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1->''"'This sucks on so many levels.' -- Dialogue from ''Film/JasonX''. Rare for a movie to so frankly describe itself."''
2-->-- '''Creator/RogerEbert'''
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4A [[ReviewerStockPhrases stock part]] of {{review}}s, usually critical ones.
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6This is when the reviewer takes a line from the work being reviewed and points out how it describes the work as a whole. For example, if a character in a film says “This is too confusing!” or "Quit insulting my intelligence!", the reviewer might quote it and mention that they felt the same way after watching the movie.
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8It can also be done with unintentionally self-critical sounding titles. Indeed, if your terrible movie is named along the lines of ''Disaster'' or ''Finally Over'', you can bet every reviewer will gleefully turn that into a punchline, or at least allude to the possibility of doing so.
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10This is sort of an inversion of QuotesFitForATrailer when the work's creators or publicizers use a work's own lines to ''promote'' it. Of course, reviewers can do this trope "positively" and creators can do that one "negatively", but such instances are comparatively rare (especially the latter for [[PolishTheTurd a certain reason]]). Compare SpoofedWithTheirOwnWords.
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12See also IronicEcho, for ironic reuse of words or actions within a work.
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14!!Examples (by source material being reviewed or discussed):
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18[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
19* The Dogasu's Backpack [[http://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/comparisons/houen/ep100.html review]] of the ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire'' episode "[[Recap/PokemonS8E8SolidAsASolrock Solid as a Solrock]]" opened with a quote from the dub that sums up a lot of people's feelings on the battle and its infamous DeusExMachina ending: "I can't believe that worked!"
20* At one point in the "Big Green Dub" version of ''Anime/DragonBallZBojackUnbound'', Vegeta turns off a TV and says "not worth watching". At least one person used this moment [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeUq7ebrS-U to sum up the Big Green Dub as a whole]].
21* Any review of ''Anime/GarzeysWing'' will inevitably use the line "I must somehow make sense of our convoluted situations" to describe the plot.
22* At least one review of the non-hentai OVA adaptation of ''VisualNovel/OneKagayakuKisetsuE'' claimed that the title of ''One'' is also the number of stars the boring, listless OVA deserves.
23* ''Anime/TransformersEnergon'': "Something cool ''finally'' happened!", originally referring to a RunningGag in the Japanese version, quickly became embraced by detractors to celebrate that the show was over.
24* ''Ice-Head Gill'': "No one can beat me when it comes to axes!" The series was cancelled ("axed") after 20 chapters.
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28* [[AvertedTrope Fear of this]] killed a proposed ComicBook/TheFlash series titled ''All-Flash''[[note]](no relation to the original book starring the Golden Age Flash)[[/note]]. Editorial was scared that detractors would use the phrase "All Flash and no substance" to insult the book. This was sufficient for them to back off the idea entirely. A one-shot using the name would eventually get off the ground, though there is no word on whether DC's fear did come to pass or not.
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32* Some of the more negative professional reviews of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017'' noted that they found themselves empathizing with [[BigBad the Storm King]] when he complains about the overwhelming cuteness.
33** From [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/my-little-pony-movie-review-1045958 Hollywood Reporter]]: "Summing it all up is [[Creator/LievSchreiber [Liev] Schreiber]]’s Storm King, who at one point late in the proceedings moans, "I'm so totally over the cute pony thing!" Pretty much."
34** And [[https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/my-little-pony-the-movie Slant]]: "When late in the film, the Storm King complains, "I'm so over the cute pony thing," it's hard not to agree with him."
35* The lukewarm reception of ''WesternAnimation/Wish2023'' included a few remarks from reviewers that they ''wished'' for it [[SoOkayItsAverage to be better than it was]], quoting/paraphrasing the key lyric from the AwardBaitSong "This Wish" in particular: ''"And so I make this wish/To have something more for us than this!"''
36** On the opposite end, fans of the movie also enjoy quoting the title phrase from [[BigBad Magnifico's]] VillainSong, "This is the thanks I get!?" in response to its reviews.
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40* WebVideo/CinemaSins spotted this in ''Film/{{Pixels}}''.
41-->'''Sam Brenner (Creator/AdamSandler):''' What are we doing right now?\
42'''Cinema Sins:''' Is this... almost self-awareness coming from Adam Sandler? And couldn't that question be applied to the movie itself?
43* [[http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_movies_blog/2010/08/movie-review-vampires-suck.html This review]] of ''Film/VampiresSuck'' mentions that the title is "too apt."
44** The review in ''SFX'' starts off by saying it's almost too obvious to say that "''Vampires Suck''... does", but it's also entirely accurate.
45** Peter Travers wrote a zero-star, four-word review: "This film sucks more."
46* [[http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/disaster-movie This review]] of ''Film/DisasterMovie''. "Contender for most apt movie title ever."
47* [[WebVideo/LukeMochrieAndTheInners Kinley Mochrie]] took the "random events" line from the trailer of ''Film/{{Devil}}'' and said that it describes the film as a whole perfectly; [[RandomEventsPlot everything that happens in the plot is random.]]
48* This wiki's page on ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' isn't the only place that quotes Ian Malcolm's lines from [[Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark the second movie]] to sum up the whole franchise:
49-->"''Oooh, ahhh.'' That's how it always starts. Then later there's the ''running'' and the ''screaming''."
50* Creator/DougWalker's ''Five Second Movies'' do something similar, such as summarizing ''Film/TheMatrix'' with Neo's "Woah."
51* Happens a good deal on WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic.
52** In a series of DVD-exclusive reviews, he reviews a series of films by "The Nostalgia Cricket" (not realizing that it's actually himself). At the end of the last review, he says, "And that was ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee''. And what a shock, it made me want to boldly flee."
53** In his review of ''Film/TheMasterOfDisguise'', he points out how the lead character's girlfriend breaking up with him because "the silly voices and funny faces were only funny for a few seconds" pretty much sums up the movie.
54** Let's just say he gets a ''lot'' of mileage out of the clip where [[HeadDesk Tom and Jerry beat their heads against a wall]] in the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryWillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' review.
55* If we consider ''Film/TheWizard'' as an ad for Nintendo products, WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd's review of the Power Glove counts.
56-->"I love the Power Glove, it's so bad. And I mean [[NoHyperbole bad]]."
57* Creator/RogerEbert was quite fond of this.
