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** He's ''really'' tired of the 'beam/portal in the sky' cliche in movies and it ''will'' get a reaction out of him if it shows up.

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** He's ''really'' tired of the 'beam/portal in the sky' cliche in movies and it ''will'' get a reaction out of him if it shows up. Subverted with ''Film/IronMan'' where he's simply surprised to see it in something made much earlier.

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* AnythingThatMoves: In “The Sixth Day”, he disgusts Sci-Fi Guy by assuming Arnold would “test out” the really creepy doll, and has an Ask That Guy moment when he shrugs and reasons “a mouth is a mouth”. [[spoiler: There are also two Critics in the end (...just go with it) and they both want to fuck each other.]]


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* ExtremeOmnisexual: In “The Sixth Day”, he disgusts Sci-Fi Guy by assuming Arnold would “test out” the really creepy doll, and has an Ask That Guy moment when he shrugs and reasons “a mouth is a mouth”. [[spoiler: There are also two Critics in the end (...just go with it) and they both want to fuck each other.]]
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* AllegedlyDateless: Reboot only. He's so sex-starved that he uses Rogue figurines as wank tools, but he has people feeling him up all over the place.
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** In the ''Super Mario Brothers'' movie, he's grossed out by the big bertha and makes no fuss about the SatelliteLoveInterest either being a DistressedDamsel or getting a flame thrower at the end. Watching it now, it's just... strange.

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** In the ''Super Mario Brothers'' movie, he's grossed out by the big bertha and makes no fuss about the SatelliteLoveInterest either being a DistressedDamsel DamselInDistress or getting a flame thrower at the end. Watching it now, it's just... strange.



* ChivalrousPervert: He gets upset at unneeded {{fanservice}}, [[PrincessesRule princesses]], [[DistressedDamsel damsels in distress]], [[SatelliteLoveInterest male-dependent women]] and so on, but he'll make it clear if he's attracted to a (usually toppy or curvy) lady.

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* ChivalrousPervert: He gets upset at unneeded {{fanservice}}, [[PrincessesRule princesses]], [[DistressedDamsel [[DamselInDistress damsels in distress]], [[SatelliteLoveInterest male-dependent women]] and so on, but he'll make it clear if he's attracted to a (usually toppy or curvy) lady.
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** And ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' drives him [[IncrediblyLamePun 'batshit insane']], until he takes some pills. "Tranquilizers. Always come prepared when Schumacher is involved."

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** And ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' drives him [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} 'batshit insane']], until he takes some pills. "Tranquilizers. Always come prepared when Schumacher is involved."
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* EndearinglyDorky: His resident LoonyFan Hyper Fangirl falls in love with the Critic because of his nerdiness, love for retro media, and his "half-professional, half-grungy clothes" (quite similar to her love for [[WesternAnimation/TheLorax the Once-ler]]). Critic is ''not'' happy about this.

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* EndearinglyDorky: His resident LoonyFan Hyper Fangirl falls in love with the Critic because of his nerdiness, love for retro media, and his "half-professional, half-grungy clothes" (quite similar to her love for [[WesternAnimation/TheLorax [[WesternAnimation/TheLorax2012 the Once-ler]]). Critic is ''not'' happy about this.
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* DespairEventHorizon: He's already well past it when ''Film/TheNeverendingStory III'' begins. He approaches it at the end of ''Film/MyPetMonster'' and start of the following "Nostalgic Commercials" video, falling over the edge near the end.

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* DespairEventHorizon: He's already well past it when ''Film/TheNeverendingStory III'' ''[[Film/TheNeverEndingStoryIIIEscapeFromFantasia The NeverEnding Story III]]'' begins. He approaches it at the end of ''Film/MyPetMonster'' and start of the following "Nostalgic Commercials" video, falling over the edge near the end.
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** After his "''{{Superman}}'' Top 11" review, the Critic mentions how the movies always make him smile, before remembering the tragic fates of Creator/ChristopherReeve, Creator/MargotKidder and the World Trade Center.

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** After his "''{{Superman}}'' "''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' Top 11" review, the Critic mentions how the movies always make him smile, before remembering the tragic fates of Creator/ChristopherReeve, Creator/MargotKidder and the World Trade Center.
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** Compare the reviews of ''Film/AKidInKingArthursCourt'' and ''Film/AlienResurrection''. The former has him salivating over a RelationshipWritingFumble between two young-looking sisters and the latter a few years later has him irritated over how it was just advertised to get the male demographic in.

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** [[invoked]] Compare the reviews of ''Film/AKidInKingArthursCourt'' and ''Film/AlienResurrection''. The former has him salivating over a RelationshipWritingFumble case of PlatonicWritingRomanticReading between two young-looking sisters and the latter a few years later has him irritated over how it was just advertised to get the male demographic in.
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%% * DynamicCharacter: Probably the first internet reviewer character to have actual arcs and backstory.
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* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: The Critic never suspected that God would be watching his "Old vs. New" video of ''Film/TheTenCommandments'' vs. ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''. He thought God was a benevolent and kind being, but God didn't let him get away with that statement.

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* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: The Critic never suspected that God would be watching his "Old vs. New" video of ''Film/TheTenCommandments'' ''Film/TheTenCommandments1956'' vs. ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''. He thought God was a benevolent and kind being, but God didn't let him get away with that statement.
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* BastardBoyfriend: In his mind at least. He's creepily enjoying descending on Rachel in ''Film/TheShining'', sees nothing wrong with smacking Tamara around (she at least is his {{dominatrix}} too), is DrunkWithPower {{gaslighting}} Doug in “The Review Must Go On”, and wants a clone of himself as a SexSlave in “The Sixth Day”. Plus he owns a whip.
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* CausticCritic: The fact that he's a DeconstructiveParody of one, focusing on how ''miserable'' the job is, has become more clear as time goes on. He tries to make strong points about things in movies that is so abrasive and bitterly hostile that sometimes he looks riduclous as a result.

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* CausticCritic: The fact that he's a DeconstructiveParody of one, focusing on how ''miserable'' the job is, has become more clear as time goes on. He tries to make strong points about things in movies in a way that is so abrasive and bitterly hostile that sometimes he looks riduclous ridiculous as a result.
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** He would also kindly like you to not say the proper name of ''[[WesternAnimation/DuckTales DT]]'' because the [[EarWorm theme song]] finally got out of him.

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** He would also kindly like you to not say the proper name of ''[[WesternAnimation/DuckTales ''[[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 DT]]'' because the [[EarWorm theme song]] finally got out of him.
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[[center: [- [[Characters/TheNostalgiaCritic Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/TheNostalgiaCriticTheCritic The Critic]] ('''A-E''', [[Characters/TheNostalgiaCriticTheCriticTropesFToM F-M]], [[Characters/TheNostalgiaCriticTheCriticTropesNToZ N-Z]]) | [[Characters/TheNostalgiaCriticDougsCharacters Doug's Characters]] | [[Characters/TheNostalgiaCriticOtherCharacters Other Characters]]]]-]

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[[center: [- [[Characters/TheNostalgiaCritic Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/TheNostalgiaCriticTheCritic The Critic]] ('''A-E''', [[Characters/TheNostalgiaCriticTheCriticTropesFToM F-M]], [[Characters/TheNostalgiaCriticTheCriticTropesNToZ N-Z]]) | [[Characters/TheNostalgiaCriticDougsCharacters Doug's Characters]] | [[Characters/TheNostalgiaCriticMalcolmsCharacters Malcolm's Characters]] | [[Characters/TheNostalgiaCriticTamarasCharacters Tamara's Characters]] | [[Characters/TheNostalgiaCriticOtherCharacters Other Characters]]]]-]
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I didn't know why this one was cut as it kinda fits his person as he's a film critic that is very abrasive and caustic.

