List of The Nostalgia Critic episodes (season 1)
| Nostalgia Critic (2007-2008) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 42 |
| Release | |
| Original network | That Guy with the Glasses |
| Original release | July 3, 2007 – December 30, 2008 |
| Season chronology | |
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The initial episodes of comedy web series The Nostalgia Critic gradually introduced familiar elements that would later be associated with the show, particularly in his appearance. The Critic started on YouTube in 2007 through the channel name "Nostalgiacritic". The Critic is uncharacteristically hyper in the first episode in comparison to later episodes. He is first seen sitting in his chair in the second episode. This episode is also the first time he wields his gun and in which his "Hello, I'm the Nostalgia Critic. I remember it so you don't have to." catchphrase is first used. The character's appearance is defined in the fourth episode. Episode seven features the first "Top 11" list along with the catchphrase "Why Top 11? Because I like to go one step beyond." In April 2008, Doug Walker launched thatguywiththeglasses.com to act as the permanent home of his various content, including the Nostalgia Critic. Pokemon: The First Movie was the first Nostalgia Critic review to be originally posted to the website. Subsequently, in June 2008, Walker's YouTube channels, Thenostalgiacritic, fivesecondmovies, and newguywiththeglasses were terminated in the charge of copyright copyright infringement and thus abolishing him from YouTube.com.
Episodes[edit]
| No. in series |
Title | Length | Release date | |
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| 1 | "Transformers: The Movie" | 2:16 | July 3, 2007 | |
| 2 | "Drug Cartoon Special" | 7:31 | April 7, 2008 | |
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The Critic reviews Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990). He criticizes the fact that the special is about drugs, the cartoon characters' mean spirited and overly preachy nature, and a very annoying musical number. This was the first episode to be done in the Nostalgia Critic's trademark style, whereas the previous later became the basis for Doug's other web series, Bum Reviews. Note: This episode was originally posted on YouTube on July 2007. It also introduces the Critic's opening catchphrase, "Hello, I'm the Nostalgia Critic. I remember it so you don't have to." It was the first video that Doug Walker used footage from the film he was reviewing. | ||||
| 3 | "Cloverfield Trailer" | 4:07 | April 8, 2008 | |
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The Critic speculates, prior to its release, about the plot of Cloverfield (2008). Note: This episode was originally posted on YouTube on July 2007. Also, as a first for the series, the opening catchphrase serves as the closing catchphrase. | ||||
| 4 | "Power Rangers: A Look Back" | 8:47 | April 9, 2008 | |
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The Critic reviews Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995). He already hates the TV show and exclaims that the plot is nonsensical, criticizes the movie for having a budget wasted on pointless stuff like the opening skydiving stunt, poor special effects and how the moral is to fight without powers, yet the Power Rangers get them back eventually. However, he finds a funny scene when Ivan Ooze destroys Zordon. Special criticism is reserved for the climax, which involves the Rangers (inside the Ninja Falcon Megazord) defeating Ooze by kneeing him in the scrotum. Note: This episode was originally posted on YouTube on July 2007. Also, in a future episode, the Critic says he enjoys the show's theme song. | ||||
| 5 | "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Launch" | 8:17 | July 22, 2007[1] | |
| The Critic attends a midnight launch party for J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the last book in the Harry Potter series. | ||||
| 6 | "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movies" | 11:01 | April 11, 2008 | |
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The Critic reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993). Despite the flaws found in the first two movies, such as the disappointing climax in the original and the toned down content in the sequel, he finds both enjoyable, with praise to the animatronics and fight scenes. However, he finds the third movie bad enough to not review it, saying he could not watch over five minutes of it. Note: This episode was originally posted on YouTube in two videos due to YouTube's ten minute time limit. | ||||
| 7 | "Top 11 Scariest Nostalgic Moments" | 9:09 | April 12, 2008 | |
