List of The Nostalgia Critic episodes (season 2)

The Nostalgia Critic, an Internet reviewer, began his first month of the 2009 episodes with "Nickelodeon Month", in which he exclusively reviewed related programs from the Nickelodeon TV channel. Episode 47 is the first to be filmed in widescreen, which became standard thereafter, with the exception of Episode 49, which was filmed in fullscreen and was also the last episode to be filmed in that format. A new episode format was added with Episode 62, Old Vs. New, in which two versions of the same intellectual property are compared and rated against each other. The year 2009 introduced crossovers with other Channel Awesome video producers, starting in episode 47.

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EpisodeNumber=43

Title=Nicktoons

WrittenBy=Doug Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Nicktoons:

The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991–96)
: He highly praises the characters, the animation, and the outright insane nature, saying that watching it is like having a sugar rush.

Rugrats (1991–2004)
: He praises its laid-back atmosphere and Angelica's memorably evil character, but mentions some questionable moments.

Doug (1991–99)
: He openly dislikes it for the animation, dull and unfunny characters, but mostly because the unpopular title character shares the same first name as him, and The Critic remembers being bullied as a child because of the show. He inaccurately assumes that Doug takes place in high school (it is clearly stated in at least one episode that Doug is eleven-and-a-half years old, and in the final episode is stated that he is going into junior high school).

Rocko's Modern Life (1993–96)
: He describes it as a slightly cleaner version of Ren and Stimpy, praising the characters and setup, but shows distaste for some overly bizarre moments and obvious movie references.

''[[Aaahh

! Real Monsters]]'' (1994–97)
: He praises its originality, characters and premise, but questions some of the adult humor.

Hey Arnold! (1996–2004) : He says it is the last show he saw on Nickelodeon, and reviews it based on its intro, asking why Arnold wears a skirt (it was explained in the cartoon that it is actually a shirt, and episodes of Hey Arnold! even have Arnold shown while wearing the shirt without the sweater), and finding the overall premise uninteresting.

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EpisodeNumber=44

Title=Nickcoms

WrittenBy=Doug Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Nickcoms: You Can't Do That on Television (1979–90)
Clarissa Explains It All (1991–94)
Hey Dude (1989–91)
Salute Your Shorts (1991–92)
The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1993–96)

He admits that some of the shows are clever and creative (especially Pete & Pete, which he is a fan of for its surreal humor), but overall boring and unfunny (especially Hey Dude). The "Burger King Elephant Pop-up" first appeared in this review.

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EpisodeNumber=45

Title=SNICK

WrittenBy=Doug Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews SNICK shows: Roundhouse (1992–96)
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990–2000)
All That (1994–2005)
Kablam! (1996–2000)
Kenan & Kel (1996–2000), focusing mainly on the movie Two Heads Are Better Than None (2000)

He says that All That was very hit and miss and the other shows are not special, but pans only Roundhouse. Note: After this review, he announced he would do Nick game shows, but since Double Dare (The footage of a Nick-related game show he has) was already reviewed and he could not find good footage of any of the other Nickelodeon game shows such as Guts, he had to review Good Burger.

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EpisodeNumber=46

Title=Good Burger

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Good Burger (1997). He complains about the absurd situations, annoying characters and unfunny jokes, and questions Abe Vigoda's presence. Special criticism is reserved for a scene when Ed Kel Mitchell sticks grapes up his nose and repeatedly shouts "Bloopity, bloopity, bloopity".

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EpisodeNumber=47

Title=FernGully: The Last Rainforest

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker
Lindsay Ellis

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Lindsay Ellis

ShortSummary=The Critic and Nostalgia Chick review FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992). They comment about the film's preachy attitude, uninspired characters and some scientific and geographical inaccuracies. As well as the somewhat hypocritical message of speaking out against [...] down trees, and yet being ironically, an animated movie, where a lot of paper must have been used to animate the movie.

Note: The term "Big-Lipped Alligator Moment" is first coined in this episode.