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* CausticCritic: The fact that he's a DeconstructiveParody of one, focusing on how ''miserable'' the job is, has become more clear as time goes on. He tries to make strong points about things in movies that is so abrasive and bitterly hostile that sometimes he looks riduclous as a result.
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Well, I managed to make a legitimate compromise with The Critic being goofy in his job as a movie reviewer.

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* BunnyEarsLawyer: He is a comedic character that is eccentric, erratic and over-the-top but he's very straightforward as a critic and is strongly passionate about the things that he's talking about. Though he does get easily distracted by the random and wacky shenanigans that happens around him.
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* TheComicallySerious: Subverted. He is a comedic character that is eccentric, erratic and over-the-top but he does take his job as a internet critic VERY seriously and is strongly passionate about the things that he's talking about.
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* TheComicallySerious: He is a comedic character that is eccentric, erratic and over-the-top but he does take his job as a internet critic VERY seriously and is strongly passionate about the things that he's talking about.

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* TheComicallySerious: Subverted. He is a comedic character that is eccentric, erratic and over-the-top but he does take his job as a internet critic VERY seriously and is strongly passionate about the things that he's talking about.

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I am aware that the Nostalgia Critic is a silly, comedic character but it doesn't mean that he doesn't get serious when he reviews movies.


%% * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The Critic can be as eccentric as the wacky personalities that he surrounds himself with.

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%% * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The Critic can be just as eccentric as the wacky personalities that he surrounds himself with.with and insanely over-the-top in his comedic antics.


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* TheComicallySerious: He is a comedic character that is eccentric, erratic and over-the-top but he does take his job as a internet critic VERY seriously and is strongly passionate about the things that he's talking about.
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** [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted in "The Review Must Go On", where it is revealed that the Critic was actually stuck in [[WebVideo/DemoReel a purgatory]] that the Plot Hole created from his subconciousness because his own mind was unable to comprehend that he would commit such an act of heroism.]]

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** [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted in "The Review Must Go On", where it is revealed that the Critic was actually stuck in [[WebVideo/DemoReel a purgatory]] that the Plot Hole created from his subconciousness because his own mind was unable to comprehend that he would commit such an act of heroism. This ultimately leads to the Critic escaping back to his own world.]]
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** [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted in "The Review Must Go On", where it is revealed that the Critic was actually stuck in [[WebVideo/DemoReel a purgatory]] that the Plot Hole created from his subconciousness because his own mind was unable to comprehend that he would commit such an act of heroism.]]
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Forgot to give a reason for deleting Agent Scully: it's because the movies Critic reviews usually have their own rules, and if he criticizes them for not following logic, it usually applies to the logic of that movie. If the same weird shit happens in the real world, he'll usually either call it out as weird or not question it because the movie said not to question weird stuff. Also, he rarely uses any scientific reasoning.

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* DistressedDude:
** He got kidnapped by the Game Heroes and was made to promote their stuff at gunpoint.
** When he was chloroformed by The Nostalgia Chick, he got just as much into the victim role.
** Spooning With Spoony II probably counts, seeing as how he was the only canon one who was roofied and judging by the details, Spoony really went to town on humiliating him.
** Made fun of in the ''{{Film/Sidekicks}}'' review where he acts like he's chained up.
-->'''Critic''': Next I bet you wanna hook up my nipples to a car battery, don't you? ''Don't you?''
** Also played for laughs in ''WesternAnimation/{{Care Bears Movie II|A New Generation}}'' when Christy's screaming wears him down even though he knows it's a trap.
-->'''Critic''': Oh my God, a bag!
** Teddy Ruxpin forces a gun in his mouth and makes him write a more positive review, killing him when he screams for help.
** Before Ma-Ti comes in to take the brunt of the abuse in the brawl, he spends most of the beginning on the floor. Both [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Linkara]] and the [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Chick]] joined in specifically to save him.
** Looks to be the case in Linkara's PreviouslyOn for ''Countdown'', with Chester in control and shot with HitlerCam, and Critic being shown in the opposite camera angle and surrounded by darkness. He recovers (with snark) better in this instance than he does the others.
** The amount of IHaveYouNowMyPretty moments he's been subjected to would make this list even longer.
** By ''Film/TheWiz'', all that distress seems to have warped his brain a little, as he's actually ''disappointed'' when learning Todd isn't a rapist LoonyFan who wants him.
** Near the end of ''Film/ManOfSteel'', Zod takes him hostage and would have slowly tortured him to death (making good on what was threatened in ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'') if it hadn't been for Superman's intervention.
** He's alone with Shya-Amon in ''Devil'' and is about to get {{Mind Rape}}d again before Devil-In-Santa-Christ saves his ass.
** “What You Never Knew About TMNT” strongly implies that Hyper Fangirl kidnapped him, as he's suddenly 'missing until further notice and terrified' after she had broken into his house. Turns out that she'd taken him to a BigFancyHouse that she got from a previous stalking victim and was making him do 'romantic' stuff with her (under gunpoint and torture threats) until he fell in love with her. He reminds her of this in the ''Christmas Story II'' rant but is MadeOutToBeAJerkass.
** In the ''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}'' parody of 2014's Nostalgiaween, he takes the place of Justine and get stabbed, although this might be an hallucination of his.
** Subverted in ''WebVideo/PopQuizHotshot'' pilot, as he's technically there against his will, but he's fine and is especially happy watching losing contestants die. In the rebooted version, he's the one taking a page from Hyper and kidnapping people to try and make them his friends.
** For liking ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'' more than ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', he gets kidnapped by Devil Boner, Improbable Joe and the other War Boys.
** Lampshaded in ''Christmas With The Kranks'', where he asks “why is it whenever I wake up I have a 50/50 chance of being held against my will”?
** PlayedForLaughs in “Cats and Dogs”, when he was apparently held hostage by a [[http://aattp.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/kid-with-gun-620x330.jpg this]] kid with a gun.
-->'''Critic''': I'm never taking that babysitting job again.
*** He's also creeped out by how calm the kid is while blindfolded and tied up, and says in his experience, he'd be scared shitless no matter what age he was.
** Also amusingly lampshaded in ''Cinderella: Old vs New'', as Hyper and Devil Boner are proud of the other for keeping Critic hostage so well.
** In the crossover review of ''BMX Bandits'', Diamanda Hagan uses General Anesthetic to hold him at gunpoint so he'll do the review with her. He's irritated but it's happened so much he takes it in stride.
** Lampshaded in "Old vs New: Evil Dead", where Hyper Boner kidnap him together (it's a thing) and he says he's been kidnapped so many times a plumber is constantly being told he's in another castle.

