Line #24 Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS6E6


1	'''Release:''' April 16, 2013
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3	'''Film:''' ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'' (2003)
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5	'''Tagline:''' Bad... BAD kitty!
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7	!!This review contains examples of:
8	* AdaptationDisplacement: {{Invoked\|Trope}} -- when the Critic decides to read ''Literature/TheCatInTheHat'' to Evilina, she expresses confusion at why the whole book is in rhyme and contains no toilet humor or pop culture jokes.
9	* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: [[spoiler:Satan arrives at the end to take Peter Soulless to Hell.]]
10	* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Satan arrives at the moment that Peter Soulless tortures the Critic and Evilina with bad scenes from Dr. Seuss movies.]]
11	* BigWhat: Satan does one in response to Critic not liking Mike Myers.
12	* BluntYes: Evilina responds this way when the Critic asks her if she got the "Cat in the Hat" DVD from next to ''Film/SonOfTheMask''.
13	* BreadEggsMilkSquick: When being read the original book, Evilina wonders where all the subplots, in-jokes, forced morals, and penis innuendos are.
14	* BrokenAesop: The Critic thinks the film's message (A little rule-breaking is fine as long as it doesn't get out of hand) doesn't work because Conrad comes across as a BrattyHalfPint taken up to eleven, and Sally is [[ControlFreak the other extreme]] also taken up to eleven, rather than normal kids.
15	* BrokenRecord: During the montage of Peter showing off the Cat's AnnoyingLaugh, Peter soon starts constantly repeating "And again? And again? And again? And again?"; the combination of that with the Cat's laugh greatly annoying the Critic.
16	* CallBack:
17	** Peter's return from [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS6E2 the review of]] ''Film/PearlHarbor''.
18	** Like Dr. Insano in ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'', Doug's Zod impression suddenly gets connected to his main character, the Critic, despite being clearly separate previously. The PlotHole seems to be acting up...
19	* CastingGag: Rob portrays a member of a crooked entertainment company [[WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee once]] [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS6E2 again]].
20	* ChekhovsGun: Critic laments that he already sold his soul to do a good [[{{Franchise/Superman}} General Zod]] impression. [[spoiler:Peter Soulless did the same thing before, and the Devil returns at the end to claim him.]]
21	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Evillina, Peter, and his two analysts. Evilina gets better by the end, but the other three... not so much.
22	-->'''Analyst 1''': Well, the chart says...\
23	'''Critic''': I'm not asking the chart, I'm asking you!\
24	'''Analyst 1''': Well, the chart says...\
25	'''Critic''': You are everything that is wrong with entertainment!\
26	'''Analyst 1''': But ''the chart says...''\
27	''(The critic turns off the TV)''
28	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Peter Soulless]].
29	* DealWithTheDevil: Turns out the Critic had sold his soul to Satan to be able to do a good General Zod impression. [[spoiler:And so did Peter to make commercially successful Seuss movies.]]
30	* DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:Peter Soulless at the end.]]
31	* DrivenToSuicide: Analyst 1 and Analyst 2 kill themselves after the Critic turns off the TV and puts the charts off their attention.
32	* DullSurprise
33	** The Critic's view of the human cast, declaring Creator/StephenHawking's [[ComputerVoice voice box]] is more emotive.
34	--->'''Critic!Hawking:''' God, put some fucking emotion into it.
35	** In-universe, he and Evilina aren't very surprised to see [[Series/SesameStreet Count Von Count]] appear in the lower right corner of the screen in response to the Cat making a vulgar joke.
36	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even Satan took offense to the Critic's comments that Creator/MikeMyers isn't as funny as he was hyped to be, and he also expressed surprise at [[spoiler:the Critic's suggestion as to how to torture Peter]], though in the end he agrees. He also seemed rather disgusted by Peter to begin with.
37	* EvilCannotComprehendGood
38	** Earlier, Peter says that they needed to add extra morals to compensate for the longer running time. The Critic replies that ''WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress'' and ''Film/MaryPoppins'' were able to keep their principal morals focused with the longer running time. Peter's response?
