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1'''Release:''' Aug 15, 2017
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3'''Film:''' ''Film/TheSorcerersApprentice''
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5'''Tagline:''' WebVideo/SomeJerkWithACamera joins the review, seeing why Creator/NicolasCage as Mickey Mouse surprisingly doesn’t work.
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7!This review contains examples of:
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9* AccidentalMisnaming: The Critic accidentally refers to Becky Barnes as "ComicBook/BuckyBarnes" due to her being forgettable, so the duo [[MaliciousMisnaming decide to simply call her]] "Winter Soldier" from that point onward.
10* ActorAllusion: Two InUniverse cases:
11** The opening sketch and the review itself makes a lot of references to Creator/NicolasCage's (Balthazar) previous films.
12** When Dave (Creator/JayBaruchel) gets chased by a dragon, the Critic dubs into him lines that [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon he has no idea how to train these]].
13* AllJustADream: {{Subverted|Trope}} -- the opening sequence (a ShoutOut to the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" segment of ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'') is apparently just a nightmare the Critic was having, until he sees multiple Nicolas Cages demanding that he see ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice''.
14* CallBack:
15** At the opening sketch the audience can see the whiteboard with the words "I Will Not Breathe" written repeatedly by Malcolm and Tamara as punishment for giving the Critic ''Film/{{Monkeybone}}'' [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS10E15 in the previous episode]].
16** When the present day of the film is revealed as the year 2000, the Jerk announces it in a booming voice similar to how the Critic [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS3E6 described the year 3000 of]] ''Film/BattlefieldEarth''.
17** Jim reprises his role as Creator/JaredLeto from the ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS10E10 review]], but this time playing Chernabog for the "''Fantasia'' Cinematic Universe", and apparently he was still mailing sex toys.
18** At the end of the film, Balthazar and Veronica (now freed from Morgana's thrall) share a kiss while the "psychotic ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' ending credits" from the ''Film/FaceOff'' [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS7E1 review]] (another Cage film) plays.
19* TheCameo:
20** Creator/TeamFourStar member Anthony "Antfish" Sardiniha prank-calls the Analysts disguised as Cage demanding that he play Mickey Mouse. He also doubles as Cage's singing voice in a few skits throughout the review.
21** ''Awesome Comics'' cast member Walter Banasiak appears as Dave in the ParodyCommercial for a "''Fantasia'' Expanded Universe".
22** Music/{{Slipknot}} vocalist Corey Taylor and his son Griffin (both self-acknowledged fans of ''Nostalgia Critic'') appear alongside Chester A. Bum, Black Willy Wonka, Hyper Fan Girl and Rob Scallon as they leave for a tour aboard an ice cream truck (which the Critic, mistaking it for a prank, refuses to join in).
23* {{Crossover}}: With Tony "WebVideo/SomeJerkWithACamera" Goldmark.
24* CryingWolf: Just as the Critic learns not to be gullible anymore, he misses out on going on tour with Music/{{Slipknot}} in an ice cream truck.
25* DamnedByFaintPraise: The Critic and Jerk grudgingly compliment a scene where Balthazar opens a book on magic that continually unfolds itself.
26* DullSurprise: The duo criticize the film for lacking traditional Nicolas Cage [[HamAndCheese freak-outs]], instead showing him muttering quietly most of the time.
27* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Analysts, as greedy as they are, at least have had some reservations over Nicolas Cage
28* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: [[InUniverse The Critic]] thinks Creator/AlfredMolina performed well as Horvath.
29* HypocriticalHumor: When Jerk complains about a scene where a shot dissolves into the exact same shot, he goes off on a ''long'' tangent, and the passage of time is indicated using the aforementioned effect.
30* InNameOnly: The Critic and Jerk consider the film to have practically nothing to do with the short from ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' it was based on.
31* LongList: When Balthazar seemingly dies at the end, the Critic feigns shock while the Jerk sarcastically rattles off a list of all the Disney characters that have undergone {{Disney Death}}s.
