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* SigningOffCatchPhrase: "This is Chester A Bum saying, ''Change! You got change? Come on, help a guy out, will ya! Change!''"
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: While reviewing ''Film/TheAvengers'', Doug literally breaks character, takes off the wig, and says in a serious tone how wonderful the movie is.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: While reviewing ''Film/TheAvengers'', Doug literally breaks character, takes off the fright wig, and says in a serious tone how wonderful the movie is.
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-->'''Bum:''' So I really liked ''WesternAnimation/FernGully''! *[[StockSoundEffects buzzer]]* ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}''? *[[StockSoundEffects buzzer]]* ''AtlantisTheLostEmpire''? *[[RuleOfThree buzzer]]* ''Film/DancesWithWolves''? *[[LongList buzzer]]* ''Film/{{Avatar}}''? *[[MostWonderfulSound ding]]* [[BlatantLies THE MOST ORIGINAL MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!]]
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-->'''Bum:''' So I really liked ''WesternAnimation/FernGully''! *[[StockSoundEffects buzzer]]* ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}''? *[[StockSoundEffects buzzer]]* ''AtlantisTheLostEmpire''? *[[RuleOfThree buzzer]]* ''Film/DancesWithWolves''? *[[LongList buzzer]]* ''Film/{{Avatar}}''? *[[MostWonderfulSound ding]]* [[BlatantLies [[BackhandedCompliment THE MOST ORIGINAL MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!]]
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"This is Chester A. Bum saying, CHANGE? YA GOT CHANGE? AH, C'MON! HELP A GUY OUT, WOULD YA? C'MON, CHANGE!"
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* StepfordSmiler: A good chunk of episodes imply it. Like in ''TheDayTheEarthStoodStill'':
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* StepfordSmiler: A good chunk of episodes imply it. Like in ''TheDayTheEarthStoodStill'':''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill2008'':
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** In the ''{{Transformers}} III'' Bum/Critic review, he realizes that Critic is [[JerkassFacade conning]] [[BeneathTheMask people]], he just hasn't figured out exactly how.
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->"[[GushingAboutShowsYouLike OH MY GOD, THIS IS THE GREATEST MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!]]"\\
-- '''Chester A. Bum''', on [[Film/CitizenKane nearly]] every movie he sees in his life.
A homeless guy who reviews current movies on ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. Since he's just happy to be in a warm building while seeing them, he likes almost every movie he sees.
This character was partly inspired by Doug's first video review of the first ''Film/{{Transformers}}'', where he acted very enthusiastic, and by Doug's silly voice in his review of ''{{Cloverfield}}''.
-- '''Chester A. Bum''', on [[Film/CitizenKane nearly]] every movie he sees in his life.
A homeless guy who reviews current movies on ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. Since he's just happy to be in a warm building while seeing them, he likes almost every movie he sees.
This character was partly inspired by Doug's first video review of the first ''Film/{{Transformers}}'', where he acted very enthusiastic, and by Doug's silly voice in his review of ''{{Cloverfield}}''.
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->"[[GushingAboutShowsYouLike OH MY GOD, THIS IS THE GREATEST MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!]]"\\
--LIFE!]]"
-->-- '''Chester A. Bum''', on [[Film/CitizenKane nearly]] every movie he sees in his life.
A homeless guy who reviews current movies onThatGuyWithTheGlasses.Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. Since he's just happy to be in a warm building while seeing them, he likes almost every movie he sees.
This character was partly inspired by Doug's first video review of the first ''Film/{{Transformers}}'', where he acted very enthusiastic, and by Doug's silly voice in his review of''{{Cloverfield}}''.
''Film/{{Cloverfield}}''.
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-->-- '''Chester A. Bum''', on [[Film/CitizenKane nearly]] every movie he sees in his life.
A homeless guy who reviews current movies on
This character was partly inspired by Doug's first video review of the first ''Film/{{Transformers}}'', where he acted very enthusiastic, and by Doug's silly voice in his review of
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** ''{{Twilight}}''. ''Eclipse'' had manic sarcasm in the place of gushing, and ''Breaking Dawn'' was just outright snark.
** ''{{Transformers}}''. In the review of ''TheHungerGames'', he called the third film "testosterone-filled mindlessness".
** ''{{Transformers}}''. In the review of ''TheHungerGames'', he called the third film "testosterone-filled mindlessness".
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** ''{{Twilight}}''.''Film/{{Twilight}}''. ''Eclipse'' had manic sarcasm in the place of gushing, and ''Breaking Dawn'' was just outright snark.
**''{{Transformers}}''. ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}''. In the review of ''TheHungerGames'', ''Film/TheHungerGames'', he called the third film "testosterone-filled mindlessness".
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: In his ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean 4'' review.
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: In his ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean 4'' review.
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* AssShove: Chester mentions the scene in ''{{Hancock}}'' and expresses hope that it happens in ''TheDarkKnight''.
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* AssShove: Chester mentions the scene in ''{{Hancock}}'' and expresses hope that it happens in ''TheDarkKnight''.''Film/TheDarkKnight''.
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-->'''Chester A. Bum:''' They just cut to the credits before anything else happened. What do you think they're doing!? She's taking off his sheep's clothing! He's riding her hood! [[ThreeLittlePigs She's blowing his house down!]] The better to eat her with! She's taking him to grandma's house! He's checking under her hood! Holy smokes, I could make a book of these.
