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* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Critic points it out in-universe in the ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda'' show, ''Film/RedSonja'', ''CaptainNTheGameMaster'', ''Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation'', ''TankGirl'', ''RockADoodle'', ''SupermanIV'', ''Film/TheGarbagePailKidsMovie'', ''PoundPuppies'', ''ThePebbleAndThePenguin'', ''ErnestScaredStupid'', ''Film/TheNeverendingStory 3'', ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons'' and the first ''Film/SpiderMan'' movie. He also insults [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] for having bad effects as well in the Superman IV review.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Critic points it out in-universe in the ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda'' show, ''Film/RedSonja'', ''CaptainNTheGameMaster'', ''Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation'', ''TankGirl'', ''RockADoodle'', ''SupermanIV'', ''Film/TheGarbagePailKidsMovie'', ''PoundPuppies'', ''[[WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies1980s Pound Puppies]]'', ''ThePebbleAndThePenguin'', ''ErnestScaredStupid'', ''Film/TheNeverendingStory 3'', ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons'' and the first ''Film/SpiderMan'' movie. He also insults [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] for having bad effects as well in the Superman IV review.
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** The Critic was asked to review the recent ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' movie. He made fun of Splinter's voice, saying he sounded like he'd smoked an entire carton of Marlboros... not knowing his [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender beloved]] [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack voice actor]], Mako, had [[FunnyAneurysmMoment recently died of throat cancer]]. The fans who were familiar with Mako's work... [[BerserkButton reacted]] [[NerdRage poorly.]] Since then, any time Mako has come up in a review, the Critic has made sure to [[HundredPercentAdorationRating only speak of him]] [[LikeAGodToMe with the highest praise]] (including showing [[TooGoodForThisSinfulWorld Mako's head wreathed in light]] with an [[CherubicChoir angelic choir]] singing in the background).
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** The Critic was asked to review the recent ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' movie. He made fun of Splinter's voice, saying he sounded like he'd smoked an entire carton of Marlboros... not knowing his [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender beloved]] [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack voice actor]], Mako, had [[FunnyAneurysmMoment recently died of throat cancer]]. The fans who were familiar with Mako's work... [[BerserkButton reacted]] [[NerdRage poorly.]] Since then, any time Mako has come up in a review, the Critic has made sure to [[HundredPercentAdorationRating only speak of him]] [[LikeAGodToMe with the highest praise]] (including showing [[TooGoodForThisSinfulWorld [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth Mako's head wreathed in light]] with an [[CherubicChoir angelic choir]] singing in the background).
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** The Critic was asked to review the recent ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' movie. He made fun of Splinter's voice, saying he sounded like he'd smoked an entire carton of Marlboros... not knowing his [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender beloved]] [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack voice actor]], Mako, had [[FunnyAneurysmMoment recently died of throat cancer]]. The fans who were familiar with Mako's work... [[BerserkButton reacted]] [[NerdRage poorly.]] Since then, any time Mako has come up in a review, the Critic has made sure to [[HundredPercentAdorationRating only speak of him]] [[LikeAGodToMe with the highest praise]] (including showing [[TooPureForThisSinfulWorld Mako's head wreathed in light]] with an [[CherubicChoir angelic choir]] singing in the background).
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** The Critic was asked to review the recent ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' movie. He made fun of Splinter's voice, saying he sounded like he'd smoked an entire carton of Marlboros... not knowing his [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender beloved]] [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack voice actor]], Mako, had [[FunnyAneurysmMoment recently died of throat cancer]]. The fans who were familiar with Mako's work... [[BerserkButton reacted]] [[NerdRage poorly.]] Since then, any time Mako has come up in a review, the Critic has made sure to [[HundredPercentAdorationRating only speak of him]] [[LikeAGodToMe with the highest praise]] (including showing [[TooPureForThisSinfulWorld [[TooGoodForThisSinfulWorld Mako's head wreathed in light]] with an [[CherubicChoir angelic choir]] singing in the background).
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* PaintingTheFourthWall: In ''MoulinRouge'', the Guilty Pleasures song is the only one where they look down the barrel of the camera, i.e it's more directed to the audience than to Critic.
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** Whenever Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger shows up... '''[[JingleAllTheWay PUT THAT COOKIE DOWN, NOW!]]''' He’ll also comment it with a heavy Arnie accent, with the most common lines about eating kids.
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** Whenever Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger shows up... '''[[JingleAllTheWay '''[[Film/JingleAllTheWay PUT THAT COOKIE DOWN, NOW!]]''' He’ll also comment it with a heavy Arnie accent, with the most common lines about eating kids.
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** Realizing Jake Lloyd from ''JingleAllTheWay'' was also in ''StarWars: [[ThePhantomMenace Episode I]]'' as Anakin and jumping out a window.
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** Realizing Jake Lloyd from ''JingleAllTheWay'' ''Film/JingleAllTheWay'' was also in ''StarWars: [[ThePhantomMenace Episode I]]'' as Anakin and jumping out a window.
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*** Creator/MontyPython montages seemed to have been a trend to him these days. The ''{{Conan}}'' reviews use the [[Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life"]] and [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail The Swamp Castle scene]].
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** The Critic identifies ''{{Kazaam}}'', ''{{Moonwalker}}'', and ''{{Sidekicks}}'' as these (though the latter is subverted in that a family member directed the film instead of the person himself).
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** He will occasionally interject a genuine compliment into an otherwise negative review, preceding it with "I'm serious" so it is not mistaken for sarcasm. An example is his high opinion of the "Smooth Criminal" sequence from ''Michael Jackson's Moonwalker''.
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** He will occasionally interject a genuine compliment into an otherwise negative review, preceding it with "I'm serious" so it is not mistaken for sarcasm. An example is his high opinion of the "Smooth Criminal" sequence from ''Michael Jackson's Moonwalker''.''Film/{{Moonwalker}}''.
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* SecurityCling: He touches upon the downside of this in his review of ''Film/TheHaunting1963''
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* SecurityCling: He touches upon the downside of this in his review of ''TheHaunting''
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** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Phelous in the ChildsPlay review when he comments that the sock he threw at the Critic got much whiter in the Critic's frame than it had been in his.
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** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Phelous in the ChildsPlay Film/ChildsPlay review when he comments that the sock he threw at the Critic got much whiter in the Critic's frame than it had been in his.
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* SingleTear: While watching Tom And Jerry talking... ''singing''... about being '''friends'''!!
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** Similarly, in his ''HomeAlone3'' review, he said many of JohnHughes's '90s movies tended to fall into the category of slapstick shit, or "slapshit", as he liked to call it.
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** [[PrecisionFStrike Fucking]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome BUBBLES!]]
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* RightHandVersusLeftHand: Literally. When the horror of ''BabyGeniuses 2'' puts him in a comatose state right before he has to do a panel, BrentalFloss and Uncle Yo prop him up in a chair, speak for him. and pretend to be his arms. They end up arguing over whether Doug liked his BrentalFloss or Uncle Yo crossovers more.
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* RightHandVersusLeftHand: Literally. When the horror of ''BabyGeniuses 2'' puts him in a comatose state right before he has to do a panel, BrentalFloss and Uncle Yo [[OfCorpseHesAlive prop him up in a chair, speak for him. him, and pretend to be his arms.arms]]. They end up arguing over whether Doug liked his BrentalFloss or Uncle Yo crossovers more.
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* PerpetualSmiler: Doug in his out-of-character videos often can't seem to stop smiling, even when he's raging about something.
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* PoorMansPorn: He's very obviously masturbating to George Takei's autobiography in the group review of ''Film/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.
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** The Critic tries but fails to avert this in his review of ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''. He manages to prevent himself from spitting out his drink after hearing Lieutenant Ilia mention her oath of celibacy, but he spits it out when she asks Captain Kirk, in Johnny's voice, how his sex life is.
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** From his review of ''StarTrekTheMotionPicture'':
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* SomethingElseAlsoRises: During his review of ''Film/TankGirl'', when Rebecca and Jet kiss, his hat flies off his head with an audible pop:
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* SomethingElseAlsoRises: During his review of ''Film/TankGirl'', when Rebecca and Jet kiss, his hat flies off his head with an audible pop:
-->"This movie just went up a notch. Or at least... something went up a notch."
-->"This movie just went up a notch. Or at least... something went up a notch."
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If I remember correctly, that was the one time he slipped up in the review. If you remember any other slip-up, feel free to point it out.
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** His review of ''FullHouse'', for the most part, is this, due to Doug watching the whole series to make sure he wouldn't fuck up. He did get the details of the mother's death wrong, though (i.e. he thought she died of a disease).
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* SecurityCling: He touches upon the downside of this in his review of ''TheHaunting''
-->And when the only person you can cuddle up with may or may not have the hots for you, it makes the scene more uncertain and therefore uncomfortable.
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* SexForSolace: Towards the end, there was a lot more jokes on the patheticness of his sex life, from constant failed one night stands to catching a couple of [=std=]s.
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* PowerIsSexy: Oh yes. Not just with him craving some of his own, but he was consistently attracted to curvy brunettes who like dominating, and his guy!crushes were always confident, self-possessed and usually black.
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Doug said he\'d appear if there was anything more they could do with him, he might make an appearance here and there.
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* SeriesFauxnale: ''ScoobyDoo'' is filled with references to past reviews, has returning characters including Roger the angel from the Christmas special, consists of Critic interacting with his younger and older selves, all three making a HeroicSacrifice[=/=]HeroicSuicide to save the world, has a lot of intense acting from Doug when it comes to Critic's depression reaching boiling point, and it ends with Critic making the effort to join in a poker game. The actual GrandFinale happens in ''ToBoldlyFlee'', wherein Doug Walker officially retires the character. He will appear in specials, though.
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* SeriesFauxnale: ''ScoobyDoo'' is filled with references to past reviews, has returning characters including Roger the angel from the Christmas special, consists of Critic interacting with his younger and older selves, all three making a HeroicSacrifice[=/=]HeroicSuicide to save the world, has a lot of intense acting from Doug when it comes to Critic's depression reaching boiling point, and it ends with Critic making the effort to join in a poker game. The actual GrandFinale happens in ''ToBoldlyFlee'', wherein Doug Walker officially retires the character. He will appear in specials, though.
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* SeriesFauxnale: ''ScoobyDoo'' is filled with references to past reviews, has returning characters including Roger the angel from the Christmas special, consists of Critic interacting with his younger and older selves, all three making a HeroicSacrifice[=/=]HeroicSuicide to save the world, has a lot of intense acting from Doug when it comes to Critic's depression reaching boiling point, and it ends with Critic making the effort to join in a poker game. But! Doug signed a deal with blip a few months ago to continue making videos for them, information accidentally released, so as much he'd like to, Critic's not going anywhere.
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* SeriesFauxnale: ''ScoobyDoo'' is filled with references to past reviews, has returning characters including Roger the angel from the Christmas special, consists of Critic interacting with his younger and older selves, all three making a HeroicSacrifice[=/=]HeroicSuicide to save the world, has a lot of intense acting from Doug when it comes to Critic's depression reaching boiling point, and it ends with Critic making the effort to join in a poker game. But! The actual GrandFinale happens in ''ToBoldlyFlee'', wherein Doug signed a deal with blip a few months ago to continue making videos for them, information accidentally released, so as much he'd like to, Critic's not going anywhere.Walker officially retires the character. He will appear in specials, though.
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* ObviouslyEvil: Pointed out in his review of AKidInKingArthursCourt - By the way, did I mention that ''I'' am the villain? No? '''Because I don't have to!'''
** He does that again in ''The Lost World'' with the Men in Suits.
** And in ''QuestForCamelot'', where the villain has a far more sinister character design than the others knights around him.
** And in The OTHER Titanic Animated Movie when he points out that the villain has both an [[BeardofEvil evil mustache]] and an [[EyepatchofPower eyepatch]].
* OhCrap:
** An EXTENDED OhCrap. In his review of ''TheRoom'', he laughs at Tommy Wiseau's performance and asks where the real actor is. As he realizes to his horror that Tommy Wiseau IS the lead actor, his smile slowly fades into a face of pure horrific stupefaction.
** And another when at the end of his "Old vs. New" of TheTenCommandments and ThePrinceOfEgypt. As [[spoiler:God reveals that he was upset with one of the judgments]], the Critic's face goes through about ten priceless seconds of varying degrees of "...I'm fucked, aren't I."
** Linkara's initial reaction to Nostalgia Critic at the beginning of their crossover review for ''Superman IV'' was FULL of this.
** This is his initial reaction to the ''CaptainPlanet'' AIDS episode.
** "...Bothell, Washington? You're bluffing. You don't really have those videos."
** This is his reaction when, after running through the hotel, screaming like a maniac (albeit pausing to do a Q&A), and hiding in Sci-Fi Guy's hotel room, he turns on the TV...only to see [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] glaring at him, ready to do a Franchise/StarTrek crossover review with him, something he had been trying to avoid the entire month.