32* NoSell: The laughing woman doesn't react to anything the Critic throws at her.
33* ParodyCommercial: In between two halves of the review is an advertisement for the "''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Cinematic Universe]]", featuring Doug as Balthazar, Walter as Dave, Malcolm as Leopold Stokowski (or rather, a gray-haired ComicBook/NickFury), Creator/JaredLeto (Jim) as Chernabog from "Night on Bald Mountain", Creator/ScarlettJohansson (Tamara) as the ostrich from "Dance of the Hours", Creator/JackBlack (Tony) as Bacchus from "The Pastoral Symphony", Creator/SelenaGomez (Tamara) as Sugar Plum Fairy from "The Nutcracker", Creator/DanielDayLewis (Rob) as a dinosaur from "The Rite of Spring", and Creator/BryanCranston (Doug) as [[Series/BreakingBad Walter White]] from "Breaking Bach" (Toccata and Fugue in D Minor), with a cameo by Creator/BetteMidler (Tamara).
34* PoorMansSubstitute: [[InUniverse The Critic]] thinks Creator/JayBaruchel is a poor man's Creator/AndrewGarfield.
35* RhymesOnADime: The song Nicolas Cage sings in Critic's dream.
36* RunningGag: The Critic gets repeatedly fooled by prank calls.
37* SatelliteLoveInterest: The Critic and Jerk think Becky's only role in the film is to be supportive of Dave, no matter what.
38* SelfDeprecation: The Jerk claims that in hindsight going to the Critic's studio in Chicago all the way from Los Angeles wasn't worth the cost, as now he's broke and had to sleep for days at the roof, and now he has to crowdfund his way home.
39* ShoutOut:
40** The opening sketch is the Critic's take on the actual ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'' short of ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'', with the Critic as Yen Sid, and a picture of the [[Creator/JerryBruckheimer Jerry Bruckheimer Films]] logo as Mickey Mouse turning the Critic's Blu-ray disc of ''Fantasia'' into Nicolas Cage.
41** The Critic jokes that Balthazar and Dave are in Chinatown to find the WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} [[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty Szechuan sauce]].
42** The four-armed Sun Lok is described as [[Franchise/MortalKombat Goro's]] less impressive younger brother.
43** The Chinese dragon chasing after Dave and Balthazar was considered so blatantly CGI the Critic thinks Creator/SusanSarandon's [[Film/{{Enchanted}} dragon]] was more convincing.
44** When Dave and Becky fly away on a mechanical eagle at the end of the film, the Jerk thinks that [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing they are going to Isengard to save Gandalf]].
45** When Dave defeats Morgana using a mop, the Critic and the Jerk [[Series/CSIMiami wear shades and exclaim that "the mop cleaned up this mess"]], while a makeshift BigYes from Music/TheWho's "Won't Get Fooled Again" plays.
46* TakeThat:
47** The Jerk thinks that a scene of Dave's dull dialogue was guest-directed by Creator/JuddApatow.
48** When Balthazar tries to explain the "science of magic" to Dave, the Critic thinks that's how the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise got [[Film/ThePhantomMenace the midi-chlorians]].
49** When Creator/TobyKebbell (Drake) appears in the film, the Critic and Jerk claim he can be taken more seriously than his other role as [[Film/FantasticFour2015 Doctor Doom]].
50* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: [[InUniverse The duo consider this to be the case]] when Maxim summons Abigail to kidnap Becky, saying that she didn't have a lot of screentime before Maxim took her power away, and they didn't even show the kidnapping itself.
51* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Even the Jerk, a well-known Disney theme parks enthusiast, stops smiling upon realizing that he and the Critic are about to review this film.
52* YankTheDogsChain: The Critic dares the audience to identify any scene where Cage was invested in his performance. After a few samples of Cage performing otherwise, the Jerk proudly proclaims that it was a trick question.
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