- They're after the last copy of a bad movie that Doug wants to review/destroy.
- They're looking for Suede, who is trapped in Chicago on his way back.
- They're going to rescue Suede, who got sucked into a portal inside his jacket that brings them into a fantasy world.
- They're going to a con.
- They've been turned into characters from fantasy media and are on a quest to return to normal.
- They're after treasure.
- Confirmed. They're after a magical gauntlet.
- They're searching for Tommy Wiseau so they can end him.
- They meet up for the anniversary but have nothing to do, until someone suggests they go join a LARP session.
- They are on a Mission from God.
- They're trying to re-conquer Kickassia
- They're out to stop Douchey McNitpick. They're on a fantastical quest to slay a "troll" *rimshot*
- I think Luke and Film Brain are BOTH Harry Potter, seeing as how they're both wearing fake glasses.
- Film Brain is Harry and Luke is Ron.
- The fact remains that they're both wearing glasses, which neither of them do in real life, and neither does Ron.
- Maybe they're both Harry Potter? The joke could be "Well we both came dressed as Harry Potter, someone's gonna have to change", but neither of them do, so they just shrug and go with it.
- Film Brain may try to say he's the better Harry Potter because he's British.
- We have a winner!
- From the looks of the Full Trailer, Luke and Film Brain are going to be in a Ho Yay Love Triangle involving sucking up to the Critic, so it's safe to assume they're both Harry Freaking Potter.
- Film Brain is Harry and Luke is Ron.
- Todd is The Shadow from The Gamers.
- The Shadow?
- The Shadow!
- The Shadow.
- Tom... he's holding dolls in his pouch, so he might be some character typically supposed to be a giant. Like Gulliver or something. At first my thought was that he might be some knight from Castlevania.
- I'd say Tom is Prince Caspian, apart from the red hair.
- Ooh, maybe he's the fabulous Ser Loras? Though he doesn't have shiny enough armor...
- Tom could be a knight with 8-bit Mickey as his squire.
- According to Linkara, explaining the action figures would "give away too much about who his character's supposed to be". Intriguing, indeed....
- Someone claiming to know what's what edited the page to say it's Willow. We'll have to wait and see unless someone can cite a source.
- Confirmed.
- Sage is either Aslan or the Cowardly Lion.
- Linkara is just playing himself as a knight.
- He could count as a fantasy character as he uses a magic gun, a magic coin, and a zeonizer
- Todd, blinded by his mask in part three, mistakenly asks if he's dueling Joe. Foreshadowing?
- Jossed
- Todd, blinded by his mask in part three, mistakenly asks if he's dueling Joe. Foreshadowing?
- If he makes a cameo it'll probably be very brief, he's really busy prepping his AVGN movie.
- Even better he shows up as an 11th-Hour Ranger to save them when all hope seems lost.
- Confirmed: AVGN (or at least The Voice of the Ancients) did fight against the heroes.
- Jossed
- Confirmed: Happens in episode 2... to Obscurus Lupa (playing Snow White) no less. He also tells the others to never let him say it again.
- Confirmed
- Or antics involving, Dude, She's Like in a Coma will ensue
- Jossed by the full trailer. The costumes are part of the plot.
- Very likely. It seems that Todd has both has a Wesley mask and his normal mask on.
- A villain reveals Todd's face (but not to the camera) and is immediately killed by its Alien Geometries.
- Jossed. Though Film Brain is still being a fanboy to The Critic like Kickassia, Luke is trying to take Film Brain's place in that regard.
- Jossed. He's King Arthur.
- Jossed by the full trailer.
- Nah... Wiseau is more of a ignorant neutral type of character. Instead Johnfromtheroommovie.com will be the Big Bad, manipulating Wiseau into doing his bidding to "maintain his image".
- Jossed.
- Jossed. The girl is just a random passerby who tried to pick up the lost map, only to run into the Big Bad, who obliterated her.
- Confirmed.
- Jossed. Again. He's King Arthur.
- Jossed.
- He took up the coin.
- Jossed by Doug on his Facebook page. It is NOT Harry Dresden.
- The hat should have been a dead giveaway. Harry doesn't wear a hat.
- It's not Harry Dresden, it's Kravos!
- Jossed by Doug on his Facebook page. It is NOT Harry Dresden.
- He ended up not being a guardian, but did help the B group find where the gauntlet laid.
Team B: Spoony/Gandalf, Todd/Westley, MarzGurl/San, Snob/Indiana Jones, Joe/Inigo Montoya, Paw/Profion, Luke/Harry Potter, Film Brain/Harry Potter, J-Dub/Jareth
- JesuOtaku might have been Riza Hawkeye
- On his Formspring, he said he would be Yoko.
