History Blog / TheIslandOfMisfitChristmasSpecials

* CelebrityEndorsement: The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit51.html review]] of ''A Mouse, a Mystery, and Me'' begins with a DrugsAreBad [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUWnboT-WZo PSA]], in which gymnast Mary Lou Retton bowls with kids who sing about how she loves bowling, but hates smoking. Peter then explains that each future review will end with the special in question facing similar approval or disapproval from her.

* CelebrityEndorsement: The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit51.html review]] of ''A Mouse, a Mystery, and Me'' begins with a DrugsAreBad [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUWnboT-WZo PSA]], in which gymnast Mary Lou Retton bowls with kids who sing about how she loves bowling, but hates smoking. Peter then explains that each future review will end with the review facing similar approval or disapproval from her.

* CallBack: Both ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfits/misfit41.html 12 Wishes of Christmas]]'' and ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfits/misfit49.html The Little Troll Prince]]'' feature the line, "Up is down, black is white, and Radio/RushLimbaugh and Rosie O'Donnell are each other."

* ContinuityNod: A 2011 update to the [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfitsindex.html menu]] added references to ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer'', ''Up on the Housetop''[[note]]The first "Misfit" Peter reviewed[[/note]], ''RobbieTheReindeer'', ''The Great Bear Scare''[[note]]Peter's least favorite special on the list[[/note]], and ''A Wish For Wings That Work''[[note]]which starred the cast of ''Comicstrop/BloomCounty''[[/note]].

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: [[invoked]] Peter presumes this as the reason ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfits/misfit46.html Cricket on the Hearth]]'' fell into deeper obscurity than other Creator/RankinBassProductions specials from TheSixties. However, he sees potential for it to become a CultClassic, considering how many other Christmas stories and movies gained fame by taking their heroes through despair, then triumph.

* EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped: In ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfits/misfit44.html Why the Bears Dance On Christmas Eve]]'', Peter transcribes part of the bears' rallying song as, "''Get it together, (unintelligible)!''"
* FranchiseOriginalSin: [[invoked]] The ''Cricket on the Hearth'' [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfits/misfit46.html review]] takes time to note that a contrivance in the final scene, [[spoiler:the BigBad undergoing a change of heart after receiving [[BlindAndTheBeast a compliment from the blind Bertha]]]], came from original author Creator/CharlesDickens, and not from Creator/RankinBassProductions.

* {{Mondegreen}}: Peter was hardly paying attention to ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfits/misfit44.html Why the Bears Dance On Christmas Eve]]'' leading him to mishear "the evil Snurfs" as "the evil [[Franchise/TheSmurfs Smurfs]]".
* MoodWhiplash: The ''Cricket on the Hearth'' [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfits/misfit46.html review]] follows up an unexpectedly dark scene of [[spoiler:the BigBad shooting two of his {{Mook}}s]] with the words, "A [[Creator/RankinBassProductions Rankin-Bass]] Production".
** The gag is repeated in ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfits/misfit48.html Mr. T and Emmanuel Lewis in A Christmas Dream]]'' when Billy shoots a group of toy soldiers with a cannon during a DreamSequence.

* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: In his [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfits/misfit41.html review]] of ''12 Wishes of Christmas'', Peter describes a scene where Noel reminds Laura of a bizarre dream she once had featuring people with forks for hands trying to eat food. He proceeds to provide a video of the scene "Just in case you think I'm making this up". He also says this when saying Laura and Eddie bond by sharing jokes, with Eddie [[DontExplainTheJoke having to explain his to Laura]].
* OhCrap: In ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfits/misfit48.html Mr. T and Emmanuel Lewis in A Christmas Dream]]'', [[Creator/MrT Benny]] calls in a friend named, "Maureen", at one point. Peter fears an appearance by obscure ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' character Marvelous Maureen, whose series Peter had [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/maureen.html panned]] earlier that same year. [[spoiler:Instead, the special brings in Maureen ''[=McGovern=]''.]]
* PantyShot: During Creator/DavidCopperfield's scene in ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfits/misfit48.html Mr. T and Emmanuel Lewis in A Christmas Dream]]'', when he asks the little girl if she has a boyfriend, Peter chimes in to comment, "At this point she lifts up her skirt completely. Wasn't cut out."