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EpisodeNumber=48

Title=A Kid in King Arthur's Court

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995). He criticizes the absurd situations, amateur filmmaking techniques and historical/mythological inaccuracies. He is also shocked to find Kate Winslet and Daniel Craig beginning their careers in this film.

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EpisodeNumber=49

Title=The Good Son

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews The Good Son (1993). Using cue cards and subtitles as Doug had lost his voice yelling how bad this movie is, his main complaint is the unrealistic characters and plot, particularly the character played by Macaulay Culkin, and the fact that the adults are too stupid to see that Culkin's character is evil.

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EpisodeNumber=50

Title= Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (1993), and Sonic the Hedgehog (1993–1994). He criticizes the former as "crazy" and nothing more than "pure [...]", criticizing the poor animation, annoying characters, lack of story, and insane demeanor. However, he praises the Saturday morning version for giving "Honest to God effort!", being dark and grim and having a remarkably developed storyline (even for Sonic standards), even considering it 'Number 12' on his Top 11 Animated Shows (Episode 30). In the commentary for the review, both Doug and Rob Walker admitted to actually finding the former cartoon so-bad-its-good, due to its surreal nature.

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EpisodeNumber=51

Title=Top 11 Nostalgic Mindfucks

WrittenBy=Doug Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic lists the top 11 surreal moments from movies, TV shows and video games. (In a nod to their oddness, he numbers the list unconventionally).

11 (Banana). Toontown from Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
10 (Balloon). Cool World (1992)
9 (Z). Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp (1991)
8 (Toaster). The Paraphernalia Wagon from Halloween Is Grinch Night (1977)
7 (♥). Raggedy Ann & Andy: A MusicAL Adventure (1977)
6 (#). The Opening to the Beetlejuice cartoon (1989-91)
5 (Lamp). Beavis' hallucination in Beavis and Butt-head Do America (1996)
4 (Guttenberg). The "Tunnel from Hell" in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
3 (π). "This Is Halloween" from The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
2 (Piano). "Pink Elephants on Parade from Dumbo (1941)
1 (E = mc2). The Opening to Pee-wee's Playhouse (1987)
Note: The song that plays in the background throughout most of this episode is "The Greatest Show Unearthed" by Creature Feature.

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EpisodeNumber=52

Title=Twister

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Twister (1996). While enjoying the effects, he heavily criticizes the main characters and the film's scientific inaccuracies.

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EpisodeNumber=53

Title=The Garbage Pail Kids Movie

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987). He lambasts the film for having no plot or story, terrible characters, unfunny and disgusting humour, and poorly designed puppets. Special criticism is saved for the musical number that the kids have in one scene, despite there being no indication that the movie is a musical. The episode ends with a parody of 2001: A Space Odyssey, where the film's horribleness rips through time and space.

Note: Doug and Rob Walker would later comment that The Garbage Pail Kids Movie was the worst movie that they had ever had to review for the series. In the retrospective "The WORST Movies Nostalgia Critic's Reviewed", on which he placed it at Number 1, Doug stated that it was also by far the worst movie that he had ever seen in his entire life.

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EpisodeNumber=54

Title=Rock-a-Doodle

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Rock-a-Doodle (1991). He marks this as the start of Don Bluth's decline in animated films, even though he says the movie is more odd than it is bad. He criticizes the very strange plot, annoying characters (especially the voice acting for Edmund) and frequent songs. Special criticism is the casting of Christopher Plummer as the Grand Duke of Owls.

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EpisodeNumber=55

Title=Titanic: The Animated Movie

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Titanic: The Legend Goes On (2001). Among the poor quality and taste of the film, he criticizes the historical inaccuracies, nonsensical characters (especially the rapping dog), and how it blatantly rips off the blockbuster film, Titanic.

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EpisodeNumber=56

Title=The Pagemaster

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews The Pagemaster (1994). He finds it to be dull and forgettable, with no memorable characters, and no opportunities to know the famous stories shown throughout. However, he does praise the pleasant-looking animation.

