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** Carl took up being a critic initially out of his love for media, and wanting to help make them even better by providing his insight. However, as time went on and his fame and admiration from others increased, his ego began to go wildly out of control. He let the power go to his head and starting to belittle and degrade other people's work for not living up to his increasingly arbitrary standards. He doesn't get any consequences because of his devoted base and riding off of his popularity and the ReviewsAreTheGospel mentality of the crowd, but it also means that he has no reason to pull himself out of his situation, becoming little more than a caricatured shell in the eyes of those who knew how he used to be prior to this change.
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** Carl took up being a critic initially out of his love for media, and wanting to help make them even better by providing his insight. However, as time went on and his fame and admiration from others increased, his ego began to go wildly out of control. He let the power go to his head and starting to belittle and degrade other people's work for not living up to his increasingly arbitrary standards. He doesn't get any consequences because of his devoted base and riding off of his popularity and the ReviewsAreTheGospel mentality of the crowd, but it also means that he has no reason to pull himself out of his situation, becoming little more than a caricatured shell in the eyes of those who knew how he used to be prior to this change.prior.
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** Carl took up being a critic initially out of his love for media, and wanting to help make them even better by providing his insight. However, as time went on and his fame and admiration from others increased, his ego began to go wildly out of control. He let the power go to his head and starting to belittle and degrade other people's work for not living up to his increasingly arbitrary standards. He doesn't get any consequences because of his devoted base and riding off of his popularity and the ReviewsAreTheGospel mentality of the crowd, but it also means that he has no reason to pull himself out of his situation, becoming little more than a living caricatured shell of who he used to be in the eyes of those who knew how he used to be prior to this change.
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** Carl took up being a critic initially out of his love for media, and wanting to help make them even better by providing his insight. However, as time went on and his fame and admiration from others increased, his ego began to go wildly out of control. He let the power go to his head and starting to belittle and degrade other people's work for not living up to his increasingly arbitrary standards. He doesn't get any consequences because of his devoted base and riding off of his popularity and the ReviewsAreTheGospel mentality of the crowd, but it also means that he has no reason to pull himself out of his situation, becoming little more than a living caricatured shell of who he used to be in the eyes of those who knew how he used to be prior to this change.
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** Carl took up being a critic initially out of his love for media, and wanting to help make them even better by providing his insight. However, as time went on and his fame and admiration from others increased, his ego began to go wildly out of control. He let the power go to his head and starting to belittle and degrade other people's work for not living up to his increasingly arbitrary standards. He doesn't get any consequences because of his devoted base and riding off of his popularity and the ReviewsAreTheGospel mentality of the crowd, but it also means that he has no reason to pull himself out of his situation, becoming little more than a living caricatured shell of who he used to be in the eyes of those who once respected him.
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** Carl took up being a critic initially out of his love for media, and wanting to help make them even better by providing his insight. However, as time went on and his fame and admiration from others increased, his ego began to go wildly out of control. He let the power go to his head and starting to belittle and degrade other people's work for not living up to his increasingly arbitrary standards. He doesn't get any consequences because of his devoted base and riding off of his popularity and the ReviewsAreTheGospel mentality of the crowd, but it also means that he has no reason to pull himself out of his situation, becoming little more than a living caricatured shell of who he used to be in the eyes of those who once respected him.knew how he used to be prior to this change.
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** Carl took up being a critic initially out of his love for media, and wanting to help make them even better by providing his insight. However, as time went on and his fame and admiration from others increased, his ego began to go wildly out of control, developing a nasty complex where he viewed himself as Judge, Jury, and Executioner. He let the power go to his head and starting to belittle and degrade other people's work for not living up to his increasingly arbitrary standards. He doesn't get any consequences because of his devoted base and riding off of his popularity and the ReviewsAreTheGospel mentality of the crowd, but it also means that he has no reason to pull himself out of his situation, becoming little more than a living caricatured shell of who he used to be in the eyes of those who once respected him.