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-->'''Chester A. Bum:''' They just cut to the credits before anything else happened. What do you think they're doing!? She's taking off his sheep's clothing! He's riding her hood! [[ThreeLittlePigs [[Literature/ThreeLittlePigs She's blowing his house down!]] The better to eat her with! She's taking him to grandma's house! He's checking under her hood! Holy smokes, I could make a book of these.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Chester comments on FamilyGuy stealing one of his jokes. In the process, he steals "Screw you Guys I'm going home" from ''SouthPark'' and the ending scene with the lawyer is a direct ripoff of the ending of ''[[CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory]]''.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Chester comments on FamilyGuy WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy stealing one of his jokes. In the process, he steals "Screw you Guys guys, I'm going home" from ''SouthPark'' ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' and the ending scene with the lawyer is a direct ripoff of the ending of ''[[CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory ''[[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory]]''.
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Lampshaded in the review of ''[[spoiler:Film/TheMuppets]]''
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* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: He was told by the subtitles to not compare ''RealSteel'' to "Rock 'em Sock 'em" robots, as everyone had already made that joke. Same with comparing it to ''{{Transformers}}''. Fortunately, ''[[TheAsylum Transmorphers]]'' comparisons were free.
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* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: He was told by the subtitles to not compare ''RealSteel'' ''Film/RealSteel'' to "Rock 'em Sock 'em" robots, as everyone had already made that joke. Same with comparing it to ''{{Transformers}}''.''Film/{{Transformers}}''. Fortunately, ''[[TheAsylum Transmorphers]]'' comparisons were free.
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* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: ''Film/{{District 9}}'' inpires the Bum to make a movie called "Batman and the Terminator Go to Jurassic Park", and the sequel "Batman and the Terminator in a StevenSeagal Christmas".
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* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: ''Film/{{District 9}}'' inpires inspires the Bum to make a movie called "Batman and the Terminator Go to Jurassic Park", and the sequel "Batman and the Terminator in a StevenSeagal Christmas".
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: His ''TheDarkKnight'' review was done in a subdued style because of the impression it left on him.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: His ''TheDarkKnight'' ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' review was done in a subdued style because of the impression it left on him.
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** Doug actually takes a minute during his Bum Review for ''ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' just to thoroughly trash RandyNewman.
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** Doug actually takes a minute during his Bum Review for ''ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' just to thoroughly trash RandyNewman.
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-->'''Bum:''' So I really liked ''FernGully''! ''WesternAnimation/FernGully''! *[[StockSoundEffects buzzer]]* ''{{Pocahontas}}''? ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}''? *[[StockSoundEffects buzzer]]* ''AtlantisTheLostEmpire''? *[[RuleOfThree buzzer]]* ''DancesWithWolves''? ''Film/DancesWithWolves''? *[[LongList buzzer]]* ''Avatar''? ''Film/{{Avatar}}''? *[[MostWonderfulSound ding]]* [[BlatantLies THE MOST ORIGINAL MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!]]
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* WhamEpisode: Secondhand. ''TheDarkKnight'' was so great that it left a ''huge'' impression on him. Such that at the end of it he just told us, "You know what? Keep the change."
** Similarly, ''The Avengers'' had Doug briefly break character to emphasize that Chester isn't just doing his typical gushing and that it's really ''that good.''
** Similarly, ''The Avengers'' had Doug briefly break character to emphasize that Chester isn't just doing his typical gushing and that it's really ''that good.''
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* WhamEpisode: Secondhand. ''TheDarkKnight'' ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' was so great that it left a ''huge'' impression on him. Such that at the end of it he just told us, "You know what? Keep the change."
** Similarly,''The Avengers'' ''Film/TheAvengers'' had Doug briefly break character to emphasize that Chester isn't just doing his typical gushing and that it's really ''that good.''
** Similarly,
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** Similarly, ''The Avengers'' had Doug briefly break character to emphasize that Chester isn't just doing his typical gushing and that it's really ''[[BeyondTheImpossible that good]].''
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** ''{{Transformers}}''. In the review of ''TheHungerGames'', he called the third film "testosterone-filled mindlessness".
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** ''{{Transformers}}''. In the review of ''TheHungerGames'', he called the third film "testosterone-filled mindlessness".
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* KillTheCutie: The end of his review for ''Paranormal Activity III''. [[spoiler:Teddy Ruxpin shoots him for not much reason]]. He's fine by the next episode of course.
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* KillTheCutie: The end of his review for ''Paranormal Activity III''. [[spoiler:Teddy Ruxpin shoots him for not much reason]]. He's fine by the next episode of course.
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* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: ''{{District 9}}'' inpires the Bum to make a movie called "Batman and the Terminator Go to Jurassic Park", and the sequel "Batman and the Terminator in a StevenSeagal Christmas".
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* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: ''{{District ''Film/{{District 9}}'' inpires the Bum to make a movie called "Batman and the Terminator Go to Jurassic Park", and the sequel "Batman and the Terminator in a StevenSeagal Christmas".
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: While reviewing ''{{Film/The Avengers}}'', Doug literally breaks character, takes off the wig, and says in a serious tone how wonderful the movie is.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: While reviewing ''{{Film/The Avengers}}'', ''Film/TheAvengers'', Doug literally breaks character, takes off the wig, and says in a serious tone how wonderful the movie is.
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-->-- '''Chester A. Bum''', on [[Film/CitizenKane nearly]] every movie he sees in his life.
-->-- '''Chester A. Bum''', on [[Film/CitizenKane nearly]] every movie he sees in his life.
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-->--LIFE!]]"\\
-- '''Chester A. Bum''', on [[Film/CitizenKane nearly]] every movie he sees in his life.
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-- '''Chester A. Bum''', on [[Film/CitizenKane nearly]] every movie he sees in his life.