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* DistressedDude:
** He got kidnapped
DistressedDude: Critic has been kidnapped, held hostage, or beaten up at least once by the Game Heroes and was made to promote their stuff at gunpoint.
** When he was chloroformed by The Nostalgia Chick, he got just as much into the victim role.
** Spooning With Spoony II probably counts, seeing as how he was the only canon one who was roofied and judging by the details, Spoony really went to town on humiliating him.
** Made fun of in the ''{{Film/Sidekicks}}'' review where he acts like
almost every character he's chained up.
-->'''Critic''': Next I bet you wanna hook up my nipples
interacted with. Perpetrators include characters from the movie he's currently reviewing, his fellow content creators, sketch characters, and, according to a car battery, don't you? ''Don't you?''
** Also played for laughs
NoodleIncident in ''WesternAnimation/{{Care Bears Movie II|A New Generation}}'' when Christy's screaming wears him down even though the Cats and Dogs review, a ''child that he knows babysat''. This is a common enough trope in the series that it's a trap.
-->'''Critic''': Oh my God, a bag!
** Teddy Ruxpin forces a gun in his mouth and makes him write a more positive review, killing him when he screams for help.
** Before Ma-Ti comes in to take the brunt of the abuse in the brawl, he spends most of the beginning on the floor. Both [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Linkara]] and the [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Chick]] joined in specifically to save him.
** Looks to be the case in Linkara's PreviouslyOn for ''Countdown'', with Chester in control and shot with HitlerCam, and Critic being shown in the opposite camera angle and surrounded by darkness. He recovers (with snark) better in this instance than he does the others.
** The amount of IHaveYouNowMyPretty moments he's
been subjected to would make this list even longer.
** By ''Film/TheWiz'', all that distress seems to have warped his brain a little, as he's actually ''disappointed'' when learning Todd isn't a rapist LoonyFan who wants him.
** Near the end of ''Film/ManOfSteel'', Zod takes him hostage and would have slowly tortured him to death (making good on what was threatened in ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'') if it hadn't been for Superman's intervention.
** He's alone with Shya-Amon in ''Devil'' and is about to get {{Mind Rape}}d again before Devil-In-Santa-Christ saves his ass.
** “What You Never Knew About TMNT” strongly implies that
lampshaded multiple times. Hyper Fangirl kidnapped him, as he's suddenly 'missing until further notice and terrified' after she had broken into his house. Turns out that she'd taken him to a BigFancyHouse that she got from a previous stalking victim and was making him do 'romantic' stuff with her (under gunpoint and torture threats) until he fell in love with her. He reminds her of this in the ''Christmas Story II'' rant but is MadeOutToBeAJerkass.
** In the ''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}'' parody of 2014's Nostalgiaween, he takes the place of Justine and get stabbed, although this might be an hallucination of his.
** Subverted in ''WebVideo/PopQuizHotshot'' pilot, as he's technically there against his will, but he's fine and is especially happy watching losing contestants die. In the rebooted version, he's the one taking a page from Hyper and kidnapping people to try and make them his friends.
** For liking ''Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome'' more than ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', he gets kidnapped by Devil Boner, Improbable Joe and the other War Boys.
** Lampshaded in ''Christmas With The Kranks'', where he asks “why is it whenever I wake up I have a 50/50 chance of being held against my will”?
** PlayedForLaughs in “Cats and Dogs”, when he was apparently held hostage by a [[http://aattp.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/kid-with-gun-620x330.jpg this]] kid with a gun.
-->'''Critic''': I'm never taking that babysitting job again.
*** He's also creeped out by how calm the kid is while blindfolded and tied up, and says in his experience, he'd be scared shitless no matter what age he was.
** Also amusingly lampshaded in ''Cinderella: Old vs New'', as Hyper
and Devil Boner are proud of the other for keeping even bonded over kidnapping Critic hostage so well.
** In the crossover review of ''BMX Bandits'', Diamanda Hagan uses General Anesthetic to hold him at gunpoint so he'll do the review with her. He's irritated but it's happened so much he takes it in stride.
** Lampshaded in "Old vs New: Evil Dead", where Hyper Boner kidnap him together (it's
as a thing) and he says he's been kidnapped so many times a plumber is constantly being told he's in another castle.couple's activity.



%% * DrivenToMadness: ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'' does this to the Critic in his 100th episode. It does it out of the ''sheer stupidity'' of the movie. So much so they sped the camera up for most of his breakdown.

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%% * DrivenToMadness: ** ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'' does this to the Critic in his 100th episode. It does it out of the ''sheer stupidity'' of the movie. So much so they sped the camera up for most of his breakdown.

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Cleanup. The Atoner: Cut speculation, connection is never explicitly made. Authority In Name Only is for when the authority position is entirely made up, not when it's real but he's bad at it. He's never depicted as Beautiful All Along as he's still described as a dorky and often unattractive adult. Because Im Good At It: Speculation; he never said he related to Santa in that scene. Because I Said So: Rachel doesn't have a Guilt Complex, She only helps him in that review because she doesn't want to lose her job, and she doesn't blame herself at all. I'm also not sure if he makes up the shitty tasks for her and Malcolm to do just so she doesn't distract him. The "you're distracting me" stuff comes up later when he's parodying Nicholson's character. Being Tortured Makes You Evil: He was already pretty Ax Crazy before getting raped and kidnapped and the connection to the trauma is never made. Berserk Button: Everything cut was either normal things to be angry over, only appeared in the series once, or never even made him disproportionately angry. Preferring other holidays does not make him a Birthday Hater. Second half of Cassandra Truth is a complaining shoehorn as Critic is depicted in the wrong, despite being Unintentionally Sympathetic, and Santa Christ even points out that Critic isn't even on his own side. The Cast Showoff belongs on Trivia, though it's very gushy. Cat Boy is a gushy shoehorn. Character Tics: Hyper copying his tics is fanon. Chivalrous Pervert: Care Bears example lacks the "chivalrous" part and the other part is both inaccurate (he fights the women on the site a lot) and treats "finds women nice-looking" as "pervert." Chubby Chaser sounds like it's only about big boobs, not weight as a whole. Class Clown is not the same as "not acting your age." He never said Lady Tremaine was like his own parents so Close To Home is speculation, the other entries probably are as well. The Comically Serious is for serious characters who are put in silly situations, while Critic is usually depicted as a comic character. Compensating For Something is misuse as it claims his penis isn't small (via extremely inappropriate comments about a real actor's body) and he's not explicitly compensating for manhood in these episodes either. Composite Character is only for adaptations. Conditioned To Accept Horror: If he acknowledges his childhood was fucked up in the Halloween example he's not conditioned, and he literally never said the clown thing happened to him, it was a That Came Out Wrong remark about a Mc Donald's commercial. Crazy Jealous Guy is only for romantic jealousy. Cross Player is not for meta comparisons to female characters and Doug is usually the one playing female characters, not Critic. Cute But Cacophonic is complainy and doesn't count as Critic isn't meant to be cute. Designated Monkey example is not In Universe. Being annoyed at another reviewer going on about a certain point does not indicate he is Driven By Envy. The Dutiful Son is speculation. For the last bullet of Even Evil Has Standards: Mocking fanservice and gushing over female characters is not inherently "feminism." Even Nerds Have Standards: Last bullet point is for Chester who may not even be an example. Even The Guys Want Him: None of this pertains to Critic and is technically troping the real-life celebrities. Second part of Everyone Hates Math is complainy. Everything Is Racist is contextless and just sounds like complaining. Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: "Why Do We Love Stupid" example is complaining about meta stuff and the Canada example is false - he's obviously pissed off at the Mood Whiplash, not at the message of the PSA. Evil Matriarch: He never compares the villain to his own mother. Also commented out any Zero Context Examples.


