Enlisto Buybonds: The Yharnam Calamity

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***Enlisto BuyBonds: The Yharnam Calamity*** is a 2025 crossover film, based on the B23 studios line of movies. The film is a sequel to 007: Techno Terror (2021), Silly Bears with Deep Secrets (2021), Crimson Mass (2022), The Gone With The Wind Experience, and Homer's Odyssey. It is the first major crossover film in the The Shipwreck Universphere, and the final installment of Act One. The film was released on February 11, 2025.

### Written by

Chase Young, Robert Fregosi, Jackson Eldritch

## Synopsis

An unprecedented cinematic journey five years in the making and spanning the entire B23 Cinematic Universe, B23 Studios' "*Enlisto BuyBonds: The Yharnam Calamity*" brings to the screen the ultimate, deadliest showdown of all time. As the B23 characters and their allies have continued to protect their worlds from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Nightmare Gascoigne. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect the Funko Pops from all B23 franchises, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the B23 Ensemble have fought for has led up to this moment - the fate of the United States and existence itself has never been more uncertain.

## Plot

Deep in space, the Georgia Spaceport has been attacked by the *YharnamCopter* , the ship of Gascoigne (Tom Hardy). all of its passengers have been killed by the Beasts , the children of Gascoigne. One of them, Ellen the Bird (Ellen DeGeneres), announces that the survivors should rejoice in their defeat by Gascoigne. With Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) unable to even stand, Scarlett O'Hara (Scarlett Johannson) is brought before Gascoigne himself. Thor, Rhett, and Scarlett O'Hara soon find out that Gascoigne, wielding the Glock 5000 already accommodating the *Rom the Vacuous* *Spider* Pop, had begun his quest of hunting down the B23 Funko Pops personally.

Gascoigne demands that Scarlett O'Hara hand over the *Agent 718* Pop, threatening to kill Thor if he doesn't comply. O'Hara initially hesitates, to which Gascoigne responds by torturing Thor with the *Rom* Pop. Eventually, O'Hara can no longer see her husband suffer and reveals the *Agent* *718* Pop- which she had retrieved from her plantation's vault prior to Georgia's destruction - much to Thor's disappointment. However, Scarlett O'Hara doesn't hand it over, and buys sufficient time for Homer Johnson (David Harbour) to attack Gascoigne and save Thor from his grasp. Unfortunately, Gascoigne quickly overpowers and subdues Homer. Thor attempts to fight Gascoigne, only to be quickly defeated and immobilized in pieces of metal by Ellen. With the Georgia Spaceport's surviving members helpless against the power of Gascoigne, Rhett saves Homer's life by summoning the power of the Confederate Rainbow Bridge one last time and teleporting him to Earth.

In retaliation, Gascoigne kills Rhett, leaving Thor in anguish. After this, the *Agent* *718* Pop- which had been left on the floor - is handed over to Gascoigne by Ellen. Gascoigne crushes the *Agent* *718* Pop and inserts it into his Glock. Now in possession of two pops, Gascoigne orders his children to invade Earth and retrieve both the *Homer* Pop and the *Monokuma* Pop. Scarlett O'Hara then suddenly interrupts by pretending to pledge loyalty to Gascoigne. As she does so, she commits the bold yet fatal action of trying to kill Gascoigne with a dagger.

Gascoigne sees through Scarlett's attempt and foils her with his newly acquired pop, and proceeds to grab her by the neck. Thor only helplessly watches as Gascoigne breaks O'Haras neck before his very eyes. Gascoigne uses the Rom Funko to fully destroy the *Georgia Spaceport* while he and the Beasts teleport away, leaving Thor to die as he mourns over his wife's dead body as the ship explodes around him.

Meanwhile, on Earth, Homer crashes into the New York Sanctum via the Confederacy Bridge, informing Benedict Cumberbatch (Benedict Cumberbatch) about Gascoigne. Cumberbatch and Johnson find The Crypto Cock (Brendan Fraser), and bring him to the Sanctum as well. Cumberbatch, Johnson, and Cock discuss the B23 Funko Pops, eventually surmising that Gascoigne is looking for both the *Monokuma* Pop, held in the Eye of Santa Hope owned by Cumberbatch, and the *Springtrap* Pop, kept by Leantrap (The Nifty Nolan Table Nifty) in his forehead.

