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[[Doug Walker]] is [http://www.thatguywiththeglasses.com/ That Guy With The Glasses]. Best known for being [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]], a somewhat cynical man who reviews some of the shows and movies we grew up with in [[The Eighties]] and [[The Nineties]]. There's stuff like ''[[Pokémon the First Movie (Anime)|Pokémon the First Movie]]'', ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Film)|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'', [[Scare
{{quote| '''[[Keanu Reeves|Neo]]:''' [[Dull Surprise|Whoa]].}}
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** ''[[Forget About It]]'' (another show by Sad Panda).
* [[Team Four Star (Creator)|Team Four Star]]
** [[
** [[Lanipator (Creator)|Lanipator]]
** [[Little Kuriboh (Creator)|Little Kuriboh]]
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* [[And You Were There]]: Subverted at the end of his [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/1743-surf-ninjas Surf Ninjas review], where he is surrounded by his friends after having a dream where he reviewed ''[[Surf Ninjas]]'' and liked it. He tells his friends that they were there; then, when one asks "Really?", he says, "No."
* [[Angrish]]: [[Lampshaded]] in the AVGN/Critic review, in which [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|The Angry Video Game Nerd]] points out to the Nostalgia Critic that he's too angry to come up with a coherent way to express his distaste over how ugly [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Master Splinter]] looks.
* [[Anti
* [[Anvilicious]]: In-universe, reviewers have sometimes criticized something they were reviewing for being this.
* [[Apocalypse How]]: Class 0. In a Christmas special linked from the Nostalgia Critic's section of the site, there's an alternate timeline where President Angry Joe completely annihilates the country of Canada with [[Big Red Button|one press of a button]].
* [[April Fools' Day]]: The site pulled a particularly effective one on April 1, 2009 when all of Walker's characters swapped videos: That Guy With The Glasses lowered himself to review [[Monsters vs. Aliens|a movie]] enthusiastically and asked for spare change, The Nostalgia Critic was horrified by the questions asked of Ask That Guy With The Glasses, and Chester A. Bum remembered ''[[The Neverending Story (Film)|The Neverending Story]]'' though he didn't remember why. Ask That Guy also [[Blatant Lies|claimed not to be good at impressions]].
* [[Arch Enemy]]: The Nostalgia Critic and The Angry Video Game Nerd, before their reconciliation. Also, Dr, Insano appears to be an arch-foe of both Spoony and Linkara.
* [[Artifact Title]]: Originally a site to hold [[Doug Walker]]'s (also known as That Guy With The Glasses) videos, the site pretty soon after introduced other contributors to write articles and host videos, most of whom do not have glasses.
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*** Even moreso in Lupa's "A Day in the Life of Tommy Wiseau".
** Bargo. If you watch "Coffee With Bargo", you'll see why.
* [[Cluster F
** Also, when the Nostalgia Critic and [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|The Angry Video Game Nerd]] team-up to review ''The Making Of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Coming Out Of Our Shell'' video, you can bet they lay on the swearing but thick.
** In fact, Linkara has been given grief by some fans for NOT swearing.
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* [[Continuity Lock Out]]: With the sheer volume of shout-outs, callbacks and cameos on display, [[Archive Panic|and a frankly intimidating number of shows available]], god knows what the site looks like to people who've just found it.
** Case in point: two major plot points ( {{spoiler|Black Lantern Spoony's creation and original Spoony's resurrection}}) from an arc in Spoony's videos don't make any sense unless you watch two random non-consecutive Linkara videos.
* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: The Critic punishes the Nostalgia Chick for reviewing non-girly movies (and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|chloroforming him]]) by making her watch ''Bratz''.
** In a slightly more proportionate example, he punished Spoony for raping him in ''Spooning With Spoony 2'' by making him do ''Bloodwings: Pumpkinhead's Revenge'' again.
* [[Costume Copycat]]:
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* [[Crap Saccharine World]]: The sockpuppet [[Fluffy Cloud Heaven]]...with sex slaves as told in Coffee with Bargo.
** According to the ''That Guy Riffs'' of Casper, the friendly ghost killed several people and committed and/or was witness to various other atrocities, that weren't gone into because 'it's not that kind of story'.
** The alternate timeline in [[
* [[Cringe Comedy]]: The Critic and the Chick's hideously awkward date in "Thanks For The Feedback: Date With Doug."