39	--->"Oh, what good are those films, anyway?! They don't even have pop cultural references!"
40	** Later, he also ignored the Critic's heartfelt speech to him and proceeds to show him bad clips from other Dr. Seuss movies. See also: VillainousBreakdown.
41	* FalseReassurance: "Don't worry, we'll have more ads!"
42	* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Peter Soulless is tortured in hell at the end by the Devil.]]
43	* FelonyMisdemeanor: Critic admitting to thinking Creator/MikeMyers isn't that funny is treated with horror from Evilina and her father.
44	* FlatCharacter: The critic feels this way about the Cat, and emphasizes that his signature wheezy laugh heard throughout the film does ''not'' give him characterization.
45	* HeroicBSOD: After witnessing [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment the Cat's fantasy from getting whacked in the crotch]], Critic spends the whole commercial break (and even more afterward) watching the sunset because he has nothing to say to that.
46	* HorrifyingTheHorror: Thing One and Thing Two have managed to make the Spawn of Satan scream in terror.
47	* LampshadeHanging[=/=]BetterThanABareBulb: Critic takes a dim view of this, seeing it as just lazily acknowledging how dumb the joke is instead of writing a better joke.
48	-->'''Peter''': It's Hip Writing Fact #1: If you say you're doing something painful and stupid, it's immediately no longer painful and stupid!\
49	'''Evilina''': Oh, I see! Critic, I'm going to hit you! (''slaps him, he yells'') You can't scream, it's no longer painful and stupid!\
50	'''Critic''': (''punches her back'') Yes it is! This whole movie is!
51	* MeaningfulName: Peter Soulless, [[spoiler:because he sold his soul to the devil to make the awful Seuss adaptations.]]
52	* MemeticMolester: InUniverse, the Critic sees Myers' Cat. It was so bad he was even forced to admit that at least Creator/JimCarrey fared better as [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas the Grinch]], because at least he had a clear character and was still able to be expressive through his makeup, whereas Myers seems to have two expressions: "pedo smile" and "happy I shit my pants".
53	* NearVillainVictory: As part of his VillainousBreakdown, Soulless sadistically forces the Critic and Evilina to watch bad clips of Dr. Seuss movies and laughs insanely at their cowering, thinking he has won at last. That is, until Satan arrives...
54	* NeatFreak: Critic points out that the mother works in a hand sanitizer factory, AKA Howie Mandel's Candy Store.
55	* NoodleImplements: "You want me to do ''what'' with a fork?!"
56	* OverlyLongGag:
57	** Peter showing off the Cat's AnnoyingLaugh.
58	** Critic and Evilina's long silence in response to the Cat's GroinAttack.
59	* ParentalBonus: The painful insertions of sexual jokes in the film lead the analysts to explain that such jokes actually aren't for adults but dirty minded kids who want to feel adult.
60	* PunctuatedPounding: When the Critic points out that the Cat's frequent AnnoyingLaugh does not count as giving him a clear character after being annoyed by a montage of it, he has his hand make chopping gestures to accompany his saying, "'''Having''' him '''laugh''', '''again''' and '''again'''..."
61	* ReReleaseSoundtrack: The review featuring the Music/{{Commodores}}' "Easy" (when the Cat is shown in a dress and riding a swing) and Borodin's ''Nocturne in D'' (when Critic is at a loss for words at the following scene and goes to stare at a sunset) got it [[ScrewedByTheLawyers a copyright claim]] when uploaded on [=YouTube=] (to the point where the swing shot was cut on the [=YouTube=] upload). When the review was re-uploaded as an "original edit" in January 2024, both songs were replaced with different (presumably [[ClumsyCopyrightCensorship royalty-free]]) instrumental tracks (thus reinstating the swing shot).
62	* RhymesOnADime: Peter does this a few times. Lampshaded by Critic.
63	* {{Rimshot}}: Happens when Critic alludes to the time Dakota Fanning played [[WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}} a lifeless puppet]].