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EpisodeNumber=57

Title=Moonwalker

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Moonwalker (1988). He finds the movie to be nothing more than a massive ego-trip for Michael Jackson, and ridicules the often nonsensical segments of the film, though praises the "Smooth Criminal" music video in the middle of the film, referring to it as "the coolest [...] thing I've ever seen". Note: This review came out less than three months before the death of Michael Jackson.

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EpisodeNumber=58

Title=Top 11 Dumbest Superman Moments

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic compiles a list of the dumbest moments of the Superman films:

11. Casting Brandon Routh and Kate Bosworth in Superman Returns (2006)
10. The Dumb-[...] Kid at Niagara Falls from Superman II (1980)
9. Recreating the romantic flying scene from Superman in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
8. The woman and the baby carriage from Superman II
7. The special effects of Superman IV
6. Clark Kent's glasses (1978-2006)
5. Nuclear Man's creation in Superman IV
4. The opening of Superman III (1983)
3. Superman's mind erasing kiss in Superman II
2. Richard Pryor in Superman III
1. Superman time-traveling by rotating the Earth backwards in Superman (1978)

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EpisodeNumber=59

Title=TMNT

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews TMNT (2007), after many requests by his fans. Though he criticizes Mako's performance, the confusing plot, undeveloped characters and likeness to a video game, he notes that it's not bad, let alone horrible, and even praises the film's CGI animation. His criticism of Mako's performance proved controversial, as he addresses in his next video.

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EpisodeNumber=60

Title=Red Sonja

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Red Sonja (1985). Before the review, he explains the life of Mako, and apologizes for criticizing his voice of Splinter from the TMNT review. He finds the film's story to be underdeveloped, and criticizes both Brigitte Nielsen and Arnold Schwarzenegger's performances as lackluster.

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EpisodeNumber=61

Title=Short Circuit 1 and 2

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Short Circuit (1986) and Short Circuit 2 (1988). He concludes that while they technically are bad movies, criticizing both films' weird plots, poor acting and dialogue, and weak attempts at humor, both Johnny 5 and Benjamin are likable characters, despite the latter being highly offensive, and he calls the films "a guilty pleasure". Special criticism is reserved for an incredibly dark and sad scene in Short Circuit 2 in which the villains violently destroy Johnny 5.

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EpisodeNumber=62

Title=Old Vs. New - Batman Vs. The Dark Knight

WrittenBy=Doug Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic compares Batman (1989) with The Dark Knight (2008).

Best Batman: Michael Keaton
Best Joker: Heath Ledger
Best Supporting Cast: Batman
Best Action Scenes: The Dark Knight
Best Story: Batman
Batman wins over The Dark Knight: 3-2.

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EpisodeNumber=63

Title=Full House

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Full House (1987–95). He considers it the worst show ever, criticizing the show for being unfunny, boring, and repetitive, and having faked happiness and no real conflict. After doing this review, he is convinced The Olsen Twins are robots and he tries to escape, but the twins attack him.

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EpisodeNumber=64

Title=North

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews North (1994). He criticizes the random musical number, racist portrayals, unnecessary cameos, awful jokes, the bizarre Bruce Willis character, the overall ridiculous scenario, and the fact that the whole story turns out to be a dream. Special criticism is reserved for a scene where the main protagonist has a panic attack, especially when the father of the main character says, "Loosen his pants".

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EpisodeNumber=65

Title=Sidekicks

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Sidekicks (1992). His main complaint is that the vast majority of the film is a self-indulgent plug for the director's brother Chuck Norris, criticizing his and Jonathan Brandis' performances, the bizarre plot, similarities to The Karate Kid, mean-spirited characters, and poor choreography of the action scenes. He also pretends not to dislike Mako Iwamatsu's bad acting due to the bad response about his comments during his Ninja Turtles movies review.