- Sad Panda might have been Eleven
- Not really fantasy but Panda is a bit of a Cloud Cukuo Lander
- Welshy might have been Ghostface
- Nash might have been Angel
- Roses would have been Rosella
- Rinry strikes me as Lara Croft
- Liz seems like a Zatanna to me.
- Considering her preference for swords in AT4W I'd think either Xena The Warrior Princess or Red Sonja
- Suede strikes me as Trunks
- Except that Suede is present as of Part 5 using his obstacle uniform.
- Geek would be a Blue Lantern
- Vangelus is definitely Ichigo
- A cybernetic superhero is very much not fantasy. I'd say skip ahead to a later more magical Kamen Rider (ZO, J, Kuuga, Agito, Ryuki, Blade, Hibiki, Den-O, Kiva or OOO)
- Or Shockwave.
- CR is a mystery.
- I think he would be good as Mike Jittlov.
- Musketeer, maybe
- Y seems like Luffy
- Oancitizen would be Damiel
- Rollo T would be Dr. Jack Shephard
- Rap Critic would be Wraith
- Mike J would be Merlin I'm sure
- Diamanda Hagan would be Ursula The Sea Witch. (She actually said this on her Twitter)
- Distressed Watcher would be Skeletor, of course.
- Stuart Ashen would be Noseybonk.
- Blockbuster Buster could definitely be Ash Williams.
- If so, seems he really IS immortal after all, either having Type III (the gunshot merely knocked him unconscious) or type IV (came back after a few days a la Jesus). Also, God banished him to Earth for his attempted murder, his personality changes likely coming from being forced to live on Earth with nothing. Where his hatred of technology comes from is anyone's guess.
- The guy who ruined his life and 'killed' him is an Internet reviewer. (According to Transitive Logic:) NC = Internet, Internet = Modern Technology, therefore NC = Modern Technology (vengeance doesn't have to be logical).
- Jossed.He's Malecite.
- The guy who ruined his life and 'killed' him is an Internet reviewer. (According to Transitive Logic:) NC = Internet, Internet = Modern Technology, therefore NC = Modern Technology (vengeance doesn't have to be logical).
- If so, she and Dr. Insano could team up
- Jossed. Nella appears.
- Confirmed in part two, when he attempts to sing various show tunes (including Camelot), only to get beaten down by his fellow reviewers for doing so. He finally gets to do it in part 7.
- The Big Bad will be Lucas.
- Confirmed...kind of. The gem powering the gauntlet was put into the Power Glove, and THAT was what was buried.
- So he can try to re-conquer Molossia.
- "Apparently they have power over the phenomenally weak-minded." (Suburban Knights) vs. "The Force has a strong influence on the weak-minded." (Kenobi, ANH)
- And because of his costume, his fist may actually be flaming when he does it.
- Nella, Elisa and Liz. They're angry at the team for excluding them.
- Seconded, considering each holds the appropriate body shape for the girls and one of them held Certain Tells towards who they were underneath.
- Linkara has confirmed that the one on the left with fingerless gloves is Iron Liz
- The Other Ones Are The Last Angry Geek And Jim Jarosz.
- I'm gonna call the original map being traceable by one or more of the villains. I cannot see Jerkass Nostalgia Critic giving the original map away so I'm betting money it's to keep any enemies distracted. Potentially, he faked the entire two routes thing in order to send a separate group that would act as bait for him. It seems as if a strong theme is going to be how much trust the reviewers place in the Critic.
- Confirmed.
- I'm gonna call the original map being traceable by one or more of the villains. I cannot see Jerkass Nostalgia Critic giving the original map away so I'm betting money it's to keep any enemies distracted. Potentially, he faked the entire two routes thing in order to send a separate group that would act as bait for him. It seems as if a strong theme is going to be how much trust the reviewers place in the Critic.
- Whilst the idea of killing off Ma-Ti for real is good, you sure Bargo doesn't like it? Because Doug said in the Christmas Commentary that both Bargo and Rob were happy with their characters, which is why Orlando was cast as the guardian angel.
- He didn't say they were "happy" he said they were "pretty much set" in there characters.
- Unless the Sequel Hook at the end is going to lead to something, confirmed.
- Luke and Film Brain have been getting along quite well since tossing the rock together in part 4.
- Linkara has confirmed that the one on the left with fingerless gloves is Iron Liz
- The other two have been jossed, but the lead wraith is The Last Angry Geek. The other one sounds like Rob Walker, but it's unconfirmed. We've been told we'll know Nella and Elisa when we see them.
- Elisa is a "house arrest" victim in Part 6, so it's not her.
- The Other One is Jim Jarosz, and Nella Makes a cameo as a double for Nostalgia Chick.
