| 1 | [[center:[-[[Characters/TheNostalgiaCritic Main Character Index]] | [[Characters/TheNostalgiaCriticTheCritic The Critic]] | [[Characters/TheNostalgiaCriticDougsCharacters Doug's Characters]] | [[Characters/TheNostalgiaCriticMalcolmsCharacters Malcolm's Characters]] | [[Characters/TheNostalgiaCriticTamarasCharacters Tamara's Characters]] | '''Other Characters'''-]]] |
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| 5 | !Rob Walker's Characters |
| 6 | [[folder:Rob Walker/The Other Guy]] |
| 7 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rob_walker.png]] |
| 8 | [[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/im_a_dinosaur.png[[/labelnote]] to see Rob as a dinosaur]] |
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| 10 | A fictionalized version of Doug's brother and Channel Awesome VP, Rob Walker. Older brother to the Critic and Ask That Guy. He is sometimes a dinosaur. Has a monthly show called "Fanscription" where he and Walter will FixFic a movie. |
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| 13 | * AffectionateParody: Dark Rob is a parody of Dark Nella, he has the look but he's actually far more pathetic and weak than his usual ManipulativeBastard self. |
| 14 | * TheAlcoholic: In the “Awesome Comics” promo, he orders coffee with six shots of bourbon. |
| 15 | * AloofBigBrother: Although when your little brothers are ''insane'', you can't really blame him. |
| 16 | * AlterEgoActing: Rob in real life isn't a controlling EvilOverlord, as much as he likes to joke that he's a dick. |
| 17 | * BadBoss: |
| 18 | ** He'll always bring the Critic back when he tries to get away from a review, sometimes violently, and he gives Todd's feminist thesis to the "more intelligent" 90s Kid. |
| 19 | ** ''His'' boss, Mike "M" Michaud, is a shadowy, malevolent figure who kidnapped Rob to get him to work for him. |
| 20 | * BigBrotherBully: PlayedForLaughs. He even shot the Critic in the head at one point, although accidentally. And even though in reboot he TookALevelInKindness, he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG0mOtN0cT8 still]] wants Doug as a sidekick so he can be free to abuse him. Also alluded to in ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' as a PlayedForLaughs NoodleIncident when Critic says that leaving a younger sibling tied up is typical sibling response. |
| 21 | * BigBrotherInstinct: ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' gets in a sweet moment by having Rob tell Critic he's been trying {{determinator}}-like for five years to get him to join a poker game. Critic finally accepts. |
| 22 | * ButtMonkey: Dark Rob gets his ass kicked by the Critic for no reason. |
| 23 | * TheCasanova: After getting spooned by Spoony in [=SWS3=], his main reaction is “I have done ''way'' better than you”. |
| 24 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "I'm a dinosaur." |
| 25 | * CooldownHug: When Critic works himself up into a state about ''Film/SurfNinjas'', he pushes him gently back down on the bed. |
| 26 | * {{Cosplay}}: Once dressed up as [[Franchise/StarWars The Emperor]] in the review for the other animated Titanic movie. Rob has stated that the Emperor is one of his favourite characters in any movie ever. And guess which role he's spoofing in ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee''? |
| 27 | * {{Determinator}}: He tried ''for five years'' to get Critic out of his funk and into a poker game with friends. What would have been the BittersweetEnding of the series is Critic at long last joining in, being told he was always welcome. |
| 28 | * DullSurprise[=/=]UnusuallyUninterestingSight: "Hey. I'm a dinosaur." |
| 29 | * EvilMakeover: Dark Rob looks a lot like Film/EdwardScissorhands. Funnily enough, [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick Elisa]] (who plays the Makeover Fairy) said on a stream that she was impressed by how well the boys did his make-up. In ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' behind the scenes, Rob brings “Evil Rob” up when he's bitching about having to wear make-up for the second time (in contrast to Doug, who only complains about having to get all of it off otherwise the comment sections insult him). |
| 30 | * EvilOverlord: When he dresses up like Palpatine, he says he's the dark, controlling overlord in real life too. |
| 31 | * FacialDialogue: How he shows in Hyper's second vlog that he holds vast amounts of scorn and disgust for her. |
| 32 | * FatAndSkinny: While playing Analyst 1, his being the “fat” one to Doug's skinny was lampshaded in ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'' review, as he says he's of considerable girth. |
| 33 | * {{Fetish}}: In the beginning of ''Film/JurassicPark III'', he's seen randomly reading [[http://archive.wired.com/table_of_malcontents/2007/05/cthulhu_cthursd_10/ Cthulhu Sex Magazine]]. |
| 34 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The responsible to the Nostalgia Critic's foolish. |
| 35 | ** He's the calm brother who's fine with being a dinosaur randomly. |
| 36 | * GenuineHumanHide: Reboot continues the DarkerAndEdgier-fying of every character by having Dinosaur!Rob admit casually in HFG's second vlog that he wears human skin around his crotch. |
| 37 | * GoingCommando: According to Hyper's second vlog, he doesn't wear boxers or briefs. Her camera immediately goes down to see. |
| 38 | * HeroicBSOD: When he sees the Critic dead and bloody in the shower at the end of ''Literature/{{IT}}''. |
| 39 | * HiddenHeartOfGold: |
| 40 | ** He's only shown concern for the Critic ''twice'' when he was conscious. The other times he was dead, too drunk to recognize anyone or passed out. |
| 41 | ** The beginning of ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' has him sitting by Critic while he's sleeping, assuming nightmares (and Critic said later that those happen a lot), although he still complains when Critic wakes up and interrupts his porn. |
| 42 | * HyperCompetentSidekick: As well as being Critic's BadBoss who controls him, according to the ''Speed Racer'' deleted scenes he's also the one to cover Critic's fuck-ups with bribes to the police. |
| 43 | * LackOfEmpathy: When Doug fucks Walter up for revealing that he's a ManChild, Rob comes in on the heap and steals the latter's hat. |
| 44 | * ManBehindTheMan: In the Other Titanic Movie, he in Palpatine gear calls Critic his Darth Vader, and brags that he controls him, "just like in real life". |
| 45 | * ManipulativeBastard: In his own words, he's the dark, shadowy puppet-master who controls the Critic. |
| 46 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He's the only person who wants to soak up the meteor's powers for good in the ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' review, and ends up just being able to play a game well. |
| 47 | * OffTheShelfFX: Rob's dinosaur head is a commercially-licensed ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' velociraptor latex Halloween mask. |
| 48 | * OnlySaneMan: In the reboot. Complains about Critic wanting to recreate his GloryDays in such a half-assed fashion, doesn't pretend to like Hyper but doesn't give her the attention she wants like Critic, and keeps trying to tell Critic/Tamara/Malcolm in ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' review that they're acting like dicks. |
| 49 | * PetTheDog: He looks after the Critic whenever he's ''really'' upset. |
| 50 | ** ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' reveals that he's been trying "every night for five years" to get the Critic out of his shell and join in a poker game, but he never listened. |
| 51 | * RedOniBlueOni: Rob and his characters are blues to Doug's reds. |
| 52 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly Man to the Nostalgia Critic's Sensitive Guy. |
| 53 | * SplitPersonality: Hyper's second vlog establishes that dino!Rob and Rob think they're two separate people. |
| 54 | * StoicSpectacles: Both in-universe and real life, he's a lot more masculine, calm and has his brain in gear better than Critic and Doug. |
| 55 | * TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Played for laughs in the ''Top 11 Christmas Specials'', as Critic calls him a jackass and says he has trouble being free of him. |
| 56 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Gets ADayInTheLimelight in the ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' review, as Critic, Tamara and Malcolm get superpowers that even when they do use them, they get used for bad, and he tries to tell them they have responsibility to the world. |
| 57 | * TookALevelInKindness: In prime, he bragged about being Critic's controlling EvilOverlord. In reboot's ''Fantastic Four'' review, when Critic and co are unrepentant about being dicks, he becomes the TokenGoodTeammate. He's still not all good though, the in-universe vlogs having him abuse Doug and punishing Critic for making him deal with all the legal shit. |
| 58 | * ToxicFriendInfluence: In ''Film/MammaMia'', Critic's worried about saying what he actually thinks of the audience because he doesn't want to lose them, and it's Rob calling him a pussy and giving him a DopeSlap that makes him do it. |
| 59 | * TheUnfavorite: Inverted, as both Critic and Ask That Guy are his brothers and got tons of abuse from their parents, but as he's not the main character of anything, has no issues and so can be assumed to be the favorite. |
| 60 | [[/folder]] |
| 61 | |
| 62 | [[folder:Santa Christ]] |
| 63 | !!Santa Christ |
| 64 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/santa_christ.jpg]] |
| 65 | What you get when you fuse Santa Claus and Jesus Christ together into a divine mix of awesome. Santa Christ first appeared in The Nostalgia Critic's review of ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' to [[LaserGuidedAmnesia erase his memories of ever having seen the Special]] and cure his undiagnosed diabetes. He has since made appearances in ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'', the ''You're a Rotten Dirty Bastard'' holiday special, and the review of the 1980's ''Santa Claus''. Santa Christ is played by Doug's brother, Rob Walker. |
| 66 | |
| 67 | %%Kickassia-related tropes belong on its Character sheet. |
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| 69 | ---- |
| 70 | |
| 71 | * AdvertisedExtra: One of the Characters shown in the 2017 intro but rarely shows up anymore. |
| 72 | * TheAlcoholic: He likes his eggnog a bit too much. Tamara even asks Rob in a behind the scenes if Santa Christ has a drinking problem because she assumes he does. In ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'', he tells the Devil that he was up drinking so much the previous night he can't even remember his own name. |
| 73 | * AlienBlood: Befitting his obsession with pancakes, he bleeds maple syrup instead of actual blood. |
| 74 | * BadassSanta[=/=]KungFuJesus: Both! |
| 75 | * BeneathTheMask: In "Real Thoughts" of Devil, Rob talks about how Santa Christ is human and the mask of niceness drops whenever Critic is around. |
