Recap / The Nostalgia Critic Editorial 79

Release: June 7, 2016

Countdown: Top 11 Disney Princess Conspiracies

Focus: Speculating on possible implications behind the Disney Princesses and their movies.

1. The ship from Frozen is connected to Tangled and The Little Mermaid (1989).
2. Hercules and Ariel are... related?
3. Elsa's reason for no boyfriend.
4. Leaning Tower of Penis^note This is about the phallic tower in the original theatrical poster for The Little Mermaid (1989).
5. Glove Story^note This is speculating why Tiana, Cinderella, and Belle are the only princesses to wear gloves.
6. Belle is an outcast because she wears blue.
7. Snow White is 14?
8. Jasmine inspires a secret identity.
9. Mulan is actually more than a princess.
10. Lilo & Stitch's namesake.
11. Beauty and the Beast takes place in Notre Dame?

The Top Eleven contains examples of:

• Big "OMG!": The Critic exclaims this when he realizes Dot from Animaniacs is figuratively the dot in the name Warner Bros.
• Canon Welding: The Critic points out that if the ship from Frozen appears in The Little Mermaid, it would make 5 of the Disney universes the same universe: Frozen, Tangled (Rapunzel appears in Frozen), Hercules, The Lion King and The Little Mermaid (Hercules appears in The Lion King, while Ariel is 1st cousin once removed to Hercules, if the Triton in The Little Mermaid is the son of Poseidon).
• Click Bait Gag: "Disney Princesses: they represent everything kind, ethical, powerful and beautiful... and absolute click bait whenever mentioned online. This is my feeble attempt to cash in on that!"
• Double-Meaning Title: The Critic reinterprets the meaning of the title Lilo and Stitch to be "Lost and Pulled Together", seeing as Stitch improves the estranged relationship between Lilo and Nani.
• Fridge Logicinvoked: While introducing Number 11, the Critic briefly gets sidetracked by how characters in the movies taking place in French locations are speaking English. He immediately refocuses on the subject on hand. "One conspiracy at a time!"
• Hand Wave: The Critic attempts to justify the inclusion of a Lilo & Stitch theory by arguing that Lilo dressed as a princess in an episode of the cartoon series.
• Non-Indicative Title: Number 7 has no theory; it's just the Critic ranting about how Snow White is actually 14 despite appearing older.
  Critic: I guess age is really just a number, and sometimes not even that.
• Playing with Fire: The Critic comes up with a crazy theory that Cinderella, Belle, and Tiana wear gloves to hide their "rocket fingers", and secretly plot for world conquest.