- Confirmed. Jaffers thought the original gauntlet looked ugly so he placed the gem, which is the source of it's power, on a more fitting weapon.
- And then Malecite, after he gets the glove and Jew Wario explains it, blasts him away and says the line.
- Well he's found the lens but it's quite possible he'll do it while looking into goat porn.
- Said goat porn has been dealt with, but now he has to get the Critic some coffee. Maybe he'll spill it on the Big Bad.
- Jossed, sort of. He does, but not by accident.
- On the other hand, his discovery that the Heart ring was Malechite's weakness was more or less accidental.
- Jossed.
- Maybe he will tried to kill Luke with and avada kedavra,but since luke is harry potter,it will backfire,hit FB and transforming him into Lord Voldemort,he goes to sunglasses guy and works as his dragon,until someone presses the reset button
- Jossed. No such thing happens.
- A soothsayer who correctly predicts their fate, but no one listens to him.
- Someone guarding a pathway who gives passerbys riddles.
- Confirmed.
- A bum. Just a bum... it's modern Illinois!
- Also Confirmed.
- Almost. Jew Wario attempts to unmask him, but it still doesn't happen.
In other words, he's Carrot Ironfoundersson.
Well, he is dressed as a tall dwarf ...
So who best matches Angua?
- Feels like it's going in that direction since Cat revealed that only one 'True of Heart' could wield the gauntlet. Who has the power of heart?
- And that whole "true of heart" thing, as well as Ma-Ti being tired of doing nothing, was really emphasised in part 5, so...
- Confirmed.
- Mostly Jossed: [[Spoiler: two of the cloaks are the Last Angry Geek and Iron Liz, and Lord Kat was the voice of Crom]].
- As Rob may be playing of the Cloaks, that could be the fate of any who seek the gauntlet, but choose poorly.
- Sorta Josses, sorta confirmed. Jaffers isn't "alive" per se, but he is resurrected during the course of the story, and he's the one who hid the Hand in its current location
- Jossed.
- Well, you know Gandalf had one of the three elvish rings, right? Probably is just a visual joke.
- It's a Star Sapphire Corps ring to be specific so it might tie in to the Gauntlet but given that Doug isn't really into comics(as far I know, I could be wrong) so it might just be a gag and Spoony picked it because it looks funny.
- It may be both - Gandalf's Ring was Narya, also known as Narya the Great, Ring of Fire, and Red Ring; all handles applicable to a Violet Corps Ring also. Their powers are also similar - Narya is given to Gandalf with the following: 'For this is the Ring of Fire, and herewith, maybe, thou shalt rekindle hearts to the valour of old in a world that grows chill." This rings pretty true to the Violet Lantern's oath: "For hearts long lost and full of fright/ For those alone in blackest night/ Accept our ring and join our fight/ Love conquers all— with violet light!". Long story short - they're pretty much the same ring, they both have the power of Heart and apparently that is a requirement to gain the gauntlet ... so Spoony is the second team's Ma-Ti! Possibly.
- This has become very likely with the reveal that Aeon, the alchemist who opposed Malecite, crafted a ring out of lode stone. The lode stone ring looked violet/pinkish in the flashback pictures and could be the ring that Spoony now wears.
- In that sense, Aeon may be behind the existence of power rings in the first place, at least in the Channel Awesome universe.
- Jossed, but close to what actually happened.
- Confirmed
- Hell, even in his own reviews he's a lot less ragey and more willing to be a goo- nic- decent guy. And the vulnerableness that's been around since Follow That Bird is nearly always there.
- Possibly confirmed by his reaction to Ma-Ti's death, and wanting to find the Necronomicon to resurrect him. We'll have to wait and see, though.
- Considering the Darker and Edgier theme of this one, it could very well happen (especially seeing the emphasis put upon the 'friends' in question), but it would be quite the Tear Jerker for a supposed comedy.
- Confirmed on the losing the friends bit.
- And given that he dropped them and they got destroyed as a result of it combined with Doug's love of the original and this film's love of references it's a given in part 5.
- And it happened.
- Kinda confirmed
- Confirmed as of Part 6.
- I subscribe to this theory! Considering this year seems much Darker and Edgier it'd be a nice kick in the balls to the teams. That or it will be played for over-the-top hilarity while still being a little dramatic much like Mai-Ti's scene in Kickassia.
- Particularly as there appears to be a scene in the trailer (at 2:51) where Spoony is under a cloak, or something. Killed off, turned into a Cloak and returning as Gandalf the White perhaps?
- Spoony becoming a cloak isn't as likely as it once was, considering that was probably just Noah as the Gatecleaner.