| 76 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: In a commentary, Rob calls him a tad messed up when he's been pushed too far. And while understandable, shoot him and he'll hold a hell of a grudge. |
| 77 | * BigDamnHero: When Critic is begging to be saved from the Star Wars Special, Santa Christ comes in to erase his memory, cure his diabetes and give him a hug. |
| 78 | ** Subverted in the ''Film/SonOfTheMask'' review; Critic calls Santa Christ for help, but Santa Christ himself isn't powerful enough to stop that movie. He does pull a BigDamnHeroes moment, but it fails. |
| 79 | * BigGood: Up until ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee''. Then he was like the very sweet delivery man for Critic's present to his still living friends (while ''Critic'' became the BigGood). And then that sweetness ebbed off when Critic came back, being replaced with FallenHero. |
| 80 | * BloodKnight: Even in the situation that ''Devil'' put them in, quite a few lines of his suggest that he just really wants to stab Critic until he bleeds. |
| 81 | * BreadEggsBreadedEggs: What originally spurred his creation. |
| 82 | -->'''Critic:''' Help me, Santa! Help me, Jesus Christ! Help me...''Santa'' Christ! |
| 83 | * BreakTheHaughty: He gets tortured to death in ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'', and it's his past treatment of Critic that sets off Critic betraying him. |
| 84 | * BroughtDownToNormal: Rob calls him human in the real thoughts on Devil, and Devil Boner blows him away without a second thought in ''Freddy vs Jason''. |
| 85 | * CovertPervert: Rob decided to use the Santa Christ voice for the pervy Santa call in the first commercials, squicking out Critic intensely. |
| 86 | * DemotedToExtra: He used to be the most seen side character but after Malcolm and Rachel (and later Tamara) joined in he rarely shows up anymore. |
| 87 | * DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: His theme song. He also likes pancakes. |
| 88 | * EvilLaugh: Turns his affectionately hammy "ho ho ho!" [[CharacterCatchphrase catchphrase]] into one when he tricks Critic into accepting a burning hot DVD with his bare hands. |
| 89 | * FallenHero: Ever since the events of ''Kickassia'', he's become more and more of an asshole with every appearence, from the not so subtle implication that he's an alcoholic, to his constant manipulative and trollish attitude towards others, ''especially'' Critic. It comes to a head in ''Son of Mask'', where he says without a hint of irony that he would gladly use the satanic [=DVD's=] power for evil if it wasn't taken from him. Its amazing how much [[spoiler:getting shot]] can change a man. |
| 90 | * TheFogOfAges: According to Rob, Santa Christ is over 2000 years old, and started losing his memory around 1200. |
| 91 | * {{Foil}}: For Critic in reboot, to highlight just how bad they've both fallen from being {{big good}}s. The MexicanStandoff in ''Devil'' sums it up, with Santa Christ wasting no time at all with turning his candy cane thing into a spear and wanting to stab Critic, while Critic just as quickly takes out his gun and doesn't trust Santa Christ at all. |
| 92 | * FriendToAllChildren: Even when he's an asshole to everyone else, the children look up to him because he gives them Sega Genesis consoles. |
| 93 | * FriendToAllLivingThings: He saved puppies from a fire and reads to sick orphans. |
| 94 | * GoodIsNotDumb: He actually acts dumber the more levels of jerkass he takes, by ''Devil'' he's as TriggerHappy as Critic. |
| 95 | * GlassCannon/ SquishyWizard: Despite having great powers, Santa Christ can be killed by a single bullet. |
| 96 | * HealingHands: Uses these to cure the Critic's undiagnosed diabetes. |
| 97 | * HiddenDepths: When he appears in the show after ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'', he's not quite so warm to the Critic. |
| 98 | * HolidayMotif: As the name implies, he is a amalgam of two particular Christmas related characters - a kindly old man with a candy-cane staff who goes around giving gifts and can resurrect three days after getting killed.: |
| 99 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: In ''Film/ThePassionOfTheChrist'', he arrogantly assumes that neither Snob or Critic would betray him. Critic, who he's treated badly for a few years, is a DirtyCoward anyway and wouldn't want to be tortured for him. |
| 100 | * LargeHam: Complete with mugging of the camera. |
| 101 | * LeadBassist: He played bass for Aerosmith. |
| 102 | * {{Leitmotif}}: A rock remix of The First Noel. "Santa Christ, Santa Christ, we all love Santa Christ..." |
| 103 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: Despite being one half Jesus Christ, turns out he doesn't actually know if there is a {{God}} or not. |
| 104 | -->'''Mario''': That was a stupid joke he just said! |
| 105 | * NinjaPirateZombieRobot: "He is Santa and Jesus, goddammit he's Santa Christ!" |
| 106 | * NotSoOmniscientAfterAll: In ''Christmas Story II'', Santa Christ tells Critic that “last [he] heard, Hyper was flying through the air completely set on fire, and isn't that punishment enough”, but the way Hyper tells it she just had a nice trip and will never learn her lesson. |
| 107 | * NoSympathy: Given their history, he's not exactly the best person for Critic to talk to when Critic feels guilty for giving Hyper TheReasonYouSuckSpeech and indeed he makes Critic think that ''he's'' the bad guy in all this. It doesn't help that Critic glosses over the actual bad Hyper's done. |
| 108 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: In the promo for Brad's ''Film/JesusBro'' film, he admits he's only in it to get paid. |
| 109 | * PetTheDog: He's still snarky and bitter in ''Christmas With The Kranks'', but he puts a reassuring hand on 2007 Critic's shoulder at the end when he's taking him back to his own time. |
| 110 | * RaisedByWolves: As a baby, his basket was found by the Coca Cola bears and they taught him how to sled and ride with penguins. |
| 111 | * ReallyGetsAround: In an ObligatoryJoke during the ''Christmas Story II'' behind the scenes, he likes his “hoes hoes hoes”. |
| 112 | * RealityWarper: Rob confirmed in the ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' commentary that Santa Christ had warped the events of "You're A Dirty Rotten Bastard" into existence because he was still mad at ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'', swinging a perfect AuthorsSavingThrow for why everyone (especially Critic) was so mean in that special. |
| 113 | * ResurrectiveImmortality: Unlike other examples, Santa Christ must wait three days to revive. |
| 114 | * SugaryMalice: He tells Critic he was meant to suffer in the most comforting dad voice possible. It comes off especially cruel that way, even ''if'' Critic was immeasurably stupid in coming down from being {{God}}. |
| 115 | * SwordCane: He smashes his [[VisualPun literal candy cane]] in ''Devil'' to reveal there's a jagged spear inside, and that he's more than happy to poke Critic full of holes. |
| 116 | * TeamDad: He takes care of the Critic (to a point) and firmly but kindly tells the TGWTG crew in ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'' that they're being idiots. |
| 117 | * TookALevelInCynicism: He's a lot colder in reboot than he was in ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'' and previously. In the TMNT crossover, he ends up wanting to make Critic and Nerd MerchandiseDriven because [[spoiler: that's the heart of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]. |
| 118 | * TookALevelInDumbass: As he turns into more of a jerkass, his intelligence decreases. When even Rita Repulsa is yelling at you for a stupid screenplay, it's a long way down from his old talent of knowing exactly how to comfort people. |
| 119 | * TookALevelInJerkass: Presumably starting from when he found out his efforts to bring the Critic a([[ContinuityNod nother]]) Sega Genesis, which included struggling through multiple harsh weathers, was AllForNothing. |
| 120 | ** In ''Son Of The Mask''. Aside from burning Critic's hands just for giggles, we also find out that he's good friends with Satan. Rob has actually said (in a Midwest Media Expo panel) that he enjoys episodes like ''Film/{{Devil}}'' better than Santa Christ's old characterization because acting the prick is fun. He's also [[https://www.facebook.com/119355004801944/photos/a.126607124076732.19749.119355004801944/816781221725982/?type=1 called]] the still of using Doug's tie as NecktieLeash one of his favorites. |
| 121 | ** He's not exactly nice in the review, but in the ''Christmas Story II'' behind the scenes he doesn't even let Critic tell him about the horrible things Hyper has done to him, interrupting every few seconds to call him a douche. |
| 122 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: [[RunningGag He really likes likes pancakes]]. He also makes really good fondue. |
| 123 | * {{Troll}}: The behind the scenes for ''A Christmas Story 2'' give off the impression that he isn't actually on Hyper's side, just wants to screw with the Critic, as in-character (if played for laughs) he says he's so used to her being a douche, tells her to watch Home Alone as it'll cure her of her douchery, and that there's no excuse for her in general. |
| 124 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: They made up for the ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'' shooting in ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'', as Critic became {{god}} to Santa Christ's Jesus and asked him both to bring Spoony BackFromTheDead and make sure everyone else was okay, but Critic fucked it all up again when he came down, so by ''Son of the Mask'' Santa Christ is openly telling him he deserves to suffer. |
| 125 | * WhiteDwarfStarlet: Essentially. The only reason he likes Hyper Fangirl (and thus is on her side against Critic) is because she {{squee}}s enraptured over him like all the other producers ''used'' to. He also likes Critic and Nerd calling him "master" in the TMNT crossover. |
| 126 | [[/folder]] |
| 127 | |
| 128 | [[folder:Impractical Joe]] |
| 129 | !!Impractical Joe |
| 130 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/impratical_joe.png]] |
| 131 | |
| 132 | A parody of Immortan Joe from ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''. Pursues the Critic after finding out he likes ''[[Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome Beyond Thunderdome]]'' better: |
| 133 | |
| 134 | * AwesomeButImpractical: Basically any thing Joe's men-including Devil Boner-do during the chase. |
| 135 | * {{Fanboy}}: Impractical Joe and his men, along with Devil Boner, are fanboys of the film. |
| 136 | * FastballSpecial: Joe launches his men onto the Critic and Curiosa's car. |
| 137 | * LighterAndSofter: While there's plenty of misogyny, TestosteronePoisoning being treated as a bad thing, Impractical Joe is not a rapist like the character he is a parody of. Most likely for the best. |
