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'''''The Critic''''' was a short-lived prime time animated series that featured Jon Lovitz as the voice of the titular critic. It was created by Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who were also writers for ''[[The Simpsons]]''. The show is notable for being picked up by four different networks. It was launched on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in 1994, where it was cancelled after a month, but brought back in the summer to air the remaining season. It was picked up by [[FOX]] the following year and ran it for a full second season before dropping it. After this it was aired on [[Comedy Central]]. It was later picked up by [[UPN]], who never actually aired episodes of the show. In Latin America, this show was aired on Locomotion before turning into [[Animax]]. Ten short flash cartoons ([[Webisode|webisodeswebisode]]s) based on the series appeared on the internet over 2000-01. The DVD box set was released in 2004, which includes all the TV episodes and has the webisodes as extras. During the late 2000s, the show has aired in syndication. In September 2006, IGN ranked the show 9th in their list of the ''Top 25 Primetime Animated Series of All Time''. In January 2009, they also ranked the show 26th in their other list of the ''Top 100 Best Animated TV Series''. In December 2011, Complex ranked the show 6th in their own list of ''The 25 Most Underrated Animated TV Shows Of All Time''.

Jay Sherman is New York's #3 film critic, with a cable television film review show called ''Coming Attractions'', and it's his job to review some pretty horrible movies. However, it is because he heavily pans every film he reviews that he is very unpopular with the public. It also doesn't help that he's rather unsuccessful at life, overweight, and not really successful with the ladies. His ex-wife Ardeth (not pictured) despises him and keeps demanding more alimony from him, and while he does have a few dates, the women are usually either crazy or just dating him [[Casting Couch|to get a positive film review]]. His boss Duke Phillips frequently mistakes his statements for come-ons, and his elderly chain-smoking make-up lady Doris frequently verbally abuses him.

Jay is the adopted son of former New York governor [[Cloudcuckoolander|Franklin Sherman]] and his wife Elenor Sherman. Their butler Shackleford (not pictured) has a tendency to greet Jay as "Adopted Master Jay" whenever he sees him. Jay also does have a few friends: his best friend Jeremy Hawke (a combination of Paul Hogan and [[Mel Gibson (Creator)|Mel Gibson]]), restaurant owner Vlada (well, he's nice to Jay's ''face'', anyway), his teenage sister Margo, and his son Marty who attends United Nations High School (where one of his classmates is a [[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation|Klingon]], and another from Easter Island who has a head made of stone).

In the second season, after FOX picked up the show, the character of Jay was [[Retool|retooledretool]]ed. He was given a rounder face, bigger eyes, a warmer personality, and a long-term girlfriend in personal assistant Alice Tompkins. Like Jay, Alice has a child from her own failed marriage, her young daughter Penny.

{{quote| "[[Head On (Advertising)|Buy my book!]] [[Most Annoying Sound|Buy my book!]] [[Department of Redundancy Department|Buy my book!]]" }}

* [[Adolf Hitler]]: Slackers not only gave footage of him a better rating than that of Jay, they think he's a "[[Those Wacky Nazis|cool dude]]" and played by [[TheKnow-Nothing ClavinKnow-It-All|the guy who played the mailman]] on ''[[Cheers]]''. He apparently frolicked on the beach of Cannes, France with Eva, too.

** This is one of the reasons Alice's daughter Penny seems to really like him. Jay ended up endearing himself to her when blunt objects kept falling on his head and she thought it was funny.

* [[As Himself]]: One episode was noteworthy as one of the few examples of Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel appearing in a work of fiction, alongside other real critics like Rex Reed and Gene Shalit.

{{quote| '''Jay''': Man, I wish I had half his talent.<br />

'''Marty''': [[Mythology Gag|Well, you do kind of sound like him.]]<br />

* [[Bad Bad Acting]]: Valerie Fox in her film ''Kiss Of Death''.