* OldShame: [[InUniverse At the end of his]] review of ''Film/ASimpleWish'' review, [[spoiler: the actual MaraWilson gets revenge on him mocking her by [[ExploitedTrope showing videos]] that he made as a child]].
* OminousLatinChanting:
** The scene where the Nostalgia Critic realizes where he has to review ''GoodBurger''.
** He also uses it for the moments in the ''DropDeadFred'' review when he asserts that it's really a horror film.
** He refers to it as "The Dramatic Choir" in his ''Top 11 Best Cliches,'' listing the different variants: actual Latin chanting, gibberish that sounds like a dead language, English made to sound like a different language, and plain old oohs and aahs.
* OperationJealousy: He thinks this is happening with Dexter in ''GoodBurger'', as Monique looks like the female version of Ed and they're on a double date.
* {{Overcrank}}: The premise behind "Scary Slow-Mo", where he plays a scene slowly to make it more scary.
* OverlyLongGag: He has a tendency towards this. Some of the more prominent examples:
** [[GoodBurger BLOOBITY BLOOBITY BLOOBITY BLOOBITY, BLOOBITY BLOOBITY BLOOBITY BLOOBITY, BLOOBITY BLOOBITY BLOOBITY BLOOBITY, BLOOBITY BLOOBITY...]]
** The Critic himself has arguably been guilty of [=OLGs=] from time to time. The "laughing at Zack" and "Becky memorial" bits from ''SavedByTheBell'', and the "bunny boobies" bit from ''Film/SpaceJam'' all dragged a bit.
** As well as Mr. Tachanova Humpascheier Rickydicky Hamstermaster Pollywolly Wannabingbangme Supercalafragalistic Knickknackpaddywhackgivethedoga Bananafanafofresca Hickorydickoryhockitypockitywockitywhack [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Angelina Francesca the Third]]. ([[{{Godzilla}} "It's Tatapolous."]]) Whatever.
** Tone Lōc? Tony Lock? T. One Lock? Tone-Loc Picard?
** The outbursts of "no" during the Drop Dead Fred review, going on for quite a while, ranging from loud and angry to quiet and disbelieving and back again.
** The alien from ''Film/IndependenceDay'' asking if it is an old girlfriend ("Stephanie?").
** Both the Critic's reaction to Apollo getting beat up and the clapping scene in ''RockyIV'' get really drawn out.
** [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]]-as-the-Critic's crazed laughter in "You're a Dirty Rotten Bastard".
** Drs. [[TheSpoonyExperiment Insano]] and [[LostInSpace Smith's]] maniacal laughter in the ''The Secret of NIMH 2'' review.
** Soundwave talking about being in his own romantic comedy film in ''Raiders of the Story Arc: [[TransformersGeneration1 Transformers]]''.
* OverreactingAirportSecurity: He complains that he gets uncomfortably felt up at the airport and a rescued [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Geordi]] doesn't even get searched.
* OverusedRunningGag: In his review of ''Anime/LittleNemoAdventuresInSlumberland'', when the Critic portrays the scene of Little Nemo piloting a blimp as the Hindenburg Disaster, a disclaimer [[LampshadeHanging acknowledges]] that the joke has been overused, and claims that it will be the last time he will ever use it. (It wasn't, he used it again in ''{{Gordy}}''.)
** Doug has said he's got seriously tired of the "Bat Credit Card" joke and will only do it ''once'' at cons.
*** The tiredness of it was lampshaded at the end of ''RoverDangerfield'', where he screamed the line as the Nostalgia Kitten and immediately got shot.
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* PacmanFever: Noted in ''SuburbanCommando'', where an arcade game shown is portrayed as a game where you fight aliens while the Critic recognizes it as ''{{Afterburner}}'', which has nothing to do with aliens.
* PaintingTheFourthWall: In ''MoulinRouge'', the Guilty Pleasures song is the only one where they look down the barrel of the camera, i.e it's more directed to the audience than to Critic.
* PantyShot: The scene from ''SuburbanKnights'' comes up in his review of ''DuckTales''. He's rather proud of it.
* ParentalAbandonment: Parodied in the ''Care Bears'' review.
-->''"Don't make me tell your parents, who may or may not exist and I may or may not be keeping you from."''
* ParentalNeglect: In the Chick's ''TLC'' review, he angrily defends living with his mother as her being his world. As she's never come to help when he's been blown up, kidnapped, having a breakdown or any other instances where he's got himself into trouble, it's safe to say she doesn't have the same feeling about him.
* ParodyCommercial: One of Nostalgia Critic's occasional jokes is to make one out of one of the items in the work he reviews.
* PhraseCatcher: The following exchange has happened on at least two crossovers in Walker's house:
-->'''Critic:''' How did you get in here?\\
'''Other character:''' I broke in.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: Seriously, what is [[Film/{{Hook}} Tinkerbell]] made out of? The Critic points out that she could have easily solved EVERYTHING in the movie by having her beat the living snot out of Captain Hook at the rest of the pirates.
* PlayingAgainstType: The Critic points out in ''Film/{{Hook}}'' that JuliaRoberts played character who is traditionally very similar to her real-life persona... by playing it in a manner completely opposite of her real life persona.
* PlayingToTheFetishes: Doug knows that fangirls like seeing him in pain and he's a lot more sexualised now than he was back when he first started. (Goes for Critic, [[DepravedBisexual Ask That Guy]] and Doug himself.)
** It probably wasn't a coincidence that Critic getting date-raped by Spoony and Ask That Guy getting terrified/dominated by Sage happened at the exact same time.
** There's even a joke amongst the other contributors that if their video includes Doug or his characters suffering, the views will usually be pretty high.
** In Film Brain's livestream of reading the Fetish Fuel Wiki, someone asked if Doug was okay with his rather extreme "yay suffering" page. Film Brain's response was that Doug wasn't just okay with it, he loves that kinda thing and feeds off it. So there's that.
* PlotHole: [[invoked]] The Critic has a specialty of pointing out these.
* PlotInducedStupidity: In the review of ''Film/TheNeverendingStory 2'', he notes that Bastian could simply wish his troubles away. Likewise, he also noted in ''CaptainNTheGameMaster'' that the [[GreenLanternRing poorly-defined powers]] of Kevin could simply be used to warp to the villains and shoot 'em point-blank. And in ''Neverending 3'', juxtaposing that the villains and Bastian's sister wished for things while the IdiotHero didn't.
* PoliceBrutality: He's happy the ''{{Transformers}}'' movie confirms his belief that police are evil.
* PoorMansPorn: He's very obviously masturbating to George Takei's autobiography in the group review of ''Film/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.
* {{Portmanteau}}: In his ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' review, he said the movie was "horribafuckus", combining the words horrible and fuck.
** In his ''FullHouse'' review, he said the show was manufactured precious shit... or "precshit", as he liked to call it.
** Similarly, in his ''HomeAlone3'' review, he said many of JohnHughes's '90s movies tended to fall into the category of slapstick shit, or "slapshit", as he liked to call it.
* PrecisionFStrike: Although NC gave ''LittleMonsters'' a lot of criticism for its use of constant swear words in a kids movie, he gave credit to the "Holy shit!" line that the girl gives when she sees the monster entrance, since it would seem like a legitimate reaction.
* PreClimaxClimax: Unfortunately no details, but he calls "inevitable death sex" the best kind of sex.
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Vanilla Ice's character in ''CoolAsIce'', supposedly.
* PrettyInMink: {{Parodied| Trope}} in the review of the ''HeMan and SheRa ChristmasSpecial'', when he noticed that Skeletor's want could create parkas with fur collars [[GorgeousGarmentGeneration out of thin air]].
-->"My wand can do anything! It can kill people, destroy cities, and make fashionable fur coats!"
* PrettyLittleHeadshots: For comedy, time and sanity purposes (because only a [[NightmareFetishist minority]] of people want to see his brain splattered on the wall), if he gets shot in the forehead there'll be only be a small hole there with a tiny bit of blood. If he gets shot in the side, there'll be nothing.
* PrimalFear: If you feel like you're useless and haven't made anything out of your life, then the commercial special angst will hurt quite a bit more.
** Most people have felt alone and isolated at one point, so the ''ScoobyDoo'' review resonated strongly with plenty of his fanbase.
* PrincessesRule: One of his biggest pet peeves. In any movie or TV show where a character is called a princess but is not shown to be the daughter of a living, active monarch, he will mention it and attack the character for it. For instance, in the review for ''FelixTheCatTheMovie," he scratches his head over why Princess Oriana is a princess when her parents are dead and she is ruling the nation, then theorizes that she had her first name legally changed to 'Princess' so she could keep the title.
* PrisonRape: Implied at the start of ''JamesAndTheGiantPeach''. His jacket and tie are missing, he was apparently public enemy number one for the LP, he can't seem to look anyone in the eye, and it takes a while for him to get the slightest bit of confidence back. (Plus, it's [[DesignatedMonkey Critic]], making him a bitch would be easy.)
* ProductPlacement: Most of the 2012 Critic episodes have had advertisements cutting him off in the middle of the review. Out-of-universe it's because Doug needs a little bit more money, but in-universe it's been implied that while Critic acts annoyed by them, he secretly likes being a corporate whore.
* PropheticNames The Critic wonders if RichieRich or his dad's lives would have been different if they had been born named "Poor E. Broke." Chester A. Bum claims that it's his legally born name.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis:
** [[AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog THIS! IS! SONIC!!!]]
** [[{{North}} WHAT'S! THE! JOKE?!]]
** (In [[SlowMotion a pitched-down voice]]) [[{{North}} YOU! ARE! ''SCUM!!'']]
** WAH! WAH! ''WAHHH!!''
** (As stated earlier,) [[Film/AKidInKingArthursCourt GO! BACK! TO THE LESBIANS!]]
** [[QuestForCamelot JUST! EX! PLAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]
** [[BigYes YEEES!]] [[Film/BattlefieldEarth BATTLEFIELD!]] ''[[Film/BattlefieldEarth EAAAAARRRTTTHHH!!!]]''\\
** [[{{Cloverfield}} THIS! MOVIE! WAS! OKAY!]]
** [[ATrollInCentralPark TELL! A STORY!!!]]
** (In SlowMotion) PLEASE! MOVE! FORWARD!!
** [[MilkMoney NOTHING ABOUT THAT SCENE MAKES ANY! FUCKING! SENSE! WHAT! SO! GOD! DAMN! EVER!]]
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* QuoteSwearUnquote:
** "Zuul, motherfucker, ZUUUUL!!" from ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''.
** "Taste the rainbow, motherfucker!" from ''WesternAnimation/TheCareBearsMovie''.
* QuizzicalTilt: Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler'' review when Tak and Yumyum look at each other while tilting their heads left and right, Critic mimics them until his head does a full rotation.
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[[folder:R]]
* RantInducingSlight: Happens every now and then, particularly for incredibly stupid scenes ("[[{{Signs}} they can't go through a pantry door]]"), and in case of the ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' intro, lots of SelfDeprecation regarding how the Critic's life is a failure given reviewing such terrible movies is his life.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Defied. He sarcastically sums up how Costner's character in ''{{Waterworld}}'' can be considered a good guy because despite all the horrible things he's done, he didn't take a woman's body when she didn't want it.
** Squickily, defied with pedophilia too. While he's sane enough to know it's obviously evil, watch his review of ''TheTommyKnockers''. Cheating and bailing out of your responsibility towards a lost child is seen as worse than someone getting jailed for touching kids.
* ReachingBetweenTheLines: Two characters who aren't in the same frame usually act as if they're talking by a video link, though the Critic throws something at WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses and knocks him out. He also appears to interact with the physical frame of M. Bison saying "OF COURSE!" and WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob's musings on ''{{Manimal}}''.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Phelous in the ChildsPlay review when he comments that the sock he threw at the Critic got much whiter in the Critic's frame than it had been in his.
* RealityEnsues: When the Critic points out that the protagonists of ''{{Bio-Dome}}'' are moronic losers with no jobs and really shouldn't have a nice house and hot girlfriends like they do in the movie, [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall 90's Kid]] shows up to inform him that that kind of thing happened all the time in the 90's. However, he's interrupted when his landlord shows up with an eviction notice. And a battering ram. [[ThisIsGonnaSuck And a sawed-off shotgun]].
** His phone conversation with the director for ''My Pet Monster'', which started with him calling the director to ask why he would make such a stupid movie, and the conversation turns to him trying to explain that he watches old movies to point out their shortcomings ("It's kind of my job."), and ends in depression which inspires the next episode where he eats junk food and watches old commercials.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Minor instance, since January 2012 some of his reviews have ads into the middle of the video as well, so he works this into the script of the reviews.
