Line #9 ShoutOut/TheNostalgiaCritic


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2	* According to Rob Walker, the [[ItMakesSenseInContext ominous shot of the balloon]] in the review of ''Film/It1990'' is meant as a {{Homage}} to the "Mr. Flibbles" shot from ''Series/RedDwarf''. Additionally, when the Critic is getting increasingly drunk, he does the Vitameatavegamin routine from the famous ''Series/ILoveLucy'' episode "Lucy Does a TV Commercial".
3	* The entire ''We're Back!'' review is an {{Homage}} to ''Film/{{Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas}}''.
4	* In the review of ''The Room'', at the end:
5	-->'''Nostalgia Critic:''' Oh my God, I've [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture traveled back and forth so much that it must have altered the present]]! What if [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} the machines have taken over]]? What if [[Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes humans and apes have switched places]]? What if [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd all cops are judge, jury and executioner]]? What if [[Film/TheFifthElement Chris Tucker's a sci-fi radio announcer in a dress]]?
6	** Also, after the point in the movie where Johnny kills himself and Lisa asks if he's dead, he quotes Creator/MontyPython's "Dead Parrot" sketch to answer the question.
7	* In the ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie'' review, the Critic's asks Adam about "Going into anime", which is quite true in that Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (Adam's actor) went on to become one of the most well-known anime voice actors today.
8	* In his ''Film/RedSonja'' review, the Critic references Brigitte Nielson's relationship with Flavor Flav a few times... Even though she ended up marrying someone else.
9	* Whenever actor Creator/TimCurry is featured in any show/movie that the Nostalgia Critic reviews, it's often accompanied by either a picture/video of [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow Dr. Frank N Furter]] and/or the song ''Sweet Transvestite'' playing.
10	* The end of the the ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' edition of "Old vs. New" is a spot-on recreation of the ending to "WesternAnimation/DuckAmuck". Notably, the Critic is largely inspired by Daffy Duck (as made clear in his ''Animaniacs'' interview).
11	* In the Top 11 F* ck Ups video, the Critic acknowledges that he repeatedly called the forklift in ''Film/BarbWire'' a bulldozer, and says that because of it he missed out on the [[Film/FugitiveAlien obvious]] [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 reference]].
12	* In his review of ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark'', the Critic shows [[{{Film/Poltergeist\|1982}} a house imploding after the movie is shown to its wall]]. The father responds with "should've rented ''[[WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant Iron Giant]]''".
13	* In his review of ''Mr. Nanny'', he mentions that ''Film/{{Precious}}'' was a good movie.
14	* In his review of ''Literature/{{It}}'', while drunk, he quotes some of Creator/LucilleBall's lines from ''Series/ILoveLucy'' when she got intoxicated from drinking vitamin tonic.
15	** In the ''Film/It2017'' review, the speech given to Mike when he joins the Loser's Club is the same one from ''Film/Ghostbusters1984''
16	* The title card for his review of ''WesternAnimation/ThePebbleAndThePenguin'' shows [[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private]] carrying off Hubie.
17	* He ends his TenMinuteRetirement by singing ''[[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Poor Jack]]'' of all things! And the lyrics are almost entirely preserved, save for necessary changes. ZERO even shows up to give the Critic a Santa Claus hat!
18	** From the same episode, the title card has the art style of the Red Bull commercials (with wings to boot).
19	** When he's angsting at the end of the ''Film/MyPetMonster'' review, the "Lonely Man" theme to ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' plays.
20	* In "You're A Dirty Rotten Bastard", [[WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow Angry Joe]] blows up Canada while he was President, kind of like when [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Ren blew up Australia]].
21	* In his review of ''Ernest Scared Stupid'', he made a reference to [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Trogdor]].
22	* In his review of ''Film/InspectorGadget1999'', when making a gag about what the Gadgetmobile would sound like if voiced by Chris Tucker, the Gadgetmobile got pissed about Gadget [[Film/RushHour touching his radio]].
23	* A ShoutOut to ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' in the review of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ferngully\|TheLastRainforest}}'': When Crysta and Zak put their hands together and a sphere of light forms around said hands, the Nostalgia Critic and Chick do the same--and then the Chick says "Now you're pregnant."
24	* His CatchPhrase, "Why top eleven? Because I like to go one step beyond," is a reference to a similar catch phrase on the now forgotten TV show ''One Step Beyond''.
25	* From his review of ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'':
26	--> '''Nostalgia Critic:''' ''(smiling)'' Oh yes! I remember that magic element that was mean to bring back the evil that was almost destroyed... in fact, I was there. ''(background music starts to play; serious expression)'' [[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing I was there when the strength of men fell.]]\
27	''(flashback starts, cut to Mount Doom)''\
28	'''Nostalgia Critic:''' Throw it into the fire!\
29	''(Mario stares quietly with ''the element'' in his hands, thinking)''\
30	'''Nostalgia Critic:''' ''(desperate)'' Destroy it!\
31	'''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]:''' ''(calmly)'' [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide A-no.]] Suck my big fat meatballs! ''(Mario runs away)''\
32	'''Nostalgia Critic:''' Mario... '''[[SayMyName MARIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!]]'''\
33	'''Nostalgia Critic:''' ''(narrating; flashback ends)'' It should have ended that day, but there were no strength left in the world of plumbers. ''(back to normal)'' [[NoodleIncident Anyway...]]