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* ItsTheBestWhateverEver: every single movie he sees is the best one. See the CatchPhrase above.
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* ItsTheBestWhateverEver: every single movie he sees is the best one. See the CatchPhrase {{Catchphrase}} above.
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* KillTheCutie: The end of his review for ''Paranormal Activity III''. [[spoiler: Teddy Ruxpin shoots him for not much reason]]. He's fine by the next episode of course.
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Lampshaded in the review of [[spoiler: ''Film/TheMuppets'']][[invoked]]
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Lampshaded in the review of [[spoiler: ''Film/TheMuppets'']][[invoked]]
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* KillTheCutie: The end of his review for ''Paranormal Activity III''. [[spoiler: Teddy [[spoiler:Teddy Ruxpin shoots him for not much reason]]. He's fine by the next episode of course.
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Lampshaded in the review of[[spoiler: ''Film/TheMuppets'']][[invoked]]''[[spoiler:Film/TheMuppets]]''
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Lampshaded in the review of
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** Possibly the most extreme case was the end of his review for ''Paranormal Activity III''. The light cuts out, he gets shot by [[spoiler: Teddy Ruxpin, and we see red eyes and hear "come dream with me tonight..."]]. Followed immediately by the usual classical music for the credits.
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** Possibly the most extreme case was the end of his review for ''Paranormal Activity III''. The light cuts out, he gets shot by [[spoiler: Teddy [[spoiler:Teddy Ruxpin, and we see red eyes and hear "come dream with me tonight..."]]. Followed immediately by the usual classical music for the credits.
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* RunningGag: He seems to have a thing for Danny DeVito references.
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* MediumAwareness: The Chicago Snowstorm episode, which combines it with a defiance of TethercatPrinciple.
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* NerdsAreVirgins: Calling ''StarTrek'' fans that.
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!!OH MY GOD THESE ARE THE GREATEST EXAMPLES I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE:
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!!OH MY GOD THESE ARE THE GREATEST EXAMPLES I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE:LIFE!!!
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* SelectiveSquick: In-universe and PlayedForLaughs. He has a RunningGag of demanding Jacob from ''{{Twilight}}'' to put on a shirt [[hottip:*: out of universe, Doug has the hots for the character because he's the only decent person in the films]] , and ''GetSmart'' was criticized for being "heavy on the man-love".
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** In the ''{{Watchmen}}'' review, "one superhero blows up New York, one shoots women and children, and the last one just [[FullFrontalAssault flashes people]]."
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* SincerityMode: Doug breaks character a few times during his ''Film/TheAvengers'' review to assert that no, really, it ''is'' a great movie, and that whoever's watching the review should go see it ''now.''
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* KillTheCutie: The end of his review for ''Paranormal Activity III''. [[spoiler: Teddy Ruxpin shoots him for not much reason]]. He's fine by the next episode of course.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: He'll comment on a woman's attractiveness in a movie without fail, but he ''did'' make out with [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall Lester]] and really, you gotta do whatever it takes for '''chaaaaange'''.
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* CaptainErsatz: [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall Lester B. Bum]] , [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spencer D. Bum]] and [[{{Benzaie}} at least two]] [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown unnamed ones]]. There's also [[{{Phelous}} Pester]], who died of alcohol poisoning in his first appearance and [[WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob the Cinema Bum]], [[{{Deconstruction}} who rather than review a movie, lamented the fact didn't have a job or home.]]
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* NotSoDifferent: He thinks Ask That Guy's a douche and Ask That Guy thinks Chester is disgusting, but they've both been in porn, both have fantasies (we hope) about killing their parents and both have a talent for evading lawful punishment.
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->"[[GushingAboutShowsYouLike OH MY GOD, THIS IS THE GREATEST MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!]]"
-->-- '''Chester A. Bum''', on [[Film/CitizenKane nearly]] every movie he sees in his life.
A homeless guy who reviews current movies on ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. Since he's just happy to be in a warm building while seeing them, he likes almost every movie he sees.
This character was partly inspired by Doug's first video review of the first ''Film/{{Transformers}}'', where he acted very enthusiastic, and by Doug's silly voice in his review of ''{{Cloverfield}}''.
A list of films review on the show can be found [[DougWalkerList here]].
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* AcceptableTargets: In-universe.
** ''{{Twilight}}''. ''Eclipse'' had manic sarcasm in the place of gushing, and ''Breaking Dawn'' was just outright snark.
** ''{{Transformers}}''. In the review of ''TheHungerGames'', he called the third film "testosterone-filled mindlessness".
* ActingForTwo: Chester does this quite often.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: In his ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean 4'' review.
-->"Blackbeard's Big Bad Bitchin' Boat...Barbecue"
* {{Adorkable}}
* AmbiguouslyBi: He'll comment on a woman's attractiveness in a movie without fail, but he ''did'' make out with [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall Lester]] and really, you gotta do whatever it takes for '''chaaaaange'''.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
** In the ''{{Watchmen}}'' review, "one superhero blows up New York, one shoots women and children, and the last one just [[FullFrontalAssault flashes people]]."
** And in the review of ''Film/HarryPotter and the Half Blood Prince'', with a bit of TakeThat:
-->"Voldemort gets all these evil wizards to do all his evil deeds like kidnap people, burn down houses, and work for FoxNews!"
* AssShove: Chester mentions the scene in ''{{Hancock}}'' and expresses hope that it happens in ''TheDarkKnight''.
-->"He defeats people by putting them up other people's asses! That better happen in the new Dark Knight movie! The Joker will be like 'I am going to kill everyone!' and Batman will be like 'You are going inside an ass!' Bloo-bloo-bloo-bloo-splut! THE END!"