* SequelHook: At the end ''WesternAnimation/RobbieTheReindeer [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfits/misfit47.html in Legend of the Lost Tribe]]'', after Peter says that the special is just as good as the original, he ends the article with this:

** On the other hand, Peter found [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfits/misfit47.html the second]] ''WesternAnimation/RobbieTheReindeer'' special a worthy successor to [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit16.html the original]], but [[SequelHook withholds his judgement]] on ''[[ParanormalEpisode Close Encounters of the Herd Kind]]''.

** The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfits/misfit41.html review]] of ''The Twelve Wishes of Christmas'' bears the header, "The Island of Christmas MOVIES", because "It takes four times as much commitment to sit through a bad Christmas movie as it does to sit through a bad Christmas special."
** Peter's [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfits/misfit42.html coverage]] of ''The Flight Before Christmas'' notes that most of the the Christmas Specials he reviews are in two extremes, [[TastesLikeDiabetes saccharine]][[invoked]] and [[AnimationAgeGhetto stupid]], or [[DarkerAndEdgier "edgy" and un-cuddly]]. ''The Flight Before Christmas'' is different as it's actually an EpicMovie.

* TakeThatAudience: Peter begins the [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfits/misfit45.html review]] of ''Christopher The Christmas Tree'' by admitting that he found the special boring when he first saw it, and only wrote a review because many of his readers demanded it.

* TradeSnark: The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit25.html review]] of ''Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen'' does this to lampoon the frequent and obvious ProductPlacement seen in the special. The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfits/misfit43.html review]] for ''An Elf's Story'' also does this since it's an obvious tie-in to the Elf on the Shelf toy.
* TheUntwist: [[invoked]] Regarding the mysterious old man from ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfits/misfit46.html Cricket on the Hearth]]'':

** [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfits/misfit42-35.jpg One picture]] in his [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfits/misfit42.html article]] on ''The Flight Before Christmas'' adds one, along with [[BriffitsAndSqueans motion lines]].
** [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfits/misfit44.html Why the Bears Dance On Christmas Eve]] adds some to [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfits/misfit44-12.jpg a picture]] of Bashful nuzzling a deer.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit37.html review]] of ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse: The Bestest Present'' dismisses most of the special as sappy and predictable, but praises some of Mike's snappy remarks.
* AesopAmnesia: Peter accuses Ted E. Bear of this in the Christmas half of ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit22.html Ted E's Thanksgiving]]'':

* BearsAreBadNews: A 2008 installment deems ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit19.html The Great Bear Scare]]'' "the [[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer King Moonraiser]] (sic) of the misfits" due to its ''very'' cheap animation and nonsensical story elements. The networks that syndicated it didn't even air it during the proper holiday, as it was originally intended for Halloween.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Invoked in the [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit23.html review]] of the ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer'' special.

** Peter [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit8.html summarizes]] the ending of ''The Wish That Changed Christmas'' like so:

** The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit32.html review]] of ''The Franchise/CabbagePatchKids' First Christmas'' replaces Xavier Roberts' speech about the Christmas Spirit with, "no, the Christmas Spirit is when you blah blah blah!"
* BookEnds: In a way. The first article related to Ted E. Bear is ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit19.html The Great Bear Scare]]''. The third and final article is ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit22.html Ted E's Thanksgiving]]'', which features a back-up Christmas story called ''Christmas Comes to Monster Mountain''. Both of these specials feature {{Dracula}} as the BigBad.
* CallBack: Both ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit41.html 12 Wishes of Christmas]]'' and ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit49.html The Little Troll Prince]]'' feature the line, "Up is down, black is white, and Radio/RushLimbaugh and Rosie O'Donnell are each other."
* CluelessAesop: Peter [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit32.html questions]] ''The Cabbage Patch Kids' First Christmas'' having a scene where the Kids sing that children shouldn't worry about their differences...to a girl who wears a leg brace, and presumably has mobility concerns that people shouldn't ignore.
* ContinuityNod: A 2011 update to the [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfitsindex.html menu]] added references to ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer'', ''Up on the Housetop''[[note]]The first "Misfit" Peter reviewed[[/note]], ''RobbieTheReindeer'', ''The Great Bear Scare''[[note]]Peter's least favorite special on the list[[/note]], and ''A Wish For Wings That Work''[[note]]which starred the cast of ''Comicstrop/BloomCounty''[[/note]].
* {{Contrived Coincidence}}s: Peter [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit8.html writes]] that he thought ''The Wish That Changed Christmas'' had too many of these.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: [[invoked]] Peter presumes this as the reason ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit46.html Cricket on the Hearth]]'' fell into deeper obscurity than other Creator/RankinBassProductions specials from TheSixties. However, he sees potential for it to become a CultClassic, considering how many other Christmas stories and movies gained fame by taking their heroes through despair, then triumph.

* EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped: In ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit44.html Why the Bears Dance On Christmas Eve]]'', Peter transcribes part of the bears' rallying song as, "''Get it together, (unintelligible)!''"
* FranchiseOriginalSin: [[invoked]] The ''Cricket on the Hearth'' [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit46.html review]] takes time to note that a contrivance in the final scene, [[spoiler:the BigBad undergoing a change of heart after receiving [[BlindAndTheBeast a compliment from the blind Bertha]]]], came from original author Creator/CharlesDickens, and not from Creator/RankinBassProductions.
* FridgeHorror: [[invoked]] Peter finds some regarding the ending of ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit20.html The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas]]'', in which Ted E. Bear gets adopted by a human girl who experienced ChuckCunninghamSyndrome in the sequels:

* HypotheticalCasting: Peter recalls in his review of ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit27.html A Wish For Wings That Work]]'' that ''Bloom County'' creator Berke Breathed designated the late Sterling Holloway as his #1 choice to voice Opus. Peter admits personally finding that an inappropriate choice, but adds that he could relate to Breathed because of his unfulfilled desire for Creator/BrittanyMurphy to voice ''Webcomic/ElectricWonderland'''s Aerynn Arlia.
* ItsAWonderfulPlot: In 2007, Peter once decided to review two specials that copied ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'': ''Film/ItsAVeryMerryMuppetChristmasMovie'' (reviewed [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit17.html here]]), and ''[[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special]]'' (reviewed [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit18.html here]]).
* ItsBeenDone: The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit13.html review]] of ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' only has two sentences because negative reviews of the special had already become numerous by that time. It doesn't even get a "Why didn't it fit in?" section like the other specials.
* LamePunReaction: In reaction to the "batting average" pun in ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit19.html The Great Bear Scare]]'', Peter posts an image collage of various characters {{facepalm}}ing.

* {{Mondegreen}}: Peter was hardly paying attention to ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit44.html Why the Bears Dance On Christmas Eve]]'' leading him to mishear "the evil Snurfs" as "the evil [[Franchise/TheSmurfs Smurfs]]".
* MoodWhiplash: The ''Cricket on the Hearth'' [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit46.html review]] follows up an unexpectedly dark scene of [[spoiler:the BigBad shooting two of his {{Mook}}s]] with the words, "A [[Creator/RankinBassProductions Rankin-Bass]] Production".
** The gag is repeated in ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit48.html Mr. T and Emmanuel Lewis in A Christmas Dream]]'' when Billy shoots a group of toy soldiers with a cannon during a DreamSequence.
* {{Narm}}: [[invoked]] The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit34.html review]] of ''Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July'' lampshades this by pointing out some "Golden Lines" that Peter found "...so bad [he] can't help but love."
* SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove: [[invoked]] Peter believes [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit7.html this]] of ''A WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain Christmas'':

* NoOntologicalInertia: Peter uses this exact phrase, and a link to its TV Tropes page, in the ''Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July'' [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit34.html review]], when explaining that the demise of King Winterbolt undoes all the effects of his magic.