| 138 | * OhCrap: |
| 139 | ** Weird Ass Guitar Guy's reaction (through strumming his guitar to make an "uh-oh"-like sound) when he realizes Joe is going to use him as ammunition. |
| 140 | ** Joe also has this reaction when he's about to crash right into Weird Ass Guitar Guy as well. |
| 141 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Obvious considering who he's based on, but he also calls Curiosa a whore and it's just as satisfying when she sets up killing him. |
| 142 | * ShoutOut: Devil Boner calls him "Skelatrucker" as a reference to Skelator from ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse''. |
| 143 | * SubvertedCatchPhrase: Constantly says "Mediocre", except during the based of the one where Immortan Joe did, where he says "grossly inadequate for the task at hand". |
| 144 | * TestosteronePoisoning: Impractical Joe along with his war-boys only love the film because of that and react FauxHorrific to ''[[Film/PitchPerfect Pitch Perfect 2]]'' beating it. |
| 145 | * VillainBall: Joe launching all his men at the Critic not only does nothing of use and leaves him without any {{Mooks}}, but it also lead to a HoistByHisOwnPetard moment when Weird Ass Guitar Guy accidentally kills him after being launched out. |
| 146 | * WeHaveReserves, Joe launching his men at the Critic, but subverted when he has no more left. |
| 147 | [[/folder]] |
| 148 | |
| 149 | [[folder:Chart Guy]] |
| 150 | !!Chart Guy |
| 151 | |
| 152 | A corporate stooge who speaks in constant monotone and rarely ever shows emotion. Has devoted his life to making hit movies by going strictly by the numbers as his precious charts dictate. |
| 153 | |
| 154 | * CardCarryingVillain: In the aftermath of "A Christmas Snydering", he shoots another executive, makes it looks like a suicide and giddily tells Chart Guy 2 that they're terrible people. |
| 155 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "But the ''chart'' says..." |
| 156 | * TheComicallySerious |
| 157 | * ControlFreak: He can't cope without his charts, and has to calculate the probability of him relaxing. |
| 158 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: He lives to drain as much money as he can from movie viewers with soulless cash-in Dr Seuss films. |
| 159 | * TheDragon: With ''Top 11 Worst Avatar Episodes'', he becomes one to [[spoiler:Dante Basco]]. |
| 160 | * DepravedHomosexual: ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax2012'' commentary had Doug deciding he was gay, and he's regularly a shitty human, but he's awful because he's a corrupt ControlFreak, not because of any sexuality. |
| 161 | * DirtyCoward: When you're hiding behind ''Critic'', you're this trope. |
| 162 | * DrivenToSuicide: When Nostalgia Critic turns off his precious charts, he panics and immediately commits suicide. But he later comes back [[UnexplainedRecovery with no explanation how he did.]] |
| 163 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: According to Doug in ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax2012'' commentary, he and Analyst 2/Black Willy Wonka are HappilyMarried. |
| 164 | * ExecutiveMeddling: In-universe example, he is the living embodiment of the trope. |
| 165 | * {{Fetish}}: For [[PillarOfLight portals in the sky,]] which is why they keep showing up in popular films. |
| 166 | * GenreSavvy: Due to his charts and knowledge of predictable movies, he flatly tells Tamara not to worry about the misogyny they're showing her because she'll be the hero in the third act. |
| 167 | * GoKartingWithBowser: Participates as the geeky kid in ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'' review. |
| 168 | * LookBehindYou: He easily falls for this in the review of ''The Lorax''. |
| 169 | -->'''Black Willy Wonka:''' Oh look, a popular demographic you can exploit! |
| 170 | -->'''Chart Guy:''' Wait! Waaaait! I have ''charts!'' |
| 171 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: He and Analyst 2 went from pathetic {{straw character}}s in ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax2012'', to {{gaslighting}} Hyper in ''Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera2004'' and even cowing Critic at the beginning of ''Jem''. |
| 172 | * SharpDressedMan: Always wear a fantastic looking suit. |
| 173 | * StrawCharacter: For the first two reviews he's in, but gets HiddenDepths in later appearances. |
| 174 | * TotallyRadical: He and Analyst 2 awkwardly use outdated slang throughout the ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' review. |
| 175 | * {{Workaholic}}: He has to calculate the possibility of him not working and actually relaxing. It doesn’t look likely. |
| 176 | [[/folder]] |
| 177 | |
| 178 | !Rachel Tietz’s Characters |
| 179 | After ''WebVideo/DemoReel'' ended, Malcolm Ray and Rachel Tietz started to perform in The Nostalgia Critic's skits and storylines, playing different characters. Unlike Malcolm, Rachel only acted regularly on the show from 2013 to early 2014. |
| 180 | |
| 181 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 182 | !!In General |
| 183 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rachel_tietz.png]] |
| 184 | [[caption-width-right:350:Rachel as herself.]] |
| 185 | |
| 186 | * TheAlcoholic: According to ''WesternAnimation/TheChristmasTree'' review, she drinks right from the bottle in her spare time. |
| 187 | * AllWomenAreLustful: In ''Dawn of the Commercials'', Rachel's Wicked Witch of the West is trying to seduce a henchman, the Critic and [[spoiler: Mark[[note]]played by his actual actor Greg Sestero[[/note]] from Film/TheRoom2003]] and none of them catch on. |
| 188 | * AttentionWhore: When it comes to singing at least. During her and Malcolm's song in the ''Film/LesMiserables'' review, she keeps trying to hide him from Critic's view with her fan. |
| 189 | * BerserkButton: She'll put up with almost anything, but don't condescend to her. During ''Film/TheShining'' review phone call, when Critic is being disgusting, she goes from guilt over 'abandoning' him to meta-ing that he's a horrible person. Of course she goes right back to “it's not his fault!” after he hangs up on her. |
| 190 | * BrainlessBeauty: |
| 191 | ** Creator/KimKardashian, who attempts to cut an apple with a pizza slicer. |
| 192 | ** Also Tina A. from the Pearl Harbor review, the one flipping her hair in Dog's face all the time. |
| 193 | ** Because Doug admitted PutOnABusToHell, Rachel herself in the original ''Film/FaceOff'' review. |
| 194 | -->'''Rachel''': I don't think this is what I signed up for. I mean, you have to act, remember lines, and create new characters every week. |
| 195 | -->'''Tamara''': That is what you signed up for. That is acting. |
| 196 | * BreakTheCutie: There was a trend to have her or her characters abused until tears or humiliated in some way, and the original ''Film/FaceOff'' review had her tell Tamara this isn't what she signed up for. |
| 197 | * BrokenBird: Working with Critic gave her some issues, as shown by her willingness to kill him in ''Master Of Disguise'' and how quickly she becomes a real HystericalWoman in ''Film/TheShining''. Thankfully she gets better once she's free of him, and is more relaxed when it's just her and Malcolm. |
| 198 | * TheBusCameBack: Aside from cameos as Evilina in the ''Film/GhostRiderSpiritOfVengeance '' and ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' reviews, she would make appearances in the ''Nutcracker 3D'' and ''Con Air'' reviews |
| 199 | * CharacterCatchphrase: [[{{Pun}} Tietz out]]. |
| 200 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: She went from a BrokenBird to a lot more... Donnie Dupre-ish when she returns in the Nutcracker 3D. She was more herself again in a brief cameo in the ''Film/ConAir'' review. |
| 201 | * TheChewToy: Critic liked to dominate and toy with her the most while she was around, and when she left, moved onto Malcolm. (He fucks with Tamara too, but that's more of a CombatSadomasochist thing.) |
| 202 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: As the Michelle Pfeiffer Catwoman for the ''Film/Catwoman2004'' review. |
| 203 | * ConvertedFangirl: In real life, Rachel didn't have much clue of Doug's work before ''WebVideo/DemoReel'', and in a vlog asked for entertaining Critic reviews. ''Signs'' became her favorite. |
| 204 | * DesperatelyCravesAffection: Not shown as much as Malcolm (who was only allowed to make it a clear character trait when RL!Malcolm improv'd in the vlogs), but she really wanted a “Happy Birthday” from Critic, and needed his attention in the ''Film/LesMiserables'' review. She didn't get either. |
| 205 | * DistressedDamsel: Given Malcolm is apparently only with Critic because he's been held hostage, it's safe to assume that she was with him for the same reason. Would explain the BreakTheCutie and SanityStrengthening when she got away from him. |
| 206 | * DontYouDarePityMe: When Critic is locked in another room and Malcolm's around, she pretends that she was fine all along. But when Critic is scaring her again and Malcolm's gone, she goes back to a panic fit, and then switches to being in control when Malcolm comes in again. |
| 207 | * DotingParent: Kim Kardashian showed her little girl "age appropriate programming". |
| 208 | * DrunkWithPower: Justified reasons aside, she enjoys the ability to torture Critic with bloodbending way too much. |
| 209 | * DullSurprise: As Tara Reid. |
| 210 | * EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Hyper Fangirl is a FemaleMisogynist who would rather bother all the men than have anything to do with Tamara, but thinks Rachel is beautiful and gets an interview with her. |
| 211 | * EveryoneHasStandards: She ''really'' tries to let Critic prove himself as the hero for the majority of ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', but when his answer to saving the franchise is “do nothing”, she gives up and admits he's useless. |
| 212 | * ForgottenBirthday: Ticks her off during the Master of Disguise review, and she tries to kill Critic several times. |
| 213 | * GuiltComplex: Even when she gets treated like shit in ''Film/TheShining'', she still calls Critic to make amends, feeling really bad for “abandoning” him. |
| 214 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Her big problem. Even in the Shining review, while she knows at heart that Critic is a horrible person, she keeps having faith in him, even saying it's not his fault after their abusive phone call, and he keeps failing her. |
| 215 | * HystericalWoman: In ''Film/TheShining'' she's terrified to the point of tears and huddles in a corner having a panic attack while he tries to get in. It says something about the episode though that she still manages to be the OnlySaneWoman too. |
| 216 | * InformedFlaw: Doug in ''Film/TheWickerMan2006'' commentary said he wrote her as very mean and brainless, but for the most part she was sensible and the TokenGoodTeammate, just had to ''play'' bitchy beauties in Critic's sketches. |
