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* [[MacGuffin]]: In her review of ''[[Dune]]'', she introduces "Lord MacGuffin" a character who specifically describes her definition of what a MacGuffin is. He even tries to inject them into the review itself.

{{quote| '''Lord MacGuffin:''' The Spice must flow.~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Lord MacGuffin:''' The Spice must flow.

'''Nostalgia Chick:''' What?~~ ~~

'''Nostalgia Chick:''' What?

'''Lord MacGuffin:''' The Spice must flow.~~ ~~

'''Lord MacGuffin:''' The Spice must flow.

'''Nostalgia Chick:''' See... I don't understand what you mean. See that's my problem with this movie in general is the fact that-~~ ~~

'''Nostalgia Chick:''' See... I don't understand what you mean. See that's my problem with this movie in general is the fact that-

'''Lord MacGuffin:''' '''''[Pulls out a handgun, cocks it, and points it at the Chick]''''' '''[[Punctuated for Emphasis|"The Spice. Must. Flow."]]''' }}

** He is later seen with a jar of mayonnaise, which is later revealed to have been filled with plot device and turns it into a portal. {{spoiler|1=It also enables Lord MacGuffin to return from the dead.}}

* [[Made of Plasticine]]: The friend from ''Teen Witch'', after she trips over a stepladder.

{{quote| '''Nostalgia Chick:''' What, are her legs made of balsa wood?}}

{{quote|'''Nostalgia Chick:''' What, are her legs made of balsa wood?}}

* [[Mad Scientist]]: Discussed in detail in her special on [[Hollywood Science]].

{{quote| '''Nostalgia Chick:''' Where did you learn your science ethics, sir, the University of [[Those Wacky Nazis|Mengele]]?}}

{{quote|'''Nostalgia Chick:''' Where did you learn your science ethics, sir, the University of [[Those Wacky Nazis|Mengele]]?}}

* [[Male Gaze]]: She has a quick rant about how even though Jessica Rabbit is an interesting, noir-like character, all she's remembered for is the giant boobs.

** Maven is a little confused as to why Selma Hayek needed to do a sexy bikini dance when all the humans were trapped in the bar already.

* [[Mama Bear]]: Do '''''not''''' screw around with Lindsay when it comes to her friends or co-workers. She quickly came to the defense of Nella after the Grease review, was quick to correct anyone who thought Doug was making fun of her abortion in the Christmas special, heavily flamed a troll who put up vicious rumours about Elisa, and when [[Fan Dumb|some]] ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' [[Fan Dumb|fans]] came after [[Obscurus Lupa]] because she did '''''not''''' mention the show when she did a review on an old made-for-tv [[My Little Pony]] movie, Lindsay had this to say:

{{quote| '''Lindsay:''' Guys. It ain't that they're grown men watching a cartoon. Good on 'em. It's that they're crazy obsessive and trying to spread the goddamn gospel, like crazies on the corner. THEY WILL NOT SHUT UP AND LEAVE US WHO DO NOT GIVE A SHIT ALONE. People inform me that I should be glad because it's a show made for girls that doesn't suck and has mass appeal. I might have been interested, but Jesus Christ, you people, BACK OFF. I'm with Lupa; if there was a shit to be given, my box of shits have long run dry, as has my box of fucks. I am out of fucks to give. You guys can have your fucking show. Please don't assume that anyone else gives a fuck about it, lest the backlash get backlashier. Let me reiterate in case I was not clear, for apparently clarity is not my strong suit. It's not that it's grownups watching cartoons. It's that (some of) you are crazy, tunnel-visioned, DEFENSIVE (did I mention defensive? God, if there's one trait that grates on me...) and annoying as hell. Sane ones, if you exist, tell your crazy friends to shut the fuck up. Stop being so goddamn defensive. Enjoy your goddamn show; leave us out of it. Jesus.}}

{{quote|'''Lindsay:''' Guys. It ain't that they're grown men watching a cartoon. Good on 'em. It's that they're crazy obsessive and trying to spread the goddamn gospel, like crazies on the corner. THEY WILL NOT SHUT UP AND LEAVE US WHO DO NOT GIVE A SHIT ALONE. People inform me that I should be glad because it's a show made for girls that doesn't suck and has mass appeal. I might have been interested, but Jesus Christ, you people, BACK OFF. I'm with Lupa; if there was a shit to be given, my box of shits have long run dry, as has my box of fucks. I am out of fucks to give. You guys can have your fucking show. Please don't assume that anyone else gives a fuck about it, lest the backlash get backlashier. Let me reiterate in case I was not clear, for apparently clarity is not my strong suit. It's not that it's grownups watching cartoons. It's that (some of) you are crazy, tunnel-visioned, DEFENSIVE (did I mention defensive? God, if there's one trait that grates on me...) and annoying as hell. Sane ones, if you exist, tell your crazy friends to shut the fuck up. Stop being so goddamn defensive. Enjoy your goddamn show; leave us out of it. Jesus.}}

* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]: [[Hocus Pocus]]'s obsession with this amuses her greatly.

