History Awesome / TheNostalgiaCritic

* In his reivew of WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH, Critic pointing out that Mrs. Brisbee is all the more a unique female protagonist, not because she's special or brave or stalwart like modern female protagonists. Rather, it's because she's a vulnerable every-mouse who is willing to step outside her comfort zone for the love of her children, all the more definging courage. Heck, if it's any indication, Critic commentates he's more fascinated with Mrs. Brisbee putting her life on the line as a vulnerable little mouse than he is [[TakeThat live-action Mulan effortlessly step onto a battlefield]].

-->'''NC''': [[ShutUpHannibal No! Every single thing you said, you got backwards.]] By having grown up humor, you make it more childish. By [[WereStillRelevantDammit modernizing the dialogue]], you [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece make it more dated]]. And by changing the source material, you show how much you don't respect what's already perfect. I'm not going to act like everything Dr. Seuss wrote was a masterpiece, but when he got it right, he got it ''right''. They don't need to be updated. They don't need to be fixed. They don't even need to have movies made about them. But if you're going to do it, the very least you could do is understand the source material.

** When Peter is making the Critic and Evilina watch all the Dr. Seuss movies until they appreciate them, [[VillainousRescue Satan comes in]] [[EvenEvilHasStandards and puts a stop to it.]]

** Pointing out that the rating has nothing to do with box office success, citing that ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' and ''Film/Deadpool2016'' were successful in fields stereotypically considered box office poison (a [[AnimationAgeGhetto G-rated animated film]] and an R-rated superhero film, respectively) because these were good.

* In his reivew of WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH, Critic pointing out that Mrs. Brisbee is all the more a unique female protagonist, not because she's special or brave or stalwart like modern female protagonists. Rather, it's because she's a vulnerable every-mouse who is willing to step outside her comfort zone for the love of her children, all the more definging courage. Heck, if it's any indication, Critic commentates he's more fascinated with Mrs. Brisbee putting her life on the line as a vulnerable little mouse than he is [[TakeThat live-action Mulan effortlessly step onto a battle field]].

** While mocked a lot less, Hyper and her cohorts being told off for only liking men if they're pretty, and really not caring about feminism, just using it as an excuse. Hyper also gets called a punchline and Critic's clearly standoffish with her for what she's done to him, a relief for anyone who felt like ''Christmas Story II'' was too heavy on the UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming.

* He's done plenty on ''WesternAnimation/XMen'', but in February 2019 he managed to interview the developers of it, Eric Lewald and Julia Lewald.

* When making a sketch involving a real life trans woman (Lana Wachowski) for the first time, he tackles the inevitable controversy head-on by having everyone break character to argue over whether her being played by a man or a woman is more offensive, before deciding to just keep going with it as a bunch of people are going to get upset no matter what.

* His rant at the end of ''The Odd Life Of Timothy Green'' pinpointing precisely why the film's message is so bad: [[AdultFear every parent will inevitably make mistakes while raising their kids]], but you're supposed to ''[[CharacterDevelopment learn]]'' from those mistakes, rather than just be excited to see what other ones you can make, incidentally screwing up your kids worse and worse.

** Cutting off the expected reaction by saying the rating system ''isn't'' PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad, because a PC rating system would actually make sense.

* His review of ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler''. The fact that he knew about about the film's history ''and'' that he saw and recommended the "Recobbled Cut" makes the animation fan in me happy.

* Judging ''GOD'' in "Old vs. New: Film/TheTenCommandments vs. WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt".

-->'''Critic:''' This has to be the most [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]], [[DamselScrappy male-dependent]], [[ApathyKilledTheCat uncaring]], {{manipulative|Bastard}}, [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]], [[ContemplateOurNavels pretentious]], [[WhatAnIdiot idiotic]], [[{{Wangst}} whining]] little bitch-bag you will ever see in your ''entire life!'' And honestly? That wouldn't be too bad a character. That'd be very, very interesting, '''''[[TakeThat IF IT WAS INTENTIONAL!!!]]'''''

-->'''Critic:''' This has to be the most [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]], [[DamselScrappy male-dependent]], [[ApathyKilledTheCat uncaring]], {{manipulative|Bastard}}, [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]], [[ContemplateOurNavels pretentious]], [[WhatAnIdiot idiotic]], [[{{Wangst}} whining]] [[MarySue little bitch-bag]] you will ever see in your ''entire life!'' And honestly? That wouldn't be too bad a character. That'd be very, very interesting, '''''[[TakeThat IF IT WAS INTENTIONAL!!!]]'''''