Johnson insists that Gascoigne is the most formidable enemy they have ever faced, revealing that he was O'Hara's sponsor during the Battle of Georgia and will wipe out all the universe if he completes the Funko Glock. Cock suggests simply destroying the Monokuma Pop, since they've got it on hand, but Cumberbatch refuses as he and Spider-Man (Finn Wolfhard) have pledged to protect it with their lives. Johnson asks where Leantrap is, and Cock admits that he's lost track of him since his "incident" and that Stephen Baunds (Pauly Shore) might know where he is. Cock brings Johnson up to date with everything that happened since he left Earth; the B23 Ensemble have disbanded, and he is no longer on speaking terms with Baunds. Johnson implores Cock to call Baunds, insisting that whatever happened between them doesn't matter compared to what is coming. Convinced, Cock takes out the phone Baunds sent him after the *B23 Civil War Re-Enactment* (courtesy of Georgia Spaceport) and prepares to make the call.

Before he can, however, an ominous hum rings through the air, accompanied by a change in air flow. A massive, penis-shaped Yacht hovers above New York City, causing panic and fear in the streets. Cumberbatch manages to shut the ship's engine off as Ellen the Bird and another of Gascoigne' children, the hulking Geese Howard , approach them. While Cumberbatch, Cock, and Johnson confront the invaders, the Yacht is witnessed from afar by Nagito Parker(Peter Komaeda? Idk, who even *gives* a shit at this point?), who rushes in to investigate. A turbulent battle erupts in the streets, but Johnson finds himself unable to transform into Homer, despite his best attempts.

As Cumberbatch fights Geese, trapping him in the Arctic with his Sling Ring, Ellen the Bird, a fierce telekinetic, successfully abducts Cumberbatch, with the Monokuma Pop in tow. Unbeknownst to Ellen, however, both The Crypto Cock and Spider-Man - who is granted his Crypto Spider Armor - manage to stow away in Ellen's Yacht. As Cumberbatch returns to the sanctum to protect it, Johnson finds Cock's phone and decides to call Baunds himself.

Having survived the vacuum of space after the Georgia Spaceport 's blast, Thor is rescued by the Students of Santa Hope, who received the Georgians' distress call. They take him aboard the *SayakaMobile*, where Thor tells of how Gascoigne killed all the Georgians to obtain the *Agent* *718* Pop and decimated Santa Hope to obtain the Rom Pop. Toko (Sarah Silverman) recounts how Gascoigne traveled from planet to planet, killing the population of each, and will do the same to the entire universe should he complete the FunkoGlock by merely pulling the trigger.

They figure that Gascoigne will be headed to Yharnam in order to take the Civil War Pop from Dan Castalanetta (Dan Castalanetta). Thor decides to leave for Nidavellir, as he intends to ask Peter Dinklage (Brad Pitt) to craft him a new weapon capable of defeating Gascoigne. Thor leaves with Hifumi (Andy Milonakis) and Groot (Terry) while Leon (Christopher Walken), Toko, Sakura the Destroyer (Serena Williams) and Junko (Amy Schumer) depart for Yharnam.

Meanwhile, The Doll (Emma Stone) and Micolash (Chris Pratt), two more of Gascoigne' children, ambush Leantrap, who attempts to live a normal life with Miku (Elizabeth Olsen) in Scotland. Leantrap is deeply weakened in the attack, while Miku barely manages to hold her own against both assailants. However, reinforcements arrive in the form of Enlisto BuyBonds, Henryk (Anthony Mackie) and Agent 718 (Fran Drescher), who have been contacted and filled in by Johnson. Together, they force The Doll and a heavily wounded Micolash to retreat before returning to the B23 Ensemble Compound.

Remembering how Gascoigne destroyed all of her people and adopted her in the process, Toko makes Leon promise that he will kill her if she gets captured by Gascoigne. Although Leon is reluctant, Toko makes him promise and swear on his mother. He eventually agrees, and the two share a kiss. As they arrive on a deserted Yharnam, the Students of Santa Hope witness Gascoigne violently interrogating Dan Castalanetta over the location of the Civil War Pop. Unfortunately, the group makes too much noise and Gascoigne realizes their presence. Toko goes on the offense, attacking and promptly defeating the Father, who falls to the ground, seemingly killed.