- Last Angry Geek and only Last Angry Geek removes his hood in Part 7.
- Confirmed. They're just helping Jaffers.
- Confirmed. It's Ma-Ti.
- Confirmed.
- Josssed.
- Jossed.
- Well, the good witch did say that there was no chain letter. So, maybe the Critic got the map as a letter as part of a trap.
- It's obvious that Ma-Ti wrote the note himself because he wanted to be on the team.
- In general, this one is confirmed. Malechite sent the map to the Critic so that the Critic would lead him to the gauntlet
- Doubtful, since Spoony's team uses the fact that they have to switch playgrounds to GTFO, it's a little to deliberate to be unscripted. Also, you can see MarzGurl trying not to laugh when they un-brainwash Film Brain. Just sayin'
- Proven wrong by the commentaries and making-of featurettes, they're friends of the Walkers who also allowed their house to be used for filming (as the house where Group B finds Ask That Guy).
- Possibly Jossed, since the quote is specifically referencing the Cloaks' mind-control over Film Brain.
- That one is The Last Angry Geek.
- Confirmed.
Also, when he pulls it out and someone asks why he has it with him, he'll say something along the lines of "Its magic, and I don't WANT to explain it"
- THIS got Jossed.
- They miss at least one video because they're still out hunting, or adventuring, or waiting for their prince to come, or whatever, and need "deprogramming" before they get back to normal.
- Jossed, Phelous was just really good at staying in character.
- The Warrior Witch specifically mentioned Jaffers, so odds are that this is true.
- Kinda confirmed, as he appears.
- Kinda Confirmed. He's opposing the Big Bad, but he's still the guy in charge of all the guardians trying to kill the reviewers.
- Sorta confirmed. They knew each other from a LARP group.
- Jossed.It's Jim Jarosz(And Apollo left the site before the shoot).
- Angry Joe: Aren't you and Spoony the same person?Dr. Insano: What are you talking about? We are clearly two different people!
- Partially Jossed. Malecite himself returns the map to Group 2. There's still a (very slim as of Part 6) possibility that Insano may show up in some other way, however.
- Now completely Jossed. Dr. Insano doesn't appear.
- Jossed.
- Jossed. He does indeed want to destroy the world for relying on modern technology, but he also wants to use the gauntlet to do so.
- I think he returned the map because he knew they would lead him to the gauntlet.
- Jossed: It is very real.
- Orlando's Charecter saw Paw in all his headphoney glory, yet still gave the party their map back, though he may still kill him when they parties done whatever he needs them too.
- Paw wasn't listening to anything on them at the time. The spiel tends to start with "Don't use that. Just... don't."
- Orlando's Charecter saw Paw in all his headphoney glory, yet still gave the party their map back, though he may still kill him when they parties done whatever he needs them too.
- Jossed. He lives.
- Jossed. He's the Voice of the Ancients.
- Un Jossed. He IS one of the cloaks. (But also, out-of-universe, plays the Voice.)
- No, it's properly Jossed. AVGN, James Rolfe, was just the Voice of the Ancients. The cloaks are Jim Jarosz (who does most of the Photoshop work for the Critic, and draws Monkey Death Ray with Bargo), the Last Angry Geek, and Iron Liz.
- Un Jossed. He IS one of the cloaks. (But also, out-of-universe, plays the Voice.)
- Or by Ma-Ti's power.
- Or by Luke confessing that the reason that she became a reviewer was because of him.
- He was cured, and by Luke, but only because Luke used Jareth's ball
- Jossed. He's unbrainwashed with JewWario's glass ball.
- Confirmed!
- Jossed.
- Jossed.
- To add to this theory The Gatecleaner said that Machite's Hand was down their path, meaning that The Critic's party is probably the one to the Jewel. This would also explain why The Cloaks were on Spoony's path and the other guardians were on The Critc's: If someone, or someones, already got the Jewel, then the Cloaks would most likely judge them worth for making it through the trials and let the person through without struggle. But since Spoony's party didn't have it they attacked.
- Jossed.
- To add to this theory The Gatecleaner said that Machite's Hand was down their path, meaning that The Critic's party is probably the one to the Jewel. This would also explain why The Cloaks were on Spoony's path and the other guardians were on The Critc's: If someone, or someones, already got the Jewel, then the Cloaks would most likely judge them worth for making it through the trials and let the person through without struggle. But since Spoony's party didn't have it they attacked.
- Jossed
- It is a trope that if you become brainwashed evil, you get more powerful. So, Film Brain might wield real magic and become a dangerous adversary to his teammates.
- he will transform into Lord Voldemort,and it would be awesome/badass/creepy
- Jossed.
