His name is Doug in-character too. He just picked Critic for TBF-explained reasons.
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A few days ago, this entry was placed under Broken Aesop:
"Doug always had a justified obsession with "everyone's opinion is worth something, whether you like or dislike a show/movie doesn't matter, just talk with other people and discuss it". So why did the Looney Tunes editorial have a section where a Simpleton Voice fanboy laughed stupidly at the worst scenes of shows that Critic didn't like, but act entitled and insulting at the best scenes of the show that he did?"
I removed it with the justification of Round Peg Square Trope, saying that since the video didn't concern itself with the particular aesop, then going against it can't be breaking it. The OP later put the entry back onto the page, so to prevent an edit war, I'm willing to discuss it here.
Looking at the trope page for Broken Aesop, there is a section that specifically asks tropers not to list 'meta' examples of broken aesop. Even though Doug Walker has been vocal about respecting the opinions of others even though they are different from his own, and even having them as the message of a couple of the Nostalgia Critic videos, the particular video in question did not focus on this moral, therefore no broken aesop is in play.
In fact, I believe that the Critic was in fact trying to portray a different moral in his Looney Tunes Show video, telling people that they should give the show a fair chance and not just judge it based on a premise or on the mere fact that they changed every thing. He wasn't flaming people for not liking the show. He was flaming the people for complaining about a show they didn't even bother to watch. It doesn't even contradict with the "everyone's opinion matters". In fact, it makes it stronger by saying, "everyone's opinions matter, as long as it's informed and not just reacting to every little change." So it doesn't count as a Broken Aesop no matter which way you look at it.
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Late, but I have in mind the portion where the Straw Fan laughs at all the stupid bits in the Looney Tunes shows Doug doesn't like, but hates the purposely epic bits in the show he does. As the trope indicates, that's strawing things up and not listening to their opinion. (Plus the raging on the floor was really undignified.)
In the 'Nicktoons' episode, the Critic ranted about people named Doug and the tv show Doug. Was he breaking character, or am I missing something?
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