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EpisodeNumber=66

Title=Gargoyles

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Gargoyles (1994–1997). This episode is one of the few where he does not criticize, save for the unusual storyline and the third season, "The Goliath Chronicles".

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EpisodeNumber=67

Title=Transformers 2

WrittenBy=Doug Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), in the same style of his first episode. He considers it "adequately satisfying" despite a weak plot.

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EpisodeNumber=68

Title=Steel

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Steel (1997). He criticizes the wooden acting of Shaquille O'Neal and bad dialogue, and considers Steel as the "worst superhero ever". He points out that the only good factors are Annabeth Gish's performance, her character's laser-shooting wheelchair, and the funny reaction of a man about to be blown away by a grenade. Speical crticsm is the casting of Richard Roundtree.

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EpisodeNumber=69

Title=Top 11 Cereal Mascots

WrittenBy=Doug Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic lists the top 11 cereal mascots:

11. Toucan Sam from "Froot Loops" (1945-present)
10. Cookie Crook and Officer Crumb from "Cookie Crisp" (1981-97)
9. Buzz Bee from "Honey Nut Cheerios" (referred to as "The Honey Nut Cheerios Bee") (1979-present)
8. Wendell from "Cinnamon Toast Crunch" (1987-present)
7. Lucky from "Lucky Charms" (1962-present)
6. Cap'n "Horatio Magellan" Crunch from "Cap'n Crunch" (1963–present)
5. Count Chocula from "Count Chocula" (1971-present)
4. Sonny the Cuckoo Bird from "Cocoa Puffs" (1962-present)
3. Sugar Bear from "Golden Crisp" (1964-present)
2. The Trix Rabbit from "Trix" (1959-present)
1. Tony the Tiger from "Frosted Flakes" (1958–present)

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EpisodeNumber=70

Title=Barb Wire

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Barb Wire (1996). He claims this film was made solely for Pamela Anderson's figure, points out several blatant [...] overtones, criticizes the dialogue as bland and characters as hard to like, and concludes that the plot was ripping off Casablanca.

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EpisodeNumber=71

Title=Old Vs. New: Lord Of The Rings Animated Vs. Lord of the Rings

WrittenBy=Doug Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic compares The Lord of the Rings (1978) with the first two films of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–03, New Line).

Best Frodo Baggins: Animated Film
Best Supporting Cast: Live-Action Films
Best Villains: Animated Film
Best Action Scenes: Live-Action Films
Best Story: Live-Action Films The live-action films win over the animated film: 3-2.

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EpisodeNumber=72

Title=Last Action Hero

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Last Action Hero (1993). He criticizes the amount of dialogue compared to the action, the senseless celebrity cameos, and the lack of realism in the movie's "real world" segment. However, he admits that the ideas were creative and was interested in the villain's master plan to bring various antagonists from other films.

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EpisodeNumber=73

Title=Captain N: The Game Master

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Captain N: The Game Master (1989–91). He finds the animation sloppy, and the show's characters to be irritating, undeveloped and barely resembling their video game designs. He especially shows a strong distaste for the butchering of Simon Belmont's character, who comes off as wimpy and foppish.

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EpisodeNumber=74

Title=We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary="Raoul Puke", in place of the Critic, reviews We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993). Despite praising the animation style, he considers the film to be a "Big Lipped Alligator Movie", due to its many over-the-top and pointless moments. He also criticizes the poorly written script, weird close-ups, often scary visuals, annoying characters, and an overly long and random chase in the middle, as well as a particularly jarring scene depicting the fate of the film's villain.

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EpisodeNumber=75

Title=Warriors of Virtue

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Warriors of Virtue (1997). He criticizes the film's dullness, blurry fighting scenes and lack of character development, but gives credit to Angus Macfadyen's over-the-top performance.

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EpisodeNumber=76

Title=Captain America

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Captain America (1990). He criticizes the film for having a boring story, and considers Captain America in the film to be a boring and ineffective hero, in addition to the 1970's-esque production values despite being released in 1990. Special criticism is reserved for the film constantly putting captions in a scene to show where the scene is located, such as putting the caption, "Rome" when the setting switches to Rome.