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** Carl took up being a critic initially out of his love for media, and wanting to help make them even better by providing his insight. However, as time went on and his fame and admiration from others increased, his ego began to go wildly out of control, developing a nasty complex where he viewed himself as Judge, Jury, and Executioner.control. He let the power go to his head and starting to belittle and degrade other people's work for not living up to his increasingly arbitrary standards. He doesn't get any consequences because of his devoted base and riding off of his popularity and the ReviewsAreTheGospel mentality of the crowd, but it also means that he has no reason to pull himself out of his situation, becoming little more than a living caricatured shell of who he used to be in the eyes of those who once respected him.
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** Carl took up being a critic initially out of his love for media, and wanting to help make them even better by providing his insight. However, as time went on and his fame and admiration from others increased, his ego began to go wildly out of control, developing a nasty complex where he viewed himself as Judge, Jury, and Executioner, letting the power go to his head and starting to belittle and degrade other people's work for not living up to his increasingly arbitrary standards. He doesn't get any consequences because of his devoted base, but it also means that he has no reason to pull himself out of his situation, becoming little more than a living caricatured shell of who he used to be.
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** Carl took up being a critic initially out of his love for media, and wanting to help make them even better by providing his insight. However, as time went on and his fame and admiration from others increased, his ego began to go wildly out of control, developing a nasty complex where he viewed himself as Judge, Jury, and Executioner, letting Executioner. He let the power go to his head and starting to belittle and degrade other people's work for not living up to his increasingly arbitrary standards. He doesn't get any consequences because of his devoted base, base and riding off of his popularity and the ReviewsAreTheGospel mentality of the crowd, but it also means that he has no reason to pull himself out of his situation, becoming little more than a living caricatured shell of who he used to be.be in the eyes of those who once respected him.
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** Carl took up being a critic initially out of his love for media, and wanting to help make them even better by providing his insight. However, as time went on and his fame and admiration from others increased, his ego began to go wildly out of control, developing a nasty complex where he viewed himself as Judge, Jury, and Executioner, letting the power go to his head and starting to belittle and degrade other people's work for not living up to his increasingly arbitrary standards. He doesn't get any consequences because of his devoted base, but it also means that he has no reason to pull himself out of his situation, becoming little more than a living caricatured shell of who he used to be.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Carl only gives good reviews to art films that are [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible incomprehensible]] and [[TrueArtIsAngsty ridiculously angsty]]. He'll praise ''anything'' that meets this description even if it's just pretentious nonsense, and [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch bash all other movies without even bothering to watch them first]]. If you dare to say that you like one of them because you prefer understanding what's going on and not getting DarknessInducedAudienceApathy, [[FanHater he'll go on a long rant about how you're a low-life idiot who just wants power fantasies]]. On top of that, [[StrawHypocrite he doesn't even enjoy art movies]] -- he just pretends to because he thinks it makes him look smart and classy.
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* '''Exaggerated''': Carl only gives good reviews to art films that are [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible incomprehensible]] and [[TrueArtIsAngsty ridiculously angsty]]. He'll praise ''anything'' that meets this description even if it's just pretentious nonsense, and [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch bash all other movies without even bothering to watch them first]]. If you dare to say that you like one of them because you prefer understanding what's going on and not getting DarknessInducedAudienceApathy, TooBleakStoppedCaring, [[FanHater he'll go on a long rant about how you're a low-life idiot who just wants power fantasies]]. On top of that, [[StrawHypocrite he doesn't even enjoy art movies]] -- he just pretends to because he thinks it makes him look smart and classy.
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* '''Deconstructed''': The newspaper Carl writes for fires him because they got a flood of complaints about his reviews: they're too biased to help anyone decide whether a movie is worth seeing, and too pretentious to be fun to read.
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** The newspaper Carl writes for fires him because they got a flood of complaints about his reviews: they're too biased to help anyone decide whether a movie is worth seeing, and too pretentious to be fun toread.read.