** The ending of the ''A Simple Wish'' review, where [[spoiler:Mara Wilson herself appears and delights in handing the Critic his comeuppance for making fun of her simply for the movies she appeared in... resulted from Mara being hurt about Doug's "fans" harassing her over Critic's AccentuateTheNegative opinion about her acting, and Doug made up with her and she agreed to appear in his next review]].
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He gets a few in the ''{{Ponyo}}'' review, mostly centered around how he's too worthless to try and criticize the great Miyazaki.
* RebusBubble: In the ''Saved By the Bell'' review, Duck + Oil = Gravestone.
* RecordNeedleScratch: Occurs in the ''Jack Frost'' review when he spots a chained-up Superman toy with Batman's head.
* RecursiveCanon: NC has some problems with this occurring in the ''Film/DoubleDragon'' film.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: The Critic points the professor in ''[[WereBackADinosaursStory We're Back!]]'' could make much better use of his TimeMachine than entertaining children.
* ReferenceOverdosed
* {{Retirony}}: In his ''Film/{{Hook}}'' review he's angry because a coconut that Peter cut in half with his sword had just two more days until his retirement.
* RetroactiveWish: Actually granted in the Nostalgia Critic's ''SNICK'' episode, while talking about how [[HypocriticalHumor screaming loudly in every other sentence isn't funny]].
-->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' Anyone who does it should be shot (is shot in the forehead), un-shot (bullet hole disappears), and given a bag of money (bag of money appears)! (offhandedly) How about some lounge music? (lounge music plays) Yeah, that's nice.
* RhymesOnADime: For his review on the remake of [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas The Grinch]]. Doing it all couldn't have been a cinch.
* RightHandVersusLeftHand: Literally. When the horror of ''BabyGeniuses 2'' puts him in a comatose state right before he has to do a panel, BrentalFloss and Uncle Yo prop him up in a chair, speak for him. and pretend to be his arms. They end up arguing over whether Doug liked his BrentalFloss or Uncle Yo crossovers more.
* RomanticizedAbuse: He has this habit of seeing rapey scenes (except when it comes children), both male-female or female-male, as a little creepy but mostly just acceptable softcore porn. Let it be stressed that this is just the Critic talking, not Doug.
* RootingForTheEmpire: In-universe, he and WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows start hoping that Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West from ''TheWiz'' will win after she gets the first musical number they've enjoyed all movie long.
* RougeAnglesOfSatin: The Critic's "Top 11 F* ck Ups" notes his spelling errors from time to time. It even has a deliberate one, {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Douchey [=McNitpick=], at the end.
** Subverted in the commentary for ''The Care Bears Movie''. Doug points out that "penguin" is spelled wrong in a caption, and asks why Rob didn't catch it, because he should know that Doug is "[[LIsForDyslexia dyslexic as hell]]." The word was spelled correctly.
* RuleOfCool: The Critic came back from the dead because [[{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]] died for his sins.
* RuleOfFunny
** The "You're A Dirty Rotten Bastard" episode has quite a few FridgeLogic issues (Joe being PresidentEvil, Canada being nuked, [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick certain]] [[WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses people]] being happy bunnies when they had problems that in no way related to the Critic, Critic has said many times that reviewing makes his life suck more etc.) but you've got to remember that it was just a way to make the Critic look like the biggest douche and loser in all of creation.
** He states in his third "Top 11 F*ck-Ups" video that the main reason he referred to [[DunstonChecksIn Dunston]] as a monkey instead of an ape was because the word "monkey" would get more laughs than the movie could ever provide.
* RuleSixtyThree: The title card for ''MoulinRouge'' involves a genderswapped Critic dressed like Satine but with his tie, hat and jacket still on.
* RunningGag: Many. Somewhat subverted, because Doug believes there is a limit to reusing gags before they become boring, and so, a lot of these already become artifacts before long.
** ''[[Film/StreetFighter OF COURSE!!!!]]'' ("… you guessed it: taking over the world")
** '''[[ChuckNorris A-CHUCK-A-NORRIIIIS!]]'''
** {{BIG LIPPED ALLIGATOR MOMENT}}! Shared with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick.
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in the Critic's review of ''Suburban Commando'', after criticizing the movie's weak {{running gag}}s. "But who am I talk about running gags? BigLippedAlligatorMoment-Elephant-ChuckNorris." (the BLAM logo, Burger King and Chuck Norris appear in rapid succession).
** "How many times are we going to see this kind of scene..." *arbitrarily large number appears on screen* "Okay, I'm gonna kill myself now."
** "I'm Acting!" or some variation on it.
** During {{Nickelodeon}} Month: “[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ywwQ7m4BBc&feature=related ADVENTURE HO!]]”
** "Well, at least they didn't do something like [[TemptingFate (names a lousy thing)]]." [[GilliganCut Movie does do lousy thing]], pissing him off.
--->[[YouJustHadToSayIt "You know, I really need to learn to keep my fucking mouth shut."]]
*** As another form of the above, he gushes about an unexpected cool/funny/awesome thing, then the movie does something to ruin it, and he tries desperately to keep smiling.
** The ''{{Blackadder}}'' clips for good news/bad news jokes: something good happens ("Hurrah!"), something bad happens immediately afterwards ("...Haroo.")
** '''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan KHAAAAAAAANNNNN!!!]]'''
** '''[[SarcasmFailure "JOKE ABORTED"]]'''
** Whenever Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger shows up... '''[[JingleAllTheWay PUT THAT COOKIE DOWN, NOW!]]''' He’ll also comment it with a heavy Arnie accent, with the most common lines about eating kids.
** [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail It's only a model]].
*** Creator/MontyPython montages seemed to have been a trend to him these days. The ''{{Conan}}'' reviews use the [[Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life"]] and [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail The Swamp Castle scene]].
** "[[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} ZUUL, MOTHAFUCKA! ZUUUUUL!]]"
** [[{{Casper}} TIMING!]]
** '''[[color:red:BAD TOUCH!]]'''
** [[SuburbanCommando I WAS FRO-ZEN TODAY!]]
** [[color:red:DOUCHE]]
** The [[TheSimpsons Nelson Laugh]] is starting to become one, having already been used in the 90's Sports Movies, ''StarWarsHolidaySpecial'' and ''CareBears'' movie reviews.
** Whenever TimCurry is mentioned, chances are the song ''[[EarWorm Sweet Transvestite]]'' is going to play, and/or a picture or video clip of [[RockyHorrorPictureShow Dr. Frank N. Furter]] will be shown.
** "Drat, I've been defeated by the PowerOfLove!"
** The Critic demanding an answer to the question "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis WHAT! ABOUT! [Name of pet placed in peril during the movie]!]]" and being answered with a heavenly voice saying "[Name of animal] will live", leading to the Critic throwing his arms in the air whilst screaming in joy.
** '''SCAAARYY SLOOOOW-MOOOOOOO.'''
** "Is the terrible creature known as... [[HumansAreCthulhu MAN?!]] *ScareChord* ['50s newsreel-style CouldThisHappenToYou warning follows.]
** When the movie makes a bad attempt at slapstick, there is [[LosingHorns Wah-Wah music]] and an exaggerated shrug from The Critic.
** Using the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92LoQ51X8qY Goofy scream]] when someone falls off something. (and in another way as listed in SoundtrackDissonance)
** In the ''Care Bears 2'' review: '''DARK HEART!!!''' [[note]] After the point where Dark Heart says his name in a deep, evil voice.[[/note]]
** The Hindenburg Disaster.
** [[CatScare CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!]]
** In his "Doug's 1st Movie" review: "But I digress", gradually getting more aggravated every time he says it.
** From the review of ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'': '''Gen'''esis?!
** ''Star Trek'' Month had a running gag of the Critic trying to avoid [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] making a cameo, fearing he would just completely geek out over every detail.
** '''''{{Abbott|andCostello}}!'''''
** [[PrecisionFStrike Fucking]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome BUBBLES!]]
** Whenever something bad happens to a character that the Critic doesn't like (usually the annoying comic relief), such as getting punched or even getting killed, the Critic will rejoice and request to see the clip played over and over again, until he is satisfied.
** [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids "Y'Know, For Kids"]] [[invoked]]
** The "Goodnight Everybody!" clip from Animaniacs any time there's an innuendo in a movie intended for kids.
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[[folder:S]]
* SadistShow: The character was ''created'' to suffer. First it was just bad movies, now it's bad movies and well, life in general. Doug even said in an interview that most people just keep watching to see the Critic get tortured all the time.
* SarcasmFailure: "I got nothing." Or some variation thereof whenever the Critic encounters something bad enough that even ''he'' can't think of a response.
** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Ferngully}} 2'', he can't even make fun of one of Batty's impersonations, as he doesn't even recognise it.
* SarcasmMode: The entirety of the ''Surf Ninjas'' review.
** Which was actually [[spoiler:AllJustADream.]]
--->[[LargeHam GENIUS!!!]]
** Also, the end of the ''GoodBurger'' review, until he breaks out of it with much rage, complete with DemonHead.
** The Critic has a knack for questioning, in a deadpan, unamused voice, who the villain is in an animated movie when said villain is talking amongst a crowd. Also happens in the review of ''Film/ThePhantom''.
--->Oh. My. I ''won''der where his ''hide''-out is.
* SayMyName: [[{{Twister}} JOOOONAAAAASSSSS!!]]
** [[{{Casper}} CASPEEEEEEEEERRRR!!]]
** [[Film/TheWizard Lucas! Darling...]]
** [[WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd "NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERD!"]]
*** "CRITIC! [[WhoDares How dare you come here]]."
** [[spoiler: "MAAAAAAAAAAAAARA WILSOOOOOOOOOOON!"]]
* {{Scandalgate}}: Roomgate, after his review of ''TheRoom'' got taken down. This scandal has been resolved, and the review is back up on TGWTG.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: In the opening splash picture for ''[[http://marobot.deviantart.com/art/NC-Rock-A-doodle-117043576 Rock-A-Doodle]]'' and ''[[http://marobot.deviantart.com/art/NC-Secret-of-the-nimh-193994868 The Secret of NIMH 2]]''.
* TheScottishTrope: Whenever the Critic says the word "elephant" (but ''not'' "elephant'''s'''"), Advertising/TheBurgerKing's face flies into the screen, and whenever he mentions ChuckNorris, we're treated to a picture of Chuck Norris over a backdrop of fireworks with a voice saying "A-CHUCK A-NORRIIIIIIISSSS!!" And, as the Critic points out in his review of ''FreeWilly'', if he says the full title of a movie, he has to review it next week.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The Critic's variations of [[{{Catchphrase}} "I'm acting!"]] in ''GoodBurger''. "And I ain't acting, I'm really going home! Fuck this movie!"
** In ''RockADoodle'', after the Duke of Owls is turned tiny, he says he turned into Cartman, and says, "Screw this movie, I'm going home." Then another scene, followed by, "No, screw this movie, home."
** When reviewing the ''StarWarsHolidaySpecial'', he tries to bail out of his introduction in order to get away from it.
* SelfDeprecation:
** When Doug was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jMzXsLE8eM informed]] that RogerEbert liked ''Film/{{Junior}}'', he responded with "Roger Ebert liked my video; that shows how senile he's getting!"
** His review of ''JamesAndTheGiantPeach'' opens with a big segment making fun of how poorly-received his LetsPlay was.
** He's also taken a couple of potshots at his own speaking voice, what with Zack (in the Revenge of the Nostalgic Commercials) listing him as "Obnoxious High-Pitched Critic", and the Bum calling him "an even more high-pitched Sam Kinison" in the Kickassia Bum Review.
** From his review of ''StarTrekTheMotionPicture'':
--> "Good God, this is just watching a bunch of footage and seeing someone comment on it."
--> [[TakeThatAudience "Who the hell would want to see that!?"]]
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: He uses this trope word for word in ''The Secret of NIMH 2'', pointing out that nothing that happened in the movie would have happened if the townspeople hadn't praised Timmy to be some hero in the first place.
-->"So let me get this straight: Timmy's great destiny was to stop a jealous mastermind who wouldn't have been a jealous mastermind until he had heard that Timmy had a great destiny. In other words, if they ''DIDN'T FUCKING BUILD HIM UP, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED!'' '''TALK ABOUT A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY, YOU DUMBASSES!'''"
** Douchey [=McNitpick=]'s name.
* {{Sequelitis}}: In-universe, and probably out too, The Critic did not enjoy Sequel Month.
** Also, ''Film/TheNeverendingStory 2'' ("So when I heard that there was another movie, I got excited as hell. I loved the first one and I couldn't wait to see another one. It blewed.") and the third and fourth ''Jaws''.
* SeriesContinuityError: He notes that Bastian's father apparently forgets he knows about Fantasia between the second and third ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'' films.
