YMMV / Cr1TiKaL

• Adorkable:
  • Yes, Cr1tikal, of all people, comes off as massively adorkable in his "Thank you," video.
  • And again in his "Holy Shit," video, after reaching 1,000,000 subscribers.
  • And yet again upon beating xQc at chess within six moves, where he becomes absolutely overjoyed over his victory.
• Archive Panic: Charlie's YouTube career started over a decade ago and as of this writing, he's uploaded over 4,600 videos and counting, ranging from his very first gameplay montages and Let's Play videos, videos of him doing random things with his friends such as bidding on old mini-golf park props, to his reviews and reaction content, he streams and uploads new videos almost every day and isn't stopping anytime soon.
• Crosses the Line Twice: His entire commentary style in summary can be described as this trope. In particular, his very long, very detailed story from his Five Nights at Freddy's playthrough where he talks about how he tried to receive a blowjob while he had to take a piss.
  • "Oh, no no no, you see, the child porn, it was just a goof, it was just for laughs, you know? Just...ha-why aren't you laughing?!?"
• Estrogen Brigade: It's a well-acknowledge fact among the Youtube comments that everyone (straight men included) finds Critikal attractive, and that was before he did a face reveal that turned out to be just as handsome as he sounds.
• Genius Bonus: In "Boat Racing", he says, when driving the boat, "Faster than a bullet, more unstable than francium." Francium is actually a very unstable element, due to its short half-life.
• He Panned It, Now He Sucks!: Critikal gained himself some animosity from the RWBY fandom when he watched the clip of Ruby Rose having her breakdown despite having absolutely no context to it and only coming back to it due to the memes (specifically the ones of Homophobic Ruby) caused by it.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • The video "Finger Family Mystery" opens with him saying he's "gone down one of the deepest rabbit holes mankind has ever known". The next year, Down the Rabbit Hole would also cover the Finger Family Videos, and included some segments from his video right at the beginning.
  • In his video on The Culling 2, he jokes about being able to customize his character's genitals (as seen here). While there wasn't such a feature in that game, roughly 2 years later, there would be another game which would have that level of customization.
  • In "The Legend of a Real Superhero Named Phoenix Jones", he compares one of the vigilante's costumes to something Dwight Schrute would've made. Rainn Wilson, Dwight's actor, had played a vigilante in the movie Super, though his character's costume is way more professional in comparison. Even funnier, Phoenix Jones and Rainn actually met at Emerald City Comic Con in 2011 to promote Super.
  • One of the memes he had created is him exclaiming "He's pulling his cock out!", originating from him reacting to a gamer rage compilation where he sees a competitive player taking off his belt and commenting "imagine he just flops his meat on the table". A couple of years later, and he winds up reporting on news regarding exactly that when fellow YouTuber, IShowSpeed, did exactly that on accident.
• Hype Backlash: Some people who are critical of Charlie's content find it to be mass produced and low effort, combined with his apathetic tone to whatever he's reacting to.
• Memetic Badass:
  • He has developed this reputation among his fanbase.
  • He applies this trope to Russian cartoon character Captain Pronin.
  • Vasily Kamotsky, Siberian farmer and unstoppable slap machine. Critikal practically spearheaded his whole following in the West once he started following slapping contests. And granted, Vasily is someone that can put the average man on the ground with a single slap, so it's well deserved.
• Memetic Mutation:
  • That he's short, since he frequently complains about being 5'6 while his dad is 6'5.
  • That he looks hairy or must be a hobo impersonating him or needs a shave whenever he grows out his hair.
  • Day X of asking Charlie to play Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga...
  • His shout in fake-excitement in "The Worst Toy Ever Made" ("WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Yeaaaaaaaaah, babyyyyyyy! That's what I've been waiting for! That's what it's all about!") has seen a rise as a meme even outside of his own viewership.
  • In the comments on his videos, many fans keep inflating Cr1tikal's minor role as an extra in The Hunger Games to ever greater extents, going from "major actor in The Hunger Games", to "the actor who single-handedly carried The Hunger Games", and even "the CEO of The Hunger Games" has started to float around.
  • He also gets frequently compared to Keanu Reeves and Jesus.
    • He's later compared to John Wick after he corrected Sneako for calling gun magazines "clips" by pulling out both a pistol and an AR-15 and pointing out the magazines while mocking Sneako.
  • "This is the greatest X of All Time." ^ExplanationHis video descriptions always have some variation of the phrase "This is the greatest [something related to the video] of All Time"; it has since become a massive snowclone for almost anything.
