History TheNostalgiaCritic / TropesDToG

* FMinusMinus: In his ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' trilogy movie review, after a {{Montage}} of his freaking out at the utter monstrosity that is [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII the third movie]], he makes this memorable quote;

* {{Good Night Sweet Pri|nce}}ck: From ''Film/TheRoom'':
-->'''Critic:''' And flights of assholes sing thee to thy rest.

* DiscussedTrope: Doug and Rob discuss the MagicalNegro trope, and Creator/StephenKing's involvement in it, in the commentary for ''It''. Yes, they reference TV Tropes.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: "Oh Creator/GeorgeTakei, teach me the Spocker!"
** In the first DVD, there's an added extra to the Ghostbusters chase with Doug stripping out of wet clothes for Rob. On the commentary Doug hopes that a woman masturbates to it but it'll probably be a man and he's fine with that.
** At the end of ''Film/BabyGeniuses II'', he and his friends go for a group fapping session in the bathroom.
** Unlike the previous examples used for {{fanservice}}, used to show how ridiculously pathetic he is in Chester's review of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'', as we learn that he's desperate enough to use a Rogue figurine to get him off.
** FanDisservice in the “Ghost Rider 2” review, as Doug Cage starts rubbing himself onscreen, but the disservice is his penis disappearing and him making a horrified expression.
** Hyper gets a little too happy rubbing Critic's water glass on herself in her Midwest Media Expo vlog.
** In ''Fantastic Four'', the Tamara scientist keeps one of the hot male glamor magazines for “research” and takes off her glasses in a lusty way.
** In "Into The Bunker", Doug ends up rubbing the Appa toy on his crotch and apologizes to whoever got him it. Rob remarks that they probably got turned on and want it back.
** In ''Film/TheCinemaSnobMovie'', he's glad that masturbating into your phone makes you a creative genius.
** He suggested this in ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' when he found that Scratch could [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext blow into his hand and make a woman]].
--> "How can you blow into your hand and make a woman? Why would you even be chasing a Hedgehog if you could blow into your hand and make a woman?"
** The ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'' review has Analyst 1 retreat to jerk off to pictures of [[PillarOfLight portals in the sky]] from popular movies. Unlike with Doug, we don't actually see it.

* GagBoobs: Rachel wears a ridiculously large pair of fake breasts when portraying Creator/MichaelBay's roommate, adult film star "[[PunnyName Tina A.]]", in the ''Film/PearlHarbor'' review.

** In ''Film/GhostRider II'', for some reason that it's probably best not to question, Critic has ''Franchise/HelloKitty'' duct tape.

** What he deems his fans in ''Film/GhostRider 2''. Or to put it in his words, “barking dogs of entitlement”.

** In ''Film/GhostRider II'', Mike J passive-aggressives about Critic re-reviewing about ten things he's already done.

** RareFemaleExample in ''Film/GhostRider 2'', as Tamara's date character is frozen in horror at [[ItMakesSenseInContext smoke coming out of her burned vagina]]. Of course Doug still has to get his AuthorAppeal in, as he-as-Cage starts to masturbate onscreen and his dick decays in a poof. Twice.

** According to the commentary track on his [[WesternAnimation/TheLorax Lorax]] Review, A early version of the character Hyper Fan Girl appears in his top 11 WesternAnimation/SouthPark episodes played by Rachel Tietz wearing glasses and an orange shirt instead of a sweater. She's later played by Tamera Chambers and is a recurring character on the show.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'' and Spider-Man are just Hyper whining about being friendzoned, not leaving Critic alone but not actively hurting him either. Fat Grandma convinces her to start stalking and not stop at the end of the latter.

** When ''WesternAnimation/RapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta'' ends on [[MoodWhiplash a very harsh one]], accompanied by the Creator/MarkHamill character shouting "Shut that door!", Critic plays the ending over several other famous Christmas movies, and even [[spoiler:ends his own review by shouting "Shut that door!" and having the door close on the screen.]] And then [[spoiler: [[CallBack the same thing]] happens to close off the review of ''Film/HomeAlone 2''.]]

* DontExplainTheJoke: He tends to fall into this a lot when targeting comedies, oftentimes substituting explaining a joke for pointing out why it isn't funny. This is most blatant in his review of the ''Film/SuperMarioBros'' movie when he calls out the movie's use of a WhosOnFirst joke by asking whether or not it's supposed to be a WhosOnFirst joke.

** An animated elephant appears in the room Critic is doing his review for ''The Neverending Story II'' to tell him to tell the audience that Jonathan Brandis, the actor who played Bastian in it, commited suicide in 2003, so that they can get it out of the way already.

** Happens again in his review of ''[[Film/TheNeverendingStory The Neverending Story III]]''.

* FanonDiscontinuity: In-universe. The Critic says, of his disappointment concerning ''Film/TheNeverendingStory 2'', that he's glad that was the last of the series and they never made ''Film/TheNeverendingStory 3''. He then turns on the theme music, really loud, to drown out a bunch of voices insisting that they did. He later subverted this, only to regret it severely.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: In the review of ''Film/TheNeverendingStory 2'', he notes that Bastian could simply wish his troubles away. Likewise, he also noted in ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'' that the poorly-defined powers of Kevin could simply be used to warp to the villains and shoot 'em point-blank. And in ''Neverending 3'', juxtaposing that the villains and Bastian's sister wished for things while the IdiotHero didn't.

*** Similar example used in ''Film/TheNeverendingStory II'', when he notes how Bastian could have wished all the troubles away.