* [[Balloon Belly]]: Jay. He balloons himself by turning into a giant blueberry from eating a candy from [[Charlie and Thethe Chocolate Factory|Willy Wonka]], is shown having one in a picture inside Alice's diamond locket, and from eating a giant bagpipe-playing potato.

* [[Biting the Hand Humor]]:

{{quote| "I'm Jay Sherman, the famous film critic. I used to have a big show on ABC ... for about a week."}}

{{quote| "You're watching FOX. Shame on you!"}}

{{quote| '''Margo''': Johnny is just like you, Jay. He's not afraid of anything. Not even the TV networks. <br />

{{quote| "It's a giant horse's ass! ''(Turns to the camera)'' You're watching FOX. Give us 10 minutes, we'll give you an ass."}}

{{quote| "You're watching FOX, where we can say the word 'boobies'!"}}

{{quote| "Ah yes. Sweet, non-judgmental FOX Network, where coming in third is a triumph!"}}

{{quote| '''Doris:''' Duke, I've loved you for years. In fact, every thirty seconds I have a hot, steamy fantasy about the two of us.<br />

'''Duke:''' Ooh, uh, I got to take this elevator.<br />

'''Doris:''' It's just an open shaft!<br />

* [[Burping Contest]]: Between Jay and [[The Simpsons (animation)|Homer Simpson]].

* [[Can't You Read the Sign?]]: On the first episode, Jay tells the taxi driver his dilemma about dating Valerie Fox. The driver points to a sign that reads, "Driver Only Knows Three Words of English." Those three words: "Look at sign!"

* [[Celebrity Paradox]]: Avoided with regard to Jon Lovitz, who exists in this show's universe -- butuniverse—but he came to prominence on ''[[Saturday Night Live|Yesterday Night Live]]''. Jay's a big fan, but when he suggests by phone to a movie studio that in the wake of the remake ''Rebel Without a [Bill] Cosby'' they should make ''[[Dr. Strangelove|Dr. Strangelovitz]]'', he has to explain who Lovitz is: "He's a character actor! ...No, I don't think he died!"

* [[Chained to Aa Bed]]: In the episode "Miserable," a female projectionist (a.k.a. Jay's #1 fan) drugs Jay's glass of wine and ties him to her bed with strips of movie film.

* [[Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys]]: When a food fight occurs in Marty's school cafeteria, the French students immediately put their hands up and surrender, even though they did not participate.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: In the episode "Miserable," Jay’s #1 Fan shows Jay a cardboard cutout of himself holding a book he wrote. She tells him she hooked it up to her Clapper, and demonstrates by clapping to it, which results in the cutout waving the book up and down and saying [[Head On (Advertising)|"Buy my book!"]] multiple times. At the episode’s climax, when she madly lunges at and attempts to kill Jeremy, Jay claps his hands and triggers the cutout, hitting her on the head and knocking her unconscious.

** It is implied that Jay and Alice's relationship [[Put Onon a Bus Toto Hell|ended in a messy divorce]], though.

{{quote| '''Mexican woman''': Stop! You promised to marry me!<br />

'''Jay''': All right, but I've got to tell you, I'm only marrying you to get to Cuba.<br />

'''Mexican woman''': Well I am only marrying you for citizenship!<br />

* [[Closer to Earth]]: Weirdly subverted with Jay's parents. His mother Eleanor is sane and wise, but she's also shown herself to be rather spiteful and cold-hearted. On the other hand, Jay's father is completely insane, but he's also a generally pleasant and upstanding guy.

{{quote| '''Franklin''': As the first black female head of the Ku Klux Klan, I'd like to say... '''''America stinks!'''''<br />

{{quote| '''Geraldo Rivera''': I understand you can say your name backwards.<br />

'''Franklin''': Nilknarf.<br />

'''Geraldo''': What's your favorite food in the whole wide world?<br />

{{quote| "Oh, son, if I've said it once I've said it a thousand times...Who ''are'' all you people?"}}

** His recollection of his first date was himself in a [[Popeye (comic strip)|1930's black and white rubber hose cartoon]].