| 217 | * IdenticalStranger: In his review of ''WebVideo/TheUncannyValley'', Critic wonders what her character's job is (as it's never mentioned) and assumes she works as a Maggie Gyllenhaal stand-in. |
| 218 | * InnocentBigot: She has no idea what happens to black guys in movies and doesn't much care. |
| 219 | * LargeHam: Given the website is home to both WebVideo/DiamandaHagan and [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick Team NChick]], her overacting is in good company. |
| 220 | * LongHairIsFeminine: Was cast as a HystericalWoman or a little girl personality a lot of the time, and usually had GirlishPigtails coding to hammer it in. |
| 221 | * LoveMartyr: To less extent than Malcolm (who also knows at heart that Critic is awful and deserves to suffer) but it's notable how she immediately goes to “something must be hurting Critic” in ''Film/TheShining'' review after he's abusive to her. |
| 222 | * MoralityPet: For Malcolm. She's nicer and more sensible than he is, so following her lead ends up in him doing the right thing, whereas with Tamara he shows off more a darker, more cynical side. |
| 223 | * MsFanservice: Even the child character (Evilina) is sexualized with her bust accentuated. |
| 224 | ** In the Cat in the Hat review commentary, Doug explained that he had a lot of problems finding a dress for Rachel to wear as Evilina, seeing how most women's costumes he could find were of the "slutty [character name]" kind. |
| 225 | ** Rachel talked about this in her vlog with Tamara, saying Doug was genuinely upset that they couldn't find any decent clothes for her and always asked if she was okay. |
| 226 | * NerdNanny: She never got to be a {{fangirl}} of anyone or anything (not even RL!Rachel's love of JR Tolkien came through), mostly because she was having a horrible time, but Malcolm and Tamara have a bad time as well and they at least get to fanboy[=/=]fangirl occasionally. |
| 227 | * NeverMyFault: Being the TokenGoodTeammate she doesn't have a lot to feel bad for, but she blames Malcolm and Shyamalan for her torturing Critic with blood-bending, and her trying to kill Critic in ''Master Of Disguise'' on less that he's broken her and more that he just forgot her birthday. Speaking of breaking though, between ''Film/TheLastAirbender'' and ''Film/TheShining'', this trait was eroded and she has a well-trained GuiltComplex instead. |
| 228 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: She wanted to help Critic in ''Film/TheShining'' because she was positive that it wasn't actually his fault that he was acting so awful (even though he's been abusive to her before) and all she gets is abused even more. |
| 229 | * OnlySaneMan: Gets this role in ''The Shining'', insisting that the Critic find something the miniseries did better than the Kubrick movie, as well as [[MetaGuy pointing out that his craziness is satirizing the movie rather than the miniseries]]. |
| 230 | * PeoplePuppets: As Katara, she uses bloodbending to make the Critic review ''Film/TheLastAirbender''. |
| 231 | ** Her abilities didn't work on Shyamalan, thought. His logic-defy was stronger than her blood-bending. |
| 232 | ** Sometimes she made the Critic hit himself just for fun. |
| 233 | * PrimaDonnaDirector: When she returns from California in ''Film/TheNutcrackerIn3D'' review, she's become an egotistical director who convinces the Critic and crew to star in her interpretation of ''Film/HomeAlone'' with famous real-life {{serial killer}}s and doesn't listen to any criticism. |
| 234 | * PutOnABus: As of the [=Face/Off=] review, when Rachel moved back to California. |
| 235 | ** PutOnABusToHell: Her original send-off, with Doug saying later that he'd written her as "being very mean and brainless" and is still upset that they had to do something else nicer because he'd deleted it accidentally. Also, the ''Film/GhostDad''-starting credits only have scenes of her being abused and crying, and not even Malcolm mentions her after she's gone. |
| 236 | * SanityHasAdvantages: She's the only one who can see how Jack is far better in the mini-series than the Kubrick film, because she has enough empathy to see the tragic progression of a man who wanted to be good but was doomed to fail. |
| 237 | * SanityStrengthening: She's a lot better away from Critic, as when she's in California resting in the sun, she's able to not bow down to his demands to come back. In a later behind the scenes, Doug admitted to actually being jealous of how healthy and relaxed she looked in that footage. |
| 238 | * ServileSnarker: Occasionally when she's reached the end of her patience with Critic. She mostly does it in ''Film/TheShining'' review, which might tie in with how badly she gets treated later. |
| 239 | * SleepingWithTheBoss: Implied with her and Critic in a not particularly healthy way, as they slip extremely easy into abusive husband/abused wife whenever they're alone together, and she's both relieved and hiding her real pain feelings whenever Malcolm is in the picture. |
| 240 | * TeamMom: Deconstructed. Plays Katara in ''Film/TheLastAirbender'' with a vengeful side, is Malcolm's MoralityPet but is also an InnocentBigot, and doesn't want Critic to hurt himself even when that's not the case and he's just hurting her. |
| 241 | * TerritorialSmurfette: As shown in the ''Film/FaceOff'' recreation, originally she would have tried to sabotage best friend Tamara being in another review because she wanted Critic for herself. |
| 242 | * ThousandYardStare: Every time she tries to kill Critic in ''Master Of Disguise'', until he yells at her and she's just awkward. |
| 243 | * ThrowTheDogABone: |
| 244 | ** After suffering a lot of abuse from Critic (''Literature/TheShining'' review in particular) and wanting to leave by ''Film/BridgeToTerabithia'', she gets to escape to California and due to RealitySubtext doesn't give into his demands of coming back and reshooting her sexist farewell. |
| 245 | ** Speaking of ''Film/TheShining'', while she has to deal with a lot of shit, she gets to deliver the speech at the end, and she and Malcolm are free from Critic for a while. |
| 246 | * TokenGoodTeammate: She has her own issues and a vengeful side, but compared to Critic's VillainProtagonist, Malcolm being WeakWilled and Tamara's sadism, she's the nicest and most willing to see the good in people. |
| 247 | * UnfortunateNames: Yes, she's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0B_5hV2n84 aware]] of her last name being like boobs thank you. |
| 248 | * ValleyGirl: Voices Kim Kardashian like this. |
| 249 | [[/folder]] |
| 250 | |
| 251 | [[folder:Evilina]] |
| 252 | !!Evilina |
| 253 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/evilina.png]] |
| 254 | Satan's spawn of Hell. Outside of that, she's like any other little girl who enjoys ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' a little too much. |
| 255 | * AffablyEvil: She is, basically, a happy-go-lucky adorable child. It would probably be easy to get along with her in a conversation if you didn't know she were a spawn of Satan and ignored her creepier comments. |
| 256 | * AntiVillain: She's the Devil's daughter who knows how to hurt people, especially when it's CruelMercy, but she also gets lonely, cries when she's hit by the Critic, and isn't immune to just wanting to see women like her in a movie. |
| 257 | * TheBusCameBack: She comes back for one scene during the Ghost Rider 2 review. Apparently, the Devil sent her off to Texas, where she learned to cause suffering to others through her mind. Which she demonstrates by dropping a jet onto [[WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow Angry Joe.]] |
| 258 | ** [[spoiler: She comes back again for the Ghost Busters 2016 review to tell the meninists how much she loved the movie.]] |
| 259 | * TheCameo: [[spoiler: In the review of ''Ghost Rider 2'' she makes a brief appearance to cause Angry Joe some trouble.]] |
| 260 | ** [[spoiler: She also Skypes in during the "Film/Ghostbusters2016" review.]] |
| 261 | * CoolCrown: Wears a tiara. |
| 262 | * CreepyChild: Can sound nice and innocent, then say something really disturbing, in the exact same tone as before. |
| 263 | %%* TheCutie |
| 264 | %%* CreepyCute |
| 265 | * CruelMercy: At the end of the ''Film/SonOfTheMask'' review, Critic begs Satan to kill him to end his torment but Evilina refuses because "it's more cruel this way." |
| 266 | * CuteIsEvil: Refuses to kill the Critic, because [[CruelMercy it would be more cruel to leave him to live with the memories]]. Her other justification, of course, is that [[LampshadeHanging he died before and some didn't like it.]] |
| 267 | * DaddysGirl |
| 268 | * DaddysLittleVillain |
| 269 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: She's as shocked and repulsed by ''The Cat in The Hat'' movie as the Critic. She calls the Cat what happens when [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Pepé Le Pew]] makes whoopee with [[UsefulNotes/McDonalds Ronald McDonald]]. |
| 270 | ** Her jaw drops when Critic states he didn't find Mike Myers as funny as he's remembered. |
| 271 | * FluffyFashionFeathers: Wears a [[PinkMeansFeminine pink feather boa]]. |
| 272 | * FourthWallObserver: Her reason for leaving Critic alive is knowing that Doug wanted to get rid of him in the nicest way possible but was forced to bring him back, so now he has to stay miserable and breathing. |
| 273 | %%* GenkiGirl |
| 274 | * GuestStarPartyMember: For the ''The Cat in the Hat'' review. |
| 275 | * HatesBeingAlone: While she takes pleasure in telling Critic that her dad will kill him if he finds out he left her alone, she mostly just wants him back because she's lonely without ''some'' company. |
| 276 | * HumanoidAbomination: Being Satan's daughter and all. |
| 277 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: Bonds with CR (a [[PeripheryDemographic brony]]) over ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. |
| 278 | %%* LaughablyEvil |
| 279 | * {{Leitmotif}}: An OminousMusicBoxTune plays most times she appears. |
| 280 | %%* LittleMissBadass |
| 281 | * LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: While Critic has enough humanity to feel guilty for them, the analysts having a breakdown and committing suicide is nothing but hilarious to her. |
| 282 | * ManipulativeBitch: In the end she sings the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' knowing the minions would laugh at her and Satan for attempting to scare them. [[spoiler: Then she scared them for real.]] |
| 283 | * MeaningfulName: A girl called 'Evilina' isn't exactly going to grow up a PuritySue. |
| 284 | %%* NightmareFace |
| 285 | * NightmareFetishist: Her response to seeing an evil worse than Hasbro is an excited "ooh!". |
| 286 | * PerpetualSmiler: Aside from when she's with [[BabysitterFromHell Critic]], she always has a happy face and perky voice no matter if she's being creepy or not. |
| 287 | * PrincessPhase: Yes, even the Spawn of Satan can go through this. |