{{quote| '''Nostalgia Chick:''' What are you doing if you're in high school and still a virgin?}}

{{quote|'''Nostalgia Chick:''' What are you doing if you're in high school and still a virgin?}}

* [[Manipulative Editing]]: In ''[[The Fifth Element]]'', a lot of Leeloo's more [[Badass]] scenes aren't shown because that would ruin the [[Real Women Don't Wear Dresses]] joke.

* [[Manly Tears]]: "[[Bruce Willis]] cries like [[George Washington]]. Those aren't tears, that's just testosterone overflowing through his eyes."

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* [[Misaimed Fandom]]: Pointed out [[In-Universe]].

** She joins the ''long'' list of people who point out the flaws in [[Taylor Swift]]'s logic in "Love Story":

{{quote| '''Nostalgia Chick:''' ''It's at this point that you start to wonder if [[Taylor Swift]] even knows how [[Romeo and Juliet]] '''[[Downer Ending|ends]]!'''''}}

{{quote|'''Nostalgia Chick:''' ''It's at this point that you start to wonder if [[Taylor Swift]] even knows how [[Romeo and Juliet]] '''[[Downer Ending|ends]]!'''''}}

* [[Misaimed Marketing]]: As it completely goes against the original message, all the tie-ins to ''[[The Lorax (film)|The Lorax]]'' get a lot of time devoted to how stupid they are.

* [[Missing Mom]]: She theorizes that the Disney company usually commits matricide right after their hero/ine is born.

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* [[Mister Seahorse]]: Gleefully got the Critic pregnant through fairy magic in the ''[[Fern Gully]]'' review.

* [[Mood Dissonance]]: On the [[Mood Whiplash]]-ing song in ''[[Mulan]]'':

{{quote| "We were too busy being ''outrageously'' horny to notice the smoky red sky of decimation in the distance."}}

{{quote|"We were too busy being ''outrageously'' horny to notice the smoky red sky of decimation in the distance."}}

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: the TLC video, just the TLC video, damn!

** In ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'', to demonstrate how Disney held themselves back from brilliant darkness by way of the gargoyles, she edits together Frollo being judged by the eyes of Notre Dame followed by the statues clicking their fingers in "A Guy Like You", and "Hellfire" to all the pop culture references.

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** This was the theory of Todd and Lindsay to try and explain all the cameos of talented people in the ''Transformers III'' movie.

* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: Parodied [[In-Universe]] with this:

{{quote| '''Linkara:''' [over the phone] I don't know what's going on where you are, but here in Minnesota there's pandemonium everywhere, everything is falling apart, and ''[[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|the big ball of twine is on fire!!!]]''

{{quote|'''Linkara:''' [over the phone] I don't know what's going on where you are, but here in Minnesota there's pandemonium everywhere, everything is falling apart, and ''[[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|the big ball of twine is on fire!!!]]''

'''Nostalgia Chick:''' [distraught] [[Comically Missing the Point|Not the big ball of twine! God, she's evil! Even Roland Emmerich didn't destroy ''the big ball of twine!]]'' }}

* [[Most Writers Are Adults]]: Comes up in her reviews of ''[[City of Angels]]'' and ''The Christmas Shoes'', her theory for this being the innocent, mature, perfect children there are how the writers ''want'' children to act.

* [[The Mountains of Illinois]]: [[Discussed Trope]] in her very first review, ''[[Pocahontas]]''; she's baffled by all the sheer cliffs in the area around Jamestown.

{{quote| '''Nostalgia Chick:''' Have these people ever ''been'' to coastal Virginia?}}

{{quote|'''Nostalgia Chick:''' Have these people ever ''been'' to coastal Virginia?}}

* [[Musical Episode]]: Her review of ''[[Les Misérables (theatre)|Les Misérables]]'' ended with the entire TGWTG team singing "One More Day".

** And ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'' ends with the TGWTG girls<ref> except [[Jesu Otaku]], something to which Lindsay apologizes in the credits</ref> singing (except for Nella, who is voiceless and just mimes) "Part of Your World".

