NC (vo): So this animated story about a dog racing across Alaska opens with live-action people in the middle of New York. (clears throat in a disgusting way, causing Little Girl to grimace in revolution) That's a good high. Are you gonna shut up or you gonna keep being little Ms. I just had a Nicotine Patches to my daily smoking, so I'm feeling a little queasy. Little Girl: Did you just hallucinate that there were talking animals?Īunt Despair: Possible. Little Girl: I thought you said this was a true story. Little Girl: Wait a minute, wait a minute! There's talking animals in this? (Both NC and the cat puppet start laughing until we cut to the Little Girl.)
NC: Whether it does or doesn't, we're not gonna get any movies about heroic cat sleds, are we? Even though it's gathered the nostalgic following, we should still ask, "Does the film really hold up years later?"
(DVD covers for Balto 2: Wolf Quest and Balto 3: Wings of Change are shown) table-scrap sequels for all! Based on a true story, it covers a dogsled that has to race against time to get medicine to a town full of dying children. So, I guess it got the reputation of the not really little film that not really could, but turned into profit eventually, so. NC (vo): Despite it doing poorly with both critics and box office, the film eventually found success on home video, leading to a ton of VHS and DVD sales. (The title is shown, before going to the clips.) Let's talk about a little film called Balto. (We then cross-dissolve to the NC sitting in his usual spot.) Little Girl: Oh, the same sauce that makes you good at slow-mo leapfrog with me.Īunt Despair: Our story begins on the Nostalgia Critic, sitting down at the desk he normally does.
Little Girl: Wow! Would you mind telling me the tale, Aunt Despair?Īunt Despair: (unscrewing the bottle) After I have a sip of my storytelling sauce. Little Girl: GASP! You mean it's a true story?!Īunt Despair: (holding up a small flat bottle) Based. Little Girl: Is that the DVD from the Balto review, Aunt Despair?Īunt Despair: Yep, and I was there when it was shot. (The girl looks down at where Aunt Despair is pointing it's a DVD for Balto she looks quite surprised)
(points to Mad Max poster) There's Schindler's List Saves Christmas. )Īunt Despair: (pointing to Batman v Superman poster) There's Shrek. (The little girl sees posters on the wall for some of the NC's reviews: Pixels, Mad Max: Fury Road and Batman v Superman. They kept everything the same to preserve its history. Little Girl: Wow! So this is where all the Nostalgia Critic episodes were filmed years ago! (she looks around)Īunt Despair (also played by Tamara): (coming in) You got it, bucko. (NC 2017 intro plays cut to an exterior shot of the NC's studio, covered in bits of snow, and set in the future (according to an appropriate subtitle), with the sun setting in the distance a little girl played by Tamara runs into the studio, holding a teddy bear in her arms.)