Little Nemo - Nostalgia Critic

[@shadowspider9]

Fun Fact: Bruce Wayne/Batman is canonically a fan of the Little Nemo comic strip.

[@kimifw58]

@Hayden Harpe All-Star Batman and Robin. It's not actually part of the main continuity, and for good reason.

[@painvillegaming4119]

@@kimifw58 AAAAAHHHHH DON T MENTION THIS MONSTRASITY

[@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369]

Well he knows Sailor moon so....

[@alexswin2.778]

@@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369 wut about finding nemo?

[@scotttrail522]

Wait. . . really?! Huh. Well, there's something new you learn.

[@MissBarker93]

Fun fact: when Little Nemo was first released in Japan, it did very poorly at the box office due to some stiff competition from Kiki's Delivery Service, which was ironically directed by one of the animators who left the production of this film.

[@invadermarkb]

srbarkerchan Welp

[@SweetPurebloodAngel]

Sarah Barker I watched Kiki’s Delivery Service as a kid and had the movie. It was okay but, I prefer Little Nemo. I preferred it back then and I also do now.

[@SweetPurebloodAngel]

Sarah Barker I watched Kiki’s Delivery Service as a kid and had the movie. It was okay but, I prefer Little Nemo. I preferred it back then and I also do now.

[@N8-PT]

Miyazaki, right?

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

It looks like a Ghibli film

[@birdcar7808]

I'm just gonna say, it's incredibly well-animated.

[@riverwhite8418]

Snappy Dragon And a lot better than Eight Crazy Nights!

[@ktony859]

Agreed

[@thestanman1486]

Snappy Dragon that train part looked amazing!

[@olleselin]

Ikr!

[@WorldWalker128]

@@riverwhite8418 Eight Crazy Nights starred Adam Saddler. Of Course Little Nemo was better.

[@930310]

Interesting how the princess, who spent her entire life being the heir apparent, was so accepting about being passed over in favor of a random kid.

[@rhett8-u1n]

Makes me wonder why that was even put in, seeing as to how Nemo was always JUST a playmate, and never future heir in the comics.

[@rogue7723]

Judging by the king's stupidity and irresponsibility, she's probably thrilled someone else is dealing with the messes the king might or might not have made.

[@MadTurnip]

Maybe she wants to be a princess, not a queen.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

@@MadTurnip dodging responsibility, every young girl's dream!

[@houldenmelville5530]

I kind of expected a Macbeth style revenge story out of her!

[@Johnston3384]

6:32 "This princess is a girl?" That is a whole new level of stupid, right there. Well done, Nemo. Well done.

[@wetfart9813]

Will 2139 Nemo: the princess is a girl? Me: *awkward silence*

[@proudtobeme1ashkente]

To be fair, some kids can be amazingly clueless at times.

[@wetfart9813]

P. Roud Tobi Mi shut up

[@proudtobeme1ashkente]

Nice reply. What, got no dank memes to spare?

[@jewelmine442]

but kids arent THAT STUPID

[@RiverSpirit]

You know, the saddest part is imagining what this movie could have been if Studio Gibli produced it...imagine how awesome Hayao Miyazaki's version of a boy's dreams coming to life would have been...Holy crap, why didn't that happen?!! ;-;

[@chaotixninja5]

+River Spirit ...Because Miyazaki gave up on the project? ....I think....

[@Salmon_Samurai]

+River Spirit It's funny, because I kept thinking how this movie looked like it was trying really hard to be a Ghibli movie, but it just... Wasn't.

[@TooCooFoYou]

Logi Rogi Pretty much everyone who left or declined to do the movie (with started production in 1978) did so once they saw the script...

[@Slashthekitsune]

The people upstairs were idiots.

[@vincenzogiordano9850]

River Spirit wait a sec wasn't kiki' s delivery service made the same year as this and by Miyazaki no less

[@aliendude678]

"Do not open the door with this symbol on it. You must promise to not open it" You know, you could've at least give him a reason why he shouldn't.

[@trueloveis4u]

its still dumb how in the same day he already breaks the promisse all cuz a guy asks him to do it

[@aliendude678]

Plus kids don't understand 1 simple warning. Unless if you give them a reason for that warning, then they'll understand.

[@domidium]

Characters in these sorts of stories rarely do.

[@ktony859]

Agreed!

[@ViolarulesGaming]

Or, not given him the key at all.

[@DamnitMeg]

Man, I'm getting old. I'm starting to get nostalgic for episodes of the nostalgia critic.

[@laura_kristiansen]

Same here i feel so old

[@JanetStarChild]

TwiTchesaurus Rex If you're getting nostalgic over stuff that is not even ten years old, then you're clearly not that old. I wager you're not even 20 yet, if five years can feel like half a lifetime to you.