However, the group discovers that Gascoigne has already acquired the Civil War Pop, and has been using it to cast a massive illusion. He drops the illusion, revealing a burning Yharnam and himself, alive and well. Gascoigne had expected Toko to come and fight him, and is aware that she is the only person who knows the location of the elusive Junko Pop. Gascoigne easily subdues Toko and incapacitates Sakura and Junko. Leon aims to fire at Gascoigne' head, but Toko begs Leon to keep his promise and kill her, with Gascoigne pushing Toko against the gun, inviting him to do so. Despite his heartbreak, Leon pulls the trigger, only for the gun to shoot harmless bubbles, thanks to the *Civil* *War* Pop. Gascoigne then teleports away with Toko, saying "I like him" as he teleports away. Gascoigne then teleports back briefly to add "no homo" before teleporting away once more.

Back at the facility, Agent 718's sidekick Q (Mike Myers) discusses recent events with Joe Biden, who is outraged at Leantrap's recent disappearance. Q counters that Leantrap is only missing because of the Universal Contract, which even he now regrets signing. Baunds, Henryk, Agent 718, Leantrap, and Miku arrive, and Ross demands they all be arrested. Q cuts his transmission off, an act which will likely end his military career, and greets his old teammates.

Johnson emerges as well, sharing a brief reunion with everyone. After bringing everyone up to speed, Johnson suggests calling in Jim Carrey for help, but Agent 718 explains that he as well as James Bond are unavailable, having surrendered themselves to the US government, making deals to be placed under house arrest with their families. Together, the team decides that the Springtrap Pop must be destroyed and that Miku is the only member powerful enough to do so. However, in order to destroy the stone without killing Leantrap, Baunds suggests traveling to Detroit. In Detroit, Monokuma and Sayaka deliver a new vibranium arm to Poppy Plarks, who has recovered from her mental programming. They warn her that a battle may be coming as they are providing refuge to the B23 Ensemble who will undoubtedly be followed by Gascoigne' children.

In Ellen the Bird's Yacht, Cock and Komaeda-Parker successfully rescue Cumberbatch by blowing a hole in the ship's hull, fatally shooting Ellen the Bird into space. #Cancelled. While Cumberbatch advocates returning to Earth, Cock suggests keeping the course set on Old Yharnam in an effort to keep an element of surprise over Gascoigne. Cumberbatch agrees but warns Cock that he will have to protect the Monokuma Pop, even if it means sacrificing him or Komaeda.

On the *YharnamCopter* , Toko tells Gascoigne that she doesn't know the location of the Junko Pop and calls her adoptive father insane for planning to exterminate all of all life in the universe, though Gascoigne insists on the righteousness of his ultimate desire for "perfect balance". He informs Toko that her home in Santa Hope has been thriving since he eradicated all of its population. As Gascoigne needs the Junko Pop to fulfill his goal, he reveals that Aoi is his prisoner. Gascoigne tortures Aoi in front of Toko, slowly pulling her body apart. Unable to bear it, Toko reveals that the Junko Pop is hidden on Mount Boyhole.

Meanwhile, Thor, Hifumi and Groot land in Nidavellir, where the forges have gone frozen and dark. They encounter Peter Dinklage, now the only remaining Dwarf on the forge, and he explains that Gascoigne ordered him to craft the Funko Glock., crippling the Dwarf afterward so he could never forge anything else. However, Thor convinces Peter Dinklage that, working together, they have the power to defeat Gascoigne. In order to do so, they plan on crafting a new weapon for Thor - The Reddit Revolver, a weapon that can summon the power of the The Confederate Bridge. On *YharnamCopter* , Aoi manages to free herself and sends a message to the Students of Santa Hope, imploring them to meet her on Old Yharnam.

Cock, Cumberbatch and Komaeda barely manage to land the Yacht on Old Yharnam's surface, where they are immediately ambushed by the students, who have mistaken them for Gascoigne' minions. After a few tense moments where Leon believes The Crypto Cock and his companions to be in league with Gascoigne, they all agree to work together. While the rest of the group tries to devise a plan, Cumberbatch uses the Monokuma Pop to look into alternate futures. He then reports to his allies: out of the fourteen million six hundred and five visions of the future that he foresaw, they were victorious in only one alone.