- Confirmed. It's subtle, but if you pay attention, Film Brain is no longer an idiot after being unhypnotized, asks intelligent questions, and manages to work a situation with Ask That Guy in his favor. This trend continues in the next anniversary special.
- Jossed.
- Jossed. He was following them because of the tracking spell and was still using them to locate the Hand.
- But money isn't a 21st century item.
- What I mean is that at first, the group appears as if they aren't attached to 21st century technology and are trying to figure things out for themselves instead of relying on tech to do it for them. But once the villain finds out they're only pretending to be low-tech in order to acquire money which they'll probably spend on computers and ipods and cars and such, then he'll change his mind about them.
- Confirmed, he wants them to find the Hand for him.
- It's borderline confirmed that Film Brain has another crossover coming out, as he stated in the commentary for the 'Lockjaw' review that he'd done three crossover reviews during SK. Thus far he's only released the one with Phelous ('Lockjaw', as mentioned above) and another one with Lupa ('Hercules'). So the 'doing a crossover review' part is very much likely.
- Film Brain did a crossover with Todd in the Shadows. A Film Brain and Luke crossover could still happen later on, though.
- In part 5, it's Luke who un-hypnotizes Film Brain, and they got along the whole episode.
- Alternatively, Spoony will turn into Insano to become more powerful and defeat Malecite.
- Jossed, but it would have been awesome.
- Confirmed! He is a Guardian, though he only requires a token sword tap to allow passage.
- Not being rude, it just seems like Doug can't resist an opportunity to make his character suffer, even if it means slightly throwing off the whole fantasy epic thing.
- Jossed, kind of. Critic suffers a lot, but he still gets to be a good guy.
- Which will probably end up with him blasting Malecite and then delivering a crushing "The Reason You Suck" Speech to Critic and everyone else when they try to celebrate him as if they liked him all along.
- Looking more and more likely. Jaffers says that the TGWTG crew isn't worthy to wield the hand because they're not pure of heart. Pure of...HEART?
- Jossed
- It's the same size, same color, and it's attached to a minor MacGuffin.
- Jossed.
- Mechakara was taken down before Kickassia happened, and the Lord Vyce storyline happened afterwards. This time, Linkara has an ongoing storyline during the anniversary event, which Linkara makes references to in following videos, and this serves as a way to conclude this event while building up Linkara's story, possibly leading to similar scale crossover to fight The Entity.
- Jossed by Word of God on the forums
- When he took out that guy's heart, he went weak for a second and had to wash his hands. He probably can't handle heart even in the most literal sense. So, the only one who can really take down Malecite is Ma-Ti.
- Or at least distract him by answering "What do you think of the 21st Century?" with long-winded enthusiasm for the 90s.
- Jossed.
- In light of the obstacle reveal in Part 5, it could still happen.
- Also it could be Cat and the good witch are Jaffers' friends from thirty years ago since they are who the Critic's team has run into but the Cloaks have only faced Spoony's group so they could be entirely separate entities guarding it for different reasons
- Elisa plays a totally different character, so it could work.
- In the final act, Last Angry Geek removes his hood. The other two don't.
- Jossed, it's Jim Jarosz.
- He's just making an appearance for this special but will not return to making videos so he'll be killed in the climax.
- Jossed (Fortunately).
- Not just for him being a hypocrite, but rather what he depends on. There seems to be a theme in this movie that magic harms the user, such as one of the cloaks cryptically telling another: "You know what that does to you" and Malecite himself deciding to use less magic after ripping out that guy's heart seems to hurt him. When Malecite inevitably begins his rant to the crew about how technology is a crutch, they'll point out that not only is he using magic as a crutch, but that technology at least, doesn't harm the user. This could lead to a Heel–Face Turn or something.
- If or when Malecite asks the team what they think of the 21 century, they're going to say they like it because if it wasn't for the technology we have now, not only would the team not have their jobs, but they wouldn't even know each other. Seeing how tech is not always a bad thing will give Malecite pause just long enough for someone to stab and/or shoot him.
- Confirmed. He doesn't decide that they are worthy, despite becoming a fan of their videos, but he does make a heroic sacrifice to stop Malacite.
Jossed
Jossed.
- Somewhere along the line, the crew attracts the attention of the U.S. Government. A black ops team shows up, shoots everyone including the Big Bad, and take the gauntlet. Everyone gets better due to Santa Christ, and the final scene will be the gauntlet being put into storage.
- Geez, these are internet reviewers, not Michael Bay. I doubt they have the budget for that kind of ending.
- We're all thinking it
- Jossed.
- Jossed, but close. It's actually Ma-Ti's Heart ring.
Linkara wields magic and he has his magic gun with him. He may felt that as the team's expert on magic, he should fight Malecite.
