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[[File:ChannelAwesomeSmaller_7576.jpg|frame|Alright people, this is the moment you've been waiting for! Bravery will be rewarded! Destinies will be revealed! And the honor of a new nation will be born! A nation which I will declare--KICKASSIA! <ref>Extreme front: Ma-Ti from ''[[Captain Planet and Thethe Planeteers]]'' (Bargo). Front row from left to right: [[Bennett the Sage]], [[Benzaie]], Kevin Baugh, [[Lord Kat]], [[The Game Heroes|8-Bit Mickey]], [[Bad Movie Beatdown (Web Video)|Film Brain]], That Other Guy (Rob Walker). Second row from left to right: [[Rollo T]], [[Marz Gurl]], [[The Angry Joe Show (Web Video)|Angry Joe]], [[The Spoony Experiment (Web Video)|The Spoony One]], [[The Cinema Snob (Web Video)|The Cinema Snob]], [[Lee and Dena|Lee]], [[Phelous]]. Back row from left to right: [[Paw Dugan]], [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Linkara]], [[The Game Heroes|Handsome Tom]], [[The Nostalgia Chick (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Chick]], [[Jew Wario]]. Top: [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]].</ref>]]
 
 
{{quote|"''I'm the Nostalgia Critic, [[Subverted Catchphrase|and I get a feeling that none of you are gonna have a hard time remembering this]].''"|'''[[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]]''' in the trailer for ''Kickassia''}}
 
A tale about dreams of glory. A story of conquest, victory and defeat. A classic fable of one man's quest for power, forever shadowed by the cloud of insanity...
 
''Kickassia'' is a feature-length, six-part [[Web Original|original web]] presentation created by Doug Walker and the rest of the gang at [[That Guy With theThe Glasses (Website)|Channel Awesome]], including [[The Nostalgia Chick]], [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Linkara]], [[The Spoony Experiment (Web Video)|Spoony]], [[The Cinema Snob (Web Video)|The Cinema Snob]], [[Marz Gurl (Web Video)|Marz Gurl]], and [[The Angry Joe Show (Web Video)|Angry Joe]] (among others), in honor of the site's second anniversary. The plot concerns [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]], eager to own his very own country, deciding to organize an assault on the [[wikipedia:Republic of Molossia|Republic of Molossia]] a one-acre independent nation within the continental United States and usurp its [[Authority in Name Only|president]], Kevin Baugh. Hilarity, as well as movie references and heavy artillery, [[Hilarity Ensues|ensue]].
 
The series started on May 17, 2010, with a new installment posted online per day. The series is as follows:
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[http://theawesomestore.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=29937 DVD can be found here!]
 
Not to be confused with the [[Kick-Ass|comic]] and [[Kick-Ass (Filmfilm)|film]] titled ''[[Kick-Ass]]''.
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=== This series contains examples of: ===
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* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: Yes, [[wikipedia:Republic of Molossia|Molossia]] is [http://www.molossia.org/ a real micronation], and that is really its president [[As Himself]].
* [[Amusing Injuries]]
* [[Angrish]]: What [[Bad Movie Beatdown (Web Video)|Film Brain]] spouts as he {{spoiler|holds the Cinema Snob at gunpoint inside the hotel room.}} [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by the Snob himself.
{{quote| ''"Is that even English?!"''}}
* [[Apathetic Citizens]]: None of the people of Molossia cares that their nation is being invaded{{spoiler|, nor do they when Molossia IS taken over}}.
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** {{spoiler|One of them finally notices in Part Six when Angry Joe announces their freedom}}.
{{quote| ''"What?"''}}
* [[Apple of Discord]]: In Part 3, {{spoiler|Baron Fritz von Baugh started to plant seeds of dissent against [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]], saying that someone else could do better as a leader.}} Considering these guys, it gets lampshaded but still played straight.
* [[Artistic License Gun Safety]]: Justified in that half the cast are homicidal maniacs, but seriously... scratching your chin with an Uzi?