* AgentScully: Despite all of the unexplained, magical things that have happened to him, he still demands logic in the movies he reviews.



* AintTooProudToBeg: He'll even whore himself out as long [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry you]] don't play another song.

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** In one of Hyper's post-kidnapping vlogs, he in exhausted tone asks her if he does what she tells him to do will she finally go away. She says no and he shows some leg before shoving her out the window.
* TheAlcoholic: Even though even [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] would probably laugh at him for not being able to handle his drink, booze pops up a lot in his show. In ''It'', Dr Smith [[spoiler: his father]] gets concerned because he's drinking too much.
* AlcoholicParent: His mother calls him up when she's been drinking and insults him horribly. It's happened so often that he doesn't mind, and he still looks completely traumatized when he's told that she died. Though that doesn't stop him from mentioning it in later reviews, she got drunk at her book club apparently.

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** In one of Hyper's post-kidnapping vlogs, he in exhausted tone asks her if he does what she tells him to do will she finally go away. She says no and he shows some leg before shoving her out the window.
* TheAlcoholic: Even though even [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Doc Brown]] would probably laugh at him for not being able to handle his drink, booze pops up a lot in his show. In ''It'', Critic gets wasted from his Stephen King DrinkingGame and can barely speak in coherent sentences midway through the review, Dr Smith [[spoiler: his [[spoiler:his father]] gets concerned because he's drinking too much.
that he could end up dying.
* AlcoholicParent: His mother calls him up when she's been drinking and insults him horribly. It's happened so often that he doesn't mind, and he still looks completely traumatized when he's told that she died. Though that doesn't stop him from mentioning it in later reviews, she got drunk at her book club apparently.



* AmazonChaser: Put an ActionGirl in a movie (but don't chickify her) and he'll fall in love. Tamara in ''Film/TheWickerMan2006'' uses this to her advantage, as while she's cutesy and silly with Snob and Spoony, she gaslights and tortures Critic and it gets her a job with him.

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* AmazonChaser: Put an ActionGirl in a movie (but don't chickify her) and he'll fall in love. Tamara in ''Film/TheWickerMan2006'' uses this to her advantage, as while she's cutesy and silly with Snob and Spoony, she gaslights and tortures Critic and it gets her a job with him.



* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Played with. He's annoying, but The Other Guy keeps him in place through disproportionate means. (Like punching him back into a review)
** That said the Critic gives at least as good as he gets considering that he repeatedly berated and beat up Rob without any real provocation in his review of ''Franchise/XMen''.

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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Played with. He's annoying, but The Other Guy keeps him in place through disproportionate means. (Like means, like punching him back into a review)
** That said the Critic gives at least as good as he gets considering that he repeatedly berated and beat up Rob without any real provocation in his review of ''Franchise/XMen''.
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* AntiRoleModel: Doug tries to make it very clear that you ''shouldn't'' think of Critic as a badass or someone to look up to.
* ApologeticAttacker: "TO WAR! ...whenever you have the time."

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* AntiRoleModel: Doug tries to make it very clear that you ''shouldn't'' think of Critic as a badass or someone to look up to.
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* AnythingThatMoves: In “The Sixth Day”, he disgusts Sci-Fi Guy by assuming Arnold would “test out” the really creepy doll, and has an Ask That Guy moment when he shrugs and reasons “a mouth is a mouth”. [[spoiler: There are also two Critics in the end (...just go with it) and they both want to fuck each other.]]
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* ApologeticAttacker: "TO WAR! ...whenever you have the time."



* TheAtoner: His accidental admission that he'd killed a Reno hooker by accident gives a new spin on his anger with the UnproblematicProstitution in ''Film/MilkMoney''. Less common sense, more trying to make up for what he did. This trait is especially apparent in WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee, as even the trailers had his lines about finally having a chance to make up for his mistakes.

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* TheAtoner: His accidental admission that he'd killed a Reno hooker by accident gives a new spin on his anger with the UnproblematicProstitution in ''Film/MilkMoney''. Less common sense, more trying to make up for what he did. This trait is especially apparent in WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee, as even the trailers had his lines about finally having a chance to make up for his mistakes.



** Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/FoodFight'', when he at least gets that he's being punished for sins he's done, but blames himself for things he had nothing to do with. ''Fatal Fight'', the music from WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee when he killed himself, provides the anvil for anyone not getting it.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: As part of HypocriticalHumor, he gets distracted by a housefly in ''Ferngully II''. In other reviews, he'll get caught up in a sketch if the movie is too dull. Doug has stated in multiple vlogs that he's almost certain he has ADD, so that would explain why Critic can't seem to keep much focus on anything. There's a cute moment in ''The Uncanny Valley'' review where he goes all out on this trait.

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** Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/FoodFight'', when he at least gets that he's being punished for sins he's done, but blames himself for things he had nothing to do with. ''Fatal Fight'', the music from WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee when he killed himself, provides the anvil for anyone not getting it.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: As part of HypocriticalHumor, he gets distracted by a housefly in ''Ferngully II''. In other reviews, he'll get caught up in a sketch if the movie is too dull. Doug has stated in multiple vlogs that he's almost certain he has ADD, so that would explain why Critic can't seem to keep much focus on anything. There's a cute moment in ''The Uncanny Valley'' review where he goes all out on this trait.



* AuthorityInNameOnly: In the TGWTG universe, he's the boss. He gets walked over a lot, however, so that it really doesn't mean much. Phelous doesn't even remember his CatchPhrase. And while he's 'better' (as in his abuse works more to keep them under his control) with Malcolm/Tamara/Rachel, they still loathe him and think he's an idiot who deserves to be tortured. Even with Tamara and Malcolm, when Rob's there (and they're siding with him) Critic has no authority over anyone again, empty threat-ing them that he can buy and sell them like ABBA's dignity.



* BadLiar: [[SarcasmMode Sure]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R7bz5lrhzs&feature=related they're treating you well, Critic]].

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%% * BadLiar: [[SarcasmMode Sure]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R7bz5lrhzs&feature=related they're treating you well, Critic]].



* BeardOfSorrow
* BeautifulAllAlong: We've seen him as a fairly {{gonk}}y dork as a young teenager, and he complains about being bullied because he looked and acted too much like ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'', but he's grown up into a traditional PrettyBoy.

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%% * BeardOfSorrow
* BeautifulAllAlong: We've seen him as a fairly {{gonk}}y dork as a young teenager, and he complains about being bullied because he looked and acted too much like ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'', but he's grown up into a traditional PrettyBoy.
BeardOfSorrow



* BecauseImGoodAtIt: Variant. He relates to the Santa in "A Christmas Story" because he too hates his job but exploits it because ''other'' people think he's good at it.



* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil:
** Sexual variant. The Spooning storyline continues in "The Strangest But Best Couples", when he acts [[spoiler: or at least tries, he gets creeped on fast in punishment for his homophobia]] like Spoony in the series.
** All the times he's been a DistressedDude, Hyper kidnapping him being the final straw, resulted in him being the kidnapper in ''WebVideo/PopQuizHotshot'', holding people captive and forcing them to be his 'friends'.



** He can't stand children getting abused or having a film treating them like idiots and women not having the power they should have.
** He also hates it when a parent death is treated solely as a plot device with little emotional resonance.
** Movies based on historical tragedies, like the animated ''Titanic'' films and ''Pearl Harbor'', get a lot of hate for mis-portraying real disasters where thousands of people died for the sake of narrative or dramatic convenience.



** Despite him lampshading that they ended in a sweet place at WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee, a little girl gets beaten to death (offscreen) because she mistook him for the Nerd.
** One that he will dedicate entire episodes to are frivolous copyright claims to silence criticism that could hurt profits and reputation. See: Tommy Wiseau, Hollywood in general...



** He never really enjoyed it, but TestosteronePoisoning seems to genuinely anger him in reboot. Even when he's into it he feels guilty and complains that he doesn't want to fit into his gender.
** Ever since Hyper kidnapped him, he hates people being too calm about being held hostage. A lot of '' The THIRD Animated Titanic Movie'' is him getting loudly upset about it.



* BirthdayHater: Odd for such a LonelyRichKid, but the only gift-giving holiday he enjoys is Christmas. He also loves Halloween, for slightly [[EthicalSlut different]] [[NightmareFetishist reasons]].
** AnythingThatMoves: In “The Sixth Day”, he disgusts Sci-Fi Guy by assuming Arnold would “test out” the really creepy doll, and has an Ask That Guy moment when he shrugs and reasons “a mouth is a mouth”. [[spoiler: There are also two Critics in the end (...just go with it) and they both want to fuck each other.]]



* BoisterousWeakling: Although the "getting ordered around" bit (and sometimes getting beaten too) [[{{fetish}} doesn't]] bother him.

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%% * BoisterousWeakling: Although the "getting ordered around" bit (and sometimes getting beaten too) [[{{fetish}} doesn't]] bother him.



* BrainsAndBondage: He's a GeniusDitz masochist who loves toppy women. In the first Nerd Rant, he's ''proud'' of how he tortures himself.

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* BrainsAndBondage: BrainsAndBondage:
**
He's a GeniusDitz masochist who loves toppy aggressive women. In the first Nerd Rant, he's ''proud'' of how he tortures himself.



** Turns out in ''Blade'' that he got his Hotshot kink wish, as he says the bloodbath is meant to be scary, but you can see it at any goth club along with rubber gimps.



* BreakTheCutie: Finally driven home in the "Commercials Special" when he bemoans that he used to have such dreams and promise.

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* BreakTheCutie: BreakTheCutie:
%% **
Finally driven home in the "Commercials Special" when he bemoans that he used to have such dreams and promise.



* BrokenAce: Comes off like this in the reboot. Gets the voice actors to act out Pinky And The Brain splitting up, takes down TMZ, lectures executives constantly on where they're going wrong... is losing more of his mind and is confirmed to hallucinating/reality warping a lot, wants to be back in the PlotHole on several occasions, and has pushed away everyone who once cared about him because he was such an asshole upon return. Lampshaded hilariously harshly at the start of ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes2001'', when the announcer asks why someone of so little worth gets so many favors from famous people.



* ButtMonkey: While he tries to act like a successful MeanBoss during crossovers, either the others get the upper hand or his own patheticness does him in. Hyper and Devil Boner also mock him for his DistressedDude status at their hand, beaming with pride at the other for holding him hostage so well.

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* ButtMonkey: While WordOfGod says he was ''created'' to suffer. Deconstructed in ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' onwards, where he breaks down over how hellish his life is and wants nothing more than to do something good for once. He tries to act like a successful MeanBoss during crossovers, and either the others get the upper hand or his own patheticness attitude does him in. Hyper and Devil Boner also mock him for his DistressedDude status at their hand, beaming with pride at the other for holding him hostage so well.



* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: [[spoiler: The Critic never suspected that God would be watching his "Old vs. New" video of ''Film/TheTenCommandments'' vs. ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''. He thought God was a benevolent and kind being, but God didn't let him get away with that statement.]]

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* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: [[spoiler: The Critic never suspected that God would be watching his "Old vs. New" video of ''Film/TheTenCommandments'' vs. ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''. He thought God was a benevolent and kind being, but God didn't let him get away with that statement.]]



* CassandraTruth:
** When he tries to put Rocky's message of "people can change" to the real world, he gets punched and shot at.
** In a less joke and more making a point version, he's depressed when he tries to tell Santa Christ about what Hyper did to him and just gets victim blamed.
-->'''Critic''': You're never gonna be on my side are you?
* TheCastShowoff: [[invoked]] Doug has a singing voice made for musical theater which he puts on display fairly often.
** He and his brother are also skilled at impressions and other voices, which they also put on display... in practically every Nostalgia Critic video.
** Less often than the singing, but he also likes to show off that he's a very good dancer. The ''Transformers 4'' crossover takes time out to have a few minute dancing contest, which is essentially just an excuse to show off his (and Erod's) dancing skills.
** In ''WesternAnimation/RoverDangerfield'', he brought back bad memories for art students when he makes some very good drawings in under a minute, calls them crap assuming everyone would agree with him, and throws them away.
** ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' shows his Burton shrine filled with drawings, and when Critic angrily squirms that they're crap, Burton kindly says “but some of it's good”.
* CatBoy: Much to tumblr's enjoyment, the mother in “Cats And Dogs” makes him bat string like a cat, and play fetch like a dog. The announcers also literally call him a poodle, canon that fangirl fandom has gleefully taken to heart.
* CatSmile: When he's trying very hard to keep himself from laughing.

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* CassandraTruth:
**
CassandraTruth: When he tries to put Rocky's message of "people can change" to the real world, he gets punched and shot at.
** In a less joke and more making a point version, he's depressed when he tries to tell Santa Christ about what Hyper did to him and just gets victim blamed.
-->'''Critic''': You're never gonna be on my side are you?
* TheCastShowoff: [[invoked]] Doug has a singing voice made for musical theater which he puts on display fairly often.
** He and his brother are also skilled at impressions and other voices, which they also put on display... in practically every Nostalgia Critic video.
** Less often than the singing, but he also likes to show off that he's a very good dancer. The ''Transformers 4'' crossover takes time out to have a few minute dancing contest, which is essentially just an excuse to show off his (and Erod's) dancing skills.
** In ''WesternAnimation/RoverDangerfield'', he brought back bad memories for art students when he makes some very good drawings in under a minute, calls them crap assuming everyone would agree with him, and throws them away.
** ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' shows his Burton shrine filled with drawings, and when Critic angrily squirms that they're crap, Burton kindly says “but some of it's good”.
* CatBoy: Much to tumblr's enjoyment, the mother in “Cats And Dogs” makes him bat string like a cat, and play fetch like a dog. The announcers also literally call him a poodle, canon that fangirl fandom has gleefully taken to heart.
%% * CatSmile: When he's trying very hard to keep himself from laughing.