* SeriesFauxnale: ''ScoobyDoo'' is filled with references to past reviews, has returning characters including Roger the angel from the Christmas special, consists of Critic interacting with his younger and older selves, all three making a HeroicSacrifice[=/=]HeroicSuicide to save the world, has a lot of intense acting from Doug when it comes to Critic's depression reaching boiling point, and it ends with Critic making the effort to join in a poker game. But! Doug signed a deal with blip a few months ago to continue making videos for them, information accidentally released, so as much he'd like to, Critic's not going anywhere.
* ShamelessSelfPromotion:
** The Critic identifies ''{{Kazaam}}'', ''{{Moonwalker}}'', and ''{{Sidekicks}}'' as these (Though the latter is subverted in that a family member directed the film instead of the person himself).
* ShareTheMalePain: When the robot in ''PowerRangers'' gets kicked in the nads, he jumps up in his chair out of sympathy hurt.
* SlowNo: It happens in a few episodes.
* ShipTease: First with the [[FoeYay Nerd]], and now usually with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick, Spoony and Linkara. He's not the [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Fandom Pony]] for nothing, y'know.
* ShirtlessScene: Two words: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKayLq1d5Bs "A GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENIUS!"]]
* ShootTheShaggyDog: Played for dark laughs in the ''JamesAndTheGiantPeach'' review. He got sent to jail for the below-average LetsPlay, didn't exactly have a good time (his jacket and tie are missing), even Chester acts entitled at the press conference, has to be good for a movie he doesn't like because he doesn't want to A) be shot and B) have everyone still hate him. In the end, he gives his honest opinion that he can see why people like it but it's not for him and he gets killed for that.
* ShoutOut: [[ShoutOut/TheNostalgiaCritic Now has its own page.]]
* ShowerOfAngst: During his psychotic meltdown during his ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' movies (the three live-action ones) review.
* ShowerScene: In the DVD menu, Rob barges in on him while he's showering. Critic's rather freaked by this.
* ShownTheirWork: In the ''{{North}}'' review, the Critic goes into a ballistic rage about the infamous "Inuits murder their own people callously" scene, with information that Inuits haven't been doing this for over hundreds of years, they only did it in famine and as a last resort, they certainly didn't set up ''a theme-park-like business for it''.
** His interviews to the creators of ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' in his tribute to the show are extremely in depth. The clips he includes are hard to find including an original recording of Orson Welles complaining about doing a commercial.
** His "Top 11 Cereal Mascots" countdown proved he ''can'' do a terrific amount of research when he really wants to, finding very old clips to compare the old versions of the mascots with the new, and giving history and background in abundance.
** His ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler'' review mentioned the film's troubled production and he even saw the "Recobbled Cut".
** He goes into a lot of detail about ''Anime/{{Little Nemo|Adventures in Slumberland}}'''s TroubledProduction.
** Done with tremendous effect toward the ''real'' PatchAdams.
** According to Linkara, Doug watched ''all'' the FullHouse episodes so nobody would accuse him of fucking up.
** Weird as they're played for comedy and most Hollywood portrayals aren't, but people with the actual disorders have remarked that he plays OCD and Dissociative Identity Disorder far more realistically than the usual portrayals, the former with his constantly going back to meaningless details and the latter with his apologizing/not remembering instantly after an extreme tantrum happens.
* SincerityMode: He usually ends his reviews with a much more honest and less jokey review of the movie, seriously saying what the overall problems are and, in many cases, acknowledging the movie's good points.
** He will occasionally interject a genuine compliment into an otherwise negative review, preceding it with "I'm serious" so it is not mistaken for sarcasm. An example is his high opinion of the "Smooth Criminal" sequence from ''Michael Jackson's Moonwalker''.
** The Critic also admits that the big plot twist in [[BabyGeniuses Baby Geniuses 2]] is actually pretty good, and that he was legitimately surprised by it.
* SigningOffCatchPhrase: ends and begins his reviews with his beginning catch phrase.
-->"I'm The Nostalgia Critic. I remember it so you don't have to."
* SkywardScream: Hilariously done in the ''SavedByTheBell'' episode.
-->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' '''OILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!'''
** Even funnier was TheReveal that Jimmy from ''TheWizard'' grew up to be WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd.
--->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' '''''NEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD!!!!!!'''''
* SlidingScaleOfPlotVersusCharacters: Very much on the character-driven end, with even the "love/hate relationship with job" arc coming through in character reactions.
* SlobsVersusSnobs: One of the ways Critic and Ask That Guy are contrasted. Critic tries his best to be down with the everyman, but is really a SpoiledSweet snob, while Ask That Guy pretends to be a high-class gentleman, but is really a filthy hedonist.
* SlowClap: The Critic points out its overuse in various sports movies in his 90s Sports Montage, and later on appears to initiate one in ''RockyIV''.
* SlutShaming: If he's ever angry at someone (both genders), the usual shamey words flow freely from his mouth. In return though, Douchey's called him a whore a few times too, Spoony's called him dirty to humiliate him further after getting spooned, and in real life the only person Doug calls a slut is himself.
* SmallReferencePools: A somewhat strange example is the 2010 Christmas special, where in the commentary Doug apparently thought he was the first person ever to think of doing a twisted inversion of ItsAWonderfulPlot. Needless to say, the fans soon put him straight on all the existing examples.
** Also referenced in some reviews where he gets irritated at the fans who have no idea what he's talking about. "Go watch a black and white movie!"
* SoBadItsGood:[[invoked]] His opinion on ''TheRoom'', "BabesInToyland" and the WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987, to the point where he suggests it because of it. Out of character, Doug Walker declared ''{{Devil}}'' one of the worst movies he saw in 2010, but recommended seeing it for this reason.
** Doug and Rob recommend watching ''Film/TheNeverendingStory 3'' in their commentary to see all the hundreds of other horrible things that they didn't have time to mention without making the review three hours long (for a hour and a half long movie).
** His review of ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons'' starts with him saying that this is probably one of the worst movies ever, which is exactly why it's one of the ''best'' movies ever and why people need to see it.
* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Done to keep the BlackComedy going. You'd think ''somebody'' would come in to give kid!Critic a break, but nope.
* SolemnEndingTheme: The ending to the ''MyPetMonster'' review when The Critic stares out his window and re-evaluates his life.
* SomethingAboutARose: He has one in ''MyPetMonster'', but it's played more feminine snobby theater goer than sexy boy.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Several examples of episodes which deviate from the norm:
** By definition, the episodes which don't follow the formula of trashing one bad movie count: "Top 11", "Old vs. New", "Raiders of the Story Arc". The "Old vs. New"s are usually a lot more analytical than usual.
** Anytime The Nostalgia Critic reviews a movie with another reviewer. See {{Crossover}} for the list.
** "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Launch", which isn't a Nostalgia Critic review but stars the character.
** "Bebe's Kids", which was the only time The Nostalgia Critic reviewed a video game. It was done as part of a deal between WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd and himself where the two would perform each other's jobs for one review (James Rolfe reviewed the obscure ''Rocky'' parody "Ricky 1").
*** He would later review ''The Blues Brothers'' on a DVD, and do a LetsPlay of the NintendoHard ''[[TheSimpsons Bart's Nightmare]]''.
** "Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird", which broke The Nostalgia Critic: he was unable to make fun of it because he loves SesameStreet. He invites Chester A. Bum to take his place for the last minute of the video.
** "Drew Struzan Tribute". ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
** "Teddy Ruxpin", which was not only the first review based on a toy, but also was done in the format of a slasher/thriller movie in the second half of the video.
** "The Good Son". Doug Walker had temporarily lost his voice in real life, so he performed this review by remaining silent and writing out his thoughts on cue cards. The only word he uttered in the entire review was "ASS!"
** "TMNT". While it's still in the typical format, it's from a very recent film (2007), so that breaks tradition of doing solely nostalgic movies from the '80s and '90s.
** "Transformers 2", which took the format of his earliest reviews, i.e. no film clips, and more like what his Bum Reviews series would evolve into.
** "We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story" had Doug in character as Raoul Duke (here named "Raoul Puke") from FearAndLoathingInLasVegas.
** "Alone in the Dark", which had The Nostalgia Critic again unable to speak, but this time using Mac speak to convey his thoughts. He was also accompanied by Spoony and Linkara, and the review took place in a different environment than usual.
** "Baby Geniuses" took the form of a disturbed Nostalgia Critic walking around a convention in a daze after having seen this film, and narrating in the style of film noir.
** "Commercials", which didn't feature the typical white wall or his usual attire but instead The Nostalgia Critic sitting in a recliner wearing an "I Donut Donuts" T-shirt and watching TV. His review was focused on commercials, not TV shows or movies like it usually is.
** "You're a Rotten Dirty Bastard Christmas Special" was a parody of ItsAWonderfulLife where the Critic sees what things would be like if he was never born. Only problem is, everyone involved with Channel Awesome is well off, and the angel sent to show the Critic the error of his ways lost out on being God's number one guy just because the Critic existed.
** "Jungle 2 Jungle'" was reviewed in the style of a nature documentary.
** "Raiders of the Story Arc: Transformers" has Doug playing the character of Optimus Prime.
* SoOkayItsAverage: Several in-universe examples.
** The Critic's reasoning for why ''{{Waterworld}}'' was a bomb at the box office. He even says that it's not bad as an action movie, but ultimately fails to live up to its high budget (which the movie didn't even manage to reach in cinemas).
** ''{{Cloverfield}}''. Everything about it is adequate to him.
--->"How's the monster? It's okay. How's the acting? It's okay. How are the special effects? '''It's all okay!''' It's like a giant flaming nuclear ball of ''adequacy''!"
** He found ''WesternAnimation/{{Ferngully}} 2'' to be quite the forgettable movie, which had no reason to exist beyond milking cash out of those who bought ''Ferngully''.
** ''SongOfTheSouth'', in "Return of Nostalgic Commercials": "See the movie that that millions of people around the world are calling...OKAY!
** According to "Top 11 Nostalgia Critics I Will Never Do", this is why he refuses to review ''Film/{{Toys}}''.
* SoundtrackDissonance: He sings "Pure Imagination" over the tunnel sequence of WillyWonka to demonstrate how out of place it is.
** He also plays whimsical, uplifting music over the ending of ''MarleyAndMe'' for the same purpose.
** And to showcase the FightSceneFailure moments of ''IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', he plays sound effects out of {{Goofy}} cartoons (including the scream, of course, though with a guy being crushed instead of falling).
* SoWhatDoWeDoNow: The self-esteem bollocking from ''MyPetMonster'' really scared him about where his life was going.
* SmokingHotSex: After his fangasm in the ''DoubleTeam'' review, he smokes a cigarillo.
* SmokingIsGlamorous > OfCourseISmoke: Unless it's pot, when he tries to smoke to look suave he'll always end up having a coughing fit.
* SpaceWhaleAesop: {{Parodied|Trope}}. "The moral of the story is: don't fall into a bucket of cream!"
* SpankTheCutie: Usually the movie reaction lines he chooses are funny but never really suggesting anything, yet "Old vs. New: True Grit" made it like two characters threatening to spank him.
* SpeakOfTheDevil: As revealed by Elisa (as [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick The Maven of the Eventide]]), the Critic appears whenever somebody [[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} says "Nostalgia" three times]]. They're ''both'' startled.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Critic points it out in-universe in the ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda'' show, ''Film/RedSonja'', ''CaptainNTheGameMaster'', ''Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation'', ''TankGirl'', ''RockADoodle'', ''SupermanIV'', ''Film/TheGarbagePailKidsMovie'', ''PoundPuppies'', ''ThePebbleAndThePenguin'', ''ErnestScaredStupid'', ''Film/TheNeverendingStory 3'', ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons'' and the first ''Film/SpiderMan'' movie. He also insults [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] for having bad effects as well in the Superman IV review.
* SpitTake:
-->"WHAT THE HELL!? Did [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry they]] just talk? Did Tom & Jerry, one of the most famous silent duos of all time, [[SuddenlyVoiced just speak to each other]]?? No. No, no, no, no no no, it's gotta be a mistake. I gotta be hearing things. I'm gonna just go ahead and eat my customary 3-pound watermelon and drink my traditional pitcher of sangria both at the same time while I confirm how wrong I was about this ridiculous misunderstanding..."
** Also done in his Video Game Review, when he partakes in the Nerd's favourite beverage during the opening.
** After performing one in his MilkMoney review, he lampshades it by yelling, "Why is it I'm always drinking when a scene like that happens?"
** During the review of ''TheRoom'', he does it when Johnny askes another character how their sex life is.
* SpringtimeForHitler: The Critic's explanation for why ''HomeAlone 3'' was written by John Hughes.