* [[Attack! Attack! Retreat! Retreat!]]: When {{spoiler|Kevin Baugh pulls a gun, everyone quickly turns back and screams}}.
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* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: Oh so very much. {{spoiler|President Baugh bitch-slaps the TGWTG crew with ''a sword''!}}
* [[Book End]]: {{spoiler|The beginning started off with the Nostalgia Critic knocking on Kevin Baugh's door and telling him he's going to invade Molossia. The last stretch of Part Six has the Nostalgia Critic knocking on his door again and telling him that he can have his nation back.}}
* [[Bored Withwith Insanity]]: Spoony {{spoiler|turning back from Dr. Insano}}
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Film Brain's reaction to {{spoiler|the death of Santa Christ}}.
* [[Break the Haughty]]: The [[Jerkass Woobie|Nostalgia]] [[The Chew Toy|Critic]] gets [[Drunk Withwith Power]]. Did you really think he'd get to keep it?
* [[Buffy-Speak]]: "Well, I'm sciencier!"
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Handsome Tom. First he was offered to be used as a battering ram, then he was told his head is too soft, used as a horse by 8-Bit Mickey, he is used as the flagpole, and punched by Marzgurl for being too tall. It is indeed a sad day for Handsome Tom.
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** When the other reviewers {{spoiler|are about give the Nostalgia Critic his comeuppance and kick his ass, That Guy tells everyone to "Hold it!" from off-screen before making his appearance in much the same way he did in the Epic Brawl a year earlier. However, this time he doesn't get everyone to stop the violence; he simply remarks he's just there to make his cameo appearance, before telling the others they can carry on attacking the Nostalgia Critic.}}
** "Et tu, Film Brain?" calls back to a similar line to Lee in the Brawl.
** Linkara is seen wearing a ''[[Power Rangers]]'' communicator, and during the second invasion attempt, both he and Marzgurl are wearing color-coded Sentai-like masks and have synchronised poses. Linkara previously used the Green Ranger's dagger as a weapon in the Brawl and in episodes of ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Atop the Fourth Wall]]'', and also successfully used a ''Power Rangers'' morpher in ''AT4W''.
*** His [[Star Trek|Starfleet]] uniform is a [[Call Back]] to his ''[[Star Trek]]/[[X -Men]] #1'' review, in which it actually appeared.
** There's one to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPzLbepY6Us&feature=related "Off to Beat the Nerd"]. [[The Mikado|That song at about 4:15]] should sound familiar--it's even cut off at the same point both times.
* [[The Cameo]]: {{spoiler|Doug appears as Spider-Dr. Smith from the Critic's ''[[Lost in Space]]'' review in part 1 for a few seconds, suggesting an invasion involving an army of ''spiiiideeeers''. He has another brief one in Part 4, pushing much the same ideas. That idea being spiiiiiideerrrsss.}}
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** During the invasion in Part 2, {{spoiler|Chester A. Bum appeared at one point and immediately ran away when a mine exploded next to him.}}
** In Part 4, {{spoiler|Ma-Ti (or at least the spiritual image of him), along with the Critic's review room, shows up to warn the Critic to stop being such a douchebag.}}
** Part 5 overflows with them thanks to {{spoiler|the death of Santa Christ}}. Plus, {{spoiler|[[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|Board James]] shows up to explain [[Risk]] and even [[Lampshades]] his cameo appearance.}}
** In Part 6, {{spoiler|Ask That Guy shows up, and lampshades this by stating that he's just there for his cameo}}.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Spoony's new one seems to be "...but that was in the past".
** [[Bad Movie Beatdown (Web Video)|Film Brain]]: "SYMBOLISM!!!"
** 8-Bit Mickey: "And 8-Bit Mickey."
** {{spoiler|Dr. Insano: "... with SCIENCE!!!"}}
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'''Nostalgia Critic:''' OF... That question you can definitely say yes to.<br />
'''Chris Larios:''' Say, Critic... Do you get a lot of pussy with that outfit?<br />
'''Nostalgia Critic:''' '''[[Street Fighter (Filmfilm)|OF COURSE!]]''' }}
** [[Jew Wario]]'s "I like it!"
* [[Chewing the Scenery]]: Spoony in his scene with the Nostalgia Critic.
