Line #53 Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS4E41


1	'''Release:''' November 1, 2011
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3	'''Film:''' ''WesternAnimation/Dougs1stMovie'' (1999)
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5	!!This review contains examples of:
6	* FiveFiveFive: The phone number for Bob's "Stab 'em and Burn 'em" Torches and Pitchforks.
7	* ActuallyPrettyFunny: The Critic calls the scene where Mr. Dink shows off his virtual reality stuff the only funny scene in the movie.
8	* BaitAndSwitch:
9	-->'''Critic:''' So [Herman] goes back into the water, and we get to see our favorite character one last time before the film ends. ''(Roger is shown)'' No no, not that puke stain! ''(Robocrusher is shown)''
10	* CallBack: The Critic recalls his hate for ''Doug'' from his Nicktoons review.
11	* HappyDance: The Critic rejoices upon discovering that they ReplacedTheThemeTune for ''Doug''.
12	-->'''Critic:''' Oh, it's bland, it's forgettable, it sounds like nothing I'd remember in recent history... but hey, ''so is the fucking show''! It's absolutely perfect!
13	* ImagineSpot: The Critic has one that mocks how Doug's fantasies usually play out:
14	-->'''Critic:''' Hmm, one of these days, I'd like to do a crossover with [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash]]!\
15	''(cut to the Critic and Nash in a girly bedroom, with the Critic dressed as a knight and Nash as a beautican holding a [[VideoGame/{{Portal2}} Space Core]] doll)''\
16	'''Nash:''' You... are weird.
17	* InformedAttractiveness: The Critic has a severe problem with the Lucky Duck Lake monster, in his PaperThinDisguise as a female student, being called cute by the other girls.
18	* InnerThoughtsOutsiderPuzzlement: The Critic wonders what happens in real life while Doug is having fantasies of being Quailman. Critic imagines Skeeter being concerned while Doug is lost in a daydream and trying to figure out what's going on with his friend.
19	* InMemoriam:[[invoked]] The Critic does this for Robocrusher once he witnesses Bluff's guards destroying it.
20	* LargeHam: Critic during his rant.
21	-->'''Critic:''' You... are fired... from ''breathing!'' Please, pack up your desk, and kindly leave... '''''LIIIIFE!!!'''''
22	* ManipulativeEditing: At the end of the movie's cold opening, blood splashes on the screen, implying that Skeeter was mauled by the Lucky Duck Lake monster. The Critic then admits there's no gore.
23	* MondegreenGag: Critic mistakes Patty saying "Funkytown" as "Fuckytown".
24	* MoralEventHorizon: In-universe, Critic describes Bluff's men destroying Roger's maid robot as this, calling her the only likable character in the movie.
25	* ObligatoryJoke: {{Subverted\|Trope}} -- the Critic looked as though he's about to say something when Patti refers to the disguised "Herman Melville" as "Hermione", but he changes his mind and says, "I already made a [[Franchise/HarryPotter Hogwarts]] joke, so I'll just let this one go."
26	* PopQuiz: After the disasterous press conference:
27	-->'''Critic:''' So after they find out that the workers did indeed work for Mr. Bluff, and that it was just a plan to capture the monster, the mayor's plan is going to be:\
28	A: Have Bluff arrested\
29	B: Document all that she can by video and eye witnesses that the monster is real\
30	Or\
31	C: Have some of Bud's famous leftover meatloaf\
32	''(the latter scenario plays out)''\
33	'''Critic:''' Am I on Mars?! Tell me I'm on Mars! None of this makes any goddamn sense, I must be on Mars!
34	* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "YOU... ARE ON... ''METH!!!"''
35	* RageBreakingPoint: The Critic was able to let some of the movie's more baffling moments slide -- the male students being excited for the Valentine's Dance, Mayor Dink not using her powers to expose Herman, and Roger and his gang not attracting media attention for inventing a giant robot or a ShrinkRay -- but he draws the line at Herman being called cute by the girls while disguised as a girl himself.
36	* RunningGag: "But I digress!"
37	** "[[Film/AFewGoodMen You]] ''[[Film/AFewGoodMen fucking]]'' [[Film/AFewGoodMen people]]."
38	* ShoutOut
39	** "The film opens in TheNineties, but for some reason people act like it's [[Series/HappyDays the fifties as being told by the seventies.]]"
40	** [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing "Why do you go where I can't follow?"]]
41	** The Critic calls the characters "Creator/DrSeuss mutants" and "jellybean-colored ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpson]]'' rejects".
42	** The Critic responds to the armed security at the dance by showing clips of the guards from ''Film/TheBluesBrothers''.
43	** The Critic describes Doug and Skeeter trying to fight off the monster instead of calling the cops as them taking the ''Film/ParanormalActivity'' approach.
44	** Upon seeing that Roger's gang actually built Robocrusher (although not in the scale Roger wanted), he sarcastically says he did it in high school all the time, right after he made the Honor Roll in [[Franchise/HarryPotter Muggle Studies]].
45	** The Critic describes Robocrusher as "a sort of Creator/JuliaChild bot".
46	* SubvertedCatchphrase: "I'm the Nostalgia Critic. I remember it--" ''(original ''Doug'' theme plays)''
47	* TakeThat
48	** During his rant about teenage girls...
49	-->'''Critic:''' This is the species that's turning '''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga this]]''' into a cultural phenomenon!
50	** Critic describes Doug's fantasies as if ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' took all of their pointless cutaway jokes and turned it into some sort of horrible hybrid of wasted time.
51	** After getting annoyed at Doug's stupid decisions, The Critic calls him a "Dumbass" and looks up the insult at the dictionary expecting to find a picture of Doug there... but he instead finds the picture of Creator/TommyWiseau. [[note]]Tommy Wiseau was at the time a frequent target of mockery from Doug Walker after he took down the [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS3E27 review]] he did of [[Film/TheRoom2003 The Room]].[[/note]]
52	-->'''Critic:''' WELL IT SHOULD BE YOU IN THERE!
53	** Really the entire review is this towards the ''Doug'' series in general, regardless of which version, due to the Critic's genuine hatred of the series, which he deems "bland and boring".
54	* ThrowTheDogABone: Prepping himself for the opening theme which he absolutely ''dreads'', the Critic is absolutely ecstatic when he realizes that Disney changed the theme song. Not because he thinks it's good, but because he's been spared another round of ear rape from the original.
55	* YourHeadAsplode: [[spoiler:The Critic, when he hears the Nickelodeon ''Doug'' theme song again at the end.]]
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