Release: June 16, 2009
Movie: Sidekicks (1992)
This review contains examples of:
- Alternative Character Interpretation: Invoked; after Barry imagines a ninja bursting into the classroom and attacking him:Critic: Okay, this kid has a mental illness. This isn't charming; this is horrifyingly scary. Check him into a mental hospital!
- Bolt of Divine Retribution: At the end of the review:Critic: Okay, none of the build-up about Chuck Norris is true, it's false! Grade-A false bulldogey! It's stupid, it's nonsensical and none of it makes sense! May God strike me down if I'm wrong! I'm the Nostalgia Critic, I remem- (struck by lightning)
- Broken Record:Critic: So they stand there tickling their guns when Barry beats him to the draw and then slaps him. Then he beats him to the draw and slaps him. The he beats him to the draw and slaps him... Is this movie stuck on "Repeat"? Someone get me the fuck out of this!
- Call-Back: To the TMNT: Making of The Coming Out of Our Shells Tour crossover review:Mr. Lee: Look at the tortoise there, Barry. Tortoise is very clumsy and not musical at all. But it has been said, and I believe it, when a dream becomes true, when the impossible is accomplished and lies behind you, on that day, the turtles will dance.
Critic: (unimpressed) Oh yeah? Have you seen this? (cuts to a clip of the Turtles singing, "We're the Turtles! You can count on us!" while dancing) - Catchphrase Interruptus: By Chuck Norris, who blasted The Critic with lightning.
- Running Gag: "A-CHUCK NORIIIIIIIIIISSSSSS!"
- Praising Mako.
- Sting:Barry: Yeah, I bet you could even beat up... Chuck Norris.
(dramatic sting music is played over the footage of Stone getting an offended look) - Too Kinky to Torture: During one of the daydreams where Barry is being tortured:Critic!Barry: Next, you want to hook up my nipples to a car battery, don't you? Don't you?!
- You Need to Get Laid: His response to one of Barry's fantasies revolving Piscapo putting razors in bubble gums that Barry needs to get laid. And that the movie needs to get laid too after a weird sequence involving music happens.
- Your Head Asplode: The reaction that Barry has when Chuck Norris introduces himself to him.
