History Recap / TheNostalgiaCriticS10E36

* BerserkButton / OverlyLongGag: The Critic is so offended by his family's not liking Christmas Crunch that he reams them out over it, in a rant that lasts ''26 hours'', apparently.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Even the Critic thinks Creator/RobSchneider's role as Cedric the bellhop is far more palatable than most films he starred in. He also finds the scene in which Kevin uses ''Angels With Even Filthier Souls'' to trick the staff into thinking the concierge was smooching with guys hilarious.

** A RunningGag is that the Critic keeps trying to delay Aunt Despair having a conversation about Chester and Doe about homeless people...only to be surprised that [[BoomerangBigot Chester and Doe are the ones saying homeless people are just bums that need to get a job]] while [[PoliticallyCorrectVillain Aunt Despair believes they need all the support and care they need]].

* CallBack: Kid Tamara, now under the care of Chester and Doe, recall how Aunt Despair abandoned her at the end of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'' [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS10E6 review]].

* DinnerAndAShow: The FramingDevice of the review is a Christmas dinner hosted by the Critic, with Uncles Lies, Aunt Despair, Kid Malcolm, Chester A. Bum, Doe, and Kid Tamara as guests.

** When Uncle Frank calls Kevin a pervert for recording him singing in the shower, the Critic notes that ironically Culkin may perhaps be the only actor yet to be accused of sexual misconduct, while showing pictures of other famous men facing the same raps, such as Harvey Weinstein (co-founder of Creator/{{Miramax}}), Creator/KevinSpacey, Matt Lauer (former Creator/{{NBC}} newscaster), Al Franken (federal Democratic senator from Minnesota), Charlie Rose (former Creator/{{PBS}} host) and Creator/DustinHoffman.

[[TheStinger Have a lovely day.]]

** When Kevin explains to Mrs. Stone (the clerk of Plaza Hotel) that he sometimes gets into mischief, that scene was followed by that of an adult Kevin screaming in the '':DRYVRS'' web video series, specifically Episode 1, a DarkerAndEdgier pseudo-sequel to and {{Deconstruction}} of the ''Home Alone'' series, starring Macaulay Culkin in a reprise of his breakout role.

** The Critic claims he doesn't blame Macaulay Culkin (Kevin) for his robotic acting, given his performance as a mature kid in the first film turned him into one of the biggest stars of TheNineties... before he proceeds to find ways to mock his acting.

** Aunt Despair claims she is only watching this movie because it has John Heard (Peter), whom she recognizes as the drunkard from ''Series/{{Sharknado}}''.

** The Critic doesn't understand why the homeless Pigeon Lady is supposed to be scary.[[invoked]]

'''Tagline:''' People seem to love it or hate it. Is the sequel to one of the biggest Christmas hits ever a good follow up, or should it have been left alone?

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Even the Critic thinks Creator/RobSchneider's cameo as Cedric the bellhop is far more palatable than most films he starred in. He also finds the scene in which Kevin uses ''Angels With Even Filthier Souls'' to trick the staff into thinking the concierge was smooching with guys hilarious.

** Seeing UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump's cameo as the owner of Plaza Hotel (which he did in real life at the time), the two families decide to discuss politics, only for the Critic to distract them from doing so (given the incredibly sensitive topic of his presidency at the time this episode came out) by pointing to another cameo -- this time, that of Creator/TimCurry as Mr. Hector, the concierge of Plaza Hotel.

** When Harry and Marv break into Duncan's Toy Chest and Marv greets "Happy Hanukkah" to himself, the Critic dubs in lines about how he doesn't need to star in ''Film/AChristmasStory 2''(Marv's actor Daniel Stern plays Ralphie's dad).

* NightmareRetardant: The Critic doesn't understand why the homeless Pigeon Lady is supposed to be scary.[[invoked]]

* DodgyToupee: Uncle Lies now has a really bad wig over his head.

** When Harry and Marv break into Duncan's Toy Chest and Harry greets "Happy Hanukkah" to Marv, the Critic dubs in lines about how he doesn't need to star in ''Film/AChristmasStory 2'', unlike Marv's actor Daniel Stern (who plays Ralphie's dad).

* ActorAllusion: Four InUniverse cases:

** A RunningGag is that the Critic keeps trying to delay Aunt Despair having a conversation about Chester and Doe about homeless people...only to be surprised that [[BoomerangBigot Chester and Doe are the ones saying homeless people are just bums that need to get a job]] while Aunt Despair believes they need all the support and care they need.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Even the Critic thinks Creator/RobSchneider's cameo as Cedric the bellhop is far more palatable than most films he starred in.

* NightmareRetardant: The Critic doesn't understand why the homeless Pigeon Lady is supposed to be scary. [[Invoked]]

* {{Glurge}}: Critic coins the term "tear jerks" to describe movies that try to be {{Tearjerker}}s ,but are instead forced.

* During a transition, the dissolve from [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas the Grinch]] to Mr. Hector smiling has the Critic claiming that Tim Curry would be a far better live-action Grinch than Creator/JimCarrey [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas was]].

* ActorAllusion: Three InUniverse cases:

'''Film:''' ''Film/HomeAlone 2: Lost in New York''

* ActorAllusion: Two InUniverse cases:
** Aunt Despair claims she is only watching this movie because it has John Heard (Peter, Kevin's dad), whom she recognizes as the drunkard from ''Series/{{Sharknado}}''.
** When Kevin explains to Mrs. Stone (the clerk of Plaza Hotel) that he sometimes gets into mischief, that scene was followed by that of an adult Kevin screaming in the '':DRYVRS'' web video series, specifically Episode 1, a DarkerAndEdgier pseudo-sequel to the ''Home Alone'' series starring Macaulay Culkin in a reprise of his breakout role.

** Seeing UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump's cameo as the owner of Plaza Hotel (which he did in real life at the time), the two families decide to discuss politics, only for the Critic to distract them from doing so (given the incredibly sensitive topic of his presidency) by pointing to another cameo -- this time, that of Creator/TimCurry as Mr. Hector, the concierge of Plaza Hotel.

* HarsherInHindsight: [[InUniverse The Critic]] feels a bit discomfortable with shots of the twin towers of the former World Trade Center, at the time still standing.

** The Critic compares an old lady surrounded by pigeons to a hybrid between Scottish singer Susan Boyle (of ''Series/BritainsGotTalent'' fame and Film/MrsDoubtfire.

** When the newly-escaped Marv claims he smells fish when Harvey asks him if he smells something, only for the latter to correct him that he smells freedom, the Critic snarks that Creator/MatthewBroderick [[Film/Godzilla1998 will master that craft in six years' time]], while showing a still of his infamous "That's a lot of fish" scene.
* VisualPun: When Kevin denies being a solitary kid seeking a hotel reservation, the Critic claims it's meant to hammer in how repetitive this film is of plot elements from the previous one, while literally brandishing a hammer and hitting the screen.

* ActorAllusion: [[InUniverse Aunt Despair]] claims she is only watching this movie because it has John Heard (Peter, Kevin's dad), whom she recognizes as the drunkard from ''Series/{{Sharknado}}''.

** Seeing UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump's cameo as the owner of the Plaza Hotel (which he did in real life at the time), the two families decide to discuss politics, only for the Critic to distract them from doing so (given the incredibly sensitive topic of his presidency) by pointing to another cameo -- this time, that of Creator/TimCurry as Mr. Hector, the concierge of Plaza Hotel.