* [[Crossover]]: Amongst TGWTG's reviewers, there are far too many to list here. However, of note is a very special guest appearance by non-Channel-Awesome personality [[Brentalfloss]] for the Nostalgia' Critic's Musical [[Moulin Rouge]] review (Along with Linkara, Phelous, and Team Nostalgia Chick)
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{{quote| '''Linkara''': No one should have to watch [[Uwe Boll]] alone, [[My Friends and Zoidberg|especially with Spoony]].}}
* [[Erotic Eating]]: LordKat of ''Until We Win'' eating a strawberry in the ''[[Dragon Ball Evolution]] ''joint review.
* [[Et Tu, Brute?]]: In the Brawl: "Et tu, Lee from Still Gaming?" Echoed later in ''[[Kickassia (Web Video)|Kickassia]]''.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]:
** Linksano may very well be evil, psychotic and out to kill Linkara, but as shown in Linkara's joint review with Film Brain on the movie ''[[The Spirit]]'', he will not condone the murder of kittens.
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* [[Green Aesop]]: The Critic has picked on a few series with this trope as their theme and ripped on them for it. However, as he made clear with his praise for the use of this trope in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (TV)|Sonic The Hedgehog SatAm]]'', he appreciates a well-written [[Green Aesop]] that's subtle and not one that bashes you over the head for it. And as the Chick noted in the ''[[Fern Gully]]'' review, some of these shows don't actually give a helpful message at all.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Several in Sean Fausz's case, but the result is always the same - {{spoiler|Sean sitting in the bath, crying uncontrollably to the tune of Celine Dion's ''My Heart Will Go On''.}}
* [[Hey
{{quote| '''Lee''': No matter what game I play or anime I watch, [[Wendee Lee]] will ''always'' be there, taking the job away from another starving voice actor.}}
** With some exceptions like [[Phelous (Web Video)|Phelous]], [[The Nostalgia Chick (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Chick]], [[Marz Gurl (Web Video)|Marz Gurl]], and [[Bad Movie Beatdown (Web Video)|Film Brain]], the contributors will have already gained a sizable fanbase prior to joining the site.
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* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]:
** Giant Robotic Donkey Kong Jesus Riding on a Puff of Smoke.
** [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/27929-coffee-with-bargo Coffee with Bargo] features robot zombie unicorns "messing shit up", which was apparently orchestrated by a [[Watchmen|Dr. Manhattan]] [[Star Wars|Jedi]] [[
* [[Non
* [[Not Making This Up Disclaimer]]: So many reviews cover things that the reviewers have to assure the audience actually happened in those works.
** The cafe in [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/sketches/33165-where-is-malachite this video] is a real place. The last part even gives you the address in case you want to stop by.
* [[Not Me This Time]]: After several reviewers were stuck watching ''[[The Last Airbender]]'', they figure [[The Nostalgia Critic (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Critic]] set them up since he did something similar before with ''[[Dragon Ball Evolution]]''. When they contact him, [[Even Evil Has Standards|he's horrified at the idea of anyone sitting through it]].
* [[Old Shame]]: In episode 5 of "Masterpiece Fanfic Theater", Bennett reads a script-formatted crossover fanfiction between ''[[Pokémon (Anime)|Pokémon]]'', ''[[Digimon Adventure (Anime)|Digimon Adventure]]'', and ''[[Sailor Moon (Manga)|Sailor Moon]]'', with a [[Self
** The ''Flashback!'' series, in which Doug showcases some of the stuff he's done when he was younger. Your Mileage May Vary on whether it's ''bad'', but he definitely is embarrassed.
* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]: The [[Leitmotif]] of the Nerd-Critic feud was Verdi's ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDFFHaz9GsY Dies Irae]'' (for those who don't know, the lyrics are about ''[[What Do You Mean
* [[One of Us]]: Nearly all the TGWTG members visit [[TV Tropes]]!
** It's to the point that, as seen on the homepage, Doug Walker himself was interviewed by [[Echo Chamber (Web Video)|Echo Chamber]].
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* [[Pokémon Speak]]: Mike J's Film Brain cut-out.
{{quote| "''[[Catch Phrase|Symbolism!]]''"}}
* [[Precision F
{{quote| '''Linkara''': Son of a bitch!<br />
'''Sage''': So you can swear.<br />
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* [[Recursive Canon]]: The anniversary specials add another layer between the contributors' videos - where Linkara is a world-saving hero, Angry Joe lives on a space station and has [[Shock and Awe|electrical powers]], Spoony has enemies that have killed and cloned him, the Nostalgia Chick's sidekick Nella turned evil and rampaged across America - and the real world, as they're all still their characters, but are the people who work for TGWTG and make the videos.