** The show examines why critics are sometimes disliked, perceived as elitist, etc: Writers obviously don't enjoy it when a critic tears apart something they worked hard on. For audience members, watching some bash a work they enjoyed and maybe even meant something to them is not fun. Another factor is that [[CriticalDissonance the taste of critics doesn't always match that of the general public]] -- critics tend to be more sensitive to clichés due to frequent exposure to them, and thus tend to appreciate experimental works. This can lead to them being seen as elitist -- members of the general public who ''aren't'' tired of the clichés may think the experimental works are at best unnecessary "fixes" to something that wasn't broken, and at worst unfun, pretentious and self-indulgent.
** The newspaper Carl writes for fires him because they got a flood of complaints about his reviews: they're too biased to help anyone decide whether a movie is worth seeing, and too pretentious to be fun to
** The show examines why critics are sometimes disliked, perceived as elitist, etc: Writers obviously don't enjoy it when a critic tears apart something they worked hard on. For audience members, watching some bash a work they enjoyed and maybe even meant something to them is not fun. Another factor is that [[CriticalDissonance the taste of critics doesn't always match that of the general public]] -- critics tend to be more sensitive to clichés due to frequent exposure to them, and thus tend to appreciate experimental works. This can lead to them being seen as elitist -- members of the general public who ''aren't'' tired of the clichés may think the experimental works are at best unnecessary "fixes" to something that wasn't broken, and at worst unfun, pretentious and self-indulgent.
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* '''Inverted''': Alex is an obnoxious jerk who throws a tantrum about his "artistic vision" being "corrupted" when Edith suggests perfectly reasonable changes in an attempt to salvage his terrible story.
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** Alex isan obnoxious jerk a straw ''author'' who throws a tantrum tantrums about his "artistic vision" being "corrupted" when whenever Edith suggests perfectly reasonable changes in an attempt to salvage that would make his terrible story.story less terrible.
** Edith tries to minimize her meddling with Alex's ideas, and is portrayed positively for it.
** Alex is
** Edith tries to minimize her meddling with Alex's ideas, and is portrayed positively for it.
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'''Discussed''': "I'd love to be an author, but I don't want to deal with editors ruining my stories..."
* '''Conversed''': (''after watching a scene with Edith'') "Gee, I wonder if the writers have had bad experiences with editors..."
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* '''Conversed''': "Gee, I wonder if the writers have had a bad experience with editors..."
* '''Played for Laughs''': Edith contradicts herself all the time and is never satisfied. First she complains that the book needs more action. When Alex adds some action scenes, she complains that there's "too much mindless action". So Alex tries to add some CharacterDevelopment, which makes Edith complain about the book having too much "sappy drama" and being "hard to follow"...
* '''Played for Drama''': Alex wants to get his book published, but is unable to find a publisher whose editor won't completely butcher it.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Edith contradicts herself all the time and is never satisfied. First she complains that the book needs more action. When Alex adds some action scenes, she complains that there's "too much mindless action". So Alex tries to add some CharacterDevelopment, which makes Edith complain about the book having too much "sappy drama" and being "hard to follow"...
* '''Played for Drama''': Alex wants to get his book published, but is unable to find a publisher whose editor won't completely butcher it.
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* '''Conversed''': "Gee, I wonder if the writers have had a bad experience experiences with editors..."
* '''Implied''': The quality of Alex's books starts going downhill after Edith gets hired to edit them.
* '''Deconstructed''': The show examines and challenges negative views on editors -- while it's true that they sometimes make mistakes, they're often ''right'' too. For every time an editor is rightfully called out for a change that worsened the story, there's at least one SmallNameBigEgo writer ranting about editors rejecting their unpublishable stories.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Edith contradicts herself all the time andis never satisfied. keeps MovingTheGoalposts. First she complains that the book is dull and needs more action. When Alex adds some action scenes, she complains that there's "too much mindless action". So Alex tries to add some CharacterDevelopment, which makes Edith complain about the book having too much "sappy drama" and being "hard to follow"...
* '''Played for Drama''': Alexwants to get is an aspiring author who has just finished his book published, first manuscript, but is unable to can't find a publisher whose editor won't anyone willing to publish it without completely butcher it.butchering it first.