58** As stated in the page quote, "'This sucks on so many levels.' -- Dialogue from ''Film/JasonX''. Rare for a movie to so frankly describe itself."
59** His review of ''Film/TheLastAirbender'' ends with the line, "I close with the hope that the title proves prophetic."
60** "''Dear God'' is the kind of movie where you walk out repeating the title."
61** "All I want for Christmas is to never see ''Film/AllIWantForChristmas'' again." He used the same line in [[Series/SiskelAndEbert his show with Gene Siskel]], with some added lampshading:
62--->'''Ebert:''' All I want for Christmas is to forget I ever saw this movie.\
63'''Siskel:''' Oh, clever with the title.\
64'''Ebert:''' I think every critic in the country is gonna use that same line; I hope I was first.\
65''[both chuckle]''
66** "Oh no, not ''Film/YouAgain''."
67** Ebert remarked that he walked out of ''Film/TheLonelyLady'' saying the same "brilliant dialogue" that Creator/PiaZadora's character writes for the star of her husband's movie to cry while kneeling beside an open grave: [[BigWHY "Why? Why!!!"]]
68** "I know this all sounds so stupid and offensive and unbelievably amateurish that it's hard to believe, but... ''[[http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/why-would-i-lie-1980 Why Would I Lie]]''?"
69* ''WebAnimation/{{Spill}}''
70** The review of ''Film/SuckerPunch'': "You know what? Take the 'Punch' out of it, just 'Sucker', alright?" -- said Korey Coleman.
71** ''Literature/{{Beastly}}'' review:
72--->'''Co-Host 3000''': I will give the movie credit though: You are given a fair warning at the very beginning, where you see one of the fucking err … fugly Olsen twin--\
73'''Leon''': Olsen twin?\
74'''Co-Host 3000''': --addresses the screen and addresses the audiences by tell[ing] them "Get ready to embrace the suck."\
75(''Spill crew's laughter'')\
76'''Co-Host 3000''': Wow, you really embrace it.\
77'''Leon''': That-that is ballsy for a movie to ''look'' you in the eyes and tell you "Embrace the suck".\
78'''Korey''': By the way, none of us embrace this, okay? It was forced upon us.\
79'''Cyrus''': However, we acknowledge that it did in fact, suck.
80** ''Film/CopOut'' review: "I mean, just think about -- Okay, the name of this movie is 'Cop Out', and this … that name alone has so much more hidden meanings into it than we'll ever know because Holy Jesus! I cannot believe what I suffered through tonight." said Co-Host 3000.
81** ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'' review: "It gave me a cabin in the ''[[{{Pun}} wood]]''" -- guest reviewer Brian Salisbury.
82** ''Film/AThousandWords'' review:
83--->'''Co-Host 3000''': Have we-Have we mentioned the title of this movie?\
84'''Korey''': ''A Thousand Words''.\
85'''Co-Host 3000''': No, no. Actually, it's ''A Thousand Deaths of Creator/EddieMurphy''.\
86(''Korey's laughter'')\
87'''Co-Host 3000''': 'Cause every goddamn frame is literally killing Eddie Murphy's career.\
88'''Korey''': Oh, I thought you were gonna say "A Thousand Words Can't Describe How Bad This Movie Is."
89* Holy Moly's [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120707150824/http://www.holymoly.com/reviews/cinema-dvd/film-review-just-go-it52943 review]] of ''Film/JustGoWithIt'' answers the title with "Don't go with it. You wouldn't like it".
90* [[http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/movies/sucker-punch-from-zack-snyder-review.html New York Times review]] of ''Film/SuckerPunch'': "But there is nothing here to enjoy, beyond the tiny satisfaction in noting that the movie lives up to its name."
91* blu-ray.com's [[http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Ugly-Truth-Blu-ray/7038/#Review review]] of ''Film/TheUglyTruth'' opens with:
92-->What an appropriate title -- with an emphasis on the "ugly"
93* Dread Central resident Scott Foy's [[http://www.foywonder.com/current_columns/foy_1207.html review]] of ''Lake Dead'':
94-->'''Foy''': Just how bad is ''Lake Dead''? There's a scene about an hour in when one of the girls in the movie freaks out over their situation and starts yelling, "This is so bad! This is awful!" Sitting in the theater I felt like that scene in ''Film/TheTerminator'' when the building super knocks on the door to ask The Terminator if everything is okay in there and multiple response choices began scrolling across the machine's field of sight. In this case, my options were: "No kidding!", "You're telling me?", "Ain't that the truth!", "Tell me something I don't know!", "Preach on, sister!", "Oh, so it's a self-reviewing movie?" The one the Terminator selected, "Fuck you, asshole!" might have fit here as well, if only out of sheer spite.
95* Occasionally used by Website/TheAgonyBooth, for example (in the ''Film/{{Zardoz}}'' [[http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Zardoz_1974.aspx?Page=2 recap]]):
96-->Frayn, apparently watching this movie, yells out, "A bore!" He then repeats, "How pointless!" a couple of times as he falls out of the mouth to his death. So, I guess he knows how the movie will end.
97* At least five critics used the title acronym of ''Film/HouseAtTheEndOfTheStreet'' (spelled as "HATES") to describe how they feel about the movie.
98* Negative reviews of ''Film/ThreeHundred'' had a lot of fun with the line "You will not enjoy this". It helps that it was actually plastered over some of the movie's posters.
99* The movie ''Film/{{Twister}}'' coined the term "the Suck Zone" to describe the point where a tornado lifts you into the air. Many reviewers found other creative uses for the term. At least the production team was smart enough not to go with their original idea for the tagline: "It Sucks."[[note]][[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117998/trivia?tab=tr&item=tr0668823 No, seriously.]][[/note]]
100* At the end of ''Film/JackAndJill'', Creator/AlPacino is being shown the incredibly cheesy Dunkin' Donuts commercial for which Jack hired him to perform. He tells Jack, "Burn this. This must never be seen... by ''anyone''. All copies... ''destroy them''." Cue several reviewers "wondering" if he was actually referring to the movie itself.
101* Two quotes from ''Film/{{Marmaduke}}'', both of which happen after he [[ToiletHumor farts on his humans]], are used to sum up the film's quality of reliance on juvenile humor.
102-->'''Marmaduke''': I know it's juvenile, but it's all I've got.\
103'''Marmaduke''': It never gets old.