* BigNever: Him doing Jacob of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' being told to put on a shirt.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Not that he doesn't have lots of nice moments too, but he used his "innocent harmless bum" persona in a plan to destroy the world (and succeeded as well!), always defends the Critic but also acts like the voice for his entitled fans, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking tries to steal things at cons]].
* BreakoutCharacter: Bum Reviews has become one of the most popular features on That Guy's website. Quite a feat for a spin off character.
* ButtMonkey: In his coverage of the 2011 Snowstorm.
* CaptainErsatz: [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall Lester B. Bum]] , [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spencer D. Bum]] and [[{{Benzaie}} at least two]] [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown unnamed ones]]. There's also [[{{Phelous}} Pester]], who died of alcohol poisoning in his first appearance and [[WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob the Cinema Bum]], [[{{Deconstruction}} who rather than review a movie, lamented the fact didn't have a job or home.]]
* CatchPhrase:
** "OH MY GOD, THIS IS THE GREATEST MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!"
** "[[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife TV Tropes will ruin your]] SPOILERS!"
** "There's this guy! Called..." (usually the second line of the review)
** ''"HOORAY!"''
*** When something bad follows, "[[{{Blackadder}} Haroo...]]"
*** And when it's in the middle... don't ask.
** "And (insert character here) was like...!"
*** Often a dueling series of these ending with "and he was like - 'okay'."
** "I used to be/had a (something relevant to the movie) once!"
-->''I'' used to be an [[Film/{{Up}} Asian Boy Scout]]! Wasn't that a weird week.
** "And at the end they play the famous theme song! * sings said theme song with added lyrics* "
** "This is Chester A. Bum saying... CHANGE!! YA GOT CHANGE!?!? OH COME ON, HELP A GUY OUT WILL YA!!! C'MON, CHANGE!!! I promise I'll use it to educate people on the difference between a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]], an {{inver|ted trope}}sion, and an {{aver|ted trope}}sion!"
* CausticCritic: Averted usually. Chester is convinced every film is the greatest he's seen in his life, while Doug's real views given at the end are almost always at least lukewarmly positive. The exceptions don't really change his style that much either.
* CloudCuckooLander
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: All this time, Chester was wishing on stars to help him out, and it turns out he needs to work hard, even get a job. Then he says perhaps he should wish on a star for that.
* CrazyHomelessPeople
* CrazyMemory: He seems to go through a lot of crazy stuff like having been an Asian boy scout.
* CreditsGag: At the end of each ep, the final card has a small comment that always begins, "Seriously", that outlines what Doug really thought of the movie.
** Recently dumped for a complete second video outlining what Doug really thought of the movie.
* CurseEscapeClause: In the review of ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'':
-->"What's up with all the loopholes? Seriously, was this fairy tale written by a lawyer!?"
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: His review of ''TheArtist'' is presented as a silent film with captions.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: In the review of ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'':
-->"So Tiana saves up all her money, and she finally gets her own restaurant! But these two guys are like: (as the two guys) 'We have to close you down because we found a higher bidder!' (as Tiana) 'It's because I'm black, isn't it?' (as the two guys) 'Well, it's the 1920s, so sure.'"
* DespairEventHorizon: After nearly freezing to death in a night snowstorm, his reviews started giving more focus to flaws in movies, instead of just scatterbrained gushing about everything.
* DistractedByTheSexy: When failing to answer a couple FridgeLogic questions in ''Film/TronLegacy'', he just says "There's a hot chick!"
* EatTheDog:
-->'''Chester A. Bum:''' I had an aardvark that took up tap dancing. Until I ate him.
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: "A" is for [[spoiler:Alfred.]]
* ExpansionPackPast
* {{Expy}}: The first Nostalgia Critic video was actually the Critic acting like the future Chester A. Bum doing ''{{Transformers| Film Series}}'' (2007). This is given a nod with the Critic doing ''Revenge of the Fallen'', and Bum popping up after he leaves, asking if the Critic stole his act.)
** Not to mention this being brough to its logical conclusion with the ''Dark of the Moon'' review when [[spoiler:right at the start of the Critic's review, he gets a letter informing him that Chester's suing him for stealing his act (in case you're curious, there IS a review... of Chester's when the judge asks how he'd review it).]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: Unlike Bella from ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', even a bum wouldn't forget to put on a coat while hiking in the mountains.
* FridgeLogic: Pointed out InUniverse, and then often spoofed.
** In the review of "''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: On Stranger Tides''", he constantly says "I'm Johnny Depp!" while wiggling his fingers and staring at the camera after pointing out a couple of FridgeLogic parts.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: When ScottPilgrim fights a female evil ex, he desperately hopes for a flashback.
* GushingAboutShowsYouLike: One of the few in-media examples.
* HostileShowTakeover: His review of ''{{Rango}}'' is quickly hijacked by [[spoiler:[[FearAndLoathingInLasVegas Raoul]] [[CallBack Puke]]]], on the grounds that he actually appeared in the movie.
* HurricaneOfEuphemisms: From the Film/RedRidingHood review:
-->'''Chester A. Bum:''' They just cut to the credits before anything else happened. What do you think they're doing!? She's taking off his sheep's clothing! He's riding her hood! [[ThreeLittlePigs She's blowing his house down!]] The better to eat her with! She's taking him to grandma's house! He's checking under her hood! Holy smokes, I could make a book of these.
