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* [[Actor Shipping]]: Lindsay/Nella is quite popular, mostly for people who want unabashedly fluffy [[Ho Yay|Les Yay]] instead of abuse and fucked-upness.

** Even though he's engaged and she's dating Todd, Lindsay/Doug is also popular. The reason is basically the same - fluff and cuteness. And both of these are just for fun.

* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]: Is the Chick a hypocritical [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All]] who abuses people constantly to make herself feel better and is just as messed up as the Critic, or an intelligent, calm [[Closer to Earth]] feminist? There are enough people who believe either choice.

* [[Arc Fatigue]]: To some fans (that being why it's on this page) "The Dark Nella Saga" just kept going and going and going... (Well, it ''is'' a [[Fridge Brilliance|saga]].) But the problem was probably less the length of the arc itself - seven episodes, probably edging on three hours, all told - and more how an arc that seemed like it would be played out over a few weeks took two and a half months to release.

** The "[[Elton John|Candle in the Wind]]" parody Lindsay sang after Nella's "death."

** Nella's road trip-style summary of ''[[Showgirls]]''.

** Lindsay leading her friends in a performance of ''[[Newsies]]''' "Seize the Day."

** Lindsay, [[Jew Wario]], [[Obscurus Lupa]], Elisa, Nella, [[The Nostalgia Critic|Critic]], [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]], [[Todd in the Shadows]], [[Paw Dugan]], [[Brows Held High|Oancitizen]] and [[Phelous]] singing "One Day More" is genuinely chilling.

** Despite her love for [[Soundtrack Dissonance]], she's also pretty good for choosing song lyrics that go well with the situation. "How can he tell her he loves her [-] he would give his heart gladly" when Critic [[Cannot Spit It Out]], "baby come back, you can blame it all on me" when they've both left, Nella (who wants to be left how she is) is shut up by the Makeover Fairy when she tries to sing the start of Mein Herr from ''[[Cabaret]]'' and the end of ''[[The Lorax (film)|The Lorax]]'' has a self-loathing tribute to alcohol.

* [[Base Breaker]]: See [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] below. Check the comments for many videos Nella appears in and you'll find plenty that lament her getting screen time.

** Fans of the [[Disney Renaissance]] tend to [[Understatement|hate]] her.

** Her [[Driven to Madness]] [[Heroic BSOD]] over how pathetic reviewing makes her was never brought up again.

* [[Broken Base]]: Usually between those who prefer the style of her newer reviews - i.e. the ones featuring the supporting cast and based more around analysing tropes - and those who liked the linear reviews she originally put out.

* [[Discredited Meme]]: In her Villainesses countdown, the [[101 Dalmatians|One Hundred and One Dalmatians]] have to stare at her sadly before she gives in and yells her "PUPPIES!" catchphrase. The [[Running Gag]] was put to death after that.

* [[Dude, Not Funny]]: In her second "Thanks For The Feedback" video, she made a music video featuring [[Black Comedy Rape|a rap song about rape]]. The video was almost universally reviled as being in poor taste, and has since been taken down. Although not for that reason; [[Word of God]] says that she wasn't happy with the edit and didn't want it to be put up anyway.

** While the backlash was much bigger when the Critic made his joke, her comment about "autistic temper tantrums" got people rather angry.

** While the majority loved both episodes for [[Refuge in Audacity]], there was a certain [[Yaoi Fangirl|section]] of the fanbase that ''hated'' her for coming up with the idea of the [[Het Is Ew|first]] "Spooning With Spoony".

** P-Cash was pretty much the only thing in the infamous "Rape Rap" video that got a consistently positive reaction.

** The [[Sex Bot]] went away for a long time, but was loved and now is in a lot more episodes.

** Elisa has actually gotten her own show: Maven of the Eventide. She's come a long way from the Makeover Fairy.

* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: The Chick's [[Slasher Smile]] when she's being evil is both adorable and utterly terrifying.

** We also have Dr. Tease, The Makeover Fairy and even Brian The Sexual Predator has his fans when he wears a leather jacket.

* [[Fan Dumb]]: Her fans can be extremely clingy at times. On the forums, the personal nature of her FAQ thread drove her away and it took a while before they got that she wasn't coming back to answer any more questions.

** Even though she made fun of this attitude ''herself'' in ''[[Kickassia]]'', they also seem to think that she has the very worst [[Hate Dumb]] and she only gets criticized because she's female. While the shit-stirring trolls ''do'' go for sexism with her, everyone on TGWTG gets threats and creepiness and other nasty things. It just shows that they think she's a woman to be protected first and a person (who can so clearly look after herself) second.

