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** For whatever reason, the planned eight episode first season got cut down to six.
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** If Doug had the money for a studio, and the confidence and popularity for actors and an audience, the show could have aired in 2008. He'd been wanting to do it the entire time of Critic.
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** Rebecca was 23 but Rachel was 21 when the show aired, which makes her partly improvised speeches about harassment and already feeling washed up in the industry even sadder.
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* RealLifeRelative: The family is played by the real-life Laws family, friends of Doug Walker who threw him a bone by co-hosting the ''AdventureTime Vlogs'' with him, in addition to having occasional cameos in other Channel Awesome productions.
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* RealLifeRelative: The family Fanatic Fan Family is played by the real-life Laws family, friends of Doug Walker who threw him a bone by co-hosting the ''AdventureTime Vlogs'' with him, in addition to having occasional cameos in other Channel Awesome productions.
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* FanNickname: The Fanatic Fan Family have earned the surnames "{{Yandere}}s".
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* DawsonCasting: Inverted. Donnie is 42, and Doug Walker is about ten years younger. As Doug makes no attempt to make himself look older, it's a weird age choice.
* FanNickname: The Fanatic Fan Family have earned the surnames "{{Yandere}}s".
* FanNickname: The Fanatic Fan Family have earned the surnames "{{Yandere}}s".
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* IronyAsSheIsCast: Rebecca is usually a damsel in their movies, but is a BadassAdorable security guard outside of those.
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* RealLifeRelative: The family is played by the real-life Laws family, friends of Doug Walker who threw him a bone by co-hosting the ''AdventureTime Vlogs'' with him, in addition to having occasional cameos in other Channel Awesome productions.
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* PropRecycling:
** Averted. Tacoma was going to originally wake up in Snow White's dress instead of Belle's, s it was the [[https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=469734449759688&id=127127037353766&comment_id=78023938 "...second funniest dress we could imagine on Malcolm"]]. The most funniest? Snow White, however this idea was scrapped as WebVideo/ObscurusLupa had already worn it in ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights''.
** The Catwoman costume Rebecca wears in ''The Dark Knight Begins Rising'' (as Anne Hathaway's portrayal) is later reused when Rachel plays Michelle Pfeiffer in the ''Nostalgia Critic'' ''Film/Catwoman'' review.
** Averted. Tacoma was going to originally wake up in Snow White's dress instead of Belle's, s it was the [[https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=469734449759688&id=127127037353766&comment_id=78023938 "...second funniest dress we could imagine on Malcolm"]]. The most funniest? Snow White, however this idea was scrapped as WebVideo/ObscurusLupa had already worn it in ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights''.
** The Catwoman costume Rebecca wears in ''The Dark Knight Begins Rising'' (as Anne Hathaway's portrayal) is later reused when Rachel plays Michelle Pfeiffer in the ''Nostalgia Critic'' ''Film/Catwoman'' review.
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* ThrowItIn: Happens everytime. Donnie keeps adding details to the script to justify their resources like "The character grew a goatee" or "One-glove Batman", and the list keeps getting bigger.
** The actress rant in episode four was half written by the Walkers, half improvised by Rachel because of her own experiences in the industry.
** The moonwalking in episode two and the "I speak cat" scene in episode one were also both improvised by Rachel. For the latter, speaking cat was actually the thing that got her the role in the first place, and Rob just asked her to do it again for the ep.
** The actress rant in episode four was half written by the Walkers, half improvised by Rachel because of her own experiences in the industry.
** The moonwalking in episode two and the "I speak cat" scene in episode one were also both improvised by Rachel. For the latter, speaking cat was actually the thing that got her the role in the first place, and Rob just asked her to do it again for the ep.
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* TypeCasting: The sexist type is discussed. The two examples are Kathy Bates; psychos and smarmy bitches, and Meryl Streep; shrews, cartoons, cougars and [=MILF=]s.
