History Headscratchers / TheNostalgiaCritic

** The Digimon Commentary shows that this review was really rushed- JO wrote the script outside of some Critic stuff, she was also at an Anime con (Hence why her background looks like [[WebVideo/YouCanPlayThis JewWario's]] for the episode), and Doug was too busy with the Year 4 Special to put a lot of time into the review. So most likely in the rush to get it done JO either didn't notice it or thought it'd be too much trouble this late in the game to change it.

* In the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' movie review, the Critic makes a joke about an announcer announcing the Digimon digivolving. Wouldn't he be able to tell that it's the Digimon themselves announcing it? Even if he couldn't figure it out, I would have thought WebVideo/JesuOtaku would correct him.

* After watching the ''Film/ChildsPlay'' review, Phelous' characterization seems off. In his earlier videos, he was more deadpan. Now, he's over-the-top and constantly talking in a sarcastic tone.

** Because Italians are acceptable to mock.

** Because Italians are AcceptableTargets.

*** That bugged me, but for a different reason--supposedly, we were being shown a world without the Nostalgia Critic, not without Doug. Spoony can't be the Critic because then the world's got the Nostalgia Critic in it. In fact, if Spoony is the Critic, why is there no TGWTG.com? The same "Website/YouTube being bitchy about copyrighted material" issue still would've come up, which would likely have resulted in the contributors we saw joining anyway.

* After watching the ''Film/ChildsPlay'' review, I'm wondering about Phelous' characterization (which I probably should be asking on his page). In his earlier videos, he was more deadpan. Now, he's over-the-top and constantly talking in a sarcastic tone.

* A much bigger problem I have with his review of Super Mario Bros, why did he think Mario was both Luigi's brother and father? The point obviously was that Mario raised Luigi like a father despite being a brother, why couldn't the Critic get that?

* During the Scooby-Doo review,[[note]]Thyme totally intended.[[/note]] Future Critic suggests that Scrappy is going to be the villain, but then when [[IKnewIt Scrappy turns out to be the villain]], he says it doesn't make any sense. Huh-wha?

** Just because he correctly predicted the end of the movie doesn't mean the end of the movie made any damn sense.

* Considering he did a video of the Top 11 worst ''Superman'' film moments of all time, the Critic seemed awfully uninformed about Superman's decision to dispose of all nuclear weapons.
** Do you not think that should be the 12th worst ''Superman'' film moments?
** He could have possibly blanked that bit out of his memory in sheer horror, and Linkara didn't have the heart to remind him directly.
** From a real-life perspective, a good portion of the review was likely written by Lewis (Linkara). In fact, he might have got top billing in the credits for writing. Maybe it still ''wasn't'' on Doug's mind before the writing began.
** There's also a bit of a disconnect in the way the Critic approaches his 'list' reviews and how he does his 'recap' reviews; the recap reviews usually seem to be done in a fashion as if the Critic is approaching this movie for the first time even though he's probably (and presumably) seen them before, presumably to give his comic reactions more punch. The 'list' reviews seem to assume that the Critic has seen them before. A WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief moment, perhaps?
** Not always. Sometimes he refers to a movie in the past tense like he's just seen it and ''then'' he's recapping what he saw to the audience. The whole premise of writing around the real Doug's lost voice in the ''Good Son'' and ''Alone in the Dark'' reviews wouldn't have made sense otherwise. But still, the character of The Nostalgia Critic likely ''has'' seen most of them as a kid.

* Why are there no longer drawn title cards since the reboot? Only one was used for ''Eight Crazy Nights'', but apart from that, it is lazy and cheap Photoshopping with Critic standing angry in front of a background or him holding the bloody severed head of a character he hates. What, does Doug want to cut costs of paying an artist?
** He had Marobot until ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'', but he's said a fair few times that the PlotHole got him into debt so what you said is probably the not-so-kind way of looking at it. Plus NightmareFuel factor for a lot of them I guess.
** Marobot hasn't done anything on his Deviantart since To Boldly Flee. It might not be Doug's fault. Maybe something serious happened to Maro and he needed to take a hiatus.
*** [[https://www.facebook.com/RobotBrush He's actually here]].
*** Ah, fhew, he's alive. I was afraid he had been hit by a car or something.
*** Considering that Creator/JamesRolfe is also no longer using title cards for ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' and ''WebVideo/BoardJames'' for a while (and Mike Matei is still drawing things for Cinemassacre's videos), I am guessing that both think they have a large enough audience/brand recognition to still see their show for what it is, and without the need to put extra effort to make an elaborate title card. Oh well, what matters is the video itself.
* At the end of the ''Face/Off'' review, Doug did a send-off for Rachel Tietz. My question is, why did Doug go through the trouble of plugging Rachel's Facebook page, when Rachel's page has certain security settings and only allows personal friends to friend her?
** I'm sure he meant [[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rachel-Lynese-Tietz/189067771169750?fref=ts her public group.]]