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The Critic counts down the top 11 scariest Nostalgic moments. Note: This episode was originally posted on YouTube on October 2007. In his Top 11 Nostalgia Critic Fuck-Ups review, The Critic states that Wonka's Tunnel of Hell ought to have been #1. | ||||
| 8 | "Super Mario Bros.: The Movie" | 9:24 | October 31, 2007[2] | |
| The Critic reviews Super Mario Bros. (1993). He criticizes Mario and Luigi's last name (which the movie says is simply "Mario"), the plot, Dennis Hopper's performance, the fact that Mario and Luigi are father and son, and that the movie has very little to do with the video game on which it is based. Special criticism is used for scenes in the movie in which Hopper says the laughable lines "Bob-omb!" and "Monkey!" | ||||
| 9 | "Cloverfield" | 4:14 | January 18, 2008[3] | |
| The Critic reviews Cloverfield, stating that it was okay, expressing rage over The Monster and re-enacting the film himself. | ||||
| 10 | "Street Fighter The Movie" | 8:14 | February 3, 2008[4] | |
| The Critic reviews Street Fighter (1994). He criticizes the large amount of action scenes, the confusing story, the huge cast, and Jean-Claude Van Damme's performance. However, he applauds the final performance of the late Raúl Juliá. | ||||
| 11 | "Mortal Kombat: The Movie" | 7:33 | February 3, 2008[5] | |
| The Critic reviews Mortal Kombat (1995). He criticizes the PG-13 rating (which led to a lack of blood-gushing violence like in the video game), Johnny Cage's one liners and some pointless fighting scenes. | ||||
| 12 | "Space Jam" | 09:53 (original cut) 11:12 (final cut) | February 29, 2008[6] | |
| The Critic reviews Space Jam (1996). He criticizes the film's ridiculous plot, the focus on commercialism, the jokes for not being up to classic Looney Tunes standards, Michael Jordan's dull acting, and the numerous up-close shots. Special criticism is reserved for the sex appeal given to Lola Bunny. | ||||
| 13 | "Pokemon: The Movie" | 12:46 | April 20, 2008 | |
| The Critic reviews Pokémon: The First Movie (1999). He complains that the film does not really explain the premise of Pokémon to the non-initiated, undeveloped characters and considers the message of "fighting is wrong" as hypocritical, considering that the whole point of the series is Pokémon battling each other. Special criticism is reserved for the scene where Ash is resurrected by the devastated Pokémon's crying, something he finds to be a highly clichéd and terrible moral for children. | ||||
| 14 | "The Wizard" | 16:06 | May 4, 2008 | |
| The Critic reviews The Wizard (1989). He calls it one big commercial for Nintendo, criticizing the acting, especially from the character of Jimmy, the fact that the kids act like adults and vice versa and the violent and suggestive themes. The episode ends him talking about where the director and the actors went onto anything successful, finding out they did go on to successful things. | ||||
| 15 | "Top 11 Naughtiest Moments in Animaniacs" | 2:33 | May 11, 2008 | |
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The Critic notes the top 11 most risqué situations from the children's animated series Animaniacs: | ||||
| 16 | "Batman and Robin" | 17:11 | May 23, 2008 | |
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The Critic reviews Batman & Robin (1997). He heavily criticizes the colorful campy feel that resembles the 1960s Batman TV series, the major departure from the previous films which features a darker tone, the lame one-liners, numerous homoerotic overtones, clichés, and Mr. Freeze's ice puns. Special criticism is reserved for the infamous Bat Credit Card scene, which causes the Critic to go into a homicidal rant (#8 on the "Funniest Jokes" list). Note: (insert real thoughts here) | ||||
| 17 | "Top 11 Catchiest Theme Songs" | 10:35 | June 1, 2008 | |
| The Critic lists the top 11 catchiest nostalgic theme songs. | ||||
| 18 | "'90s Sports Montage" | 10:10 | June 9, 2008 | |
| The Critic reviews various 1980s and 90s sports movies. | ||||
| 19 | "Top 11 Drug PSAs" | 13:22 | June 22, 2008 | |
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The Critic lists the top 11 drug PSAs. 11. "Be an Original" The Critic praises if for being "Short, sweet, and having a lot of energy to it." | ||||
| 20 | "Captain Planet" | 13:55 | July 6, 2008 | |
| The Critic reviews Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990–96). He criticizes the overall premise, is annoyed by several of the main characters, and finds some themes (AIDS, gang violence) inappropriate for a children's show. However, in the Top 11 Hottest Animated Women list, he did admit that Linka was somewhat attractive. | ||||
| 21 | "Double Dare" | 8:27 | July 13, 2008 | |
| The Critic positively reviews the game show Double Dare (1986–93). Among his points, he praises the host, Marc Summers, for being able to "get into the game" despite having OCD. | ||||
| 22 | "3 Ninjas" | 10:46 | July 20, 2008 | |