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** There were a lot of computer issues while writing the script of the pilot and quite a few scenes were lost, which would explain why said episode was more comedic while the rest were far darker.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Retroactively. In this show, Jim Jareoz plays an Irish {{Badass}} HiddenHeartOfGold former member of the IRA. In the Critic reboot, his two main roles are the simpering condescending ''Comicbook/{{Catwoman}}'' therapist and the lisping loud flamboyant CreepyCrossdresser head of TMZ.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Retroactively. In this show, Jim Jareoz plays an Irish {{Badass}} HiddenHeartOfGold former member of the IRA. In the Critic reboot, his two main roles are the simpering condescending ''Comicbook/{{Catwoman}}'' ''Film/{{Catwoman}}'' therapist and the lisping loud flamboyant CreepyCrossdresser head of TMZ.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Retroactively. In this show, Jim Jareoz plays an Irish {{Badass}} HiddenHeartOfGold former member of the IRA. In the Critic reboot, his two main roles are the simpering condescending ''{{Catwoman}}'' therapist and the lisping loud flamboyant CreepyCrossdresser head of TMZ.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Retroactively. In this show, Jim Jareoz plays an Irish {{Badass}} HiddenHeartOfGold former member of the IRA. In the Critic reboot, his two main roles are the simpering condescending ''{{Catwoman}}'' ''Comicbook/{{Catwoman}}'' therapist and the lisping loud flamboyant CreepyCrossdresser head of TMZ.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Uncle Yo and Creator/{{Egoraptor}} both make appearances in Episode 3 [[spoiler: and Creator/MaraWilson voices Donnie's wife.]].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Uncle Yo Creator/UncleYo and Creator/{{Egoraptor}} both make appearances in Episode 3 [[spoiler: and Creator/MaraWilson voices Donnie's wife.]].
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* [[WordOfGay Word Of Bi]]: Rob confirmed it for Donnie after the pilot [[note]]Doug would confirm it at Shadocon in the filming of his [[http://blip.tv/nostalgiacritic/demo-reel-lost-in-translation-bromance-version-6458197 said-to-be]] [[http://blip.tv/nostalgiacritic/demo-reel-lost-in-translation-bromance-version-part-2-6458053 favorite episode]][[/note]], when all he had done sexuality-hint wise was manipulate Tacoma with bedroom eyes. He'd go on to do much more.
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** Doug mentioned in the [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/42223-nc-commentary-ai A.I. commentary]] that he would've gotten around to having a TMZ-centric episode had the show continued.
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** Doug mentioned in the [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/42223-nc-commentary-ai A.I. commentary]] that he would've gotten around to having a TMZ-centric episode had the show continued. And due to his regret that the Critic episode was so cruel, and Demo Reel's AWorldHalfFull optimism, it probably would have been LighterAndSofter than ''AI''.
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** Doug mentioned in the [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/42223-nc-commentary-ai A.I. commentary]] that he would've gotten around to having a TMZ-centric episode had the show continued.
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** Karl and Quinn would have assembled a team of film crew/mercencaries called "The Commendables" who would go on missions across the globe.
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** Karl and Quinn would have assembled a team of film crew/mercencaries called "The Commendables" who would go on missions across the globe.globe.
* WriterRevolt: "All our hopes rest on the Nostalgia Critic. People will love that" was a clue of RealitySubtext. On the commentary, Doug talked about how even though he was given the choice to keep the show, Critic still had to come back to get the site back on good terms with money.
* WriterRevolt: "All our hopes rest on the Nostalgia Critic. People will love that" was a clue of RealitySubtext. On the commentary, Doug talked about how even though he was given the choice to keep the show, Critic still had to come back to get the site back on good terms with money.
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** Before Demo Reel began, fans noticed that Rob always got the most {{fanservice}}y shots of Doug, whether it was him in the shower or just showing [[ShesGotLegs He Had Legs]]. So, in ''{{Transformers}}'', Karl's camera being in love with Donnie gets lampshaded in the first five minutes.
** Doug's characters have been shipped together since the dawn of fanfic writing, so that might be why Critic acts so ''seductively'' against Doug in The Review Must Go On.
** Doug's characters have been shipped together since the dawn of fanfic writing, so that might be why Critic acts so ''seductively'' against Doug in The Review Must Go On.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Adam and Jill are sociopaths who kidnap a FormerChildStar and raise their daughter to be as mentally ill as they are. Jason and Jori are perfectly lovely people who [[ThrowTheDogABone threw Doug a bone]] and helped him get out of his head with the at-that-point-suffering AdventureTime vlogs.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Adam and Jill are sociopaths who kidnap a FormerChildStar and raise their daughter to be as mentally ill as they are. Jason and Jori are perfectly lovely people who [[ThrowTheDogABone threw Doug a bone]] and helped him get out of his head with the at-that-point-suffering AdventureTime ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' vlogs.
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* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Adam and Jill are sociopaths who kidnap a FormerChildStar and raise their daughter to be as mentally ill as they are. Jason and Jori are perfectly lovely people who [[ThrowTheDogABone threw Doug a bone]] and helped him get out of his head with the at-that-point-suffering AdventureTime vlogs.