104* ''Film/TheHobbit'':
105** Many reviews of ''Film/TheHobbitAnUnexpectedJourney'' picked up on Gandalf's line in response to being called out on telling a tall tale in the film "Well, all good stories deserve embellishment" that may or may not have been intended as a TakeThatCritics by Creator/PeterJackson and certainly seems to embody Jackson's adaptational approach for better or worse.
106** The next film, ''Film/TheHobbitTheDesolationOfSmaug'', ends with Bilbo watching in horror as Smaug flies off to lay waste to Laketown, and whispers [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone "What have we done?"]] When WebVideo/HonestTrailers criticized the movie as an excess of padding, they played that clip of Bilbo and followed it up by asking forlornly "What indeed, Bilbo?"
107* [[http://rogersworst.blogspot.nl/2011/01/14-anaconda-1997.html This review]] of ''Film/{{Anaconda}}'' from a blog reassessing movie reviews by Creator/RogerEbert hated it a lot more than Ebert (who thought it was SoBadItsGood at best himself). Near the end the reviewer notes Music/JenniferLopez's character, commenting on the InUniverse documentary they are shooting, "This film was supposed to be my big break, it's turned out to be a big disaster", and says he loves truth in movies.
108* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' likes to use this occasionally.
109** When they watch ''Film/PodPeople'', Joel and the bots are very critical of its misuse of the HyperlinkStory structure. Then, midway through the movie, there's a scene where Tommy tries to show his alien friend how to assemble a jigsaw puzzle: "See? The pieces fit together!" Tom Servo quickly replies, "If only the movie were so lucky."
110** Midway through ''Film/OverdrawnAtTheMemoryBank'', Aram Fingal (trapped inside a computer simulation) is reenacting a usual day of his life. "This is so boring! I can't take it anymore!" he declares. Mike and the 'bots, watching the movie, wonder aloud, "Which one of us said that?"
111** At the end of ''Film/{{Timechasers}}'', the protagonist decides his time machine is too dangerous, so he dismantles it and deletes all the associated computer code. When the computer prompts "DELETE ALL COPIES? Y/N", Mike responds, "Delete copies of film? Yes. Delete memory of film from mankind’s consciousness? Yes."
112** In ''Film/SpaceMutiny'', one of the first things David Ryder does is flee from his damaged spacecraft after a crash landing, shouting "It's gonna blow!" Tom Servo quips "If the first ten minutes are any indication, this movie is gonna blow!"
113* Creator/LeonardMaltin earned a spot in the ''[[Literature/GuinnessWorldRecords Guinness Book of World Records]]'' for shortest movie review for his criticism of 1948's ''Isn't It Romantic?'' Maltin's review read, in its entirety: [[BluntNo "No."]]
114* In ''Film/TheRoom2003'', when Claudette walks in on [[CoitusInterruptus two of Lisa's friends having sex]], she exclaims, "What are these characters doing here?!" Both WebVideo/ObscurusLupa and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic have pretty much the same question in their reviews, given that the scene in question [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment adds nothing to the plot, and the characters in it are totally irrelevant.]]
115* In ''Film/ObserveAndReport'' one character says "I thought this was going to be funny, but it's actually kind of sad", which is a perfect summary of the film itself according to at least one review.
116* Viewers of ''Film/FantasticFour2015'' have latched onto the line "We gave you six years and millions of dollars, and you gave us nothing" — a perfect summation of the film's notoriously TroubledProduction and poor critical and commercial reception.
117* Reviewing the Creator/MartinLawrence comedy ''Film/WhatsTheWorstThatCouldHappen'', several critics answered, "This movie." One of the better one-sentence reviews simply read: "Everything else is sold out and the tickets are non-refundable."
118* Creator/MarkKermode found that the title of ''Film/Criminal2016'' perfectly described the quality of the film.
119* Several reviewers of ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' who disliked it zeroed in on its scene wherein Cyclops, Jean, Jubilee, and Nightcrawler go to a theater playing ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. After leaving, they [[BrokenBase bicker]] over whether [[Film/ANewHope the original]] or ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' was the best ''Franchise/StarWars'' movie, but come out agreeing, "[[RuleOfThree The third movie]] [[{{Sequelitis}} is always the worst.]]" Many real-life critics noted it could describe either ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' or ''Apocalypse'', both of which were the third movies in their respective trilogies and were the worst-reviewed.
120* The title of ''Film/TheDisappointmentsRoom'' has been quite apt in summing up the film's critical reception ([[http://variety.com/2016/film/reviews/the-disappointments-room-reviews-1201857437/ this review]] even opens with the statement "Despite Creator/KateBeckinsale’s game efforts, D.J. Caruso's thriller proves altogether worthy of its title.") and [[BoxOfficeBomb its box-office performance]]. Quite a few people have pointed out that the movie having this as its title ''and'' being bad was positively begging to be made fun of.
121* Is it any wonder that after ''Film/{{Paycheck}}'' was critically panned, many reviewers were mocking the title for [[MoneyDearBoy being the likely reason]] that Creator/BenAffleck signed on to it? Ben himself got on this when Creator/ConanOBrien fed him the question about why he did the movie:
122-->'''Ben Affleck:''' The answer lies in the title.
123* ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob'' started his review of the movie ''Bummer!'' with the following quote:
124-->'''Snob:''' Oh hey, it's a movie called ''Bummer!''. I haven't been this excited about sitting through a movie since that time I watched ''Disappointment''.
125** He also lampshaded the quote in his review of ''Film/JasonX'', saying that ''every'' negative review took the bait of using that quote in this fashion.
126* Even some broadly positive reviews of ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted'' couldn't resist quoting the bit in "We're Doing a Sequel" where they acknowledge "And everybody knows that the sequel's never quite as good!"
127* For ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'', some snarky reviewers zeroed in on Riker's line "Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse". Indeed, it's widely considered to be either the first or second-poorly received ''Franchise/StarTrek'' film featuring the ''Next Gen'' cast, competing for the title with its predecessor ''Film/StarTrekInsurrection''.
128* Website/RottenTomatoes loves to trot these out for the "critics' consensus" summary of the film reviews recorded for the poorly-received films stored in its database:
129** The critics' consensus for ''Look Who's Talking Now'' reads: "''Look Who's Talking Now'': Look away."
