Line #63 Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS10E10


1	'''Release:''' May 16, 2017
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3	'''Film:''' ''Film/SuicideSquad2016''
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5	'''Tagline:''' People love it or hate it. Is it worth all the fuss?
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7	!This review contains examples of:
8	* AbortedArc: The Critic notes a loose end involving Griggs, a police officer Joker used as his contact to Harley, with the latter warning him that he could be in big trouble, which never happens (at least onscreen).
9	* ActingForTwo:
10	** One scene has Malcolm play both Deadshot and his daughter Zoe.
11	** Malcolm also plays Analyst Two aka Black Chart Guy, and in one scene Deadshot responds to a statement made by him.
12	* ActorAllusion: [[InUniverse One scenario the Critic imagines]] for what could happen to Griggs for helping Harley has him receive mail stating that he will be in two more seasons of ''Series/TheMindyProject'', where his actor Ike Barinholtz also plays Morgan Tooker.
13	* AttentionWhore: The Critic's opinion on Creator/JaredLeto playing as the Joker even outside shooting. He lampoons it with one of Jim Joker's tattoos reading "Give Oscar!", and later admitting as such in a celebrity news clip.
14	* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: While every member of the Suicide Squad, strictly speaking, is evil/bad, the Joker's more evil than any of them, not to mention even more mentally deranged--and in one of his first scenes, he kills Critic's pet mouse and mails it to him, just to show how evil he is.
15	* BerserkButton: The Critic has little patience for the portal-in-the-sky cliché, so when that ''does'' play up, he angrily asks who put that scene in, and correctly judges Rob Analyst as the culprit.
16	* BigNo: Walter Griggs' reaction to the ActorAllusion above.
17	* ButHeSoundsHandsome: Jim Joker's first appearance has Rob Analyst call him by his real name but Jim plays dumb and compliments himself.
18	--> '''Rob Analyst:''' Listen Jim-
19	--> '''Jim Joker:''' Jim? Who's Jim? Sounds like a handsome guy.
20	* CallBack: Rob Analyst claps to darken the room throughout the Suicide Squad's battle with Heather Enchantress's minions, itself a RunningGag from the ''Film/FantasticFour2015'' [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS10E7 review]].
21	* ClipShow: {{Inverted\|Trope}}. The review stars Doug as Rick Flag (in his Nostalgia Critic guise), Malcolm as Deadshot, Tamara as Katana, Rob as Killer Croc, Jim as the Joker, Walter Banasiak as El Diablo, Bryan Porter as Captain Boomerang, Aiyanna Wade as Harley Quinn, Heather Reusz as the Enchantress, Adonis "KJ" Wright as Amanda Waller, and Orlando Belisle, Jr. as Slipknot. In addition, Doug and Tamara respectively play Dexter Tolliver and Admiral Olsen, a pair of government agents consulted by KJ Waller regarding her plan to gather a team of supervillains, Malcolm, Walter and Heather as Zoe, Griggs and June Moon (the Enchantress's host), Orlando and Aiyanna as a pair of cops after Rob Croc, and Doug, Tamara and Walter as the cameos of Batman, Wonder Woman and the Flash, respectively.
22	* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: The scene described in the {{Narm}} entry below features the Suicide Squad mocking Heather Enchantress.
23	* EvenEvilHasStandards:
24	** The Analysts find Jim Joker so creepy they agree with the Critic to write him out of the script for their review.
25	** Even Malcolm Analyst is {{Squick}}ed out by Rob Analyst getting off on the portal-in-the-sky cliché.
26	* EvilIsHammy: Heather Enchantress is this from not only shouting every line, but also the constant dancing.
27	* FantasticArousal: Rob Analyst has a bizarre boner for the portal-in-the-sky cliché, [[EveryoneHasStandards much to the Critic and the]] [[{{Squick}} rest of the Squad's]], and even [[EvenEvilHasStandards Malcolm Analyst's disgust]].