* [[My Friends and Zoidberg]]: While talking about the design of ''[[Pocahontas]]'':

{{quote| '''Nostalgia Chick:''' And this can possibly attributed to the fact that her design was based on the looks of models such as Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Barbie... and Janice from the Muppets.}}

{{quote|'''Nostalgia Chick:''' And this can possibly attributed to the fact that her design was based on the looks of models such as Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Barbie... and Janice from the Muppets.}}

* [[Narm]]: Pointed out [[In-Universe]].

** She's pretty shocked over the "They're not like you and me, which means they must be evil!" line in ''[[Pocahontas]]''.

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** The [[Will Smith]] fish haunts her nightmares.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: On Kirk in the second ''[[Star Trek]]'' movie:

{{quote| '''Chick:''' How about your hubris leading to the untimely death of your best friend that will plague your smarmy ass with regret? }}

{{quote|'''Chick:''' How about your hubris leading to the untimely death of your best friend that will plague your smarmy ass with regret? }}

* [["No. Just... No" Reaction]]: She shakes her head with a [[Death Glare]] when Nella tries "sexy dice".

* [[Non-Singing Voice]]: She's quick to notice that the grandmother's gritty voice in ''[[Mulan]]'' becomes much softer and higher when she's singing.

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* [[No Yay]]: Pointed out [[In-Universe]].

** She's made deeply uncomfortable by the [[Relationship Writing Fumble|father/daughter]] subplot in ''[[The Baby Sitters Club]]''.

{{quote| '''Nostalgia Chick:''' Is she your daughter or your estranged ex who lost a lot of weight?}}

{{quote|'''Nostalgia Chick:''' Is she your daughter or your estranged ex who lost a lot of weight?}}

* [[Nuns Are Funny]]: The whole premise for the ''[[Sister Act]]'' review.

* [[Nuns Are Scary]]: Her parents were apparently [[Raised Catholic]], so they had lots of horror stories to tell her about eraser-throwing, ruler-whipping demon nuns in the classroom.

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* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]: In the ''X-Men The Animated Series'' review, without Nella the Chick's reviewing style becomes overly dull and analytical, which is shown by the video being washed out and lower quality. As soon as Dr Tease injects her with [[Truth Serum]] to liven it up, it goes into full colour and higher quality.

* [[Padding]]: She sees both ''[[Spice World]]'' and ''[[Xanadu]]'' as being filled with it:

{{quote| '''Nostalgia Chick:''' For the love of God! Cut half of this shit out, guys, c'mon!}}

{{quote|'''Nostalgia Chick:''' For the love of God! Cut half of this shit out, guys, c'mon!}}

** And then there's ''[[Earth Girls Are Easy]]'':

{{quote| '''Chick:''' Cos every movie needs an aliens-watching-TV scene.}}

{{quote|'''Chick:''' Cos every movie needs an aliens-watching-TV scene.}}

* [[Papa Wolf]]: Because of the [[Fan Dumb]] in the [[Comically Missing the Point]] example above, Mr. Ellis got involved to confirm [[Mean Character, Nice Actor|that his daughter is an awesome woman]] and that she and Nella are best friends.

{{quote| Probably the #1 fan of the "NOSTALGIA CHICK", for I go back farther than anyone else knowing her, for I helped "make" her some 26 years back. You guessed it, I am her dad. James Carroll Ellis. Since leaving home for NYU, and then on to USC, I have watched her mature into a young adult while establishing a wonderful fan base and friends, which is deeply appreciated and I simply say "Thank You". Her talents are obvious, having many, just like her ol dad. As for NELLA, SWEET, SWEET, NELLA, Lindsay and Nella, (Antonella) have been and are the best of friends. Any remarks, suggestions, and/or references to her were done as a professional actor, and certainly no malice was intended. She (Nella) has visited our home many times, and she is a superb beautiful human being. The world would be a better place with more NELLAS.}}

{{quote|Probably the #1 fan of the "NOSTALGIA CHICK", for I go back farther than anyone else knowing her, for I helped "make" her some 26 years back. You guessed it, I am her dad. James Carroll Ellis. Since leaving home for NYU, and then on to USC, I have watched her mature into a young adult while establishing a wonderful fan base and friends, which is deeply appreciated and I simply say "Thank You". Her talents are obvious, having many, just like her ol dad. As for NELLA, SWEET, SWEET, NELLA, Lindsay and Nella, (Antonella) have been and are the best of friends. Any remarks, suggestions, and/or references to her were done as a professional actor, and certainly no malice was intended. She (Nella) has visited our home many times, and she is a superb beautiful human being. The world would be a better place with more NELLAS.}}

* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Mocked in the ''[[Mulan]]'' review:

{{quote| '''Nostalgia Chick:''' Just put your hair back up, it's like the gender equivalent of [[Clark Kenting|Clark Kent's glasses]].}}

{{quote|'''Nostalgia Chick:''' Just put your hair back up, it's like the gender equivalent of [[Clark Kenting|Clark Kent's glasses]].}}

* [[Parental Neglect]]: She theorizes that [[Thumbelina]]'s mother just lets her get into trouble because she's bitter that she got the short end of the stick.

