Line #10 Heartwarming/TheNostalgiaChick


1	!!In the Nostalgia Chick universe
2	* Just the way Lindsay is still introducing every video with "I'm your Nostalgia Chick," acknowledging the fans that voted for her to get the title.
3	* While also fairly sad, it's still sweet to see just how badly she misses her dead cat in ''Film/HocusPocus''.
4	* In the ''Anastasia'' review, Critic being so awkward in his crush that he has to pretend to be Rasputin to have a conversation with her. It helps that when Chick finds out it's a Chicago area code, the look on her face afterwards is almost happy.
5	** Starting here and continuing even now, it's pretty sweet how Critic is the ''only'' person she calls "honey".
6	* In a totally dysfunctional way, the first "Thanks For The Feedback". He has NoSocialSkills but is so obviously in love with her and she's ObliviousToLove but still really tries to make the date work. And also, according to Doug and Lindsay, they found a far more fun relationship later on so it all worked out for the best.
7	* Aside from the character-abuse beginning and end, most of the Dance Crazes list was Lindsay and Nella going out and dancing like the adorable dorks they are.
8	* Even if it was stopped by the Critic, Chick discovering that she really loves reviewing "guy" movies and going out to frolic in the park. It's probably the most innocently happy she's ever been.
9	* Critic's SecretTestOfCharacter speech in the ''Film/{{Bratz}}'' review. And then the Chick's touched reaction, followed by her getting through the movie much easier.
10	** She and Critic hugging and then chloroforming each other at the same time. She might get pissed that they're not so different, but then there's stuff like that which shows that it's maybe not so bad.
11	* After hearing her speak less than favorably about certain [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney films]] and posting a snarky Franchise/{{Disney Princess}}es review, hearing her start her [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastTheEnchantedChristmas The Enchanted Christmas]] review by admitting she loved ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', citing it as one of her favorite movies of all time, there were definitely some warm fuzzies to be had.
12	* Nella's utter joy at getting to play with her toy ponies again.
13	* The ''Film/EverAfter'' review, which is more Lindsay than the Chick, where she talks about feminism in a fair way, has lots of good points to say about the movies she's discussing, knows that fairytales can be a good thing and has great affection for Nella's fangirliness.
14	* When the Makeover Fairy has a breakdown trying to make Nella over, Nella would be well within her rights to leave her there crying. Instead she tries to make her feel better, gaining a hug in the process.
15	* Nella's speech about her new year's resolution being that she'll treat her friends with more respect. [[spoiler: Subverted by Chick saying what ''her'' new year's resolution will be: making Nella do her dishes]].
16	* It may not have been enough to treat her better when she came back, but the Chick has a few moments of being heartbroken that a intergalactic quasi-demonic force of evil has taken over her BFF.
17	* While a shame that it has to be brought out by TruthSerum, our favorite IceQueen becoming a complete GenkiGirl when it comes to ''Film/XMen1''. And even Dr. Tease looks happy for her, in a way that suggests it's more than just the pleasure of experimenting on a test subject.
18	* Having most of "Goodbye Internet's Rose" insult Nella, the last line "But I sometimes wanted to tell you before the dust you bit, to me you were a ''wee'' bit more, than my beleaguered bitch." was weirdly sweet.
19	* He doesn't get thanked and it's the last nice thing he does for her, but the SexBot letting the Chick out of the fridge even after she's been awful to him all his life.
20	* She covers it well, but there's a brief look of horror and despair when she tries to call Critic and finds out Dark Nella's already destroyed Chicago, leaving him dead.
21	** In a fucked up way, Dark Nella promising to give the SexBot the sweet release of death, something he's always wanted.
22	** Even after her huge breakdown about the stupidity of Emmerich movies, she still goes to see if the Makeover Fairy is okay after getting a tearful call from her.
23	* Admit it, you felt happy when Fangirl!Nella came back for a few minutes in all her {{adorkable}} glory during the ''Film/{{Tron}}'' review.
24	** Despite Chick missing the point, original Nella trying to fight back Dark Nella for her and telling her to run.
25	* The Makeover Fairy trying (if lamely) to cheer up the Chick when they're on the beach and both think Nella is gone forever.
26	* Nella and The Chick's reunion at the end of the "Newsies" review. It's also one of the few times that the Chick is genuinely shown to care for her.
27	** And then they walk off down the beach together, arm in arm, to the tune of Queen's "You're My Best Friend." Aww.
28	* Even though she's clearly meant to be the annoying, obsessive kind, seeing her fangirl in ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' is really nice considering what she's usually [[TheSnarkKnight like]].