28	* FalseReassurance: Orlando Slipknot takes him being introduced without much fanfare as a sign that he will be killed very soon. The rest of the Squad try to dissuade his fears, but fail to remember his name as assurance. Sure enough, he dies immediately afterwards.
29	* {{Fanservice}}: Discussed, when it's remarked a few times that Harley Quinn's sole purpose in the movie is fanservice (looking and acting sexy to please the viewer).
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31	* FlippingTheBird: Doug Dexter double-flips KJ Waller off after the latter seizes the IdiotBall.
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33	* FollowTheLeader: {{Invoked\|Trope}}--between the Analysts' {{Suspiciously Specific Denial}}s and BlatantLies, their language strongly implies that ''Suicide Squad'' was made so Creator/DCComics can play catch-up with Creator/{{Marvel}} following the success of ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014''.
34	* ForTheEvulz: To gather attention, Jim Joker does a lot of nasty things for kicks, such as torturing Walter Griggs, killing the Critic's pet mouse Mrs. Brisby, killing Orlando Slipknot, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking mailing the Critic anal beads]].
35	* HilariousInHindsight: When the Critic/Rick has a breakdown over the quality of the movie, Amanda Waller comforts him by telling him to hope ''Wonder Woman'' will be better. To say they didn't hope in vain would be an understatement.
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37	* IdiotBall: KJ Waller learns that Heather Enchantress broke free (largely due to the incredibly lax security detail she sent, only consisting of Doug Rick)
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39	* IllBeInMyBunk: Rob Analyst claims he has paperwork to do before going to a private room to masturbate to the portal-in-the-sky cliché.
40	* IllKillYou: What the Critic screams at Jim Joker for killing his pet mouse Mrs. Brisby and then sending it to him as a present.
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42	* INeedAFreakingDrink: After learning Heather Enchantress got out, Tamara Olsen drinks off her misery with red wine.
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44	* IResembleThatRemark: Before the above IllBeInMyBunk moment the Critic had already accused Rob Analyst of having a specific fetish for the portal-in-the-sky cliché.
45	** In the {{Narm}} moment described below [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu the Squad mocks Heather Enchantress]] with Walter Diablo mockingly asking if Heather Enchantress was going to do the macarena. The final dance move done by Heather Enchantress is the macarena.
46	* JokerImmunity: Absolutely no one on the Squad except Aiyanna Harley buys it that Jim Joker seems to have died.
47	* LetMeGetThisStraight: Doug Advisor asks this after hearing about Captain Boomerang.
48	--> You're going to take down the next Superman with a boomerang?
49	* MethodActing: [[InUniverse The Critic notes]] how Creator/JaredLeto acts as the Joker even outside shootings.
50	* MoodDissonance: The Critic finds the bright neon colors of the film extremely contrasting with its dark, gritty nature.
51	* MsFanservice: KJ Waller outright describes Aiyanna Harley's superpowers as simply "{{fanservice}}".
52	* {{Narm}}: InUniverse, Heather Enchantress dancing while trying to be threatening has the Squad trying (and failing) to not crack up at her.
53	* NervesOfSteel: KJ Waller keeps her cool even as she was getting grilled for her poor decision-making.
54	* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: The Critic gets quite upset at Walter Diablo's OneWingedAngel form and how nobody knew he could do that. Then he remembers the Analysts' motto: "for the fans".
55	* NoFourthWall: The Analysts and the characters in the film itself often interact with each other.
56	* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Jim Joker is incredibly touchy-feely around Malcolm Analyst and Walter Griggs.
57	* NoodleImplements: For no other reason than ForTheEvulz, Jim Joker mails the Critic anal beads.
58	* NotMeThisTime: Unlike in the film, where Rick detonates Slipknot's ExplosiveLeash as punishment for insubordination, in this version Jim Joker holds the actual detonation device, while Doug Rick simply holds that for deactivation, simply ForTheEvulz.