* HypeBacklash: In-universe example. The Bum actually gave a bad review to ''Film/CitizenKane'', and this was one of the reasons. (It was a joke of course, Doug mentions at the end that he likes ''Film/CitizenKane''.)
** A lot of his criticisms towards District 9 was disagreeing with the movie being as ground breaking as people made it out to be.
* HypocriticalHumor: Chester comments on FamilyGuy stealing one of his jokes. In the process, he steals "Screw you Guys I'm going home" from ''SouthPark'' and the ending scene with the lawyer is a direct ripoff of the ending of ''[[CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory]]''.
* InnocentFanserviceBoy: Like Critic, played for creepy BlackComedy. He somehow got himself into both pole-dancing and prostitution at least once. (Off-screen, thankfully.)
* InnocentlyInsensitive: When he showed up in the Critic's press conference for ''JamesAndTheGiantPeach'', he stated genuinely that it was the best LP he ever saw in his life, but because he was also yelling about how the fans deserved better, Critic still looked like he'd been punched.
* ItsALongStory: Pretty often. Just one variation is "I was a slave once! ...but it's a boring story."
* ItsTheBestWhateverEver: every single movie he sees is the best one. See the CatchPhrase above.
* JitterCam: Done in ''Film/TheHungerGames'' to criticize its overuse in said film.
* JumpCut
* {{Keet}}
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Lampshaded in the review of [[spoiler: ''Film/TheMuppets'']][[invoked]]
* MediumAwareness: The Chicago Snowstorm episode, which combines it with a defiance of TethercatPrinciple.
* MoodWhiplash: [[BritishAccents A British accented voice]] with soft violin music opens every episode, followed by "OH MY GOD, THIS IS THE GREATEST MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!"
** Possibly the most extreme case was the end of his review for ''Paranormal Activity III''. The light cuts out, he gets shot by [[spoiler: Teddy Ruxpin, and we see red eyes and hear "come dream with me tonight..."]]. Followed immediately by the usual classical music for the credits.
* MotorMouth: Something the other bums never quite managed to pull off.
* NerdsAreVirgins: Calling ''StarTrek'' fans that.
* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: He was told by the subtitles to not compare ''RealSteel'' to "Rock 'em Sock 'em" robots, as everyone had already made that joke. Same with comparing it to ''{{Transformers}}''. Fortunately, ''[[TheAsylum Transmorphers]]'' comparisons were free.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: As a result of his occasional BreadEggsMilkSquick lines.
* NightmareRetardant: The vampires in ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', [[{{In-universe}} according to Chester]] (especially how they eat tofu).
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: ''{{District 9}}'' inpires the Bum to make a movie called "Batman and the Terminator Go to Jurassic Park", and the sequel "Batman and the Terminator in a StevenSeagal Christmas".
* NoIndoorVoice
* NoodleIncident: Often.
** "I used to be an Asian boy scout!" And adds. "Wasn't that a weird week."
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Chester's surface persona is too in-your-face brain-fried to be taken seriously. However, much of his commentary is actually insightful and well-phrased.
** He acts InTheStyleOf a more traditional film critic--until [[WebOriginal/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses That Guy With The Glasses]] steals his [[spoiler:corncob pipe back from him.]]
* OmnicidalManiac: During Part 2 of Linkara's review of ''Countdown'', Chester hijacks all of Earth's nuclear weapons and plots to take over the world (''OF COURSE!''). He finally gets fed up with arguing with the Critic about it and just destroys the entire planet.
* OnlyFriend: Critic might hang around with other people more, but Chester is the only one who shows up to defend him in the ''JamesAndTheGiantPeach'' press conference.
* MoralityPet: People being nasty to him is usually a way of showing their {{Jerkass}}-ness and Critic giving him money and offering a place to stay manages to get the interviewer in ''True Internet Story'' to begrudgingly admit that Critic's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* PrecisionFStrike: Chester drops a couple of F-bombs in his Iron Man 2 review, mostly because he's impersonating Samuel L. Jackson.
* RapidFireComedy
* {{Retool}}: The reviewing style in [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/52-transformers-the-movie-review Doug's first Nostalgia Critic review]] would later become the standard operating procedure for the Bum Reviews section.
* SelectiveSquick: In-universe and PlayedForLaughs. He has a RunningGag of demanding Jacob from ''{{Twilight}}'' to put on a shirt [[hottip:*: out of universe, Doug has the hots for the character because he's the only decent person in the films]] , and ''GetSmart'' was criticized for being "heavy on the man-love".
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: His ''TheDarkKnight'' review was done in a subdued style because of the impression it left on him.
** His review of ''HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Part 1'' was filmed live on location at Daisho Con in Wisconsin.
* StepfordSmiler: A good chunk of episodes imply it. Like in ''TheDayTheEarthStoodStill'':
-->'''Chester''': I don't live with lights, cars or electricity and I get along just fine! Please shoot me.
* TheStinger: Chester always adds an extra punchline about the movie into his calls for "CHAAAAANGE!" at the end of the videos. The end credits had a written stinger too (in which Doug Walker gave a one-sentence summary of how he actually about the movie, always starting with "Seriously, though..."), but that's been replaced by a separate and longer "Doug's Review" video that runs below the Bum Review.
* StonersAreFunny
* TakeThat:
** Doug actually takes a minute during his Bum Review for ''ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' just to thoroughly trash RandyNewman.
** In both the ''Twilight'' and ''New Moon'' Bum Reviews, Chester often points out how boring and forgettable Edward is, especially compared to Jacob.
