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** After the most likely intentional OTT-ness of the first breakdown ("I'm a wreck!" and such), the second breakdown just before his CrowningMomentOfAwesome threw this troper for a loop. "There's nothing left for me anymore." He just sounds so lost and broken that... *sob*. Damnit, Doug, who told you that you were allowed to act and act well?
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** After the most likely intentional OTT-ness of the first breakdown ("I'm a wreck!" and such), the second breakdown just before his CrowningMomentOfAwesome SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome threw this troper for a loop. "There's nothing left for me anymore." He just sounds so lost and broken that... *sob*. Damnit, Doug, who told you that you were allowed to act and act well?
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* Call me crazy because it was obviously dark comedy, but I felt bad for him when that childhood picture came up of his parents tearing him apart. I think it might have been the kinda [[StepfordSmiler stepford]] "I had issues" that did me in.
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* Call me crazy because it was obviously dark comedy, but I felt bad for him when that childhood picture came up of his parents tearing him apart. I think it might have been the kinda [[StepfordSmiler stepford]] {{stepford|Smiler}} "I had issues" that did me in.
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* The BabyGeniuses review. Just seeing how ''[[HeroicBSOD broken]]'' that movie made him makes you feel bad that's it's also a CrowningMomentOfFunny.
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* The BabyGeniuses review. Just seeing how ''[[HeroicBSOD broken]]'' that movie made him makes you feel bad that's it's also a CrowningMomentOfFunny.SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.
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* In a much more sillier version, his tribute to his beard in ''MortalKombat''. It's that goddamn Sarah Mclachlan song.
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* In a much more sillier version, his tribute to his beard in ''MortalKombat''. It's that goddamn Sarah Mclachlan SarahMcLachlan song.
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** Lupa herself becomes quite {{The Woobie}} when she accepts that the Critic doesn't want her help reviewing ''Simon Sez''. It turns out she's faking because she likes him suffer as much as anyone else, but it's still a bit moving.
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** Lupa herself becomes quite {{The Woobie}} TheWoobie when she accepts that the Critic doesn't want her help reviewing ''Simon Sez''. It turns out she's faking because she likes him suffer as much as anyone else, but it's still a bit moving.
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* It's easily missable, but in the Critic/Joe grudge match when he's losing, he looks like he's going to cry and says "okay" in a really defeated tone. He goes to a muggy angry face next time we see him, but you have to feel kinda bad for the guy.
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* It's easily missable, but in the Critic/Joe grudge match when he's losing, he looks like he's going to cry and says "okay" in a really defeated tone. He goes to a muggy angry face next time we see him, but you have to feel kinda bad for the guy.guy.
* The most epic answering machine message.
* The most epic answering machine message.
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** And the call itself, how he just ''shrinks'' in more and more as it goes. The emotions on his face... Doug really is a great actor.
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** Listen closely and you'll hear "Sad Romance" playing again.
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* It's easily missable, but in the Critic/Joe grudge match when he's losing, he looks like he's going to cry and says "okay" in a really defeated tone. He goes to a muggy angry face next time we see him, but you have to feel kinda bad for the guy.
* Lupa becomes quite {{The Woobie}} when she accepts that the Critic doesn't want her help reviewing ''Simon Sez''. It turns out she's faking, but it's still a bit moving.
* Lupa becomes quite {{The Woobie}} when she accepts that the Critic doesn't want her help reviewing ''Simon Sez''. It turns out she's faking, but it's still a bit moving.
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** Lupa herself becomes quite {{The Woobie}} when she accepts that the Critic doesn't want her help reviewing ''Simon Sez''. It turns out she's faking because she likes him suffer as much as anyone else, but it's still a bit moving.
* It's easily missable, but in the Critic/Joe grudge match when he's losing, he looks like he's going to cry and says "okay" in a really defeated tone. He goes to a muggy angry face next time we see him, but you have to feel kinda bad for theguy.
* Lupa becomes quite {{The Woobie}} when she accepts that the Critic doesn't want her help reviewing ''Simon Sez''. It turns out she's faking, but it's still a bit moving.guy.
* It's easily missable, but in the Critic/Joe grudge match when he's losing, he looks like he's going to cry and says "okay" in a really defeated tone. He goes to a muggy angry face next time we see him, but you have to feel kinda bad for the
* Lupa becomes quite {{The Woobie}} when she accepts that the Critic doesn't want her help reviewing ''Simon Sez''. It turns out she's faking, but it's still a bit moving.
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* Lupa becomes quite {{The Woobie}} when she accepts that the Critic doesn't want her help reviewing ''Simon Sez''. It turns out she's faking, but it's still a bit moving.