{{quote| '''Jay's #1 Fan''': Whenever I get into a relationship with a man, they tend to get dominating and overcritical.<br />

{{quote| '''Jay''': Well, I find you "wee-pulsive" and "wee-pugnant"! <br />

* [[Crossover]]: With ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'', on that show's season six episode "A Star is Burns," the only episode not to have Matt Groening's name in the opening or closing credits (as Groening -- andGroening—and a lot of ''Simpsons'' fans -- feltfans—felt the crossover was an excuse to have the episode be little more than a 22-minute advertisement for a [[Dueling Shows|dueling show]]).

** This is lampshaded -- justlampshaded—just before Jay walks into the Simpsons' living room, Bart is watching ''[[The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (Animation)|The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones]]'', and says he "smells another cheap cartoon cross-over."

{{quote| '''Jay:''' Awww, they really are cute.}}

* [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]:

{{quote| '''Jay''': ''(after Jeremy's sister Olivia introduces herself)'' I wonder what she looks like naked?<br />

'''Jay's brain''': You idiot, you said that out loud. Better cover.<br />

'''Jay''': I mean uh, I wonder what she ''cooks'' like ... naked?<br />

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: When Satan denies ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]'' another season.

* [[Everything's Worse Withwith Bears]]

{{quote| '''Bear handler:''' Come, Sasha. The last time you ate a critic you spent two weeks sitting on the can!}}

* [[Everything's Better Withwith Penguins|Everything's Worse With Penguins]]: Apparently, they're bad pilots ("[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JsZbSzMi08 Penguins can't fly... PENGUINS CAN'T FLY!!!]") and slack off drinking pina coladas when there's work to be done.

* [[Expy]]: [[Barney and Friends (TV)|Humphrey the Hippo]].

** Franklin and Elenor Sherman are named after [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Franklin]] and Elenor Roosevelt. Elenor herself is like [[Katharine Hepburn]].

** Jeremy Hawke is a mix of Paul Hogan and (pre-meltdown) [[Mel Gibson (Creator)|Mel Gibson]].

{{quote| '''Vlada:''' I love you, too!<br />

'''Jay:''' Oh, you just love my money.<br />

* [[Fan Art]]: There isn't a lot of art out there, but they are absolutely worthy of taking a look at, such as the following: [http://princendymion.deviantart.com/art/Jay-Sherman-150869685 This portrait of Jay], [http://trey-vore.deviantart.com/art/Cute-Couples-Jay-Alice-106141482 Jay/Alice], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130703175355/http://callmepo.deviantart.com/art/Jay-and-Alice-final-189538074 Jay/Alice again], [https://web.archive.org/web/20110729191040/http://theuniblog.evilspacerobot.com/?p=4722 and some of the characters cosplaying as "Dragonball Z" characters (scroll down to see)].

* [[Fix Fic]]: In the episode "Dr. Jay," Duke creates "Phillipsvision," which changes films to have happy endings (such as [[Gone Withwith the Wind|Rhett returning to Scarlett]]) and script changes (such as changing [[Citizen Kane (Film)|Charles Foster Kane]]'s last word from "Rosebud" to [[Wayne's World (Film)|"Schwing"]]). With a mix of [[Executive Meddling]], [[Viewers are Morons]] and [[Lowest Common Denominator]] in-show.

* [[Floating Advice Reminder]]: Played with in "Marty's First Date", in which the balloon containing Jay's head gets popped by a skier's poles -- andpoles—and goes flying around afterward.