** His ''District 9'' review, where he declares that it's totally unoriginal.
** Same with ''Film/{{Avatar}}''.
-->'''Bum:''' So I really liked ''FernGully''! *[[StockSoundEffects buzzer]]* ''{{Pocahontas}}''? *[[StockSoundEffects buzzer]]* ''AtlantisTheLostEmpire''? *[[RuleOfThree buzzer]]* ''DancesWithWolves''? *[[LongList buzzer]]* ''Avatar''? *[[MostWonderfulSound ding]]* [[BlatantLies THE MOST ORIGINAL MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!]]
* VerbalTic: Adds the syllable "ma" in randomly, e.g. "that nice Nostalgiama Critic man!"
** "Hello! Am I on the Intermanet!?"
** And his cardboard box computer is labelled "Com-pu-ta-ma-ter".
** "Oh I get it, it's like one of them Sila-ma-tent pictures."
* WhamEpisode: Secondhand. ''TheDarkKnight'' was so great that it left a ''huge'' impression on him. Such that at the end of it he just told us, "You know what? Keep the change."
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Chester states this about some movies.
* VocalEvolution: Compare the 2008 episodes to now and it sounds a lot less natural back then, almost like he was clogged up from a lot of coke snorting.
* WithLyrics: Chester commonly does this for film adaptations.
* YankTheDogsChain: The end of the snowstorm episode. A nice person from across the street took him inside and gave him a blanket and a hot drink. Then it starts snowing indoors.
-->'''Chester''' [anguished] [[LampshadeHanging How does that work?!]]
* YouBastard: He thinks the audience is sick for watching him nearly freeze to death in a snowstorm for entertainment.
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"CHANGE? YA GOT CHANGE? AH, C'MON! HELP A GUY OUT, WOULD YA? C'MON, CHANGE!"
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[[caption-width-right:252:"Hello! Am I on the inter[[VerbalTic ma]]net?!"]]
->"[[GushingAboutShowsYouLike OH MY GOD, THIS IS THE GREATEST MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!]]"
-->-- '''Chester A. Bum''', on [[Film/CitizenKane nearly]] every movie he sees in his life.
A homeless guy who reviews current movies on ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. Since he's just happy to be in a warm building while seeing them, he likes almost every movie he sees.
This character was partly inspired by Doug's first video review of the first ''Film/{{Transformers}}'', where he acted very enthusiastic, and by Doug's silly voice in his review of ''{{Cloverfield}}''.
A list of films review on the show can be found [[DougWalkerList here]].
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!!Provides Examples Of:
* AcceptableTargets: In-universe.
** ''{{Twilight}}''. ''Eclipse'' had manic sarcasm in the place of gushing, and ''Breaking Dawn'' was just outright snark.
** ''{{Transformers}}''. In the review of ''TheHungerGames'', he called the third film "testosterone-filled mindlessness".
* ActingForTwo: Chester does this quite often.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: In his ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean 4'' review.
-->"Blackbeard's Big Bad Bitchin' Boat...Barbecue"
* {{Adorkable}}
* AmbiguouslyBi: He'll comment on a woman's attractiveness in a movie without fail, but he ''did'' make out with [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall Lester]] and really, you gotta do whatever it takes for '''chaaaaange'''.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
** In the ''{{Watchmen}}'' review, "one superhero blows up New York, one shoots women and children, and the last one just [[FullFrontalAssault flashes people]]."
** And in the review of ''Film/HarryPotter and the Half Blood Prince'', with a bit of TakeThat:
-->"Voldemort gets all these evil wizards to do all his evil deeds like kidnap people, burn down houses, and work for FoxNews!"
* AssShove: Chester mentions the scene in ''{{Hancock}}'' and expresses hope that it happens in ''TheDarkKnight''.
-->"He defeats people by putting them up other people's asses! That better happen in the new Dark Knight movie! The Joker will be like 'I am going to kill everyone!' and Batman will be like 'You are going inside an ass!' Bloo-bloo-bloo-bloo-splut! THE END!"
* BigNever: Him doing Jacob of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' being told to put on a shirt.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Not that he doesn't have lots of nice moments too, but he used his "innocent harmless bum" persona in a plan to destroy the world (and succeeded as well!), always defends the Critic but also acts like the voice for his entitled fans, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking tries to steal things at cons]].
* BreakoutCharacter: Bum Reviews has become one of the most popular features on That Guy's website. Quite a feat for a spin off character.
* ButtMonkey: In his coverage of the 2011 Snowstorm.
* CaptainErsatz: [[WebOriginal/AtopTheFourthWall Lester B. Bum]] , [[TheSpoonyExperiment Spencer D. Bum]] and [[{{Benzaie}} at least two]] [[WebOriginal/BadMovieBeatdown unnamed ones]]. There's also [[{{Phelous}} Pester]], who died of alcohol poisoning in his first appearance and [[WebOriginal/TheCinemaSnob the Cinema Bum]], [[{{Deconstruction}} who rather than review a movie, lamented the fact didn't have a job or home.]]
* CatchPhrase:
** "OH MY GOD, THIS IS THE GREATEST MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!"
** "[[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife TV Tropes will ruin your]] SPOILERS!"
** "There's this guy! Called..." (usually the second line of the review)
** ''"HOORAY!"''
*** When something bad follows, "[[{{Blackadder}} Haroo...]]"
*** And when it's in the middle... don't ask.
** "And (insert character here) was like...!"
*** Often a dueling series of these ending with "and he was like - 'okay'."
** "I used to be/had a (something relevant to the movie) once!"
-->''I'' used to be an [[Film/{{Up}} Asian Boy Scout]]! Wasn't that a weird week.
