Nostalgia Critic/Tear Jerker: Difference between revisions

* In the scariest moments list, him being hopeful that he's finally going to face his fear of the banshee and stand up for himself, but ultimately failing.

* His terrified expression when he recounts how many times you have to break up with someone before they turn into a psycho and start stalking you. (It's 3.)

* In a much sillier version, his tribute to his beard in ''[[Mortal Kombat]]''. It's the [[Sarah McLachlan]] song.

* The way he says it is funny, but the thought of a mini-Critic retreating to his cupboard whenever he got scared and thinking he was the only one to do that is a depressing image.

* The ''Top 11 Dumbest Superman Moments'' ended pretty darkly. He says that despite everything, the Superman movies make him smile, but soon he remembers what happened to the World Trade Center, Margot Kidder and Christopher Reeves. Then he looks utterly miserable and leaves with "I'm the Nostalgia Critic. I'm gonna go kill myself." [[Sarcasm Mode|Thanks for making us sad too, love]].

* In the ''Top 11 Cereal Mascots'', there's a look of both guilt and crushing realization after the "my Dad still has AIDS" line. The latter is understandable (if slightly depressing by itself), but from the ''[[Alaska]]'' review it sounds like he's also worried about still getting punished.

* The Patton speech "that [he] personally wrote" after failing to recognize Optimus Prime's death as a [[Tear Jerker]] is really funny, but then you see he's been tearing up so much that his glasses are looking really misty.

* During their review of ''[[Superman]] IV'', Linkara evidently finds Critic panicking and crying distressing.

* Seeing as how he had to talk about Siskel's death and what happened to Ebert, the 2nd half of the tribute to the duo, while still having jokes scattered around, made more than a few people tear up.

* People who have bad experiences with a lot of throwing up (either stress-related or just illness) will know exactly how he feels when he's sobbing and coughing after his first puking in ''[[Junior]]''.

** He sounds truly scared when he thinks he's losing his joke-making ability. [[Harsher in Hindsight|And later episodes explain why]].

* A fridge one at the end of ''[[Quest for Camelot]]''. He says that [[Mary Poppins]] was his childhood idol. A [[Troubled Child]] would rather be "practically perfect in every way".

* In their review of ''Troll IV'', Snob and Phelous aren't all that happy to see him drunk and vulnerable. And these aren't the most empathetic of men so that means a lot.

** After the most likely intentional OTT-ness of the first breakdown ("I'm a wreck!" and such), the second breakdown just before his [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Moment of Awesome]] will very likely throw you for a loop. "There's nothing left for me anymore." He just sounds so lost and broken.

** The adorable picture of eight year old Critic. The [[Dark and Troubled Past]] he's built up is slightly less funny when you have such a sweet face to attach it to.

*** There's something quite unsettling about that shot before the camera goes back to him for his song. It's hard to explain, but it's like those movies where you think the person is just sleeping, but it turns out they died alone.

** The instrumental he used for his [[Despair Event Horizon]] is called [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFZ7bBaYpcw Sad Romance], and the full version might just be the most heartbreaking piece of music ever heard.

* The [[Baby Geniuses]] review. Just seeing how ''[[Heroic BSOD|broken]]'' that movie made him makes you feel bad that's it's also a [[Funny Moments (Sugar Wiki)|Funny Moments]].

** Even the ending doesn't give that much relief. He's all excited about getting a second chance to do the Q&A, wanting people to realize that he's funny and creative, but when he gets there he can only swear at them again.

* In the ''[[Little Nemo]]'' review where he gets celebrated for not making a ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' joke, his squeeing that he's never felt so loved is pretty dreadful once the fridge sets in.

* It's easy to miss, but in the Critic/Joe grudge match when he's losing, he looks like he's going to cry and says "okay" in a really defeated tone. He goes to a muggy angry face next time we see him, but you have to feel kinda bad for the guy.

* In his review of ''Alaska'', he remembers the last time he mouthed off to his dad and is actually shaking as he says it really ''was'' [[Abusive Parents|the last time]]. [[Black Comedy|Funny]] and [[Dark and Troubled Past|intriguing]] too obviously, but seriously, [[The Woobie|shaking]].

** His desperation to be liked again, especially as he [[Downer Ending|doesn't get it]].

** That openly vulnerable expression when he asks the audience if he's restored anything in their eyes makes your soul ache.

* Maybe not to the point of tears, but did anyone want to give him a hug when he was so ''delighted'' that another person (Lupa in this instance) actually listened to him for once, only to have a [[Yank the Dog's Chain]]?

** Listen closely and you'll hear "Sad Romance" playing again.

** Lupa herself becomes quite [[The Woobie]] when she accepts that the Critic doesn't want her help reviewing ''Simon Sez''. It turns out she's faking because she likes him to suffer as much as anyone else, but it's still a bit moving.

* His view of the robot from ''Doug's 1st Movie'' as [[The Woobie]]. "It's actually kind of hard to watch."

** Anyone feel kinda depressed when Critic leaped up all excited to give Santa Christ a hug but never got it?

* The most epic answering machine message. It starts off as deliciously hammy fun, but then it surprisingly turns much sadder and darker with {{spoiler|Ringtone's [[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}.

* In the ''[[Patch Adams]]'' review, his horror at the idea that he'd just been mocking a real person who was molested as a kid, and murdered. Everything turns out fine when it turns out to be a shockingly tasteless piece of [[They Just Didn't Care]], but it's another indication of how Doug could have a serious acting career if he wanted to.

** The entire second half of the review is a combination of this and Crowning Moment of Heartwarming/Awesome.

* In "The Top 11 Simpsons Episodes", right after setting us up with Bart's tears over failing again, admitting he did badly in school and that all the talks about if there was something wrong/feelings of failure really hit close to home for him. Suddenly all those "God, Critic, you are such a dumbass" moments have a painful edge to them.

 

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