{{quote| '''Jay''': This film gets my highest rating, [[Inverted Trope|seven out of ten!]]}}

{{quote| '''Zoltan:''' Hello. I would like to dance and sing my country’s national anthem. ''*Singing*'' [[As Long Asas It Sounds Foreign|Eepee-Teepee Peepee Poopee.]]<br />

''*Audience laughs*''<br />

'''Vlada:''' You don’t understand. He’s singing of all the people who died in the earthquake, fire and famine of 1805. <br />

''*Audience is successfully shamed*''<br />

'''Zoltan:''' ''*Glares, then sings*'' Eepee-Teepee Peepee Poopee.<br />

* [[GASP]]: Jay does this in the pilot episode. After giving actress Valerie Fox (who was also his girlfriend at the time) a negative performance review on ''Coming Attractions'', he returns home hoping that she will still be there. It turns out she is -- onlyis—only for her to slap him multiple times, telling him "You're short, you're fat, and even for a ''film critic'' you're ugly," and leaving him. Jay lets out a long shocked gasp after this.

{{quote| '''Dressmaker''': Here's the skinny. We dressmakers have a very strict code, so I need to know, do you deserve to wear virginal white? Because if you don't, you'll have to wear an off-white, what we call a hussy white. So which will it be? White-White? <br />

* [[Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow]]: Technically a subversion: Miranda reminds Jay of when he first started losing his hair. Flashback to Jay wearing a white judge's wig, and speaking with a horrendous English accent.

** Also, when Duke comes in and grabs the wig off his head, there's a [[Little Orphan Annie (Comic Strip)|Little Orphan Annie]] wig underneath, with Jay exclaiming "Leaping Lizards!"

{{quote| '''Principal''': ''(Over intercom)'' Attention, students: Auditions for ''[[Peter Pan]]'' are being ''(Voice gets higher)'' held in the auditorium! ''(Voice back to normal)'' Stupid helium...}}

* [[Holding Both Sides of the Conversation]]: In season 1, Jay often does this by pretending to be his secretary with a British nanny accent.

{{quote| '''Penny''': ''(Giving Marty a sheet of paper)'' Goodbye Marty. I wrote you a letter.<br />

''(Marty sees only the letter P written on the page)''<br />

{{quote| '''Hard Copy reporter:''' Tonight on ''Hard Copy'', O.J. refuses to speak. ''(Shows a pitcher of orange juice on the witness stand.)'' Part 2 tomorrow.}}

* [[Instrumental Theme Tune]]: Played for the opening and closing credits. The theme is by Hans Zimmer.

* [[It Will Never Catch On]]:

{{quote| '''William Daniels''': Jay, [[The Graduate|I just want to say one word]]: Trucking.<br />

'''Franklin''': And I have one word for you too, Son: Snapple.<br />

* [[Kill the Poor]]: Jay's mother wants to blast the poor into outer space.

* [[Bill, Bill, Junk, Bill|Junk Mail... Junk Mail... Junk Mail... Rat from Jay...]]: In "Sherman of Arabia".

{{quote| '''Jay:''' All right, it's just you and me. Now what did you think of my script? <br />

'''Gary Grossman:''' It was excrement. <br />

'''Jay:''' Did you say "it was excellent?" <br />

'''Gary Grossman:''' It was crummy. <br />

'''Jay:''' Did you say "it was yummy?" <br />

'''Gary Grossman:''' It was an awful piece of junk that made me want to puke all night. <br />

'''Jay:''' Did you say "it was an awesome piece of spunk that you want to shoot tonight?" <br />

'''Gary Grossman:''' It was a bilious piece of dirt that made me cry out in pain. <br />

'''Jay:''' Did you say "it was a brilliant piece of work, and you'll fly me to Spain? Where we'll meet King Juan Carlos and drink sangria all night?" <br />

* [[Like Father, Like Son]]: Hinted at in the episode where Jay goes on a date with Doris and it's implied she may be his birth mother. Doris recounts to Jay about how she used to date a short, balding fat guy who would always take her to movies and then complain about them.

* [[Maurice La MarcheLaMarche]]: Voiced Jeremy Hawke, Orson Welles, and various others.