* From his Aristocrats sketch, why would Richard Attenborough have to pull his pants down to get fucked if he had already been ass-raping the Doberman?
** This is the greatest Headscratchers post in history.
** Men don't need to take their pants off, or even down to use their penises.
** [[RightThroughHisPants It's kinda painful to, though]].

* In the ''Film/InspectorGadget1999'' review, he says that they leave Penny behind for the climax. When I saw the flick on Cartoon Network a few weeks ago I saw her take out a guard by making him think over his life as a goon after sneaking in the factory and joining her uncle in the finale. Why would he skim that detail?

* I really liked ''You're A Dirty Rotten Bastard''; what bugs me is the commentary. Doug says he wasn't aware that ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' had been homaged or parodied before. Considering how often it's been done, I find it rather improbable that he'd never even seen ''one'' spoof.
** He said he'd never seen people's life made worse before. This happens all the time in modern day kids shows, which Doug doesn't watch. I think.
*** Correction: He said he'd never seen a spoof where the person's non-existence made everyone else's life better. It might just be a case of not having watched the right shows; not every show does It's A Wonderful Life spoof, and those that do probably did it in a different way.
*** There are two examples I can think of off the top of my head: the finale of ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' and a Christmas episode of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''. Neither really seems like the Nostalgia Critic's cup of tea.
*** I can think of another: ''Series/ABitOfFryAndLaurie'' did a sketch based on that, and a satire based on Rupert Murdoch. He likes British comedy.

* This is more about Doug than the Critic (although those two are obviously related), but why ''does'' he apologize so much? The fuck-ups lists had subjective opinions being treated like mess ups, I've lost count of how many times he's groveled for the LP, you have Spoony's story on how Doug felt like crap because he had the idea of acting like the Snob first and he even felt guilty because the crew in ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'' got sunburn. There's a difference between being a NiceGuy and having a GuiltComplex.
** His screw ups, first of all, aren't just apologies for screw ups, but also a chance to actually explain why he made the calls he did. And to let people know that, yes I do know I screwed up, stop emailing me already! As for the crew thing...wouldn't you feel bad if you dragged your crew into the desert, and they left looking like lobsters? I mean, I would at least feel a bit bad about it.
*** On the Kickassia DVD, you'll see that Rob and Bhargav told everyone multiple times to wear sunscreen. With that in mind, Doug ''really'' shouldn't feel like it was his fault because they chose not to.
** And he's announced now that's he's going to retire the F*-Ups series, and just acknowledge the mistakes on his Facebook page.

** It's more a case of just knowing that scene was just there to "foreshadow" the movie's twist. From a character point, young!Critic was right when he said making Scrappy the bad guy was like HateFic.

* So...what's the story with his reviews of ''Kickassia'', ''Suburban Knights'' and ''To Boldly Flee''? Does he actually hate them, or is he just poking fun at them to show he can laugh at his own work?
** Of course he doesn't hate them. Michaud made Doug do it for the DVD and he just bashed the superficial stuff, like the HoYay and FemaleGaze (gee thanks). He thought To Boldly Flee was the perfect send-off for Critic.