* '''Implied''': The quality of Alex's books starts going downhill after Edith gets hired to edit them.
* '''Deconstructed''': The show examines and challenges negative views on editors -- while it's true that they sometimes make mistakes, they're often ''right'' too. For every time an editor is rightfully called out for a change that worsened the story, there's at least one SmallNameBigEgo writer ranting about editors rejecting their unpublishable stories.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Edith contradicts herself all the time and
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'''Basic Trope''': An editor who only exists to make a writer's life miserable.
* '''Straight''': Edith the editor rejects [[AuthorAvatar Author Alex]]'s perfectly good ideas, forces him to [[ViewersAreMorons dumb down his books to ridiculous degrees]], [[ExecutiveMeddling demands absurd changes]], and generally makes Alex's life miserable.
* '''Exaggerated''': Edith's "editing" ruins every book she touches, and somehow she still has a job.
* '''Downplayed''': Edith has made a few bad decisions and can come across as overly perfectionist, but she did have a positive effect on ''most'' of the books she edited.
* '''Justified''': Edith wants her publishing company to make more money, so she cares more about marketability than good stories.
* '''Inverted''': Alex is an obnoxious jerk who throws a tantrum about his "artistic vision" being "corrupted" when Edith suggests perfectly reasonable changes in an attempt to salvage his terrible story.
* '''Subverted''': Alex releases a terrible book, and his fanbase is quick to blame Edith for ruining it with ExecutiveMeddling. It turns out that she was MisBlamed -- the bad ideas were Alex's own.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, Edith's ideas for "improving" the book would've made it even worse.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alex releases a terrible book and claims Edith forced him to add the unpopular elements. Edith says that the bad ideas were Alex's own, and that she just checked his spelling and grammar.
* '''Averted''': Edith is perfectly reasonable.
* '''Enforced''':
* '''Lampshaded''': "How come Edith still has a job? The changes she makes are universally reviled."
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': Edith is fired from her editing job.
* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''': "Gee, I wonder if the writers have had a bad experience with editors..."
* '''Played for Laughs''': Edith contradicts herself all the time and is never satisfied. First she complains that the book needs more action. When Alex adds some action scenes, she complains that there's "too much mindless action". So Alex tries to add some CharacterDevelopment, which makes Edith complain about the book having too much "sappy drama" and being "hard to follow"...
* '''Played for Drama''': Alex wants to get his book published, but is unable to find a publisher whose editor won't completely butcher it.
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* '''Straight''': Carl the critic only likes art films, and will dismiss everything [[ItsPopularSoItSucks popular]] aimed at a mass market audience as LowestCommonDenominator garbage.
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* '''Straight''': Carl the critic only likes art films, and will dismiss everything [[ItsPopularSoItSucks [[ItsPopularNowItSucks popular]] aimed at a mass market audience as LowestCommonDenominator garbage.
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* '''Inverted''': Carl is perfectly objective.
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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** Carl is perfectlyobjective.objective.
** Carl only likes popular stuff aimed at the LowestCommonDenominator, and dismisses everything else as garbage.
** Carl is perfectly
** Carl only likes popular stuff aimed at the LowestCommonDenominator, and dismisses everything else as garbage.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Carl's arguments are hilariously bad and frequently contradict each other.
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* '''Straight''': Carl the critic only likes art films and will dismiss everything [[ItsPopularSoItSucks popular]] aimed at a mass market audience as LowestCommonDenominator garbage.
* '''Exaggerated''': Carl only gives good reviews to art films that are [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible incomprehensible]] and [[TrueArtIsAngsty ridiculously angsty]]. He'll praise ''anything'' that fulfils these requirements even if it's just pretentious nonsense, and [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch bash all other movies without even bothering to watch them first]]. If you dare to say that you like one of them because you prefer understanding what's going on and not getting DarknessInducedAudienceApathy, [[FanHater he'll go on a long rant about how you're a low-life idiot who just wants power fantasies]]. On top of that, [[StrawHypocrite he doesn't even enjoy art movies]] -- he's just pretending because he thinks it makes him look smart and classy.
