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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: InUniverse, how Shyamal-Amon considers his works in relation to their critical reception. Tamara/Lee also recognizes his movie pitch as the one Disney did not understand despite their willingness to fund it nevertheless, which reportedly caused Shyamalan to be outraged over their "lack of respect for individualism" and pull the pitch out to Warner Bros.
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--->'''Critic/Tartutic:''' "I am [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Groot]], your ass is grass.
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--->'''Critic/Tartutic:''' "I am [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014 Groot]], your ass is grass.
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* TheBet: The review opens with a sketch set in 2006, showing a poker game by directors who bet on whoever can create a hit-or-miss film: Jennifer Lee (Tamara) is challenged to do an [[Disney/{{Frozen}} animated film that lampshades Disney's cliches and stars two female leads]], Peyton Reed (Doug) a superhero film [[Film/AntMan1 that involves shrinking]] (despite the [[Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids decline in popularity of the genre]]), and Chris Miller (Rob) and Phil Lord (Jim) [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie an animated film which is also a deliberate]] ProductPlacement. Then Shyamal-Amon (Malcolm) joins in and pitches his idea for ''Lady in the Water'', to which the other directors are disgusted.
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* TheBet: The review opens with a sketch set in 2006, showing a poker game by directors who bet on whoever can create a hit-or-miss film: Jennifer Lee (Tamara) is challenged to do an [[Disney/{{Frozen}} [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 animated film that lampshades Disney's cliches and stars two female leads]], Peyton Reed (Doug) a superhero film [[Film/AntMan1 that involves shrinking]] (despite the [[Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids decline in popularity of the genre]]), and Chris Miller (Rob) and Phil Lord (Jim) [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie an animated film which is also a deliberate]] ProductPlacement. Then Shyamal-Amon (Malcolm) joins in and pitches his idea for ''Lady in the Water'', to which the other directors are disgusted.
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* TheBet: The review opens with a sketch set in 2006, showing a poker game by directors who bet on whoever can create a hit-or-miss film: Jennifer Lee (Tamara) is challenged to do an [[Disney/{{Frozen}} animated film that lampshades Disney's cliches and stars two female leads]], Peyton Reed (Doug) a superhero film [[Film/AntMan that involves shrinking]] (despite the [[Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids decline in popularity of the genre]]), and Chris Miller (Rob) and Phil Lord (Jim) [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie an animated film which is also a deliberate]] ProductPlacement. Then Shyamal-Amon (Malcolm) joins in and pitches his idea for ''Lady in the Water'', to which the other directors are disgusted.
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* TheBet: The review opens with a sketch set in 2006, showing a poker game by directors who bet on whoever can create a hit-or-miss film: Jennifer Lee (Tamara) is challenged to do an [[Disney/{{Frozen}} animated film that lampshades Disney's cliches and stars two female leads]], Peyton Reed (Doug) a superhero film [[Film/AntMan [[Film/AntMan1 that involves shrinking]] (despite the [[Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids decline in popularity of the genre]]), and Chris Miller (Rob) and Phil Lord (Jim) [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie an animated film which is also a deliberate]] ProductPlacement. Then Shyamal-Amon (Malcolm) joins in and pitches his idea for ''Lady in the Water'', to which the other directors are disgusted.
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* ActorAllusion: {{Invoked|Trope}} with lines the Critic dubs onto Story lines which hark forward to her actress Creator/BryceDallasHoward's latest major role as [[Film/JurassicWorld Claire Dearing]].
* TheBet: The review opens with a sketch set in 2006, showing a poker game by directors who bet on whoever can create a hit-or-miss film: Jennifer Lee (Tamara) is challenged to do an [[Disney/{{Frozen}} animated film that lampshades Disney's cliches and stars two female leads]], Peyton Reed (Doug) a superhero film [[Film/AntMan that involves shrinking]] (despite the [[Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids decline in popularity of the genre]]), and Chris Miller (Rob) and Phil Lord (Jim) [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie an animated film which is also a deliberate]] ProductPlacement. Then Shyamal-Amon (Malcolm) joins in and pitches his idea for ''Lady in the Water'', to which the other directors are obviously disgusted.