* Why do he and his brother repeatedly pronounce [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Iroh's]] name wrong despite it being spoken aloud relatively frequently on the show? At least with the Mah-ko/May-ko debacle, his name was never spoken aloud in his movies, so what's their excuse? This is especially annoying since one of the many, ''many'' complaints about M. Night Shyamalan's movie (which he's watching this series to review) is that half the characters' names are pronounced incorrectly.
** It's especially annoying since Rob keeps going on (on his Facebook) about the "correct" (read: Japanese) way to pronounce their names, like Ozai, Katara, Sokka, Aang, and so on... even though they are all made up, come from a number of different languages, and not "real names".
** It's not the first time he mispronounced a name who is clearly pronounced the correct way elsewhere (eg: Dray-go instead of Drah-go, Ceh-cil Turtle instead of Cee-cil Trutle, Ralph Bashki instead of Ralph Bakshi, Judge Hirsch instead of Judd Hirsch)
*** But this time Rob actually seems ''proud'' of the mispronunciations, and Doug called himself out on being a "typical white American" with it early on.
** Doug's just not so good with names. I think that's all there is to it. Tons of people are the same way. They can watch entire movies or entire series, love them to death, and still only know the characters as "the uncle" or "the bad guy." They just focus on their roles rather than specifically catching their names. It happens. With Rob, the names look Japanese to him, and he knows a thing or two about Japanese linguistics, so that's how pronounces them. It's an easy, honest mistake to make, especially considering how much anime influence the series ''does'' have. Honestly, I think the only reasons the fans get so bent out of shape about this is because the Shyamalan movie did the same thing, and if the Shyamalan movie did it, then by God, in the eyes of the fandom, it must be a dire sin against nature itself. More objectively, though, it's a minor, pedantic quibble.
*** No, it really isn't just the movie. It's the fact that such a huge deal is being made out of these names (like Doug whining that titles should be easier for him and Rob on Facebook), when all they had to do is apologize for acting racist (again, Doug brought that up first) and move on.
** It's mentioned in a Legend of Korra V-log that some of it was done just to annoy people.
** And ROB is the one who keeps bringing it up on his Facebook, so I don't know why he's complaining about the people complaining about pronunciations when he basically keeps provoking everyone on purpose and then gets butthurt when people get annoyed at it. I see of it like this: if my name is spelled "La-a", and it's pronounced "[=LaDash=]-ah" (and not Lah Ah as the spelling would show, then it's pronounced "[=LaDash=]-ah".

* The 'men can't be sexually harassed' joke from "Dawn Of The Commercials" is pretty cringeworthy and just to justify the [[Film/TheRoom2003 Greg Sestero]] cameo at the end. Yet he snipped at people who got offended by it in his ''Film/TheRoom2003'' review commentary like ''they'' were the problem for even complaining about it, and not his stating that to be sexually harassed you have to be the right gender, effectively laughing and encouraging others to laugh at harassment victims if they're male... basically encouraging people to laugh derisively at the Critic for that very reason. Am I the only one who finds that not only offensive, but pretty hypocritical?
** Not to mention that in an earlier Creator/UncleYo interview Doug said he still has no idea how to cope with getting hit on and has to get his friends to say no for him.

* Is Doug Walker/NC the head honcho of Channel Awesome and TGWTG, or is he just another employee? He seems like the boss who runs everything.
** He has said multiple times that he might be the face of the site, but has no mind for business. Rob also has said that Doug does whatever he (meaning Rob) and Michaud tells him to do.
* I know Bhargav Dronamraju is no longer with Channel Awesome, but how come he never played M. Night Shyamalan? They kinda look alike. Has M. Night (not the real life one) ever appeared on the show to antagonize the NC?
** Yes, he appeared in the reviews of Devil, After Earth, and The Last Airbender. Although he was portrayed by Malcolm, not Bhargav.

* This might be more of a headscratcher for people who don't watch Let's Plays, but why did the ''Bart's Nightmare'' episode bomb so badly? It doesn't seem as bad as it's made out to be. In fact, it's kind of funny to watch someone get so frustrated at a game that they eventually just give up on it.
** Obviously there's CriticalBacklash, but Doug himself said he didn't move with the times and didn't want to miss a deadline so rushed it before his holiday. I just like that we got the James And The Giant Peach review from it.

* Why during his Disneycember review of ''Anime/SpiritedAway'', he continually said Chihiro's name was "Sen," when it was ''pointed out repeatedly in the film'' multiple times that "Sen" wasn't her real name & is a plot point? He didn't even mention that that ''is'' a plot point in the film, I don't think, so it's weird he didn't correct this at any point before posting the review.

* Was Doug/Critic actually playing the "Bart's Nightmare" game? How much of the video was scripted, and how much was real? Did he dub his voice over a recorded game?

