The Nostalgia Chick



The Nostalgia Chick is a reviewer character created to be the female counterpart to The Nostalgia Critic, played by Lindsay Ellis on thatuywiththeglasses.com.

After receiving many requests to review numerous movies that were aimed at young female audiences, Doug Walker announced that he was offering the role of "The Nostalgia Chick" to handle such material. Of the many applicants, the three finalists were Lindsay Ellis, Kaylyn Dicksion and Krissy Diggs.

Doug awarded the role to Lindsay, offering the others the chance to create their own shows as consolation prizes; Kaylyn became MarzGurl, and Krissy became That Chick With the Goggles.

Lindsay portrayed the Chick in a more deadpan tone compared to the over-the-top, high-pitched wailing of Doug's character.Originally covering the likes of Pocahontas, Thumbelina and She-Ra, she would eventually dare to cover topics not necessarily aimed at young females, like the Transformers franchise and Roland Emmerich movies (this drew the ire of the Critic, who captured her and forced her to review the Bratz movie).

 Eventually, Lindsay began incorporating her friends Antonella Inserra (AKA "Nella") and Elisa Hansen in her videos. Nella more or less portrayed herself, albeit a version that the Chick tormented by ridiculing her appearance, putting cameras in her room and coaxing her into getting into embarrassing situations. Elisa appeared as the "Makeover Fairy," a full-sized pixie obsessed with trying to make others more physically appealing by her own superficial standards. Both ladies would later portray a duo of sexually deviant mad scientists, Doctor Ship (Nella) and Doctor Tease (Elisa).

Elisa would later develop her own reviewer character, Maven of the Eventide.

The Chick's first major storyline was a parody of the Dark Phoenix Saga from the X-Men comic books, centering around Nella dying and being revived by Doctors Ship and Tease, only to have her come back as a force of darkness that wreaked havoc on the world until Chick restored her with the power of "Fangirl Squee."

With the Nostalgia Critic's "death" at the end of To Boldly Flee, the Chick declared domination over the Nostalgia market on TGWTG. At the same time, Lindsay has begun further development of her own website and organization, Chez Apocalypse, searching for talent to appear on the site. She has entered a partnership with Blip TV that advertises hers and her friend's shows on Blip videos.