History Recap / TheNostalgiaCriticS8E16

* MaliciousMisnaming: Critic has ''a field day'' giving the CGI Garfield many different mocking names, including the Sunkist Tumor, Fanta Fungus, WebVideo/TheAnnoyingOrange Tribble, Pumpkin Cancer, Wad of Lifeless Air, Literature/TheLorax[='s=] butt, VideoGame/QBert[='s=] nut sack, [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Charmander]]'s pubic hair, Wilford Brimley's Urine-Stained Mustache, Tony the Tiger's Taint, Franchise/StarFox Ass Hair, Wet [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Oompa-Loompa]] Armpit, [[Literature/WinnieThePooh Tigger]][='s=] Colon, [[Franchise/TeenTitans Starfire]][='s=] Moldy Cooch, and ComicStrip/{{Heathcliff}} Vomit. That's justified, as he had 4 hard drives of jokes based on Garfield's appearance.

* MaliciousMisnaming: Critic has ''a field day'' giving the CGI Garfield many different mocking names, including the Sunkist Tumor, Fanta Fungus, WebVideo/TheAnnoyingOrange Tribble, Pumpkin Cancer, Wad of Lifeless Air, Literature/TheLorax[='s=] butt, VideoGame/QBert[='s=] nut sack, [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Charmander]]'s pubic hair, Wilford Brimley's Urine-Stained Mustache, Tony the Tiger's Taint, VideoGame/StarFox Ass Hair, Wet [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Oompa-Loompa]] Armpit, [[Literature/WinnieThePooh Tigger]][='s=] Colon, [[Franchise/TeenTitans Starfire]][='s=] Moldy Cooch, and ComicStrip/{{Heathcliff}} Vomit. That's justified, as he had 4 hard drives of jokes based on Garfield's appearance.

* NamesTheSame: {{Discussed|Trope}} InUniverse by the Critic, who tells the audience that Creator/BillMurray accidentally signed up into the film because he thought the screenwriter was Joel '''Coen''', one-half of [[Creator/TheCoenBrothers the brothers]] behind such gritty, critically-acclaimed hits as ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' and the film adaptation of ''Literature/NoCountryForOldMen'', when really it was Joel '''Cohen''' of the heavily-panned ''Film/CheaperByTheDozen2003'' notoriety.

* TrailerSpoof: Playing into the NamesTheSame mistake that got Murray shanghaied into the movie, the review begins with a "trailer" for a humanized, DarkerAndEdgier version of ''Garfield'' if the Coen Brothers actually wrote it, starring the Critic as Garfield, Creator/SteveBuscemi (Doug) as Jon, Creator/FrancesMcDormand (Tamara) as Liz, Creator/LeeWeaver (Malcolm) as Nermal and Creator/JohnTurturro (Orlando) as Odie.

* NamesTheSame: {{Discussed|Trope}} InUniverse by the Critic, who tells the audience that Creator/BillMurray accidentally signed up into the film because he thought the screenwriter was Joel '''Coen''', one-half of [[Creator/TheCoenBrothers the brothers]] behind such gritty, critically-acclaimed hits as ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' and the film adaptation of ''Literature/NoCountryForOldMen'', when really it was Joel '''Cohen''' of the heavily-panned ''Film/CheaperByTheDozen'' notoriety.

* MaliciousMisnaming: Critic has ''a field day'' giving the CGI Garfield many different mocking names, including the Sunkist Tumor, Fanta Fungus, WebVideo/TheAnnoyingOrange Tribble, Pumpkin Cancer, Wad of Lifeless Air, Literature/TheLorax[='s=] butt, VideoGame/QBert[='s=] nut sack, [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Charmander]]'s pubic hair, Wilford Brimley's Urine-Stained Mustache, Tony the Tiger's Taint, VideoGame/StarFox Ass Hair, Wet [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Oompa-Loompa]] Armpit, [[Literature/WinnieThePooh Tigger]][='s=] Colon, [[Franchise/TeenTitans Starfire]][='s=] Moldy Cooch, and ComicStrip/{{Heathcliff}}Vomit. That's justified, as he had 4 hard drives of jokes based on Garfield's appearance.

* MaliciousMisnaming: Critic has ''a field day'' giving the CGI Garfield many different mocking names, including the Sunkist Tumor, Fanta Fungus, WebVideo/TheAnnoyingOrange Tribble, Pumpkin Cancer, Wad of Lifeless Air, Literature/TheLorax[='s=] butt, VideoGame/QBert[='s=] nut sack, [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Charmander]]'s pubic hair, Wilford Brimley's Urine-Stained Mustache, Tony the Tiger's Taint, VideoGame/StarFox[='s=] Ass Hair, Wet [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Oompa-Loompa]] Armpit, [[Literature/WinnieThePooh Tigger]][='s=] Colon, [[Franchise/TeenTitans Starfire]][='s=] Moldy Cooch, and ComicStrip/{{Heathcliff}}[='s=] Vomit. That's justified, as he had 4 hard drives of jokes based on Garfield's appearance.

* StealthHiBye: The Coens pull this off in the time it takes NC to look back at the set...and while Tamara was right next to them!

* JustForFun/XMeetsY: Critic first describes Garfield as looking like Grumpy Cat if she was crapped out by Chester Cheetah.

* TrailerSpoof: Playing into the NamesTheSame mistake that got Murray shanghaied into the movie, the review begins with a "trailer" for a humanized, DarkerAndEdgier version of ''Garfield'' if the Coen Brothers actually wrote it, starring the Critic as Garfield, Creator/SteveBuscemi (Doug) as Jon, Creator/FrancesMcDormand (Tamara) as Liz, Lee Weaver (Malcolm) as Nermal and John Turturro (Orlando) as Odie.

* XMeetsY: Critic first describes Garfield as looking like Grumpy Cat if she was crapped out by Chester Cheetah.

* TheyJustDidntCare: The Critic's InUniverse opinion of Bill Murray as the titular Garfield -- he actually deems Murray a good casting choice, but the direction simply ruins it for him.

* FelonyMisdemeanor: To make his villainy clear, a character says the he hates Garfield's TrademarkFavoriteFood, lasagna, which Critic likens to [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Shredder]] spontaneously announcing that he hates pizza.
* HypocriticalHumor: When Garfield is exiled to the front porch for the accidental destruction of the world's most accident-prone room, he protests, "You know me! I'm too lazy to try to destroy your house!" Critic responds, "Yeah, I'm too lazy to destroy a house but not have several dance sequences!"