History Recap / TheNostalgiaCriticS10E9

* CallBack: Parodying the pointlessness of this prequel film, the review opens with a faux-trailer for "The Moviesquitoes", an origins story featuring the three mosquitoes (Doug, Malcolm and Tamara) from the ''Film/JurassicPark'' and ''Film/WildWildWest'' [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS6E8 rev]][[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS9E16 iews]].

** The theme song lyric "You'll {{have a gay old time}}!" plays whenever any interaction between Fred and Barney reeks of HomoeroticSubtext.

* FlashbackWithTheOtherDarrin: {{Averted|Trope}}, The preview for the Moviesquetos movie show the clip from the Film/JurassicPark review where the third mosquito is played by Rachel instead of Tamara.

* UncannyValley: [[InUniverse The Critic's reaction]] to Gazoo, as well as some of the expressions some of the characters make throughout the film.

-->'''Critic:''' Not since casting her as [[Disney/{{Tarzan}} a chimp]] has felt so right.

-->'''Gazoo:''' "Good luck, dum-dum! You'll need it."\\
'''Critic:''' "I think that's what every ticket taker said when going in to see this movie."

--->'''Critic:''' "Okay, is my joke playlist just gonna be nothing but this?"

** The Critic admits the scene where Fred and Betty are going on a date, with Barney and Wilma on tow, has comedic potential, only for that to be wasted by the fact that the film was directed by Brian Levant, of ''Film/AChristmasStory 2'', ''Film/AreWeThereYet'', ''Film/ProblemChild 2'', ''Film/JingleAllTheWay'' and ''Film/SnowDogs'' infamy.

-->'''Critic:''' "Not since casting her as [[Disney/{{Tarzan}} a chimp]] has felt so right."

-->'''Jack:''' "This is horseshit!"\\
'''Critic:''' "You said it, 1997 Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio. You said it."

-->'''Critic!:''' "No, it's okay! I was just wiping my white, hot cream off her breasts!"

* ActorAllusion: [[Main/InUniverse Four cases]].

* FridgeLogic: [[Main/InUniverse The Critic wonders]] how Chip, if he has a "Win"/"Lose" lever that ''somehow'' causes Fred to lose at casino games, could he could possibly owe anybody money.

-->'''The Great Gazoo:''' "Good luck, dum-dum! You'll need it."\\

** As Critic rants about how video cameras can exist in the Stone Age, he compares it to having a live audience in animation and, to illustrate his point, plays a clip from the cartoon with a LaughTrack in it.
** When Fred and Barney gets knocked on the head, The Critic's added voice over makes fun of Steven Baldwin's born again Christian status, and more specifically that he's going to make the film ''God's Club'' now.

* ThatCameOutWrong: During the scene where Betty believes that Barney is groping a woman's breasts when he was really wiping pie cream off of her, Critic imitates Barney trying to give Betty an explanation.
-->'''Critic!Barney:''' "No, it's okay! I was just wiping my white, hot cream off her breasts!"
* TemptingFate: As Critic begins to acknowledge that the plot is simple and unpredictable.

* ToiletHumor: Following a scene involving a farting dinosaur, Critic shows an edited clip from the cartoon show in which Fred appears to have farted.
* UncannyValley: [[Main/InUniverse The Critic's reaction]] to Gazoo, as well as some of the expressions some of the characters make throughout the film.