* '''Exaggerated''': Carl only gives good reviews to art films that are [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible incomprehensible]] and [[TrueArtIsAngsty ridiculously angsty]]. He'll praise ''anything'' that fulfils these requirements even if it's just pretentious nonsense, and [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch bash all other movies without even bothering to watch them first]]. If you dare to say that you like one of them because you prefer understanding what's going on and not getting DarknessInducedAudienceApathy, [[FanHater he'll go on a long rant about how you're a low-life idiot who just wants power fantasies]]. On top of that, [[StrawHypocrite he doesn't even enjoy art movies]] -- he's just pretending because he thinks it makes him look smart and classy.
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* '''Straight''': Carl the critic only likes art films films, and will dismiss everything [[ItsPopularSoItSucks popular]] aimed at a mass market audience as LowestCommonDenominator garbage.
* '''Exaggerated''': Carl only gives good reviews to art films that are [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible incomprehensible]] and [[TrueArtIsAngsty ridiculously angsty]]. He'll praise ''anything'' thatfulfils these requirements meets this description even if it's just pretentious nonsense, and [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch bash all other movies without even bothering to watch them first]]. If you dare to say that you like one of them because you prefer understanding what's going on and not getting DarknessInducedAudienceApathy, [[FanHater he'll go on a long rant about how you're a low-life idiot who just wants power fantasies]]. On top of that, [[StrawHypocrite he doesn't even enjoy art movies]] -- he's he just pretending pretends to because he thinks it makes him look smart and classy.
* '''Exaggerated''': Carl only gives good reviews to art films that are [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible incomprehensible]] and [[TrueArtIsAngsty ridiculously angsty]]. He'll praise ''anything'' that
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* '''Justified''': An Some sleazy art film director bribed directors bribe Carl to give a good review.write positive reviews.
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** Carl accidentally watches a popular movie he [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch bashed without seeing firsthand]]. He praises it without realizing gushes about it... until someone tells him what it actually is.really was and he suddenly tries to pretend his praise was sarcastic the whole time.
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'''Discussed''': "Do you read reviews before going to the movies?" "Nah. I've heard that they're mostly pretentious hipsters complaining about our favourite movies not being 'avant-garde' enough."
* '''Conversed''': "Why do people on that show even read the reviews by that pretentious douche critic?"
* '''Conversed''': "Why do people on that show even read the reviews by that pretentious douche critic?"
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* '''Deconstructed''': Carl is fired from the newspaper he worked for after a flood of readers complained that his reviews were too biased to help them decide whether a movie is worth seeing, and too pretentious to be fun to read.
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* '''Deconstructed''': Carl is fired from the The newspaper he worked Carl writes for after fires him because they got a flood of readers complained that complaints about his reviews were reviews: they're too biased to help them anyone decide whether a movie is worth seeing, and too pretentious to be fun to read.read.
* '''Reconstructed''': Carl finds a new job: writing for a magazine that caters to his fellow caricature snobs.
* '''Reconstructed''': Carl finds a new job: writing for a magazine that caters to his fellow caricature snobs.
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'''Basic Trope''': An obnoxiously subjective critic.
* '''Straight''': Carl the critic only likes art films and will dismiss everything [[ItsPopularSoItSucks popular]] aimed at a mass market audience as LowestCommonDenominator garbage.
* '''Exaggerated''': Carl only gives good reviews to art films that are [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible incomprehensible]] and [[TrueArtIsAngsty ridiculously angsty]]. He'll praise ''anything'' that fulfils these requirements even if it's just pretentious nonsense, and [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch bash all other movies without even bothering to watch them first]]. If you dare to say that you like one of them because you prefer understanding what's going on and not getting DarknessInducedAudienceApathy, [[FanHater he'll go on a long rant about how you're a low-life idiot who just wants power fantasies]]. On top of that, [[StrawHypocrite he doesn't even enjoy art movies]] -- he's just pretending because he thinks it makes him look smart and classy.
* '''Downplayed''': Carl likes to nitpick small flaws while ignoring the big picture, but he's not that bad otherwise.
