History Characters / TheNostalgiaCriticTheCriticTropesFToM

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He fiercely protects kids but has no patience for annoying dogs, he trashes other people's nostalgia but can't make it through ''Follow That Bird'' without {{squee}}ing, he's demanding of Chester but is the only one to give him money and a place to stay, he's a bastard to people but is so very loyal to the ones he cares about, he has a temper but heartwarming moments come regularly... let's just say this guy can get complicated. His review of ''Film/IllBeHomeForChristmas'' shows that in a stark contrast to D-Bag, he genuinely cares about the people in his life like Santa Christ and Chester. It's especially heartwarming with the latter since he threatened him to hurt him if he didn't make another Bum Review and yet in the end, he tells him to take his time. He also decides to let him and his fiancée stay in his house.

* LargeHam: WordOfGod says that the hamminess comes from WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck, Jack Lemmon's performance as Professor Fate in ''Film/TheGreatRace'', and the Red Queen from the Disney version of ''Disney/AliceInWonderland''.

* FanHater: He [[{{inuniverse}} says]] that anyone who likes ''[[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Hannibal]]'' and the Creator/JimCarrey remake of ''TheGrinch'' is stupid. (Note that Doug doesn't think this at all, and tries to actively fight this and ReviewsAreTheGospel.)

* HeroicSuicide: Twice, in ''ScoobyDoo'' and ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee''. They have noble reasons, but both times he's happily relieved to be ending it.

* IconicItem: His tie has become this, and his gun to a lesser extent. The former becomes somewhat important in ''ScoobyDoo'', where it's only half-done when he's broken but tied properly when he's giving the poker game a shot.

* LoserProtagonist: He lives with his abusive mother, has a load of issues, his job is the only life he has and the other one was being a CrustyCaretaker, doesn't particularly have a lot of talent and has NoSocialSkills. The knowledge of all this hits him like a ton of bricks in ''ScoobyDoo'' and he spends WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee trying to fix it.

** ''ScoobyDoo'' finally has him try to grow out of this, asking [[spoiler: Roger]] with genuine curiosity about why a film can do so well when everyone mocks it.

* KidAnova: After calling a kinky fantasy starring [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles April]] every kid's dream, he defensively reminds people that he was an early bloomer.

*** Anyone who likes ''Film/TheLorax'' gets treated like they're stupid, but he reserves special scorn for Onceler fangirls, who scream every time he's mentioned, get treated like they're just hipsters and switch to perving on him when he compares himself to the Onceler.

** The guy who openly admitted on several occasions that's he's [[invoked]] PanderingToTheBase and is OnlyInItForTheMoney with his own work preaches like mad to the focus group guys in ''Film/TheLorax'' about how both of those things are wrong. This gets acknowledged at the end where the analysts are gone and he's with Black Willy Wonka being disappointed that he's not getting the secrets to money and happiness.

** He feels guilty and confused over driving the analysts in ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'' to suicide, but quickly gets over it. Later in ''Film/TheLorax'', he references it being his fault that they died but doesn't feel bad.

* InformedFlaw: He's regularly making fun of himself for "screaming every other line", which is funny, but hasn't been relevant for the past few years. [[spoiler: Justified in WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee, where he uses it as an excuse of why he hates himself and nobody needs him.]]
** A slightly confusing joke in ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'' has Malice (for the second time) assuming Critic escaped from an asylum, this time because of the way he's dressed. Critic then reacts by telling her when she's dressed weird it's crazy, when he dresses weird it's avant-garde. A messy suit really isn't all that strange. [[spoiler: again explained later, as in ''Film/TheLorax'' he's forced to realize that it has nothing to do with "avant-garde", his clothes were picked out just to appeal to female viewers]].

** Thanks to his clothes, everyone (in reboot anyway) thinks he's a hipster, and as analyst 1 in ''Film/TheLorax'' points out, it's not like he doesn't have hipster traits.