34	* An obscure gem in ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' review:
35	--> '''Nostalgia Critic:''' ...who seems to live in a house designed by [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers Frank Lloyd Wrong]].
36	* From his review of "Milk Money", after pointing out everything that's wrong [[ItMakesSenseInContext with the scene of the prostitute in the classroom]], he then screams [[Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation "HALLELUJAH! ...HOLY SHIT! Where's the Tylenol?"]]
37	* The title card for the "Care Bears in Wonderland" review has the Critic [[VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns in a bloodstained blue dress and cutting off a Care Bear's head with a knife.]]
38	* In His "Avengers", review, he makes a nod to WesternAnimation/AndyPanda and Franchise/WinnieThePooh.
39	* Double one in the ''WesternAnimation/CartoonAllStarsToTheRescue'' review. Critic dubs the puff of smoke with [[Film/{{Patton}} George C. Scott]]'s voice due to them [[ActorAllusion sharing an actor]], followed by a clip from ''[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials A Garfield Christmas]]'' of Garfield saying "Bizarre".
40	* In his review of ''Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation'', during the muddy fight scene between Sonja and Mileena, his brother, Bhargav, and another guy [[Film/TheKentuckyFriedMovie pop in on-screen and loudly ogle the two chicks]].
41	* His RunningGag [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids "You know--for kids!]] is from ''Film/TheHudsuckerProxy''.
42	* In his review of ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', when Sulu says not to call him "tiny", NC quips that instead of saying "tiny" we should say "Takei". This is a shout-out to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRkIWB3HIEs George Takei's campaign against Tennessee's so-called "Don't Say Gay" bill]].
43	* In his review of ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier'', he believes that the [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Cowardly Lion]] has been cast in the role of God due to similar appearances.
44	--> "I'm the messiah, I'm the messiah, hallelujah!"
45	* In the ''Film/AloneInTheDark2005'' review,
46	** Linkara at one point says "[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty I need scissors 61!]]".
47	** They used a photoshopped picture of one of ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' openings. They also ended the review with appropriate music and slapstick antics.
48	** The trio throw a ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' joke after a guy falls into a spiky pit. Said guy is played by Ho Sung Pak, who did the motion capture for Liu Kang in the original ''Mortal Kombat'' games.
49	** Spoony wears a [[Film/TimeChasers Castleton]] T-Shirt and claims to be "[[Film/TimeChasers from the future]]".
50	* In the ''Film/AlienResurrection'' review, when Ripley is being resurrected after two hundred years, the Critic muses about [[WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory how may rap battles could come from such a concept]].
51	* During the ''Mr. Magoo'' review, he labels one ambiguously ethnic character "the [[Franchise/{{Dune}} Kwisatz Haderach]] of stereotypes, offending all at once".
52	* The ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' review had many parallels to the series finale of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': there is a convergence of past, present, and future which threatens all of humanity; Roger says the line "All good things must come to an end" just as Q did; and it ends with the Critic joining a poker game and realizing he should have done so long ago.
53	* In the ''Film/PearlHarbor'' review, Michael Bay takes all the copies of his film in a bag and drags it up a flight of stairs with great difficulty, reminiscent of the famous scene in ''Film/TheMission'' when Rodrigo Mendoza trudges through the jungle and then climbs up a waterfall while dragging a net containing his armor and weapons as penance for killing his brother.
54	* In his review of ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'', he uses a Creator/JeffGoldblum quote from the first ''Film/JurassicPark'' to describe how the sequel was made:
55	--> '''Nostalgia Critic:''' And you know what, Mr. Spielberg? Before you even knew what you had, you packed it, you packaged it, you slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and now [bangs table] you're selling it, [bangs table] you're selling it!
56	* During the editorial ''"Why is Loki So Hot?"'' he pulls up this very wiki's TheWoobie trope page in-universe clearly trying to hide the fact that he doesn't know what the term means, and is dismayed to see that he's on there himself.
57	* During his ''[[{{Film/AIArtificialIntelligence}} A.I.]]'' review, he refers to David's potential death as being sent to [[Series/RedDwarf silicon heaven]].
58	* If you look closely in the intro for the ''Film/TurboAPowerRangersMovie'' review, you could see Creator/ShariLewis and [[Series/LambChopsPlayAlong Lamb Chop]].
59	* In the review of ''{{Film/Devil}}'', Santa Christ defends his screenplay by claiming that Franchise/{{Cthulhu\|Mythos}} is all the rage these days. [[Literature/ViridianSaga Guess who just wrote a book concerning said character?]]
60	* For ''The Christmas Tree'', the Critic recites a version of Criswell's opening narration for ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace''.
