The WORST episodes of Nostalgia Critic

Every episode of Nostalgia Critic ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Nostalgia Critic!

Nostalgia Critic is a popular video series created by Chicago comedian Doug Walker. In the show, he plays the titular Nostalgia Critic, a grumpy and easily aggravated character who mostly reviews entertainment from the 1980s and 1990s. His catch-phrase, "I'm the Nostalgia Critic. I remember it, so you don't have to," usually opens and ends each video.

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#1 - Top 11 Cereal Mascots

Season 2 - Episode 29 - Aired 7/7/2009

If there is one thing that kids know best, it is cereal. So, the Nostalgia Critic counts down the Top 11 cereal mascots.

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#2 - Short Circuit 1 and 2

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/13/2009

The Nostalgia Critic reviews both Short Circuit and Short Circuit 2. With two movies starring a talking robot, how could it possibly be bad?

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#3 - Old VS. New: Batman (1989) vs Dark Knight (2008)

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/20/2009

The Nostalgia Critic introduces a new way to review and compare similar movies. This time he compares the original 1989 Batman to the 2008 Dark Knight movie. Which one will emerge as the better Batman movie?

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#4 - Full House

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/26/2009

The Nostalgia Critic reviews the show Full House. Despite it being a popular television show, he can't understand how it lasted so long with bland characters and unfunny jokes.

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#5 - North

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 6/3/2009

With the movie North being so widely known as being terrible, even by Siskel and Ebert, the Nostalgia Critic can't help but review it. With unfunny jokes and extremely stereotypical and racist ethnicities being portrayed, perhaps he should have passed this one up.

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#6 - Critic and Nerd: TMNT Making of Coming Out of Their Shells

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 6/10/2009

Deciding to put aside their differences and review something together, the Nostalgia Critic and The Angry Video Game Nerd decide to review a documentary about a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles band. However, this movie may be so bad that not even the two of them can handle it.

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#7 - Sidekicks

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 6/17/2009

The Nostalgia Critic reviews the movie Sidekicks. With a kid constantly dreaming about Chuck Norris, the film becomes even more self-indulgent than Moonwalker. Can Chuck Norris save the movie from the wrath of the Nostalgia Critic?

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#8 - Gargoyles

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 6/24/2009

The Nostalgia Critic salutes the Walt Disney show, Gargoyles.

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#9 - Transformers 2

Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 6/27/2009

In honor of his first review, the Nostalgia Critic goes back to his original formula for reviewing the latest Transformers movie, Transformers 2.

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#10 - Steel

Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 7/1/2009

The Nostalgia Critic reviews Steel. With Shaquille O'Neal's wooden acting when trying to portray a super hero, this movie is going to be easy for the Nostalgia Critic to bash.

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#11 - Red Sonja

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/5/2009

The Nostalgia Critic reviews the movie Red Sonja. However, with lackluster performances and Brigitte Nielsen and Arnold Schwarzenegger as the stars, will he find the movie interesting, or just boring and hard to understand?

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#12 - Barb Wire

Season 2 - Episode 30 - Aired 7/14/2009

The Nostalgia Critic reviews the movie Barb Wire, a movie that he thinks was made solely to show off Pamela Anderson's body.

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#13 - Old VS New: LOTR Animated (1978) vs Lord of the Rings (2001-2003)

Season 2 - Episode 31 - Aired 7/22/2009

The Nostalgia Critic compares the 1978 animated The Lord of the Rings movie and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Which one will be considered the best Lord of the Rings movie?

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#14 - Last Action Hero

Season 2 - Episode 32 - Aired 7/29/2009

The Nostalgia Critic reviews the movie Last Action Hero. With Arnold Schwarzenegger's accent and how the movie pokes fun at itself, the Nostalgia Critic finds it hard to comment on the movie. However, with so many random star appearances and lack of realism, he still gives it a try.

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#15 - Captain N: The Game Master

Season 2 - Episode 33 - Aired 8/4/2009

The Nostalgia Critic reviews the show Captain N: The Game Master. Even though he likes Nintendo, it still doesn't make up for the show's undeveloped characters that barely resemble their video game designs, as well as the fact that it constantly plugs Nintendo characters and products.

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#16 - We're Back: A Dinosaur's Story

Season 2 - Episode 34 - Aired 8/12/2009

The Nostalgia Critic decides to review We're Back: A Dinosaur's Story in the style of Hunter S. Thompson.

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#17 - Top 11 F*ck Ups

Season 2 - Episode 37 - Aired 9/1/2009

Everyone makes mistakes, and the Nostalgia Critic is no exception. So, he counts down the Top 11 mistakes he's made so far.

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#18 - Old vs New - Willy Wonka (1971) vs Willy Wonka (2005)

Season 2 - Episode 40 - Aired 9/22/2009

The Nostalgia Critic compares the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory starring Gene Wilder to the 2005 remake, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. Which one will win?

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#19 - The FREAKIEST Raggedy Ann Movie

Season 14 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/20/2021

She may look like an innocent doll, but in the 70s the strangest version of Raggedy Ann made tons of people ask what the Hell they just watched. Nostalgia Critic takes a look at the freakiest Raggedy Ann Movie.

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#20 - Twister

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/3/2009

The Nostalgia Critic reviews the movie Twister. With it's scientific inaccuracies and boring dialogue, he finds that this movie is the one doing all the sucking.

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#21 - Nicktoons

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/2009

January is Nickelodeon month, so the Nostalgia Critic decides to first take a look back at the popular nicktoon shows. He takes a look back at Ren and Stimpy, Rugrats, Doug, Rocko's Modern Life, AAAHH!!! Real Monsters, and Hey Arnold.

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#22 - A Look Back At Nickcoms

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/2009

Continuing with his Nickelodeon month reviews, the Nostalgia Critic looks back at the sitcoms of Nickelodeon, or as he calls them, the Nickoms. He looks back at You Can't Do That on Television, Clarissa Explains it All, Hey Dude, Salute your Shorts, and The Adventures of Pete and Pete.

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#23 - SNICK

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2009

In honor of Nickelodeon month, the Nostalgia Critic takes a look back at the shows from the SNICK lineup. Among the shows that he reviews are Roundhouse, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, All That, Prometheus and Bob, Action League Now!, and Kenan & Kel.

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#24 - Good Burger

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/2009

After failing to find footage for Nickelodeon game shows, the Nostalgia Critic instead reviews the Nickelodeon movie Good Burger. However, with many poor jokes and annoying characters, will reviewing this movie be worth it?

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#25 - Ferngully

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/2009

The Nostalgia Critic and The Nostalgia Chick team up to review FernGully: The Last Rainforest. With uninspired characters, scientific inaccuracies, a preachy attitude, and pointless scenes, will this movie be too horrible for even two critics to handle?