It HAS to be!
- confirmed
Because if the existance of science itself is threatened, of course he'd show up to defend it!
Jossed. He never showed up.
Alternatively, he would have been of use but they keep sending him away so he misses all his chances.
Jossed. He saved the day.
Ma-Ti will show up to fight Malecite and used his ring to summon up poorly animated birds like from Birdemic. They will be useless.
Jossed
- Jossed. it's Ma-Ti's Ring
- Debatable. The weapon's status as "cursed" is called into question, given that it's ancient malevolence has calmed downed, and having the spirit of the girl in the gun likely means that it wouldn't drain his life so much as hers, if it even does. For all we know, the mechanics of her being sealed gave the magic gun similar properties to Malecite's Gauntlet's gem, preventing the life force drain.
- Doubtful, since the story seems to largely ignore the participant's own storylines and all but the most iconic of their gimmicks (like Joe's Force lightning and Linkara's Zeo-Morpher and friggin' spaceship ignored in favor of Joe's machine gun and Linkara's Magic Gun, and no mention at all being made of Jew Wario's WA☆RI☆ON powers).
- Also, Linkara doesn't actually use magic like Malecite, he just owns some magic items. To use a Dungeons & Dragons example, it's like the difference between casting the magic missile spell yourself and expending a charge from a wand. Malecite casts spells, Linkara uses magic items.
- ...Does this mean Linkara is slowly sucking the power of the soul of the girl in his magic gun away whenever he uses it?
- Word of Linkara is that his hat protects him from the life-draining aspects of magic use.
- He could also reappear as The Big Bad for next year...
- He could also reappear in a distant Nostalgia Critic review to hype up the 4th anniversary special.
- DVD bonus features and an episode of Atop the Fourth Wall confirm the Big Bad to be alive, well, and working in a coffee shop.
Confirmed but he was banished to a coffee cafe where he has to work forever.
- Zombie Apocalypse: Well, the Critic is going after the Necronomicon to try and raise Ma-Ti from the dead. He'll screw up the resurrection spell ("Klaatu barada niktu", obviously), which will result in the dead rising and the reviewers having to fight against the undead hordes. Black Lantern Spoony might even make an appearance, being, well, a zombie.
- Or it could be a Necronomicon-inspired Blackest Night. All dead characters from Channel Awesome arise as Black Lanterns, and the undead Ma-Ti will be bent on revenge for being a Butt-Monkey throughout the duration of the sight. Themes include:
- A deconstruction of the fact Death is Cheap. For example, a Black Lantern Phelous will bite the Critic, making him a possessed Black Lantern.
- Scrappies such as Melvin and the Spoony Bum coming back. They will be an example of Rescued from the Scrappy Heap. For example, a psychotic BL Melvin comes back, and says in a twisted tone "Why so snarky?"
- A POV. We will see the emotions of some critics. Ask That Guy and Bennet the Sage will end up hurting the zombies.
- Linkara will be seen as the big hero, because he reviews comics. This will be subverted.
- In a desperate attempt to stop the Black Lanterns, the reviewers will harness lantern rings. Angry Joe will get a red ring(because honestly, who else would?), the Nostalgia Critic an orange ring(reflecting taking over Kickassia, and complete with Large Ham), Bennet the Sage a yellow ring(because he's a Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant), Linkara a green ring and Benzaie a violet ring(for the fanservice and being a Depraved Bisexual.) The day will be saved by summoning the White Lantern.
- Um... aren't you missing the Indigo and Blue Lantern rings? (Not sure who could use them, though....)
- Oh right. The Makeover Fairy is probably to only individual who fits this. Alternatively, the Nostalgia Chick will harness one because Indigos are brainwashed sociopaths forced to feel emotion. Santa Christ would harness a Blue Lantern ring, because he's loved and looked up to by everyone. Even Sage.
- Make sense. Because Four Is Death after all.
- Didn't Jaffers get revived from a magic book with the phrase "Klaatu barada necktie"? Perhaps that is the Necronomicon?
- Or it could be a Necronomicon-inspired Blackest Night. All dead characters from Channel Awesome arise as Black Lanterns, and the undead Ma-Ti will be bent on revenge for being a Butt-Monkey throughout the duration of the sight. Themes include:
- Trapped Inside The Internet
- This would be a clever way to save on budget, as the team would only need to rent a blue-screen studio.
- The Search For Ma-Ti: Given how similar the death/funeral was to Wrath of Khan, the next anniversery will take Channel Awesome into space, either to seek out the Necronomicon or to find wherever Ma-Ti's remains ended up.
- Plus you already have The Critic in Kirk's postion, and the ashes could set up a South Park style situation where one of them drinks/eats them and has Ma-Ti posess their body, Just like the film.