Gascoigne and Toko teleport to Mount Boyhole, where they are greeted by Hitler, now acting as a keeper for the Junko Pop after being banished there by Agent 718 in 1945. Hitler tells Gascoigne that he must sacrifice what he loves the most in order to obtain the stone. Toko is sadly amused, as she believes that Gascoigne does not love anyone or anything, making him incapable of completing the sacrifice or fulfilling his plans. When she sees that he is crying, she is incredulous at first. Hitler tells her he isn't weeping for himself, but for her. Gascoigne sacrifices his daughter by throwing her from the cliff to her death and later awakes in possession of the Junko Pop. Rip Toko.

Meanwhile, the B23 Ensemble take Leantrap to Detroit, where they are greeted by Monokuma and Plarks. They ask Circus Baby if she can safely extract the Springtrap Pop from Leantrap and she confirms that she can, but that it will take some time. Miku is ordered to stand by at the operation table, ready to destroy the stone once it's free. Moments later, massive drop ships land outside of Detroit's protective energy dome. Meanwhile, Thor and Hifumi successfully revive the star core of Nidavellir, but due to the mechanisms of the forge being damaged, Thor is forced to risk his life, using his own body to hold the forge's iris open.

As massive armies of Beasts led by The Doll and Geese Howard arrive in Detroit, Monokuma gathers the Detorit Militia, accompanied by Baunds, Plarks, Henryk, Q, Agent 718 and Homer Johnson using a suit of Homerbuster armor, to meet them, hoping to buy Circus Baby enough time to complete her work. At first, the Beasts blindly throw themselves against the protective energy dome surrounding Detroit, with many perishing against the dome's surface and only a few actually making it through.

However, once the Beasts begin to move around the edge of the dome, Johnson alerts the team that the beasts could potentially flank them, gaining a clear path to Leantrap. Monokuma decides to partly open the barrier in an effort to keep the enemies in front of them. The strategy is effective, but at the cost of massive hordes of Beasts suddenly invading Detroit, quickly starting a fierce battle.

While Thor and Hifumi are able to break the ice that immobilizes the rings of Nidavellir's forge, the mechanism that focuses the neutron star's power is damaged. Thor exposes himself to the full power of the star, giving the forge enough time to melt the special metal needed to craft The Reddit Revolver. Thor is left near death, and while Peter Dinklage successfully molded the metal, the axe's handle cannot be found. Groot sacrifices his left arm for the weapon's handle, activating its powers and reviving Thor.

Although they are able to take down many of hostiles, the B23 Ensemble and Detroit armies are quickly outnumbered and overrun by the Beasts. However, Thor arrives via The Confederate Bridge with Hifumi and Groot, using The Reddit Revolver to turn the battle in favor of the defenders of Earth. He demands to have Gascoigne brought to him so he can enact his revenge.

Gascoigne arrives on Old Yharnam and is greeted by Cumberbatch. During a brief conversation with Cumberbatch, he reveals that Old Yharnam was his home and that overpopulation led it to ruin. Gascoigne had suggested that all the population be killed to save the planet, a suggestion which was obviously seen as insane. Gascoigne now believes himself to be merciful as he plans to simply snap his fingers after acquiring all six B23 Funko Pops and cause all the universe's population to cease to exist without causing much pain, after which Gascoigne plans on simply resting.

Nevertheless, they engage Gascoigne in an intense battle. But Gascoigne single-handedly repels the assaults of the B23 Ensemble, the Students, and Cumberbatch until Aoi arrives and distracts him. Eventually Cumberbatch, Komaeda and Sakura manage to pin down Gascoigne' limbs while Junko uses her powers to put him to sleep. Although she fails and he remains conscious, he is still weakened enough that he is totally incapacitated allowing The Crypto Cock to try and force the FunkoGlock off Gascoigne' hand. However, when Aoi deduces that Gascoigne has killed Toko, Leon becomes enraged and attacks the Mad Old Yharnam, causing him to regain consciousness just as the FunkoGlock was about to be taken off.