[@jsevestjanova]

Tell me about it

[@YowLife]

This movie is creepily nostalgic for me and my brother. I remember that freaky chase the kid had with his bed and that train, and the part where everyone turns against Nemo was horrifying to me at such a young age. But even with the scary parts of this movie, I still ended up liking it. I also hated how the whole movie was just a dream(I mean it is obvious, but as a 4 year old I was hoping he and the princess would get married have kids and live happily forever after)

[@natemododragon9969]

You’ve got to get some etiquette if you want to be a prince!

[@ValentinoB]

It's so nostalgic for me too! For years I was searching for the name of the movie in vain, I used to watch it so much as a child but I misplaced it. The only parts I remembered were the train/bed scene, the spider bed looking scene, and the creepy boogie man lol. I loved this movie as a child and it still holds a place within my heart haha. Such simpler times!

[@jjj9640]

11:50 OH NO, YOU RELEASED MOST OF THE ANIMATION BUDGET. NOW THE REST OF THE MOVIE IS GONNA LOOK PART GHIBLI AND PART STRANGE MAGIC.

[@blackswan4486]

If you remember, he sees the characters from the dream in the parade, so who knows!

[@keribere244]

Omg the TRAIN. It gave me an irrotational fear of a train driving through my room at night until I must’ve been around 9 or 10. All I could remember from the movie was there was a boy, a king, dreams, black goo, AND A TRAIN. Every few years I’d mention it with my sister (we watched it together at our daycare as toddlers) but she didn’t remember it yesterday so I went on a mission to find it lol.

[@invadermarkb]

I forgot Nemo was voiced by the kid who voiced Littlefoot in Land Before Time.

[@PhoenixAlaris93]

Oof... poor kid. No wonder he seems to have vanished off the face of the earth.

[@brendanforester4601]

WHAT???

[@snesgirl89]

That is wrong.

[@polrealfake]

I don't believe it, nope, nope, nope...

[@jacksongibbs8998]

Mind blown 🤯

[@dalubnie]

I've got mixed feelings about this review, seeing how Little Nemo was a part of my childhood. I will say this, however: the placement of that Freddy Krueger clip was *genius.*

[@opalyasu7159]

He made it out worse than it actually was. I agree that it has plot holes like how objects from the dream world end up IRL but at least it has a story and some pretty good visuals. It’s better than a Troll in Central Park 🥳

[@opalyasu7159]

I never grew up with the movie tho

[@zacharyskellington5356]

"Now I'm playing with power!"

[@tjorbeneckermann1862]

"I am a professor and a genius, you can call me: professor genius!" Wow, thats the kind of generic laziness you can only dream of...

[@juliendebroissia]

*badum tss*

[@crazykakapo3690]

well he is part of a dream makes sense to me

[@jerichamesclammay3107]

I am little, I have a foot.

[@15oClock]

Professor Genius, voiced by René Auberjonois. That's sad, considering he was Odo from DS9. Also, Nemo is voiced by Littlefoot from The Land Before Time. That's fun.

[@EmpressTiffanyOfBrittany]

Lazy bum couldn't even reach a doctorate? Not very genius, IMO...

[@Kugawattan]

6:08 That scene is even funnier when you realize he's talking to Nemo which is one letter away from Neo. *MACHIIIIIIINES*

[@Kugawattan]

+SpeedyEric1 "Wait a minute! ...this Trinity is a girl?"

[@stproducciones9140]

What dream will you dream, little Neo...

[@eddieolshefski6467]

Kugawattan True. Even funnier cause the king's name is Morpheus.

[@redbigun]

"Whoa."

[@brandonakin87]

Ah but see it's really an anagram for omg. Oh my Tom

[@omanisat7266]

I mean, it's a disjointed mess to be sure, but damn if it isn't beautiful animation.

[@Kumaclaws]

I have to say that I actually really liked Little Nemo. I personally think that if they had no dialogue (or even have Nemo a silent protagonist) it'd be way way way better, but it was still really enjoyable. I've gotta disagree with the ending being stupid, though. Nemo learns to be more honest and considerate to the people around him, like most kids do. Whether it's with the pie or redeeming himself by defeating the evil king, Nemo grows and develops as a character rather well. Sure, he isn't as well written as Lilo, but he does seem at least a little bit realistic for a kid.

[@joestarfloro3030]

Toxicghosts22 tru

[@thesupremenecroticdakimakura]

This animation definitly has _big-budget world-renowned Japanese animated film director_ written on it. I kind of like seeing how western and Japanese styles clash, though Miyazaki's style is definitly more Western than most anime artists.

[@kimifw58]

This is definitely one of the more Disney-esque styles of anime.

[@TomboTime]

I actually think the intro to this movie with the train scene is great! It kicks off the film with it's spectacular animation being shown to full effect, it draws the audience in with immediate suspense as well as whimsy, and as far as being a dream that's never mentioned again, well . . . . .all it really had to do was show how the whole premise of the movie centers around dreaming and that's exactly what it did.