* CharacterTics: Puckering his mouth when he's thinking, giving a DeathGlare with his mouth slightly open when he's trying to be angry but failing, and rubbing his chest any time he feels particularly naughty. The last is a Doug thing, as Ask That Guy does it and he himself is prone to it too. Reboot introduced clawing at the walls when he's in a particularly crazed-angry mood, as well as a wide-eyed pout when he's smugly trying to act innocent after he's said something shitty. He also bounces and shakes his fists when he's excited, a stim Hyper copied.

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* CharacterTics: Puckering his mouth when he's thinking, giving a DeathGlare with his mouth slightly open when he's trying to be angry but failing, and rubbing his chest any time he feels particularly naughty. The last is a Doug thing, as Ask That Guy does it and he himself is prone to it too. Reboot introduced clawing at the walls when he's in a particularly crazed-angry mood, as well as a wide-eyed pout when he's smugly trying to act innocent after he's said something shitty. He also bounces and shakes his fists when he's excited, a stim Hyper copied.excited.



** In the first ''[[WesternAnimation/TheCareBearsMovie Care Bears]]'' movie, his main theory about why the villain's voice is so cool is that she's getting oral while she does her lines. He then proceeds to act it out. (Her responses, not the eating out part.)
** He actually gets on fairly well with the site ladies and doesn't treat them any differently, but he's stated that he finds them all nice-looking.



* ChubbyChaser: Most of the women he's attracted to are on the voluptuous side.
-->'''Critic''': [when slow-motioning Rogue's bust] I'm a dirty young man yes I am.
* ClassClown: Subverted. He got pitied and bullied for not acting his age in eighth grade, although that hasn't stopped him from ''still'' not acting his age.



** In the "Top 11 Disney Villains", Lady Tremain is the only one he wants to punch in the face that he hates so much. Lady Tremain of course being the only abusive parental figure on the list. And in the ''Cinderella Old vs New'', he gets very passionate about how relatable and actually strong the animated Cinderella is compared to the new, who he feels the creators tried to make flawless in an attempt to update the character. He even says in "What Happened To Great Disney Villains" that he mostly relates to Cindy out of fear from her dominating parental figure.
** Anything that has kids getting hurt by adults, whether it's abuse, neglect, too much pressure or just bad messages. He has a big rant about ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark'' giving the message that dreams can do anything, with his two examples being a dead dog coming back to life or divorced parents getting back together.



* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The Critic can be as eccentric as the wacky personalities that he surrounds himself with.

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%% * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The Critic can be as eccentric as the wacky personalities that he surrounds himself with.



* TheComicallySerious: He may be hilariously weird, erratic and over-the-top but he does take his job as a internet critic very seriously.
* CompensatingForSomething: Not in a “it's tiny” sense, the multiple crotch shots Doug likes joss that, but in the vein that it doesn't work due to all the groin attacks and he's having issues with this. There's a PlotThread from ''Film/BridgeToTerabithia'' to ''Film/TheShining'', where he reveals it in the former, gets passive aggressive at Leon in “Is The Big Lebowski A Masterpiece” for mentioning castration, and is really violent to Rachel in ''Shining'' to get his manhood back.
* CompositeCharacter: In reboot, people have noticed he has a lot more Ask That Guy traits (who vanished for ages and then came BackForTheDead), especially in WebVideo/PopQuizHotshot where Doug is improvising like he did for the former and episodes like “The Sixth Day” where he threatens MakeItLookLikeAnAccident deaths and is AnythingThatMoves.



** Lampshaded in the “Top 11 New Halloween Classics”, where he admits that abusive family stuff at Halloween probably hasn't happened to you, but he has a past.



** Comes up again in the ''Twelve Best Chistmas Commercials'', as he realizes not everyone actually has the experience of being kidnapped by a creepy guy in clown make-up.



* CrazyJealousGuy: For Chick. He can't always stop it coming through the stronger IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy feeling. He's wary over her obsession with Todd, gets all growly when she fawns over Creator/JewWario in WebVideo/SuburbanKnights, and looks close to tears (to her credit, so is she) when he mentions she doesn't always return phone calls or emails.
** He's a far less sympathetic version in “The Review Must Go On”, as he makes assumptions about Demo Reel that just aren't true, and refuses to leave until Doug caves in bringing him back.
** To give a nod to the WebVideo/DemoReel example, he outright admits that he would give a positive review to The Uncanny Valley if he were in it, but he's not so has no choice.
** In ''WesternAnimation/FoodFight'', he's breaking before over failing to get money, but Malcolm and Tamara {{squee}}ing over something together and ignoring him is the final straw as he trudges out. In the next review, ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess'', his punishment for them (which doesn't go over well) is to stay in the closet.

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* CrazyJealousGuy: CrazyJealousGuy:
**
For Chick. He can't always stop it coming through the stronger IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy feeling. He's wary over her obsession with Todd, gets all growly when she fawns over Creator/JewWario in WebVideo/SuburbanKnights, and looks close to tears (to her credit, so is she) when he mentions she doesn't always return phone calls or emails.
** He's a far less sympathetic version in “The Review Must Go On”, as he makes assumptions about Demo Reel that just aren't true, and refuses to leave until Doug caves in bringing him back.
** To give a nod to the WebVideo/DemoReel example, he outright admits that he would give a positive review to The Uncanny Valley if he were in it, but he's not so has no choice.
** In ''WesternAnimation/FoodFight'', he's breaking before over failing to get money, but Malcolm and Tamara {{squee}}ing over something together and ignoring him is the final straw as he trudges out. In the next review, ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess'', his punishment for them (which doesn't go over well) is to stay in the closet.
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* CreepyGood: When he wants to be disturbing, his mannerisms and voice are reminiscent of HIM from ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''. Just listen to him at the start of [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6d52vf this]].

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%% * CreepyGood: When he wants to be disturbing, his mannerisms and voice are reminiscent of HIM from ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''. Just listen to him at the start of [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6d52vf this]].



* {{Crossplayer}}: Meta example (aside from all his gender issues and liking of crossdressing), as while there are plenty of traits Doug put in him from male characters, he's also compared him to loads of female characters (like Peridot and Queen Of Hearts).



* CuteButCacophonic: He sounds like a howler monkey when he really gets worked up with shouting, and there are people who don't even like his normal voice, stating they watch his episodes muted. Some of them even apparently tell Doug this, who doesn't really know what to do with this info.
* CuteButPsycho: Sometimes sweet and {{adorkable}}, sometimes blowing up an entire city by accident because of a tantrum.

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* CuteButCacophonic: He sounds like a howler monkey when he really gets worked up with shouting, and there are people who don't even like his normal voice, stating they watch his episodes muted. Some of them even apparently tell Doug this, who doesn't really know what to do with this info.
* CuteButPsycho:
CuteButPsycho:
**
Sometimes sweet and {{adorkable}}, sweet, sometimes blowing up an entire city by accident because of a tantrum.



* CuteMute: He's been traumatized into silence a few times, one of which was in Spooning With Spoony. Noah revealed in his commentary that the reason why Critic only had one line in that was because Doug wanted to play the victim as much as possible.



* DatingCatwoman: According to Doug and Lindsay, he and the Chick had this sort of relationship.
* DeadpanSnarker: Mixed in with StepfordSnarker and bitterness.