29	* Not being able to resist the temptation and eventually belting out ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Part Of Your World]]'' with the other TGWTG fangirls.
30	* In ''Film/Grease2'', the Chick halting the "MAN!" PSA, adamant that they're not going to steal that from [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic him]] too.
31	** She might be vile, but the whole reason the Makeover Fairy kidnapped Todd and tried to change him was that she thought the Chick would have wanted her to.
32	* Even after the requests to review the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic new show]] drove her crazy and she smacked down those bashing Lupa, she still defended "grown men watching a girl's show" in a neutral but still kind way.
33	* {{Bait And Switch}}ing in the beginning of ''Film/KateAndLeopold'', first complaining about the ridiculousness of it but then {{squee}}ing about how delightfully girl!porny it is.
34	** Throughout the entire review, she looks seconds away from breaking into giggles. She needs to [[WhenSheSmiles smile more often]].
35	* [[http://blip.tv/nostalgia-chick/nostalgia-chick-the-lion-king-in-3d-5669284 The Lion King in 3D]] is basically Lindsay's tribute to a film she really enjoys. Extra heartwarming as we very rarely get that from her.
36	** However briefly, her taking the time to mention ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' as one of the greatest animated films of all time was pretty cool of her.
37	* A small one in her review of ''Film/TheWorstWitch''. Even though she's annoyed by Critic hogging the limelight, a few seconds later she can't help but crack a smile. And it's genuine too! Not a {{corpsing}} one because they weren't even in the same room.
38	* The video on ''The Goddess of Spring'', with Lindsay doing her part to bring more attention to a favorite cartoon of her childhood that's been largely forgotten today, despite its historical significance as Disney's first attempt at drawing realistic human characters, providing a fascinating contrast with how far they'd come with ''Snow White'' just three years later.
39	* Her mass distress over the innocent wee shoe being killed in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.
40	* Throughout the review of ''The Christmas Shoes'', she displays a lot of genuine concern over the kid whose mother is dying, and the horrible messages he's getting from what adults keep telling him.
41	** Also her pointing out that Christian music doesn't ''have'' to be bad, citing Johnny Cash as a positive example of good music with Christian themes. As is commonly pointed out by reviewers, they don't hate Christianity: they just hate the horrible, glurge-filled monstrosities that base themselves off of Christianity.
42	** Seeing as how Lindsay said the Chick was too cheap to even spare change for Chester, her giving Todd her lottery ticket is probably the first and only selfless thing she's done for him.
43	* As a counterpoint to Critic's calling her trying-so-hard-to-be-emotionless persona the perfect woman, how she has (at least) a lot of affection for him and doesn't even think about wanting to change him to suit her needs better like she does with everyone else.
44	* Showing off her incredibly rare MamaBear side and giving a scathing YouBastard speech to parents who think it's okay to let their kids watch mediocre material just to shut them up for an hour.
45	* Praising ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder'' as so good that it shouldn't suffer the indignity of being put on a "least worst" list.
46	* Calling out ''Film/WhatWomenWant'' for failing to write a suicidal person properly, and comparing it to the much better "old man dying" subplot in ''Film/GroundhogDay''.
47	* In ''Film/TheAdventuresOfMiloAndOtis'', even though she's able to get some BlackComedy out of it, you can tell how angry she is about the pug and the possibly many kittens getting put in horrible situations for entertainment.
48	** Her Boston Terrier, dressed up and put upon as she is, licking her cheek. And then again later on, when she gives the dog a quick kiss in return.
49	** In TheStinger, Lindsay corpsing when Kali gets the hiccups.
50	* The fact that she trashed ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax2012'' only a week after it came out speaks volumes about how much she loved the original short.
51	* Nella's unabashed glee at the Chick letting her talk about the inaccurate portrayal of nuns in the ''Film/SisterAct'' movies.
52	* Despite all of her complaining, when she's rummaging through the toy container in "Nostalgic Baby Dolls", you can see glimpses of the little girl who once loved all of those things.
53	* Not explicitly drawn attention to, but the Chick could have hidden in any other room when she was trying to avoid her obsessed fans. Instead she went to where the Critic was and stayed with him.
54	** When she tries again for the third time to do the song and he says no, he sees her looking depressed and tries to cheer her up.
55	** Critic swallowing his pride and repeating Chick's script of saying how much smarter she is than him.
56	* From the review of ''Crossroads'' with WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows. The Chick sits at his piano and tries to play. Since she can't, Todd sits down next to her and helps her.