| The Critic reviews 3 Ninjas (1992). He comments on the film's blatant attempts to cash in on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Home Alone, criticizing the plot, corny dialogue, annoying characters (especially Grandpa Mori) and weird traps. Special criticism is reserved for the bullies saying "cake" where it does not make any sense. | ||||
| 23 | "Top 11 Hottest Animated Women" | 11:19 | July 28, 2008 | |
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The Critic lists the top 11 attractive animated female characters 11. Linka from Captain Planet | ||||
| 24 | "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" | 15:24 | August 11, 2008 | |
| The Critic reviews Masters of the Universe (1987). He criticizes the film's title which lacks "He-Man" in it, numerous homoerotic overtones, Skeletor's dull portrayal, the subplot of the film involving Julie which he considers depressing, most of the plot having little to do with He-Man and the moral, which he finds to be very unrealistic. | ||||
| 25 | "Follow That Bird" | 5:59 | August 18, 2008 | |
| The Critic reviews Follow That Bird (1985). Halfway through the review, he admits he is unable to properly criticize Sesame Street as it was the first show he ever fell in love with as a child and walks out. Chester A. Bum finishes the review for $20. | ||||
| 26 | "Saved by the Bell" | 18:46 | August 25, 2008 | |
| The Critic reviews Saved by the Bell (1989–93). He comments on the absurd stories, dated fashions and sets, obnoxious canned laughter and flat characters. However, he concludes that the show was relatively harmless. | ||||
| 27 | "Tom and Jerry: The Movie" | 14:16 | September 1, 2008 | |
| The Critic reviews Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992). He is upset about Tom and Jerry being able to talk and when the orphan girl Robyn Starling becomes the focus of the story, he acts as a director trying to get her to leave before eventually deciding to "rewrite" the film into being about "A little Orphan trying to find her father while her aunt tries to find her. And there's also a cat and mouse in there but that no longer matters", and also shows a strong dislike for the musical numbers and the poor slapstick. Special criticism is reserved for the scene where Tom and Jerry speak and introduce themselves to Pugsy, and sing about being friends. Doug later placed the review at #3 in his list of the "Top 11 Nostalgia Critic Episodes" and the Mindf*ck and Hamlet Joke at #10 in his "Top 11 Nostalgia Critic Jokes". | ||||
| 28 | "Top 11 Saddest Moments" | 14:37 | September 9, 2008 | |
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The Critic lists the top 11 saddest moments in nostalgic films 1. "Every Single God Damn Disney Movie Ever Made!" (Notably The Lion King, Old Yeller and Bambi) Special criticism is reserved for the famous death scene from Bambi when after Bambi and his dad walk away, the next scene opens with birds happily singing. At the end of the countdown, the Critic is shot in the head, and the video ends in the style of the movie. This episode, before the Let's Play of Bart's Nightmare, was the most controversial episode of the NC, because he didn't put Optimus Prime on the list he explains why he didn't put it on the list on the Top 11 Fuck-Ups. | ||||
| 29 | "Surf Ninjas" | 14:49 | September 15, 2008 | |
| Continuing from the previous episode, the Critic gives a positive review of Surf Ninjas (1993), talking about obviously terrible elements such as plot holes, terrible acting and jokes, and adult humor and situations as if they were genius, before waking up from his coma, in the style of The Wizard of Oz, revealing the review to be a dream and that he in fact hates it. | ||||
| 30 | "Top 11 Nostalgic Animated Shows" | 14:44 | September 29, 2008 | |
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The Critic lists top 11 greatest animated shows of the 1980s and '90s Note: In a later review, Doug considered the Saturday morning Sonic the Hedgehog series as #12 to make up for not considering it in the list. | ||||
| 31 | "Kazaam" | 15:37 | October 6, 2008 | |
| The Critic reviews Kazaam (1996). He attacks Shaquille O'Neal's acting and rapping, the numerous implications of pedophilia and the film's plot, finding the idea of Kazaam being Max's genie to be similar to slavery. Special criticism is used for a scene involving Shaq rapping when he raps, "Let's Green Egg and Ham it." | ||||
| 32 | "Drew Struzan Tribute" | 5:51 | October 13, 2008 | |
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The Critic salutes Drew Struzan, painter and creator of well-known movie posters. He claims that Struzan denied him an interview and recalled this instance during a rare radio interview. Note: It's revealed in the "Top 11 Nostalgia Critic Fuck Ups" that the Nostalgia Critic actually used a couple wrong posters, explaining that Drew Struzan himself sent him an email stating that the posters he used in the episode were one of the closest group of posters that were correct that he ever seen. | ||||