** Hyper asking Critic in the MME panel if he “wants to build a snowman” somehow ends up as a rape reference. Rob teases IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow, Critic looks like he might cry, Hyper proudly says even if he does what she wants she won't leave him alone, and when Critic comes back shuddering, Rob asks if he wants a ShowerOfAngst.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: People with redeeming qualities at least. Hyper Boner have exciting CasualKink, even Critic has fun, but Aunt Despair and Uncle Lies (at least when they’re together, leap frog and hookers are a thing) have bad sex that she finds criminally boring.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: In the review of ''Film/TheNeverendingStory 2'', he notes that Bastian could simply wish his troubles away. Likewise, he also noted in ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'' that the [[GreenLanternRing poorly-defined powers]] of Kevin could simply be used to warp to the villains and shoot 'em point-blank. And in ''Neverending 3'', juxtaposing that the villains and Bastian's sister wished for things while the IdiotHero didn't.

* PositiveDiscrimination: He talks about how the Wachowskis are made the official voices on trans themes, and there needs to be more trans female directors so that they're not relied upon to be perfect.

** The beginning of the ''Film/{{Supergirl}}'' review highlights the effort they put into Superman’s first movie to said Supergirl movie, and expands to how often female lead action movies have both less care and if they do badly it’s treated as “women shouldn’t have movies”.
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale: Averted in "Conquest of the Commercials," albeit as a joke, as he's creeped out by the “Bedtime Barbie” commercial showing [[invoked]][[AccidentalInnuendo a girl kissing Barbie's nipple]] without consent.

* DeconstructiveParody: Of TotallyRadical layabouts (such as those in ''Biodome'', which he was in the course of reviewing) with [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Mr. Lovhaug's]] help.
** Of [[InnocentFanserviceGirl Innocent Fanservice Boy]]. His naivete does get him punished, something of which Spoony in [=SWSII=] is quite happy to rub in his face.

** Of NotImportantToThisEpisodeCamp. While Doug in ''Princess Diaries II'' commentary name-dropped this with regards to "where are in-universe Malcolm and Tamara when this stuff happens", he eventually made it so that they have issues, drinking heavily off-duty and needing Critic's abusive affection.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In-universe, the "Spider-Man 3" advert script for Stamps was written before the Coronavirus outbreak, and Doug points out the awkward aptness of a site where you don’t have to go outside.

* DisasterDodgingDog: Doug Walker's review of ''Film/IndependenceDay'' lampshades this trope. After we see the main characters surviving the first WaveMotionGun blast, Doug seems worried about Boomer's (i.e. the dog featured in the trope page) fate. In following reviews, it became a RunningGag whenever this trope occurs in a movie (plus a subversion in the Critic's review of ''Film/TheLostWorld'').

** Lampshades ''Frozen'''s "Let It Go" as a huge ear worm by singing a parody about it using "Let It Go"'s music.'

* EasilyForgiven:

* GoshDangItToHeck: Film/TheHaunting1999's "[[ThePowerOfLove It's about family!]]" scene and comparing it to the climax of [[Film/TheHaunting1963 the original]] causes the Critic to go into a massive sarcastic rant claiming the remake is more adult. To emphasize his point, he never uses mature language in this monologue, at worst resorting to [[BigStupidDoodooHead playground level insults]].

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Definitely averted. In the ''Film/DunstonChecksIn'' review. On the other hand he has a big stuffed monkey that he uses as a SecurityBlanket.
--> Hello, I'm the Nostalgia Critic. I remember it--[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Monkeys! Aren't! Funny!]]

* EquivalentExchange: KnightInSourArmor version. In the ''Animatrix'', he thinks that even though incredible things might happen in your life, there's always a dark, troubling side waiting on the other end.

* {{Filler}}: Regardless of how much Critic suffers or not, most episodes you can tell Doug is passionate and puts as much effort in as he can to produce a good show. But there a few reviews every now and then where it's obvious he just wants to quiet the fan demand and get it out the way, like ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''. This is invoked in ''Film/TheAdventuresOfPlutoNash'', in which the Critic says that the movie has so little effort put in it that he's doing the same thing, and has pre-recorded it while he's preparing for the next review. Also serves as BreatherEpisode, as the last was six-months-in-making ''Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera2004'' and next is [[https://twitter.com/TamaraLChambers/status/715997172068704256 “beast of a review”]] ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''.

** Subtle, and almost certainly a genuine oversight, but "When did a [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales tuning fork]] turn into the fucking [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} BFG]]?" [[note]]The BFG's initials stand for Big Fucking Gun. In other words, he called it "the fucking Big Fucking Gun".[[/note]]

** He does one for the number of scenes in the opening of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' that aren't actually in the show.

** ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'''s theme is the biggest offender to Critic, along with the ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' Theme, The Franchise/PowerRangers theme, and others.

* FreakierThanFiction: Well, fiction is stranger than some other fiction, anyway. In reality, he tried to make ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' DarkerAndEdgier as a joke by suggesting that Scrooge made all his money by racketeering, embezzlement and so on. However, [[Comicbook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck he actually made it in a far worse way: exploiting African natives.]]

** In his ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' video, Critic paused the review for a good few minutes to complain about what he thought to be a huge drop in quality in one of the episodes. The cause? It starred Webby and so had apparently turned into a 'girls' show'...which was obviously something very bad to the Critic from the way he tore it up. The message seemed to be: boys' show = awesome entertainment. Girls' show = vomit inducing mess that no little boy would ever want to watch.