57	** This is [[Heartwarming/ToddInTheShadows a heartwarming moment for Todd, too]]. He despises two kinds of "genres": "White Guy with Acoustic Guitar", and its distaff, "Which Chick on Piano". He was preventing her from being the latter.
58	* Adding a note about Judith Barsi to the end of the ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'' video. Clearly she knew bringing it up in the video itself would wreck any attempts at humor afterwards, but still wanted to acknowledge it.
59	* The gay marriage section of the ''Film/EndersGame'' review, especially when she says the only thing "radical" about wanting to let them marry is how awesome the weddings will be. Her shtick of all the traits fangirls loathe about themselves was and is hilarious, but being a passionate ally like that means so much more. Not to mention, hey, CharacterDevelopment!
60	* Explaining the SadClown theory of comedy so elegantly when it comes to the ''Film/TankGirl'' musical number; there's so many horrible things in the world that you might as well try and be goofy to counter them.
61	* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic still believes that she is the only one who can replace him and he's more sincere this time.
62	** Also how normal they both sound. No tension or emotional conversations like [[http://blip.tv/nostalgia-chick/nostalgia-chick-and-nostalgia-critic-the-chipmunk-adventure-6115846 recent]] [[http://blip.tv/nostalgiacritic/to-boldly-flee-part-1-6319212 times]], they're just being snarky with each other. After such a big status quo-changer, it's reassuring.
63	** Showing us that the Critic is alive and well [[spoiler:(albeit in Muppet form)]] and can still communicate with his friends is pretty heartwarming in itself.
64	* In ''Film/{{Matilda}}'', Mara is upset when she hears that the Critic is dead, complaining that she didn't want her dynamic with him to end. The Chick admits to feeling the same way.
65	** For someone so famous for her LackOfEmpathy, Chick shows a surprising amount of compassion for Critic's HePannedItNowHeSucks situation regarding the film.
66	* Chick's post-WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee development. She's still terrible and knows she's terrible, but ''Film/CutthroatIsland'' and ''Viral Videos'' both feature her having fun, the emotions-hating BrokenBird of before wouldn't have dreamed of spewing all her bile at ''Film/RealityBites'', and empathy isn't hard for her to express in ''Film/{{Matilda}}''.
67	* Her genuine praise of Boromir's portrayal in the ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing Fellowship of the Ring]]'' film.
68	* More CharacterDevelopment in ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers The Two Towers]]'', as she realizes (for about the tenth time) that you can like something while acknowledging it has flaws, and she {{squee}}s over Gollum. True, she denies she did it straight after, but it's a start.
69	* Parodied at the end of the girls' ''The Little Mermaid'' review, in which Elisa and Nella tried to persuade the Chick to appreciate the film, the girls sing "Part of Your World." The Chick suddenly stands up and passionately joins in, Elisa and Nella beaming with pride. Then she notices the VHS cover of the film.
70	* "Top Ten Music Videos of the 90's". She's having so much fun!
71	** Likewise, her tribute to Adam Yauch of Music/BeastieBoys, "because cancer is an asshole."
72	* Her little {{Squee}} when Uncle Phil throws Jazz out of the house in her ''[[Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir Fresh Prince]]'' review.
73	* How much fun she's having with the goofy UnfortunateImplications of ''Film/TrueLies''.
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75	!!Loose Canon
76	* Being a squeeing fangirl for Creator/JamesWoods' portrayal of Hades is very cute.
77	* In “Wicked Witch Of The West” Loose Canon, her love for ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', saying that even though it was a shit show behind the scenes, it's a timeless miracle.
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79	!!Outside of Reviews
80	* Her HilariousOuttakes video, an adorable [[note]]as someone said on the comment sections, Lindsay needs to create a hippie lovechild character, because her real smile is brilliant[[/note]], infectiously funny reassurance to the idiots that keep saying she hates her job and has no fun. You especially have to love the outtakes for the ''Film/{{Bratz}}'' episode, where Doug succeeds in making her burst out laughing ''every. single. take''.
81	* During the credits of her "Top 11 Villainesses" there's a [[EmbarrassingOldPhoto montage of Halloween pictures]] taken during Lindsay's time in college where we see Lindsay dressed as Malificent hanging out with Nella and Elisa (also dressed in ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' themed costumes). It's so sweet to see how close they've stayed as [[TrueCompanions friends]], even after all these years!