** Tamara-Rey runs off after getting scared like in the film, and an offscreen voice calls her a MarySue right at this moment, showing how stupid that argument is.

* "Holiday Clusterfuck"! Besides having some pretty funny lyrics and imagery, the Critic has some mean pipes. And all of it dropped with [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped an anvil]] about the over-commercialization of the holiday season.

* The end of the ''Film/GreenLantern'' review, where Hyper appears to let Deadpool (actually, an annoying Deadpool cosplayer touch her boobs, and Devil Boner comes out of ''nowhere'' and beats the shit out of him with a baseball bat. He then uses Deadpool's severed finger to propose to Hyper.

-->'''Nicolas Cage:''' ''PRAAAAIISE ME! I'M [[LargeHam CRAAAAZY!]]''\\

-->'''Nicolas Cage:''' ''PRAAAAIISE ME! I'M [[CrazyAwesome CRAAAAZY!]]''\\

[[folder: 2021 episodes]]
* The review of [[Film/Mulan2020 Mulan]] starts out with a parody of "I'll Make A Man Out Of You".

* Critic bashing ''Film/JemAndTheHolograms'' for being terrible, insulting to the fans, and being completely unfaithful to the 80s cartoon is always great to watch, but the best is yet to come. He reveals that the creators gave the fans a chance to be in the movie. All they had to do was make a video of themselves praising the cartoon to high heavens and why they love it so much. And then the creators edited the footage to make it look like the fans were praising the film even though they hadn't seen it yet, the ultimate "F' You" to the fans you could imagine. His response is so satisfying.

* The end of the ''Film/{{Casper}}'' review, where Critic [[spoiler:crashes the Geek Media Expo in a Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} costume and chases down Casper with the help of some very cooperative convention goers.]]
** Including [[spoiler: a Chester A. Bum cosplayer who asks him for change.]]

* The Critic "outdreaming" [[WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark Stanley the Troll]] by [[spoiler: shoving a porcupine into his anus and then morphing it into a Tyrannosaurus Rex.]]

* "Top 11 Reasons the Nostalgia Critic Won't Review ''Digimon''", which is actually [[spoiler:an alert to the first American Internet Censorship bill, and giving us the website that will send our congressmen a letter urging them not to vote for it.]]

** Critic ''rightfully'' pointing out and purposefully prolonging the revelation of the problem with the "What happens if a doctor becomes emotionally involved with his patients? Does his head explode?" scene, saying that getting emotionally invested with patients '''is''' a problem because it alters the doctor's objective judgement. And even pulls it out after the LoveInterest in the movie is killed [[spoiler: by the crazy patient shooting her in the head]].

* The cameos for the ''Anime/PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea'' review: [[spoiler:Creator/LittleKuriboh, Creator/SpikeSpencer, and Creator/UncleYo]]!

* After a whole episode of the Critic bitching about her OldShame, [[spoiler: MARA FUCKING WILSON utterly destroys him by playing ridiculously embarrassing movies he did as an early teenager]].
** The fact that he got [[spoiler: Creator/MaraWilson to make a cameo]] is awesome in itself.
** Note that this is after [[spoiler:Wilson was quite vocally displeased about his fans constantly bringing up the fact that the Critic apparently hated her]], so both of them are being incredibly good sports here.

* The Critic goes off to beat up Mr. Magoo, [[spoiler:and the old man sadistically kicks his ass.]]

* In ''Film/BabyGeniuses 2'', he gets to be a MagnificentBastard for once in his life by [[spoiler: [[WoundedGazelleGambit pretending to be comatose]]]] because hotel rooms aren't cheap.
** Hey, how about [[spoiler: getting Brentalfloss and Uncle Yo again?]]
** An then [[spoiler: All three of them reading ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' with the members of Creator/TeamFourStar]]?

** He also gets a CMOA for actually calling out the treatment to [[TheScrappy Scrappy Doo]], referring it as '[[EvenEvilHasStandards mean-spirited, even for the Scoobies]]'. Take note: He still ''hates'' Scrappy, but this WhatTheHellHero on the [[TakeThatScrappy underlying reason]] why Scrappy is [[spoiler:the BigBad]] is nothing but awesome.

* His #1 best ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode and his reasoning for it: [[spoiler: "Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants" because it came out shortly after 9/11 at a time where America was being controlled by fear and paranoia and needed a reason to laugh again.]]

