Film: The Master of Disguise (2002)
This review contains examples of:
- Batter Up!: The Critic during his Unstoppable Rage moment.
- Berserk Button: Much like with Inspector Gadget, the Critic completely loses his shit when the end credits continue to play a slew of unfunny scenes and outtakes when the movie's already over. Fed up, he flies out of the studio and blows up Happy Madison Productions.
- But Now I Must Go: Fart Joke must go wherever the wind leads him.
- Crazy-Prepared: Whenever the Critic half-jokingly demands to die, Rachel is ready with the exact situation at hand.Critic: Really? Fucking really? He does the exact same move three times and that scares all the ninjas away? One move? ONE FUCKING MOVE?! I mean, it's like me using one move to fight off... RoboCop... in an Iron Man mask... with a mariachi hat... carrying a bow and arrow... with duck shoes. [Cut to wide shot with Rachel dressed up just as the Critic has described, about to shoot him with a bow and arrow] WHAT IS GOING ON!? Seriously, what is going on?!
- Don't Explain the Joke: One gag involves Malcolm as a posh southern Alabama person named "Prof. Birmingham Dickens" being interviewed on Turner Classic Movies about the brilliant comedic writers of several different generations, specifically, this movie's "Turtle Club" scene:Prof. Birmingham Dickens: Well it's not so much the misconception that one would perceive a Turtle Club to be merely for reptiles, but the fact that he repeats the word "Turtle" over and over. [puts pipe in his mouth][beat]Off-screen Interviewer: I don't get it. [Dickens takes the pipe out of his mouth]Prof. Birmingham Dickens: No, he repeats the word "Turtle"... over and over. [beat]Interviewer: I... still don't get it.Prof. Birmingham Dickens: [stressing every word] He repeats... the word... "Turtle"... over... and over.Interviewer: I still don't get it.Prof. Birmingham Dickens: Well fuck you, I thought it was funny.note
- Forgotten Birthday: Rachel's reason for all of her antics? It's her birthday and the Critic forgot.
- Ending Fatigue: In-Universe. The amount of post-credit scenes drive the critic up a wall.
- HA HA HA—No: The Critic's reaction to a joke so bad that it makes him Laughing Mad.
- I Am Not Spock: In-Universe. The Critic refers to Brent Spiner's character Devlin Bowman as Lore. Only as Lore; not once does he even mention the name "Devlin Bowman".
- Jaw Drop: The Critic's reaction to Pistachio and his Grandfather's conversation in Italian about Jennifer's small bottom.
- Laughing Mad: One of the bad jokes in the movie causes The Critic to laugh sarcastically to the point where he can't stop. In his psychotic state, he then goes out into a parking lot and beats a few people (including the cameraman) quite brutally.
- Odd Friendship: Critic and Fart Joke who's... well, the personification of a fart joke.
- Review Ironic Echo:
- When he hears Pistachio's ex-girlfriend tell him "The silly voices, the making faces, it was fun for like one second", he describes that quote as summing the movie up in one sentence.
- Also later, the Grandfather says "Anyone can put on a disguise and change his voice." The Critic finds this another good criticism of the film.
- Rule of Three: After Rachel nearly kills the Critic a second time, he merely shows the notes he took of the Indian disguise scene: "KILL ME WITH FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!" He wised up quickly.
- Running Gag: The evolution of the Fart Joke.
- Shout-Out:
- "Oh wait, this is evil Data, so Lore." And keeps calling Brent Spiner's character Lore throughout the review.
- During the Fart Joke's last scene in the review, the Critic points out that he quotes "the first Herbie movie".
- When Pistachio imitates Shrek and Donkey by repeating the famous "I'm making WAFFLES!" gag, the Critic recalls how in his Dreamworks-uary review of Shrek he also found that gag unfunny.
- Subverted Catchphrase: “I’m the Nostalgia Critic, and you killed my fucking fart joke!”
- Take That!:
- Gives a very damning one to Happy Madison Productions and to the film's producer Adam Sandler, an actor whom Doug describes as "having many different talents, [but] somehow making his millions by insultingly using none of them."
- He is also highly critical of Dana Carvey's performance, finding his attempts at humor to be sophomoric despite his fame as an SNL regular.
- This Is Gonna Suck:
- The Critic's tone in the opening. He doesn't even say his catchphrase; he just pulls up one-line reviews about the film from Roger Ebert, Entertainment Weekly, Richard Roeper, and Mike Nelson.
- "IS THAT THE VOICE HE'S GOING TO USE FOR THE ENTIRE MOVIE?!"
- Toilet Humor: The episode spends a lot of time on fart jokes.
- Unstoppable Rage: While ''laughing'' at a bad joke in the film. The Critic proceeds to run outside and injure three people (including the cameraman) with a baseball bat.
- Worst. Whatever. Ever!: He calls this one of the worst comedies he has ever endured.
Tuuuuuurtle.