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** Kevin Baugh. In his meeting in Part 1, he consulted with himself as Fritz von Baugh about the Critic's invasion. [[Justified]]: he ''is'' the self-proclaimed President of a sovereign microstate within the United States. It comes with [[Just for Pun|the territory]].
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: "Whatever happened to the purity of unarmed combat?"
** [[Street Fighter (Filmfilm)|"This is just superconductor electromagnetism. Certainly you've heard of it. It levitates bullet trains from Tokyo to Osaka. It will levitate my rocket chair, once it finally arrives.]] [[Special Effects Failure|And it also levitates... me!"]]
* [[Completely Missing the Point]]: Some fans take the special too seriously, when it's actually a [[Parody|Parodic]] [[Dramedy]] that was shot in four days under harsh desert conditions with a cast of mostly untrained actors.
* [[Continuity Lock Out]]: The movie is almost completely unwatchable unless you already have a decent grounding in the [[Me Me|memes]] and recurring jokes and characters on the site. Even fans of the site found the ratio of "callback jokes":"actual jokes" a bit off.
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* [[Cringe Comedy]]: In Film Brain's commentary, a lot of the funnier stories about his experiences on the trip fall into this category, from him accidentally locking Phelous out of their hotel room to the "[[Unusual Euphemism|moderating the forums]]" bit. You really have to sympathize with the poor guy.
* [[Crisis Crossover]]
* [[Cut His Heart Out Withwith a Spoon]]
{{quote| '''Bennet the Sage:''' I say we castrate him with a fork, tie him to a cactus, and play pinata with his entrails!}}
** Also, Angry Joe suggesting they should disembowel President Baugh and wear his organs as hair nets.
* [[A Day in Thethe Limelight]]: Compared to the Brawl, which was basically everyone randomly spouting their catchphrases while beating each other senseless, here most of the contributors get a chance to be showcased and can play to their strengths.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Pretty much everyone, but especially Phelous.
* [[Defector From Decadence]]: {{spoiler|Film Brain, who had been the Critic's [[Yes-Man]] throughout the whole series, finally turns on his leader after he shoots "one Santa Christ too many".}}
* [[Delegation Relay]]: "Phallus, give the signal".
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: "Go! And never return! ''[Pause]'' Ever! ''[Longer pause]'' RETURN! ''[[Escalating Punchline|Longest pause]]]'' ''AGAIN!!''
** There's also [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|Board James]]' "...[You have your] game board because every board game has a game board."
** In the loudest and hammiest voice possible: "I know it was your point! It's just that when you say I'm out of order and the system is out of order it's [[I Am the Trope|kind of redundant]]!"
** The Critic: "Give in, Spoony. Give in for me. And the team. And me!"
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'''Cinema Snob''': "Everybody thinks you're nuts." }}
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: {{spoiler|The Second Coming of Santa Christ.}}
* [[Doing It for Thethe Art]]: The entire production. The President of an actual micronation agrees to let a bunch of internet wackos make a film about the 'invasion' of his country. After they come together (some from different continents) he lets one of them beat him up on film. In addition, Lordkat, who had an injury during production, [[The Show Must Go On|kept filming his role to the best of his ability]]. To say nothing of Rob Walker, who was the camera operator for most of it, and suffered a pretty nasty fall on the very first day.
* [[The Dragon]]: Film Brain and Nostalgia chick.
* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]: {{spoiler|[[Marz Gurl]]. She punches recruits to keep them in line, and asks Linkara if he has when he's doing their FBI surprise training.}}
* [[Drop the Hammer]]: A hilariously squeaky one, too.
* [[Drunk Withwith Power]]: Predictably, victory immediately goes to the Nostalgia Critic's head. By part 3, all he does is watch ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'' and look important while everyone else does the work. {{spoiler|He doesn't even want to do film reviews any more.}}
** He does other things. {{spoiler|''[[Full House]]'' is on at 5.}}
* [[Dull Surprise]]: Baugh deliberately is acting completely nonchalant about everything. Behind the scenes, he insisted that would be funnier than overacting like the rest of the cast.