* TheBet: The review opens with a sketch set in 2006, showing a poker game by directors who bet on whoever can create a hit-or-miss film: Jennifer Lee (Tamara) is challenged to do an [[Disney/{{Frozen}} animated film that lampshades Disney's cliches and stars two female leads]], Peyton Reed (Doug) a superhero film [[Film/AntMan that involves shrinking]] (despite the [[Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids decline in popularity of the genre]]), and Chris Miller (Rob) and Phil Lord (Jim) [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie an animated film which is also a deliberate]] ProductPlacement. Then Shyamal-Amon (Malcolm) joins in and pitches his idea for ''Lady in the Water'', to which the other directors are obviously disgusted.
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* ActorAllusion: {{Invoked|Trope}} with lines the Critic dubs onto Story lines Story, which hark forward to her actress Creator/BryceDallasHoward's latest major role as [[Film/JurassicWorld Claire Dearing]].
* TheBet: The review opens with a sketch set in 2006, showing a poker game by directors who bet on whoever can create a hit-or-miss film: Jennifer Lee (Tamara) is challenged to do an [[Disney/{{Frozen}} animated film that lampshades Disney's cliches and stars two female leads]], Peyton Reed (Doug) a superhero film [[Film/AntMan that involves shrinking]] (despite the [[Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids decline in popularity of the genre]]), and Chris Miller (Rob) and Phil Lord (Jim) [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie an animated film which is also a deliberate]] ProductPlacement. Then Shyamal-Amon (Malcolm) joins in and pitches his idea for ''Lady in the Water'', to which the other directors areobviously disgusted.
* TheBet: The review opens with a sketch set in 2006, showing a poker game by directors who bet on whoever can create a hit-or-miss film: Jennifer Lee (Tamara) is challenged to do an [[Disney/{{Frozen}} animated film that lampshades Disney's cliches and stars two female leads]], Peyton Reed (Doug) a superhero film [[Film/AntMan that involves shrinking]] (despite the [[Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids decline in popularity of the genre]]), and Chris Miller (Rob) and Phil Lord (Jim) [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie an animated film which is also a deliberate]] ProductPlacement. Then Shyamal-Amon (Malcolm) joins in and pitches his idea for ''Lady in the Water'', to which the other directors are
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* InherentlyFunnyWords: The Critic lampshades the implausibility of such names as "Story", "Narf", "Scrunt" and "Tartutic". He ends the first half with a sketch of an obviously drugged-up mother (Tamara) telling her son (Malcolm) a bedtime story while making up the names while thinking, burping or smoking cocaine.
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* InherentlyFunnyWords: The Critic lampshades the implausibility of such names as "Story", "Narf", "Scrunt" and "Tartutic". He ends the first half with a sketch of an obviously drugged-up mother (Tamara) telling her son (Malcolm) a bedtime story while making up the names while thinking, drinking, burping or smoking cocaine.
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** The frequency with which the characters mention "Narf" makes the Critic wonder if this was part of WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain's plot to subconsciously TakeOverTheWorld.
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** The frequency of low speaking tones is reacted upon with a clip of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Abe Simpson]] screaming to "turn it up".
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** The frequency of low speaking tones is reacted upon with a clip of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Abe Simpson]] screaming to "turn it up".
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* TakeThatCritics: The Critic interprets Mr. Farber (the resident film critic) as a thinly-veiled potshot to everyone who criticized Shyamalan's films, given that not only was he a StrawCritic, but that his erroneous feedback put Cleveland, Story and the other tenants in great danger. The Critic then joins the audience in booing him.
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* TakeThatCritics: The Critic interprets Mr. Farber (the resident film critic) as a thinly-veiled potshot to everyone who criticized Shyamalan's films, given that not only was he a StrawCritic, but that his erroneous feedback put Cleveland, Story and the other tenants in great danger. The Critic then joins the audience in booing him.
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* SequelEpisode: To the "[[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticEditorial69 Top 11 Funniest Shyamalan Moments]]" editorial.
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* SequelEpisode: To the "[[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticEditorial69 Top 11 Funniest Shyamalan Moments]]" editorial.editorial, in which the entirety of this film is ranked at the very top.
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* SequelEpisode: To the "[[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticEditorial69 Top 11 Funniest Shyamalan Moments]]" editorial.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: After years of portraying him as an antagonistic figure, [[spoiler:Shyamal-Amon is finally allowed by the Critic to speak his mind. At this point he unmasks himself, and the review (and Shyamalan Month) ends with him explaining his ideas as the Critic, Malcolm and Tamara listen intently]].