- They could even use Linkara's spaceship (providing it survives that long).
- Confirmed: Doug has revealed that the 4th Year Anniversary is Sci-Fi Based, and will involve Linkara's ship and other ship designs.
- Now fully confirmed.
- Plus you already have The Critic in Kirk's postion, and the ashes could set up a South Park style situation where one of them drinks/eats them and has Ma-Ti posess their body, Just like the film.
- Villain Team-Up: Malecite will return and boy will he be pissed. Having lost the gauntlet he will try to get his revenge on the crew and recruit several villains, including Lord Vyce, Dark Nela, Yanki J\The Evil, Dark Paw, Phelous D1\Nurse Phelous, Corporate Commander, Doctor Insano\Gate Cleaner\Ultimate Warrior\Chuckes (boy, Spoony has entire Rogues Gallery) and others in one big Legion of Doom
- Okay Vyce, Insano, and Coprate commander are all viable options( especially since Vyce is stranded and would do anything to get back), but Nella would have to be turned evil again(though it's possible given the Gem Review), the Cleaner and friends are part of Spoonys plot, I don't know about the Phelous ones, Dark Paw is possible if Malchite could draw him out, but Yanki J isn't evil just a dick, and The Evil is dead.
- Only Yanki J's Evil is dead, JewWario's has yet to be seen.
- Okay Vyce, Insano, and Coprate commander are all viable options( especially since Vyce is stranded and would do anything to get back), but Nella would have to be turned evil again(though it's possible given the Gem Review), the Cleaner and friends are part of Spoonys plot, I don't know about the Phelous ones, Dark Paw is possible if Malchite could draw him out, but Yanki J isn't evil just a dick, and The Evil is dead.
- According to Doug this was part of the original plan for the movie. The rest involved Pirates vs Ninjas.
- The Power is Yor's: The phrase wasn't actually in reference to Captain Planet, but like with Spock, the key to his resurrection. The Necronomicon is in possession of Yor, warrior of the future and destroyer of civilizations. Channel Awesome, therefore, will need a lot more hemp before they're through...
- a rebellion/civil war: all the minor reviewers i.e those not on the homescreen (nash, last angry geek, sad panda, ect) will get jealous and rebel against the headliners ( nostalgia critic, linkara, spoony ect)
- The great seahorse war: now that the critic know about the seahorses conquering the war, he will try to change the future...a shame nobody believe him and the members of Channel Awesome help him just to avoid being fired...
- Maybe something involving either time travel or alternate universes...
- Stopping The Cinema Snob movie.
- A Musical
- Given the singing talent on the site, and the increase in musical segments since the movie came out, it makes sense that there would be a musical. The Moulin Rouge! review, which clocked in at 45 freaking minutes, was likely a trial run, to see if they could pull it off. Given the overwhelming success of that review, the next movie has to be a musical.
- Nah, he really didn't hate the reviewers, he just wanted to protect the gauntlet. He'll probably be sad his friends are dead(the only guardians left are the cloaks, and they are apparently the same people playing them, so Liz and the Critc's effects guy probably won't stick around).
- Considering that he got pissed with Suede, he could return to get revenge at the rotten kiwi for betraying him.
- Nah, he really didn't hate the reviewers, he just wanted to protect the gauntlet. He'll probably be sad his friends are dead(the only guardians left are the cloaks, and they are apparently the same people playing them, so Liz and the Critc's effects guy probably won't stick around).
- I'm betting on Wheeler. Due to BSnP the Fire Ring was never allowed to actually hit anyone, rendering him almost as useless (in-cartoon) as Ma-Ti. I believe another reviewer pointed this out (can't remember which one).
- Or it could be the opposite and hit anything and everything.
Nostalgia Critic: Great, Ma-Ti is mostly harmless. This guy just blows everything up. He's worst than Ma-Ti! Are all Planeteers this crazy?- After years of having to hold back, I can totally see Wheeler taking advantage of being on a show geared at an older audience and just setting everything aflame.
- And he did hold it up in his FFX review, so odds are he really will review it at some point, maybe even long after Ma-Ti comes back(If he does), making it even funnier.
- If it happens it will be one of the greatest brick jokes.
- He could try to find were the Necronomicon could be hidden before bring everyone in the quest.
- Seemingly confirmed, at least in essentials. The quest for the Necronomicon has already been filmed and will "most probably" be a DVD extra.
- Seemingly confirmed as well with the departure of Bhargav Dronamraju from the site, as well as his statement that he will never play Ma-Ti again.
- Seemingly jossed. The end of the second teaser mentions Ma-Ti, so he will play some role.
- Now fully jossed
- That...makes a lot of sense!
