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Created for Channel Awesome's two year anniversary, Kickassia is a six part miniseries, and the follow-up to The One Year Brawl.

Kickassia: Part 1: The Withering Eye
Nostalgia Critic confronts Kevin Baugh with the offer to surrender Molossia to him. When Kevin silently ignores him, Critic calls the Channel Awesome crew into battle. When the first attack on Molossia goes horribly wrong (Baugh had pulled out a uzi), the crew decide to gear up, and get ready for an all-out raid on the micronation.

Kickassia: Part 2: Triumph and Treacle
The night before the invasion, the NC attempts to convince Spoony to "give in to the madness," but the latter outright refuses, fearing for his sanity. The next day gang invades and is successful as Baugh makes his retreat. Now, the gang has the nation under control as roles are given out and NC becomes the president of Kickassia.

Kickassia: Part 3: Inglorious Glory
Chris Larios of Transmission Awesome News gives us a post war news reel of the newly founded nation of Kickassia, interviewing everyone about their new jobs within the nation. When Nostalgia Critic is confronted with several problems within the nation, and ignores them in favor of watching television, Fritz Von Baugh begins to sow seeds of dissent among the new government officials. The episode ends when Linkara, Angry Joe, and Marzgurl discover a receipt for twenty tons of dynamite supposedly signed for by the Critic.

Kickassia: Part 4: The Beginning of the End of the Beginning
Now that mistrust is abound, the team decides to turn against the Critic once they discover his order for the dynamite was not replicated. When Cinema Snob's plan to defeat him is thwarted by Film Brain, Cinema Snob is banished from Kickassia. Afterward, the Critic is haunted by visions of his past, while the remaining members of the team unleash their trump card by forcing Spoony to give in to the madness.

Kickassia: Part 5: The Fall of the Risen
Dr. Insano is unleashed upon the unsuspecting Nostalgia Critic. When the ensuing battle supposedly claims the life of Santa Christ, the team is forced to resort to their original plan, and Film Brain switches his loyalties. The team spends a while setting up plans for their re-invasion.

Kickassia: Part 6: All the Really Bad Shit Happens
The attack launched by the critics sends the Critic fleeing into his home, only for Phelous to have him cornered. After the crew enters the room and is joined by the Cinema Snob, they attack the Critic and beat him down. Convinced by Santa Christ to return Molossia to Fritz Von Baugh, they decide to do so, and the Critic surrenders the micronation to its rightful owner.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) The scope is too big for the special to do justice.
 * 2) * On the other hand, the six parts are padded, giving the impression that the special is a three-parter disguised as a six.
 * 3) Most of the contributors are just cameos.
 * 4) A lot of the humor comes from either in-jokes only a hardcore fan could get, or crassness. ("Say, Critic, do you get a lot of pussy with that outfit?")
 * 5) There's a lengthy "it's time!" sequence that gets old fast.
 * 6) A lot of the contributors have different personalities, which is a baffling example of poor research on Doug's part.
 * 7) *Film Brain is portrayed as overly bubbly and excited, which is a far cry from his "Bad Movie Beatdown" self.
 * 8) *Lee Davidge's only personally trait is that he's a 2D image turned 3D. That's it.
 * 9) *Dr. Insano is treated as Spoony's alter ego, which has never been Insano's backstory.
 * 10) *Obscurus Lupa allegedly hated her personality in this special.
 * 11) A lot of the acting is bad.
 * 12) *Severally performances are obnoxiously over the top, mainly whenever Spoony is talking about Insano.
 * 13) *Kevin Baugh, on the other hand, has no emotion in his voice at all. Though that's probably what happens when you get a Micronation President to act.
 * 14) Speaking of Baugh, the special never explains if he has a split personality or is just acting.
 * 15) What is Dr. Smith doing here other than to reference the Lost In Space review?
 * 16) The Nostalgia Chick does a riff on Sarah Palin. This was about 2 years after Palin was relevant.
 * 17) The special sets up Kevin (as Fritz von Baugh) as the antagonist of the second half... only to instead give that role to The Nostalgia Critic.
 * 18) Doug's plan is to blow up Kickassia if everyone rebels, but that would just get him killed as well.
 * 19) Ma-Ti's cameo serves no purpose to the storyline whatsoever.
 * 20) Dr. Insano is rendered pointless.
 * 21) The "We Believe In Santa Christ!" chant goes on for way to long.
 * 22) What was Linkara's plan exactly?
 * 23) Santa Christ serves as a blatant Deus Ex Machina.
 * 24) Terrible Ending. Doug just returns Molossia to Baugh.
 * 25) Though not as bad as Suburban Knights or To Boldly Flee, there were several production problems.
 * 26) *Apparently, Doug had to be told to provide food and water. In the middle of Nevada.
 * 27) *The crew at one point got interrupted by a window-wiper.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Most of the acting is actually pretty good.
 * 2) The intro with the narrator is also good, especially the intro music
 * 3) The scene in the Hotel room is actually funny, particularly the "Are we Nazis, or are we Nazis?" speech.
 * 4) The bit with the crew doing a "Badass March", only for Baugh to just pull out an Uzi, is clever.
 * 5) The Nostalgia Critic as Raul Julia's M. Bison? Hilarious imitation and costume! ("Of Course!")
 * 6) Ma-Ti's scene is actually good, in spite of it's irrelevance.
 * 7) Linkara does a decent riff on Patton.
 * 8) Dr. Insano is hilarious.
 * 9) Seeing the contributors act together was amazing, at least for the time.
 * 10) Hilarious outtakes.