[@chadsanders129]

Tombocartoons your right, it did. But it was all nightmares. I feel sorry for the one who wrote this incredible classic because he has been suffering traumatically . The director has issues

[@adamzanzie]

@@chadsanders129 There were several directors and screenwriters credited, actually. I enjoy this movie, but there was no one person commanding the ship, which might be why it's such a strange combination of the visions of several different creative minds.

[@annieandelsieofarendelle3294]

At least the animation was good.

[@gamerhero9559]

Don Bluth will be proud!

[@annieandelsieofarendelle3294]

Game Guy95 Yeah

[@andrewmadeira7794]

also tms did work on anpanman case closed akira lupin the iii monster rancher the golgo 13 movie and some parts of mononoke hime

[@domidium]

That's not an invisible man, that's the front of an elephant.

[@emis5478]

Annie and Elsie of Arendelle. it wasnt good it was ggggggrrrreate !!

[@98953812]

@12:48 Say what you will about the dancing, but you can't deny that it was some damn fluid animation.

[@YassineTorchani-dc2cm]

It's still awkward tho

[@mude_13]

That animation has Miyazaki written all over it. It looks fantastic. I'd watch it just for that. Also, I had that NES game even though I had no idea what it was based on. It was pretty cool.

[@Poever]

Reid Follis Animation more has Animaniacs and Tiny Toons all over it

[@wildside316]

"The princess is a girl??" That's like being surprised Prince is a man :)

[@Bazerald777]

+wildside316 Princess Bruce Jenner?

[@asifmetal666]

@@Bazerald777 now it all made sense. If it was him I see him being suprised at that

[@WorldWalker128]

Well, if you want to get technical those are only title. If you have a female drill Sergent the recruits still respond with "Yes Sir!"

[@alexjewett7455]

This just in a dog is a dog

[@Double-R-Nothing]

Wait, Prince is a MAN??!!

[@MayaMachina-n8s]

21:01 i like how he completely changes his tone and says very calmy "but the animation is nice" while pointing his finger up.

[@crunkers_]

I saw this movie for the first time as an adult in college, and to be honest... I loved it. It may be totally predictable and stereotypical and the main character is a total Gary Stu, but that didn't really bother me, in fact I kind of like those plots, even though I know what's going to happen. I guess part of it is that this movie reminded me a lot about my childhood. When I was a kid, I was very much a naive and cheery child, and I had a problem with night terrors. The unbelievable stuff to me was so expected that I didn't mind it (like waking up from the dream and it's still a dream, nemo breaking his promise even though he has no reason to, ect.)and the cheesy stuff like the bad dancing, I honestly kind of enjoyed, especially when compared to the shaky cam action that you can barely see that suffices as filler these days. Everybody has different things that they look for in a movie, and we can't really chose what we like. The point is being able to explain it and share the things that you think about movies.

[@PsychedelicCharm]

Actually, I think the appropriate trope for Nemo would be a "Flat Character". It seems he never does anything in the movie to stand out.

[@Doug87969]

@@PsychedelicCharm I think he is meant to be a generic boy from the early 20th century

[@JoeBee9]

A part of me believes the king gave Nemo that golden key on purpose knowing he would at one point open the door to Nightmare land and eliminate the nightmare king (in the most bizarre way possible).

[@cyclops8238]

So you're telling me that the king just did reverse psychology on Nemo to do his dirty work?

[@McCrackles]

I watched the movie as a kid. I liked it a lot, even though some parts scared me

[@DrDolan2000]

At least you enjoyed it

[@olleselin]

@@DrDolan2000 i did too

[@cyclops8238]

I remember watching the movie once as a kid and loving it but I forgot the name of the movie as well as most of the plot for many years until I described what I remembered to a friend only for him to give me the name. I've watched it again now that I'm older and I don't have the same feelings that I did as a kid but I still enjoy the movie despite its flaws.

[@Ra88ful]

I remember this movie for only one reason

[@lori_idk]

It was my absolute favorite movie when I was little, and I kinda think it's why I like clowns because my favorite character was Flip. But I also adored the Boomps and BonBon.

[@docdave15]

Message to all writers out there: No child in the history of mankind has ever said, "Yipee" in an intentional and in a enthusiastic tone. Actually, no kid talks like Nemo! 2:21 - Fun Fact: That piece of music comes from the Disney film Bedknobs and Broomsticks where the music was written by the famous Sherman Brothers who also did the music for Mary Poppins and this movie here.

[@Groypette]

I think Link from the TLOZ has more dialogue than him

[@TheSupergamer300Show]

Indeed he does. How could we forget such lines as "HYAH!" or "HUUT." or "WAAAAAAAAAH!" or "Excuuuuse me princess!"

[@nozinuclear9490]

+ThePotatoKing never forget "Well, Excuuuuuuuseee me princess.