| 33 | "Halloween '08 Special" | 8:16 | October 21, 2008 | |
| The Critic negatively reviews the Teddy Ruxpin doll, calling it creepy. The doll later comes to life and vengefully attacks him. | ||||
| 34 | "Double Dragon" | 15:35 | October 28, 2008 | |
| The Critic reviews Double Dragon (1994). He criticizes the film's nonsensical plot, ignoring its source material from the video game it is based on, the pointless celebrity cameos, using elements from popular films, bad puns along with the dialogue, and lack of character development. Special criticism is reserved for the scene where the actual Double Dragon arcade game is in the background, and how the movie takes place in the "futuristic" year of 2007. | ||||
| 35 | "Top 11 Underrated Nostalgic Classics" | 16:32 | November 4, 2008 | |
| The Critic lists the top 11 overlooked films. | ||||
| 36 | "Howard the Duck" | 16:45 | November 11, 2008 | |
| The Critic reviews Howard the Duck (1986). He finds the film's main problem to be that it was too dark, violent and sexual for a PG rating. He also criticizes the plot, implausibility, acting and puns, as well as finding the film "silly, stupid, and surprisingly boring". Special criticism is reserved for a scene when the audience can clearly see a female duck's naked breasts. | ||||
| 37 | "Mortal Kombat: Annihilation" | 21:31 | November 17, 2008 | |
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The Critic reviews Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997). He criticizes the film's plot as just exposition, poor special effects and presence of characters who had died in the original film, saying that despite still disliking the first Mortal Kombat, he considered it "a masterpiece" compared to the sequel. Note: Bargo's "dirty little kitty" rant with Sonya and Mileena fighting is placed at number 2 on Doug's "Funniest Jokes" list. | ||||
| 38 | "Godzilla" | 21:55 | November 26, 2008 | |
| The Critic reviews Godzilla (1998). He confesses on disliking the director, Roland Emmerich, criticizes Matthew Broderick's performance and the illogical script, and finds scenes similar to other films, such as Jurassic Park and Star Wars. Special criticism is reserved for Broderick's flat and unfunny line, "That's a lot of fish." | ||||
| 39 | "Top 11 Disney Villains" | 17:24 | December 3, 2008 | |
| The Critic lists his top 11 favorite Walt Disney Animation Studios villains. | ||||
| 40 | "Super Mario Brothers Super Show" | 15:36 | December 16, 2008 | |
| The Critic reviews Super Mario Brothers Super Show (1989). For its Mario cartoons, he criticizes the inconsistent plots, mostly bad parodies of popular films, giving the villain a different name, dialogue being heavy on Italian food puns, flat characters, and cheap animation. For it's Zelda cartoons, he credits it for having a solid plot and for making Zelda an active character instead of a damsel and for giving her a father, but criticizes the character of Link and his catchphrase, the other characters, the relationship between him and Zelda, the absence of the third Triforce, and the same cheap animation as the Mario cartoons. | ||||
| 41 | "Top 12 Greatest Christmas Specials" | 20:47 | December 22, 2008 | |
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The Critic lists the top 12 films, episodes and television specials about Christmas: | ||||
| 42 | "Jingle All the Way" | 20:38 | December 28, 2008 | |
| The Critic reviews Jingle All the Way (1996). In addition to mocking the actors, he considers it one of the worst Christmas specials, criticizing the absurd and overly manic situations of the movie, and the seemingly materialistic message of the film. Special criticism is reserved for the entirety of the climax which is set at the Christmas parade, especially the scene where it is revealed that the Turbo Man costume can actually fly. | ||||
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20070917075921/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdNirqoAnLk&mode=related&search=
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20080327093328/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw7WLSjrYdo&feature=related
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20080221183017/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0__UIZt-Xs
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1644214/?ref_=tt_ep_nx
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1644215/?ref_=tt_ep_nx
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20080419234013/http://youtube.com/watch?v=i6om0E9y-pU&feature=related
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