64	* ScreamingAtSquick: The Critic and Evilina's reaction to the Things.
65	* SequelEpisode: To his [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS6E3 review of]] ''Film/SonOfTheMask''.
66	* ShapedLikeItself: When talking about the book: "Why does he look like a cat?" "Because... he's a cat?"
67	* ShoutOut:
68	** Evilina wonders if the Cat as he appears in the movie is the lovechild of [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Pepe le Pew]] and [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds Ronald McDonald]].
69	** Upon seeing the Cat's Carmen Miranda impersonation, the Critic begins wondering if he's actually watching a weird episode of ''Series/ToCatchAPredator'', then he decides this is meant to be one of the [[RealTrailerFakeMovie fake trailers]] that air before ''Film/TropicThunder''.
70	** The Things are called a mutated mix of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Marge Simpson]] and [[Magazine/{{Mad}} Alfred E. Neuman]], and if the creepy twins from ''Film/TheShining'' were given jagerbombs by Bozo the Clown.
71	** For every instance of {{demographically inappropriate humour}}, [[Series/SesameStreet Count Von Count]] enumerates how many times Dr. Seuss "rolled in his grave" (eight for the Cat's "dirty hoe", then becomes nine for Conrad's attempt to spell the acronym of the "Super Hydraulic Instantaneous Transporter" car).
72	** The "new" Dr. Seuss logo contains the clip of [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerryTheMovie Lickboot]] saying "[[MemeticMutation We've got to have... MONEY!]]"
73	* ShootTheMoney: The overly lavish sets put off the Critic, and make him think that he's in the middle of a Doublemint gum commercial.
74	* ShowDontTell: Critic gets annoyed with the early scene where Conrad and his mom ([[DullSurprise dully]]) tell each other they hate each other. Nothing in their previous actions implied they did.
75	* ShutUpHannibal[=/=]TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The Critic delivers an epic one to Peter when he tries making himself out as a WellIntentionedExtremist.
76	* SilentWhisper: When Critic suggests an eternal torture for Peter in in Satan's ear.
77	-->'''Satan''': You want me to do ''what'' with a fork? (''Critic whispers some more'') I like how you think!
78	* SoOkayItsAverage: The Critic's InUniverse opinion of Creator/MikeMyers.
79	* StrawCharacter: Peter Soulless and The Analysts. One gets the impression Doug doesn't think highly of executives.
80	* SubvertedCatchPhrase
81	-->'''Critic''': I’m the Nostalgia Critic, I remember it...\
82	'''Peter Soulless''': Hey! What are you doing with that fork?! (''screams as he is getting stabbed'')\
83	'''Critic''': ...while others would like to forget.
84	* TakeThat: Satan's next big movie deal is ''{{WesternAnimation/Planes}}''.
85	* TotallyRadical: The pop culture references are also skewered as a cheap way to connect to the audience, [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece and dating the film]].
86	* TriggerHappy: At the beginning, Critic takes one of Evilina's ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' dolls and shoots it.
87	* [[invoked]]UnintentionalUncannyValley: Both Critic and Evilina are horrified by the Cat and the Things. Peter Soulless, however, thinks it's just making sure they accurately resemble the art style. The Critic points out that things like that might look cute in cartoon format but are just creepy in real life.
88	-->'''Critic:''' In drawing, you can get away with leaving certain things out, like, upper lips, per se. They would look like ''wrinkles'' if you put them in a drawing, but in real life, it looks fucking ''scary''! The reason Cindy Lou was the only cute character in ''The Grinch'' was because she's the only one who was allowed to have an upper lip. Everyone else looked like a demon possessed Hungry Hungry Hippo! And these two [the Things] look like ''Film/TheShining'' girls if Bozo the Clown gave them Jagerbombs!
89	* VillainousBreakdown: This is Soulless' reaction to the Critic's heartfelt speech: he yells, "No! You're wrong!" and furiously bombards the Critic and Evilina with bad clips of other movie adaptations of Dr. Seuss stories, ordering them to appreciate them unquestionably. This leads to a NearVillainVictory above.
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