* [[Meet Cute]]: Alice pepper-sprays Jay in his face when they first meet on the street, but he was not harmed by the act. In fact, he rather liked it ("Mmm, jalapeño!"). However, in this case, no [[Strangled Byby the Red String]] is involved as their relationship has chemistry and flourishes more naturally. Jay is tempted by Jeremy Hawke's sister at one point, but only because he and Alice's relationship had not been resolved yet. As for Ardeth, well, Jay once paid her $200 just to tell her, "Get bent!"

* [[The Missus and Thethe Ex]]: When Jay's girlfriend Alice and his ex-wife Ardeth meet for the first time, Ardeth tells Alice a spooky warning to "beware" and attempts to place a voodoo hex on her. Jay then has to remind Ardeth that the divorce judge has forbidden her to commit such conduct, but that doesn't stop her from trying to ruin things between them, in her continuous attempt to make him miserable for making her miserable.

{{quote| '''Jay:''' Duke, where's your bedroom?<br />

'''Duke:''' ''(chuckling)'' You people never give up.<br />

* [[Must Have Nicotine]]: Doris is hardly ever seen without a lit cigarette in her mouth. Duke once snatched one out of her mouth in an attempt to make her quit smoking, only for a new lit one to immediately pop out of it, with a cash register "Ka-CHING!" sound effect. He repeated the act a few more times, only for the same result to happen everytime.

{{quote| '''Doris''': I can do this all day.}}

* [[New Job Episode]]:

{{quote| '''Jay''' ''(during the show's closing credits)'': Celebrity voices are impersonated. No celebrities were harmed in the filming of this episode.}}

{{quote| "Skull cracked. Brains leaking out. Can't wait to see new Chevy Chase movie."}}

{{quote| "Must see [[Tom Cruise]] win Oscar in - my - lifetime!"}}

{{quote| '''Orson Welles:''' Oh, what luck! There's a french fry stuck in my beard! ''(chomp, chomp)'' Oh, ''yeah''. }}

* [[Overly Long Gag]]: Franklin thinks an owl is [[Home Improvement (TV series)|Wilson]]: "Whooo." "My wife, Eleanor." "Whooo." "My wife, Eleanor." "Whooo." "My wife, Eleanor."

{{quote| '''Duke:''' Isn't that the film you described as a combination of fantasy and crap?<br />

* [[Rhymes Onon a Dime]]: Shackleford in "A Song for Margo".

{{quote| Cyrus is just a virus.<br />

He wants to tie you down while you’re still young.<br />

Your potential is what’s essential.<br />

{{quote| '''Cyrus:''' ''(Singing)'' Lover, without you there's no other...<br />

{{quote| '''Alice:''' ''(Singing)'' Jay, I'm glad that you're not gay. I may show you why someday. ''(Kisses Jay on the cheek)''<br />

{{quote| "I am a movie critic by trade, and until recently, I got paid to tell you people which movies merely stink and which ones you shouldn't screen near an open flame. Well, I'm putting the burden of lousy movies back on you. It's very simple: if you stop going to bad movies, they'll stop making bad movies. If the movie used to be a TV show, just don't go. After Roman numeral II, give it a rest. If it's a remake of a classic, rent the classic. Tell them you want stories about people, not a hundred million dollars of stunts and explosives. People, it's up to you. [[One-Liner Echo|If the movie stinks, just don't go.]]"}}

{{quote| '''[[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]:''' If da moovee steenks, just don't go... ''WHAT AM I SAYING?!''}}

{{quote| '''Hollywood Executive:''' Uh oh, the jig is up! [[Driven to Suicide|*dives out office window*]]}}