[@annieandelsieofarendelle3294]

And its interesting

[@armchairrocketscientist4934]

Okay. It is time to put this to rest. Link talks a lot in Zelda. There are so many times where we see him making hand gestures and then someone says: "Oh! you say the princess has been kidnapped!" this implies that he says something, but they don't want to take freedom away from the character. If that doesn't satisfy you, there are so many times where they give you the option of saying something. This isn't just a yes or no, in the windwaker you can actually choose to tell someone you are "an ally of justice". Please, please stop perpetuating this stupid belief. I find this less forgivable than people thinking Link's name is Zelda. That is understandable, the series is called Zelda, and Link is the main character. I don't forgive saying Link is a mute, because anyone that knows the series well enough to enforce this false belief has seen multiple instances of Link talking. Really, all it does is show that you are a moron that doesn't pay attention to the game's dialogue.

[@jacksongibbs8998]

Hah! Aya! Huh?! Ack!

[@EmperorTigerstar]

Too bad the movie sucked. The comic strip was beautiful.

[@Airagon_]

I thought it wasn't that bad

[@nuclear_wizard]

Damn. You know the thing's bad when somebody as pleasant and wholesome as Myazaki calls out a production as "The worst experience of his professional career"

[@ladyvincenza]

And then Nemo wakes up to find the pie alive and taking a shower.

[@CrystalMouse1]

Then he grows up and 'American Pie's' the 🥧

[@Joshwolfman]

Just like captain hero in drawn together crying in the shower and eating cookies

[@GMthunderbreak]

I really enjoyed this movie when I was a kid.

[@LeHobbitFan]

Honestly, it definitely looks like something I would've loved as a kid too;

[@kilderok]

I nearly shit my pants when I saw the trailer for it for the first time, I'd been a fan of the NES game since I was a toddler. Video game movies and cartoons were a rarity back then even with games everybody knew about, so it was a super shock when I heard this movie announced as I'd already relegated it to the obscurity bin. I'll never forget literally jumping for joy and screaming like it was Christmas and I'd gotten everything I wanted!

[@Miguel-wb8ev]

thunderbreak oh yeah this movie is part of my childhood I really loved this movie as a kid and I'm 16 right now and I still like it

[@olleselin]

I saw the movie, only once in a place called: Koffedalen, a type of sleepover-kindergarten.

[@richardcarte139]

thunderbreak I as well :)

[@Tytoalba777]

5:46 We present to you, the Duke of Weaseltown!

[@jayblade2000]

+AT Productions Not anymore, Zootopia!

[@Tytoalba777]

jayblade2000 Now that I've seen the movie, that comment now makes sense

[@whenthemusicsover6028]

6:09 "If you take the blue pill, you'll wake up in your bed believing whatever you want to believe. If you take the red pill, you will end up in Slumberland. MACHINES!!!" XD

[@KangaKucha]

Should we be happy or disappointed he didn't make any Finding Nemo jokes?

[@powerthunfischdesdonners3086]

both

[@98953812]

Happily disappointed

[@alexjewett7455]

Either or depends on how you look at it

[@DrDolan2000]

I'm kinda just disappointed. I mean not even one

[@ShadowKosmos]

I feel like the intro scene with the flying bed is there to show that because of the main villain, all dreams turn to nightmares. And they mention that a few times in the movie; that fact that people are having terrible nightmares.

[@ThunderDragonRandy]

I came here because I thought the title said, "Finding Nemo." EDIT (Sept. 20, 2015, 12:48 a.m. EDT): But I'm glad that this video wasn't about Finding Nemo since Nostalgia Critic usually reviews bad/mediocre movies and Finding Nemo was a great movie.

[@omertaprimal6913]

Same

[@Skullkidjynx]

***** omg me too

[@annoyedhuman42]

***** I for a second thought Little Nemo was Finding Nemo.

[@JoseVargas-qi4kz]

ll me to

[@BigHead2615]

+TDPNeji Oh god..... this takes me back to when that Pixar film was coming out and the TV ads were showing, I remember thinking "wait, this has NOTHING to do with Little Nemo". Of course, I learned that ANY fictional character can be named Nemo, and while Finding Nemo was a good film, I still love Little Nemo.

[@zionhyomeify]

This is actually one of my favorite animated movies. everyone uses the "it was a dream" argument to defend the problems with Wizard of Oz, so why not this?

[@AnneIglesias]

I remember this movie being one of the reasons why I became an artist in the first place. The animation was so great and inspiring. While usually nine or 10-year-old kids would watch a movie just to be entertained, I watched it at that age thinking "wow, somebody drew that. Somebody made that picture come to life. I want to do that". As bad as this movie is, it still holds a special place in my heart.

[@Evilgidgit4Ever]

So the film was contributed to by Hayao Miyazaki, George Lucas, Ray Bradbury, Chris Columbus, Gary Kurtz, Isao Takahata, Richard Outten, Ken Anderson, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, and the Sherman Brothers...and it still somehow sucked.