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EpisodeNumber=77

Title=Top 11 Nostalgia Critic [...]-Ups

WrittenBy=Doug Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic counts down mistakes he has made in previous episodes:

11. Not understanding the reason why the African-American actor and Asian actress left from the cast of Power Rangers.
10. Placing the Banshee from Darby O'Gill and the Little People as #1 in "The Top 11 Scariest Nostalgic Moments" .
9. Wearing eyeliner in The Top 11 Dumbest Superman Moments without notice.
8. Mistaking some of Steven Chorney's paintings for those of Drew Struzan.
7. Not giving a clear explanation of the secret passageway in the Bébé's Kids video game for SNES.
6. Mistaking a forklift for a bulldozer in Barb Wire.
5. Mistaking Robert Prosky for Art Carney in Last Action Hero.
4. Not realizing that some species of lizards can actually eat fish in Godzilla.
3. Insulting Mako in TMNT.
2. The constant spelling mistakes throughout the series (notably A Kid in King Arthur's Court and We're Back! A Dinosaur’s Story).
1. Leaving out the death of Optimus Prime from The Transformers: The Movie from "The Top 11 Saddest Nostalgic Moments".

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EpisodeNumber=78

Title=Alone in The Dark

AltTitle=Special Top Secret Review

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker
Noah Antwiler
Lewis Lovhaug

Aux2=24:08

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Noah Antwiler
Lewis Lovhaug

ShortSummary=The Critic, speaking through a speech synthesis program as Doug had lost his voice, along with Spoony and Linkara review Alone in the Dark (2005). They criticize Uwe Boll's direction, the actors' horrible performances, plot holes, nonsensical story, and bearing no resemblance to the video game on which it was based.

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EpisodeNumber=79

Title=Blank Check

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Blank Check (1994). He criticizes the film for taking an idea with a lot of potential and developing it into something that already occurred in several other films during the '90s, with a ridiculous plot, poor performances, an emphasis on materialism, and complete lack of humor. Special criticism is reserved for the father's complete disregard for his young son and the relationship between the child hero and adult heroine.

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EpisodeNumber=80

Title=Old Vs New: Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory Vs. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

WrittenBy=Doug Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic compares Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Best Wonka: Gene Wilder
Best Supporting Cast: Willy Wonka
Best Music: Willy Wonka
Best Visuals: Charlie
Best Story: Willy Wonka The original wins over the remake: 4-1.

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EpisodeNumber=81

Title=Cool as Ice

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Cool as Ice (1991). He criticizes the lack of plot, bizarre sets and editing, Vanilla Ice's performance, and attempts at acting black, which only makes it seem whiter.

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EpisodeNumber=82

Title=Suburban Commando

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Suburban Commando (1991). Though admitting a few jokes are funny, especially the line, "I was frozen today!" he finds the film to be stupid and unoriginal. Special criticism is reserved for a scene where Hogan's character and the child hero play a video game in an arcade, talking as though the game is a space alien game (Despite the fact the screen of the game clearly shows Sega's After Burner).

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EpisodeNumber=83

Title=The Next Karate Kid

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews The Next Karate Kid (1994). He criticizes the film as a cash-in on the success of the first three films, with mean spirited characters, an over-exaggeration of school security, a weak script, and a confusing moral.

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EpisodeNumber=84

Title=Casper

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Casper (1995). He criticizes the lame puns, pointless cameos, illogical nature of the plot, and nearly excessive use of vulgar language, despite being considered a family movie. However, he admits that the filmmakers at least "tried" to put effort in it. It finishes with him chasing an evil Casper, who had been annoying him during the review, throughout a GMX convention in Tennessee while dressed as a Ghostbuster.

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EpisodeNumber=85

Title=Superman IV

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Lewis Lohvaug

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Lewis Lohvaug

ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), along with Linkara. They criticize the film's inconsistencies, pointless side-stories, ludicrous morals, and cheap visual effects.