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** The humanoid appearance of the Tartutics causes the Critic to dub into one of them this line:
--->'''Critic/Tartutic:''' "I am [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Groot]], your ass is grass.
** The appearance of the Great Eatlon to whisk Story to safety has the Critic sarcastically cheering that [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings the eagles are coming]].
--->'''Critic/Tartutic:''' "I am [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Groot]], your ass is grass.
** The appearance of the Great Eatlon to whisk Story to safety has the Critic sarcastically cheering that [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings the eagles are coming]].
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* DeadHorseTrope: Cleveland's hang-ups over his dead family have been so overemphasized the Critic compares it to kicking a dead horse so hard one can see the Nike logo on the footprint.
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* ShamelessSelfPromoter: The Critic's opinion on Creator/MNightShyamalan as Vick Ran, a troubled writer whose current work Story claims may forever change the world.
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* ShamelessSelfPromoter: The Critic's opinion on Creator/MNightShyamalan Creator/MNightShyamalan's CreatorCameo as Vick Ran, a troubled writer whose current work Story claims may forever change the world.
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* SignatureStyle: Shyamalan's overuse of close-up shots is compared to Roger Christian's overuse of {{Dutch Angle}}s in ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'', as if to hammer how artsy they are to the audience.
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** The frequency with which the characters mention "Narf" makes the Critic wonder if this was part of WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain's plot to subconsciously TakeOverTheWorld.
** Story's requirement of a Symbolist, a Guardian, a Healer and a Guild is compared to the complications of a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' session.
** The frequency of low speaking tones is reacted upon with a clip of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Abe Simpson]] screaming to "turn it up".
* SignatureStyle: Shyamalan's overuse of close-up shots is compared to Roger Christian's overuse of {{Dutch Angle}}s in ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'', as if to hammer in how artsy they are to the audience.
** Story's requirement of a Symbolist, a Guardian, a Healer and a Guild is compared to the complications of a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' session.
** The frequency of low speaking tones is reacted upon with a clip of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Abe Simpson]] screaming to "turn it up".
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* SomethingElseAlsoRises: Ran is shown having an erection for every line of Story's prophecy of his future, lampshading how much of a ShamelessSelfPromoter Shyamalan was.
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* TakeThatCritics: The Critic interprets Mr. Farber (the resident film critic) as a thinly-veiled potshot to everyone who criticized Shyamalan's films, given that not only was he a StrawCritic, but that his erroneous feedback put Cleveland, Story and the other tenants in great danger. The Critic then joins the audience in booing him.
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* ActorAllusion: {{Invoked|Trope}} with lines the Critic dubs onto Story lines which hark forward to her actress Creator/BryceDallasHoward's latest major role as [[Film/JurassicWorld Claire Dearing]].
* CaptainObvious: The Critic's opinion on Story after deducing that his family's death triggered Cleveland's depression.
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* InherentlyFunnyNames: The Critic lampshades the implausibility of such names as "Story", "Narf", "Scrunt" and "Tartutic".
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* InherentlyFunnyNames: InherentlyFunnyWords: The Critic lampshades the implausibility of such names as "Story", "Narf", "Scrunt" and "Tartutic"."Tartutic". He ends the first half with a sketch of an obviously drugged-up mother (Tamara) telling her son (Malcolm) a bedtime story while making up the names while thinking, burping or smoking cocaine.
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* CharacterTic: The Critic lampshades how everyone in the film has a quirk (as do most characters in Shyamalan films), which is frequently being passed up as their defining character traits.
* InherentlyFunnyNames: The Critic lampshades the implausibility of such names as "Story", "Narf", "Scrunt" and "Tartutic".
* ShoutOut:
** At the scene of a splash in the pool, the Critic wonders if [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Mermando]] is there.
** Young-Soon Choi's black hair and red highlights make the Critic mistake her for [[Film/{{Hook}} Rufio]].
* SignatureStyle: Shyamalan's overuse of close-up shots is compared to Roger Christian's overuse of {{Dutch Angle}}s in ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'', as if to hammer how artsy they are to the audience.
** At the scene of a splash in the pool, the Critic wonders if [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Mermando]] is there.