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%% * DatingCatwoman: According to Doug and Lindsay, he and the Chick had this sort of relationship.
%% * DeadpanSnarker: Mixed in with StepfordSnarker and bitterness.



** Even with the BaitTheDog moment of being nice and subby then shooting her for no reason (which Doug lampshaded in the bloopers as grosser when he does it to a woman than vice versa), he's a lot less TroubledButCute in Lupa's "A Talking Cat" review, making more casual jokes and not treating her like he does Rachel or Tamara.

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** Even with the BaitTheDog moment of being nice and subby then shooting her for no reason (which Doug lampshaded in the bloopers as grosser when he does it to a woman than vice versa), he's a lot less TroubledButCute in Lupa's "A Talking Cat" review, making more casual jokes and not treating her like he does Rachel or Tamara.



* DesignatedMonkey: WordOfGod says he was ''created'' to suffer. Deconstructed in ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' onwards, where he breaks down over how hellish his life is and wants nothing more than to do something good for once.[[invoked]]



** In ''Jem'', he uses this feeling to empathize with Rob Scallon's [[spoiler: apparent]] trauma over being in the movie, and asks if he was safe at least.
* DepravedBisexual: Slots into the role a little too well in "The Review Must Go On", as he coos that Doug is cute, rides Mark Wahlberg's fake penis in ''Film/BoogieNights'' just to freak him out, threatens him while calling him 'Tinkerbell' and behaving like he's checking off a lot of items on the {{Domestic Abuse}}r list.

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* DepravedBisexual:
** In ''Jem'', he uses this feeling to empathize with Rob Scallon's [[spoiler: apparent]] trauma over being in the movie, and asks if he was safe at least.
* DepravedBisexual:
Slots into the role a little too well in "The Review Must Go On", as he coos that Doug is cute, rides Mark Wahlberg's fake penis in ''Film/BoogieNights'' just to freak him out, threatens him while calling him 'Tinkerbell' and behaving like he's checking off a lot of items on the {{Domestic Abuse}}r list.



* DistressedDude: Has happened so many times that RealityEnsues and he's developed some serious issues because of it.

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* DistressedDude: Has happened so many times that RealityEnsues and he's developed some serious issues because of it.



* DrivenByEnvy: Despite calling what he does analyzing (and being good at it), he'll always cut off the co-reviewer when they're "taking things too seriously". Chalk it up to his fear of AlwaysSomeoneBetter.
** He destroys Demo Reel and gives a bad review to The Uncanny Valley just because he doesn't like that [[Creator/DougWalker daddy]] wants to do other things that doesn't involve him for a change.

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* DrivenByEnvy: Despite calling what he does analyzing (and being good at it), he'll always cut off the co-reviewer when they're "taking things too seriously". Chalk it up to his fear of AlwaysSomeoneBetter.
**
He destroys Demo Reel and gives a bad review to The Uncanny Valley just because he doesn't like that [[Creator/DougWalker daddy]] wants to do other things that doesn't involve him for a change.



** Brad name-drops the trope to refer to Critic before he comes out in the final round of the game show pilot.
* DrivenToMadness: ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'' does this to the Critic in his 100th episode. It does it out of the ''sheer stupidity'' of the movie. So much so they sped the camera up for most of his breakdown.

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%% ** Brad name-drops the trope to refer to Critic before he comes out in the final round of the game show pilot.
%% * DrivenToMadness: ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'' does this to the Critic in his 100th episode. It does it out of the ''sheer stupidity'' of the movie. So much so they sped the camera up for most of his breakdown.



* TheDutifulSon: He knew his family is abusive, but always defended them anyway. Whether it came off as heartwarming or a case of StockholmSyndrome was up to you.



* DynamicCharacter: Probably the first internet reviewer character to have actual arcs and backstory.

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%% * DynamicCharacter: Probably the first internet reviewer character to have actual arcs and backstory.



* EffeminateMisogynisticGuy: Mostly a feminist, he still has his moments that come out in either RealWomenDontWearDresses beliefs or trying to see how far he can go until he gets [[{{fetish}} put back in his place]].

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%% * EffeminateMisogynisticGuy: Mostly a feminist, he still has his moments that come out in either RealWomenDontWearDresses beliefs or trying to see how far he can go until he gets [[{{fetish}} put back in his place]].place.



* EmptyShell:
** He's got very close to this twice before snapping himself out of it. Funnily enough, both with song.
** In “The Dark Age Of Movies”, he references this seriously by adding in “sometimes in life all you can do is just survive”.
** Being {{mind rape}}d by Shya-Amon literally turns him into one of the BrainlessBeauty type.

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%% * EmptyShell:
%% ** He's got very close to this twice before snapping himself out of it. Funnily enough, both with song.
%% ** In “The Dark Age Of Movies”, he references this seriously by adding in “sometimes in life all you can do is just survive”.
%% ** Being {{mind rape}}d by Shya-Amon literally turns him into one of the BrainlessBeauty type.



* EvenEvilHasStandards: As much as he couldn't stand the Nerd, calling him WebVideo/TheIrateGamer is going too far.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: EvenEvilHasStandards:
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As much as he couldn't stand the Nerd, calling him WebVideo/TheIrateGamer is going too far.



** As bloodthirsty as he is in the ''WebVideo/PopQuizHotshot'' pilot, he starts getting a little disturbed by John's offscreen messy death as time goes on. In other episodes, when he's running the show, he's creeped out by the “spazzies” (violent animations done by Doug) and offers whoever made them some of his meds. Plus while he's a psychotic kidnapper, it's Doug adlibbing so a lot of feminism still gets in there, like annoyance over Lola Bunny or gushing over Leia.

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** As bloodthirsty as he is in the ''WebVideo/PopQuizHotshot'' pilot, he starts getting a little disturbed by John's offscreen messy death as time goes on. In other episodes, when he's running the show, he's creeped out by the “spazzies” (violent animations done by Doug) and offers whoever made them some of his meds. Plus while he's a psychotic kidnapper, it's Doug adlibbing so a lot of feminism still gets in there, like annoyance over Lola Bunny or gushing over Leia.