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EpisodeNumber=86

Title=Congo

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Congo (1995). He pokes fun at Tim Curry's Romanian accent in the film, criticizes the special effects for being silly (especially with the ape costumes having obvious fur mask gaps on the necks), the storyline for being laughable, and points out that the only good parts of this film are the Bruce Campbell cameo, Ernie Hudson's performance, and the laser gun.

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EpisodeNumber=87

Title=A Tribute to Siskel and Ebert

WrittenBy=Doug Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic pays tribute to two of the most loved television film critics: Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. He also discusses the show after Siskel's unfortunate death, the Richard Roeper era, claims that the two Bens were "douchebags", and the show as it was before the series ended in 2010 with Michael Phillips and A. O. Scott was slightly better, but still not the same as what the 1986-1999 era had to offer.

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EpisodeNumber=88

Title=Judge Dredd

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

Aux2=20:13

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Judge Dredd (1995). He criticizes the film for being over-the-top and finds Rob Schneider annoying, but admits that the film has a certain comedic value and is a guilty pleasure.

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EpisodeNumber=89

Title=Tank Girl

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

Aux2=19:02

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Tank Girl (1995). He finds the characters annoying and criticizes the incoherent plot, pointless scenes and the use of comic panels in place of scenes and segues. Special criticism is reserved for a random musical number where the cast performs "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love.

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EpisodeNumber=90

Title=Jack Frost

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=To start off the holiday season, the Critic decides to review bad holiday-related movies. He begins by reviewing Jack Frost (1998), praising the film's looks and cinematography, and criticizing the lack of sense and creativity, snowman special effects, poor dialogue, and underdeveloped characters.

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EpisodeNumber=91

Title=He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special (1985). He notices (and counts) homosexual overtones, criticizes the musical number and notes the hypocrisy of a Christmas special involving animated violence.

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EpisodeNumber=92

Title=The Return of the Christmas Specials

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic lists the next top 11 (runner-up) Christmas specials:

11. Elf
10. A Garfield Christmas Special
9. The Polar Express (but only in 3D)
8. Blackadder's Christmas Carol
7. Gremlins
6. The Nativity Story
5. A Pinky and the Brain Christmas
4. All in the Family: The Draft Dodger
3. Joyeux Noël
2. The Snowman
1. Die Hard Throughout the review, The Critic is constantly told of The Star Wars Holiday Special, but continues to state that the special does not exist, only to hear Yoda's laugh. At the end, he receives a package in the mail delivered by a Wookie, only to in horror discover that it is a DVD of The Star Wars Holiday Special.

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EpisodeNumber=93

Title=The Star Wars Holiday Special

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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ShortSummary=The Critic reviews The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978), despite his efforts to escape. He considers the worst Christmas special ever, criticizing the focus on the Wookiee family, the Star Wars cast only appearing in cameos, excessive filler, and the animation from the cartoon segments, but he does praise Bea Arthur's performance. Special criticism is reserved for the annoying roars of the Wookiees in general, let alone a tribe of them, causing one of his ears to bleed at one point. At the end of the review, "Santa Christ" (played by Rob Walker) destroys the holiday special, wipes the Critic's memory of the holiday special, and cures the Critic's diabetes, which was something the Critic was unaware he had.

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EpisodeNumber=94

Title=Ernest Saves Christmas

WrittenBy=Doug Walker
Rob Walker

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Aux1=Doug Walker

ShortSummary=The Critic reviews Ernest Saves Christmas (1988). Like the other Ernest P. Worrell movies, he pokes fun at the silly humor and not making much sense, though he admits that he watches it every year, loves Douglas Seale's performance of Santa and considers it a guilty pleasure. Note: During the review, the Critic made a comment about autism that he later found to be inappropriate and removed. This is currently the only joke ever removed from the show because Walker thought it was low, unfair, and did not make much sense.

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