* In his ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'' review, he infiltrates TMZ, and ultimately, [[spoiler: attacks them by [[HoistByHisOwnPetard gaining footage of them doing embarrassing things]]]]. He follows up this by saying he's the biggest idiot of all for hating ''A.I.'' instead of considering what it meant for Kubrick and Spielberg.
** Not only that, he also manages to shed some light on the infamous ending, [[spoiler:in that it was ''Kubrick's'' vision, and that Spielberg was just trying to accomplish this one dream]]. It becomes a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} as well. This actually indirectly led to the above events, [[spoiler:as some choice words from the Critic caused some AlternativeCharacterInterpretation to happen and causing TMZ to think [[HoYay the duo are gay]]]], [[ValuesDissonance pressing]] the Critic's [[BerserkButton button]] and causing him to perform the above.

* The Devil himself [[spoiler:reveals he was disguised as Santa Christ, and takes out Shyamalan.]]
* In the fourth Nostalgic Commercials episode, [[spoiler: Greg Sestero (Mark from The Room) makes an appearance! This marks the third main actor from The Room to endorse NC (the actors playing Lisa and Denny have both stated that they really enjoyed the Critic's review in the past)]].

* Whether you like ''Film/ManOfSteel'' or not, Angry Joe's argument in favor of the movie defending its most controversial moments like John Kent's "maybe" line or [[spoiler: Superman killing General Zod]]. In the former's case, it shows that Jonathan Kent is a normal parent in an extraordinary position, and doesn't have all the answers. In the latter's case, Superman still isn't perfect and he is more human than the Silver Age's supposedly morally perfect Superman, especially when compared to ''Film/SupermanII'' where he also [[spoiler: kills General Zod]], albeit via DisneyDeath and with noticeably less remorse.

** What about Superman saving the Critic by [[spoiler: [[GroinAttack lasering General Zod's testicles off]]]], or, what about [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic the opening song comparing Superman and Batman]]?

* At the end of the ''Film/TheWickerMan2006'' review, it cuts to a bar where we see Creator/BradJones having a discussion about Creator/NicolasCage movies with someone. The camera pans over to reveal it is [[spoiler:Spoony]], in his first video with the Critic since he left the site.
** You have to admit, [[spoiler:before he was ''forced'' to do so]], you have to give Critic props for his rant about not wanting to talk about the [[spoiler:"NOT THE BEES!" scene]].
** And even when it happens, [[spoiler:rather than just make the usual jokes, he goes into a serious analysis of why people responded to the scene so much, when there's so many other wacky things in the film and it didn't even appear in the theatrical release]].

* [[WebVideo/FamiliarFaces Chad Rocco]]'s ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' animation in the ''Film/GhostRider'' review. More specifically, [[spoiler: featuring Ghost Rider Pony and Flutter''[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E7Bats bat]]'' as the equivalent of {{Film/Blade}}!]]

** And upon realizing that Tim Burton's interpretation of Wonderland was so skewered that [[CanonDefilement even its name isn't Wonderland, but rather Underland]], he proceeds to slam the entire movie by saying one phrase: "'''[[spoiler:CARE BEARS IN WONDERLAND IS A BETTER ADAPTATION THAN THIS!]]'''", followed by an explanation of ''why''.

* His revenge against [[spoiler:Jar Jar Binks]] upon realizing [[spoiler:he was the director of ''WesternAnimation/{{Foodfight}}'']].

* The reunion of [[spoiler:Spoony and Linkara]] to review ''Film/{{Bloodrayne}}'' with the Critic, complete with recurring cameos from the Cinema Snob.
** The title card has a nice bit of design: when viewed on Blip, you can see the sides of [[spoiler:Spoony and Linkara's]] heads, but on the main TGWTG slider, their heads are hidden, keeping up the surprise.
* Getting [[spoiler: Creator/RobPaulsen and Creator/MauriceLaMarche to voice WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain]] in the ''Film/{{The Purge}}'' review.
** And the content of the scene itself, with [[spoiler:Brain furiously telling off Pinky for ruining his plans so many times. When Maurice questions this, Critic accurately says the fans have wanted to see it for years.]]
** The commentary makes it even better: [[spoiler:Pinky only had two lines in the script, but by this point Paulsen and [=LaMarche=] have the characters down so well that Paulsen was able to throw in the occasional interjection, trusting that [=LaMarche=] would be able to work off it. They finished the scene in just one take.]]