[@dylantennant6594]

Evilgidgit4Ever so the masterminds behind Spirited Away, Star Wars, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Whispers of the Heart and the musicians who made numerous Disney classics, couldn’t make a decent movie! Gods help me!

[@demonminer8093]

the reason it sucked isnt because nobody had any ideas on it. the problem was that too many people had ideas on what to do with it. look at every one of these films, and you will see they are astronomically different. they're all good, just very different. so when the movie was tossed between that many people, it got jumbled.

[@mjgamerfox6557]

Those poor souls

[@kimifw58]

♪ Too many cooks... ♪

[@patrik9328]

Evilgidgit4Ever i cant believe it......darn

[@HateTaxesWASt]

This movie scared this s**t out of me as a child.

[@AlexReynard]

I get the sense this movie might be better if watched in Japanese. If you can't understand the dialogue, you can just look at the visuals as an animation showcase and have your imagination fill in better writing.

[@AlexReynard]

+Tai Shadowman Aww. I was hoping that, like in the case of The Magic Roundabout/Doogal, some of the story problems might be fixed in a different dub. Nemo kind of felt like it may have been shipped over here and then the lines were written to fit the animation.

[@AlexReynard]

+Tai Shadowman I know TMS made most of the best episodes of Tiny Toons.

[@AlexReynard]

***** Damn! I didn't realize half of those!

[@AlexReynard]

+onlyelisha O RLY? Is the writing any different?

[@miguelsalizar5556]

+AlexReynard That's not necessarily the case. There have been plenty of shows produced in Japan that were purely English. Prime examples are the early animated adaptations of Bible stories and SWAT Kats.

[@strangescottvoiceacting5351]

I gotta say, this movie really is a sad case. It looks amazing what with the animation and cast. It almost looks like Don Bluth and Studio Ghibli worked together to create the zaniest animation possible. Which is funny enough because Miyazaki had a hand in it, and Nemo is voiced by the same child actor who played Littlefoot in Land Before Time. The writing really is clunky and some of the characters are pretty bland. I almost want to like this movie but I still see all the issues with it so I'm really torn.

[@torstenscholz6243]

Yeah, that's the real tragedy about it, it had definitely effort put into it, and you can clearly tell they wanted to do something great but failed at it due to its troubled production history. This is the Heaven's Gate of animation.

[@gokuxsephiroth4505]

Shame this didn't work. This could have been an animated Labyrinth

[@ESPINAL20]

Tralalala?

[@riverwhite8418]

Goku x Sephiroth More like an animated Neverending Story.

[@gokuxsephiroth4505]

Nelson21st I could see that

[@geoffreysorkin5774]

Even so, David Bowie's package would probably be smaller, the proportions are supposed to realistic.

[@knightofoctober]

@@geoffreysorkin5774 And that just wouldn't do. That wouldn't do at all.

[@Kallikukurinn]

The Nightmare King's voice in Icelandic was really really badass. Holy shit, does the English version disappoint me. When he Icelandic one screamed, you really got shivers down your spines.

[@dylannix2372]

It's some damn good animation.

[@remixchild]

Dylan Nix now can we do something with the story

[@torstenscholz6243]

It's really a shame when films have great animation but screwed up the story. We're Back - A Dinosaur Story is another tragic example of this.

[@p.z.arnott2329]

"The princess is a girl?" No shit, Sherlock.

[@richardcarte139]

P.Z. Arnott That line was a reflection of the time the film took place. During that time, 1905 to be exact, it wasn't considered right for Boys to socialize with girls. It was generally thought that it would make boy too feminine later in life.

[@fish2567]

I remember this movie are art teacher in elementary school forced us to watch it I loved the movie it was just so mysterious and strange

[@AsecasJavi]

Yeah! I was just wanted to comment that thing! I didn't know what was happening half of the time, but that made it look more like a dream.

[@fish2567]

+Javi A secas I fell asleep at the last half

[@AsecasJavi]

Thatcher Brown I'm sure that made it more like a dream haha

[@fish2567]

+Javi A secas it felt like I was on a drug trip

[@josephinejohnson7936]

Why can't the princess rule slumber land?

[@SrGurkman]

Agnatic succession sucks.

[@cyrotek3518]

Josephine Johnson Because of patriarchy.

[@ChOcOsTaR27]

Josephine Johnson RIGHT!? She wouldn't have royally fucked up like Nemo did. She seemed better suited to being a ruler more than probably anyone else in Slumberland.

[@RadMan224]

Dont you have to be 18 minimum to take the throne?

[@Thumbstickgamer]

Josephine Johnson Nemo was only ever brought into slumberland to be a playmate for the princess. Comic series explains in from way back when.