| 288 | * PutOnABus: Possibly averted; apparently Rachel took the costume with her when she moved to California, and in commentaries Doug has mentioned the possibility of her still making appearances. |
| 289 | * TookALevelInBadass: While still cutesy, time away from Daddy (and Critic's abusive babysitting) has got her being able to torture people with MindRape, specifically Joe. |
| 290 | * TookALevelInDumbass: Was never all that bright, but at least got to be a MetaGirl ManipulativeBitch at the end of ''Film/SonOfTheMask''. After that her intelligence steadily decreased. |
| 291 | * TrueBlueFemininity: Wears a blue dress. |
| 292 | * VagueAge: Doug has been unclear whether she's meant to be a little girl and Rachel is DawsonCasting it, or she's an actual grown woman who just acts like a young girl. The latter would make the MaleGaze slightly less creepy and would at least explain why she gets abused by others so much. ''Ghostbusters'' confirms she's supposed to be a young child around the same age as the little girls they show in the pictures. |
| 293 | * VillainDecay: She definitely has a lot less agency in ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'' than she did in ''Film/SonOfTheMask'', and in [[spoiler:''Devil'', where she started to play with the buttons instead of letting Critic and her dad leave the elevator]]. |
| 294 | [[/folder]] |
| 295 | |
| 296 | [[folder:Rita Repulsa]] |
| 297 | !!Rita Repulsa |
| 298 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20200711_003415.png]] |
| 299 | The ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' villain who seeks to make the world suffer by airing ''Film/TurboAPowerRangersMovie'' over the airwaves. She's played by Rachel, with Doug (badly) dubbing her voice. |
| 300 | * DCupDistress: For a throwaway gag in ''Devil'', she looks insulted when Santa Christ keeps taking pictures of her chest. |
| 301 | * DisposableWoman: DoubleSubverted. She dies first in ''Devil'' and the three men (Santa Christ, Critic and [[spoiler:Shyamalan]]) who have all seen and done horrible things are disgusted by her dead body, but TheStinger has her alive and really [[spoiler:Cthulhu in disguise]]. |
| 302 | * FanDisservice: Rachel wearing an outrageously pointed version of Rita's spiral-cone breastplate. |
| 303 | * HongKongDub: Parodied to a ridiculous extent. Doug doesn't even try to match Rachel's lip movements. [[StylisticSuck Which is kinda the point]], since for the original first season Rita was a Japanese actress dubbed in English. |
| 304 | * LargeHam: Just like the original, just exaggerated. |
| 305 | * TheScrappy: In-universe. Zordon tells the Critic that Rita is their most embarrassing and pathetic enemy. |
| 306 | [[/folder]] |
| 307 | |
| 308 | !Heather Reusz |
| 309 | |
| 310 | Along with Aiyanna Wade, Heather Reusz came from WebVideo/AwesomeComics and plays either a TownGirls group with her and Tamara, or her main role as Doe, Chester's girlfriend. |
| 311 | |
| 312 | [[folder:Doe]] |
| 313 | |
| 314 | * DistaffCounterpart: To Chester A. Bum. |
| 315 | * GoodParents: To Bum Jr. |
| 316 | * NiceGirl: She's a total sweetie. |
| 317 | * InternalizedCategorism: Despite her family being homeless, she ends up arguing that homeless people shouldn't get any support from the government. |
| 318 | * PoliticallyIncorrectHero: She and Chester are obviously the liberals to Aunt Despair/Uncle Lies’ Republicans, but the latter are the ones who think homeless people should get support. |
| 319 | * SickeninglySweethearts: With Chester. Enough that he cries when she calls him the handsomest man in the world just because she usually says "in the ''universe.''" |
| 320 | |
| 321 | [[/folder]] |
| 322 | |
| 323 | !Orlando Belisle Jr.'s Characters |
| 324 | |
| 325 | Orlando Belisle Jr. is one of the recurring guest actors for the show, better known as Roger the Guardian Angel and Malachite from ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights''. |
| 326 | |
| 327 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 328 | !!In General |
| 329 | |
| 330 | * DisguisedInDrag: As Catwoman!Halle Berry. |
| 331 | [[/folder]] |
| 332 | |
| 333 | [[folder:Roger]] |
| 334 | !!Roger |
| 335 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20200711_004818.png]] |
| 336 | [[ItsAWonderfulPlot An angel-in-training that "helps" the Nostalgia Critic]] in the 2010 Christmas Special, officially called "You're a Rotten Dirty Bastard", and returns in the review of ''Film/ScoobyDoo''. |
| 337 | |
| 338 | %%* ButtMonkey |
| 339 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: His attitude tends to change depending on how Critic is acting like. In Santa-Christ-created "Rotten Dirty Bastard", Critic is being a prick so Roger thinks it'd be best to kill him. In ''Scooby-Doo'', he grudgingly praises Critic for saving the world, and in ''Scooby-Doo 2'', where Critic has got dumber and meaner, it's back to murder. |
| 340 | * LightIsNotGood: Unless GodIsEvil, killing the guy he's supposed to be looking after would have immediately made him "fall". |
| 341 | * {{Parody}}: Of Clarence from ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' |
| 342 | * TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:He explodes into a ninja costume and proceeds to whup the Critic's ass once he realizes that he would become God's number one man and buddy if the Critic did not exist.]] |
| 343 | * UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler:Returned back to life in the second Scooby-Doo review, as per tradition, nobody gives a damn about him, or how he got out of purgatory in the first place.]] |
| 344 | * WhosLaughingNow: [[spoiler:And he ''still'' fails.]] |
| 345 | [[/folder]] |
| 346 | |
| 347 | [[folder:Peter Soulless]] |
| 348 | !!Peter Soulless |
| 349 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20200711_004121.png]] |
| 350 | A studio executive who purchased the film rights to Creator/DrSeuss' books, and highlighted Creator/MichaelBay's previous films in the 90's. Appears in the review of ''Pearl Harbor'' and ''Film/TheCatInTheHat''. |
| 351 | |
| 352 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: He doesn't care how awful his films are, as long as they bring in the cash. |
| 353 | * DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:At the end of the ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'', Satan drags him off to Hell by collecting payment on his DealWithTheDevil.]] |
| 354 | * FirstNameBasis: In the Pearl Harbour review he was only known as "Peter". Averted later when the Nostalgia Critic informs his last name is "Soulless". |
| 355 | * IgnoredEpiphany: The Critic has to explain he has his WellIntentionedExtremist traits backwards -- the Dr. Seuss books don't need modern slang because they're timeless, and throwing in adult jokes makes them seem childish. He seems to be getting through to Soulless for a minute, then Soulless throws it back in his face. |
| 356 | * JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: There's a few hints he's actually just very misguided and is doing what he thinks is right, but it turns out to be an act. |
| 357 | * LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Sold his soul to Satan in exchange for the Dr. Seuss movies being successful despite completely bastardizing the source material. At the end of the ''The Cat in the Hat'' review, Satan comes to collect.]] |
| 358 | * MeaningfulName: He has no conscience or empathy about destroying the works of Dr. Seuss, as long as his movies are popular and make money. [[spoiler:And he [[DealWithTheDevil sold his soul to Satan to make them successful.]]]] |
| 359 | * StrawCharacter: Rob and Doug admitted in ''The Lorax'' commentary that he and his analysts were just wispy bits of straw for Critic to preach at. |
| 360 | * TotallyRadical: Loves putting hip slang into his movies to appeal to modern audiences. |
| 361 | * VillainousBreakdown: At the end of the ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'', he goes berserk after the Critic [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech deconstructs his attempt to paint himself]] as a WellIntentionedExtremist. |
| 362 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: He seems to think that his changes to the books to make them into films improve them, like updating them with modern slang and throwing in adult jokes to make it more mature. Subverted with his IgnoredEpiphany. |
| 363 | [[/folder]] |
| 364 | |
| 365 | [[folder:The Angst]] |
| 366 | !!The Angst |
| 367 | |
| 368 | A parody of 90s and early 2000s film superheroes who repeatedly invokes and lampshades the expected tropes of the genre at the time. Appears in the ''Film/{{Daredevil|2003}}'' review. |
| 369 | |
| 370 | * BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: Has a giant "A" emblazoned on his mask and chest. |
| 371 | * ClosestThingWeGot: Meta-example. The role was written for Malcolm, but he was going to be unavailable, and thus Orlando stepped in. Even when Malcolm got to stick around after all, Orlando played the part. |
| 372 | * DramaticHighPerching: He loves to pose dramatically on rooftops. |
| 373 | * DramaticThunder: It strikes whenever he says his name. |
| 374 | * HandicappedBadass: Parodied in reference to Daredevil being blind but having supersenses to the point he might as well be able to see. The Angst is deaf, but his superpowers include superhearing. |
| 375 | * LargeHam: Orlando leaves no scenery unchewed; he's constantly grandstanding and talking in a dramatic fashion. |
| 376 | * NinetiesAntiHero: A parody of them. |
| 377 | * MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: And purple. |
| 378 | * {{Wangst}}: [[invoked]] Per his insistence, he has to angst and brood all the time, even if he has nothing to angst and brood over. |
| 379 | [[/folder]] |
| 380 | |
| 381 | |
| 382 | !Jim Jarosz's Characters |
| 383 | |
| 384 | [[folder:In General]] |
| 385 | |
| 386 | Also known as the Ghost of Christmas Future, and Quinn from ''WebVideo/DemoReel'', Jim also does the photoshop tricks for the show and minor characters for the sketches. |
| 387 | * TheAce: He's cast as the cool kid in ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'' review, and in the Truthful Preview at the start of ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes2001'', gets called “that one guy who's better than everyone else”. |
| 388 | * DistressedDude: In the ''Pop Quiz Hotshot'' pilot, while he's not seen after that point, he's kidnapped to design the game show set. |
| 389 | * FairCop: In the ''Film/DemolitionMan'' review, he's the guard that “arrests” Tamara. More clear in the behind the scenes where they jokingly flirt together regarding those pink handcuffs. |
| 390 | * GunNut: According to Doug in behind the scenes, all the guns on the WallOfWeapons are his. |
| 391 | * HeroesPreferSwords: He's meant to be the coolest one in ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'', and the LockAndLoadMontage has him unsheathe a katana. |