** "And at the end they play the famous theme song! * sings said theme song with added lyrics* "
** "This is Chester A. Bum saying... CHANGE!! YA GOT CHANGE!?!? OH COME ON, HELP A GUY OUT WILL YA!!! C'MON, CHANGE!!! I promise I'll use it to educate people on the difference between a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]], an {{inver|ted trope}}sion, and an {{aver|ted trope}}sion!"
* CausticCritic: Averted usually. Chester is convinced every film is the greatest he's seen in his life, while Doug's real views given at the end are almost always at least lukewarmly positive. The exceptions don't really change his style that much either.
* CloudCuckooLander
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: All this time, Chester was wishing on stars to help him out, and it turns out he needs to work hard, even get a job. Then he says perhaps he should wish on a star for that.
* CrazyHomelessPeople
* CrazyMemory: He seems to go through a lot of crazy stuff like having been an Asian boy scout.
* CreditsGag: At the end of each ep, the final card has a small comment that always begins, "Seriously", that outlines what Doug really thought of the movie.
** Recently dumped for a complete second video outlining what Doug really thought of the movie.
* CurseEscapeClause: In the review of ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'':
-->"What's up with all the loopholes? Seriously, was this fairy tale written by a lawyer!?"
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: His review of ''TheArtist'' is presented as a silent film with captions.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: In the review of ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'':
-->"So Tiana saves up all her money, and she finally gets her own restaurant! But these two guys are like: (as the two guys) 'We have to close you down because we found a higher bidder!' (as Tiana) 'It's because I'm black, isn't it?' (as the two guys) 'Well, it's the 1920s, so sure.'"
* DespairEventHorizon: After nearly freezing to death in a night snowstorm, his reviews started giving more focus to flaws in movies, instead of just scatterbrained gushing about everything.
* DistractedByTheSexy: When failing to answer a couple FridgeLogic questions in ''Film/TronLegacy'', he just says "There's a hot chick!"
* EatTheDog:
-->'''Chester A. Bum:''' I had an aardvark that took up tap dancing. Until I ate him.
* EmbarrassingMiddleName: "A" is for [[spoiler:Alfred.]]
* ExpansionPackPast
* {{Expy}}: The first Nostalgia Critic video was actually the Critic acting like the future Chester A. Bum doing ''{{Transformers| Film Series}}'' (2007). This is given a nod with the Critic doing ''Revenge of the Fallen'', and Bum popping up after he leaves, asking if the Critic stole his act.)
** Not to mention this being brough to its logical conclusion with the ''Dark of the Moon'' review when [[spoiler:right at the start of the Critic's review, he gets a letter informing him that Chester's suing him for stealing his act (in case you're curious, there IS a review... of Chester's when the judge asks how he'd review it).]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: Unlike Bella from ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', even a bum wouldn't forget to put on a coat while hiking in the mountains.
* FridgeLogic: Pointed out InUniverse, and then often spoofed.
** In the review of "''PiratesOfTheCaribbean: On Stranger Tides''", he constantly says "I'm Johnny Depp!" while wiggling his fingers and staring at the camera after pointing out a couple of FridgeLogic parts.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: When ScottPilgrim fights a female evil ex, he desperately hopes for a flashback.
* GushingAboutShowsYouLike: One of the few in-media examples.
* HostileShowTakeover: His review of ''{{Rango}}'' is quickly hijacked by [[spoiler:[[FearAndLoathingInLasVegas Raoul]] [[CallBack Puke]]]], on the grounds that he actually appeared in the movie.
* HurricaneOfEuphemisms: From the Film/RedRidingHood review:
-->'''Chester A. Bum:''' They just cut to the credits before anything else happened. What do you think they're doing!? She's taking off his sheep's clothing! He's riding her hood! [[ThreeLittlePigs She's blowing his house down!]] The better to eat her with! She's taking him to grandma's house! He's checking under her hood! Holy smokes, I could make a book of these.
* HypeBacklash: In-universe example. The Bum actually gave a bad review to ''Film/CitizenKane'', and this was one of the reasons. (It was a joke of course, Doug mentions at the end that he likes ''Film/CitizenKane''.)
** A lot of his criticisms towards District 9 was disagreeing with the movie being as ground breaking as people made it out to be.
* HypocriticalHumor: Chester comments on FamilyGuy stealing one of his jokes. In the process, he steals "Screw you Guys I'm going home" from ''SouthPark'' and the ending scene with the lawyer is a direct ripoff of the ending of ''[[CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory]]''.
* InnocentFanserviceBoy: Like Critic, played for creepy BlackComedy. He somehow got himself into both pole-dancing and prostitution at least once. (Off-screen, thankfully.)
* InnocentlyInsensitive: When he showed up in the Critic's press conference for ''JamesAndTheGiantPeach'', he stated genuinely that it was the best LP he ever saw in his life, but because he was also yelling about how the fans deserved better, Critic still looked like he'd been punched.
* ItsALongStory: Pretty often. Just one variation is "I was a slave once! ...but it's a boring story."
* ItsTheBestWhateverEver: every single movie he sees is the best one. See the CatchPhrase above.
* JitterCam: Done in ''Film/TheHungerGames'' to criticize its overuse in said film.
* JumpCut
* {{Keet}}
* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: Lampshaded in the review of [[spoiler: ''Film/TheMuppets'']][[invoked]]
* MediumAwareness: The Chicago Snowstorm episode, which combines it with a defiance of TethercatPrinciple.
* MoodWhiplash: [[BritishAccents A British accented voice]] with soft violin music opens every episode, followed by "OH MY GOD, THIS IS THE GREATEST MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!"