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* Maybe not to the point of tears, but did anyone want to give him a hug when he was so ''delighted'' that another person (Lupa in this instance) actually listened to him for once, only to have a YankTheDogsChain?
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** In a much more sillier version, his tribute to his beard in ''MortalKombat''. It's that goddamn Sarah Mclachlan song.
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* In his review of ''Alaska'', he remembers the last time he mouthed off to his dad and is actually shaking as he says it really ''was'' [[AbusiveParents the last time]]. [[BlackComedy Funny]] and [[DarkAndTroubledPast intriguing]] too obviously, but seriously, [[TheWoobie shaking]].
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* In his review of ''Alaska'', he remembers the last time he mouthed off to his dad and is actually shaking as he says it really ''was'' [[AbusiveParents the last time]]. [[BlackComedy Funny]] and [[DarkAndTroubledPast intriguing]] too obviously, but seriously, [[TheWoobie shaking]].
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** The instrumental he used for his DespairEventHorizon is called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFZ7bBaYpcw Sad Romance]], and the full version might just be the most heartbreaking piece of music ever heard.
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* It's easily missable, but in the Critic/Joe grudge match when he's losing, he looks like he's going to cry and says "okay" in a really defeated tone. He goes to a muggy angry face next time we see him, but you have to feel kinda bad for the guy.
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* It's easily missable, but in the Critic/Joe grudge match when he's losing, he looks like he's going to cry and says "okay" in a really defeated tone. He goes to a muggy angry face next time we see him, but you have to feel kinda bad for the guy.guy.
* In a much more sillier version, his tribute to his beard in ''MortalKombat''. It's that goddamn Sarah Mclachlan song.
* In a much more sillier version, his tribute to his beard in ''MortalKombat''. It's that goddamn Sarah Mclachlan song.
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* In his review of ''Alaska'', he remembers the last time he mouthed off to his dad and is actually shaking as he says it really ''was'' [[AbusiveParents the last time]]. [[BlackComedy Funny]] and [[DarkAndTroubledPast intriguing]] too obviously, but seriously, [[TheWoobie shaking]].
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* In his review of ''Alaska'', he remembers the last time he mouthed off to his dad and is actually shaking as he says it really ''was'' [[AbusiveParents the last time]]. [[BlackComedy Funny]] and [[DarkAndTroubledPast intriguing]] too obviously, but seriously, [[TheWoobie shaking]].shaking]].
* It's easily missable, but in the Critic/Joe grudge match when he's losing, he looks like he's going to cry and says "okay" in a really defeated tone. He goes to a muggy angry face next time we see him, but you have to feel kinda bad for the guy.
* It's easily missable, but in the Critic/Joe grudge match when he's losing, he looks like he's going to cry and says "okay" in a really defeated tone. He goes to a muggy angry face next time we see him, but you have to feel kinda bad for the guy.
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*** There's something quite unsettling about that shot before the camera goes back to him for his song. It's hard to explain, but it's like those movies where you think the person is just sleeping, but it turns out they died alone.
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** Likewise, in their review of ''Troll IV'', Snob and Phelous aren't all that happy to see him drunk and vulnerable.
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** Likewise, in their review of ''Troll IV'', Snob and Phelous aren't all that happy to see him drunk and vulnerable.vulnerable.
* In his review of ''Alaska'', he remembers the last time he mouthed off to his dad and is actually shaking as he says it really ''was'' [[AbusiveParents the last time]]. [[BlackComedy Funny]] and [[DarkAndTroubledPast intriguing]] too obviously, but seriously, [[TheWoobie shaking]].
* In his review of ''Alaska'', he remembers the last time he mouthed off to his dad and is actually shaking as he says it really ''was'' [[AbusiveParents the last time]]. [[BlackComedy Funny]] and [[DarkAndTroubledPast intriguing]] too obviously, but seriously, [[TheWoobie shaking]].
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** After the call, how he just stares at his phone miserably for a few seconds, almost like he's been betrayed by it.
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** The very near DeathByDespair, slumping over his chair lifeless. If he hadn't managed to pull himself out of it, it's actually rather scary to imagine such a HotBlooded guy just kinda wasting away.
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** Similarly, his suicide and the circumstances around it in Spoony's ''CaptainAmerica'' review was a bit unsettling. The poor guy must have felt so bad.
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** Similarly, his suicide and the circumstances around it in Spoony's ''CaptainAmerica'' review was a bit unsettling. The poor guy must have felt so bad.How would you react if one of your friends casually revealed to the internet that he dressed you up in an humiliatingly objectifying outfit while he was raping you and is using the pictures for blackmail?
