History Recap / TheNostalgiaCriticS8E2

* LampshadeTheObscureReference: To the Smucker's jam commercials.

* AlliterativeName: Tamera's newscaster persona has one.

* TheyJustDidntCare: The Critic admits that he finds the Architect's monologue confusing, and apparently couldn't be bothered to look up a plot summary. This leads him to misunderstand a key plot point: he believes The Architect wanted Neo to save the existing Zion, rather than found a new one. This leads to the Critic accusing Neo of an (arguably unjustified) WhatTheHellHero.
** The Critic also makes the mistake of thinking that the Twins hacked the Merovingian's door to strand Neo in the mountains, meaning that he could just go through another door to follow them. What they really did was hack themselves farther away and then undo the hack, leaving Neo in exactly the same place he was with no easy shortcuts.
* TwistEnding: The Critic believes that they are building up to an ending where people believe they had escaped the Matrix, when in truth they are still trapped within, which would explain all the inconsistencies in the movie. [[spoiler:Black Willy Wonka]] disappoints him by telling him there is no twist ending and they're playing up Neo as a MessianicArchetype completely seriously.

* ShoutOut: The Critic calls Morpheous' RousingSpeech to the masses in Zion to be just like every movie speech ever.

* EmbarrassingFirstName: Like [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS8E1 the last time]], the Critic still calls Neo by his old name "Tom".

* TheyJustDidntCare: The Critic admits that he finds the Architect's monologue confusing, and this leads him to misunderstand a key plot point: he believes The Architect wanted Neo to save the existing Zion, rather than found a new one. This leads to the Critic accusing Neo of an (arguably unjustified) WhatTheHellHero.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: The Critic admits that he finds the Architect's monologue confusing, and this leads him to misunderstand a key plot point: he believes The Architect wanted Neo to save the existing Zion, rather than found a new one. This leads to the Critic accusing Neo of an (arguably unjustified) WhatTheHellHero.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: The Critic admits that he finds the Architect's monologue confusing, and this leads him to misunderstand a key plot point: he believes Neo is going to save the existing Zion, rather than found a new one.

** When Agent Schmuck reappears, his arrival is heralded by the flaming doves from Critic's review of Face/Off.

* StrangledByTheRedString: Parodied with Tamera sudden declaration that she is madly in-love with the Critic to reference the sudden love between Tom and Trinity.
-->'''Critic''': Where the HELL did that come from?
-->'''Malcolmous''': Come on that is the 5th messiah that you have confessed to.
-->'''Critic''': (Offended) I'M THE 5TH?
* TwistEnding: The Critic believes that their building up to one where the people who belive they escaped the Matrix are in fact still in the matrix, as this would explain all the inconsistancies in the movie. [[spoiler: Black Willie Wonka.]] dissipoints him by telling him there is no twist ending and they're playing up Neo as a Jesus analougue completely seriously.

** When Agent Schmuck reappears, his arrival is heralded by the flaming doves from Critic's review Face/Off.

-->'''Agent Schmucker:''' A special shout-out to the people over thirty who actually got that joke.