** In the same review, they rant about how shooting the crazed, possessed dude, whom they later find out has a compromised nervous system, doesn't react to being shot. Firstly, being shot is in most cases not instantly lethal, lest to someone who can't control his own body anymore. Secondly, shooting him in the knee was a good move, considering that damage to the knew could prevent him from chasing him, despite that guy not feeling anything, and lastly, being impaled through the heart is lethal, no matter how possessed you are. Yeah, that just bugs me.

* The 'men can't be sexually harassed' joke from "Dawn Of The Commercials" is pretty cringeworthy and just to justify the [[Film/TheRoom Greg Sestero]] cameo at the end. Yet he snipped at people who got offended by it in his ''Film/TheRoom'' review commentary like ''they'' were the problem for even complaining about it, and not his stating that to be sexually harassed you have to be the right gender, effectively laughing and encouraging others to laugh at harassment victims if they're male... basically encouraging people to laugh derisively at the Critic for that very reason. Am I the only one who finds that not only offensive, but pretty hypocritical?

*** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsWhoShotMrBurns But she's already got the electric company, the waterworks]] [[TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}} and the hotel on Baltic Avenue.]]

** Because he's not SuperOCD and doesn't need to use the same word every single time he says something.

* In the ''Film/InspectorGadget'' review, he says that they leave Penny behind for the climax. When I saw the flick on Cartoon Network a few weeks ago I saw her take out a guard by making him think over his life as a goon after sneaking in the factory and joining her uncle in the finale. Why would he skim that detail?

** See the “Should We Stop Method Acting?” video?

*** Exactly, the title is in the name of type of realm: Empires are ruled by Emperors, Duchies are ruled by Dukes, Counties are ruled by Counts, Sultanates are ruled by Sultans, Emirates are ruled by Emirs, and as the previous post pointed out, Principalities are ruled by princes, while Kingdoms are ruled by kings, or the female equivalent queens. Plus Liechtenstein is a rather small country, while kingdoms are usually very big.

*** Exactly, the title is in the name: Empires are ruled by Emperors, Duchies are ruled by Dukes, Counties are ruled by Counts, Sultanates are ruled by Sultans, Emirates are ruled by Emirs, and as the previous post pointed out, Principalities are ruled by princes, and Kingdoms are ruled by kings, or the female equivalent queens. Plus Liechtenstein is a rather small country, while kingdoms are usually very big.

* In his ''Film/SuperMarioBros.'' review, what is the problem with the names Mario Mario and Luigi Mario? It makes perfect sense. Why else would they be called the '''Mario''' Brothers? And why did Luigi mentioning Mario raised him call for a ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' montage?

** Had he said he needs more booze, I would have no problem. But he said "potent", which is a measure of the ''strength'' of the liquor, ''not'' the quantity. Look up the definition yourself. Wiki/TheOtherWiki defines potency as a measure of strength, concentration, or the like. A larger bottle does not have stronger liquor, it's more of the ''same'' liquor.

* In his ''Film/MortalKombat'' review, at one point he goes "[[OhMyGods Oh Shinnok!]] I mean, oh Jesus!" Yet in the rest of his reviews of the ''Mortal Kombat'' movies, he clearly shows ignorance of the series - he doesn't recognize Cyrax or Baraka, he doesn't catch the glaring contradictions in the plot, and he gets confused about the difference between the original Sub-Zero and his brother. If he knows about an obscure character in the series, why doesn't he know about other, more well-known characters and plot points?

* At the beginning of the Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks review, Critic thinks that he’s going to review the 80s movie, and he mentions that he already reviewed it in a crossover with The Nostalgia Chick. He acts like he likes the 80s movie, but in the Nostalgia Chick crossover, he didn’t like it very much.

* In the sketches for the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanVsTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' review, Hyper's plan to get rid of a fanfiction is to email the fanfiction to her husband's phone and have him throw it in a time portal. But how does that necessarily ''destroy'' the fanfiction? It's still on her, Benny's, and Critic's phones. They could delete it from their phones, but then sending it into the time portal is completely unnecessary anyway. Yes, it was likely just RuleOfFunny all building up to a time travel joke, but there are likely better ways they could have gotten the fanfic to go back in time.