130** The critics' consensus for ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' begins with "Just ordinary."
131** "The ''[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet2010 Nightmare on Elm Street]]'' remake [[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/nightmare_on_elm_street_2010/ lives up to its title in the worst possible way]]."
132** The critics' consensus on ''WesternAnimation/FreeBirds'' is "begs [[ObligatoryJoke unfortunate comparisons]] with the dim-witted fowl that inspired it."
133** The critics' consensus for the Creator/DuncanJones film ''Film/Mute2018'' states that "''Mute'' is a would-be sci-fi epic whose title serves as an unfortunate guide to how it might be best enjoyed".
134** The critics' consensus for ''Film/GodsNotDead2'' mocks the film as being "every bit the [[{{Anvilicious}} proselytizing]] lecture promised by its title".
135** The critics' consensus for ''Film/TheSnowman2017'' says that the film "feels as mashed together and perishable as its title".
136** The critics' consensus on ''Film/Troll2'' is the film's most infamous scene: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyophYBP_w4 "Oh my God"]].
137** A comparatively mild case occurred with ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven2016''; the critics' consensus states: "''The Magnificent Seven'' never really lives up to the superlative in its title -- or the classics from which it draws inspiration -- but remains a [[SoOkayItsAverage moderately diverting action thriller]] on its own merits."
138** ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'' has a poop emoji (voiced by Creator/PatrickStewart) as a character. Many critics have used said emoji to sum up the film's quality, Rotten Tomatoes also uses the no-entry emoji (🚫) as the critical consensus, and [[http://filmireland.net/2017/08/17/review-the-emoji-movie/ one review]] even mocks the film as "a big pile of Patrick Stewart".
139** Several of the many negative reviews of ''Film/JackReacherNeverGoBack'' said the film "should have taken its own advice", and Rotten Tomatoes' [[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jack_reacher_never_go_back critical consensus]] adds that its "title also serves as a warning."
140** The critics' consensus for ''Film/Mile22'' runs as follows: "''Mile 22'' lets the bullets fly -- and not much else -- in a thrill-deficient action thriller whose title proves sadly fitting for a film that feels close to a marathon endurance test." For another coincidence, the percentage of fresh reviews was also at 22% at one point (it is currently at 23%).
141** The critics' consensus for ''Film/Venom2018'' has a variation: "''ComicBook/{{Venom}}'''s first standalone movie turns out to be like the comics character in all the wrong ways - chaotic, noisy, and in desperate need of a stronger attachment to Spider-Man."
142** ''The Last Thing He Wanted'' warranted the concise consensus "It'll be the last thing most viewers want, too."
143** A positive example; the critics' consensus for ''Film/MissionImpossibleFallout'' states that the film "lives up to the "impossible" part of its name by setting [[EvenBetterSequel yet another high mark]] for insane set pieces in a franchise full of them."
144** Another positive example; ''Film/PetSematary2019'' was advertised with the {{tagline}} "Sometimes dead is better.", while the critics' consensus at one point read "Sometimes remade is better." (and then more negative reviews poured in, and while its score is still higher than the original, the consensus now reads that it "feels like an exhuming almost as often as it does a revival.").
145** The critics' consensus for the controversial Netflix stand-up comedy special ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Chappelle:_Sticks_%26_Stones Dave Chappelle: Sticks and Stones]]'' notes that "''Sticks and Stones'' won't break any bones, but it won't elicit many laughs, either."
146** Another mild case occurred with ''Film/CaptiveState''; the critics' consensus reads: "This sci-fi thriller may not necessarily leave viewers in a ''Captive State'', but it offers [[SoOkayItsAverage reasonably diverting]] alien invasion action with ambitious political undertones."
147** The critics' consensus for ''Film/WinnieThePoohBloodAndHoney'' is none other than Pooh's iconic CharacterCatchphrase "Oh, bother."
148* Ty Burr's review of ''Film/ZoomAcademyForSuperheroes'' gives us this gem:
149-->Exclaims [[Creator/TimAllen Allen]] at one point, "I'm being asked to betray kids for money," and, by God, he’s right.
150* ''WebVideo/BrandonsCultMovieReviews'': OnceAnEpisode on his "Canuxploitation-a-thon" monthly projects (which have showcased some of the flat-out dumbest fully Canadian BMovie productions), Brandon has done a FacePalm and an annoyed "oh, Canada!".
151* In ''Film/YorTheHunterFromTheFuture'', Pak says "we will need a lot more hemp before we're through" while working on a boat. [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] used this line as a response to numerous weird and/or stupid events, implying that the best way to enjoy the movie is to WatchItStoned.
152* Creator/{{Netflix}} released a horror AnthologyFilm entitled -- in what was surely a case of TemptingFate -- ''Don't Watch This.'' Naturally, many critics simply couldn't help themselves.
153* ''Magazine/RollingStone''[='s=] [[https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/holmes-and-watson-movie-review-will-ferrell-772436/ review]] of ''Film/HolmesAndWatson'' ends with the following:
154-->At one point in ''Holmes & Watson'', a character goes undercover as a manure salesman and begins screaming, "Horseshit for sale! Will anyone buy my horse's shit?" It’s the one genuinely honest, self-aware moment in the movie.
155** [[UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward The Razzies]] took note of this, and used the above quote when giving Creator/JohnCReilly the Razzie for "Worst Supporting Actor".
156* One Australian film critic noted the danger of giving a film a title that suggests underperformance, as the titles often become [[SelfFulfillingProphecy self-fulfilling prophecies]]. He singled out ''Film/FailureToLaunch'' and ''Film/UnderTheRadar'' as examples.
157* The 2018 documentary film ''Death of a Nation'' got a couple of these:
158** ''The Hollywood Reporter''[='s=] [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/death-a-nation-1130931 review]] begins with the following:
159--->The opening scene of Dinesh D'Souza's new documentary depicts UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and Eva Braun committing suicide in their bunker. Long before the painfully unendurable ''Death of a Nation'' reaches its conclusion, viewers looking for their own way out will be feeling envious.
160** ''The Detroit News''[='=] [[https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/movies/2018/08/02/review-death-nation-blames-liberals-everything/872484002/ review]] ends with the following:
161--->D'Souza quotes Hitler (played by Pavel Kríz) in one scene as saying, "if you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed." It’s a concept D'Souza has taken to heart.