{{quote| '''Franklin:''' If the movie stinks, do-si-do.<br />

{{quote| '''Jay:''' ''(section 1, from 1988)'' ''[[Rain Man (Film)|Rain Man]]'' ''(section 2, from 1992)'' ''[[A Few Good Men]]'' ''(section 3, from 1993)'' ''The Firm'' ''(all together)'' is the latest stinker from [[Tom Cruise]]. He doesn't act anymore, he's on ... Cruise Control! AAAAAAHAHAHA! AAAAAAHA! I JUST ... I JUST! MADE THAT! UP!}}

{{quote| '''Satan''': ''(phoning Jay in the opening credits)'' Hello Jay, this is the Devil. Despite what you think, I am not the reason Cher won an Oscar. I am the reason Marisa Tomei won an Oscar. ''(Growls evilly and hangs up.)''}}

** He also is shown to be responsible for influencing the creation of really ''awful'' Hollywood screenplays, but admits that it's beyond even ''his'' power to give the cast of ''Wings'' another season.

{{quote| '''Reviewer''': Tim Allen gives that same likeable performance we always love, once again proving Disney Pictures have the magic touch that may not win awards, but keep America smiling. How was that? <br />

'''Gene Siskel''': You're Satan, aren't you? <br />

''(Reviewer transforms into his real form: Satan)''<br />

* [[Sealed Withwith a Kiss]]: Jay and Alice at the end of the episode "Lady Hawke."

{{quote| '''George''': I thought you were taking Cathy out tonight.<br />

** One of the more [[Stealth Pun]] Shout Outs of the show is Alice's sister Miranda using venetian blinds for her dress, a reference to the famous ''[[Gone Withwith the Wind]]'' spoof from ''[[The Carol Burnett Show]]''.

** A reviewer's face melting off and reducing him to a skeleton (after Roger Ebert shows him a clip of a bad movie) is a reference to ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film)|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''.

** Penultimate episode "Dukerella" is a cross between ''[[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]'' and ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]''.

** ''[[Arthur (Filmfilm)|Arthur]]''. A drunken Arthur Bach (Dudley Moore) appears in several episodes.

** The ending of "Frankie and Ellie Get Lost" has a closing shot of ''[[GilligansGilligan's Island]]'', complete with theme song.

** Franklin dressed up as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce_PIZ_8bXg El Kabong] is a reference to [[Quick- Draw McGraw]].

** Alice's [[Take That]] to Tim Allen is funnier when you consider ''The Critic'' had preceded his show before ABC dumped it.

{{quote| '''Alice:''' Listen, honey, I've known men like Duke all my life. There was this one boy back in college – dealt drugs, went to jail – yet today he's the star of ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]''.}}

** The "[[Citizen Kane (Film)|Rosebud]] Frozen Peas" commercial is a direct spoof of the [[wikipedia:Frozen Peas|Frozen Peas]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20081201052824/http://www.ffwdweekly.com/Issues/2006/0511/vul.htm blooper tape].

** In the episode "Marty's First Date", the intermission music from ''[[Pac-Man (Video Game)|Ms. Pac-Man]]'' plays after Jay gets a whiff of some fried bananas.

** In "Dukerella", Jay and Alice dress up as [[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|Homer and Marge Simpson]], respectively. The same episode has Franklin dressing up as [[The Mask (Filmfilm)|The Mask]].

{{quote| '''Franklin:''' "Daaa-rinkin'!"}}

{{quote| '''Shylock''': Hath not a dude eyes? If you prick us, do we not get bummed? If we eat bad guacamole, do we not blow chunks?}}

{{quote| '''William Shatner''': Hello, I'm William Shatner and this is ''Celebrity 911''. Tonight, we devote the entire hour to police calls involving [[James Caan]]...''(makes face)'' '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}iOZ8ykaxndQ CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!]'''}}

{{quote| '''Stable man:''' PATCHES! '''[[Big No|NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!]]'''}}

* [[Slow-Loading Internet Image]]: In the first webisode, Jay brags about "coming at you at the speed of light!" Pull back to show his legs still downloading.