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* [[Enforced Method Acting]]: Film Brain ''tried'' to pull this prior to his [[Heel Face Turn]], so that it would look as if he had been really affected by {{spoiler|the Nostalgia Critic killing Santa Christ}}, so he sat around trying to make himself cry. Only when they came to shoot the scene, his castmates began asking him if he was okay, since he never told them he was going to do this.
* [[Et Tu, Brute?]]: {{spoiler|''"Et Tu, Film Brain?"''}}
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Even [[The Cinema Snob (Web Video)|The Cinema Snob]], he who first tries to {{spoiler|take down the Critic}}, thinks that Paw's plan to get him out of Government House by {{spoiler|playing Michael Bolton music}} is going too far.
** On a greater scale, even Bennett the Sage, who is sick enough to gross out even Ask That Guy, is appalled and saddened when {{spoiler|The Nostalgia Critic kills Santa Christ.}}
* [[Evil Chancellor]]: {{spoiler|The Nostalgia Chick, the Scheming Vice-President variant. She continually plans to off the Nostalgia Critic and take his place, and her schemes seem to have nothing to do with the building rebellion among the rest of the team.}}
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* [[Evil Laugh]]: Dr. Insano has what is perhaps his most spectacular evil laugh yet when he is unleashed by Spoony in Part 4.
** {{spoiler|The Nostalgia Chick, Cinema Snob, and Linkara pull off their own in Part Six when they each declare themselves the new leader of Kickassia.}}
* [[Exact Eavesdropping]]: {{spoiler|Film Brain overhears [[The Cinema Snob (Web Video)|The Cinema Snob]] planning the Nostalgia Critic's downfall.}}
* [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]]: Part 6: "All the Really Bad Shit Happens".
* [[Exact Words]]: The Nostalgia Critic promises to book everyone a room at a hotel just outside of Molossia. [[Gilligan Cut]] to ''everyone sharing a single hotel room''.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: Pretty much the entire ''[[That Guy With the Glasses (Website)|That Guy With theThe Glasses]]'' crew do this when they choose to invade Molossia. [[Lampshaded]] by Handsome Tom when he changes his "Hero" shirt to a "Villain" shirt, and by a [[Genre Savvy]] Spoony in regards to becoming Dr. Insano. The Nostalgia Critic is a more of a heel right from the beginning.
* [[Nice Hat|Fancy Fucking Hats]]: The Nostalgia Critic's, of course, though Angry Joe's is nothing to sneeze at either. And Linkara's still wearing his, except when he's channeling his inner Patton.<ref>The 'fancy fucking hats' line comes from Paw's rant on the Kickassian radio.</ref>
* [[Fan Vid]]: This [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7sPXU66Z5c piece] of epicness set the saga to [[Chicago|"The Cell Block Tango"]], making it look like Critic had [[Really Gets Around|really got around]] (in his usual [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|Fandom Bike]] way) and the others wanted to kill him because of that kind of betrayal. Extra funny because Critic had earlier put Cell Block Tango on his "Top 11 [[Villain Song|Villain Songs]]".
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* [[Fastball Special]]: Benzaie's main attack is throwing Bearie.
* [[Fauxlosophic Narration]]: In the last part, when the TGWTG crew are leaving Molossia, the narrator throws around clichéd movie quotes from various sources. The Nostalgia Critic gets tired of him and shoots him.
* [[Firing in Thethe Air Aa Lot]]: Angry Joe
** In a Twitter post after it aired, he claimed he was providing suppression fire in the event Molossia had an air force, or legion of invisible ninjas.
* [[Flash Step]]: Linkara does the illusion variety. "As a matter of fact, I'm not even standing in front of you." ''(appears behind Chris)''
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* [[Hand Wave]]: After Dr. Insano is defeated, he reappears in episode 6 as Spoony. His excuse? He got better.