61	* In his ''Film/FaceOff'' review, [[ItMakesSenseInContext the gummi bear that shoots Malcolm]] is wielding a [[{{VideoGame/Halo4}} M739 LMG]].
62	* ''Film/GhostDad'' has the Theme From Sorcerer playing, when Cosby gets into the Satanist's cab.
63	* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Foodfight}}'' review begins with a FlashForward to the Critic's AngerMontage highly reminiscent of that of pre-Catwoman Selina Kyle in ''Film/BatmanReturns'', ending in the Critic smashing some of the products advertised in the film with a frying pan and curling up in the floor sobbing bitterly.
64	* The Uwe Boll reviews (''Film/AloneInTheDark2005'' and ''Film/{{Bloodrayne}}'') make absolutely no attempts to disguise the fact that Spoony, Linkara, and the Critic, when working together, are essentially ''Film/TheThreeStooges''.
65	* During the ''Film/TheMonsterSquad'' review, the "Ancient Book of Ancientness" that the Critic uses to fight Reality is [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Journal #3]].
66	** The Token Troop's "adorable pet mascot" is an [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Appa]] plushie.
67	* The intro for "Matrix Month" shows, in addition to words and random Japanese letters, small sprites of [[VideoGame/PacMan Pac-Man, a ghost]], and [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda the Triforce]].
68	* In his review of ''Film/TheMatrixRevolutions'', he notes that the leader of the machines takes a form similar to [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls The Time Baby]].
69	* In his ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'' [[ItMakesSenseInContext review]], he makes fun of the scene where [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]] hurriedly warns the Critic (or "Cricket", according to the Critic reviewing the movie) about the conspiracy to kill him, by doing an impression of the Micro Machine Man from the ''Micro Machine'' commericals, MotorMouth and all:
70	-->'''Critic:''' This is the Micro Machine Man here, and I'm going to tell you about this evil plan right here. I'm going to tell you about how all these people over here are trying to take you, and they're trying to sabotage you, and are going to try and take you down. You better buy it, 'cause remember, if it's not a Micro Machine, it's not the real thing.
71	* When Aunts Spiker and Sponge attack a car that James is standing on in ''Film/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'', the Critic says [[Film/TheShining "Heeeere's Peachy!"]]
72	* The clipless reviews of movies like ''Film/JurassicWorld'', ''Film/{{Pixels}}'' and ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' are done in the style of ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies''.
73	* During his ''Film/FantasticFour2005'' review, the NC got the ability to create explosions at will. His name "Sparky Sparky Boom Man" is a direct reference to [[http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Combustion_Man Combustion Man]] from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''.
74	* In his review for Film/CatsAndDogs, NC gets a penalty flag for making a too easy joke about Alec Baldwin. The show's announced like it's a football game, with one of the announcers saying "[[Series/MostExtremeEliminationChallenge Right you are, Ken.]]"
75	* In ''Battle of Commercials'', some of Kid!Malcolm's black magic incantations include [[Franchise/HarryPotter "Wingardium leviosa"]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 "Asante sana, squash banana."]]
76	* When Malcom gets punched in the face in the [[Film/AlvinandtheChipmunks Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel]] review, the slowdown effect sounds remarkably similar to [[VideoGame/KillingFloor Killing Floor's]] "Zed Time" slowdown effect.
77	* The Critic's freak-out at Amanda Waller in the ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' review turns into a reference to Daniel Day-Lewis' famous TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'', with a good LampshadeHanging at the end:
78	-->'''Critic:''' [[MemeticMutation I-drink]][[PunctuatedForEmphasis -your-]]''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis milkshake!]]'' ''[[LargeHam SLUUURRRRRP!]]'' '''''[[ChewingTheScenery I DRINK IT UP!]]'''''
79	* The Season 10 intro is based off that for ''WesternAnimation/TheRealAdventuresOfJonnyQuest''.
80	* Wonder Woman confronting Aires with the God Killer in the ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' review is lifted straight from ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgersInTheTwentyFourthAndAHalfCentury'':
81	-->'''Wonder Woman:''' And brother, when it disintegrates, it disintegrates! ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin (sword disintegrates)]]'' Well, what do you know. It disintegrated.
82	* Another ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' shout-out: in the ''WesternAnimation/NormOfTheNorth'' review, the Critic's freak-out over not knowing where Bill is is taken straight from Chuck Jones' ''The Aristo-Cat'', from the camera angles to the backgrounds.
83	** He also introduces "Talent Replacer Bot 9000" to explain how it writes films. It notes that it uses a particular process for Rob Schneider films and directly references ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'''s parody trailer for Rob Schneider films.
84	* Three times a charm! In his crossover review of ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'' with WebVideo/SomeJerkWithACamera, Critic!Nic Cage and Walter!Jay Baruchel respond to meeting Leopold Stokowski with, of course: [[WesternAnimation/LongHairedHare "Leopold!" "L-L-L-Leopold!"]]
85	* His review of ''Film/BridgeToTerabithia'' has a number of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' jokes.
86	* He points out that the villain's name in ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies: The Movie'' is [[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Wakko]]'s catchphrase, "Faboo".

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