{{quote| '''Chicken Shack employee''': You want a piece of me, fat boy? I'll spork your ass!}}

{{quote| '''Jay:''' You seem to have an unhealthy obsession with me. [[Genre Blindness|I like that in a girl!]]}}

{{quote| '''Shackleford''': ''(crying)'' They can't?}}

* [[Stealth Pun]]: The E.T. parody, D.T. stands for drunken terrestrial. D.T. also stands for delirium tremens, alcohol withdrawals severe alcoholics go through.

* [[Straw Critic]]: Jay. In a minor subversion, however, he's essentially a decent guy; in his defense, most of the movies he has to review ''are'' horrible. Still, he does attack some noteworthy films and/or performers -- heperformers—he once sucker-punched [[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (TV)|Mister Rogers]]! -- and this is one reason he's so unpopular with the public.

{{quote| On Oscar-winner Haing S. Ngor in ''[[The Killing Fields]]'': "If you ask me, he should have gone to the ''acting'' fields."<br />

"And that's why I'm ''glad'' [[The Beatles]] broke up."<br />

* [[Suckiness Is Painful]]: Several times with films, but most notable is when Roger Ebert tries to find a replacement for Gene Siskel, and tests one candidate by showing him some of the films he'd have to review. A remake of ''[[Mrs. Doubtfire (Film)|Mrs. Doubtfire]]'' starring [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] is sufficient to reduce the candidate to a skeleton (a la {{spoiler|Toht's death in}} ''[[Indiana Jones|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''), and [[Sylvester Stallone]] in a ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' rehash (''Yo! Godot, I'm Waitin' Heeya!'') makes the skull fall off.

{{quote| '''Jay''': Well, that's our show. All the movies stink, particularly the three by [[John Hughes]].}}

{{quote| '''Soda Jerk''': Our freezer is broken. We need someone to eat 50 gallons of ice cream. <br />

''(Marty immediately runs in.)'' <br />

{{quote| '''Aide''': Sir, are you sure it's wise to be photographed with a film critic? It's ''the'' most despised profession there is ... Except for pre-op groin shaver.<br />

'''Bush''': Hey, my approval rating's 90%. [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|How much harm can a little film critic do?]]<br />

{{quote| '''Movie Usher''': ''(to Jay after the show's closing credits)'' Excuse me sir, the show's over.<br />

'''Jay''': ''(says one of the following four responses)''<br />

* Is the snack bar still open?<br />

* But I have nowhere to go.<br />

* I'm stuck in the chair!<br />

{{quote| '''Usher''': Excuse me, the show's over.<br />

'''Alice''': Get away, pipsqueak!<br />

* [[Title: the Adaptation]]: Parodied with ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W42IY_SgCY4 Hee Haw: The Next Generation.]''

* [[TranssexualTranssexualism]]: Vlada's son Zoltan. Never mind that he's supposed to be in elementary school...

{{quote| '''[[Jerkass|Principal Mangosuthu]]''': And now the boy who used to be a girl - Oops, that ''used'' to be a secret.}}

* [[Video Wills]]: Franklin and Elenor prepared [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za3EuqU385k their own video will], which was presented to Jay and Margo after their possible death from a plane crash. Orson Welles also took part in it (and made sure to also include his "declaration of love" to Mrs. Pell's Fishsticks at the end).

* [[What Happened to Thethe Mouse?]]: The webisodes, of course, had to drop the other main characters due to lack of time and the original voice actors. One curious ommission, however, was Jeremy - whose voice actor was working on the webisodes.

{{quote| '''Woody:''' Soon-Yi, I-I’m sorry. I just can’t get past this problem with your age. You know, 22 is just too old for me.}}

* [[Yiddish Asas a Second Language]]: Alice once said to Jay "Honey, we have a saying back in Tennessee: 'Be a mensch, not a schmendrick.'"

* [[YoutubeYouTube Poop]]: Mainly ones using the "Rosebud Frozen Peas" ad and Jay answering the phone in his room from the opening credits.