59	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The Critic calls out KJ Waller for her decision to admit Heather Enchantress into the Suicide Squad, allowing her to subsequently break free and plot to destroy the world.
60	* RecklessGunUsage: Jim Joker shoots off his gun in his own chopper as celebration for getting back Aiyana Harley, making it crash.
61	* RememberTheNewGuy: At the end of his brief appearance in the film, Jim Joker asks Aiyanna Harley to remember him.
62	* RunningGag:
63	** The Analysts explaining that their drastic changes to the film from the original comic books are "for the fans".
64	** Rob Croc saying "I'm a dinosaur."
65	* ShoutOut:
66	** When discussing KJ Waller's plan to recruit incarcerated supervillains to act as heroes in the absence of Superman, Doug Advisor reminds Tamara Advisor of a time when [[Film/ManOfSteel Superman saved Metropolis from Zod]], before realizing the damage Superman did.
67	** Orlando Slipknot calls Bryan Boomerang "Discount [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Sokka]]".
68	** When Malcolm Deadshot simply shoots down one of Heather Enchantress's putty-like minions, Aiyanna Harley thinks ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' would've been shorter had they simply done that.
69	** When the Critic reintroduces the Suicide Squad during their battle in the dark against Heather Enchantress's minions, with their captions providing lighting, he reintroduces Malcolm Deadshot and Rob Croc as "[[Series/GilligansIsland the Professor and Mary Ann]]".
70	** When the Critic does his ReasonYouSuckSpeech towards KJ Waller, it parodys the infamous rant from ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'', up to directly saying Daniel's iconic line of "I. Drink. Your. Milkshake!"
71	** Rob Analyst and Malcolm Analyst sing "What Can I Say Except You're Welcome" at the end, referencing ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' and [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]].
72	* SoOkayItsAverage: [[InUniverse The Critic's verdict]] on the film.
73	* StoryBreakerPower: The critic points out that Enchantress is the only member that really matters, and that they can perfectly dismiss the rest of the group who don't even have real powers.
74	* SparedByTheAdaptation: Unlike the actual film, Walter Diablo survives the review's version.
75	* {{Squick}}: [[InUniverse Everyone's reaction to]] Rob Analyst getting off on portals-in-the-sky cliché appearing in movies.
76	* StealthHiBye: Walter Flash casually walks past Bryan Boomerang's introductory scene and says "Hello" to the audience before knocking the latter out.
77	* SubvertedCatchPhrase: The Critic's introductory greeting is interrupted by the Analysts, who claim they have to redo the whole review.
78	* TakeThat:
79	** One of the Critic's scenarios for Griggs' punishment for working as a contact between the Joker and Harley has his actor Ike Barinholtz seeing his tenure in ''Series/TheMindyProject'' extended.
80	** Rick Flag is deemed so forgettable the Critic compares him to Lt. Ford Brody from ''Film/Godzilla2014''.
81	** While getting aroused to the portal-in-the-sky cliché, Rob Analyst name-calls examples from ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', ''Film/FantasticFour2015'' and ''Film/Ghostbusters2016''.
82	* TranslationYes: Rob Croc saying "I'm a dinosaur" is treated like he said something smart or poignant to the rest of the Squad.
83	* UnholyMatrimony: Of all the subplots in the film, the Critic actually likes the romantic chemistry between the Joker and Harley, given that the latter is a relatively recent addition to the ''Batman'' mythos, which allows flexibility for said relationship.
84	* ViewersAreGeniuses: The Analysts' excuse for cutting out several expository elements for several characters.
85	* VisualPun: Doug (as the Critic) plays the part of Rick Flag, with his only identification being a name-tag which reads "Rick", with a picture of the American flag below.
86	* YouKeepUsingThatWord: The Critic is irked at the Analysts excusing their cuts as being "for the fans".
87	* YourHeadAsplode: How Orlando Slipknot dies.
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