162* ''Film/FarAndAway'' invited a few of these, such as "[[Creator/RonHoward [Ron] Howard]]'s family saga looks like far and away the grandest new-old movie of 1992" in the ''Hartford Courant'' and "a stinker of a picture ... which was far and away the worst film I have ever seen" in the ''Daily Mirror'' a few years later. The ''New York Times'' was even compelled to take a gratuitous potshot at it in a review for one of the director's other movies: "[''Film/Apollo13''] is far and away the best thing Mr. Howard has done (and ''Far and Away'' was one of the other kind)."
163* The ''Toronto Sun'''s [[https://torontosun.com/entertainment/movies/venom-review-sony-delivers-the-worst-marvel-movie-since-elektra review]] of ''Film/Venom2018'' begins with:
164-->Funnily enough, the best line that one can use to sum up ''Venom'' comes from the titular anti-hero himself in the film’s final moments as he utters the phrase, "turd in the wind."
165* In their [[WebVideo/HalfInTheBag Half in the Bag]] review of ''Film/GetOut2017'', Mike and Jay were mildly disappointed the film received such glowing praise from critics because it denied them the countless reviews advising viewers to "Get Out...of the theater."
166* The 2018 film ''Film/{{Gotti}}'' got a couple of these:
167** ''The Daily Beast'''s [[https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-travoltas-gotti-the-most-hilariously-bad-movie-of-the-year review]] ends by saying:
168--->"Listen to me, and listen to me good. You never gonna see another guy like me if you live to be five thousand," [[Creator/JohnTravolta [John] Travolta's]] Teflon Don boasts in the final scene. With any luck, we’ll never see another mob-movie misfire like this either.
169** ''Rolling Stone''[='s=] [[https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/gotti-review-a-mobster-biopic-that-deserves-to-get-whacked-629327/ review]] has the following:
170--->As the Teflon Don tells us upfront: "This life ends one of two ways: Dead, or in jail. I did both." Audiences, sentenced to do time with this corpse of a movie, will know the feeling.
171* The first line of ''Film/{{Swordfish}}'' has a rant by Gabriel about how "Hollywood only makes shit". In its review of the movie, ''Podcast/HowDidThisGetMade'' discusses how dangerous it is to have a line like that in the movie, cause reviewers always latch onto it - "You've done it again, Hollywood".
172* In the ''Webvideo/MidnightScreenings'' review for ''Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKid: The Long Haul'', Creator/BradJones notes the subtitle is very fitting for how enduring the movie feels like, and goes on to blast the filmmakers for having the balls to title it as such.
173* An in-universe example occurs in ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'', where the titular band's album ''Shark Sandwich'' attracts a two-word review that simply reads "Shit Sandwich."
174* One review of rock-bottom-budget horror movie ''From Hell It Came'' was simply the sentence, "And to Hell it can go!"
175* Several reviews for ''Film/Morbius2022'' couldn't help but declare that the movie "sucks more than blood".
176* ''Film/Joker2019'' has an in-universe example when Arthur Fleck's disastrous attempt at stand-up comedy is played on Murray's show.
177--> '''Arthur:''' It's funny. When I was a little boy and told people I was gonna be a comedian, everyone laughed at me. [[WhosLaughingNow Well, no one's laughing now!]]\
178'''Murray:''' You can say that again, pal!
179* Lampshaded and ultimately averted by the A.V. Club's review of ''Film/HouseParty2023'':
180-->As ''House Party'' begins, co-protagonist Kevin (Jacob Latimore) tells us "There's some crazy, beautiful, weird-ass shit about to go down." When we meet his co-lead, Tosin Cole's Damon (pronounced duh-MON), another character declares "It smell like ass and onions in here!" Both offer reviewers irresistibly easy comparisons, but this attempted franchise reboot doesn't fully resemble either remark. Certainly, it works best when indulging its weird-ass side, but like onions, some scenes really could have used additional preparation to be more palatable.
181* Several critics for the movie ''Film/InTime'' declared "don't waste your time" with the movie.
182* The typical review of ''Film/CosmicSin'' says it has a very fitting title.
183* The title of ''Film/HalfPastDead'' perfectly sums up how the film was the StarDerailingRole of Creator/StevenSeagal.
184* Many reviews for ''Film/FantasticBeastsTheCrimesOfGrindelwald'' said the biggest crime was the movie itself.
185* Critics treat ''Film/{{Expend4bles}}'' as expendable.
186* The title and raunchy nature of ''Film/NoHardFeelings'' practically invited overuse of terms like "flaccid" and "limp" in coverage and reviews of it.
187* More than one reviewer of ''Film/LeftBehind2014'' claims to have left behind the audience.
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190[[folder:Literature]]
191* The ''Time'' Magazine [[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1083942,00.html review]] of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' noted the book's parallels to the series' [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets second installment]] and quotes the character Hagrid saying "Chamber o' Secrets all over again, isn't it?" British newspaper ''The Independent'' reviewed it in its media section with attention drawn to Hermione remarking "Then all of that was a complete waste of time!"
192* French Anarchist thinker Pierre-Joseph Proudhon wrote an essay, The Philosophy of Poverty, outlining his thesis against the Marxist concept of Dictatorship of the Proletariat ([=DotP=]), believing that the apparatus of a state could never be employed against the ruling class, and instead the working class must be educated in anarchist theory so they can be helped to achieve their own salvation through economic means. Creator/KarlMarx found this theory lacking; that denying the necessity of a transitional state away from capitalism was naive, that the working class would achieve consciousness naturally, that economy must done away with altogether, and that it touched not on the nature of currency as itself another form of private property, criticisms outlined in a polemic written in response. Its name? ''[[DeadpanSnarker The Poverty of Philosophy]]''.
193** Similarly, in the 11th century, the Muslim theologian al-Ghazali wrote the treatise ''The Incoherence of the Philosophers'', criticizing scholars who he believed were being led astray by "pagan" (i.e. ancient Greek) schools of thought. The more tolerant Ibn Rushd[[note]]known in the West as Averroes[[/note]] fired back with a work titled ''[[NoYou The Incoherence of "The Incoherence"]]''.
194* Not a review, but [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/fpo/survival/whatpowellsthrowsout.html this article]] briefly touched upon a children's book entitled ''I Don't Think I'm Going to Like This''.
