Is this the year 2001, or something, where no one realizes that people who say "first" are incredibly annoying?

Let them have their little fun. Afterall, that's all they have...

Question: Any stories on Kunio kun?

I was hopeing this show would continue. Doug, you have some serious talent.

Dont know if thats supposed be a British accent or anything....

I could of guessed the drugs story lines, but i would guessed more on speed than meth.

Interesting video yet again, well done

"Speed" is just a slang term that can refer to either amphetamine or methamphetamine, a.k.a. "meth".

adderall

It's a Cockney accent.

I liked it. Kept me watching through the whole thing. I can't wait to see the stories for people like Alucard and/or the Belmonts. Gotta be good stuff there.

HAHA, love it! Such witty banter about a fallen icon.

Good stuff, Doug! Keep it up!

I always knew sonic was high!

Simply hilarious.
Great drawings too.

First off, Sonic isn't an American icon. He's well-loved in America, to be sure, but Sonic is very much a Japanese creation.

Secondly, it's hard to imagine the innocent and annoyingly youthful Tails as a drug pusher. Knuckles, on the other hand....

Third and most importantly, how could you not have mentioned Sonic's recent run of crappy games? You're making a sketch about how Sonic is hitting rock bottom without mentioning that he hasn't starred in a decent game for ten years?! That is just plain sloppy.

Still, I like the character of Dominic and I absolutely love to see your drawing skills in action. The premise is solid, though I keep feeling like your treatment of the characters is very superficial. Dig deeper for the laughs, bring more jokes from a gamer's perspective and this series will truly be great.

C'mon people, it's constructive criticism no need for mass down votes.

"Third and most importantly, how could you not have mentioned Sonic's
recent run of crappy games? You're making a sketch about how Sonic is hitting
rock bottom without mentioning that he hasn't starred in a decent game for ten
years?! That is just plain sloppy."

Because first off, this show is about the characters, not the games. And second, not everyone thinks the newer games have been crappy, anyways. Not to mention those jokes have been done to death, anyways.

"Secondly, it's hard to imagine the
innocent and annoyingly youthful Tails as a drug pusher. Knuckles, on the other
hand...."
I think thats the point.....

Doug is called the Nostalgia Critic, not the Contemporary Critic. He may not officially be the Nostalgia Critic in this series, but that's how he rolls.

Actually, Doug reviews a lot of recent things, under the identity of Chester A. Bum in his Bum Reviews. The Bum Reviews are almost all based on recent movies, except for the Citzen Kane Review.

You could pretty much argue that he's an american icon since Sega of america fixed his image before the game was released. Sonic was origanally going to be a rock star and have a human girl friend. He was also going to look more anime-ish and the game was going to have a more complex story... Now after hearing this doesn't something come to mind? I pretty much described sonic next gen for you and that's how sonic was going to be originally so you can decide for yourself if America saved him or not at least for the first 10 years of his life.

but if he "dug deep" for laughs from the gamers, he would just be using the same overused joke concepts and cliches that we prolly all heard a million times before.

Doug is obviously trying to find unique idea concepts, like with the Mario sketch and peaches' bedroom 'preferences'. Rather than just going for the obvious. Which he still does, but in a more unique manner.

besides the games just suck now, we all know that. and hes not a gaming critic. hell hes not even supposed to be a critic in this series.

However, i understand that your just bringing constructive criticism, which is perfectly fine, not like your just bashing on TGWTG just because you like sonic 2 or something foolish.

this at least shows that even though we all really like this site and everything on it, people should still be allowed to give an intelligent honest opinion about new content, and admitting to not liking something just because it has TGWTG in it.

I think "going for the obvious" would have included comparing Sonic to Micheal Jackson. (aka pedophile jokes ala Tails & Amy).

You seem to have a very controversial post there. I agree with your third point but I disagree with the second.

He made Princess Peach fall in love with bowser and become obsessed with being kidnapped. If he can do THAT Tails being a drug dealer sounds plausible by comparison.

(But yeah. Sonic and the Secret Rings sucked and could have been used to make a lot of jokes in this video. )

Wans't sonic retconned to be American on the Sonic adventure games? i mean as in, the character actually LIVING in America and such? that would make him "in universe" (which is how this joke works) an American icon.

I couldn't agree more nor put it in better words

Maybe because he might have liked some of the newer games. Not everybody thinks that just because SOnic is trying too be different means he sucks you know. It means that those people have moved on and forgot that there is any older SOnic games. Its a smart move, because the games look so much better when you get rid of your stupid bias against them you Sonic fanboy freak.

I mean how else would you explain Sonic Next Gen? He was too high to realize he was in a shitty game.

Sure, but the sketch just doesn't feel complete without at least one joke about it.

His accent reminds me of Jason... jason stamos? .. what the hell is his name *looks it up*

Jason Statham

Needless to say, without out having to dig too deep, I enjoyed it. I really like these particular sketches.

These are meant to be entertaining, not historically accurate... who cares if Sonic is from America or Japan for this type of video, big whoop. You get the point hes tryin to get across that sonic is a recognized icon.

Keep on trucking Doug!

... still waitin on an answer from 'Ask that guy' on Voltron VS Megazord =P

Well done, love the drawings, too. Nice couple of episodes so far. And, Jesus Christ, can we please stop with the fucking "First" bullshit? Save that shit for the shitty talkbacks at Aint It Cool News.

God I love this, I can't wait to see more! I guess we have to add another character to Doug's repetoire!

I think you should definitely do more of these. Personally, I'd like to see an episode on Samus, but anything will do, I'm sure the next one will be awesome no matter who you choose next.

great show doug. i like the new segments. but i can't help but feel that this one as been dragging on a bit and the constant mentioning of the meth rings was good but in some point it felt a bit repetitive.

i think you should make this episodes more tight.

but still, i love your work and you are a great entertainer.

Maybe Dominic's story takes place before those crappy games?

Like FullmetalNinja25 said: I mean how else would you explain Sonic Next Gen? He was too high to realize he
was in a shitty game.

oh god this is sooooooooooooooo funny

Keep going Doug! This is going to be something huge in the long run!

I'm a little surprised Sonic's games getting worse and worse wasn't the hook of the whole thing. Sort like it works with actors when their art suffers from their personal problems. But then again, this sketch works if you only know the very basics of Sonic. On the other hand the audience on TGWTG is a bunch of geeks that allow you to make super-specific references and they will get it and love it.

Hey man Meth-Rings are a real problem in todays world.

I really love this show

We want some dirty stories about Solid Snake (he's always high, here is the proof : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IcViGcYlio&feature=channel_page) !!!

Hmmm. I guess thats the whole concept behind the golden rings eh? Poor Sonic. If only he knew that those rings would lead to the other side of the tracks eh? XD heheheh. Nice job with this one. As it sorta sums up the games in a nutshell.

-T-H-E- -S-H-A-D-O-W- -D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R

Great video! The whole story and the music and the accent and the drawings... Really, great work!

Stay off rings, kids.

I think it's a good thing this wasn't about the quality of recent Sonic games because let's face it is over done and really wouldn't make much sense.

Haha, nice vid Doug! Hope to see some more entries in the series.

This series is very interesting in which it uses a more sophisticated type of comedy which makes it less funny, but more entertaining.

Guess Link is next. Samus I would like more.

well i belive this would of happen somewhere after Sonic 06 to sonic unleash, also i knew somethings wield when he got his rings to go faster and faster