| 392 | * {{Hunk}}: He's Doug's go-to guy in clipless reviews for a eye-candy male character, like Kylo Ren in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', or Kevin in ''Film/Ghostbusters2016''. |
| 393 | * IdenticalStranger: Tamara in her review of ''Army Of Darkness'' asks if him and Jim Carrey have ever been seen in the same room. |
| 394 | * IfItsYouItsOkay: Like Hyper Fangirl and Malcolm he's got a crush on the Critic, unlike those two he's fine with keeping it a secret and just enjoying the eye candy. |
| 395 | * InTheHood: As Ghost of Future Christmas. |
| 396 | * IneffectualSympatheticVillain: You can't help feeling sorry for Ghost of Future Christmas for not succeeding to scare the Critic, even Critic himself offers to review any movie he wants, even if it was ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''. |
| 397 | * MrFanservice: He wears a lot of tight t-shirts in The Hyper Fangirl vlogs and she loves him showing off his amazing muscular arms. Plus in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', he plays Kylo Ren to prove Critic's point that the character is really pretty. |
| 398 | * RealMenWearPink: He takes zumba dance classes, and says they have more twists than Shyamalan does. In real life, he's the prop designer, set designer and make up artist. |
| 399 | * SharpDressedMan: In the ''Rise Of The Commercials'' behind the scenes, Doug tells him he wears suits really well. |
| 400 | * ThoseTwoGuys: He's generally the second silent guy in the sketches and usually accompanies Doug or Rob. |
| 401 | * TransEqualsGay: Averted. He told Malcolm he was a trans guy, and he let Hyper know he had a crush on Critic, but they're treated as two different things. |
| 402 | [[/folder]] |
| 403 | |
| 404 | [[folder:Harvey Levin]] |
| 405 | !!Harvey Levin |
| 406 | |
| 407 | The editor of TMZ. |
| 408 | |
| 409 | * DaEditor: For the TMZ sketch. |
| 410 | * {{Jerkass}}: As the Chief editor of TMZ, the way he tries to dig up people's secrets. |
| 411 | * LargeHam: As Harvey Levin in the ''A.I.'' review. |
| 412 | |
| 413 | [[/folder]] |
| 414 | |
| 415 | [[folder:Malachai]] |
| 416 | !!Malachai |
| 417 | |
| 418 | Issac's dragon. |
| 419 | * ChainPain: In the Mentos [[invoked]] RealitySubtext commercial, he beats up Critic's character by whipping him with a chain. |
| 420 | * TheDragon: Just like ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn1984'' he serves as the right hand man for Isaac. |
| 421 | * EvilRedhead: Has hair dyed red. |
| 422 | [[/folder]] |
| 423 | |
| 424 | !Walter Banasiak characters |
| 425 | [[folder:Father Venkman]] |
| 426 | !!Father Venkman |
| 427 | |
| 428 | A man who's so obsessed with Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} he built a religion around it. |
| 429 | |
| 430 | * ChurchOfHappyology: He and his community are so devoted to the original Ghostbusters movies that they started a cult religion to worship them and bash the remake. |
| 431 | * EveryoneHasStandards: While he doesn't like [[Film/Ghostbusters2016 the Ghostbusters reboot]] he's not a StrawMisogynist and is just as annoyed when the "menenists" show up as anyone else. |
| 432 | * TheFundamentalist: Over ''[[SeriousBusiness Ghostbusters.]]'' |
| 433 | * GoodShepherd: As of the "Rocky and Bullwinkle" review he's started acting like a real priest. |
| 434 | * HeelFaceTurn: Becomes a lot calmer and more reasonable when the Critic and the Chicago Ghostbusters spray him with Ecto-cooler soda. |
| 435 | * LoonyFan: Downplayed. While still very much a Strawman, he still made a religion based on the cult to a movie. |
| 436 | * OnlySaneMan: Shares this role with Tamara in ''The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle''. |
| 437 | [[/folder]] |
| 438 | |
| 439 | [[folder:Zack Snyder]] |
| 440 | * AdaptationalWimp: The Snyder in this version is a nasal voiced dweeb obsessed with pandering and embelishment. |
| 441 | * AmbiguouslyBi: Along with Michael Bay, they both have a fascination for Female Fanservice, and the trailer narrator suggests that this is a way to overcompensate... while showing clips from both their movies showcasing even more FemaleGaze on muscular men. |
| 442 | * BadBoss: He has to have a Christmas Carol parody to get him to be nicer to his underlings. |
| 443 | * BirdsOfAFeather: With Michael Bay, since both love explosions, loose source material, slow motion, poor representation of military forces and overuse of {{Fanservice}}. |
| 444 | * CampGay: He's bi, but he's completely the jaunty scarf and nasal voice stereotype. |
| 445 | * EffeminateMisogynisticGuy: When he notices that Aiyanna is a girl, he makes her cry by instantly switching her from Captain America to a skimpy Wonder Woman outfit. |
| 446 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He and Bay love explosions and fighting, but would never actually fight each other. |
| 447 | * GiftedlyBad: He's completely naïve about what makes decent film-making, but thinks he's amazing. |
| 448 | * HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: In his Q&A, he clearly loves Bay but squirrely denies that they're together. |
| 449 | * InferioritySuperiorityComplex: He ''really'' wants you to reassure him that he's cool. |
| 450 | * SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: To him, Batman and Superman have been stone cold killers for years. |
| 451 | [[/folder]] |
| 452 | |
| 453 | !Groups |
| 454 | [[folder:The Meninists]] |
| 455 | A group of mens rights' activists that debuted in ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' who do nothing but rant about the feminist agenda in movies. |
| 456 | |
| 457 | * HateSink: They have no redeeming qualities and annoy everyone they come across. |
| 458 | * NerdsAreVirgins: This may be why they're so bitter about strong women in films. |
| 459 | * NoSocialSkills: For all their tough guy talk, they're incapable of speaking coherently to an actual woman. |
| 460 | %%* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain |
| 461 | [[/folder]] |
| 462 | |
| 463 | [[folder:"Aww" Girls]] |
| 464 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_20200711_003157.png]] |
| 465 | Debuted in the ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' review, they only watch the Chipmunk movies because they're addicted to all things cute. ''Alvin and Tthe Chipmunks: The Squeakquel'' introduced the "D'aww" Girls, who are the exact same characters. |
| 466 | |
| 467 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Awwww!!" Or "D'awwww!" for the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "D'aww" Girls.]] |
| 468 | * CutenessOverload: Almost always hypnotized by something adorable. |
| 469 | * {{Expy}}: Their outfits are based off of the Chipettes in ''WesternAnimation/TheChipmunkAdventure.'' |
| 470 | * FlatCharacter: They exist to gush over cute things and that's it. |
| 471 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The "D'aww" girls in ''The Squeakquel,'' who are identical to the girls in every way except they have obscure shirts with pictures of countries on them (as a TakeThat to Zachary Levi's character basically being Dave again.) |
| 472 | |
| 473 | [[/folder]] |
| 474 | |
| 475 | |
| 476 | !Recurring Actors |
| 477 | [[folder:Jori and Jason Laws]] |
| 478 | !! Jori and Jason Laws |
| 479 | |
| 480 | Better known as the crazy family from ''WebVideo/DemoReel'' and the Adventure Time VLOGS co-hosts, they also contribute as background characters for the sketches. Their daughter Brianna also participates in some of the sketches as well. The two of them also maintain their own movie review site, [[http://forcedviewing.com/ Forced Viewing]]. |
| 481 | * AudienceSurrogate: In the AT vlogs, whether it's confused, irritated or uncomfortable, Jason's reaction to Doug's behavior will usually mirror the person watching. |
| 482 | * BigBeautifulWoman: Doug says in “Root Beer Guy” that Jori's got the curves of Mrs Incredible and means that as a compliment, but she doesn't like the comparison. |
| 483 | * DisposableWoman: Jori juices herself at the end of “Too Old” and Doug/Jason act like she's dead (or that her laughing is another voice of Jason's) in a joke that they both admit got milked dry really fast. |
| 484 | * EveryoneHasStandards: PlayedForLaughs in “Betty”, as Jason says while he hates kids and old people, Doug is a horrible person for not wanting to take care of his wife if she was mentally sick. |
| 485 | ** As he says, he'll rag on Doug because it's fun to see him defensively rant for ages, but will stop and reassure him about whatever when he needs it. |
| 486 | * FemaleMisogynist: Jori isn't really, but the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' vlogs have Doug and Jason mock her for it whenever she {{Ron The Death Eater}}s Princess Bubblegum, or when she called Flame Princess the creepy stalker while Finn was just "lovestruck". |
| 487 | * HappilyAdopted: Jason talks about it in ''The Visitor'', saying also he's met his birth mom and they get on, he considers his adoptive family his ''real'' family. |
| 488 | * HystericalWoman: Jori (with plenty of helpful mocking from Doug) plays this up a lot in the vlogs, especially with her hatred of Bubblegum that she says in "Lady And Peebles" isn't completely genuine. |
| 489 | * LittleMissSnarker: Bri's (Jason and Jori's daughter) a teenage girl who (good-naturedly of course) teases Doug for his memory issues, and crows to her mom about everyone else liking Bubblegum in “The Suitor”. |
| 490 | * MamaBear: In contrast to her ''WebVideo/DemoReel'' [[AbusiveParents counterpart]], Jori's an awesome one. In "Princess Cookie", she says that if Bri were one of the hostages, she'd slit Cookie's throat in front of Bubblegum. |
| 491 | * NiceGuy: Jason was asked once why he did the vlogs when he doesn't get paid, and replied he just wanted to help out a friend who needed it. There's also all the times when Doug will apologize for something minor (like even just a different opinion) and Jason will reassure him that it's okay. |
| 492 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: At the end of "Lady And Peebles", Jason reminds Jori that, like PB, she's nice but also knows how to defend herself. Jori then leaves upset at the realization that she and Bubblegum have something in common. She also joke-pouts when Jason calls her Bubblegum for correcting Doug on sciencey things in "Jake The Dad". |
| 493 | * ObsessedWithFood: Jason's role as the “Fat Kid” in ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'' review is to eat as much as humanly possible. |
| 494 | * ParentalSubstitute: Both of them act like it to Doug in the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' vlogs, with Jason calming him down a few times by telling him he's still cute and Jori grounding him in "Hitman" and "Too Young". |
| 495 | * PoliticallyIncorrectHero: In the Monster Squad Review, "Fat Kid" is a South Confederate. |