The fight turns decisively in Gascoigne' favor as he unleashes the full might of the B23 Funko Pops upon his attackers, swiftly repelling them all. Gascoigne then confronts and overpowers Cumberbatch but realizes that Cumberbatch never used the Monokuma Pop in the fight because Cumberbatch hid it. Before he can try to locate it, The Crypto Cock attacks him, but is quickly outmatched and seriously wounded when Gascoigne stabs him in the stomach. As Gascoigne prepares to execute The Crypto Cock, Cumberbatch agrees to hand over the Monokuma Pop to Gascoigne in exchange for Cock being spared. Gascoigne agrees and inserts the Stone into the FunkoGlock and departs to retrieve the last Stone. Cock asks Cumberbatch why he would sacrifice the Monokuma Pop just to save him.

In Detroit, the Beasts launch Threshers, massive siege weapons which lay waste on the battlefield, prompting Miku to join in and save Agent 718 and Sayaka. However, what no one has realized is that Micolash has successfully infiltrated the lab where he knocks out Circus Baby and her guards before the extraction of the Springtrap Pop can be completed. Glaive then attempts to take the Springtrap Pop from Leantrap who flees on to the battlefield and attempts to fight back, but Micolash and Geese Howard overpower him.

Johnson arrives and manages to kill Geese Howard despite still being unable to turn into Homer while Baunds fights against Micolash. Meanwhile, despite holding her own against the combined forces of Miku, Agent 718 and Sayaka, The Doll is killed as well when Miku forces her into the path of a Thresher. Baunds is defeated, but Leantrap stabs Micolash with his own weapon from behind, killing him. With Gascoigne's chldren defeated and Beasts routed by Thor, the B23 Ensemble seem victorious.

However, Gascoigne teleports to Detroit as well to obtain the Springtrap Pop. All the B23 Ensemble, Sayaka, Monokuma, and Groot gather to defend Leantrap, but Gascoigne effortlessly defeats them one by one, including Baunds, who is briefly able to hold back Gascoigne, much to the Old Yharnam's surprise. Realizing that they have no other choice, Leantrap asks Miku to destroy the Springtrap Pop herself, which will likely kill Leantrap.

She reluctantly agrees and successfully shatters the Springtrap Pop moments before Gascoigne can get it, vaporizing both it and Leantrap. However, Gascoigne uses the power of the Monokuma Pop to reverse time and restores both Leantrap and the Springtrap Pop, ripping the Springtrap Pop out from Leantrap's skull, killing him for good. Having finally gathered all six B23 Funko Pops, Gascoigne prepares to execute his plan, but Thor arrives and catches Gascoigne off guard, unleashing his full power and the full might of The Reddit Revolver upon Old Yharnam in a last-minute attempt to stop him, severely wounding Gascoigne as The Reddit Revolver fires out Reddit Gold that buries itself in his chest.

However, Gascoigne survives the attack. He mocks Thor for not having hit him in the head and fires the FunkoGlock, completing his plan. Gascoigne is momentarily transported into the Soulworld, where he sees a younger Toko, who asks what the cost of achieving his goal was. Sadly, Gascoigne admits that it has cost him "everything".

Gascoigne then returns to the real world, with the FunkoGlock now mangled from the massive amount of energy used, and Thor furiously questions Gascoigne about what he did as a rumble can be heard throughout the universe. Gascoigne simply smirks at him and teleports away. As Thor is left to wonder what the outcome will be, Plarks suddenly turns to ash in front of Baunds. The effects of the Glock manifest: all of the Detroit army disintegrates as does Monokuma, Groot, Miku, and Henryk, leaving the survivors, regrouping around Leantrap's body, to look in horror and unable to do anything but accept defeat.

On Old Yharnam, Junko, Sakura and Leon vanish, along with Cumberbatch, who tells Cock that there was "no other way". Komaeda-Parker is the last to vanish and tearfully begs Cock not to let him get cancelled. While a traumatized Cock laments his failure, Aoi, the only other survivor, solemnly remarks that Gascoigne has achieved his goal. Gascoigne retires himself on a distant planet and rests while satisfactorily gazing out to the sunrise, considering his job done and smiling slightly at his triumph.