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: In a story example, the plot for ''[[Duke Nukem Forever (Video Game)|Duke Nukem Forever]]'' according to Duke himself would have involved [[Johnny Depp]] as a diamond shitting slug, [[Angelina Jolie]] taking over [[Disneyland]] and creating a [[Zombie Apocalypse]], [[Weaponised Landmark|the Eiffel Tower getting hands and a Jerry Lewis face to fight an animatronic Mount Rushmore]], then the ''Titanic'' rises (with a pair of tits) to join in on the fighting and finally Canada would get nuked, and it would all be real.
* [[Relax
* [[Retirony]]: "And it's probably a bad thing to mention that [[Redshirt Army|every single one of these soldiers]] has just 2 days left before retirement."
* [[The Reveal]]: For 35 episodes, the face of Chad "CR!" Rocco was not familiar with us. In episode 36, the Nostalgia Critic revealed it.
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'''Critic/Chick:''' "MAN?!"<br />
*[[Scare Chord]]* }}
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: The Nostalgia Critic tries to quit the ''[[Fern Gully]]'' review and leave it to the Chick, but she doesn't let him go.
** He also tries to run away at the start of his review of ''[[The Star Wars Holiday Special]]'', but Rob catches him.
** During the Spoony/Lordkat Pumpkinhead "Until We Win" episode, Spoony is so disgusted by the game's moon logic that he tries to quit, but then remembers that the two of them are trapped in "The Black Hole" (which looks like a hotel room) and can't leave.
* [[Self
** "[[The Nostalgia Chick (Web Video)|Thanks for the Feedback]] Episode 1: Date With Doug" paints the Chick as an obsessively geeky shut-in - Nella says that at least going on a date will get her out of the apartment for more than three hours - and the Critic as just as socially awkward, if not more, and unable to arrange food more complex than cereal.
** The credits to the christmas special reveal that the CGI shot of Canada blowing up was done by Phelous...a Canadian.
** It seems that all of the contributors will portray themselves as jerks, idiots, losers, creeps, stalkers, social inadequates [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|or nerds]] if it's cogent to the review or more entertaining that way.
* [[Sequelitis]]: Mike J's in-universe raison d'être.
* [[Serious Business]]: The Critic and the Chick beat the hell out of each other over who gets to review ''[[Fern Gully]]''. The Critic tries to kill himself rather than watch ''[[Batman and Robin (Film)|Batman and Robin]]''. Film reviews are a serious business.
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* [[Sound Effect Bleep]]: Lee (at least in his "Still Gaming" shows), whenever he uses more profane language.
* [[Special Effect Failure]]: In the review of ''[[Alone in The Dark]]'', several points are criticized in-universe for seemingly ''intentional'' flubs with edits, like a villain getting killed by a CGI bullet that went ''nowhere near'' him, letting a shot of a dead character moving her head stay in the film, and the absence of any damage or gore from an unseen monster attack in the last scene.
* [[Spin
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: ''[[The Last Airbender (Film)|The Last Airbender]]'' review for the ''[[Dragon Ball Evolution]]'' review.
* [[Springtime for Hitler]]: According to their commentary, [[The Cinema Snob (Web Video)|The Cinema Snob]] and Phelous' review of ''Troll 4'' was supposed to be a deliberate feeding of [[Troll|trolls]], due to the overuse of cameos, and, there not being a ''Troll 4''. It actually had rather few negative comments. Brad and Phelan were ''sad'' there wasn't an [[Internet Backdraft]] on that video's comment section.
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** In ''[[Kickassia (Web Video)|Kickassia]]'', this is the Critic's ultimate goal.
* [[Take That]]: In [[Lanipator (Creator)|Lanipator]]'s review of ''[[Final Fantasy Unlimited]]'', he says: "I mean, It's ''[[Final Fantasy]]''! Everything with ''Final Fantasy'' on it is pure quality, right?" Cut to clips from ''[[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XII]]'' ("I'm Captain Basch!") and then a silent Lanipator.
** The review of the best anime themes of all time includes ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', not because Lee likes the show or it has a lot of fans or he even likes the music, but just to point out that {{spoiler|[[Dude, She's Like, in A Coma|Shinji jerks it over Asuka's bed]]}}. He doesn't hate the show overall though, he's just cold toward Shinji (which he says the theme song keeps promoting).