| 496 | * RonTheDeathEater: [[invoked]] Jori is so willing to blame Bubblegum for every little thing and act like all the problems are her fault that in "Burning Low" she actually gets pissed off when PB is in the right the whole time. |
| 497 | ** Doug has a rant at her when she doesn't know why Ice King likes Betty in the first place because she's apparently “not sweet enough”. |
| 498 | * SingleIssueWonk: [[invoked]] Jori explains in “The Tower” that she wants Bubblegum to be a nice sweet princess, and feels like that's how she's supposed to be (even when everything in the show says she's actually GoodIsNotNice), and so that's why she's so against the character normally. It's basically a case of BlackAndWhiteMorality goggles. |
| 499 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: From "Lady And Peebles", Doug likes to tease Jori by saying she's only there in vlogs to "represent all women's opinions". |
| 500 | * StraightMan: In ''Web Weirdos'', Jason points out that Doug's the animated {{workaholic}} {{cloudcuckoolander}} of the two of them and he's just there to listen, help with the vlogs and reel him back when "[he's] all over the place". |
| 501 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Jason lampshades in "Who Would Win" that he's the one in vlogs that fans want to kick the least, as Jori gets both sexism and complaints about her "Bubblegum is the devil" SingleIssueWonk, and Doug/fandom issues don't need to be documented any further. |
| 502 | * ToughLove: Jason's specialty. As he said in “Jake The Dog” and other episodes, Doug's a good guy who should be allowed to rant about whatever he wants without being mocked or feeling the need to apologize, but needs to brought back to reality and called out whenever he acts stupid. |
| 503 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Jason is frequently seen drinking Mountain Dew in the vlogs. |
| 504 | * WhatTheHellHero: Jason's secondary purpose on the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' vlogs, after helping Doug analyze the show, seems to be bringing him back (or at least trying) whenever he acts too crazy or jerkish. |
| 505 | ** Notably in “Holly Jolly Secrets 2”, when Doug is obsessing over the glasses and not the big reveal; Jason notes that as the show goes on he's less making himself get upset over the deep things in the comedy (like in "Donny") and more trying to hide in focusing on things like fries and glasses. |
| 506 | * YaoiFangirl: The boys want it too, but Jori is the first one to ask for SlashFic of Jason and Doug, and enjoys a particularly clingy hug between the two of them at the end of "Hug Wolf". |
| 507 | ** In "BMO Lost", she wants Jason to "hit Doug sexy-like", and Robin (Doug's wife) agrees with her that should happen. |
| 508 | * YesMan: Both of them as the TMZ reporters for the Chief Editor. |
| 509 | [[/folder]] |
| 510 | |
| 511 | [[folder:Barney Walker]] |
| 512 | !!Barney Walker |
| 513 | Doug and Rob's father. He does many of the behind scenes work (instrumentals, costumes and props) and some extras. |
| 514 | * AscendedExtra: Lately, he is very prominent in commentaries and background characters in both the show and the anniversary specials. |
| 515 | * CoolOldGuy: Malcolm and Tamara love him, and he's very nice to them. |
| 516 | ** Half his contributions to the commentary on the Disney Afternoon is trivia about the history of Disney, some of the voice actors, and previous inspirations for the shows. He's pretty interesting to listen to. |
| 517 | * DeadpanSnarker: Mostly at Doug in behind the scenes for various reasons, but there's a nice moment in Midwest Media Expo 2015 talking about the TroubledProduction of ''WebVideo/PopQuizHotshot'' and how “benevolent overlord” Michaud just ordered a set built. |
| 518 | * DirtyOldMan: Clearly not in real life, but he's supposed to be a bit creepy when in the fifth hyper vlog he tells her he's applauding her stalking efforts and he's her biggest fan. |
| 519 | * PapaWolf: According to Doug in ''WesternAnimation/TheChristmasTree'' review, he joined the navy to help support his family. |
| 520 | * SoProudOfYou: Inverted for laughs in the ''Fantastic Four'' making of, when Doug is wearing his costume, he says “you know fathers always want to be proud of their sons, but what can I say about Doug?” |
| 521 | * TeamDad: Literally. When he's on set and Doug/Rob get into bratty fights with each other, he'll yell at them and they'll stop. |
| 522 | * {{Troll}}: In the Last Jedi behind the scenes, he puts a rebel sign on Malcolm's imperial hat to see if anyone would notice. Rob and Doug complain that they get enough shit for "getting things wrong" as it is. |
| 523 | [[/folder]] |
| 524 | |
| 525 | |
| 526 | !Real people [[AsHimself as themselves]] |
| 527 | |
| 528 | [[folder:Mara Wilson]] |
| 529 | !!Creator/MaraWilson |
| 530 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mara_wilson_nc.png]] |
| 531 | ->''"Well, so long, Critic. I'm sure now the that the public have seen your brilliant choices as a child, they'll be just as accepting as you were of mine.''" |
| 532 | |
| 533 | A former child actress who started in such films and ''Film/{{Matilda}}'' and ''Film/ASimpleWish'', playing herself in a... rather different persona than the roles she's known for. She is currently the WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's neighbor. |
| 534 | |
| 535 | %% * AdamWesting |
| 536 | * AntagonistInMourning: She's genuinely saddened after the Chick breaks the news that the Critic died in ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee''. Averted when she sees Critic again in the “Monster Mash” review, where she's just disgusted with him and wants him gone. |
| 537 | * BigWhat: Her reaction upon hearing about the Critic's demise. |
| 538 | * CameBackWrong: IMDB.com mistakenly claimed that she died a few years ago... or so we thought. In fact, she ''did'' die, only to come back to life with the power to make her eyes glow and an insatiable desire for revenge. Not against anything in particular, just revenge in general, though the Nostalgia Critic is her target of choice. |
| 539 | * TheCameo: The site's first ''celebrity'' cameo, at that. |
| 540 | * DiabolicalMastermind: Catches the Critic in a rather cruel BatmanGambit to ruin part of his reputation. |
| 541 | %% * EvilCounterpart: Claims to be this towards Film/{{Matilda}}. |
| 542 | * EvilGloating: Complete with OminousLatinChanting as she declares her victory over the Critic. |
| 543 | %% * EvilLaugh |
| 544 | %% * ExactWords: Catches the Critic in this, and proceeds to dish out a HumiliationConga. |
| 545 | %% * GlowingEyesOfDoom: With a RedFilterOfDoom, to boot. |
| 546 | * HumanoidAbomination: Implied. [[http://blip.tv/nostalgia-chick/nostalgia-chick-matilda-6395162 Even more in her second appearance.]] |
| 547 | * NiceCharacterMeanActor: [[FormerChildStar She's come a long way from the cutesy roles she was originally known for.]] In real life, this isn't the case. |
| 548 | * OurZombiesAreDifferent: She's extremely well-preserved for one of the walking dead, though. You can't really tell she's undead just by looking. |
| 549 | %% * {{Revenge}}: Her eternal quest, and the reason why she came back from the dead. Though she's a bit vague on who or why. |
| 550 | %% * RevengeByProxy: She once tried to do this to the Chick. |
| 551 | * SheIsAllGrownUp: Her Critic appearance makes nothing of her adult looks, but the Nostalgia Chick and Nella notice her boobs rather happily. |
| 552 | * WorthyOpponent: Considers her escapades with the Critic to be "organic". |
| 553 | [[/folder]] |
| 554 | |
| 555 | [[folder:Dante Basco]] |
| 556 | !!Creator/DanteBasco |
| 557 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dante_basco_nc.png]] |
| 558 | ->"The time has come to reclaim my honor you dishonorably dishonored by honorably honoring my honorable honor!" |
| 559 | |
| 560 | The voice actor of Zuko from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', he attacks the Critic in his countdown of the Top 11 Best Episodes of the show. |
| 561 | |
| 562 | * AdamWesting: Plays himself as a delusional nutcase that thinks he's his character, and plays said character as an over-the-top parody of the show's version. |
| 563 | * BerserkButton: Two. Dishonoring the Avatar franchise, and, even when he think he's his character, being confused for another role he's played. |
| 564 | * BeYourself: The Lesson the Critic teaches him. [[spoiler:It doesn't stick.]] |
| 565 | * BigStupidDoodooHead: "You man! You stupid, stupid man!" |
| 566 | * CallingYourAttacks: Shouts "HONOR!" as he shoots his fireballs. |
| 567 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "HONOR!" |
| 568 | * CompositeCharacter: In-universe, of a sort. Though Dante is quite obviously playing like he thinks he's Zuko, there's a bit of [[Film/{{Hook}} Rufio]] in his behavior too, and at the end of the review he starts to think he's [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong Jake Long]] instead of Zuko. Additionally, his portrayal of Zuko is heavily taken from the Ember Island Players in-universe portrayal of Zuko as an honor-obsessed EmoTeen. |
| 569 | * {{Determinator}}: No matter how much the Critic keeps running, he keeps up the pursuit. |
| 570 | * HeroAntagonist: He's only attacking the Critic for dishonoring the ''Avatar'' franchise with his previous Top 11 Worst Episodes list. The Critic eventually talks him down and they settle things peacefully. And when he's not attacking the Critic, he seems perfectly nice to other people as long as they aren't in his way. He's certainly nicer to Malcolm and Tamara than Critic is, sympathizing with the former while Critic's a coward, and telling Tamara that dressing up like a ninja is a nice try while Critic condescends to her. |
| 571 | * NoSell: The Critic's firebending in the form of Mario-like fireballs didn't hurt him at all. |
| 572 | * PlayingWithFire: He can firebend. |
| 573 | * VillainsOutShopping: Takes a time-out from attacking the Critic to read an ''Avatar'' comic and enjoys it. |
| 574 | [[/folder]] |
| 575 | |
| 576 | [[folder:Don Bluth]] |
| 577 | !![[Creator/DonBluth Don Bluth]] |
| 578 | * AsHimself |
| 579 | * CoolOldGuy He can beckon people to the computer through ''VideoGame/DragonsLair'' symbols and take over TV channels, though it's not quite explained yet how. |
| 580 | * DeadpanSnarker: He pulls no punches in mocking the Critic while playing 'Dragon's Lair'. Goes into ''Shut Up And Talk'' as well, as he sarcastically (but affectionately) praises Doug for “not staying on any image longer than a nano second”. |
| 581 | * DeathGlare: Intimidates the Critic throughout ''Conquest of the Commercials'' with nothing but a hard, piercing gaze. |
| 582 | * TheQuietOne: The only time he speaks in ''Conquest of the Commercials'' is him saying he's waiting for the Critic to make his move. |
| 583 | [[/folder]] |
| 584 | |
| 585 | [[folder:Michael Salvatori]] |
| 586 | !!Michael Salvatori |