[@redsoxfox]

To be honest...Nemo was a pretty accurate little kid with limited vocabulary and in dreams you kind of go with whatever is happening without questioning how backwards upside down reality is...this is that little kid in that setting...so pretty accurate if you think about it

[@sam_meal]

As a little kid I fell in love with this movie by how weird and creative I thought it was. The animation is also really good, I have a soft spot for this film because of nostalgia.

[@gasjebasje99]

"It's a magical dream bed flying through the sky!!"

[@digstrememcdingus1463]

On a magical adventure just for you and I

[@MURFGAMING1228]

So glad the full version of that got released.

[@mauriceisnotmyname480]

No

[@theoliveknight9361]

I like trains

[@gamerhero9559]

I cannot unsee Nostalgia doing the crazy dance moves...

[@torstenscholz6243]

Perfect meme material.

[@SenecaGray]

I thought this was a review for Finding Nemo.

[@ThatOneAnimeFan]

Ikr

[@wetfart9813]

Seneca Gray seriously

[@Celtic1020]

YOU CANT BE SERIOUS!

[@enchantedgoldenapple221]

I can see myself doing that

[@Wolfmyth100]

I was fascinated with this film as a child. It was just so weird, I couldn't stop watching it.

[@thehuntsman19]

On of my favorite movies from childhood and my first taste of cartoons with darker tones. Nemo almost gets ran over by a train, plumets to his death, drowned, blown up, enslaved, watch his friends get torn alive from monsters. The train shook me, but that door... it felt so evil and that black matter was terrifying to me.

[@awesomeinspector5270]

WAIT! STOP! HOLD THE PHONE! Pause at 1:56. The SHERMAN BROTHERS wrote the songs for this movie?! Talk about needing a paycheck.

[@Ultrabalor]

Awesome Inspector They're not alone. At 1:50, you'll find two of Walt's nine original animators: Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter Robert Towne.

[@ghostsharklegs6687]

***** no, the animation is awesome

[@TrueBlueProd]

what's even more crazy is that a deleted Mary Poppins song got reworked in the goblin's song

[@olleselin]

Wow......

[@ashiiu12]

The animation in the movie is to die for. I love it.

[@azbrowne]

This movie… THIS MOVIE! Was a better adaptation of Alice in Wonderland than the 2010 remake!

[@scotttrail522]

Now. . . THAT (this animated cartoon), I wanna see remade.

[@Octokaizer]

This movie was my childhood. I watched this so many times. As a kid two parts scared the shit out of me, the party where the shit comes out of the door and the end with the nightmare king.

[@justinbargo784]

I used to watch this on vhs almost every night because it was one of the only movies I owned. I have to say I'm a little disappointed you didn't inclused the " CROCIDATORS!" part.

[@slug237711]

One of my favorite Nostalgia Critic reviews, maybe even my favorite over all.

[@YoungNDirty420]

I can see why!

[@TheAustinDelgado]

One of my childhood movies and STILL a favorite. A great movie.

[@Daruqe]

+Austin Delgado This is why nostalgia is a dumb emotion because it blinds you to whether something is good or not.

[@Daruqe]

+Jaegar Ultima I mean, the fact that you didn't reply with, "Au contraire, here is why the movie is good:..." but rather "You can't tell me what to do!" doesn't stand well in your favor.

[@Daruqe]

Jaegar Ultima You come out and call it a "great movie," but get mad when you're challenged on that point, refusing to even defend it. This might be a world record for the fastest switch from "here's what I think," to hiding behind "you can't tell me what to think!"

[@Daruqe]

Jaegar Ultima Lol okay now you're just making shit up. Read everything I said again and compare it to what you just said I said.

[@Daruqe]

Jaegar Ultima loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

[@w0joshcbrln0w]

I remember little nemo the game but I had no idea it was based on a movie at the time.

[@robsonpommer7464]

w0joshcbrln0w Little Nemo is most famous for being one of the first comics as we known today.

[@LeopoldLitchenstein]

w0joshcbrln0w Tell AVGN to play it

[@clovergreen3]

I Renember little nemo the Arcade Game (The Soundtrack is Beautiful)

[@jeffmcbobberson8228]

It's like Tron Legacy. The effects and animation was brilliant and awesome. It just needs a better story

[@KangaKucha]

I wonder if the King has any basis on Santa? It wouldn't susprise me if he did. Heck the villian Nightmare is clearly a reference to Satan.

[@KangaKucha]

Ok Santa + Zues from Greek Mythology.

[@Halloweenman33]

@@KangaKucha Also from Greek mythology, Morpheus was the Greek god of dreams

[@masterseal0418]

🎵Nightmare in Dreamland Kirby! Nightmare in Dreamland!🎵 Dear lord.

[@YTDan]

Thumbs up for the Freddy reference!