** Young-Soon Choi's black hair and red highlights make the Critic mistake her for [[Film/{{Hook}} Rufio]].
* SignatureStyle: Shyamalan's overuse of close-up shots is compared to Roger Christian's overuse of {{Dutch Angle}}s in ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'', as if to hammer how artsy they are to the audience.
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* WhoWritesThisCrap: The sheer insanity of the script has the Critic wondering if it could be easily mistaken for something written from a loony bin had it not been imprinted with Shyamalan's name.
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* WhoWritesThisCrap: The sheer insanity of the script has the Critic wondering if claiming it could be easily mistaken for something as having been written from a loony bin had it not been imprinted with Shyamalan's name.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Even Chester A. Bum complains that he is not high enough to produce a script as silly as Shyamalan's pitch for ''Lady in the Water''.
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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: InUniverse, how Shyamal-Amon considers his works in relation to their critical reception. Tamara/Lee also recognizes his movie pitch as the one Disney did not understand despite their willingness to fund it nevertheless, which reportedly caused Shyamalan to be outraged over their "lack of respect for individualism" and pull the pitch out to Warner Bros.
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'''Release:''' January 26, 2016
'''Film:''' ''Film/LadyInTheWater''
'''Tagline:''' Is this the FUNNIEST Shyamalan movie ever made? Nostalgia Critic says... YES!
!!This review contains examples of:
* TheBet: The review opens with a sketch set in 2006, showing a poker game by directors who bet on whoever can create a hit-or-miss film: Jennifer Lee (Tamara) is challenged to do an [[Disney/{{Frozen}} animated film that lampshades Disney's cliches and stars two female leads]], Peyton Reed (Doug) a superhero film [[Film/AntMan that involves shrinking]] (despite the [[Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids decline in popularity of the genre]]), and Chris Miller (Rob) and Phil Lord (Jim) [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie an animated film which is also a deliberate]] ProductPlacement. Then Shyamal-Amon (Malcolm) joins in and pitches his idea for ''Lady in the Water'', to which the other directors are obviously disgusted.
* TheCameo: Christopher Harrison (Creator/ChrisRock from the ''Film/OsmosisJones'' [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS8E15 review]]) returns as [[spoiler:the unmasked Shyamal-Amon]].
* LaughingMad: The Critic's reaction to Joey being able to read prophecies from cereal boxes.
* SoBadItsGood: The Critic's InUniverse verdict on the film, even more so than ''Film/TheHappening''.
* {{Squee}}: The Critic can barely hold his excitement over watching the film.
* WhoWritesThisCrap: The sheer insanity of the script has the Critic wondering if it could be easily mistaken for something written from a loony bin had it not been imprinted with Shyamalan's name.
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'''Film:''' ''Film/LadyInTheWater''
'''Tagline:''' Is this the FUNNIEST Shyamalan movie ever made? Nostalgia Critic says... YES!
!!This review contains examples of:
* TheBet: The review opens with a sketch set in 2006, showing a poker game by directors who bet on whoever can create a hit-or-miss film: Jennifer Lee (Tamara) is challenged to do an [[Disney/{{Frozen}} animated film that lampshades Disney's cliches and stars two female leads]], Peyton Reed (Doug) a superhero film [[Film/AntMan that involves shrinking]] (despite the [[Film/HoneyIShrunkTheKids decline in popularity of the genre]]), and Chris Miller (Rob) and Phil Lord (Jim) [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie an animated film which is also a deliberate]] ProductPlacement. Then Shyamal-Amon (Malcolm) joins in and pitches his idea for ''Lady in the Water'', to which the other directors are obviously disgusted.
* TheCameo: Christopher Harrison (Creator/ChrisRock from the ''Film/OsmosisJones'' [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS8E15 review]]) returns as [[spoiler:the unmasked Shyamal-Amon]].
* LaughingMad: The Critic's reaction to Joey being able to read prophecies from cereal boxes.
* SoBadItsGood: The Critic's InUniverse verdict on the film, even more so than ''Film/TheHappening''.
* {{Squee}}: The Critic can barely hold his excitement over watching the film.
* WhoWritesThisCrap: The sheer insanity of the script has the Critic wondering if it could be easily mistaken for something written from a loony bin had it not been imprinted with Shyamalan's name.
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