NCgags

Gags used by The Nostalgia Critic in various episodes.

One-Use Gags
The Nostalgia Critic tends to use running gags throughout his reviews. However, most are often self-contained to the one video. These include (but are not limited to)...
 * Various parodies of Nintendo's "Now you're playing with power" slogan in response to questionable behavior (including "incest", "vehicular manslaughter", and "pedophilia...and that's just wrong") in The Wizard.
 * The "Ambiguously Gay Duo" theme used to describe homo-erotic themes and making escape and suicide attempts throughout the entire review in Batman & Robin.
 * The ruler hitting him over the head in Captain Planet every time he says "ruler" as a response to Wheeler saying "fire" to make fire appear.
 * Erotic overtones and comparisons to John McCain in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
 * The repeated use of the word 'Genius!' to describe cheesy scenes and dialogue in Surf Ninjas.
 * In Godzilla, the Critic continually mispronounces Nick Tatopoulos' last name, only to have a clip of him saying his actual last name, to which the Critic responds, "Whatever."
 * He did a variation of this in his He-Man and She-Ra Christmas Special review which he constantly pronounces Hordak's name wrong, only to have a clip of him saying his actual name.
 * "Duck-Tits Woo Hoo!" in his Howard the Duck review, a callback to "Duck-Tales Woo Hoo!" which was first featured in The Top 11 Catchiest Theme Songs.
 * A tumbleweed flying across the screen after bad jokes on Good Burger.
 * Playing the Imperial March and screaming "Jonas!" every time Jonas and his crew drive past in the Twister review, also promoting random products to reflect Jonas selling out.
 * Playing the Friday the 13th theme for certain appearances of Macaulay Culkin's character in The Good Son.
 * "Why? Jackson wills it!" from Moonwalker.
 * Making many imitations of Number 5/Johnny 5 in his Short Circuit 1 & 2 reviews, which are mostly done by jerkily moving his arms and saying synonyms of his opinion on a scene.
 * Different examples of what Willy's whale sounds sound like ("It sounds like Jar-Jar Binks in a blender!") in Free Willy.
 * Shooting Mother Brain from Captain N: The Game Master, saying "I'm awesome." and having the screen flash 'End of Series' while the Captain N announcer says the intro.
 * Linkara & Spoony saying people "Had just two days left until retirement" when they're about to die in Alone in the Dark.
 * The Nostalgia Critic did a variation of this in his Hook review, saying that the coconut sliced by Peter Banning had just two days left until retirement.
 * The way nobody in Judge Dredd can say the word "law" like a normal person.
 * In the He-Man and She-Ra Christmas Special review, a counter was used to tally the gay jokes he could have made.
 * A Manchine puppy advertisement in the He-Man and She-Ra Christmas Special.
 * Mocking Vanilla Ice's whiteness (complete with a "white-o-meter") in Cool As Ice.
 * "EXTREME!" from Airborne.
 * In Blank Check, describing clichéd moments as "Bland Shit 101" (two times with animated feces falling down the screen).
 * Nostalgia Critic questions a scene in a movie that makes no sense of why it's in there and says "Cheese." A picture of Cheese comes up as it says 'CHEESE! It's as good as any other answer." Also, Da-Jodel-Rudel plays when that happens.
 * The Nostalgia Critic impersonating multiple voices from The Care Bears Movie when the Care Bears' ship came from behind a rock attacking a specter crow with a united Care Bears Stare, saying "Taste the Rainbow, mothafucka!"
 * STUFF! when contraptions work in Waterworld.
 * Following Jack Black's quotes with phrases by Khan from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan in NeverEnding Story III.
 * Following Marlon Wayans' buzzing sounds with Chris Tucker as Ruby Rhod from The Fifth Element in Dungeons and Dragons.
 * Also, many jokes regarding a villain with blue lips ("You got something on your lips...").
 * Scene transition with the Critic in front of a psychedelic background (parodying the one from Austin Powers) in Inspector Gadget.
 * Screenwriting Cliché #x in Milk Money.
 * A hand slapping the Critic every time he makes a sexual joke about Catherine Zeta-Jones in the review of The Haunting.