* [[spoiler:Rachel's cameo as Evilina]] in the ''Ghost Rider 2'' review, causing havoc on WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow.
* TheReveal at the end of "Top 11 Worst (By Default) Episodes of Avatar". [[spoiler: Creator/DanteBasco is doing the next episode, a Top 11 Best Episodes video, right along side him.]]
** This reveal gets bonus points for referencing [[spoiler: Iroh's reveal from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'']].

* His WholePlotReference to [[spoiler: ''Film/DarkCity'']] at the end of his ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'' review is amazing, just like the film it's referencing.

** He gives credit where it's due though, getting so excited over the film's climax of [[spoiler:The Motherfucking T. Rex and the raptors teaming up to take on the I. Rex that he calls in Jon Bailey of ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' to narrate it. Bailey gets so into it he even adds a robot T. Rex that breathes fire and gives the original Motherfucking T. Rex the voice of ''Optimus Prime'' (in spite of the fact that she's female) to make it more awesome.]]

-->'''Jon Bailey:''' The [[spoiler:Motherfuckin' T. Rex scene?]]

* [[spoiler: [[Anime/KikisDeliveryService Kiki's]] (played by Dayna, Doug's ex) BigDamnHeroes moment]] in the ''Film/HocusPocus'' review.

** [[spoiler: '''Creator/DonBluth''']] intimidating the Critic throughout ''Conquest of the Commercials'' with nothing but a DeathGlare.
** Even better? Most guest stars usually intimidate Critic through a variety of means, whether it be using embarrassing clips, terrifying him by their sadism, or manipulating him. [[spoiler: Don Bluth]] doesn't use such tactics nor does he need to. All he does is just look, only once say that he's waiting for Critic to do something.

* In the ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' review, [[spoiler: [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Angry Joe's rant]] towards "Zack Snyder" in regards to killing Superman too early and not putting any effort into the man of steel himself]].
-->[[spoiler:'''"Zack Snyder"''': Thus, we've combined the most famous Batman and Superman stories into one emotional package, giving you exactly what you've always wanted to see.]]\\
[[spoiler: (Angry Joe politely stands up and dusts off his shoulders... then roars out a massive [[BigNo NOOOOO!!!]])]]\\
'''Angry Joe''': [[spoiler: You know what I wanna see!?]]\\
[[spoiler: '''"Zack Snyder"''': No?]]\\
'''Angry Joe''': [[spoiler: I wanna see the Justice League at his funeral, but now I can't! I wanna see a hero slowly stripped of his life in the ultimate battle instead of just being stabbed in one swoop, but now I can't! I wanna build a connection with this Superman the same way he built a connection with me in hundred of stories, but now I can't! I want to fear that this might be the time that Superman doesn't make it back, but now I can't! How many comics were there before Superman died?]]\\
[[spoiler:'''"Zack Snyder"''': (clearly terrified) I dunno.]]\\
'''Angry Joe''': [[spoiler:Hundreds! ''Thousands''! And how many movies did you make with him?]]\\
[[spoiler:'''"Zack Snyder"''': (still scared) Two.]]\\
'''Angry Joe''': [[spoiler:'''TWO!''' You killed him in ''two'' movies and [[OutOfFocus you barely even focused on him]]! You know what I want to see? I want to see you ''earn'' Superman's death! [[WeHardlyKnewYe This isn't fuckin' Jimmy Olsen]], this is goddamn '''Superman'''! He deserves your time and respect!]]

** Zack Snyder, even when he's cowed by two aggressive men, [[spoiler:managed to beat the shit out of them once they say that they only busted into his office to write the next movie]].

* The ''Scooby-Doo 2'' review has a mystery involving the Critic trying to figure out who gave him the DVD. Like the movie's mystery, it's freaking obvious whodunit, with an [[ObviouslyEvil obvious villain]] and [[RedHerring people who are attempted to be shown as the villains but don't fool anyone]] . [[spoiler: At least, that's what the Critic wants you to think. If you pay careful attention, you'll notice this isn't actually the case with 3 easy to miss clues (First, the DVD case changing, with Jules (Tamara) having the case Roger tried to give the Critic in her shirt, second, after an anvil tries to crush the critic, Jules is pushing a pair of scissors underneath a couch with her foot, and third, while Roger tells them to "write this down", referring to the culprit's name, and says Roger over and over, Jules does write something down... her own name. This entire thing is just to give the audience what the movie did not, an actual good mystery, which the Critic succeeded in doing perfectly.]]

