Recap / The Nostalgia Critic Editorial 6

Release: April 9, 2013

Focus: The Looney Tunes Show (2011-2014)

Critic also counted down his top ten episodes:

1. "Customer Service"
2. "The DMV"
3. "Rebel Without a Glove"
4. "You've Got Hate Mail"
5. "Double Date"
6. "Members Only"
7. "The Float"
8. "Eligible Bachelors"
9. "To Bowl or Not to Bowl"
10. "Father Figures"

This editorial contains examples of:

• Anti-Climax: Critic says that the jokes that actually do fall flat are what the detractors complain about the most, citing the ending to "Father Figures".
• invoked Audience-Alienating Era: The Critic feels that the Looney Tunes had one from the '90s to the early 2000s.
• Call-Back: Critic mentions Lola Bunny's "bunny boobies".
• Hypocritical Humor: When Critic jokes about geeks complaining on message boards, he says they should make videos to complain about things and laughs before realizing what he just said.
• invokedThey Changed It, Now It Sucks!: What Critic says is why some people hate the show, saying it took the familiar characters out of their usual environments and into the present day, as well as a slight change in some characters' personalities.
  • invoked Critic himself doesn't like the Tasmanian Devil being Bugs and Daffy's "dog", replacing Witch Hazel with Witch Lezah and the Merrie Melodies segments.
• invokedRescued from the Scrappy Heap: Critic's reaction to the change in Lola Bunny, in that they made her a character with a real personality rather than just The Smurfette.
• Shout-Out: Critic compares Seinfeld to both the original Looney Tunes shorts and The Looney Tunes Show.
• invokedSo Okay, It's Average: Critic says that was the audience reaction to Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
• Take That!: Critic notes that Loonatics Unleashed got the hate it deserved.

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