* FragileFlower: Luckily he mixes this with more {{Hotblooded}} tropes, but he breaks down in tears often for no reason. The ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' parody in ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes'' calls him a crybaby.

* InnocentFanserviceBoy: Deconstructed. He likes teasing his audience and bragging about how cute he is, but he has no idea what he's doing in the real world. As examples, the skirt in ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'', drinking with [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] when he's a complete lightweight and getting a stalker partner when he was a teenager.

* JerkassFacade: Not that he isn't a genuine dick, but coupled with SympatheticPOV, there's no indication that the other characters know what we know about him. Or that he'd be willing to tell them.
** Confirmed in ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'', as when he's either forced or just lets the facade drop, characters not known for their empathy (like Chick or Phelous) become more gentle with him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He fiercely protects kids but has no patience for annoying dogs, he trashes other people's nostalgia but can't make it through ''Follow That Bird'' without {{squee}}ing, he's demanding of Chester but is the only one to give him money and a place to stay, he's a bastard to people but is so very loyal to the ones he cares about, he has a temper but heartwarming moments come regularly... let's just say this guy can get complicated.
** His review of ''Film/IllBeHomeForChristmas'' shows that in a stark contrast to D-Bag, he genuinely cares about the people in his life like Santa Christ and Chester. It's especially heartwarming with the latter since he threatened him to hurt him if he didn't make another Bum Review and yet in the end, he tells him to take his time. He also decides to let him and his fiancée stay in his house.

** He treats the abuse kids, Melody and Cliff, really badly in ''Monkeybone'', but when he finds out their parents are Aunt Despair and Uncle Lies, he connects the dots and feels bad.

** Before his character cemented and he had plenty of gay moments himself, his early episodes are pretty bad with this, like when he complains at the end of ''Series/PowerRangers'' about “why is the [robot] so gay?”

** After years of being [[HoYay/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses very]] [[http://blip.tv/nostalgiacritic/nostalgia-critic-the-haunting-5634970 very]] ''[[WebVideo/DemoReel very]]'' queer-friendly, all the reboot's talk of putting dicks into women, making women pregnant and [[{{hypocrite}} mocking femmy guys]], comes off as trying way too hard.

** In ''Film/TheOddLifeOfTimothyGreen'' and the ''{{Twilight}}'' editorial, he makes rants about learning from your mistakes and growing up. The irony that this comes after ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'' but he's back to screaming and having psychotic breaks like he did years ago has not been lost on people.

** Also, the Critic's "mourning" of ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' a la ''{{Hamlet}}'' seems to have him rather depressed.

* InVinoVeritas: Phelous and Snob get pretty shocked when they see him vulnerably hanging onto The Other Guy and totally wasted in their "Troll 4" review. We aren't, [[JerkassFacade because we've seen it before]].

* JadedWashout: Best summed up here:
-->'''Critic:''' Look at you, you had such dreams ahead of you, such promise, you were perfect back then -- okay you had stupid glasses, teeth like a chipmunk and a dumb and dumber haircut that only got dumb and dumber -- but you had such hope.

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* CriminalAmnesiac: The Reloaded reviews have him constantly attack himself for being "too gay", the friends that had helped him atone in WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee, make racist comments towards Ma-Ti and not care one bit about said planeteer's death.

* [[SheCleansUpNicely He Cleans Up Nicely]]: In the Chick's ''Worst Witch'' review, despite the ridiculous wig, he manages to pull off an all-white suit quite impressively. Chick gets a little annoyed by how Elisa and Nella suddenly fangirl over him when he arrives.

* [[CriminalAmnesiac Jerkass Amnesiac]]: The Reloaded reviews have him constantly attack himself for being "too gay", the friends that had helped him atone in WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee, make racist comments towards Ma-Ti and not care one bit about said planeteer's death.

* [[LikeFatherLikeSon Like Mother Like Son]]: His mom was an AlcoholicParent who called him up to insult him, and Dr Smith [[spoiler: his dad]] gets concerned when he's getting hammered in ''IT''.