** Less of one following the reveal that the original script called for Spoony to reveal he was still Dr. Insano whilst everyone argued over who should be the new President of Kickassia. Unfortunately the scene was cut because of time and the fact that Insano's glasses broke the day after the big fight.
* [[Heel Face Turn|Heel Less Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|The rest of the [[That Guy With the Glasses (Website)|That Guy With theThe Glasses]] crew, save for Film Brain, turn against the Critic mostly to save their hides and take over Molossia for themselves. The Nostalgia Chick is also against him, but not working with the rest team.}}
** Later, {{spoiler|Film Brain has one after the death of Santa Christ.}}
* [[Heel Realization]]: Film Brain. He slowly realizes that he has sold out in completely supporting the Nostalgia Critic's take over. The ultimate tipping point is {{spoiler|when the Critic kills Santa Christ.}}
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'''Angry Joe:''' ''(sadly)'' Oh... }}
* [[Ignored Epiphany]]: Sorta, as N. Bison obviously longs for the good old days as the Nostalgia Critic in the Ma-Ti scene, but he refuses to give up his hold on Molossia or his paranoia towards the others.
* [[I Just Shot Marvin in Thethe Face]]: Pretty much all of Sage's interactions with his weapon. Especially when, after {{spoiler|the banishment of the Cinema Snob}}, Sage wiped his tears away ''with the barrel end of his Uzi''.
* [[I Lied]]: {{spoiler|Dr. Insano}}, largely due to his [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]. Like most of his evil deeds, [[Laser-Guided Karma|it backfires on him]].
* [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]]: Angry Joe for the most part and lampshaded by Linkara in Part 6 when {{spoiler|Angry Joe tries to shoot the Critic down. He ''never'' hits.}}
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* [[It Has Only Just Begun]]: The title of part 4, ''The Beginning of the End of the Beginning''.
* [[Jekyll and Hyde]]: Spoony and Dr. Insano [[Negative Continuity|are portrayed this way]] in 'Kickassia'.
* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]: The opening theme and episode title cards are obviously influenced by ''[[John Adams (TV series)|HBO's John Adams]]''.
* [[Kangaroo Court]]: Really, what trial would work when the only judge and jury is the Nostalgia Critic himself?
* [[Karma Houdini]]: The Nostalgia Chick. The Critic got a [[Humiliation Conga]] for being a prick, Film Brain got broken when Santa Christ {{spoiler|got shot}} and had to prove to the others he wasn't betraying them again, but the only "punishment" she got for being a [[Manipulative Bitch]] was not getting to rule at the end. She even got a present - the game Othello, which she loves.
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** Also the reason for the Critic to pick the Chick as Vice-President.
{{quote| '''Nostalgia Critic:''' You're the only one that can keep the Nostalgia name alive... mostly because it's ''in'' your name.}}
* [[Orcus Onon His Throne]]: Once Nostalgia Critic gains control of Molossia, instead of going through with his plan of eventually taking over the world, all he wants to do is sit on the couch and watch TV.
* [[Out of Character]]: Nearly all the reviewers, to an extent, acted at least a little out of character for the special. The most notable example, however, was Film Brain, who was portrayed as more childlike and innocent than his sarcastic self from Bad Movie Beatdown.
* [[Painful Transformation]]: What Spoony goes through in order to bring out Dr. Insano.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: The ''Kickassia''-themed [[Ask That Guy With theThe Glasses (Web Video)|Ask That Guy]] is one huge [[Take That]] to the [[Fan Dumb]]. When it gets into questions of who shouldn't be included, Doug doesn't take it well.
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Kevin the President as Baron Fritz von Baugh, Minister of Making Things Orderly. [[Lampshade Hanging|He gets that a lot, though.]]
** In Spoony's commentary on the special, he mentions that Nostalgia Critic was intially a bit confused about the character, asking Kevin the President, "You don't wanna do an accent or anything?" Kevin explained that the Baron was ''supposed'' to be a [[Paper-Thin Disguise]], and that was the entire point of the character - it's obviously him and they buy his excuses. Even after saying "It's so obviously you." "I get that a lot."