** She gets ''very'' angry when Critic fanboys tell her she needs to stay in her territory and not review "boy stuff" like the ''[[X-Men]]'' cartoon.

** She's made two abortion jokes, one in ''Grease'' about coat hangers and the other in ''Showgirls'' about pushing the pregnant woman down the stairs. Even though she can joke about whatever the hell she wants, people didn't like these because of her own abortion about half a year prior.

** There are some who yell at [[Todd in the Shadows]] because they have no idea why he'd reject her. As hypocritical and assy as he is, she's a (hilarious) [[Stalker with a Crush]] who can't take a hint and if he doesn't want her, then he doesn't want her. Simplez, yes?

** You get people willfully ignoring that Chick is a very different persona from Lindsay and calling the latter a snobby fandom-hater when she's clearly not.

* [[Heartwarming in Hindsight]]: In the first "Thanks For The Feedback", the Critic breaks down and shout-asks her if she even cares about him. She doesn't have time to answer before he storms off, but various episodes later on show pretty clearly that he's one of the very few people she ''does'' give a shit about.

** In her early reviews, she liked making fun of [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] between characters and how people seemed to think that was entertaining. She has a [[The Masochism Tango|Masochism Tango]]/[[Dating Catwoman]] thing with the Critic that's incredibly enjoyable for both us and them.

** In the ''[[My Little Pony]]'' review, her main beef was that the characters were deathly boring and had no conflict. The new [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|show]] has had each of the mane cast break down at least once.

** "And besides, who's going to be interested in a female character who's pretty shamelessly a knock-off of her already popular male counterpart?" Seeing how fricking huge the character sheet is, evidently quite a lot of people.

** She introduced a character named "Lord [[MacGuffin]]". In Pixar's ''[[Brave]]''...

* [[Hollywood Homely]]: Nella, especially in the ''[[Grease]]'' review. Many [[Comically Missing the Point|Comically Missed the Point]] and treated her like a [[The Woobie|woobie]], not listening to the fact that Nella wrote that sideplot ''herself'' and is perfectly happy with her appearance.

* [[Ho Yay]]: Actually a Les Yay with BFF Nella:

** Also with MarzGurl in "Linking up with Linkara", although that was a prank.

* [[I Knew It!]]: A few fics guessed correctly that she would rape Spoony to get revenge on him for hurting her, and in "Rejected Ideas For 'Spooning With Spoony'", she seems to do it.

* [[Narm Charm]]: The last half of the "Kirk vs. Picard video", where Chick and Nella meet to do battle, is ''gloriously'' cheesy.

* [[Nausea Fuel]]: During her review of ''[[Mulan]]'', Lindsey and Nella wonder about the Chinese practice of footbinding, then later show us some horrifying pictures of bound feet (*shudder*). "Say what you want about Communism, but at least they put a stop to that shit!"

* [[Never Live It Down]]: Even though it was [[Lost Forever|taken off the site]] quickly, the "Rapping About Rape" video and all the drama surrounding it.

** Her [[Refuge in Audacity]] "worse than seven holocausts" comment seems to be getting there too.

** So did her review of the ''[[Transformers]]'' franchise. In a self-parody, [[The Nostalgia Critic]] bitched at her for that one too.

** Inevitably, fans of the ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'' weren't too keen on her hate for it.

*** Notably, Lindsay's actual opinion of Hercules sums up to "It was flawed, but I DO enjoy it."

** People who liked ''[[Dragonheart]]'' for more than just the "fucking dragon", bitched heavily after her review of it too.

** Not everyone agrees with her view that ''[[Shrek]]'' was a hate-filled [[Take That]] at Disney.

** Early on, ''[[Gargoyles]]'' fans weren't exactly happy when she acted like two well-established [[Tear Jerker]] moments in the show were unintentionally hilarious instead.

** ''[[The Fifth Element]]''. Many people think she really misrepresented this film, especially when she didn't show Leeloo kicking ass so she could complain about her being [[The Chick]].

** Many fans of ''Jem'' were very angry at Lindsy for her panning the series, the biggest complaint came from her not even bothering to watch the series entirely before she reviewed it.

* [[He Really Can Act (Sugar Wiki)|She Really Can Act]]: Nella in the Dark Nella Saga. Funny, genuinely scary and able to go to between "a quasi-demonic force of evil" and her usual fangirly self.

* [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]: Nella and Elisa have gained more prominence in her newer reviews.

* [[Yoko Oh No]]: While the majority of Critic fangirls love her, there are a crazy few with either a [[Double Standard]] regarding skits and humor or just like talking about how they'd enjoy beating the shit out of her while calling him adorable. The fact that Doug seems to love Lindsay like a little sister doesn't seem to enter into their heads.