-->'''John Hughes''':"There! I did it! I wrote the worst ''Home Alone'' script ever. I know I'm contractually obligated to write at least one more movie, but this script is so terrible no studio would ever buy it. Haha!"\\
'''Producer:'''"We'll take it."\\
'''John Hughes''':"My career is over!"
* {{Squick}}: His in-universe reaction in the ''Conan'' reviews to a segment where Arnold says that working out is "like cumming": "CONAN: THE CUMMER... EW"
* StalkerWithoutACrush: The Ghost Of Christmas Future is just a little too obsessed with getting the Critic to do what he wants.
* StandardHeroReward: Discussed in the "Top 11 Dumbasses In Distress".
* StateTheSimpleSolution: In the crossover for Star Trek Insurrection, Linkara has taken over the tv and plans on continuing with the review and go at Nemesis. Critic is horrified and cannot take it when Sci-fi Guy, whose been standing in the corner for the review, tells him to just turn off the tv. It works.
* StealthPun: He decides to represent Ponyo as an [[ChewingTheScenery over-the-top]] OmnicidalManiac demon for his review of the eponymous movie...with an obsession with '''''[[LargeHam HAAAAAAAMMMM!]]'''''
** [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] makes a cameo in the RichieRich review when the Critic makes a Noah joke. Why? [[DontExplainTheJoke Because Spoony's real name is Noah]].
* {{Sting}}: Doug often plays "Shock Horror (a)" by Dick Walter (also frequently heard on ''TheRenAndStimpyShow'') when something he considers shocking appears on the screen. Some examples of when it's played include:
** The female duck's bare breasts in ''Film/HowardTheDuck''.
** Realizing Jake Lloyd from ''JingleAllTheWay'' was also in ''StarWars: [[ThePhantomMenace Episode I]]'' as Anakin and jumping out a window.
** Showing a picture of the dog and dolphin hybrids at the very end of his ''ZeusAndRoxanne'' review.
** From ''Return of the Nostalgic Commercials, "Wunder Boner".
** "The creature known as... ''MAN!''"
* TheStinger: Usually of the "funny quote after the credits" type, but in the ''Zeus And Roxanne'' review he follows it with a BrickJoke after playing with the audience's expectations.
** Another Stinger is actually a two minute pitch of the new upcoming DVD and appearances at cons for the ''special people'' that ''love him so much''. This is actually Doug Walker, not Nostalgia Critic.
* StockFootage: "OR DO THEY?!"
** Two clips from the ''{{Casper}}'' review were re-used in subsequent episodes: "TIMING!" and "Exposition, exposition..."
* StockSoundEffects: Two notable examples include whenever there is a fight scene and punching is involved or whenever he fires his gun.
* StopBeingStereotypical: He has this view with dorky white guys, like Pauly Shore and Vanilla Ice.
** He's also Catholic, but calls out people who use the bible as a defense for what they don't understand (''{{Gordy}}'') or that think the rest of the world is evil because they're not the same religion (''ExorcistIITheHeretic'').
* StoryArc: His massive insecurity with his job. It was set up in ''FullHouse'' where he complains at his fans for not appreciating what he does for them, comes out when he gets upset at other contributors for stealing it and being better than him, ran through ''{{Kickassia}}'' when he would rather commit mass murder-suicide than lose the power he had for once gained, he breaks down to [=CR=] about his InferioritySuperiorityComplex and it all culminated in the ''MyPetMonster'' / "Commercials Special" double parter. His unhappiness with it still gets referred to every few episodes, though.
** In a lighter, sillier example, the Nerd/Critic rivalry. Light because it ended in a kickass brawl and didn't include near-DeathByDespair.
** Definite now that Doug says they're finished, the "fuck-ups" lists provided a progression from "I'm unbelievable, I am your Jesus" to giving up and breaking down so hard that Douchey decides to leave him alone.
* StrawmanHasAPoint: In-universe. Amongst other things, one of the Critic's main issues with ''PatchAdams'' is how the movie keeps trying to set up anyone who doesn't agree with the titular character's "laughter is the best medicine" policy as wrong, humorless, evil, or any combination of the above, yet he points out that Adams (the character in the movie, not the real Patch Adams, which he emphasizes) acts very unprofessional and that a lot of the people who frown on his manners are perfectly right in pointing this out to him.
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: In his review of ''Alaska'', he has a rant about how using a parent's death merely as a plot device is disgusting.
* StunnedSilence: The Critic is left absolutely speechless when he hears Eric Idle singing in ''The Secret of NIMH 2''. He tried to say out some kind of reaction, but just couldn't think of any words to say.
* StupidSexyFlanders: WillSmith; the Critic has to snap himself out of fawning over him ("BOOBS! You like boobs!"). For the audience, that joystick licking in the rematch against [[WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow Angry Joe]]. A whole load of fanboys went "[[EvenTheGuysWantHim I'm not gay but...]]"
* StylisticSuck: The deliberately crappy title card for Sequels Month.
* SubvertedCatchphrase: Done several times, most notably in the review of ''AKidInKingArthursCourt''.
* SuckinessIsPainful: His whole schtick, really, is suffering through bad movies until they drive him to rage, weeping, drinking, [[DrivenToSuicide attempting suicide]] or trying to escape the review . In ''TheFlintstones'', a couple of the puns are [[IncrediblyLamePun so corny]] they physically hurt him, as did one PlotHole in ''{{Bio-Dome}}''.
** ''Film/AloneInTheDark'' gave him a stroke.
** Subverted when reviewing ''[[BabyGeniuses Baby Geniuses 2]]''. [[spoiler: He fakes being comatose to Brentalfloss and Uncle Yo so that he can save money in his hotel room]].
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in the review of ''BarbWire'' when Barb snarks about his ex and their wife:
-->Barb Wire: "I'm sure you'll have very strong and smart children."\\
Critic: "If they stay out of sequels..."
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* ObviouslyEvil: Pointed out in his review of AKidInKingArthursCourt - By the way, did I mention that ''I'' am the villain? No? '''Because I don't have to!'''
** He does that again in ''The Lost World'' with the Men in Suits.
** And in ''QuestForCamelot'', where the villain has a far more sinister character design than the others knights around him.
** And in The OTHER Titanic Animated Movie when he points out that the villain has both an [[BeardofEvil evil mustache]] and an [[EyepatchofPower eyepatch]].
* OhCrap:
** An EXTENDED OhCrap. In his review of ''TheRoom'', he laughs at Tommy Wiseau's performance and asks where the real actor is. As he realizes to his horror that Tommy Wiseau IS the lead actor, his smile slowly fades into a face of pure horrific stupefaction.
** And another when at the end of his "Old vs. New" of TheTenCommandments and ThePrinceOfEgypt. As [[spoiler:God reveals that he was upset with one of the judgments]], the Critic's face goes through about ten priceless seconds of varying degrees of "...I'm fucked, aren't I."
** Linkara's initial reaction to Nostalgia Critic at the beginning of their crossover review for ''Superman IV'' was FULL of this.
** This is his initial reaction to the ''CaptainPlanet'' AIDS episode.
** "...Bothell, Washington? You're bluffing. You don't really have those videos."
** This is his reaction when, after running through the hotel, screaming like a maniac (albeit pausing to do a Q&A), and hiding in Sci-Fi Guy's hotel room, he turns on the TV...only to see [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] glaring at him, ready to do a Franchise/StarTrek crossover review with him, something he had been trying to avoid the entire month.
* OldShame: [[InUniverse At the end of his]] review of ''Film/ASimpleWish'' review, [[spoiler: the actual MaraWilson gets revenge on him mocking her by [[ExploitedTrope showing videos]] that he made as a child]].
* OminousLatinChanting:
** The scene where the Nostalgia Critic realizes where he has to review ''GoodBurger''.
** He also uses it for the moments in the ''DropDeadFred'' review when he asserts that it's really a horror film.
** He refers to it as "The Dramatic Choir" in his ''Top 11 Best Cliches,'' listing the different variants: actual Latin chanting, gibberish that sounds like a dead language, English made to sound like a different language, and plain old oohs and aahs.
* OperationJealousy: He thinks this is happening with Dexter in ''GoodBurger'', as Monique looks like the female version of Ed and they're on a double date.
* {{Overcrank}}: The premise behind "Scary Slow-Mo", where he plays a scene slowly to make it more scary.
* OverlyLongGag: He has a tendency towards this. Some of the more prominent examples:
** [[GoodBurger BLOOBITY BLOOBITY BLOOBITY BLOOBITY, BLOOBITY BLOOBITY BLOOBITY BLOOBITY, BLOOBITY BLOOBITY BLOOBITY BLOOBITY, BLOOBITY BLOOBITY...]]
** The Critic himself has arguably been guilty of [=OLGs=] from time to time. The "laughing at Zack" and "Becky memorial" bits from ''SavedByTheBell'', and the "bunny boobies" bit from ''Film/SpaceJam'' all dragged a bit.
** As well as Mr. Tachanova Humpascheier Rickydicky Hamstermaster Pollywolly Wannabingbangme Supercalafragalistic Knickknackpaddywhackgivethedoga Bananafanafofresca Hickorydickoryhockitypockitywockitywhack [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Angelina Francesca the Third]]. ([[{{Godzilla}} "It's Tatapolous."]]) Whatever.
** Tone Lōc? Tony Lock? T. One Lock? Tone-Loc Picard?
** The outbursts of "no" during the Drop Dead Fred review, going on for quite a while, ranging from loud and angry to quiet and disbelieving and back again.
** The alien from ''Film/IndependenceDay'' asking if it is an old girlfriend ("Stephanie?").
** Both the Critic's reaction to Apollo getting beat up and the clapping scene in ''RockyIV'' get really drawn out.
** [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]]-as-the-Critic's crazed laughter in "You're a Dirty Rotten Bastard".
** Drs. [[TheSpoonyExperiment Insano]] and [[LostInSpace Smith's]] maniacal laughter in the ''The Secret of NIMH 2'' review.
** Soundwave talking about being in his own romantic comedy film in ''Raiders of the Story Arc: [[TransformersGeneration1 Transformers]]''.
* OverreactingAirportSecurity: He complains that he gets uncomfortably felt up at the airport and a rescued [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Geordi]] doesn't even get searched.
* OverusedRunningGag: In his review of ''Anime/LittleNemoAdventuresInSlumberland'', when the Critic portrays the scene of Little Nemo piloting a blimp as the Hindenburg Disaster, a disclaimer [[LampshadeHanging acknowledges]] that the joke has been overused, and claims that it will be the last time he will ever use it. (It wasn't, he used it again in ''{{Gordy}}''.)
** Doug has said he's got seriously tired of the "Bat Credit Card" joke and will only do it ''once'' at cons.
*** The tiredness of it was lampshaded at the end of ''RoverDangerfield'', where he screamed the line as the Nostalgia Kitten and immediately got shot.
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* PacmanFever: Noted in ''SuburbanCommando'', where an arcade game shown is portrayed as a game where you fight aliens while the Critic recognizes it as ''{{Afterburner}}'', which has nothing to do with aliens.
* PaintingTheFourthWall: In ''MoulinRouge'', the Guilty Pleasures song is the only one where they look down the barrel of the camera, i.e it's more directed to the audience than to Critic.
* PantyShot: The scene from ''SuburbanKnights'' comes up in his review of ''DuckTales''. He's rather proud of it.
* ParentalAbandonment: Parodied in the ''Care Bears'' review.
-->''"Don't make me tell your parents, who may or may not exist and I may or may not be keeping you from."''
* ParentalNeglect: In the Chick's ''TLC'' review, he angrily defends living with his mother as her being his world. As she's never come to help when he's been blown up, kidnapped, having a breakdown or any other instances where he's got himself into trouble, it's safe to say she doesn't have the same feeling about him.
* ParodyCommercial: One of Nostalgia Critic's occasional jokes is to make one out of one of the items in the work he reviews.
* PhraseCatcher: The following exchange has happened on at least two crossovers in Walker's house:
-->'''Critic:''' How did you get in here?\\
'''Other character:''' I broke in.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: Seriously, what is [[Film/{{Hook}} Tinkerbell]] made out of? The Critic points out that she could have easily solved EVERYTHING in the movie by having her beat the living snot out of Captain Hook at the rest of the pirates.
* PlayingAgainstType: The Critic points out in ''Film/{{Hook}}'' that JuliaRoberts played character who is traditionally very similar to her real-life persona... by playing it in a manner completely opposite of her real life persona.
* PlayingToTheFetishes: Doug knows that fangirls like seeing him in pain and he's a lot more sexualised now than he was back when he first started. (Goes for Critic, [[DepravedBisexual Ask That Guy]] and Doug himself.)
** It probably wasn't a coincidence that Critic getting date-raped by Spoony and Ask That Guy getting terrified/dominated by Sage happened at the exact same time.
** There's even a joke amongst the other contributors that if their video includes Doug or his characters suffering, the views will usually be pretty high.