** Possibly the most extreme case was the end of his review for ''Paranormal Activity III''. The light cuts out, he gets shot by [[spoiler: Teddy Ruxpin, and we see red eyes and hear "come dream with me tonight..."]]. Followed immediately by the usual classical music for the credits.
* MotorMouth: Something the other bums never quite managed to pull off.
* NerdsAreVirgins: Calling ''StarTrek'' fans that.
* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: He was told by the subtitles to not compare ''RealSteel'' to "Rock 'em Sock 'em" robots, as everyone had already made that joke. Same with comparing it to ''{{Transformers}}''. Fortunately, ''[[TheAsylum Transmorphers]]'' comparisons were free.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: As a result of his occasional BreadEggsMilkSquick lines.
* NightmareRetardant: The vampires in ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'', [[{{In-universe}} according to Chester]] (especially how they eat tofu).
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: ''{{District 9}}'' inpires the Bum to make a movie called "Batman and the Terminator Go to Jurassic Park", and the sequel "Batman and the Terminator in a StevenSeagal Christmas".
* NoIndoorVoice
* NoodleIncident: Often.
** "I used to be an Asian boy scout!" And adds. "Wasn't that a weird week."
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Chester's surface persona is too in-your-face brain-fried to be taken seriously. However, much of his commentary is actually insightful and well-phrased.
** He acts InTheStyleOf a more traditional film critic--until [[WebOriginal/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses That Guy With The Glasses]] steals his [[spoiler:corncob pipe back from him.]]
* OmnicidalManiac: During Part 2 of Linkara's review of ''Countdown'', Chester hijacks all of Earth's nuclear weapons and plots to take over the world (''OF COURSE!''). He finally gets fed up with arguing with the Critic about it and just destroys the entire planet.
* OnlyFriend: Critic might hang around with other people more, but Chester is the only one who shows up to defend him in the ''JamesAndTheGiantPeach'' press conference.
* MoralityPet: People being nasty to him is usually a way of showing their {{Jerkass}}-ness and Critic giving him money and offering a place to stay manages to get the interviewer in ''True Internet Story'' to begrudgingly admit that Critic's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* PrecisionFStrike: Chester drops a couple of F-bombs in his Iron Man 2 review, mostly because he's impersonating Samuel L. Jackson.
* RapidFireComedy
* {{Retool}}: The reviewing style in [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/52-transformers-the-movie-review Doug's first Nostalgia Critic review]] would later become the standard operating procedure for the Bum Reviews section.
* SelectiveSquick: In-universe and PlayedForLaughs. He has a RunningGag of demanding Jacob from ''{{Twilight}}'' to put on a shirt [[hottip:*: out of universe, Doug has the hots for the character because he's the only decent person in the films]] , and ''GetSmart'' was criticized for being "heavy on the man-love".
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: His ''TheDarkKnight'' review was done in a subdued style because of the impression it left on him.
** His review of ''HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Part 1'' was filmed live on location at Daisho Con in Wisconsin.
* StepfordSmiler: A good chunk of episodes imply it. Like in ''TheDayTheEarthStoodStill'':
-->'''Chester''': I don't live with lights, cars or electricity and I get along just fine! Please shoot me.
* TheStinger: Chester always adds an extra punchline about the movie into his calls for "CHAAAAANGE!" at the end of the videos. The end credits had a written stinger too (in which Doug Walker gave a one-sentence summary of how he actually about the movie, always starting with "Seriously, though..."), but that's been replaced by a separate and longer "Doug's Review" video that runs below the Bum Review.
* StonersAreFunny
* TakeThat:
** Doug actually takes a minute during his Bum Review for ''ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' just to thoroughly trash RandyNewman.
** In both the ''Twilight'' and ''New Moon'' Bum Reviews, Chester often points out how boring and forgettable Edward is, especially compared to Jacob.
** His ''District 9'' review, where he declares that it's totally unoriginal.
** Same with ''Film/{{Avatar}}''.
-->'''Bum:''' So I really liked ''FernGully''! *[[StockSoundEffects buzzer]]* ''{{Pocahontas}}''? *[[StockSoundEffects buzzer]]* ''AtlantisTheLostEmpire''? *[[RuleOfThree buzzer]]* ''DancesWithWolves''? *[[LongList buzzer]]* ''Avatar''? *[[MostWonderfulSound ding]]* [[BlatantLies THE MOST ORIGINAL MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!]]
* VerbalTic: Adds the syllable "ma" in randomly, e.g. "that nice Nostalgiama Critic man!"
** "Hello! Am I on the Intermanet!?"
** And his cardboard box computer is labelled "Com-pu-ta-ma-ter".
** "Oh I get it, it's like one of them Sila-ma-tent pictures."
* WhamEpisode: Secondhand. ''TheDarkKnight'' was so great that it left a ''huge'' impression on him. Such that at the end of it he just told us, "You know what? Keep the change."
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Chester states this about some movies.
* VocalEvolution: Compare the 2008 episodes to now and it sounds a lot less natural back then, almost like he was clogged up from a lot of coke snorting.
* WithLyrics: Chester commonly does this for film adaptations.
* YankTheDogsChain: The end of the snowstorm episode. A nice person from across the street took him inside and gave him a blanket and a hot drink. Then it starts snowing indoors.
-->'''Chester''' [anguished] [[LampshadeHanging How does that work?!]]
* YouBastard: He thinks the audience is sick for watching him nearly freeze to death in a snowstorm for entertainment.
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"CHANGE? YA GOT CHANGE? AH, C'MON! HELP A GUY OUT, WOULD YA? C'MON, CHANGE!"
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