 * A clip from A Few Good Men of Jack Nicholson saying, "You fucking people," in the review of Doug's First Movie.
 * "BUT I DIGRESS!"
 * The 'Be Disturbed' button that was pressed during moments in The Cell that were meant to be disturbing (e.g. The Horse scene), which makes a voice say 'BE DISTURBED' along with screaming and a caricature of director Tarsem hopping across the screen and shouting 'Ask me what it means! Ask me what it means! HOO-HOO! HOO-HOO!' The former is parodied when Vince Vaughn's character is being tortured with 'Be Disturbed. Now Turned on. Now confused. Now Disturbed Again'.
 * The 'Ask me what it means!' gag was also used at the end of Devil and in Moulin Rouge.
 * Variations of "Turtles, fight with honor!" (Like: Turtles, fight with cement!) in the TMNT review.
 * In the review for Thomas and the Magic Railroad, Critic says/yells "It's Thomas The Fucking Tank Engine!!!" whenever Peter Fonda's character acts depressed when the film is supposed to be lighthearted and fun.
 * "Sparkle, sparkle, sparkle!" "Fuck yeah, sparkle, sparkle, sparkle!"
 * In The King and I, the Critic had title card "on stand-by" that said, "You heard right" when the most impractical thing happens in the movie (i.e. the dragon is defeated by whistling and twirling).
 * A cutout of Count von Count from Sesame Street appearing to count how many times Dr. Seuss rolled in his grave in The Cat in the Hat.
 * In Alone in the Dark when Christian Slater's character would monologue, he'd say: "Why the hell was I in Star Trek VI?" in reference to his cameo in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country as a minor character with no use.
 * In Bridge to Terabithia, when questioning the more odd aspects of the fantasy world, it is answered with, "TERABITHIA GOD DAMNIT!"
 * In Dawn of the Commercials, the Wicked Witch of the West sexually harassing men, with the men being confused.
 * During the Man of Steel review, Angry Joe having a traumatic childhood involving a lobster suit, nipple tasers, nitroglycerine and venomous ferrets.
 * In the Eight Crazy Nights review, when the Happy Madison audience laughs at the grossest thing possible.
 * In Face/Off when Nostalgia Critic wants to add doves to emotional scenes.
 * In After Earth and Pluto Nash, the Critic uses "THE FUTURE" as an excuse for weird technology.
 * In Child's Play 2, Nostalgia Critic made it seem like Phil Simpson was a killer when in the film, he was just one of Chucky's victims.
 * A shot of Stephen King in front of the truck saying, "Because somebody had to do Stephen King right", which is played after every plot hole in Maximum Overdrive.
 * Summarizing and skipping over the many rambling philosophical speeches in Matrix Reloaded.
 * In the Mamma Mia review, whenever there's something pandering to the female audience in the film, the NC emphasises, "We're the good chick flick."
 * Getting electrocuted in the balls every time he curses in Demolition Man.
 * The "Swell-O-Meter" in Reefer Madness. Used to make fun of how many times the word "swell" is used in the film.
 * In Jupiter Ascending, the Critic uses a sidepot for the other movies that the film was obviously ripping off.
 * The "Jem Fan" meter is used in the Jem and the Holograms review each time there's an element in the movie that pisses them off.
 * In Quest for Camelot, the Critic's frustrations with the movie's lack of explanation causes him to trigger nuclear explosions that level the whole town.
 * In Blues Brothers 2000, the Critic dubs in several characters' dialog when they angrily tell Elwood off about something or other in the movie: "You got no plot, you got no comedy, you don't even have the other Blues Brother! Unless you [have something to offer me that is a thousand times better than this crappy film], count me the fuck out of this!"
 * In Ghost Rider 2 - Spirit of Vengeance, every time the Critic cannot find an answer to an issue with the movie, he just shows a clip of the maids from Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement dancing and banging pots.
 * In The THIRD Animated Titanic Movie, any time something in the movie happens that completely makes no sense, a clip from The Departed is played, showing Matt Damon's character saying in a bored tone, "Okay".