[@Joshwolfman]

Now I playing with power- Freddy Krueger

[@wouldntyouliketoknow.5006]

here's a question for this movie that can't seem to decide; is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

[@yukiizumiya7240]

Wouldn't you like to know. Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality

[@jayjayburns4820]

Open your eyes, look up to the sky and seeeeeeeeee.....

[@cyclops8238]

I'm just a poor boy. I need no sympathy.

[@crabman2010]

cause it's easy come? easy go?

[@cheneethompson5756]

​@@jayjayburns4820 would you let me go? Bismillah!

[@SharkieDearr]

I watched this as a kid. And the animation is what I remembered, it literally took 15 years for me to figure out the name. I think that says a lot for this movie.

[@torstenscholz6243]

It took you 15 years for finding Nemo. (There, I did it, I made a Finding Nemo reference, haha.)

[@1987Matilde]

His dream in the beginning of the movie is the best part of the entire thing. That whole nightmarish train scene scared the shit out of me and kinda still does.

[@rogue7723]

@1:52 can we talk about how the animator _legends Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston_ were attached to this? 😮

[@matthewroth9196]

Those aren’t the only Disney veterans who worked on the film. The Sherman Brothers, Bob and Richard, wrote the songs to the movie. As you can see at 1:55

[@TheOnlyToblin]

18:10 tell me that music isn't awesome though. Holy shit, I loved the soundtrack of that game. Hard and obnoxious as it was.

[@karl_alan]

I remember this one. It was one of about a dozen VHS movies we had as a kid.

[@PokemonHaloFan]

I could watch Doug's Morpheus impression a thousand times and never get tired of it. MACHINES!!!!!

[@Arxane]

I recently read through the entire original Little Nemo comic strip, and I have to say that this movie actually does a decent job of replicating much of its imagery and ideas. In every strip (and I do mean every strip), Nemo wakes up from the dream that was that day’s story, which explains why Nemo wakes up in his bed so frequently in the movie. The car with goats as wheels comes straight from the comic. The scene where Flip pranks a bunch of cops is a replication of a joke from the comic. Even Nemo’s annoying cries are frequently found in the comic’s speech bubbles. Now, does this make it a good film? Not necessarily, since film and comics are two different mediums and there are some faults in the movie resulting from trying to replicate the comic too much. It also has some faults that aren’t found in the comic, especially with its generic narrative that doesn’t live up to the comic’s dreamlike whimsy and experimentation. Still, I give this film a lot more slack than the Critic gives it, a decent film I can enjoy despite its obvious flaws.

[@vincentnoto]

I actually really liked this movie when I was a little kid. I have alot of nostalgia for this movie.

[@sailormoonfan224]

I still can't watch this film without anticipatory terror- certain scenes scared me that much as a child. When I get to them, am I scared? No, but just remembering how terrified they made me as a kid is enough to make me uncomfortable until the scenes are done with.

[@NemesisHero123]

I do think Doug was being a little harsh with this one. :P

[@riverwhite8418]

Matt Gamble At least it's better then Eight Crazy Nights, Foodfight & A Troll In Central Park.

[@asifmetal666]

Visually this look stunning. But story telling sucks ass

[@DrDolan2000]

+@@asifmetal666 As well the editing and characters

[@hayato3820]

thats the whole point of this channel. he likes to rip dumb movies apart because its entertaining

[@nine_tails137]

@@hayato3820 Ya know, when I first discovered the Nostalgia Critic, I always thought he was the personification of an Internet Troll? In other words: He talks negatively about good movies for attention?........ Oooonly to find out that's not the case.

[@spaomalley]

The Little Nemo NES game was one of my favorites. Especially for the music.

[@Ananasbringer]

I have to agree, the animation looks gorgeous! Too sad it came out as a mess, even the game was able to tell a story with the limited capacity of the NES xD

[@lanceroberson3089]

Nothing says childhood like Little Nemo. I never knew the name of the movie. Thanks for helping me remember.

[@MarsGundam]

Maybe because I'm as high as fuck, but how would Nemo be able to effectively run Slumberland if he's not there all the time? He's a young boy full of energy, being asleep wouldn't be on his to-do-list and since that's how you get to Slumberland Nemo wouldn't be there most of the time. Unless the current King also told Nemo they'll be putting him in a long term coma so he could be present 100% of the time as ruler.

[@MaxNBunsInc]

MarsGundam wow, maybe they were planning to do that to him and wasn't going to tell him until the villain took the king. kinda dark when you think about

[@megazion34]

You know dreams only last about 15 seconds but to us it feels way longer

[@Salamon2]

MarsGundam Wait for him to hit puberty, then the desire to be asleep more often will kick in. ;-)

[@QUEENOBSCURE]

megazion34 Yes! As Time is man made. There is no such thing as actual time. I know people will say that is imposable. As we day/night time 12am to 12pm...Just think about it..

