Top 11 Funniest Shyamalan Moments

(We start off the episode with the Shyamalan Month opening, which has him dancing to the Looney Tunes theme)

Shyamalan: (singing) Why does everybody keep on hiring me? All of my work is shiiiit!

(We see the Nostalgia Critic in his room)

NC: Hello, I'm the Nostalgia Critic. I remember it so you don't have to. And we're still in Shyamalan Month. You know, when you think about it, this guy has brought so much joy into our lives. (Poster for The Last Airbender is briefly shown) Most of the time. So I figure it's good to do a video celebrating his most hilarious moments...whether they were intentional or not.

(Clips of various Shyamalan movies play out)

NC (vo): M. Night Shyamalan has created a style so convinced of its amazing-ness that it proudly welcomes no changes whatsoever. Thus, we keep getting the same mistakes over and over, allowing them to grow into something so strange and unrecognizable, it becomes a laugh riot. So, the best thing we can do is go over the funniest ones and praise them for bringing so much enjoyment.

NC: And we're gonna look at the Top 11 of them here today. Why Top 11? Because I like to go one step beyond. So, sit back and enjoy the Top 11 Funniest M. Night Shyamalan Moments.

(As the sound of an audience laughing is heard, we see a movie theatre opening its curtain to reveal the logo's title on the movie screen. This will serve as the countdown's interlude)

#11

NC (vo): Number 11: The ending to The Visit.

#10

NC (vo): Number 10: Cypher Rai...

(NC immediately struggles to not burst out laughing)

NC: I'm sorry, I still can't say it! Cut to the clip of the puppet!

(We go to the clip of his review of After Earth, with NC bringing out a puppet)

NC Puppet: Cypher Raige?!

NC (vo): It's hard to say whether this was Shyamalan's fault or not, as Will Smith took over a lot of the writing for this film, but nevertheless, the name of Smith's character in this cinematic bomb, After Earth, has got to be one of the silliest things ever. How could anybody say that name and continue a sentence with any seriousness?

NC: If you're a Mystery Science Theatre 3000 fan like me, you immediately start quoting this.

(A clip from MST 3000 is shown)

NC (vo): There's plenty wrong with this movie, but by far, there is nothing funnier than just the mere mentioning of the stupidest name ever put in his films. Oh, can we hear you say it again?

Cypher: DENIED!

NC: Well, I'm gonna laugh at it. (Laughs)

#9

NC (vo): Number 9: The twist to The Village.

#8

NC (vo): Number 8: This dumbass scene.

(A scene from The Last Airbender, showing Aang escaping from Zuko by just walking and standing right behind him, is shown)

NC (vo): Yeah, bet you didn't know all these bending masters have all these abilities reduced down to the equivalent of tapping someone on the shoulder and appearing behind the other shoulder. This is supposed to be a giant epic battle, and we get this thrown in? How can you not laugh at something so dumb?

(The scene is shown again)

NC (vo): Well, that's it. Stupid.

#7

NC (vo): Number 7: The kids from Signs.

#6

NC (vo): Number 6: Hot dogs. I know, I just went into this with The Happening review, but I'm sorry. It deserves to be repeated. This is one of the silliest "out of nowhere" lines in a movie. Everybody's on the run, people have to travel fast, and suddenly, this incredibly important line is dropped.

Nursery guy: You know, hot dogs get a bad rap. They've got a cool shape, they've got protein. You like hot dogs, right?

NC (vo): Are you just setting up that he's quirky, like you try to do with all his characters? Well, here's your quirk, Shyamalan: YOU CAN'T WRITE QUIRKY! And thank God, because if he could, we wouldn't have something as laughably ridiculous as this scene.

Nursery guy: You like hot dogs, don't you?

NC (vo): Oh, and you wanna know what the punchline to this whole thing is?

Nursery guy: (To his wife) Get the mustard?

NC: Get it? 'Cause he likes hot dogs! Did we make that clear that he likes hot dogs? We can play it again!

NC (vo): What else can you say but...hot dog?

Nursery guy: (To his wife) Get the mustard?

#5

NC (vo): Number 5: Jelly side down.

#4

NC (vo): Number 4: Earthbending in The Last Airbender.

#3

NC (vo): Number 3: The dumbest aliens ever.

#2

NC (vo): Number 2: Mark Wahlberg from The Happening. Yeah, we can't act like we know what was going on behind the scenes to give us this performance, but we can say for sure that it's one of the funniest things ever.

Elliot Moore: Look, I don't know if you guys have heard about this article in the New York Times about honeybees vanishing?

NC (vo): A lot of actors in Shyamalan films are known for being mis-directed and turning in terrible performances because of it, but easily, the most entertaining is Wahlberg. If you somehow combined a lost toddler with a lost dog and made it obsessed with science for some reason, this is what it would act like.

Elliot: I was in the pharmacy a while ago, and there was a really good-looking pharmacist behind the counter.

NC (vo): At first, you think, "Maybe it's because he's a teacher". And you know, a lot of times, teachers have to talk in an exaggerated tone, even in high schools. But as the film keeps going, you realize this is his whole performance.

Elliot: The toxin? / I'm just going to talk in a very positive manner.

NC (vo): It's so funny to see this actor, who is associated with being a pretty talented badass, just act so intriguingly lost. He doesn't know what the hell he's doing, he just knows he's throwing his all into this mis-guided direction. And let's face it, it's spectacular. It's not like he's hurting for any future roles or good performances, but it is nice to know that no matter what, nothing will ever be as enjoyably worse as this one.

Elliot: What? No!

#1

NC (vo): And the number 1 Funniest M. Night Shyamalan Moment is...The entirety of Lady in the Water.