History Recap / TheNostalgiaCriticS10E15

* JustForPun: How the Critic compares the scenery with the main story.
-->'''Critic:''' While it's a [[Creator/MarvelComics marvel]] for the eyes, it's a [[Creator/DCComics DC]] for the rest of the senses, as Fraser comes across his creation, Monkeybone...

** The review begins with the Critic showing a picture of Creator/TimBurton as an example of directors who specialize in surreal movies, and also shows such good works as ''Film/ReturnToOz'', ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', ''Film/TheWitchesOfEastwick'', ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'' and ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman''.

-->'''Critic:''' Films like ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'' and ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'' still hold up. Films like ''Monkeybone'', ''Monkeybone'' and ''Monkeybone'' do not.

** In contrast to the seven good surreal movies, the Critic also points to their less-than-stellar counterparts such as ''Film/TheFrighteners'', ''Film/HowardTheDuck'', ''Film/SonOfTheMask'', ''Film/SuperMarioBros'', ''Film/TheWitches1990'', and ''Film/TheodoreRex''.

** The Reaper is compared to the "[[Literature/AChristmasCarol Ghost of Christmas Missteps]]", who convinced Creator/MichaelCaine that he can [[Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol act alongside]] Series/TheMuppets.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: The Critic likes Chris Kattan as Stu in the body of a dead gymnast.

** In contrast to the seven good surreal movies, the Critic also points to their less-than-stellar counterparts such as ''Film/TheFrighteners'', ''Film/HowardTheDuck'', ''Film/SonOfTheMask'', ''Film/SuperMarioBros'', ''Literature/TheWitches'', and ''Film/TheodoreRex''.

** When the Critic realizes that the film was written by Sam Hamm, of the Creator/MichaelKeaton ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' [[Film/Batman1989 films]] [[Film/BatmanReturns fame]], the Critic realizes that certain plot elements of this film make a lot of sense: The villain wants to release a gas on everybody disguised in a giant cartoon, while a sexy catwoman comes in, suddenly deciding she's in love with the main character, and UsefulNotes/McDonalds wants to attach their Happy Meal rights to a franchise sure to have children wet their beds.
** As punishment for the overly-long farting Monkeybone toy joke, the Critic blows up Malcolm and Tamara, before transitioning into a RelaxOVision with [[Film/PulpFiction Jules Winnfield's face and the caption "Please Forgive Our Great Vengeance and Furious Anger"]].

** The Critic calls David Foley (Herb) the AnthropomorphicPersonification of TheNineties trying to die in [[TurnOfTheMillennium the early 2000s]].

* WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief: The Critic deems such a good-looking guy as Fraser inappropriate to play such a tormented artist as Stu. When Malcolm and Tamara try to defend their casting choice, the Critic retorts that good-looking protagonists in surreal movies usually play the OnlySaneMan. He also takes issue that such a social outcast would also have such a beautiful girlfriend as Bridget Fonda's Julie [=McElroy=], though Tamara later remarks how they blackmailed Fonda into the role.

** Seeing Creator/WhoopiGoldberg and Creator/ThomasHadenChurch as Death and her uncredited assistant, the Critic jokes that they are just in it for a paycheck in between two big projects, such as ''Disney/TheLionKing'' and ''Series/TheView'' for Goldberg, as well as ''Series/{{Wings}}'' and ''Film/{{Sideways}}'' for Haden Church.

** After Stu gets caught by Death again offscreen, the Critic sings his own spin on "[[Film/TheMuppetMovie The Rainbow Connection]]"

-->'''Critic:''' "So, like most boners, you think it's your friend, but it often gets you in trouble and, sometimes, even lands you in prison."

-->"While it's a [[Creator/MarvelComics marvel]] for the eyes, it's a [[Creator/DCComics DC]] for the rest of the senses, as Fraser comes across his creation, Monkeybone..."

-->"Films like ''Gremlins'', ''Addams Family'' and ''[=ParaNorman=]'' still hold up. Films like ''Monkeybone'', ''Monkeybone'' and ''Monkeybone'' do not.

** When the Critic realizes that the film was written by Sam Hamm, of the Creator/MichaelKeaton ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' [[Film/{{Batman}} films]] [[Film/BatmanReturns fame]], the Critic realizes that certain plot elements of this film make a lot of sense: The villain wants to release a gas on everybody disguised in a giant cartoon, while a sexy catwoman comes in, suddenly deciding she's in love with the main character, and UsefulNotes/McDonalds wants to attach their Happy Meal rights to a franchise sure to have children wet their beds.

** The review begins with the Critic showing a picture of Creator/TimBurton as an example of directors who specialize in surreal movies, and also shows such good works as ''Film/ReturnToOz'', ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'', ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', ''Franchise/TheWitchesOfEastwick'', ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'', ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'' and ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman''.

** When the Critic realizes that the film was written by Sam Hamm, of the Creator/MichaelKeaton ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' [[Film/{{Batman}} films]] [[Film/BatmanReturns fame]], the Critic realizes that certain plot elements of this film make a lot of sense: The villain wants to release a gas on everybody disguised in a giant cartoon, while a sexy catwoman comes in, suddenly deciding she's in love with the main character, and McDonalds wants to attach their Happy Meal rights to a franchise sure to have children wet their beds.