| 587 | * AsHimself: He appears to talk about his real-life work on the Flintstones gummies theme. |
| 588 | * TheBore: Subverted. Critic tries to get rid of him because his story about the Flintstones gummies jingle is so boring, but everybody else in the univese finds the story fascinating. It's also revealed that [[spoiler:he's a beloved composer for several well-known video games, so even Critic wants to talk to him after that]]. |
| 589 | * TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: No matter what Critic does to get rid of him, he always manages to return to the couch. |
| 590 | [[/folder]] |
| 591 | |
| 592 | !Other Characters |
| 593 | |
| 594 | [[folder:Superman]] |
| 595 | !!Franchise/{{Superman}} |
| 596 | |
| 597 | ->Played by [[https://www.youtube.com/robs70986987 Rob Scallon]] and WebVideo/AngryJoe. |
| 598 | * CombatPragmatist: Why he had to kill Zod and also [[spoiler:[[GroinAttack lasers out Zod's balls off]] to save the Critic]], which even shocks Batman. |
| 599 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: He has one of this when he realizes [[spoiler: he and Batman are [[WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded at a Café discussing the latest events]]]]. |
| 600 | * ExpositoryThemeTune: All his opening intro in ''The Man of Steel'' review explains why all his characterization and storyarc is the same as Nolanverse Batman's. |
| 601 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: To Batman. The song in the ''Man of Steel'' review points out that they have the same backstory, the same circumstances and even the same type of costume. |
| 602 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Both Sups and Batman do this with a "Fuck you, Snyder" when it's announced that a movie of both of them, being ''Polar Opposite superheroes'', is on production... Right after the entire ExpositoryThemeTune stated the complete opposite of that premise. |
| 603 | * WhatTheHellHero: Gets this twice from Batman for his CombatPragmatism. |
| 604 | [[/folder]] |
| 605 | |
| 606 | [[folder:Ghost Pony Rider]] |
| 607 | !!Ghost Pony Rider |
| 608 | |
| 609 | A pony-fied version of the ComicBook/GhostRider, a skeletal unicorn with a leather jacket and flaming skull who appears for related jokes. |
| 610 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ghost_pony_rider.jpg]] |
| 611 | |
| 612 | * CaptainErsatz: He's a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' version of the comic book character. |
| 613 | * FlamingSkulls: Naturally has one. |
| 614 | * HellBentForLeather: His leather jacket. |
| 615 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: Uses computer-generated vector art to match the show instead of the traditional animation done for other such characters. |
| 616 | * OddFriendship: Seems to have one with Fluttershy. |
| 617 | * TragicHero: The Critic sings of him as such as a joke in ''Blues Brothers 2000''. |
| 618 | * WolverinePublicity: Invoked, lampshaded and parodied. Aware of the attention the review got from the brony community after the Rider debuted in the ''Ghost Rider'' review, the Critic sings about him randomly in ''Blues Brothers 2000'' and explains to Malcolm that mentioning "pony" in internet videos seems to bring in more viewers. |
| 619 | [[/folder]] |
| 620 | |
| 621 | [[folder:Wilkins]] |
| 622 | !![[Advertising/WilkinsCoffee Wilkins]] |
| 623 | |
| 624 | ->Played by Creator/JimHenson (Re-used Audio), [[spoiler:Malcom Ray (Disguised)]] |
| 625 | |
| 626 | * AxCrazy: Even more so than in the original ads. |
| 627 | * CrossoverCouple: In "Commercials [=H2O=]" he kills one of the abusive husbands from the Folgers commercials then he and the wife share a BigDamnKiss. |
| 628 | * DissonantSerenity: No matter what cruel or sadistic thing he's doing he'll do it with a vacant smile and a chipper voice, cut from clips from the actual commercial's to give it that extra touch of offness. |
| 629 | * EldritchAbomination: As shown at the end of the "Muppets Christmas Carol" Review [[VoluntaryShapeshifting he can take human form]], [[SelfDuplication and be in two places at once]]. |
| 630 | * EvilerThanThou: As creepy as the passive-aggressively abusive 60's husband from the Folgers commercial was, as soon as he opened his door to Wilkins [[OhCrap he knew he was fucked.]] |
| 631 | * OnceASeason: Has recently become a fixture of the Critic's commercial specials. |
| 632 | * PerversePuppet |
| 633 | * PetTheDog: Liberated one of the long-suffering wives from the Folgers commercials in "Commercials [=H2O=]". |
| 634 | * TheSociopath: The critic calls him as much in his first appearance. He'll do literally anything to someone if it will make them drink Wilkins Coffee... which is poisonous. And he dose it all with a smile and a cheerful voice. |
| 635 | [[/folder]] |
| 636 | |
| 637 | [[folder:Zack the Psycho Maniac]] |
| 638 | !!Zack the Psycho Maniac |
| 639 | |
| 640 | A grown-up version of "Zack the Lego Maniac" from the old Lego commercials of the '90s. He still lives with his grandmother and has graduated from building Lego sculptures to building bombs, which he uses to take revenge on anyone who's slighted him. Played by Jay Chapman. |
| 641 | |
| 642 | %%* AscendedExtra: From a commercial. |
| 643 | * BasementDweller: He lives at his grandma's house. |
| 644 | * FutureLoser: The cool kid from that commercial doesn't exactly grow up well. |
| 645 | %%* MadBomber |
| 646 | * PsychopathicManchild: He's still obsessed with Lego and he blows up the people he doesn't like. |
| 647 | * TheSlacker: All he collects now are unemployment checks. |
| 648 | %%* WhosLaughingNow |
| 649 | [[/folder]] |
| 650 | |
| 651 | [[folder:Ma-Ti]] |
| 652 | !![[WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers Ma-Ti]] |
| 653 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ma_ti_nc.jpg]] |
| 654 | The [=TGWTG=] version of the ''Captain Planet'' character with [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway the power of heart]] (or at least someone CLAIMING to be him), as played by Doug's friend Bhargav Dronamraju. Appears in the Nostalgia Critic's ''Captain Planet'' review, the anniversary brawl video, NC's ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'' review, ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'', and ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights''. Might actually just be a delusional Indian guy with a mysterious grudge against Ted Turner and a [[WebVideo/SuburbanKnights completely unrelated magic ring]], nobody's quite sure. Sadly, his actor has left the series. |
| 655 | |
| 656 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: |
| 657 | ** "SUCK MY BIG FAT FUCKING '''HEART'''!!! ...''I'm so alone!''" |
| 658 | ** After nearly getting raped by Ask That Guy, he gives a YouBastard to the audience before raping ATG himself. Because that's what we all want to see, right? |
| 659 | * ButtMonkey: |
| 660 | ** In the one-year anniversary video. ''Everyone'' tried to kick his ass. |
| 661 | ** Again in the third-year anniversary, ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights''. He wants to join the team's quest, but the Critic continuously sends him away on increasingly ridiculous [[SnipeHunt snipe hunts]] just to get rid of him. |
| 662 | ** [[spoiler:All of this treatment REALLY turns out to bite the Critic and the rest of the site's reviewers collective asses in ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'' when, having had his conciousness merge with [[NegativeSpaceWedgie the Plot Hole]] giving him [[RealityWarper powers over the Awesomeverses' "Plot"]] means he resents the world so much he wants to destroy it.]] |
| 663 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "Heart!", to the point that it's basically a VerbalTic for the character. |
| 664 | %%* ChewToy |
| 665 | * ClassicallyTrainedExtra: After invoking the "Heart!" gag a few times in his ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' review and getting no response, the Critic runs off to find him. Ma-ti is sipping tea and reading Creator/JaneAusten. |
| 666 | * TheDogBitesBack: Raping Ask That Guy in "Ask That Guy VIOLATES Ma-Ti". |
| 667 | * EverythingIsRacist: His theory as for why he got the short end of the stick is that Ted Turner is prejudiced against Indians. This immediately raises suspicion, since Ma-Ti is ''Brazilian'' on the show… |
| 668 | * GranolaBoy: In "Ask That Guy VIOLATES Ma-Ti", he comes to the house with a leaflet on how to save the environment. |
| 669 | * HeartIsAnAwesomePower: As of ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights''. |
| 670 | * HiddenDepths: As of the Inspector Gadget review, it's apparent that he enjoys drinking tea while reading (and praising) Jane Austen while The Dance Of the Hours plays. |
| 671 | %%* IJustWantToHaveFriends |
| 672 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: There's a joke in the ''Series/SiskelAndEbert'' tribute about him going to the hospital to get his balls removed, which makes him a pussy. Critic tries to set him straight, but he firmly confirms it. |
| 673 | * IWantToBeARealMan: He has such issues with “looking like a pussy” that even Critic (whose gender problems are well-known) points out that he's a little extreme. |
| 674 | * JadeColoredGlasses: He's bitter about life by the time of the ''Captain Planet'' review. Getting subjected to the Critic and his friends doesn't help. |
| 675 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:As of ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights''. Unless the Critic ''does'' get around to finding the Necronomicon... He doesn't, and Ma-Ti is still dead. But still involved.]] |
| 676 | * MessyHair: Although it ''is'' Bhargav, he probably can't help it. |
| 677 | * NotAllowedToGrowUp: He complains about being 14 years old, even though he was that age back in the [=90s=] when ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' was on. As has been pointed out, he may just be a delusional Indian guy. |
| 678 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: To Critic in ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee''. Sage, Film Brain and Critic himself all figure out at the same time that both of them just needed love their entire lives, and need to move on because there's nothing left for them in TGWTG. |
| 679 | * PaperThinDisguise: His disguise is literally just a paper Planeteer symbol taped to his shirt. |
| 680 | * RaceLift[=/=]AmbiguouslyBrown: Ma-Ti is supposed to be Brazilian; Bhargav is Indian. {{Lampshaded}} when the Critic first realizes he's a fake. |
| 681 | * ThrowTheDogABone: He gets to have an amazing, honorable [[spoiler: death and funeral]], despite the Quakers Can. |
| 682 | * TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: He's the one who defeats the all-powerful wizard in Suburban Knights.]] |
| 683 | * WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: He is a living {{lampshade}} for this trope. |
| 684 | [[/folder]] |
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