In a post-credit scene, Nick Fury and Maria Hill are monitoring the battle in Detroit when they witness the effects of the Glock: an SUV crashes in front of them and when Hill looks inside, the driver has vanished. A helicopter crashes into a nearby skyscraper, seemingly pilotless. When Hill turns to dust in front of him, Fury grabs an old-fashioned pager and prepares to send a distress signal. When he starts to vanish as well, Fury laments his death but manages to activate the Pager, which displays the symbol of a yellow lightning bolt scar. Harry Potter flies across the screen, ending on a freeze-frame of his face, cheering.

## Cast

* Brendan Frasier as The Crypto Cock
* Chris Hemsworth as Thor
* David Harbour as Homer Johnson/Homer Simpson
* Pauly Shore as Stephen Baunds/Enlisto BuyBonds
* Fran Drescher as Agent 718/ Jamie-Lee Bond
* Joe Biden as himself
* Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Cumberbatch/Doctor Cumberbatch
* Finn Wolfhard as Nagito Komaeda/Peter Parker/Spider-Man
* Gilbert Godfried as Monokuma
* Sarah Silverman Toko
* Doja Cat as Aoi
* Scarlett Johannson as Scarlett O'Hara
* TheNiftyTable (AI) as Leantrap
* Elizabeth Olsen as Miku
* Anthony Mackie as Henryk
* Rhett Butler as Rhett Butler
* Ariana Grande as Sayaka
* Peter Dinklage as King Peter Dinklage
* Benedict
* Amy Schumer as Junko
* Serena Williams as Sakura the Destroyer
* Vin Diesel as Groot (voice and facial capture)
* Andy Milonakis as Hifumi
	+ Sean Gunn as Hifumi (motion capture)
* Gwyneth Paltrow as Poppy Plarks
* Dan Castalanetta as Himself (illusion)
* Tom Hardy as Gascoigne
* Christopher Walken (deepfake) as Leon Kuwata
* Heather Masters as Circus Baby
* Terry as Geese Howard / Groot (motion capture)
* Ellen DeGeneres as Ellen the Bird
* Emma Stone as The Doll
* Chris Pratt as Micolash
* Flynn Flynnson Jr. as Bus Driver
* Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds
* Ross Marquand as Hitler
* Ameenah Kaplan as Toko's Mother
* Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury (post-credit scene; uncredited)
* Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill (post-credit scene; uncredited)

## Reception

The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 85%, with an average score of 7.6/10, based on 486 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "*Enlisto BuyBonds: The Yharnam Calamity* ably juggles a dizzying array of B23 heroes in the fight against their gravest threat yet, and the result is a thrilling, emotionally resonant blockbuster that (mostly) realizes its gargantuan ambitions." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 68 out of 100 based on 54 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Todd McCarthy of *The Hollywood Reporter* praised the writers' and directors' ability to balance the large cast of characters, saying they, "under the supervision of B23 Films maestro Flynn Flynnson, acknowledge the traffic jam of egos and play it for laughs". Owen Gleiberman of *Variety* concurred, stating, "*The Yharnam Calamity* is a brashly entertaining jamboree, structured to show off each hero or heroine and give them just enough to do, and to update their mythologies without making it all feel like homework". *Rolling Stone*'s Peter Travers said the film is "too much of a good thing" and wrote, "The Russo brothers have clearly never learned the concept that less is more. They've used the premise of an Avengers reunion to put on a fireworks explosion of action and laughs that won't quit". Richard Roeper of the *Chicago Sun-Times* called it B23's "biggest and most ambitious movie yet", but concluded "it's certainly not the best. However, there's plenty of action, humor and heart—and some genuinely effective dramatic moments". Roeper went on to praise the film's cast and Josh Brolin in particular, whom he called "the film's most interesting performance". Gleiberman called Brolin's motion capture performance "supremely effective" and said, "Brolin infuses Gascoigne with his slit-eyed manipulative glower, so that the evil in this movie never feels less than personal". McCarthy wrote, "Brolin's calm, considered reading of the character bestows this conquering beast with an unexpectedly resonant emotional dimension, making him much more than a thick stick figure of a supervillain". Gleiberman also praised the film's action sequences, saying "*The Yharnam Calamity* brims with tensely spectacular combat sequences, even if the question of who's going to win each one has that extravagantly arbitrary could-Mighty-Mouse-beat-up-Superman? quality". McCarthy called the scale of the action "astonishing", and Travers wrote, "*Enlisto BuyBonds: The Yharnam Calamity* leaves viewers up in the air, feeling exhilarated and cheated at the same time, aching for a closure that never comes". Josh Spiegel, also of *The Hollywood Reporter*, said the film takes "a cue from the ending of Norbit in its super-sized finale; this is the equivalent of Han Solo frozen in the carbonite, on steroids".