** In Film Brain's livestream of reading the Fetish Fuel Wiki, someone asked if Doug was okay with his rather extreme "yay suffering" page. Film Brain's response was that Doug wasn't just okay with it, he loves that kinda thing and feeds off it. So there's that.
* PlotHole: [[invoked]] The Critic has a specialty of pointing out these.
* PlotInducedStupidity: In the review of ''Film/TheNeverendingStory 2'', he notes that Bastian could simply wish his troubles away. Likewise, he also noted in ''CaptainNTheGameMaster'' that the [[GreenLanternRing poorly-defined powers]] of Kevin could simply be used to warp to the villains and shoot 'em point-blank. And in ''Neverending 3'', juxtaposing that the villains and Bastian's sister wished for things while the IdiotHero didn't.
* PoliceBrutality: He's happy the ''{{Transformers}}'' movie confirms his belief that police are evil.
* PoorMansPorn: He's very obviously masturbating to George Takei's autobiography in the group review of ''Film/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.
* {{Portmanteau}}: In his ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'' review, he said the movie was "horribafuckus", combining the words horrible and fuck.
** In his ''FullHouse'' review, he said the show was manufactured precious shit... or "precshit", as he liked to call it.
** Similarly, in his ''HomeAlone3'' review, he said many of JohnHughes's '90s movies tended to fall into the category of slapstick shit, or "slapshit", as he liked to call it.
* PrecisionFStrike: Although NC gave ''LittleMonsters'' a lot of criticism for its use of constant swear words in a kids movie, he gave credit to the "Holy shit!" line that the girl gives when she sees the monster entrance, since it would seem like a legitimate reaction.
* PreClimaxClimax: Unfortunately no details, but he calls "inevitable death sex" the best kind of sex.
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Vanilla Ice's character in ''CoolAsIce'', supposedly.
* PrettyInMink: {{Parodied| Trope}} in the review of the ''HeMan and SheRa ChristmasSpecial'', when he noticed that Skeletor's want could create parkas with fur collars [[GorgeousGarmentGeneration out of thin air]].
-->"My wand can do anything! It can kill people, destroy cities, and make fashionable fur coats!"
* PrettyLittleHeadshots: For comedy, time and sanity purposes (because only a [[NightmareFetishist minority]] of people want to see his brain splattered on the wall), if he gets shot in the forehead there'll be only be a small hole there with a tiny bit of blood. If he gets shot in the side, there'll be nothing.
* PrimalFear: If you feel like you're useless and haven't made anything out of your life, then the commercial special angst will hurt quite a bit more.
** Most people have felt alone and isolated at one point, so the ''ScoobyDoo'' review resonated strongly with plenty of his fanbase.
* PrincessesRule: One of his biggest pet peeves. In any movie or TV show where a character is called a princess but is not shown to be the daughter of a living, active monarch, he will mention it and attack the character for it. For instance, in the review for ''FelixTheCatTheMovie," he scratches his head over why Princess Oriana is a princess when her parents are dead and she is ruling the nation, then theorizes that she had her first name legally changed to 'Princess' so she could keep the title.
* PrisonRape: Implied at the start of ''JamesAndTheGiantPeach''. His jacket and tie are missing, he was apparently public enemy number one for the LP, he can't seem to look anyone in the eye, and it takes a while for him to get the slightest bit of confidence back. (Plus, it's [[DesignatedMonkey Critic]], making him a bitch would be easy.)
* ProductPlacement: Most of the 2012 Critic episodes have had advertisements cutting him off in the middle of the review. Out-of-universe it's because Doug needs a little bit more money, but in-universe it's been implied that while Critic acts annoyed by them, he secretly likes being a corporate whore.
* PropheticNames The Critic wonders if RichieRich or his dad's lives would have been different if they had been born named "Poor E. Broke." Chester A. Bum claims that it's his legally born name.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis:
** [[AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog THIS! IS! SONIC!!!]]
** [[{{North}} WHAT'S! THE! JOKE?!]]
** (In [[SlowMotion a pitched-down voice]]) [[{{North}} YOU! ARE! ''SCUM!!'']]
** WAH! WAH! ''WAHHH!!''
** (As stated earlier,) [[Film/AKidInKingArthursCourt GO! BACK! TO THE LESBIANS!]]
** [[QuestForCamelot JUST! EX! PLAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]
** [[BigYes YEEES!]] [[Film/BattlefieldEarth BATTLEFIELD!]] ''[[Film/BattlefieldEarth EAAAAARRRTTTHHH!!!]]''\\
** [[{{Cloverfield}} THIS! MOVIE! WAS! OKAY!]]
** [[ATrollInCentralPark TELL! A STORY!!!]]
** (In SlowMotion) PLEASE! MOVE! FORWARD!!
** [[MilkMoney NOTHING ABOUT THAT SCENE MAKES ANY! FUCKING! SENSE! WHAT! SO! GOD! DAMN! EVER!]]
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* QuoteSwearUnquote:
** "Zuul, motherfucker, ZUUUUL!!" from ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''.
** "Taste the rainbow, motherfucker!" from ''WesternAnimation/TheCareBearsMovie''.
* QuizzicalTilt: Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler'' review when Tak and Yumyum look at each other while tilting their heads left and right, Critic mimics them until his head does a full rotation.
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* RantInducingSlight: Happens every now and then, particularly for incredibly stupid scenes ("[[{{Signs}} they can't go through a pantry door]]"), and in case of the ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' intro, lots of SelfDeprecation regarding how the Critic's life is a failure given reviewing such terrible movies is his life.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Defied. He sarcastically sums up how Costner's character in ''{{Waterworld}}'' can be considered a good guy because despite all the horrible things he's done, he didn't take a woman's body when she didn't want it.
** Squickily, defied with pedophilia too. While he's sane enough to know it's obviously evil, watch his review of ''TheTommyKnockers''. Cheating and bailing out of your responsibility towards a lost child is seen as worse than someone getting jailed for touching kids.
* ReachingBetweenTheLines: Two characters who aren't in the same frame usually act as if they're talking by a video link, though the Critic throws something at WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses and knocks him out. He also appears to interact with the physical frame of M. Bison saying "OF COURSE!" and WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob's musings on ''{{Manimal}}''.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Phelous in the ChildsPlay review when he comments that the sock he threw at the Critic got much whiter in the Critic's frame than it had been in his.
* RealityEnsues: When the Critic points out that the protagonists of ''{{Bio-Dome}}'' are moronic losers with no jobs and really shouldn't have a nice house and hot girlfriends like they do in the movie, [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall 90's Kid]] shows up to inform him that that kind of thing happened all the time in the 90's. However, he's interrupted when his landlord shows up with an eviction notice. And a battering ram. [[ThisIsGonnaSuck And a sawed-off shotgun]].
** His phone conversation with the director for ''My Pet Monster'', which started with him calling the director to ask why he would make such a stupid movie, and the conversation turns to him trying to explain that he watches old movies to point out their shortcomings ("It's kind of my job."), and ends in depression which inspires the next episode where he eats junk food and watches old commercials.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Minor instance, since January 2012 some of his reviews have ads into the middle of the video as well, so he works this into the script of the reviews.
** The ending of the ''A Simple Wish'' review, where [[spoiler:Mara Wilson herself appears and delights in handing the Critic his comeuppance for making fun of her simply for the movies she appeared in... resulted from Mara being hurt about Doug's "fans" harassing her over Critic's AccentuateTheNegative opinion about her acting, and Doug made up with her and she agreed to appear in his next review]].
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: He gets a few in the ''{{Ponyo}}'' review, mostly centered around how he's too worthless to try and criticize the great Miyazaki.
* RebusBubble: In the ''Saved By the Bell'' review, Duck + Oil = Gravestone.
* RecordNeedleScratch: Occurs in the ''Jack Frost'' review when he spots a chained-up Superman toy with Batman's head.
* RecursiveCanon: NC has some problems with this occurring in the ''Film/DoubleDragon'' film.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: The Critic points the professor in ''[[WereBackADinosaursStory We're Back!]]'' could make much better use of his TimeMachine than entertaining children.
* ReferenceOverdosed
* {{Retirony}}: In his ''Film/{{Hook}}'' review he's angry because a coconut that Peter cut in half with his sword had just two more days until his retirement.
* RetroactiveWish: Actually granted in the Nostalgia Critic's ''SNICK'' episode, while talking about how [[HypocriticalHumor screaming loudly in every other sentence isn't funny]].
-->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' Anyone who does it should be shot (is shot in the forehead), un-shot (bullet hole disappears), and given a bag of money (bag of money appears)! (offhandedly) How about some lounge music? (lounge music plays) Yeah, that's nice.
* RhymesOnADime: For his review on the remake of [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas The Grinch]]. Doing it all couldn't have been a cinch.
* RightHandVersusLeftHand: Literally. When the horror of ''BabyGeniuses 2'' puts him in a comatose state right before he has to do a panel, BrentalFloss and Uncle Yo prop him up in a chair, speak for him. and pretend to be his arms. They end up arguing over whether Doug liked his BrentalFloss or Uncle Yo crossovers more.
* RomanticizedAbuse: He has this habit of seeing rapey scenes (except when it comes children), both male-female or female-male, as a little creepy but mostly just acceptable softcore porn. Let it be stressed that this is just the Critic talking, not Doug.
* RootingForTheEmpire: In-universe, he and WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows start hoping that Evillene, the Wicked Witch of the West from ''TheWiz'' will win after she gets the first musical number they've enjoyed all movie long.
* RougeAnglesOfSatin: The Critic's "Top 11 F* ck Ups" notes his spelling errors from time to time. It even has a deliberate one, {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Douchey [=McNitpick=], at the end.
** Subverted in the commentary for ''The Care Bears Movie''. Doug points out that "penguin" is spelled wrong in a caption, and asks why Rob didn't catch it, because he should know that Doug is "[[LIsForDyslexia dyslexic as hell]]." The word was spelled correctly.
* RuleOfCool: The Critic came back from the dead because [[{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]] died for his sins.
* RuleOfFunny
** The "You're A Dirty Rotten Bastard" episode has quite a few FridgeLogic issues (Joe being PresidentEvil, Canada being nuked, [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick certain]] [[WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses people]] being happy bunnies when they had problems that in no way related to the Critic, Critic has said many times that reviewing makes his life suck more etc.) but you've got to remember that it was just a way to make the Critic look like the biggest douche and loser in all of creation.
** He states in his third "Top 11 F*ck-Ups" video that the main reason he referred to [[DunstonChecksIn Dunston]] as a monkey instead of an ape was because the word "monkey" would get more laughs than the movie could ever provide.
* RuleSixtyThree: The title card for ''MoulinRouge'' involves a genderswapped Critic dressed like Satine but with his tie, hat and jacket still on.
* RunningGag: Many. Somewhat subverted, because Doug believes there is a limit to reusing gags before they become boring, and so, a lot of these already become artifacts before long.
** ''[[Film/StreetFighter OF COURSE!!!!]]'' ("… you guessed it: taking over the world")
** '''[[ChuckNorris A-CHUCK-A-NORRIIIIS!]]'''
** {{BIG LIPPED ALLIGATOR MOMENT}}! Shared with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick.
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in the Critic's review of ''Suburban Commando'', after criticizing the movie's weak {{running gag}}s. "But who am I talk about running gags? BigLippedAlligatorMoment-Elephant-ChuckNorris." (the BLAM logo, Burger King and Chuck Norris appear in rapid succession).
** "How many times are we going to see this kind of scene..." *arbitrarily large number appears on screen* "Okay, I'm gonna kill myself now."
** "I'm Acting!" or some variation on it.
** During {{Nickelodeon}} Month: “[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ywwQ7m4BBc&feature=related ADVENTURE HO!]]”
** "Well, at least they didn't do something like [[TemptingFate (names a lousy thing)]]." [[GilliganCut Movie does do lousy thing]], pissing him off.
--->[[YouJustHadToSayIt "You know, I really need to learn to keep my fucking mouth shut."]]
*** As another form of the above, he gushes about an unexpected cool/funny/awesome thing, then the movie does something to ruin it, and he tries desperately to keep smiling.
** The ''{{Blackadder}}'' clips for good news/bad news jokes: something good happens ("Hurrah!"), something bad happens immediately afterwards ("...Haroo.")
** '''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan KHAAAAAAAANNNNN!!!]]'''
** '''[[SarcasmFailure "JOKE ABORTED"]]'''
** Whenever Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger shows up... '''[[JingleAllTheWay PUT THAT COOKIE DOWN, NOW!]]''' He’ll also comment it with a heavy Arnie accent, with the most common lines about eating kids.
** [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail It's only a model]].
*** Creator/MontyPython montages seemed to have been a trend to him these days. The ''{{Conan}}'' reviews use the [[Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life"]] and [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail The Swamp Castle scene]].
