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1	* BaseBreakingCharacter:
2	** Ed from episode 5. Some find him an entertaining homage to ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', others find him an obnoxious and unfunny contestant who ruins the episode.
3	** Similarly, Christian in episode 10. Some found him funny (his singing of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' theme and Critic's [[BerserkButton reaction]] were the highlight of the episode), while others hated his random answers in an attempt to make Critic corpse. His attempt to make Critic laugh by singing [[Film/{{Gordy}} "Pig Power in the House"]] was pretty pathetic. It also didn't help [[spoiler: he ended up beating Alex, but he didn't win against Critic.]]
4	* BrokenBase: Whether the Critic episodes are an improvement over the pilot. Some think so because the Critic seems more invested in hosting, and the technical polish (such as it is) being stronger, along with the episode format being more streamlined. Others liked the pilot more because, to quote a [=YouTube=] comment, "Disinterested Brad is still a better host than hamming it up Doug".
5	* CharacterRerailment: In the most basic of senses, but a lot of people love it for making Critic an actual consistent ''character'' again, as the reboot often has the issue of him just being a mouthpiece for Doug and having less internal logic than he used to.
6	* EnsembleDarkhorse:
7	** Whether people like the show or not, many people enjoyed Shader from episode 3, and expressed that they wish for him to reappear in the future.
8	** Megan got a good reception as well, being described for the most part as "adorable". Even Critic is notably nicer to her.
9	* GrowingTheBeard: Episode one was considered by most to be an improvement over the pilot.
10	* HeartwarmingInHindsight: In the ''Franchise/StarWars'' edition, Critic loves Leia for being a diplomat and progressing roles for women. In the January 2017 women's march, Leia and Creator/CarrieFisher were on a ''lot'' of protest signs.
11	* HilariousInHindsight: In "Bunny Boobies", Christian sucks up to Critic a lot, but one of his answers is "Devil Boner vs Santa Christ". This battle happens in the ''Film/FreddyVsJason'' review.
12	** In episode 11, Critic scoffs at a contestant for not having seen ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina''. Turns out Doug hadn't seen it either, and wouldn't until he did with Tamara for a ''WebVideo/TamarasNeverSeen''.
13	* HoYay:
14	** Brad/Critic in the pilot, as Brad is abusive and creepy to Miss Stockholm but tells John that he wants to make Critic happy.
15	** The second episode had a lot more thanks to Doug being onscreen (and improvising) for longer. Critic's super clingy to his male contestants, likes the thought of one hitting on him, and asks the General if he can be invited to a BDSM party.
16	* IdiosyncraticShipNaming: On tumblr/livejournal, “kidnapper boyfriends” is gaining steam as a ship name for Anesthetic/Critic.
17	* JustHereForGodzilla: While Critic is lampshaded as the godzilla in question (with Doug in the indiegogo promo promising he'd be in every episode), a lot of people thought Brad being snarky was the only worthwhile part in the pilot. Tamara trying her best to give her character depth comes in a close second.
18	* LGBTFanbase: The second episode appealed to them a lot more, with Critic hitting on both Tom and Ryan (who play along), and General Anesthetic's admission that he used to look female.
19	* {{Misblamed}}: Like with the site in general, Doug gets blamed for all failings when Hotshot was actually produced and ordered by Michaud. In this instance, even his dad said Michaud demanded a game show but had no clue what he actually wanted outside of that.
20	* {{Moe}}: Critic is in full on CuteAndPsycho form, jumping around, hugging people if they make him the slightest bit happy, puppy eyed asking everyone if they're his friend, and wanting to know if he looks pretty in a tiara. Even his happily being a murdering kidnapping [[TheMadHatter Mad Hatter]] is adorable.
21	* NauseaFuel: Literally in episode 11, as Critic apparently likes the taste of just having vomited because he's very sick.
22	* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: The badly-received pilot didn't do so well for CA's reputation, leading in {{retool}}ing it into what a lot of people considered GrowingTheBeard, but as Fard said, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLyGmW9oq70&lc=z13bzxwygpjcyvlbj04cel34ivbbs1wbyrk0k “like, dislike, as long as you watch the video ;)”]].
23	* OvershadowedByControversy: The series is overshadowed by its TroubledProduction and not fulfilling the promises made during its Indiegogo campaign. The pilot episode was released months after it was originally slated to premiere and was received with massive negative reception. They proceeded to release only eleven more episodes, far below the forty episodes promised in the Indiegogo campaign, and there were two four month hiatuses. Nowadays, it's only brought up as evidence of Channel Awesome's poor management.
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25	* SpecialEffectFailure: When Brad is explaining the backstory in the pilot, his hand looks deformed [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CB2Y2FPUEAE4kZQ.png at one point]].
26	* {{Squick}}: A rare version coming from the makers themselves, but (especially) Doug, Rob, Jim and Tamara are all disturbed by the pink handcuffs and the fact that Mr Walker made them, as heard/seen in the Midwest Media Expo panel and the BTS for the ''Film/DemolitionMan'' review.
27	* TearJerker: The Critic in the opening laughing and enjoying himself and just wanting to watch movies with his friends and showing him in an empty room with no friends.
28	* TheWoobie: Miss Stockholm. GoGoEnslavement and, as the name suggests, StockholmSyndrome, she's a StepfordSmiler DeathSeeker who gets spooked by loud noises “every time”, gets the hose if she gets any of the rules wrong, and we see Brad emotionally manipulating her at the end of the pilot. At the end of episode 7, Brad and the General have a laugh about her assumedly starving to death.

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