** Like so many others, she wonders where Beast's parents are when he's a teenager on Christmas.

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* [[Periphery Demographic]]: Pointed out [[In-Universe]] on ''[[Dragonheart]]'' - "Let's face it, we're all here for [[Sean Connery|Connery]]."

** And for the other gender, ''[[Titanic]]''.

* [[Perverse Sexual Lust]]: With [[All Women Are Lustful]] in full force, plenty of it going around:

** In the Top 10 Hottest Animated Guys video, we get good details on the three leading ladies' animated hottie preferences: Elisa likes them stoic and brooding like [[Gargoyles|Goliath]] and [[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman]], Nella just goes crazy over [[Pocahontas|Thomas]] and [[Anastasia|Dmitri]] (the latter partly because he resembles the former), and Chick has had childhood crushes on [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]] and... {{spoiler|[[Ferngully the Last Rainforest|Batty]]}}.

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* [[Power Perversion Potential]]: She theorises about the possible unmentioned extensions of ''[[Dragonheart]]'''s "dragon and human share their pain" plot.

* [[Pretty Fly for a White Guy]]: The rap sequences of ''Teen Witch''.

{{quote| ''This movie is whiter than ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''!}}

{{quote|''This movie is whiter than ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''!}}

** When she's calmed down from the unholy terror that is ''[[Shark Tale]]'', we get this lovely quote:

{{quote| ''This is what happens when white shut-ins try to be hip... and do so with fish."}}

{{quote|''This is what happens when white shut-ins try to be hip... and do so with fish."}}

* [[Primal Scene]]: Two unseen people creaking the bed is what gives "Baby Scarred For Life" her name.

* [[Product Placement]]: On the McDonalds in ''[[The Fifth Element]]'': "Why do I suddenly want french fries?"

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** Likewise, she opens the ''[[You've Got Mail]]'' review with a glowing endorsement for Starbucks coffee liqueur - "providing my stimulants ''and'' my depressants in one useful dose." The credits feature "I except my check any day, Starbucks."

* [[Pseudo Crisis]]: Played for laughs in her review of ''[[Anastasia]]'':

{{quote| '''Chick:''' [very seriously] Hi, I'm your Nostalgia Chick. And my glasses have been taken by communists.~~ ~~

{{quote|'''Chick:''' [very seriously] Hi, I'm your Nostalgia Chick. And my glasses have been taken by communists.

* scary music plays*~~ ~~

* scary music plays*

'''Chick:''' [with glasses on again] But it's okay because I got new ones. }}

* [[Punctuated for Emphasis]]: "[[Dune|The. Spice. Must. Flow.]]"

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* [[Rape as Redemption]]: Inverted. To finally get over her rape by him from three years ago, she rapes Spoony and tells him to "cry it out bitch" when he's having a breakdown about it.

* [[A Rare Sentence]]: Team NChick's Elisa [[Twitter|tweeting]] about her role as Dr. Tease:

{{quote| '''[http://twitter.com/ElisaInTime/status/45165198314704896 ElisaInTime:]''' I never thought I'd see the day when I received an email from my mother with the subject line 'Your "death" by the evil intergalactic clone'.}}

{{quote|'''[http://twitter.com/ElisaInTime/status/45165198314704896 ElisaInTime:]''' I never thought I'd see the day when I received an email from my mother with the subject line 'Your "death" by the evil intergalactic clone'.}}

* [[Reality Subtext]]: What drives half of the humor in the Chick>Todd storyline. In real life they're an adorably sickening couple, in-show she's hopelessly deluded that he'll one day love her back.

* [[Really Gets Around]]: The Chick says Kirk is just a manwhore who would stick his peepee into anything with a hole in it.

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: She makes a [[Running Gag]] of freaking out at one of the ''[[My Little Pony|My Little Ponies]]'' having red eyes.

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Whenever she's in a dark mood.

* [[Reed Richards Is Useless]]: In her review of ''Teen Witch'', the Chick points out Louise could use her magic powers to fix the world but instead uses it on petty gain.