- Jossed. The Critic and Chester apparently already went on a quest for the Necronomicon. Plus I serioulsy doubt Linkara would be at the Critic's house for a year.
- Plus they are close friends. Granted they have tried to kill each other multiple times, no ones arguing that, but regardless they've also teamed up for reviews willingly just as much. They also were all willing to fight Malecite knowing damn well they would all likely die in the process, and all broken up over Mai-Ti's death.
- And, hey,considering Kickassia, this serves as great character development for them all.
- Nostalgia Critic : And this concludes this review. Anything else to add, Ma-Ti ?Ma-Ti : BRAIIIIIINS.Nostalgia Critic : Don't you mean "Heart" ?Ma-Ti : BRAIIIIIINS.Nostalgia Critic : Meh, good enough for me.
- Due to it being the Necronomicon its most likely:
Ma-Ti: I'll Swallow your soul.Critic: What?Ma-Ti: I mean Heart!!
- If this does happen I DEMAND the following line be said by Ma-Ti upon his dark return: "Now tell me, Critic, which one of your internal organs shall I rip out from you first? Oh, I know. How about your.... heart?"
- He was genuinely suprised by both the obsticles and Sudede's return, so odds are he didn't plan that part. Plus odds are that Malchite wouldn't waste power on the tracking spell unless he was going right after it to look after who he sent it too, since it's said that magic is Cast from Hit Points and if Malecite had been waiting this long, he wouldn't wait a few years, he's kill the critic, steal the map and send it to someone else. Plus the Critic really dosen't think ahead as shown by Kickassia where his only plan was "run up there and hope he dosen't have a gun or something with no preperation or anything" and his plan for world domination was 1. Conquer Molassia, 2. ????, 3. Conquer the world. Malchite also most likley sent the tape with the letter and the critic jsut added the "Awesomeness!" label.
- Dr. Insano: I may be insane, but I'm not suicidal! I'm going to Starbucks.
- Why wouldn't he have just used his Anti-Magic-Field Generator Set?
- Malachite was far too strong for his Anti-Magic-Field Generator set.
- But then who else would show up? Insano natuarlly, but who else? Dark Nella?
- Perhaps, but considering the circumstances, it'd likely be tricky. There's also Dark Paw, Juno the sorceress, Pheloud D1, Black Lantern Spoony, and Judas Liz, to name a few.
- Juno probably wouldn't show up, as she's not so much a villain as she just likes messing with Marzgurl, Black Lantern Spoony is now fused with Clone!Spoony and Phelous D1 is a cat... last I remember, Dark Nella is gone too. So the Rogue's gallery from the videos I can think of involve Coporate Commander, Vyce, Mechakara, Doctor Insano, Douchey McNitpick (thing about it.) and... Dark Rob.
- Thing about villains is they're rather difficult to get rid of. Particularly popular ones. If Mechakara was able to come back and acquire Malechites Hand, then who's to say what else may occur between now and the fourth year anniversary?
- So the possibles are Dark Paw, Phelous D1, Mechakara, Judas Liz, Doctor Insano, and Doctor Smith depending and more depending on who will show up. (Evil E? Hagan?)
- Given that Mechakara now has the Hand, it's possible that he could use the magic to recreate those that don't exist anymore, like Dark Nella.
- Dark Nella exists still. She's is subliminally in Nella apparently.
- Confirmed: General Zod, Terl, and Doctor Insano and Mechakara will be in the fourth anniversary special, To Boldly Flee.
- The fourth anniversary is confirmed to be a sci-fi story, and we know Mechakara will be at least one of the main villains, so it makes sense. When you think Star Trek, Doctor Who, Power Rangers, or pretty much anything sci-fi at all, you think Linkara. When you stop and think about it, Doug and Lewis have practically been prepping us for it all year, starting with the epilogue seen at the end of Suburban Knights, Doug's extensive Star Trek month and working all the way up to Linkara's recent exploration of Babylon Five. Hell, Doug even referenced Zygons of all obscure things in his Star Chaser review.
- And on a site full of pathetic losers, that's bound to happen. Critic has gone on about actions having consequences, pain being necessary and hypocritically spouting that people need to accept death. Linkara seems to think that going to Malachite for help somehow won't result in something terrible happening. And with Critic's impulsiveness and Linkara's falling hero storyline, they'll probably cause it together.
- Linkara has said that the 'Gun and Sorcery' story arc won't tie into the Fourth Year special, but the rest of this theory is probably true.
- Given that it was revealed to be one of Aeon's creations, I think it's safe to say that it's true power is [[spoiler:Science. This goes a long way to explaining why Ma-Ti was always so useless... he was trying to use the ring incorrectly!