Recap / The Nostalgia Critic S 5 E 27

Release: July 24, 2012

Film: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

This review contains examples of:

• Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs: Part of Team '80s Dan's reaction to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is this:
  '80s Dan: Horrendous!
  Dolly: Poppy shit.
  '80s Dan: It's horrendous poppy shit.
• Call-Back: The Critic references his Top 11 Dumbasses in Distress list when talking about Willy.
• Damsel Scrappy: In-universe. The Critic considers Willy to be this. In fact, he finds her so annoying that he moves her up in his list of Top 11 Dumbasses in Distress.
• Double Standard: Invoked. The Critic points out that the scene where Indy, Willie, and Short Round jump out a plane on a rubber raft and, after landing, fall down a waterfall on it, is no less ridiculous than the frequently-derided "nuking the fridge" scene in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
  '80s Dan: That was a fridge. This is a raft.
  Mr. Crabtree: Yeah, they're totally different.
• Everybody Has Standards: To emphasize how annoying Willy is, the Critic uses a clip from Batman & Robin.
  Batman: This is why Superman works alone.
• "Everybody Laughs" Ending: Or, more accurately, Everybody Laughs Commercial Break, where '80s Dan and his crew laugh and freeze in place for most of the rest of the episode.
• Hypocritical Humor: Occurs twice, both involving Short Round. First, Mrs. Crabtree calls out the Critic for picking on a child actor, yet agrees with Dolly that Jake Lloyd was bad.
  • Second, the Critic again calls out Short Round moments later:
    Critic: Is there anything more annoying than someone that just screams every other line they say? I MEAN, THAT’S REALLY OBNOXIOUS!!!
• "No. Just… No" Reaction / Overly Long Gag: As the raft falls through the sky, the Critic disbelievingly says, "No", over and over again, getting louder and angrier as he goes. As part of that, he also laughs a little, too.
• Take That!: A few here.
  • '80s Dan and his friends hate on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, but praise Temple of Doom.

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