was it really necessary to compare the ''Enchanted Christmas'' movie to multiple holocausts?
** While the backlash was much bigger when the Critic made his joke, her comment about autistic temper tantrums got people rather angry.
** While the majority loved both episodes for RefugeInAudacity, there was a certain [[YaoiFangirl section]] of the fanbase that ''hated'' her for coming up with the idea of the [[HetIsEw first]] "Spooning With Spoony".
** On her blog, she talked about a mother in the comment sections being offended when she used the word "retarded" in a video.
** The "Haha, Lindsay stuffed a pillow under her shirt and is now fat and a slob" jokes were probably mined for laughs more often than was necessary.
** Yes, okay, {{Interquel}}s are pretty bad... but was it really necessary to compare the ''Enchanted Christmas'' movie to multiple holocausts?
** While the backlash was much bigger when the Critic made his joke, her comment about autistic temper tantrums got people rather angry.
** While the majority loved both episodes for RefugeInAudacity, there was a certain [[YaoiFangirl section]] of the fanbase that ''hated'' her for coming up with the idea of the [[HetIsEw first]] "Spooning With Spoony".
** On her blog, she talked about a mother in the comment sections being offended when she used the word "retarded" in a video.
** The "Haha, Lindsay stuffed a pillow under her shirt and is now fat and a slob" jokes were probably mined for laughs more often than was necessary.
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* BaseBreaker: See Below. Check the comments for many videos she appears in and you'll find plenty that lament her getting screen time. Most of these also don't like when Lindsay makes original content in addition to VideoReviewShow, reviews things other than "little girly shows", or makes videos that look at a topic or theme rather than a single work. See GrowingTheBeard below.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: "...was that Bob Hoskins?"
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* FanDumb: Her fans can be extremely clingy at times. On the forums, the personal nature of her FAQ thread drove her away and it took a while before they got that she wasn't coming back to answer any more questions.
** In her appearance on ''Transmission Awesome'', Rollo T noted that the questions in the FAQ thread in her forum tended to get a bit inappropriate. Leading Paw to quip, "I may not know your middle name, but I know your taste in porn!"
** She's also complained a few times about how the Critic can swear as much as he wants to and nobody cares, while her swearing either gets [[FetishFuel perved over]] or [[GirlsNeedRoleModels bitched at]].
** Her more... [[WhiteKnighting protective fans]] bashed the ''{{Ferngully}}'' review for "woman abuse", despite the fact that she gave as good as she got and she actually started the fight when he provoked her.
* GrowingTheBeard: She really came into her own and stepped out of TheNostalgiaCritic's shadow around or sometime after her ''{{Armageddon}}'' review, after which her BFF Nella became a regular on the show. Around this point is when her reviews took on a more editorial based look with a few comedic sidestories. And arguably, her "Top 10 Disturbing and Inescapable Christmas Songs" list proved that [[BlackComedy dark, disturbing humor]] is what she's ''really'' good at.
* LesYay: With BFF Nella:
-->'''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 [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzhB0gF5GTI&NR=1 "Mr. Owl, how many licks does it take?"]] on Nella and "I (heart) my ([[IfYouKnowWhatIMean "kitten"]]) on the Chick.]
** [[HoYay/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses There's far more instances of this at the HoYay page]]. Particularly worthy of mention is the Chick and Nella re-enacting the Benn Affleck/Liv Tyler "animal crackers" scene from ''{{Armageddon}}''.
** Also with [=MarzGurl=] in "Linking up with Linkara", although that was a prank.
* HeyItsThatGuy: "...was that Bob Hoskins?"
** "[[TheManInTheIronMask Well fine,]] [[HouseMD I'm going to play a lovable old curmudgeon on Fox.]]"