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* [[Power Floats]]: Subverted in the fight between Dr. Insano and N. Bison. They set it up like N. Bison's levitating, but he's really just walking on his tippy toes.
* [[Power Walk]]: Which becomes a Power ''Charge'' in the first invasion attempt by the Critic army.
* [[Put Onon a Bus]]: Cinema Snob {{spoiler|is banished from Kickassia}} in Part 4 but [[Back for Thethe Finale|returns in Part 6]].
 
 
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** Given that Nostalgia Critic is wearing an N. Bison uniform, it was inevitable that he would do the "OF COURSE!" bit. It was throughly [[Lampshaded]].
** The Critic constantly [[Glad I Thought of It|stealing Phelous's ideas]], with several variations.
** Sage's belief that holding an Uzi will prevent you from dying. Also, his habit of casually misusing the Uzi, including using the barrel of the Uzi to [[I Just Shot Marvin in Thethe Face|scratch his head or wipe away his tears.]]
** The Critic and his rocket chair.
** And 8-Bit Mickey!
** Two carried over from ''The Nostalgia Critic'' and ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Atop the Fourth Wall]]''-- [[Street Fighter|"OF COURSE!"]] and [[Patton|"You magnificent bastard, I read your book!"]] become more awesome because, instead of the clips, we get Critic dressed as N. Bison saying the former and Linkara pretending to be Patton while saying the latter (and rattling off more ''Patton'' quotes). Even funnier is Critic repeatedly trying to avoid said [[Running Gag]].
* [[The Runt At the End]]: Said after the entire group runs out the door yelling and screaming:
{{quote| "And 8-Bit Mickey!"}}
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* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]: Probably unintentional, but in episode 3, when the Critic says the creepy [[Evil Sounds Deep|"Forever"]], the light is reflecting directly into Film Brain's eyes.
* [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]: Jew Wario
* [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can]]/[[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: Pretty much how Dr. Insano is portrayed, with Spoony having defeated his evil split personality, and now determined to never let it out again. It completely clashes with all of Insano's previous appearances, but the character runs on [[Negative Continuity]] anyway. As Spoony has said, "There ''is'' no continuity: there is only Insano."
* [[Self-Deprecation]]: The Critic casting himself as the biggest douchebag/punching bag.
** Everyone involved, for having no problems with making themselves look absurd.
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** Which is ironic as hell since the last special had them attacking each other, ''despite being on the same side''.
** At least two commentators have suggested fanfic.
** [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]] and [[The Nostalgia Chick (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Chick]] continue with their weird brand of [[The Masochism Tango|Masochism Tango]], with a bit of clueless respect/affection on his side and homicidal [[Stepford Smiler]]-dom on her side.
** Also Chick/Nella in the "Kickassian War" DVD extra - [[Lampshaded]], of course:
{{quote| ''My darling Nella, thoughts of you are the only thing that keep me afloat in these dark, dark times, even though I know people will take that quote and use it as an excuse to write erotic fanfiction about the two of us.''}}
* [[Shock and Awe]]: {{spoiler|The Nostalgia Critic and Dr. Insano can both shoot lightning out of their hands}}.
* [[Shoryuken]]: Of the Insano variety. Used against a guy dressed as a ''[[Street Fighter]]'' character, no less.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Now has its own page [[Kickassia (Web Video)/Shout Out|here]].
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: How the Critic (and to some extent other members) act within the special, although none of them are like that in reality.
* [[Smug Snake]]: The Critic walking up to Molossia's door, wearing a smile you want to punch off his face.
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** ** The episode titles are pretty serious and dramatic - "The Withering Eye", "Inglorious Glory", "The Fall of the Risen" - but end with "All The Really Bad Shit Happens"
* [[Spin-Off]]: [[YouTube]] user ''robertmillion'' did a series of funny CNN-esque videos relaying the happenings of the series as if they were a real-life, historical ocurrence. Here's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LIKwbsp-gk one].