** "[[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} ZUUL, MOTHAFUCKA! ZUUUUUL!]]"
** [[{{Casper}} TIMING!]]
** '''[[color:red:BAD TOUCH!]]'''
** [[SuburbanCommando I WAS FRO-ZEN TODAY!]]
** [[color:red:DOUCHE]]
** The [[TheSimpsons Nelson Laugh]] is starting to become one, having already been used in the 90's Sports Movies, ''StarWarsHolidaySpecial'' and ''CareBears'' movie reviews.
** Whenever TimCurry is mentioned, chances are the song ''[[EarWorm Sweet Transvestite]]'' is going to play, and/or a picture or video clip of [[RockyHorrorPictureShow Dr. Frank N. Furter]] will be shown.
** "Drat, I've been defeated by the PowerOfLove!"
** The Critic demanding an answer to the question "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis WHAT! ABOUT! [Name of pet placed in peril during the movie]!]]" and being answered with a heavenly voice saying "[Name of animal] will live", leading to the Critic throwing his arms in the air whilst screaming in joy.
** '''SCAAARYY SLOOOOW-MOOOOOOO.'''
** "Is the terrible creature known as... [[HumansAreCthulhu MAN?!]] *ScareChord* ['50s newsreel-style CouldThisHappenToYou warning follows.]
** When the movie makes a bad attempt at slapstick, there is [[LosingHorns Wah-Wah music]] and an exaggerated shrug from The Critic.
** Using the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92LoQ51X8qY Goofy scream]] when someone falls off something. (and in another way as listed in SoundtrackDissonance)
** In the ''Care Bears 2'' review: '''DARK HEART!!!''' [[note]] After the point where Dark Heart says his name in a deep, evil voice.[[/note]]
** The Hindenburg Disaster.
** [[CatScare CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!]]
** In his "Doug's 1st Movie" review: "But I digress", gradually getting more aggravated every time he says it.
** From the review of ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'': '''Gen'''esis?!
** ''Star Trek'' Month had a running gag of the Critic trying to avoid [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] making a cameo, fearing he would just completely geek out over every detail.
** '''''{{Abbott|andCostello}}!'''''
** [[PrecisionFStrike Fucking]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome BUBBLES!]]
** Whenever something bad happens to a character that the Critic doesn't like (usually the annoying comic relief), such as getting punched or even getting killed, the Critic will rejoice and request to see the clip played over and over again, until he is satisfied.
** [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids "Y'Know, For Kids"]] [[invoked]]
** The "Goodnight Everybody!" clip from Animaniacs any time there's an innuendo in a movie intended for kids.
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* SadistShow: The character was ''created'' to suffer. First it was just bad movies, now it's bad movies and well, life in general. Doug even said in an interview that most people just keep watching to see the Critic get tortured all the time.
* SarcasmFailure: "I got nothing." Or some variation thereof whenever the Critic encounters something bad enough that even ''he'' can't think of a response.
** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Ferngully}} 2'', he can't even make fun of one of Batty's impersonations, as he doesn't even recognise it.
* SarcasmMode: The entirety of the ''Surf Ninjas'' review.
** Which was actually [[spoiler:AllJustADream.]]
--->[[LargeHam GENIUS!!!]]
** Also, the end of the ''GoodBurger'' review, until he breaks out of it with much rage, complete with DemonHead.
** The Critic has a knack for questioning, in a deadpan, unamused voice, who the villain is in an animated movie when said villain is talking amongst a crowd. Also happens in the review of ''Film/ThePhantom''.
--->Oh. My. I ''won''der where his ''hide''-out is.
* SayMyName: [[{{Twister}} JOOOONAAAAASSSSS!!]]
** [[{{Casper}} CASPEEEEEEEEERRRR!!]]
** [[Film/TheWizard Lucas! Darling...]]
** [[WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd "NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERD!"]]
*** "CRITIC! [[WhoDares How dare you come here]]."
** [[spoiler: "MAAAAAAAAAAAAARA WILSOOOOOOOOOOON!"]]
* {{Scandalgate}}: Roomgate, after his review of ''TheRoom'' got taken down. This scandal has been resolved, and the review is back up on TGWTG.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: In the opening splash picture for ''[[http://marobot.deviantart.com/art/NC-Rock-A-doodle-117043576 Rock-A-Doodle]]'' and ''[[http://marobot.deviantart.com/art/NC-Secret-of-the-nimh-193994868 The Secret of NIMH 2]]''.
* TheScottishTrope: Whenever the Critic says the word "elephant" (but ''not'' "elephant'''s'''"), Advertising/TheBurgerKing's face flies into the screen, and whenever he mentions ChuckNorris, we're treated to a picture of Chuck Norris over a backdrop of fireworks with a voice saying "A-CHUCK A-NORRIIIIIIISSSS!!" And, as the Critic points out in his review of ''FreeWilly'', if he says the full title of a movie, he has to review it next week.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The Critic's variations of [[{{Catchphrase}} "I'm acting!"]] in ''GoodBurger''. "And I ain't acting, I'm really going home! Fuck this movie!"
** In ''RockADoodle'', after the Duke of Owls is turned tiny, he says he turned into Cartman, and says, "Screw this movie, I'm going home." Then another scene, followed by, "No, screw this movie, home."
** When reviewing the ''StarWarsHolidaySpecial'', he tries to bail out of his introduction in order to get away from it.
* SelfDeprecation:
** When Doug was [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jMzXsLE8eM informed]] that RogerEbert liked ''Film/{{Junior}}'', he responded with "Roger Ebert liked my video; that shows how senile he's getting!"
** His review of ''JamesAndTheGiantPeach'' opens with a big segment making fun of how poorly-received his LetsPlay was.
** He's also taken a couple of potshots at his own speaking voice, what with Zack (in the Revenge of the Nostalgic Commercials) listing him as "Obnoxious High-Pitched Critic", and the Bum calling him "an even more high-pitched Sam Kinison" in the Kickassia Bum Review.
** From his review of ''StarTrekTheMotionPicture'':
--> "Good God, this is just watching a bunch of footage and seeing someone comment on it."
--> [[TakeThatAudience "Who the hell would want to see that!?"]]
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: He uses this trope word for word in ''The Secret of NIMH 2'', pointing out that nothing that happened in the movie would have happened if the townspeople hadn't praised Timmy to be some hero in the first place.
-->"So let me get this straight: Timmy's great destiny was to stop a jealous mastermind who wouldn't have been a jealous mastermind until he had heard that Timmy had a great destiny. In other words, if they ''DIDN'T FUCKING BUILD HIM UP, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED!'' '''TALK ABOUT A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY, YOU DUMBASSES!'''"
** Douchey [=McNitpick=]'s name.
* {{Sequelitis}}: In-universe, and probably out too, The Critic did not enjoy Sequel Month.
** Also, ''Film/TheNeverendingStory 2'' ("So when I heard that there was another movie, I got excited as hell. I loved the first one and I couldn't wait to see another one. It blewed.") and the third and fourth ''Jaws''.
* SeriesContinuityError: He notes that Bastian's father apparently forgets he knows about Fantasia between the second and third ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'' films.
* SeriesFauxnale: ''ScoobyDoo'' is filled with references to past reviews, has returning characters including Roger the angel from the Christmas special, consists of Critic interacting with his younger and older selves, all three making a HeroicSacrifice[=/=]HeroicSuicide to save the world, has a lot of intense acting from Doug when it comes to Critic's depression reaching boiling point, and it ends with Critic making the effort to join in a poker game. But! Doug signed a deal with blip a few months ago to continue making videos for them, information accidentally released, so as much he'd like to, Critic's not going anywhere.
* ShamelessSelfPromotion:
** The Critic identifies ''{{Kazaam}}'', ''{{Moonwalker}}'', and ''{{Sidekicks}}'' as these (Though the latter is subverted in that a family member directed the film instead of the person himself).
* ShareTheMalePain: When the robot in ''PowerRangers'' gets kicked in the nads, he jumps up in his chair out of sympathy hurt.
* SlowNo: It happens in a few episodes.
* ShipTease: First with the [[FoeYay Nerd]], and now usually with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick, Spoony and Linkara. He's not the [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Fandom Pony]] for nothing, y'know.
* ShirtlessScene: Two words: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKayLq1d5Bs "A GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENIUS!"]]
* ShootTheShaggyDog: Played for dark laughs in the ''JamesAndTheGiantPeach'' review. He got sent to jail for the below-average LetsPlay, didn't exactly have a good time (his jacket and tie are missing), even Chester acts entitled at the press conference, has to be good for a movie he doesn't like because he doesn't want to A) be shot and B) have everyone still hate him. In the end, he gives his honest opinion that he can see why people like it but it's not for him and he gets killed for that.
* ShoutOut: [[ShoutOut/TheNostalgiaCritic Now has its own page.]]
* ShowerOfAngst: During his psychotic meltdown during his ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' movies (the three live-action ones) review.
* ShowerScene: In the DVD menu, Rob barges in on him while he's showering. Critic's rather freaked by this.
* ShownTheirWork: In the ''{{North}}'' review, the Critic goes into a ballistic rage about the infamous "Inuits murder their own people callously" scene, with information that Inuits haven't been doing this for over hundreds of years, they only did it in famine and as a last resort, they certainly didn't set up ''a theme-park-like business for it''.
** His interviews to the creators of ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' in his tribute to the show are extremely in depth. The clips he includes are hard to find including an original recording of Orson Welles complaining about doing a commercial.
** His "Top 11 Cereal Mascots" countdown proved he ''can'' do a terrific amount of research when he really wants to, finding very old clips to compare the old versions of the mascots with the new, and giving history and background in abundance.
** His ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler'' review mentioned the film's troubled production and he even saw the "Recobbled Cut".
** He goes into a lot of detail about ''Anime/{{Little Nemo|Adventures in Slumberland}}'''s TroubledProduction.
** Done with tremendous effect toward the ''real'' PatchAdams.
** According to Linkara, Doug watched ''all'' the FullHouse episodes so nobody would accuse him of fucking up.
** Weird as they're played for comedy and most Hollywood portrayals aren't, but people with the actual disorders have remarked that he plays OCD and Dissociative Identity Disorder far more realistically than the usual portrayals, the former with his constantly going back to meaningless details and the latter with his apologizing/not remembering instantly after an extreme tantrum happens.
* SincerityMode: He usually ends his reviews with a much more honest and less jokey review of the movie, seriously saying what the overall problems are and, in many cases, acknowledging the movie's good points.
** He will occasionally interject a genuine compliment into an otherwise negative review, preceding it with "I'm serious" so it is not mistaken for sarcasm. An example is his high opinion of the "Smooth Criminal" sequence from ''Michael Jackson's Moonwalker''.
** The Critic also admits that the big plot twist in [[BabyGeniuses Baby Geniuses 2]] is actually pretty good, and that he was legitimately surprised by it.
* SigningOffCatchPhrase: ends and begins his reviews with his beginning catch phrase.
-->"I'm The Nostalgia Critic. I remember it so you don't have to."
* SkywardScream: Hilariously done in the ''SavedByTheBell'' episode.
-->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' '''OILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!'''
** Even funnier was TheReveal that Jimmy from ''TheWizard'' grew up to be WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd.
--->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' '''''NEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD!!!!!!'''''
* SlidingScaleOfPlotVersusCharacters: Very much on the character-driven end, with even the "love/hate relationship with job" arc coming through in character reactions.
* SlobsVersusSnobs: One of the ways Critic and Ask That Guy are contrasted. Critic tries his best to be down with the everyman, but is really a SpoiledSweet snob, while Ask That Guy pretends to be a high-class gentleman, but is really a filthy hedonist.
* SlowClap: The Critic points out its overuse in various sports movies in his 90s Sports Montage, and later on appears to initiate one in ''RockyIV''.
* SlutShaming: If he's ever angry at someone (both genders), the usual shamey words flow freely from his mouth. In return though, Douchey's called him a whore a few times too, Spoony's called him dirty to humiliate him further after getting spooned, and in real life the only person Doug calls a slut is himself.
* SmallReferencePools: A somewhat strange example is the 2010 Christmas special, where in the commentary Doug apparently thought he was the first person ever to think of doing a twisted inversion of ItsAWonderfulPlot. Needless to say, the fans soon put him straight on all the existing examples.
** Also referenced in some reviews where he gets irritated at the fans who have no idea what he's talking about. "Go watch a black and white movie!"
* SoBadItsGood:[[invoked]] His opinion on ''TheRoom'', "BabesInToyland" and the WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987, to the point where he suggests it because of it. Out of character, Doug Walker declared ''{{Devil}}'' one of the worst movies he saw in 2010, but recommended seeing it for this reason.