[@Juuchan17]

I'm just realizing something... Why does King Morpheus need Memo as his heir? He's already got a daughter, Camille, who's a Princess... So why is Nemo even necessary? I like this movie for the animation, but the plot is pointless and confusing.

[@johnnybolanos716]

This is what "Inception" was based on.

[@Pandan3D]

Movie isn't perfect, and while most of NC's criticisms stand. I still can't help but liking the movie. It's a fun movie to watch (Mostly for it's animation) I wish it had gone through a less turbulent production so that everyone could have enjoyed it.

[@tims.2717]

There are some movies that Doug likes that are FAR from being perfect as well, for example; The Secret of NIMH. It's not a bad movie by any means, but it seems somewhat weak in characterization, and the magic elements of the story really don't make any sense considering it was a science experiment that make the Rats of NIMH intelligent.

[@mana_beast_beats1114]

I literally believed this movie was based on a Nintendo game. I had no clue who Windsor McCay was or that he's pretty much the Father of Animation.

[@benm5970]

The whole room with the Nightmare King part got me thinking, how come whenever there’s something that the person in charge doesn’t want the main character to ever do they always tell them specifically how to do it? It’s like “Don’t open this door, but here’s how to open the door”

[@Superkroolik]

Why didn't the king leave the kingdom to his daughter? His ACTUAL heir. +1 point to this film's stupidity

[@josephtahdel4864]

She's a girl

[@UltimateGamerCC]

@@josephtahdel4864 that and young girls dodge responsibility like they're bullets.

[@cthulhupthagn5771]

I feel like a lot of the oddities came from the animators trying to pay a lot of different tributes. The Surreal dancing looks like the type of animated dancing used in the very first cartoons which would have been out around the time of Nemo likewise the gimmick they beat to death of him continually waking up in his bedroom was based from the fact that every Nemo comic ended with him waking up usually falling out of the bed or something just as silly as what happens here. I have some of the Nemo collections and I'm pretty sure I've seen a strip with the other on segments involving the police and the giant bird. It may not have fit very well in an animated feature but it was all pulled from the source material and in fact as I watch this a lot of still scenes remind me of panels from the comic so what they probably did was pull out the most iconic and stand out stills from the comic and then handed it over to the animators and said string this all together

[@sswwwqq4290]

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[@boatknight2246]

"I cant open this door!, lets open it, ya alright you convinced me"

[@keyworthe7040]

Honestly this movie somehow ended up in my childhood, and i've very fond memories of it. This movie makes no sense at all but the visuals where top notch atm and still hold up to this day imo.

[@EternalSOV]

I watched this when it came out. All I remembered from it was Nemo was given a key and told not to open one door, which he did. That's as memorable as this film gets.

[@MeleeTiger]

I always liked this movie, especially when I was a kid. I've always had bizarre and detailed dreams so this kind of spoke to me I guess.

[@fernandomcc7954]

I really miss this kind of reviews from the NC.

[@jasontscott-west6037]

I did like this movie as a kid. The animation is hypnotic for young children. I even had this film on VHS for a short time. But I agree this film is bland and forgettable; it took me 15 years to remember what this film was called.

[@kirara2516]

Jason T Scott-West Loved it as a kid and then forgot about it until I randomly came across it in KMart on dvd for $5. I bought it. It's a guilty pleasure.

[@Pinka13]

16:48 Funny that you bring up Labyrinth, because Brian Froud, artist for both Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, actually did concept art for this movie. And judging by the goblins' beady eyes and random head appendages, those are definitely his designs.

[@dodaTiffany]

I used to LOVE this movie when I was a little kid. It is kind of insane and weird, but I loved it. I watched it all the time, to the point that I drove my parents crazy. I’ve watched it once as an adult and it is even more insane than I remembered it.

[@BudCharlesUnderVlogs]

That little squirrel thing is awesome, just leave out all the undeveloped human characters and have a story about him XD

[@lovetolovefairytales]

I agree!

[@trceb]

21:56 that is the best smile I have ever scene. Contagious.

[@stormstrider1990]

That awkward dancing though.

[@lorddingus8142]

If you think THAT dancing was awkward, then you should go to my school dances! Everyone literally only does nothing but the Cha-Cha Slide and Fortnite dances the whole time!

[@ScoutTrooperTK]

@@lorddingus8142 If they perform Fortnite dances you have the permission to put them down

[@GamzeenMakara]

Lol, I actually had a really vivid remembrance of this movie and comic strip despite it being out before I was born. Though it came on one time I think really early on in my life and because I loved animation my grandma recorded it on VHS. I watched it almost religiously.... No clue why. That big ass door everyone kept warning him about had me SHOOK, as did the demon dude or whatever he was.

[@projectanimation7730]

My grandparents used to have this on VHS and I’d watch it whenever I stayed with them. As a kid I loved the animation but I didn’t really like the movie itself. It’s pretty awesome to hear the Critic rip it apart.