** Taking advantage of the once-in-a-blue-moon opportunity offered by all the reviewers being in the same place, oodles of joint reviews followed. Highlights include the second season of Angry Joe's Hotel Awesome, Film Brain and The Cinema Snob's review of ''[[Mc Bain]]'', Brain and Linkara's review of ''[[The Spirit (Filmfilm)|The Spirit]]'' and Spoony and Lordkat's review of ''[[Pumpkinhead]]'s Revenge''.
** And the glorious, glorious second episode of The Spoony Experiment Atop The Fourth Wall.
* [[The Starscream]]: The Nostalgia Chick toward the Critic. He's completely oblivious to it no matter how obvious she is. Her actions are also completely self-motivated and have nothing to do with the rebellion.
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* [[Straight Man]]: Or rather, Straight Chick. At the end of part two, {{spoiler|the Nostalgia Chick is drinking some beer during the Critic's rousing speech}}. Subverted later on, when {{spoiler|she pretty much turns into a homicidal Sarah Palin.}} The Cinema Snob falls under this a good chunk of the time.
* [[Strange Salute]]: The Kickassia salute consists of one hand holding out the middle finger while the other hand bars the elbow on the rise of the opposing arm--a combination of the "flipping the bird" and "up yours" gestures.
* [[Surrounded Byby Idiots]]: More like Phelous, Linkara, The Cinema Snob, and [[The Nostalgia Chick (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Chick]] are.
** N. Bison has a moment like this when Baugh is fleeing into his house. Everyone just stands there watching him escape, and once he gets inside, N. Bison turns to his army and says "....''Follow'' him?" in an exasperated tone.
* [[Summon Bigger Fish]]: The Channel Awesome crew's solution to dealing with an insane, power-mad Critic? Send in an even more insane and more power-mad {{spoiler|Dr. Insano.}}
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{{quote| '''Nostalgia Critic''': First we start with Texas.... Then Canada. Then France. And then...THE WOOOOOORLD!}}
** Lampshaded after Chris Larios tries to get the Critic to say [[Running Gag|"OF COURSE!"]] when dressed as N. Bison, and proceeds to ask him if he intends over the world, before escalating to the galaxy and finally, being bigger than God.
* [[Taking You Withwith Me]]: Nostalgia Critic has this sort of contingency plan for when he ever finds himself in danger of losing his position of power.
* [[The Tape Knew You Would Say That]]: That Chick With The Goggles tricks the Nostalgia Critic with this trope.<ref>[[Don't Explain the Joke|See, it's funny because she had no way of knowing about Molossia]]!</ref>
** Her answering shows up again later, in Paw's Top 9 Video Game Composers video. {{spoiler|It turns out that's just her usual answering machine message. Yes. Including the part about Molossia.}}
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* [[Troper Critical Mass]]: So many tropers were watching this that entries were being posted ''minutes'' after the videos were uploaded.
* [[Troubled Production]]: Not only they had only four days to shoot, but nearly everyone got injured.
* [[Two Girls to Aa Team]]: Nostalgia Chick and [[Marz Gurl]]. Chick turns her [[Manipulative Bitch]] side on full-blast, while Marz becomes a [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]].
* [[Unexplained Recovery]]:
** Beary gets blown up with explosives in Part 2 and in Part 3 he claims he only needed stitches. But there'll never be enough for all the emotional pain he's going through.
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* [[Viral Marketing]]: See [[Forced Meme]]. There was a push to get #kickassia attached to as many Twitter posts as possible, a dedicated Facebook group, and twibbons for profile pictures.
* [[The Voice]]: That Chick With The Goggles and Sean (THE EPIC FAIL GUY!) aren't actually able to appear for the events, just their voices over the phone. And then {{spoiler|part 5 came in.}}
* [[What Could Have Been]]: According to [[The Spoony Experiment (Web Video)|Spoony's]] [http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/05/22/kickassia-spoony-commentary/ commentary] for Kickassia, he intended to play Spoony in this one as more haunted and scared of Dr. Insano, rather than the hysterical "rape victim" Doug wanted. [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on which would have been better.