* '''Justified''': An art film director bribed Carl to give a good review.
* '''Inverted''': Carl is perfectly objective.
* '''Subverted''': In the first season, Carl consistently gives superhero movies low grades. It turns out that these movies really do suck.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, he later bashes well-written popular movies for stupid reasons.
* '''Parodied''':
** Carl accidentally watches a popular movie he [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch bashed without seeing firsthand]]. He praises it without realizing what it actually is.
** Carl judges movies based on something ridiculously arbitrary, like whether peanut butter appears in it.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Carl is sometimes fair and sometimes very biased.
* '''Averted''': Carl has a few biases, but doesn't let them impact his reviews.
* '''Enforced''': The series is [[CriticalDissonance popular among viewers, but not critics]]. The executives tell the writers to add a TakeThatCritics moment to make viewers feel better about liking the show.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Skip Carl's review of ''Super Trope-Tan''. It's just a long rant about how everyone should watch those incomprehensible art films instead."
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Exploited''': Art film distributors send review copies to Carl because they know they can count on him giving glowing reviews.
* '''Defied''': Carl only reviews art films because he knows he's too biased against everything else.
* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''':
* '''Implied''': Alice visits Rotten Tomatoes from time to time, and notices that Carl tends to give good grades to art films and low grades to mainstream films.
* '''Deconstructed''': Carl is fired from the newspaper he worked for after a flood of readers complained that his reviews were too biased to help them decide whether a movie is worth seeing, and too pretentious to be fun to read.
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* '''Straight''': Carl the critic only likes art films and will dismiss everything [[ItsPopularSoItSucks popular]] aimed at a mass market audience as LowestCommonDenominator garbage.
* '''Exaggerated''': Carl only gives good reviews to art films that are [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible incomprehensible]] and [[TrueArtIsAngsty ridiculously angsty]]. He'll praise ''anything'' that fulfils these requirements even if it's just pretentious nonsense, and [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch bash all other movies without even bothering to watch them first]]. If you dare to say that you like one of them because you prefer understanding what's going on and not getting DarknessInducedAudienceApathy, [[FanHater he'll go on a long rant about how you're a low-life idiot who just wants power fantasies]]. On top of that, [[StrawHypocrite he doesn't even enjoy art movies]] -- he's just pretending because he thinks it makes him look smart and classy.
* '''Downplayed''': Carl likes to nitpick small flaws while ignoring the big picture, but he's not that bad otherwise.
* '''Justified''': An art film director bribed Carl to give a good review.
* '''Inverted''': Carl is perfectly objective.
* '''Subverted''': In the first season, Carl consistently gives superhero movies low grades. It turns out that these movies really do suck.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, he later bashes well-written popular movies for stupid reasons.
* '''Parodied''':
** Carl accidentally watches a popular movie he [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontWatch bashed without seeing firsthand]]. He praises it without realizing what it actually is.
** Carl judges movies based on something ridiculously arbitrary, like whether peanut butter appears in it.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Carl is sometimes fair and sometimes very biased.
* '''Averted''': Carl has a few biases, but doesn't let them impact his reviews.
* '''Enforced''': The series is [[CriticalDissonance popular among viewers, but not critics]]. The executives tell the writers to add a TakeThatCritics moment to make viewers feel better about liking the show.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Skip Carl's review of ''Super Trope-Tan''. It's just a long rant about how everyone should watch those incomprehensible art films instead."
* '''Invoked''':
* '''Exploited''': Art film distributors send review copies to Carl because they know they can count on him giving glowing reviews.
* '''Defied''': Carl only reviews art films because he knows he's too biased against everything else.
* '''Discussed''':
* '''Conversed''':
* '''Implied''': Alice visits Rotten Tomatoes from time to time, and notices that Carl tends to give good grades to art films and low grades to mainstream films.
* '''Deconstructed''': Carl is fired from the newspaper he worked for after a flood of readers complained that his reviews were too biased to help them decide whether a movie is worth seeing, and too pretentious to be fun to read.
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