** He gets to be on the other side of it when even [[WebVideo/BumReviews Chester]] laughs at him because he watches ''WesternAnimation/WildWestCOWBoysOfMooMesa''.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Falls for this trope with regard to Creator/WillSmith when reviewing ''Film/IndependenceDay''.
** Creator/KeithDavid as well. It's the [[ArousedByTheirVoice voice.]]
** Continuing the trend, he's so charmed by Ernie Hudson in ''Congo'' that he calls him a "black Clark Gable".
** He has a PlayedForLaughs crush on Lucas from ''Film/TheWizard''.
** His utter glee over Creator/DanielCraig and Creator/KateWinslet sharing a kiss suggests it's not just Miss Winslet he finds appealing.
** "Ohhh, George Takei, teach me the Spocker!" Said like he's having an orgasm, no less, and made slightly creepy because of the CallBack to [=SWS2=].
** And now he wants Creator/HughJackman. To be fair, everyone wants Creator/HughJackman. Called back in a very HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday way in the ''Film/LesMiserables'' review, where he says “if you were a girl you'd probably be thankful to have Wolverine save you”.
** Despite his denial and annoyance, he has a moment of swoon for every Avengers man in "Why Is Loki So Hot", saving special StupidSexyFlanders feelings for Thor. And in ''Fantastic Four'', while making a point that everyone's too pretty, Chris Evans is still the only one he calls a beautiful specimen.
** In “The Review Must Go On” he rides Mark Wahlberg's fake dick to make Doug feel uncomfortable, and in ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes2001'' he says it'd be every woman's dream to buy the guy.
** In ''Disney Afternoon'', he states the obvious in that Tim Curry can wear women's clothing and still be hot.
** In ''Film/MammaMia'', he says the choice of Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgård is “an adventure of Choose Your Own DILF”.
** In ''Labyrinth'', he shows a lot of appreciation for Bowie as 'girl porn', even giving him the dubious honor of saying he's the only man who could make 50 Shades work. In "David Bowie's Codpiece", he also says that the movie with David Bowie being homoerotic with other men is in his "private collection".
** In ''BMX Bandits'', he doesn't even know who Angelo D'Angelo is, but with that name he already wants to {{squee}} about how "dreamy" he is.
** In the Fraser Mummy, he acts out Evelyn being super attracted to the reformed mummy and called him adorable beforehand.
** In "The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen", he's hot for younger Sean Connory, calls Dorian Grey a "white Prince" approvingly and thinks Tom Sawyer is cute.
** Hyper might have been the one to stalk the Rock on the set of ''Doom'', but Critic clearly likes him too, appreciating the ShirtlessScene and having a small {{squee}} about how adorable he is.



* EveryoneHatesMath: He can't remember any algebraic equation from school. [[WritersCannotDoMath Which would explain a lot.]]
* EverythingIsRacist: Most of the time he has a good point, but at other times he can get on his soapbox a little too much.

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* EveryoneHatesMath: He can't remember any algebraic equation from school. [[WritersCannotDoMath Which would explain a lot.]] \n* EverythingIsRacist: Most of the time he has a good point, but at other times he can get on his soapbox a little too much.



** More dickish than evil but in “Why Do We Love Stupid”, he talks about watching the Dalai Lama's video on compassion but a few minutes later shows he didn't quite understand by putting in three screamers in a row [[note]]something that people with anxiety especially really hate[[/note]] and then telling people to admit they liked the first screamer they saw. To put this into perspective, the Ask That Guy episode with a screamer had a warning.



** Though he explained later that he was afraid, his initial reaction to a Canadian PSA telling him 1 in 2 girls get abused was to call them killjoys because he didn't want to know.



* EvilSoundsDeep: For whatever reason, in “The Review Must Go On”, his voice was smoother, more in control, and almost {{squick}}ily seductive. And whenever he thought Doug was wriggling out of his power, it only got lower and more threatening.
* EvilMatriarch: The old lady devil in [[Film/{{Devil}} said film]] giving a man a BreakThemByTalking speech reminds him of his angry mother balling him out. And there are plenty of other examples of awful things she's apparently done to him.

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* EvilSoundsDeep: For whatever reason, in In “The Review Must Go On”, his voice was smoother, more in control, smoother and almost {{squick}}ily seductive.deeper as he took control over Doug. And whenever he thought Doug was wriggling out of his power, it only got lower and more threatening. \n* EvilMatriarch: The old lady devil in [[Film/{{Devil}} said film]] giving a man a BreakThemByTalking speech reminds him of his angry mother balling him out. And there are plenty of other examples of awful things she's apparently done to him.



** Subverted in ''The Top 11 Strangest Couples'', as when Little Kuriboh is in bed with him, he says okay to touchies while looking like he's going to cry, but throws the other man out when his chest gets groped.

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** Subverted in ''The Top 11 Strangest Couples'', as when Little Kuriboh is in bed with him, he says okay to touchies while looking like he's going to cry, lets him touch him despite his discomfort, but throws the other man out when his chest gets groped.
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As discussed on the cleanup, these examples are either too complainy or don't fit Character Check (as the characterization is either not consistent to begin with, like his treatment of children, or the trait never went away anyway, like his love of Christmas).


* CharacterCheck: For all [=NuCritic=]'s pedophile and beating children jokes/actions, he's genuinely sorry at the start of "Why Lie About Santa" when he makes a load of kids cry. The old morals can't last long though, as he happily does it at the end.
** Despite being slightly sadder and NightmareFetishist about it, his reboot CameBackWrong personality doesn't stop his Christmas excitement.
** In "A Talking Cat?!", he quickly goes passive with Lupa when he annoys her and she yells at him (like he used to do with other female producers and Lupa herself in ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights''), whereas with Rachel and Tamara he's hit them for much less. And while he does shoot her (which Doug lampshades in the bloopers as shittier than when she does) later on, she shoots him right back.
** One with his reboot self. When he's with Black Willy Wonka in ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'', suddenly all the preaching about pandering vanishes and he would much rather have money than praise.
** After ages dominating Rachel, his sub side comes back up in ''Film/TheWickerMan2006'', wanting to be the island women's SexSlave and offering Tamara a job when she tortures him.
** One that is both in-universe and out, Critic gets a reminder in ''Christmas With The Kranks'' that the only reason why he started reviewing was because a long history of abuse made him desperate to be loved.
** "I'll Be Home For Christmas" has {{continuity nod}}s back to ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'', with him being tired of always failing and wanting to do better. This one stuck, as while still a VillainProtagonist, he at least tries later to make up for the really bad stuff.
** He wasn't an amazing fan of the Ghostbusters reboot, but as Doug said on Awesome Comics, the most important part is that little girls got excited about it and that makes the film worth it.
* CausticCritic: The fact that he's a DeconstructiveParody of one, focusing on how ''miserable'' the job is, has become more clear as time goes on.

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** He went from an ManChild defender of kids due to his own past, to having no idea how they work ("so what do kids do? make tofu or something?") and smacking Evilina hard enough to make her cry while she had just slapped him lightly. He gets a lot worse later, as he comes in from ''killing'' a little girl in Maven's "Monster Mash" review.
** His new BabysitterFromHell side also continues in ''Film/JurassicPark III'', saying that whenever he feeds a baby, he puts the food five feet away from them because “lazy bastards should work for their own meal”. On a accidentally accurate note, he gives an example of a child nothing but oranges, which cause acid rashes and they can choke on them.
** Letting Malcolm get tortured by Dante Basco's fire powers and literally telling him “the needs of me outweigh the needs of you” is a total 180 to his heartbroken Kirk impersonation in ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'' and ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee''.
** ''Turbo'' dedicates about five minutes to how he's much more interested in being cruel to get results, instead of doing the honorable thing like he used to.
** The only way Rob can get saving the world through to him in ''Film/FantasticFour2005''review is appealing to his selfishness. And while ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'' still had an element of selfishness, it was the self-loathing kind and this was the guy who stood up to Mechakara with no SecurityCling.



** "Christmas With The Kranks", "The Uncanny Valley", and "I'll Be Home For Christmas" have him acknowledge all this, in that he's tired of screwing up all the time, but CharacterDevelopment isn't always positive and he can't help being broken.

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** "Christmas With The Kranks", "The Uncanny Valley", and "I'll Be Home For Christmas" have him acknowledge all this, his change into a more aggressive and abusive individual, in that he's tired of screwing up all the time, but CharacterDevelopment isn't always positive and he can't help being broken.

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