  • "He's pulling his cock out!"^Explanation His reaction to a gamer rage quitting and taking off his belt. It became a popular reaction sound effect in response to something NSFW happening.
  • "Get away from me! Why are you chasing me? Get back here, so you can get away from me!"^ExplanationCr1tikal mocking a woman in "Karen At Victoria's Secret" by putting on a silly voice and running in place, leading to edits of him fleeing dangerous scenarios.
  • Commentator Guy/The X Situation Is Insane^ExplanationA YouTube channel parodying his video format as a parody/criticism became popular in 2023.
  • "Doo doo butt chungus dragon dildo"^ExplanationPeople imitating his supposedly common vocabulary and jokes. Frequently done by Pyrocynical as he often gets compared to Cr1tikal, though also by people who don't like his style of humour.
• Nightmare Fuel:
  • He mentions this trope by name when talking about the long line of zombie-faced workers in the Chemical Spillage simulator game.
  • His gameplay of Five Nights at Freddy's. Even with his commentary, the jump scares (and the anticipation of them) can be enough to make you scroll away and turn the volume to the lowest possible.
  • The "Eye Surgery" game he played is downright horrifying. Even with Critikal's goofy commentary, it's hard to not cringe when he's tearing into Marie's eyeball. It got worse at the end when he got a game over and assumed the patient died. She didn't, Critikal ran out of time.
  • At the beginning of "The Thickness", he says that he's "really shitty" at Dark Souls III, so rather than continuing with his first character, Big Moist, he makes another one by the name of Brendan Fraser. He ends up creating a character with an unnerving Slasher Smile, and it's so disturbing that Cr1TiKaL abandons the project and makes a whole new character entirely.
  "Wow. This is genuinely disturbing." ^note  This does, however, turn into a Funny Moment when you take this into consideration: Cr1T is not at all fazed by almost any character he's made in any game...and it's only a smiling, normal-looking person that terrifies him.
  • While ultimately lighthearted and funny, Hot Peppers Tier List shows him moaning in deep agony, to the point where it sounds like he's being tortured, a huge contrast to his normally laidback deadpan demeanor. Even Matt comments on this on one point, saying that he never heard so much emotion in his voice before. The long pepper was so ruthless that it left Charlie in tears, and he's audibly whimpering by the time he finally gets to the infamous ghost chili, which does him in brutally and thus has Matt finish the ghost chili. He does not fare much better.
• Nightmare Retardant: His commentary when playing horror games makes them a whole lot less scary.
  • Especially his The Walking Dead (Telltale) commentary. During a particularly gruesome fight with a zombie, he describes the zombie as a prostitute that he is not fighting, but having sex with.
  Cr1tikal: (while beating the zombie's head in with a hammer) "I am the carpenter of sex. You are not engaged in proper intercourse unless there is a hammer or some kind of construction instrument involved."
  • Another good example is in his Slender commentary. Most players flip shit and run away screaming when Slender Man shows up. What does Critikal do? Fearlessly charges at him, trying to arrest him for trespassing.
  "This forest is closed, asshole!"
  • This line from SCP – Containment Breach.
  Cr1tikal: (to the other D-class personnel while dealing with SCP-173) "Hey, you two stay out of this. This is between me, this wall, and this Martian that looks like a foam finger."
  • From Five Nights at Freddy's:
  Cr1tikal: Serenade me Fazbear, serenade my candy ass.
  • When he's attacked by an invisible monster in Amnesia: The Dark Descent, he climbs on top of it and attempts to kill it via Goomba Stomp. Later, he attempts to attack it with a book.
  Cr1tikal: Taste knowledge, you invisible douchebag!
• Shocking Moments:
  • Critikal is infamous for being The Faceless for the majority of the time...at least until he ended up giving out his Snapchat name on a video and fans were able to see this◊ and this◊. The fans (and arguably the internet) lost it. Made even better when Critikal uploaded this and this.
  • During Charlie's feud with Sneako, which saw Sneako brandish firearm magazines during a livestream in an apparent attempt at intimidating Charlie (all while calling them "clips"), Charlie responds by pulling out an assault rifle and using it to lecture Sneako on gun terminology (starting with the difference between clips and magazines).
• Signature Scene: The clip of Charlie shouting "Woo! Yeah baby! That's what I've been waiting for!" in "The Worst Toy Ever Made" has become one of his most famous moments.

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