195-->I just think it's a bit of a psychological mistake to title your book "I don't think I'm going to like this." It doesn't advertise well stored on its spine.
196* Will Errickson's [[https://toomuchhorrorfiction.blogspot.com/2016/06/smoke-by-ruby-jean-jensen-1988-when.html review]] of the Ruby Jean Jensen horror novel ''Smoke'' says the book "offers about as much substance as its title".
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199[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
200* Some reviewers of ''The Smile Has Left Your Eyes'' couldn't resist the temptation to snark that the series made the smile leave ''their'' eyes.
201* The ''Series/DoctorWho Discontinuity Guide'' has a bit of fun when characters say things like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E2TheCurseOfPeladon "There is no plot!"]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS16E2ThePiratePlanet "We must act!"]], and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks "I can't stand the confusion in my mind!"]]
202* When [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bptapTe7Ylk this contestant]] on ''Series/AmericasGotTalent'' chose to audition with the Music/LindaRonstadt song "You're No Good", [[CausticCritic Piers Morgan]] remarked, "I don't think I've ever seen a singer choose a more appropriate song to sing. What was the lyric again? 'You're no good, you're no good, you're no good, you're no good!'"
203* The snarkier judges on the various ''Idol'' series love trotting these out:
204** On ''Series/AmericanIdol'', after performing a lackluster performance of "Never Can Say Goodbye" by Music/TheJacksonFive, contestant Jorge Nunez said he wasn't going to sing "Bad" by Music/MichaelJackson. Simon Cowell responded, "You kind of did."
205** In the first season (before the show really took off), a would-be contestant sang "Music/AmericanPie."
206--->'''Contestant''': The day the music died...\
207'''Simon''': It just did.
208** An episode of ''Australian Idol'' had an auditioner singing Kasey Chambers' "Not Pretty Enough". Ian Dickson (Simon's counterpart at the time) responded with "You're ''not'' pretty enough, you're not cheerful enough, and you've got no talent."
209* In ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce'', Vrak {{Handwaved}} something away with "It's far too complex for you to understand"; and Gosei did the same in the next season by saying "There's a simple explanation for that..." before being cut off. In his ''WebVideo/HistoryOfPowerRangers'' series, Linkara would sarcastically repeat the clips whenever their respective seasons attempted other gratuitous {{Handwave|d}}s.
210* When ''Film/DirtyDancing'' was remade as an ABC TV movie, several reviews remarked that the movie should be "put in a corner".
211* The opening credits of the ''Series/TheXFiles'' spin-off ''Series/Millennium1996'' featured the floating words "wait", "worry", and "who cares?" Though this trope did come into play among those who did not, in fact, care, the last phrase mainly incited die-hard internet fans to cry out, "We do!"
212* ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'': "Decade has no story." In-universe, it's the reveal that Decade is not meant to live in a world of his own, but drift from parallel world to parallel world to help others and be a supporting character in ''their'' stories. Out of universe, it instantly hit MemeticMutation because of the series' increasingly messy, self-contradicting plot.
213* Negative reviews of ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' have used "Sheer fucking hubris" aplenty.
214* When NBC aired a live production of Peter Pan, they asked viewers to tweet #Savetinkerbell in order to save her. Detractors also got #killtinkerbell trending.
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217[[folder:Music]]
218* Variation in WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows and WebVideo/TheRapCritic's take on [[Music/BradPaisley "Accidental Racist"]], when Todd described it as being "''extremely'' accidentally racist".
219** From his worst hit songs of 2012 "How fitting that a song called '[[Music/FloRida Whistle]]' totally blows."
220** [[DefiedTrope Defied]] with regards to Music/{{Drake}}'s album ''Honestly, Nevermind''.
221-->"Let me ''work'' for it, at least."
222** Subverted in his review of "Best Song Ever" by One Direction. He thought the song was actually pretty good, although not the best song ever and it certainly wasn't as bad as he thought it would be going in. Played straight in a positive example for His Best Hit Songs of 2013 video where he sings "And we danced all night to the 6th best song of 2013"
223* ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's infamous two-word review of Music/QuietRiot's ''Condition Critical'' album.
224-->"Condition Terminal."
225* Music/HappyMondays' 1992 album ''...Yes Please!'' practically begged for the two-word review it received in ''Melody Maker'': "No thanks."
226* Music/{{Yes}} found themselves the butt of two of these: ''Melody Maker'' reviewed ''Music/TalesFromTopographicOceans'' with nothing more than the word "no," riffing on the band name, while ''Musician'' Magazine's review of ''Talk'' was summarized simply with: "Shut up."
227* The original edition of ''The Rolling Stone Record Guide'' had a few gems:
228** All three albums by early 1970s jazz rock band Chase received zero stars, and their entire output was summed up in a single word: "Flee."
229** Southern rock band Baby's 1976 album ''Where Did All the Money Go?'' received a single sentence review: "Not here, that's for sure."
230* Music/{{Pitbull}}'s song for ''Film/Aquaman2018'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhfnTs0RZLs "Ocean to Ocean"]], ended up one of the most disliked videos on Website/YouTube within 24 hours of its upload for the combination of Pitbull's verses and its borderline cut-and-paste {{sampling}} of Music/{{Toto}}'s "Africa", practically a SacredCow of Internet meme culture around the time of the song's release. Matters were not helped by the song opening with Pitbull saying "They tried to get rid of me" - quite a few commenters were quick to [[TakeThat mock that line]] with statements along the lines of "We can see why" or "They should have tried harder".
231* Eyes Adrift's 2002 self-titled album was panned in a Rolling Stone review that summed it up as "careers adrift" - this playing off the fact that they were a {{supergroup}} of musicians whose best-known work was back in the 90s (as members of Music/MeatPuppets, {{Music/Nirvana}}, and {{Music/Sublime}}).
232* Lee Hazlewood's 1973 album ''Poet, Fool or Bum'' was famously dismissed by Charles Shaar Murray in ''Magazine/{{NME}}'' with a single word review: "bum". There's been some more recent [[VindicatedByHistory re-evaluation]] of Hazlewood's work, and some modern reviewers now feel that the review, while funny, was unfair.
233* PsychedelicRock band Bull released a 1970 album called ''This is Bull'', and Robert Christgau's only comment in the ''Village Voice'' was "speak for yourself, [[Literature/TheStoryOfFerdinand Ferdinand]]."
