Release: November 22, 2016
Focus: Nostalgic Commercials
This review contains examples of:
- Bullying a Dragon: In the Frosted Flakes commercial, the Critic points out that it's a very bad idea to pick on the kid who has a tiger as a sidekick.
- Continuity Nod:
- Similar to most of the Critic's more recent videos of nostalgic commercials, the full opening to his show is cut short.
- During the Critic's review of a commercial for the game Simon, he sarcastically compares it to the game Crossfire. During this, he briefly shows off Dante Basco, dressed as Prince Zuko the Fire Bender, playing the latter game.
- The Critic cracks up at the word "Pooh" in the My Interactive Pooh commercial, similar to his reaction to the phrase "Do you douche?", as heard in the Summer's Eve "Freshness" commercial.
- Like many of the previous commercial videos, this one has a Canadian PSA, for which a Genre Savvy Critic is prepared by donning a helmet and aiming a rifle, since those ads all start out nice but become disturbing in their delivery. This time, however, the PSA in question, the House Hippo PSA
, is just the opposite: it starts out on a suspenseful note but turns out to be actually nice and even adorable.
Critic: What are you, Canada? You're like a riddle inside an enigma inside a "please and thank you".- A British PSA featuring two boys electrocuted after trying to pick up a football in a power station has the Critic scared out of his wits and calling Britain the new Canada (immediately after his latest Canadian PSA ultimately proved harmless).
Critic: I'm afraid of Britain now! You're new Canada! You're new Canada!!! - Go-Karting with Bowser: Parodied with the Spider-Man Atari commercial.
- Heh Heh, You Said "X": The My Interactive Pooh usage of the word "pooh", to which the Critic cracks up.Critic: Let's just say this isn't my number-one commercial, but it's definitely my number-two.
- Mondegreen Gag: Even though it's clear he's saying "You're running out of fluid!", the drawn-out way the Green Goblin says "fluid" in the Spider-Man Atari advertisement makes NC come up with some ideas for what Green Goblin is saying.
- Mood Whiplash: The adorable serenity of the Critic's latest Canadian PSA (a break from three earlier, shocking examples) is immediately followed with a (literally) shocking British PSA.
- Neck Snap: Tamara as Eleven breaks Malcolm's neck for an Eggo waffle. She then does the same to Batman in another skit.
- Nightmare Fuel: The overall theme of the episode ending with a montage.
- Screams Like a Little Girl: The Critic does this at the sight of the kids in the British PSA getting electrocuted.
- Self-Deprecation: Not only does the Critic cut his opening titles insanely short, as per some his prior commercial videos, but he doesn't even bother with mentioning the previous commercial titles before announcing this one. Instead...Critic: (the caption "WHO" appears) Nostalgia Critic. (the caption "WHAT" appears) Reviewing commercials. (the caption "TITLE" appears) Like you give a shit.
- Shout-Out:
- The Critic compares the Atari Spider-Man game to the events of the first Spider-Man movie.
- Naturally the parody of the Eggo commercials featured Eleven.
- The Critic is so horrified by the Little Baby's Ice Cream ad that he plays it without any references to ice cream, after which he cries, "Little Baby's Ice Cream is PEOPLE!!!"
- Malcom's black magic chanting includes "Dormammu", "Wingardium Leviosa", and "Asante Sana, Squash Banana".
- Spoof Aesop: The Critic learns that in order to sell something, do it in the weirdest, creepiest way possible.
- Suddenly Shouting: Happens in the opening of the infamous Little Baby's Ice Cream commercial after a version of the Critic dies of sheer terror after watching it.Critic: (shoves the frozen Critic offscreen) Okay, okay, yeah. I apologize, that version of me has expired. He...simply had nothing more to give. He tried. He tried very, very hard to look inside himself to find something, anything that he could offer. But, in the end, you just took too much from him, world. You just took too much from him. He will be missed. A moment of silence, if you will.
(NC looks down at the bottom of the screen, where the words "Myself: 1981-2016" appears, while tragic music plays in the background. He then looks to the camera.)
Critic: Me, on the other hand, WHAT THE HELL?!?! - Very False Advertising: The Critic remarks how Frosted Flakes does not actually help people with sports (as the commercials show), but due to their low nutritional value, the cereal actually impedes their sport success. It is parodied in a mock commercial where a tiger named Tuffy forces Tamara to eat Frosted Flakes, resulting in her becoming sluggish and weak, and then dying of diabetes.
- The Voiceless: Tamara!Eleven never says anything.
- What the Hell, Hero?: He calls out Batgirl for mentioning her pay while a bomb is a few feet away from her and her team members. Not to mention her willingness to let said team members die if her pay isn't corrected.
- And also Batman and Robin for seeing her argument for Equal Pay as a "joke".
"You're running out of fluid!"