** Also, in Part 6, the fight over {{spoiler|the hat}} was not only going to include more people, but, Spoony originally gave a That Guy-style speech, [[Shaming the Mob]] - and then {{spoiler|took the hat and ran, because ''he was still Dr. Insano''}}. The ending in general [[Real Life Writes the Plot|had to be cut short due to time constraints]].
** [[Lord Kat]] was going to have a greater role but he ended up getting a badly twisted ankle during filming.
** According to Doug's DVD commentary, during the revolt, he was thinking of having the Critic using superconductor electromagnetism again against the rebelling Channel Awesome gang only for it to ''run out of batteries''. It's a real shame.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]?: The Critic treats {{spoiler|Cinema Snob}}'s banishment as if he's [[Judge Dredd|taking the Long Walk from Mega-City One into the Cursed Earth]]. {{spoiler|Cinema Snob}} strolls down the path casually, saying he'll be at the hotel and the others can call his cellphone if they need him.
* [[What Happened to Thethe Mouse?]]: Why didn't {{spoiler|Ma-Ti}} play a role during the finale? (Answer: He wasn't actually there; he was a vision.)
** Film Brain's commentary states that [[What Could Have Been|he was going to be an invader as well]], but couldn't because {{spoiler|Bhargav spent most of his time ordering everyone's lunch}}, and {{spoiler|didn't want to be typecast as Ma-Ti.}}
** {{spoiler|In part 6, Linkara and Joe enter the house celebrating because they believe they've killed the Nostalgia Critic, only to see the Critic surrounded by everyone else. So exactly whom did they actually kill?}}
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* [[Where's the Kaboom?]]: The Critic tries to {{spoiler|blow up Kickassia with the explosives he wired in Part 6,}} even though Cinema Snob informed him that {{spoiler|after he was banished, he defused the bombs.}} He pushes it anyway...
{{quote| '''Critic''': * Long [[Beat]], stuttering* [[Saying Sound Effects Out Loud|Ka-boooom]]!!}}
* [[Whole Costume Reference]]: The Critic in his [[Street Fighter (Filmfilm)|M. Bison]] uniform (of COURSE!).
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Nostalgia Critic punches {{spoiler|Nostalgia Chick when she kept purposely hitting him with a baseball bat}}.
* [[World of Ham]]: Nearly EVERYONE on this series has been [[Chewing the Scenery]], the exceptions being the Nostalgia Chick at the beginning, Kevin Baugh, and Chris Larios.
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** In a behind-the-scenes video, Doug apologizes to Tom for writing his character as pretty much being "an object." Tom seems pretty cool and says that objects are still useful.
* [[You Are Better Than You Think You Are]]: In the midst of his [[What the Hell, Hero?]] speech, Ma-Ti tries to get Critic to remember that he's strong-willed and loyal to the people he actually cares about. Critic's consumed by power at this point, though, so it doesn't work.
* [[Your Head Asplode]]: What [[The Legend of Zelda (Animatedanimation)|Link's]] head does before he [[Killed Mid-Sentence|finishes his catch phrase]] while Little Miss Gamer was explaining why she can't help with the invasion.
* [[Your Mom]]: This lovely little exchange:
{{quote| '''Nostalgia Critic''': Any chance you have Sean's number?<br />
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{{quote| '''Bennet The Sage''': I'm holding one, and I'm still alive. Science proven.}}
* [[Zerg Rush]]: Their one tactic is to charge forward screaming. The first time they're not even armed.
* [[Zig -Zagging Trope]]: Both [[Godwin's Law]] and [[Hitler Ate Sugar]] are played straight and inverted ''in the same sentence''.
** Also [[Narm]] in the Critic and Spoony's talk about Insano. The scene is simultaneously [[Played for Laughs|played for unironic laughs]], [[Played for Drama]] and meant to be funny due to [[Narm Charm|how badly the two are overacting]].
 
 
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{{quote|Well , there was an... incident in Nevada... many people injured....I-I-I could never go back... but I'm here now!|'''[[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]]''' recalling a ''certain'' event.}}
 
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