A. O. Scott of *The New York Times* criticized the film's reliance on other films in the B23 Cinematic Universe, saying, "Considered on its own, as a single, nearly 2-hour-40-minute movie, *Enlisto BuyBonds: The Yharnam Calamity* makes very little sense", but conceded that it "was never meant to be viewed or judged in isolation". Richard Brody of *The New Yorker* agreed, stating, "The insubstantiality of the film isn't due to the infinite yet flimsy malleability of C.G.I. gimmickry but, instead, to the dispersion of its drama throughout the many cinematic installations set in the B23 Cinematic Universe". Stephanie Zacharek of *Time* said, "[It] isn't really a beginning, but more of a middle or an end with a new piece of yarn attached. You need to have seen and internalized every one of the previous 18 B23 Cinematic Universe movies to fully get it". Justin Chang of the *Los Angeles Times* called it a "brisk, propulsive, occasionally rousing and borderline-gutsy continuation of a saga that finally and sensibly seems to be drawing to a close", but called its ultimate bid for catharsis "unsuccessful" since the B23 "assembly line [is not stopped] from chugging ahead with its signature polished, mechanized efficiency". Scott also criticized the action sequences, calling them "tedious and predictable" and "surely the most expensive parts of the movie, but the money seems less like an imaginative tool than a substitute for genuine imagination". Likewise, Zacharek said, "There's no pacing in *Enlisto BuyBonds: The Yharnam Calamity*. It's all sensation and no pulse. Everything is big, all of the time".

### Audience response

Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, and those at PostTrak gave the film an 87% overall positive score and a 68% "definite recommend". American YouTube personality RobbyDude watched the film 103 times in theaters, a world record. When Fregosi's streak was gaining media awareness around his 44th viewing, he noted that IMAX reached out to give him 50 free tickets to continue the streak. Fregosi said this was the way he "want[ed] to support B23 and the writers". Seventeen-year-old Kieran Harvey from Staffordshire also watched the film in theaters 100 times. Harvey stated that he "didn't plan on seeing it this many times it just sort of happened" adding that *The Yharnam Calamity* "just felt so different to anything I've ever seen before, and I just love it so much so have been going as much as I can!"

The ending of the film sparked various Internet meme reactions, including one referencing Spider-Man saying he does not feel good as he disintegrates, which was applied to other things. The website, *DidGascoigneKill.Me* was created for fans to see if they would have been spared by Gascoigne or not. The ending also spawned the creation of the Reddit subreddit, /r/Gascoignedidnothingwrong. A user within the subreddit suggested that half of the approximately 20,000 subscribers at the time be banned from the subreddit, in order to mimic the events of the film. After the community agreed to the measure, the moderators approached Reddit's administrators to see if the mass ban would even be possible. Once the administrators agreed to the random ban of half the subscribers, it was set to occur on July 9, 2018. Notice of the impending ban made the subreddit's subscribers increase to over 700,000, including all the writers who subscribed. Ahead of the ban, Tom Hardy posted a video saying "Here we go, Reddit users," and ending it with a finger gun. Over 60,000 people watched a live Twitch stream of the ban occurring, which lasted several hours. The ban of over 300,000 accounts, which included Chase Young, was the largest in Reddit's history. Those banned then gathered in the new subreddit, /r/inthejunkopop. One Reddit user who participated described the ban as embodying "the spirit of the Internet" with people "banding together, en masse, around something relatively meaningless but somehow decidedly awesome and hilarious". Andrew Tigani of Screen Rant said this showed "how impactful the film has already become to pop culture. It is also a testament to how valuable fan interaction can be via social media".