82	* At the end of the her ''Film/{{Grease}}'' review, she announces an auction of her old props to fund her master's thesis, ending with profuse thanks for everyone who watches "my little dog and pony show."
83	** Then there's the actual master's thesis itself - a highly personal documentary called "The A Word" about grappling with different views about abortion, centered around Lindsay's own termination of her pregnancy in December 2009. Yes, that would be just over a year ''after'' joining TGWTG as the Nostalgia Chick.
84	*** After the project was discovered, some accused Creator/DougWalker of being horribly insensitive for casting Lindsay as a happily married new mother in the 2010 Christmas Special. Lindsay informed the detractors that she loves Doug like a brother, and that he honestly wasn't aware of her situation; she wouldn't have agreed to do anything that made her uncomfortable.
85	*** And as soon as Doug watched it, he made a [[http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=214942098541261&id=127127037353766 glowing recommendation]] on his facebook. It's also safe to assume that the call "[[http://twitter.com/thelindsayellis/status/85550919638450176 that made her night]]" a few days before was about that too.
86	* Lindsay's first (sadly unrecorded) livestream. Done because she couldn't sleep, she must have spent five or six hours talking with her fans, singing and playing her accordion on request (she is brilliant at singing opera, by the way), cuddling her puppy, answering questions honestly about whatever people could come up with and just generally being an awesome, sweet, ridiculously nice woman. It really shows you the differences between her and her [[AlterEgoActing character]]. Plus she wrote Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera fanfic when she was a teenager, awww!
87	* This [[http://wegotclass.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/bad-habit/ article]], where she makes the decision to not be a sponge for negativity anymore. You can't help but root for her.
88	* Lindsay's newfound romance with [[WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows Todd]] is causing overloading levels of d'aww. Be forewarned, too much exposure has been known to make people explode.
89	* When vlogging with [[WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows Todd]] about Transformers 3, she had her hand on his knee for the majority of the review. D'aww.
90	* How happy and proud she is that her [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity city]] passed the gay marriage bill.
91	* Elisa's [[http://www.formspring.me/ElisaInTime formspring]]. She spends so much time asking questions about anything people can think of, being lovely and even giving sweet, thought-out, caring advice to depressed anons. What a nice lady.
92	* After her {{Tearjerker}} memories of Lisa Lopes' death around the same time that one of her friends was murdered, she says Lopes would have wanted people to be inspired by her, "And for what it's worth, I was."
93	** And it also shows what a kind, caring, ''amazing'' person Lindsay really is.
94	* In the [[HilariousOuttakes bloopers]] for Lindsay and WebVideo/ObscurusLupa's review of ''Honor and Glory'', Lindsay wrapping her arms around [[WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows Todd's]] head to work as a "mask". Doubles as a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment\|s}}.
95	** And at the end of the commentary for said review, Todd telling Lindsay he loves her.
96	-->'''Lindsay:''' He finally admitted it! You heard it live!
97	* In "Mr. Awesome Goes To Washington", Todd's reasoning for why he loves his job so much, which includes that he wouldn't have met Lindsay otherwise.
98	* At the end of Lindsey and Todd's review of 'Crossroads', in which both of them have been [[UnrequitedLoveLastsForever in character]] the whole time, Todd asks her what the movie has taught her. She says: 'I need tighter abs'. He looks at her, stony faced, and says: 'You need to leave'. You can just see them both crack up for a split-second before the review ends.
99	* [[http://twitter.com/#!/thelindsayellis/status/131953430624346112 This tweet about Todd.]]
100	* She's a fantastic MamaBear to her friends on the site, some examples being Doug up above, Lupa when overzealous ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePony'' fans kept on bothering her and coming back to the forums to flame the idiots who thought up the ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'' "Elisa was crucified upside down" bullshit.
101	* Her ''{{WesternAnimation/Pocahontas}}'' "three years on" commentary, again reassuring people that while she might get tired sometimes, she loves her job and hopes for another three more years.
102	* The Vlog with Nella about ''Film/TheHungerGames''. The interactions by themselves are pretty sweet, but Lindsay's little mention on how her [[WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows "darling boyfriend"]] got her ''Catching Fire'' was somehow the sweetest.
103	* [[http://en.justin.tv/chezapocalypse/b/305427485 The Todd and Lindsay livestream]], where they essentially hung out in bed together for an hour and a half, answered questions, and giggled cutely. Also notable is how often their hands gravitated to each other. A demonstration of genuine unadulterated relaxed cuteness. Also, Todd says he would [[Music/BrunoMars catch a grenade for her]] (and immediately throw it to safety).