** Doug and Rob recommend watching ''Film/TheNeverendingStory 3'' in their commentary to see all the hundreds of other horrible things that they didn't have time to mention without making the review three hours long (for a hour and a half long movie).
** His review of ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons'' starts with him saying that this is probably one of the worst movies ever, which is exactly why it's one of the ''best'' movies ever and why people need to see it.
* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Done to keep the BlackComedy going. You'd think ''somebody'' would come in to give kid!Critic a break, but nope.
* SolemnEndingTheme: The ending to the ''MyPetMonster'' review when The Critic stares out his window and re-evaluates his life.
* SomethingAboutARose: He has one in ''MyPetMonster'', but it's played more feminine snobby theater goer than sexy boy.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Several examples of episodes which deviate from the norm:
** By definition, the episodes which don't follow the formula of trashing one bad movie count: "Top 11", "Old vs. New", "Raiders of the Story Arc". The "Old vs. New"s are usually a lot more analytical than usual.
** Anytime The Nostalgia Critic reviews a movie with another reviewer. See {{Crossover}} for the list.
** "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Launch", which isn't a Nostalgia Critic review but stars the character.
** "Bebe's Kids", which was the only time The Nostalgia Critic reviewed a video game. It was done as part of a deal between WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd and himself where the two would perform each other's jobs for one review (James Rolfe reviewed the obscure ''Rocky'' parody "Ricky 1").
*** He would later review ''The Blues Brothers'' on a DVD, and do a LetsPlay of the NintendoHard ''[[TheSimpsons Bart's Nightmare]]''.
** "Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird", which broke The Nostalgia Critic: he was unable to make fun of it because he loves SesameStreet. He invites Chester A. Bum to take his place for the last minute of the video.
** "Drew Struzan Tribute". ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.
** "Teddy Ruxpin", which was not only the first review based on a toy, but also was done in the format of a slasher/thriller movie in the second half of the video.
** "The Good Son". Doug Walker had temporarily lost his voice in real life, so he performed this review by remaining silent and writing out his thoughts on cue cards. The only word he uttered in the entire review was "ASS!"
** "TMNT". While it's still in the typical format, it's from a very recent film (2007), so that breaks tradition of doing solely nostalgic movies from the '80s and '90s.
** "Transformers 2", which took the format of his earliest reviews, i.e. no film clips, and more like what his Bum Reviews series would evolve into.
** "We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story" had Doug in character as Raoul Duke (here named "Raoul Puke") from FearAndLoathingInLasVegas.
** "Alone in the Dark", which had The Nostalgia Critic again unable to speak, but this time using Mac speak to convey his thoughts. He was also accompanied by Spoony and Linkara, and the review took place in a different environment than usual.
** "Baby Geniuses" took the form of a disturbed Nostalgia Critic walking around a convention in a daze after having seen this film, and narrating in the style of film noir.
** "Commercials", which didn't feature the typical white wall or his usual attire but instead The Nostalgia Critic sitting in a recliner wearing an "I Donut Donuts" T-shirt and watching TV. His review was focused on commercials, not TV shows or movies like it usually is.
** "You're a Rotten Dirty Bastard Christmas Special" was a parody of ItsAWonderfulLife where the Critic sees what things would be like if he was never born. Only problem is, everyone involved with Channel Awesome is well off, and the angel sent to show the Critic the error of his ways lost out on being God's number one guy just because the Critic existed.
** "Jungle 2 Jungle'" was reviewed in the style of a nature documentary.
** "Raiders of the Story Arc: Transformers" has Doug playing the character of Optimus Prime.
* SoOkayItsAverage: Several in-universe examples.
** The Critic's reasoning for why ''{{Waterworld}}'' was a bomb at the box office. He even says that it's not bad as an action movie, but ultimately fails to live up to its high budget (which the movie didn't even manage to reach in cinemas).
** ''{{Cloverfield}}''. Everything about it is adequate to him.
--->"How's the monster? It's okay. How's the acting? It's okay. How are the special effects? '''It's all okay!''' It's like a giant flaming nuclear ball of ''adequacy''!"
** He found ''WesternAnimation/{{Ferngully}} 2'' to be quite the forgettable movie, which had no reason to exist beyond milking cash out of those who bought ''Ferngully''.
** ''SongOfTheSouth'', in "Return of Nostalgic Commercials": "See the movie that that millions of people around the world are calling...OKAY!
** According to "Top 11 Nostalgia Critics I Will Never Do", this is why he refuses to review ''Film/{{Toys}}''.
* SoundtrackDissonance: He sings "Pure Imagination" over the tunnel sequence of WillyWonka to demonstrate how out of place it is.
** He also plays whimsical, uplifting music over the ending of ''MarleyAndMe'' for the same purpose.
** And to showcase the FightSceneFailure moments of ''IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'', he plays sound effects out of {{Goofy}} cartoons (including the scream, of course, though with a guy being crushed instead of falling).
* SoWhatDoWeDoNow: The self-esteem bollocking from ''MyPetMonster'' really scared him about where his life was going.
* SmokingHotSex: After his fangasm in the ''DoubleTeam'' review, he smokes a cigarillo.
* SmokingIsGlamorous > OfCourseISmoke: Unless it's pot, when he tries to smoke to look suave he'll always end up having a coughing fit.
* SpaceWhaleAesop: {{Parodied|Trope}}. "The moral of the story is: don't fall into a bucket of cream!"
* SpankTheCutie: Usually the movie reaction lines he chooses are funny but never really suggesting anything, yet "Old vs. New: True Grit" made it like two characters threatening to spank him.
* SpeakOfTheDevil: As revealed by Elisa (as [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick The Maven of the Eventide]]), the Critic appears whenever somebody [[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} says "Nostalgia" three times]]. They're ''both'' startled.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Critic points it out in-universe in the ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda'' show, ''Film/RedSonja'', ''CaptainNTheGameMaster'', ''Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation'', ''TankGirl'', ''RockADoodle'', ''SupermanIV'', ''Film/TheGarbagePailKidsMovie'', ''PoundPuppies'', ''ThePebbleAndThePenguin'', ''ErnestScaredStupid'', ''Film/TheNeverendingStory 3'', ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons'' and the first ''Film/SpiderMan'' movie. He also insults [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] for having bad effects as well in the Superman IV review.
* SpitTake:
-->"WHAT THE HELL!? Did [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry they]] just talk? Did Tom & Jerry, one of the most famous silent duos of all time, [[SuddenlyVoiced just speak to each other]]?? No. No, no, no, no no no, it's gotta be a mistake. I gotta be hearing things. I'm gonna just go ahead and eat my customary 3-pound watermelon and drink my traditional pitcher of sangria both at the same time while I confirm how wrong I was about this ridiculous misunderstanding..."
** Also done in his Video Game Review, when he partakes in the Nerd's favourite beverage during the opening.
** After performing one in his MilkMoney review, he lampshades it by yelling, "Why is it I'm always drinking when a scene like that happens?"
** During the review of ''TheRoom'', he does it when Johnny askes another character how their sex life is.
* SpringtimeForHitler: The Critic's explanation for why ''HomeAlone 3'' was written by John Hughes.
-->'''John Hughes''':"There! I did it! I wrote the worst ''Home Alone'' script ever. I know I'm contractually obligated to write at least one more movie, but this script is so terrible no studio would ever buy it. Haha!"\\
'''Producer:'''"We'll take it."\\
'''John Hughes''':"My career is over!"
* {{Squick}}: His in-universe reaction in the ''Conan'' reviews to a segment where Arnold says that working out is "like cumming": "CONAN: THE CUMMER... EW"
* StalkerWithoutACrush: The Ghost Of Christmas Future is just a little too obsessed with getting the Critic to do what he wants.
* StandardHeroReward: Discussed in the "Top 11 Dumbasses In Distress".
* StateTheSimpleSolution: In the crossover for Star Trek Insurrection, Linkara has taken over the tv and plans on continuing with the review and go at Nemesis. Critic is horrified and cannot take it when Sci-fi Guy, whose been standing in the corner for the review, tells him to just turn off the tv. It works.
* StealthPun: He decides to represent Ponyo as an [[ChewingTheScenery over-the-top]] OmnicidalManiac demon for his review of the eponymous movie...with an obsession with '''''[[LargeHam HAAAAAAAMMMM!]]'''''
** [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] makes a cameo in the RichieRich review when the Critic makes a Noah joke. Why? [[DontExplainTheJoke Because Spoony's real name is Noah]].
* {{Sting}}: Doug often plays "Shock Horror (a)" by Dick Walter (also frequently heard on ''TheRenAndStimpyShow'') when something he considers shocking appears on the screen. Some examples of when it's played include:
** The female duck's bare breasts in ''Film/HowardTheDuck''.
** Realizing Jake Lloyd from ''JingleAllTheWay'' was also in ''StarWars: [[ThePhantomMenace Episode I]]'' as Anakin and jumping out a window.
** Showing a picture of the dog and dolphin hybrids at the very end of his ''ZeusAndRoxanne'' review.
** From ''Return of the Nostalgic Commercials, "Wunder Boner".
** "The creature known as... ''MAN!''"
* TheStinger: Usually of the "funny quote after the credits" type, but in the ''Zeus And Roxanne'' review he follows it with a BrickJoke after playing with the audience's expectations.
** Another Stinger is actually a two minute pitch of the new upcoming DVD and appearances at cons for the ''special people'' that ''love him so much''. This is actually Doug Walker, not Nostalgia Critic.
* StockFootage: "OR DO THEY?!"
** Two clips from the ''{{Casper}}'' review were re-used in subsequent episodes: "TIMING!" and "Exposition, exposition..."
* StockSoundEffects: Two notable examples include whenever there is a fight scene and punching is involved or whenever he fires his gun.
* StopBeingStereotypical: He has this view with dorky white guys, like Pauly Shore and Vanilla Ice.
** He's also Catholic, but calls out people who use the bible as a defense for what they don't understand (''{{Gordy}}'') or that think the rest of the world is evil because they're not the same religion (''ExorcistIITheHeretic'').
* StoryArc: His massive insecurity with his job. It was set up in ''FullHouse'' where he complains at his fans for not appreciating what he does for them, comes out when he gets upset at other contributors for stealing it and being better than him, ran through ''{{Kickassia}}'' when he would rather commit mass murder-suicide than lose the power he had for once gained, he breaks down to [=CR=] about his InferioritySuperiorityComplex and it all culminated in the ''MyPetMonster'' / "Commercials Special" double parter. His unhappiness with it still gets referred to every few episodes, though.
** In a lighter, sillier example, the Nerd/Critic rivalry. Light because it ended in a kickass brawl and didn't include near-DeathByDespair.
** Definite now that Doug says they're finished, the "fuck-ups" lists provided a progression from "I'm unbelievable, I am your Jesus" to giving up and breaking down so hard that Douchey decides to leave him alone.
* StrawmanHasAPoint: In-universe. Amongst other things, one of the Critic's main issues with ''PatchAdams'' is how the movie keeps trying to set up anyone who doesn't agree with the titular character's "laughter is the best medicine" policy as wrong, humorless, evil, or any combination of the above, yet he points out that Adams (the character in the movie, not the real Patch Adams, which he emphasizes) acts very unprofessional and that a lot of the people who frown on his manners are perfectly right in pointing this out to him.
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: In his review of ''Alaska'', he has a rant about how using a parent's death merely as a plot device is disgusting.
* StunnedSilence: The Critic is left absolutely speechless when he hears Eric Idle singing in ''The Secret of NIMH 2''. He tried to say out some kind of reaction, but just couldn't think of any words to say.
* StupidSexyFlanders: WillSmith; the Critic has to snap himself out of fawning over him ("BOOBS! You like boobs!"). For the audience, that joystick licking in the rematch against [[WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow Angry Joe]]. A whole load of fanboys went "[[EvenTheGuysWantHim I'm not gay but...]]"
* StylisticSuck: The deliberately crappy title card for Sequels Month.
* SubvertedCatchphrase: Done several times, most notably in the review of ''AKidInKingArthursCourt''.
* SuckinessIsPainful: His whole schtick, really, is suffering through bad movies until they drive him to rage, weeping, drinking, [[DrivenToSuicide attempting suicide]] or trying to escape the review . In ''TheFlintstones'', a couple of the puns are [[IncrediblyLamePun so corny]] they physically hurt him, as did one PlotHole in ''{{Bio-Dome}}''.
** ''Film/AloneInTheDark'' gave him a stroke.
** Subverted when reviewing ''[[BabyGeniuses Baby Geniuses 2]]''. [[spoiler: He fakes being comatose to Brentalfloss and Uncle Yo so that he can save money in his hotel room]].
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in the review of ''BarbWire'' when Barb snarks about his ex and their wife:
-->Barb Wire: "I'm sure you'll have very strong and smart children."\\
Critic: "If they stay out of sequels..."
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