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** Similarly, his suicide and the circumstances around it in Spoony's ''CaptainAmerica'' review was a bit unsettling. The poor guy must have felt so bad.
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* In their review of ''{{Superman}} IV'', Linkara evidently finds Critic panicking and crying distressing.
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* In In-universe, during their review of ''{{Superman}} IV'', Linkara evidently finds Critic panicking and crying distressing.
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* In their review of ''{{Superman}} IV'', Linkara evidently finds Critic panicking and crying distressing.
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* In their review of ''{{Superman}} IV'', Linkara evidently finds Critic panicking and crying distressing.distressing.
** Likewise, in their review of ''Troll IV'', Snob and Phelous aren't all that happy to see him drunk and vulnerable.
** Likewise, in their review of ''Troll IV'', Snob and Phelous aren't all that happy to see him drunk and vulnerable.
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* Y'all are gonna laugh at me... but the "Alas poor TomAndJerry" speech. Because c'mon, what old-school TomAndJerry fan ''didn't'' feel like that when they were singing about being best friends?
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* Y'all are gonna laugh at me... but the "Alas poor TomAndJerry" speech. Because c'mon, what old-school TomAndJerry fan ''didn't'' feel like that when they were singing about being best friends?friends?
* In their review of ''{{Superman}} IV'', Linkara evidently finds Critic panicking and crying distressing.
* In their review of ''{{Superman}} IV'', Linkara evidently finds Critic panicking and crying distressing.
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* He made a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/1600-nostalgia-critic-top-11-saddest-moments list]] filled with 11 of it. WARNING: You will laugh more than cry.
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* He made a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/1600-nostalgia-critic-top-11-saddest-moments list]] filled with 11 of it. WARNING: You will laugh more than cry.cry.
* Y'all are gonna laugh at me... but the "Alas poor TomAndJerry" speech. Because c'mon, what old-school TomAndJerry fan ''didn't'' feel like that when they were singing about being best friends?
* Y'all are gonna laugh at me... but the "Alas poor TomAndJerry" speech. Because c'mon, what old-school TomAndJerry fan ''didn't'' feel like that when they were singing about being best friends?
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** It might sound batshit, but the picture of eight year old Critic is what got to me. The DarkAndTroubledPast he's built up is slightly less funny when you have such a sweet face to attach it to.
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** Made worse by the music he chose when he was sitting there. "[[TheIncredibleHulk The Lonely Man]]". Aww Critic, honey...
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* He made a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/1600-nostalgia-critic-top-11-saddest-moments list]] filled with 11 of it. WARNING: You will laugh more than crying.
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* He made a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/1600-nostalgia-critic-top-11-saddest-moments list]] filled with 11 of it. WARNING: You will laugh more than crying.cry.
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* He made a [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/1600-nostalgia-critic-top-11-saddest-moments list]] filled with 11 of it. WARNING: You will laugh more than crying.
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* The BabyGeniuses review. Just seeing how ''[[HeroicBSOD broken]]'' that movie made him makes you feel bad that's it's also a CrowningMomentOfFunny.
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* The ''Top Eleven Dumbest Superman Moments'' ended pretty darkly. He says that despite everything, the Superman movies make him smile, but soon he remembers what happened to the World Trade Center, Margot Kidder and Christopher Reeves. Then he looks utterly miserable and leaves with "I'm the Nostalgia Critic. I'm gonna go kill myself." [[SarcasmMode Thanks for making us sad too, love]].
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* Call me crazy because it was obviously dark comedy, but I felt bad for him when that childhood picture came up of his parents tearing him apart. I think it might have been the kinda stepford "I had issues" that did me in.
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* Call me crazy because it was obviously dark comedy, but I felt bad for him when that childhood picture came up of his parents tearing him apart. I think it might have been the kinda stepford [[StepfordSmiler stepford]] "I had issues" that did me in.
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* Call me crazy because it was obviously dark comedy, but I felt bad for him when that childhood picture came up of his parents tearing him apart. I think it might have been the kinda stepford "I had issues" that did me in.
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* Call me crazy because it was obviously dark comedy, but I felt bad for him when that childhood picture came up of his parents tearing him apart. I think it might have been the kinda stepford "I had issues" that did me in.
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* His breaking down to CR about how insecure he is with his job a few months earlier. It almost feels like {{foreshadowing}} to the review above.
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* Call me crazy because it was obviously dark comedy, but I felt bad for him when that childhood picture came up of his parents tearing him apart. I think it might have been the kinda stepford "I had issues" that did me in.
* Call me crazy because it was obviously dark comedy, but I felt bad for him when that childhood picture came up of his parents tearing him apart. I think it might have been the kinda stepford "I had issues" that did me in.