104	* Ever since the Top Ten Worst Disney Sequels, Lindsay's been wearing a claddagh ring with the heart turned inwards, showing that her heart belongs to Todd. Aww!
105	* The entire Top Ten Guilty Pleasure Movies (Of Shame) video. It's great to see her so happy and excited talking about things she really, genuinely likes. The section where she talks about the Bollywood movie is particularly heartwarming.
106	** In a similar vein, her Top Eleven Favorite Movies Of All Time (This Week). Again, it's a lot of excited gushing on her part and it's great to see. Especially when she talks about how the Lord of the Rings movies changed her life and made her want to go to film school in the first place.
107	* When Creator/MaraWilson was asked about appearing in the Matilda review, she said "Lindsay has become a friend and I enjoy working with friends."
108	* During the commentary for Matilda, Creator/MaraWilson reminisces some very fond memories of shooting the film, and describes the [[SadistTeacher Trunchbull]]'s actress as a very nice lady.
109	* Critic having so much of a presence in the few episodes after WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee. Lindsay didn't ''need'' to have Doug cameo twice in a month, but she seems to get that fans are going to miss the character and so is helping ease the transition a little.
110	* It was recently announced that Elisa has gotten engaged to Paul "WebVideo/PawDugan" Schuler.
111	** As of October 13, 2013, they are now married!
112	** On February 9, 2014, Paul announced on Twitter that he and Elisa are expecting a baby!
113	* At the end of the ''Theatre/LesMiserables'' vlog, after teasing her about ''how much'' she tries to get him to read the book, Todd hugs Lindsay and kisses her forehead. It's obvious that he adores her despite her proselytizing.
114	** Also, they are filming the vlog ''at his family's house for Christmas''. How cute is love based on their mutual love of reviewing!
115	* After "The Review Must Go On" caused fire from producer and fan alike, Lindsay tweeted that everyone at TGWTG will love and support Doug no matter what he does.
116	** Even if he did "change his mind" a few days later, at [=MagFest=] answering a Critic/Chick crossover question with she'd feel awful dragging Doug back in even for just one time when he's made it so clear he doesn't want to.
117	* After explaining that she's reluctant to talk about ''Film/FruitvaleStation'' because several of her film school classmates were involved with it and it would feel like she's just trying to get them attention, she goes on about how in the brief time she worked with Ryan Coogler he showed himself to be not just a very talented director but a genuinely nice guy, and it's great to see someone like that be this successful.
118	* Her [[http://lindsayetumbls.tumblr.com/post/78678708070/why-are-the-people-on-dougs-facebook-such-egotistical sympathy]] for Doug in regards to how terrible his fandom treats him and saying that the shit she gets doesn't compare to what he has to put up with.
119	* Whether you like ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction'' or not, how much she's laughing and enjoying herself in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrriH5YbLF8&feature=youtu.be&a review]].
120	* When she announces her leaving of Website/ChannelAwesome and the "Nostalgia Chick" moniker, one of the comments on her [[http://namebrandlindsay.com/2015/01/10/farewell-channel-awesome-and-a-pre-emptive-faq/ farewell]] was "So it's like changing from ComicBook/{{Robin}} to ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}." Lindsay said that this might be the nicest thing anyone has ever said to her.
121	* [[http://namebrandlindsay.com/2015/06/26/bisexual-privilege-bisexual-erasure/ Lindsay]] "discussing with [herself]" that she's bisexual and allowing herself permission to be part of the community instead of being an ally.
122	* [[http://lindsayetumbls.tumblr.com/post/123050671973/am-i-a-sadist-for-growing-more-and-more-curious Even]] when calling Website/ChannelAwesome "the Saddest Site on the internet" and hating the way she was written in the anniversary movies, she still says she loves Doug like a brother.
123	* In her post-election patreon message "hang in there", she says she'll postpone the ''Theatre/{{RENT}}'' video as while she hates it, it won't do any good ragging on a symbol of LGBT hope.
124	* It's unknown who the lucky suitor is, but as of 2017, [[https://twitter.com/thelindsayellis/status/852028653080788992 Lindsay is engaged!]] On top of that, they're planning a Disney theme for their wedding and [[https://twitter.com/thelindsayellis/status/852240168836677632 dressing up their dogs]] for the engagement photos.
125	** She got married in June 2018.
126	* In spite of being critical of Creator/ZackSnyder and his take on the DCEU, she has given condolences to the Snyder family in light of his daughter's death.

Context Heartwarming / TheNostalgiaChick