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* FandomNod: One of the early criticisms of the show ([[TheyChangedItNowItSucks that didn't have to do with the Nostalgia Critic]]) was that the series premise was too similar to ''BeKindRewind.'' Doug eventually [[LampshadeHanging hung a lampshade]] on this [[SelfDeprecation in the show.]]
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* IncestuousCasting: This was the show where Doug and Rob took their teasing IncestSubtext and turned it into in-character flirting. In one scene, Donnie actually asks Carl if he can join in on him having sex.
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\'\'ninety\'\' redirects fixed in one night. but there\'s more. there\'s \'\'always\'\' more. i must fix ALL THE REDIRECTS and then only then will i sleep. i will not sleep til everything is perfect and there are no more redirects anywhere ever
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Uncle Yo and Creator/{{Egoraptor}} both make appearances in Episode 3 [[spoiler: and MaraWilson voices Donnie's wife.]].
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* ScheduleSlip: Slightly. The second episode of Demo Reel missed a week because DougWalker wanted to [[ReTool tweak the show's direction.]] The second episode ended up focusing more on the actual characters and put the parody scenes on the back burner. The 4th episode came after 3 weeks. On a grander scale, see above.
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* ScheduleSlip: Slightly. The second episode of Demo Reel missed a week because DougWalker Creator/DougWalker wanted to [[ReTool tweak the show's direction.]] The second episode ended up focusing more on the actual characters and put the parody scenes on the back burner. The 4th episode came after 3 weeks. On a grander scale, see above.
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* OldShame: ''Not'' for Doug, but for Rob. While Doug had wanted to do it for five years and literally bounced every time he mentioned getting to create something new and dark, it was viewed by Rob as just something to do while getting the game show ready.
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** The site's design (the redesign was "for real this time" promised in September but never happened) resulted in the show getting shunted to the "specials" section, along with Doug's obligatory Disney-movie-per-day series pushing any episode off the front page.
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* RuleThirtyFourCreatorReactions: Bless his heart, Doug was shameless this time around and outright asked for SlashFic in-character. Fandom eagerly obliged.
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* TroubledProduction: There were a lot of problems with the studio they worked on, ranging from the humidity of the studio warping their sets to their difficulty in audio echo control to the props they had to work with.
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** As a DownerEnding as the show got, it could have been even worse. Brian wanted a stinger where he would play some random guy coming across the completely abandoned warehouse.
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** As a DownerEnding as the show got, it could have been even worse. Brian wanted a stinger where he would play some random guy coming across Fabrizio to return to the studios only to now find a completely abandoned warehouse.warehouse.
** Karl and Quinn would have assembled a team of film crew/mercencaries called "The Commendables" who would go on missions across the globe.
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* ScheduleSlip: Slightly. The second episode of Demo Reel missed a week because DougWalker wanted to [[ReTool tweak the show's direction.]] The second episode ended up focusing more on the actual characters and put the parody scenes on the back burner. The 4th episode came after 3 weeks.
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* ScheduleSlip: Slightly. The second episode of Demo Reel missed a week because DougWalker wanted to [[ReTool tweak the show's direction.]] The second episode ended up focusing more on the actual characters and put the parody scenes on the back burner. The 4th episode came after 3 weeks. On a grander scale, see above.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Fans of the show got really pissed when the volume 4 TGWTG DVD advertisement came out, and we were told we wouldn't be getting any episodes (except the missing one) or commentaries, just bloopers.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Doug wanted Lewis and Lindsay on the show to play different people other than themselves or TGWTG characters, and prove [[WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee again]] they could do drama.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Doug wanted Lewis and Lindsay on the show to play different people other than themselves or TGWTG characters, and prove [[WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee again]] they could do drama.drama.
** As a DownerEnding as the show got, it could have been even worse. Brian wanted a stinger where he would play some random guy coming across the completely abandoned warehouse.
** As a DownerEnding as the show got, it could have been even worse. Brian wanted a stinger where he would play some random guy coming across the completely abandoned warehouse.
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* ScheduleSlip: Slightly. The second episode of Demo Reel missed a week because DougWalker wanted to [[ReTool tweak the show's direction.]] The second episode ended up focusing more on the actual characters and put the parody scenes on the back burner. The 4th episode came after 3 weeks.weeks.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Doug wanted Lewis and Lindsay on the show to play different people other than themselves or TGWTG characters, and prove [[WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee again]] they could do drama.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Doug wanted Lewis and Lindsay on the show to play different people other than themselves or TGWTG characters, and prove [[WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee again]] they could do drama.