* In ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|2016}}'', [[spoiler: Rachel's cameo as Evilina]], standing for all the little girls who loved the movie and making the meninists actually give a shit about women for once.
** The Nostalgia Critic [[spoiler:managing to defuse the situation with the warring factions by spraying Ecto Cooler and then proceeding to say his opinion: [[SoOkayItsAverage it's average]].]]

* The ending of "Was That Real: Teddy Ruxpin". The whole episode is Critic, having been made to do this, being scared that he's going to have a run-in with the titular bear. The ending is he gets to his car and after all that build-up… [[spoiler: nothing happens]]. He says he built up fear in his head while there was no danger and "that's life", and it's a pretty good Aesop for anxiety sufferers.

* The end of the ''Film/GreenLantern'' review, where Hyper appears to let Deadpool ([[spoiler:actually, an annoying Deadpool cosplayer]] touch her boobs, and Devil Boner comes out of ''nowhere'' and beats the shit out of him with a baseball bat. [[spoiler:He then uses Deadpool's severed finger to propose to Hyper.]]
-->'''Devil Boner:''' ''This! Is what! You get! When you touch! My! [[spoiler:fiancee!!!]]''

** When Skarsgård!Pennywise and Curry!Pennywise ask Critic which one of them is better, Critic informs the two that he's not the right person to decide, but knows someone who is. [[spoiler: He pulls at his face to reveal himself as the Joker from the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries animated series]].]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Joker:''' You should be both! Do you know how many incarnations of the Joker there's been? Tons! And do you know what the best ones have in common?\\

'''Joker:''' ''(annoyed)'' ...Yes. And they were both scary ''AND'' funny! [[TakeAThirdOption Don't choose one, be both!]] As the world's most ''famous'' killer clown would tell you: It's best to go out on a scream ''AND'' a laugh!]]

* In his review of ''Sidekicks'', the Critic proceeds to mercilessly mock Mako's overzealous fans by deliberately avoiding making obvious jokes about him and explicitly comparing him to God. The review ends with [[spoiler: Chuck Norris smiting the Critic because Mako hates him.]]

* Despite ''The Wall'' video [[DownplayedTrope not exactly being one of the best Critic episodes]], the way Nostalgia Critic interacts with [[spoiler:Fennah's characters during "The Trial"]] is pretty impressive and seamless for something created in 17 days. The effort helps bring a slight bright spot to [[MagnumOpusDissonance an otherwise misguided]] video.

** Plus the bookending awesome moments, first gearing up for the review ''Film/HotFuzz'' style. Then, well, how do you top going [[UnstoppableRage batfuck berserk]] with a crowbar on ''Film/TheNeverendingStory 3''? Well, you don't. You go for a different kind of awesome by calling on ''[[spoiler: [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill the]] [[StarWars Death Star]]]]'' to destroy it.

* A very rare call out of Dr Seuss in ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho'', with Critic (canon child abuse victim if you remember) getting offended as the kid's reasoning for not talking is "disappointing his dad" and he points out that mutism is usually caused by abuse and Seuss needed to read a child psychology book.
** It is made however less awesome by his lack of research, considering said character was created by the screenwriter, not Seuss.

* Hyper and Devil Boner sharing the first onscreen mouth-to-mouth kiss in the show's history at their wedding in ''[[Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Chipwrecked.]]''

* In his review of the remake of ''[[Film/TheHaunting1999 The Haunting]]'', how even though he's all about the Catherine Zeta Jones lust and GirlOnGirlIsHot, he still calls out the film and the 90s in general for poor writing of gay people.
** Rather than just chew out the film itself (which easily could have sufficed, given how dumb it is), he makes several point by point comparisons with the original film and how the remake got things wrong, including one line that was put in solely as a reference to the original film that makes no sense in its new context. Way to go above and beyond.

* In the intro for his ''WesternAnimation/TheRapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta'' review, Critic (with help from Malcolm and Tamara), in an attempt to prove that he has the most Christmas spirit, ''slaughters an entire race of Christmas-themed [[Film/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]]-esque aliens who claim to have more Christmas spirit than him offscreen.'' And then we watch him [[{{Gorn}} messily]] slaughter their queen, ''with a Christmas-themed sword'' no less!

* While the insecurity about only being liked cos he's loud is still there, Critic in "The Most Hated Nutcracker Movie Ever Made" realizing he's genuinely gone a year without saying the f word, and people still pay attention to him. According to Tamara, Doug casually directed them for takes without the word, and they didn’t realize what he was doing until they saw this script.