History Recap / TheNostalgiaCriticS6E23

* TrueMeaningOfChristmas: For the Critic, Christmas is all about the effort put into giving to the less fortunate. He exemplifies it by proudly showing off the efforts of Malcolm, Rachel, Jim and his brother Rob, as well as those of their parents, Barney and Sandy, in raising them.

* WorstWhateverEver: The Critic's opinion of the cartoon. According to him, not even calling it the animated equivalent of ''Film/TheRoom'' (a film the Critic genuinely thinks is SoBadItsGood) excuses its sloppy execution, especially for any self-respecting Christmas special. [[invoked]]

* RedEyesTakeWarning: When the orphanage kids [[UncannyValley smile in an uncanny way]] at Lily and Pappy, the Critic wonders if that was actually meant to be satanic hypnosis. The clip is shown again, this time with the kids' eyes glowing red and with sinister music playing. [[invoked]]

--->'''Critic!Mavilda:''' "[[Film/TheWizardOfOz I'll get you, you frozen,]] [[UncannyValley awkwardly blinking pretties]]! [[AndYourLittleDogToo And your]] [[LimitedAnimation repeated two frames of animation, too!]] [[EvilLaugh AHAHAHAHA]]!" [[invoked]]

* UncannyValley: The Critic's InUniverse opinion of the whole film.

** After Licorice the dog says where the North Pole is by barking, the Critic asks him a series of questions, one of which is, "Why do smart people keep watching ''Series/TheMiddle''?"

* RedEyesTakeWarning: When the orphanage kids [[UncannyValley smile in an uncanny way]] at Lily and Pappy, the Critic wonders if that was actually meant to be satanic hypnosis. The clip is shown again, this time with the kids' eyes glowing red and with sinister music playing.

--->'''Critic!Mavilda:''' "[[Film/TheWizardOfOz I'll get you, you frozen,]] [[UncannyValley awkwardly blinking pretties]]! [[AndYourLittleDogToo And your]] [[LimitedAnimation repeated two frames of animation, too!]] [[EvilLaugh AHAHAHAHA]]!"

* WorstWhateverEver: The Critic's opinion of the cartoon. According to him, not even calling it the animated equivalent of ''Film/TheRoom'' (a film the Critic genuinely thinks is SoBadItsGood) excuses its sloppy execution, especially for any self-respecting Christmas special.

** The Critic's introduction of this film is almost verbatim to Criswell's introduction of ''Film/PlanNineFromOuterSpace''.

* GoryDiscretionShot: To make a point about the film's poor editing, the Critic intercuts Judy talking to the orphans about Christmas with a Rachel going out with Malcolm, who later catches her getting intimate with Doug. The three get in a fight, cuts back to the movie right as Rachel swings a baseball bat towards Malcolm's head.

* ThiefBag: Mrs. Mavilda gets paid by the Mayor in bags of money for some reason. The Critic parodies this by showing him angrily telling a cashier (Rachel) to accept his check for two money bags. The Mayor is then seen driving off in his BoardGame/{{Monopoly}} game piece.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: Santa in this film, [[InUniverse according to the Critic]].

* GoryDiscretionShot: To make a point about the film's poor editing, the Critic intercuts Judy talking to the orphans about Christmas with a Rachel going out with Malcolm, who later catches her getting intimate with Doug. The three get in a fight, cuts away right as Rachel swings a baseball bat on Malcolm's head.

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: Santa in this film.

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: The critic claims this happened with the filmmakers in regards to what the true meaning of Christmas.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The Critic delivers an epic rant against the film and how TheyJustDidntCare.

* TheyJustDidntCare: InUniverse, the Critic's biggest complaint about the special is how little the creators cared when Christmas is supposed to be about putting effort into making other people happy.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: When the orphanage kids [[UncannyValley smile in an uncanny way]] at Lily, the Critic wonders if that was actually meant to be satanic hypnosis. The clip is shown again, this time with the kids' eyes glowing red and with sinister music playing.