234* Music/PinkFloyd fans who aren't pleased with Music/AMomentaryLapseOfReason will often describe the album as a Momentary Lapse of Reason for David Gilmour. Ironically one of the other options for the title, 'Signs of Life', was rumoured to have been shot down to avoid this trope.
235* In a variation on this, Tantacrul's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hZxo96x48A review]] of the music notation software [=MuseScore=] ends with a list of minor annoyances that he feels slow down the score writing process, prompting him to joke that using a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermata Fermata]] in the logo was a fitting choice as the program will frequently make you "pause for an unspecified amount of time".
236* Many negative reviews of the song "Basket Case" by Green Day take the first line of the song "Do you have the time to listen to me whine" and just answer no.
237* A positive example, when talking about "You Know You Like It" by AlunaGeorge and DJ Snake, The Double Agent repeated the song's hook "You know you like it but it drives you insane" referring how the song is a total earworm.
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240[[folder:Theater]]
241* ''Not Since Carrie'', on the 1970 musical flop ''[[Literature/ElmerGantry Gantry]]'':
242-->When the audience arrived at ''Gantry'', it was greeted with a show curtain painted to resemble the side of a worn revival tent. It bore the inscription "Where Will YOU Spend Eternity?"--the answer turned out to be, at ''Gantry''.
243* Some people who didn't like ''Theatre/LoveNeverDies'' (the contentious sequel to ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'') created a Website/{{Facebook}} community called "Love Should Die".
244* Alexander Woolcott's review of the Broadway show ''Wham!'' simply read "Ouch!" It was listed in ''The Guinness Book of World Records'' as the shortest theatrical review ever written. [[note]]Although rumours exist of a musical revue from the turn of the 20th century entitled ''A Good Time'', one review of which read, in its entirety, "No."[[/note]]
245* For his review of the 1948 musical ''You Were Meant for Me'', James Agee wrote the single sentence "That's what you think."
246* A [[https://www.nytimes.com/1920/03/16/archives/the-play-theda-bara-herself.html critical 1920 New York Times review]] of the play ''The Blue Flame'' highlights the line "I'm going to be so bad, I'll be remembered always" and mentions that "it would be ever so easy to write the review around that line."
247* In Creator/PGWodehouse and Guy Bolton's memoir ''Bring on the Girls!'', the authors reflect on the unfortunate title chosen for the one Princess musical they refused to write, ''Go to It'':
248-->Offer a dramatic critic something called ''Go to It'', and he is immediately struck by the happy thought of saying that it should have been called ''Don't Go to It'', for these dramatic critics are as quick as lightning.
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251[[folder:Video Games]]
252* Another disastrous motion controller for the Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem, Creator/BroderbundSoftware's U-Force, was supposed to work by using infrared sensors to track the player's hand movements. It had the slogan “"Don't Touch", [[http://kotaku.com/5755430/dont-touch-this-horror-of-a-nes-controller which sites such as Kotaku considered rather good advice.]]
253* Given the overall warm reception the game ''VideoGame/{{Awesomenauts}}'' has received, several reviews have noted that its title is, for the most part, well-earned.
254* The ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater'' franchise has "Superman" by Goldfinger as its BootstrappedLeitmotif, and Tony Hawk as its mascot. With the series' decline in recent years and the fact that skating is something associated with young people, many take note of the second refrain's lyrics: "So here I am, [[WhiteDwarfStarlet growing older all the time, looking older all the time]]." The following line "[[OneOfTheKids feeling younger in my mind]]" tends to be forgotten.
255* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ig6E2460V0 The Disaster trailer]] of ''VideoGame/SimCity'' (2013) featured the line "complete and utter disaster". Gamespot picked it up to close [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9iolLV3wgM their video review of the game]].
256* A [[DownloadableContent DLC]] for ''VideoGame/OmertaCityOfGangsters'', titled ''The Con Artist'', has [[http://www.gog.com/gamecard/omerta_city_of_gangsters_the_con_artist_dlc collected very unenthusiastic reviews]] from the customers, some of which point out how fitting the title is for a DLC that offers so little content for such a high price.
257* ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'':
258** Discussed in the review of ''VideoGame/RememberMe'', when Yahtzee quips that you shouldn't give your game a name that game journalists can twist into snarky headlines.
259--->'''Yahtzee''': "''Remember Me''? Kinda forgettable!" Arf-arf!
260** He also commented that it was almost a shame that ''VideoGame/{{Painkiller}}'' was awesome because otherwise, he could quip ''"Painkiller'': you'll certainly need one!"
261* ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'' had multiple lines that invited snarky responses:
262** The description for the WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}}: "'I'm gonna teach you a lesson about subtlety!' and other ironic quotes from ''Metroid: Other M''."
263** As Adam discusses the current situation with Samus, he remarks, "But then again, none of this makes sense"; a phrase that's often used by detractors to describe the plot of the game.
264** A blog analyzing the game's story [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/lb_i.php?lb_id=13373815860B43920100&p=1 on this very site]] not only used the "subtlety" and "none of this makes sense" lines, but also "Out of nowhere, I suddenly found myself concerned with his opinion again" (quipping that Samus is admitting she's out-of-character); plus snarking more than once about Adam having "the perfect military mind" (as he was described in ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'').
265* ''VideoGame/Fallout76'''s advertising prominently featured the song "[[Music/JohnDenver Country Roads]]", which begins with the line "Almost heaven, West Virginia." When the game launched to less [[GameBreakingBug than]] [[QuicksandBox stellar]] reception, [=PCWorld=] could only describe the game as [[https://www.pcworld.com/article/3323056/fallout-76-review.html "Almost hell, West Virginia"]].
266* Any time a ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' reviewer or player is severely distraught at [[BrokenBase the directions taken by a new game in the series]], expect them to say it has driven them to [[ArcWords Despair]]. Conversely, any silver linings will fill them with hope.
267* ''WebVideo/JamesAndMikeMondays'': After encountering various {{Game Breaking Bug}}s in ''VideoGame/IndianaJonesAndTheInfernalMachine'', up to and including getting a poison status effect that persists ''even after game overs'', James declares the true [[TitleDrop Infernal Machine]] to be the game itself.