** The Nostalgia Critic is so traumatized by watching Uwe Boll's ''[[Alone in The Dark (Film)|Alone in The Dark]]'' that he claims in the review that his doctor says he may never speak again thanks to it.
** When it became clear that the Nostalgia Critic's review of ''[[The Room]]'' was taken down for "copyright infringement" (despite obviously being protected by fair use), a parody video was made called "[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/26252-the-tommy-wiseau-show The Tommy Wiseau Show]". Wiseau himself is let off fairly lightly, almost to [[Affectionate Parody]] levels. A fellow named "John" from TheRoomMovie.com, however, is given perhaps the most brutal evisceration of Doug Walker's online career, being portrayed as a raging, paranoid, and greedy lunatic, obsessed with money and Wiseau's "good image". The video even ends with him crying "I'm John from TheRoomMovie.com!" over and over again, as if he might want his fans to... "get in touch" with him. It's pretty obvious that TGWTG had some unpleasant dealings with him after the review was taken down...
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* [[Talking to Himself]]: [http://nostalgiacritic.blip.tv/file/3906636/ "The Tommy Wiseau Show"] has Doug doing this to Tommy Wiseau's... "[[Narm Charm|quirky]]" acting. But that's just an [[Affectionate Parody]] compared to John from TheRoomMovie.com, [[Real Life Writes the Plot|who took down Doug's review of]] ''[[The Room]]'' [[Real Life Writes the Plot|due to copyright violations]].
** Having shaved off his beard at one point, he explains that he lost a bet to [[Ask That Guy With the Glasses (Web Video)|Ask That Guy]], who appears and has (obviously) also shaved due to a misunderstanding. When Chester A. Bum pops up too, Doug is having a three-way conversation with himself.
* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch]]: "Don't you EVER bring logic into this movie again! This is ''[[Fern Gully]]'', BITCH!"
** "We play ''[[Magic the Gathering]]'', BITCH!"
** "I have passion panties, BITCH!"
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* [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]]: The first-year anniversary video had not just NC and AVGN fighting, but just about everyone on the TGWTG site taking sides of reviewers and gamers.
* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: Y Ruler of Time points this in-universe out in the manga ''Alive'' when the supervirus they're dealing with came from '''Africa''' after a man ate a '''monkey''' and they call the virus '''Black'''.
* [[Unperson]]: That Aussie Guy, who was actually a pretty big mover and shaker on the site back in its earlier days -- he co-founded Transmission Awesome, and helped get Blistered Thumbs off the ground. He was even flown in from Australia to appear in the Brawl. But then his videos were completely removed from the site and all traces of him were expunged from the Channel Awesome Wiki. This was done ''very'' quietly at first, in hopes that nobody would notice (all very ''[[Nineteen Eighty
** His name was censored out of the episode of "Masterpiece Fanfic Theatre" that featured a story about the TGWTG gang.
** The fact that he ''is'' still in the Brawl leads to some confusion for those who became fans after his removal from the site: watch the video of the Brawl because of its nigh-legendary status, and wonder who the heck this guy is whipping a boomerang around the room.
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* [[The Verse]] Many of the reviewers' shows are set in the same universe and have common characters such as Doctor Insano.
* [[Video Review Show]]
* [[Viewers
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Critic and [[The Nostalgia Chick (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Chick]]. In fact, most of the critics tend to be excessively mean to one another [[Mean Character, Nice Actor|(they actually all like each other in real life)]] with exceptions like Little Miss Gamer, who was the [[Nice Girl]] of the site.
* [[What Did I Do Last Night?]]: The "Spooning With Spoony" and "Linking Up With Linkara" videos. Also [[The Nostalgia Chick (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Chick]]'s ''[[Hercules (Disney)|Hercules]]'' review.
* [[What Do You Mean
* [[What Do You Mean
** Many of the website's shows deal with family-friendly subjects, but are still meant for an adult audience.
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: Chef Protoss.
** At the beginning of [[Marz Gurl]] and [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Linkara]]'s review of ''[[Cool World]]'', Linkara says he needs help to fight [[The Spoony Experiment (Web Video)|Dr. Insano]]. It's never brought up again, nor does it fit in continuity with the ''Adamantium Rage'' and ''Warrior'' reviews from around the same time. Of course, Insano doesn't ''have'' a continuity as such.
* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart Anyway]]: To the point where [[Captain Planet and The Planeteers|Ma-Ti]] is the resident [[Butt Monkey]].
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