* [[FemaleMisogynist Male Misandrist]]: Oddly (given what [[StrawFeminist she's]] [[DoesNotLikeMen like]]), he's complained more about MaleGaze, the standard [[NobleMaleRoguishMale stereotypes]], the WhiteMaleLead trend and apparent "what about teh menz" feelings in movies more than the Chick ever has.

* LovableNerd: Being played by [[NiceGuy D]][[{{Keet}} o]][[{{Adorkable}} u]][[MeanCharacterNiceActor g]] certainly helps.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor:
** Doug Walker is ''nothing'' like his pathetic, crazed character in real life. Some of the commentaries get bizarre, as the Critic is yelling at the movie for being stupid and Doug is yelling at the Critic for being a dick.
** The difference between the more Doug-ish editorials and the actual Critic reviews can lead to some amusing moments, like the editorial about “Did Tom And Jerry Kill Themselves” discusses more sensitivity to suicide/race/gender jokes and how it's a good thing.[[note]]Plus in an ''BMO Noire'' vlog, he went as far as to say he had to have offensive jokes explained to him and was called stupid when he had no idea why they were meant to be funny.[[/note]] but ''Film/DemolitionMan'' has a lot of complaining about the internet being too sensitive and how it's taking away rights.

** Confirmed in WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee, as when he's either forced or just lets the facade drop, characters not known for their empathy (like Chick or Phelous) become more gentle with him.

** The difference between the more Doug-ish editorials and the actual Critic reviews can lead to some amusing moments, like the editorial about “Did Tom And Jerry Kill Themselves” discusses more sensitivity to suicide/race/gender jokes and how it's a good thing [[note]]Plus in an ''BMO Noire'' vlog, he went as far as to say he had to have offensive jokes explained to him and was called stupid when he had no idea why they were meant to be funny[[/note]], but ''Film/DemolitionMan'' has a lot of complaining about the internet being too sensitive and how it's taking away rights.

* FanDisservice: In the reboot. A SexySoakedShirt scene comes from him soaking himself in gasoline, he's super skinny [[note]]Doug explained in "All Your Fault" that he just doesn't eat because he's working constantly[[/note]] and ashamed of any sort of shirtlessness, views of his ass crawling away from the camera are hide to enjoy when he's sobbing, and he gets pissy at anyone finding him good-looking.

** Reboot brought him down even harder, as in ''8 Crazy Nights'' he has a "Happy Madison Audience" laughing idiotically at every stupid thing he says and ends the bit with "it's funny because they shouldn't live". [[spoiler: He even kills them later]].

** In "The Odd Life Of Timothy Green" and the ''{{Twilight}}'' editorial, he makes rants about learning from your mistakes and growing up. The irony that this comes after WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee but he's back to screaming and having psychotic breaks like he did years ago has not been lost on people.
** He also jokes that the mother in “The Odd Life Of Timothy Green” is “as unfruitful as her garden”. Remember when he called a similar joke in ''Film/{{North}}'' “the worst thing uttered by humanity”?

** He absolutely hates children getting getting hurt or mistreated, but makes a child abuse joke in ''Cop and a Half'', hits and insults Evillina when he's supposed to be babysitting her in ''The Cat in the Hatt'', and murders several kids during ''TMNT'14''.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Demanding pure logic in the silliest of cartoons, but running on emotion himself.

** For all his mocking of Linkara's clichés, [[http://blip.tv/at4w/at4w-superman-for-the-animals-1-6879891 he can't take it]] when Linkara trashes his screaming, [[invoked]] {{fountain of memes}} reputation and disrespect for his audience. [[note]]should be noted that this is in-character, and doesn't apply to Doug/Lewis's poking fun at each other[[/note]]
** In the ''American Beauty'' editorial, he musters up disgust for the film making pedophilia “quirky”, but ends it thanking a sixteen year old Thora Birch for showing her breasts (who because she was a minor at the time, had to get her parents to approve).