268* Reviewers and Let's Players of ''VideoGame/SonicForces'' like to use the title as the start of a sentence (as in, Sonic Forces you to endure this awful game, Sonic Forces you to create a [[CharacterCustomization Fursona]], etc.). Even those who like Forces are still prone to doing this when it comes up, because [[RuleOfFun it's just fun to do]].
269* ''VideoGame/MysteryScienceTheater3000PresentsDetective'', like its source material, frequently uses this with regards to the InteractiveFiction game it riffs on. For example, when the player ends up in a closet that doubles as a dead end:
270-->[[AC:Better get out.]]
271-->'''Tom:''' Of this game.
272* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'':
273** One infamous scene has Ellie kill a dog while shouting "stupid dog!" Since the game was developed by Creator/NaughtyDog, detractors quickly latched on to the line and used it to criticize the studio.
274** In a flashback where Joel and Ellie visit an abandoned museum, the former tells the latter about ''Film/JurassicPark'', briefly mentioning that it had [[Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark a sequel]] that [[{{sequelitis}} wasn't as good]]. Needless to say, detractors -- especially ones who liked the first game -- appropriated the lines to refer to the game itself.
275* ''VideoGame/RideToHellRetribution'':
276** One of WebVideo/ScottTheWoz's notes on his review of the game is as follows:
277--->'''Game dialogue:''' "You look like shit, Jake."\
278'''Scott:''' Thank God this game is self-aware, now I don't need to comment on how the visuals look like if arthritis could code.
279** Many reviewers noted that the "1%"[[note]]A shorthand for outlaw motorcycle gangs, derived from a statement from the American Motorcycle Association that 99% of motorcyclists were law-abiding citizens[[/note]] in the game's logo would be a fitting review score.
280* Laura Kate Dale's review of ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'' for The WebVideo/{{Jimquisition}} took aim at an infamous line from the game's marketing by saying "Like an anime fan on prom night, I'd rather be playing ''Franchise/MegaMan''".
281* ''WebVideo/ProJared'''s review of ''VideoGame/VirtualHydlide'' ends with him reading a line from the manual stating that thanks to the game's random map generator, "'it's impossible to play this game twice' ... well, they got that right!"
282* ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDissonance'' invites plenty of snarky comments about the title accurately representing its music's notoriously poor sound quality. (the Japanese title was the less exploitable ''Concerto of the Midnight Sun'')
283* [[https://www.thegamer.com/shattered-tale-of-the-forgotten-king-review/ This]] review of ''Shattered - Tale of the Forgotten King'' claims it will wind up being as forgotten as its titular king.
284* Used InUniverse in the video "Mario Rage Quits His Own Game", a video where voice actor Brian Hull plays Mario Wonder viewer levels with a Mario voice, Mario says something along the lines of "Mario wonders why you would make such a bad level"
285* Detractors of ''VideoGame/AwesomePossumKicksDrMachinosButt'' unanimously agree with this in-game quote:
286-->'''Dr. Machino:''' "You're not so awesome!"\
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290[[folder:Webcomics]]
291* An InvokedTrope in the ''Webcomic/ParadoxSpace'' story "Summerteen Romance": Dave asks Karkat if they can agree that paradox space (the location) sucks, and Karkat replies that then people would take the panel out of context.
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294[[folder:Web Original]]
295* The website Website/KnowYourMeme allows users to comment on research articles detailing the various internet memes circulating "teh interwebz." The website is pretty heavy on [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Self-Demonstrating Articles]], especially made by those users in question, but whenever articles come along that people don't like or that are too forced, they will use these reviews to mock the one who attempted to make it. [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/333625-bad-luck-sora For instance...]]
296* In forums talking about Website/TVTropes, some people who didn't like how popular the site became or what changes were made to it over the years love using ItsPopularNowItSucks or TheyChangedItNowItSucks to describe the sentiment.
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299[[folder:Web Video]]
300* Much fun was had by Website/ChannelAwesome detractors with WebVideo/{{Phelous}}' line "{{This is gonna suck}}" in the ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'' trailer.
301* Many Creator/LilyOrchard detractors made use of the (since deleted) opening line from her video essay on ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' (not just for counters to the essay): "Oh, dear lord, this was a mistake!"
302* Detractors of WebVideo/CinemaSins have said that the series title is very apt.
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305[[folder:Western Animation]]
306* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' got its name to distinguish it from ''WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters''. However, that cartoon is largely forgotten nowadays, and you will usually only hear about it when someone is trying to explain to you why The Real Ghostbusters is called that. Upon watching ''The Real Ghostbusters'', you will quickly notice that the show [[YouDontLookLikeYou does not use the likenesses or voices of the original actors]]. As such, uninformed viewers and reviewers are left with the feeling that even this show, despite its name, does not feature the Real Ghostbusters.
307* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Many [=SU=] critical blogs, at least once, summed up their disappointment with the show's later seasons by using an episode title from the second: "It Could've Been Great".
308* ''Spaceballs The Animated Series'': Many ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' fans often derisively refer to the show as "Spaceballs: [[MoneyDearBoy The Search for More Money]]", after a joke from the original movie.
309* Website/PlatypusComix:
310** The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/history/bugsbirthday.html review]] of the bizarre 1990 TV special ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Happy Birthday Bugs: 50 Looney Years]]'':
311--->[We see] various clips from imaginary episodes of early '90s talk shows that took the subject of WesternAnimation/BugsBunny. [...] Daffy is viewing this stuff on his TV and mutters to himself, "This is ridiculous!" He read our minds.
312** Their [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit14.html review]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheNuttiestNutcracker'' (under ''Blog/TheIslandOfMisfitChristmasSpecials'' opens with a variation.
313--->Is it indeed the ''nuttiest'' Nutcracker? All I know is it wasn’t nutty enough.
314* A RunningGag in WebVideo/TheMysteriousMrEnter's review of the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS12E14FreshHeir Fresh Heir]]" is describing the writers of the episode with a scene of Chris and Carter giggling to themselves while the latter sticks his finger into the former's arm fold to simulate penetrating a woman's privates.
315-->'''Carter:''' We're not supposed to be doing this. I bet we're not supposed to be doing this.
316** The infamous episode "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven" has a scene where Peter offers the audience a remote advising them to change the channel, which several reviewers found to be good advice.
317* During his review of the Top 10 Worst Episodes of ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', Rowdy C of TV Trash said that title "More Crap" was very fitting.
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