** He [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit9.html accuses]] ''Mr. Willoughby's Christmas Party'' (aka ''[[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._Willowby%27s_Christmas_Tree Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree]]'') of having one, since Mr. Willoughby/Willowby doesn't appear often, and only the last scene takes place during his Christmas party.
** The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit35.html review]] of ''A Merry WesternAnimation/{{Mirthworm|s}} Christmas'' makes it seem too depressing to have the word "mirth" in its title.
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: In his [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit41.html review]] of ''12 Wishes of Christmas'', Peter describes a scene where Noel reminds Laura of a bizarre dream she once had featuring people with forks for hands trying to eat food. He proceeds to provide a video of the scene "Just in case you think I'm making this up". He also says this when saying Laura and Eddie bond by sharing jokes, with Eddie [[DontExplainTheJoke having to explain his to Laura]].
* OhCrap: In ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit48.html Mr. T and Emmanuel Lewis in A Christmas Dream]]'', [[Creator/MrT Benny]] calls in a friend named, "Maureen", at one point. Peter fears an appearance by obscure ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' character Marvelous Maureen, whose series Peter had [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/maureen.html panned]] earlier that same year. [[spoiler:Instead, the special brings in Maureen ''[=McGovern=]''.]]
* PantyShot: During Creator/DavidCopperfield's scene in ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit48.html Mr. T and Emmanuel Lewis in A Christmas Dream]]'', when he asks the little girl if she has a boyfriend, Peter chimes in to comment, "At this point she lifts up her skirt completely. Wasn't cut out."
* SequelHook: At the end ''WesternAnimation/RobbieTheReindeer [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit47.html in Legend of the Lost Tribe]]'', after Peter says that the special is just as good as the original, he ends the article with this:

* {{Sequelitis}}: [[invoked]] Peter thought this hit Ted E. Bear hard when he reviewed three of his specials for "The Island of Misfit Christmas Specials". Peter deemed the second special, ''The Great Bear Scare'', the worst Christmas special he ever saw, as mentioned earlier. He then admitted he found its predecessor, ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit20.html The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas]]'', "...much better than ''The Great Bear Scare'', [[DamnedByFaintPraise but most things on Earth are]]." The third, ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit22.html Ted E.'s Thanksgiving]]'', had better timing than ''The Great Bear Scare'', but even cheaper production values.
** On the other hand, Peter found [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit47.html the second]] ''WesternAnimation/RobbieTheReindeer'' special a worthy successor to [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit16.html the original]], but [[SequelHook withholds his judgement]] on ''[[ParanormalEpisode Close Encounters of the Herd Kind]]''.

** In 2010, Peter announced that he would take a break from reviewing rare specials by writing [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit28.html an article]] about ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'', the most rerun Christmas special of all time. Instead of giving an actual review of ''Rudolph'', the article shares and critiques some commercials found on his recording of a 1979 telecast, as well as the edits that Creator/{{CBS}} made to the special.
** The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit41.html review]] of ''The Twelve Wishes of Christmas'' bears the header, "The Island of Christmas MOVIES", because "It takes four times as much commitment to sit through a bad Christmas movie as it does to sit through a bad Christmas special."
** Peter's [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit42.html coverage]] of ''The Flight Before Christmas'' notes that most of the the Christmas Specials he reviews are in two extremes, [[TastesLikeDiabetes saccharine]][[invoked]] and [[AnimationAgeGhetto stupid]], or [[DarkerAndEdgier "edgy" and un-cuddly]]. ''The Flight Before Christmas'' is different as it's actually an EpicMovie.

** The ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'' [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit28.html article]] kicks off with an ad for ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'', prompting Peter to mock that movie's emphasis of style over substance.
** The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit34.html review]] of ''Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July'' claims that one can find many uses for the line, "[[ElmerFuddSyndrome I'm twying! I'm twying weal hawrd!]]" It demonstrates by [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/xmasinjuly32.jpg showing]] Creator/StevenSpielberg use the line in response to people's disappointment with ''Series/TerraNova'', while crossing his eyes just like Rudolph.
* TakeThatAudience: Peter begins the [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit45.html review]] of ''Christopher The Christmas Tree'' by admitting that he found the special boring when he first saw it, and only wrote a review because many of his readers demanded it.

* TradeSnark: The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit25.html review]] of ''Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen'' does this to lampoon the frequent and obvious ProductPlacement seen in the special. The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit43.html review]] for ''An Elf's Story'' also does this since it's an obvious tie-in to the Elf on the Shelf toy.
* TheUntwist: [[invoked]] Regarding the mysterious old man from ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit46.html Cricket on the Hearth]]'':

** [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit42-35.jpg One picture]] in his [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit42.html article]] on ''The Flight Before Christmas'' adds one, along with [[BriffitsAndSqueans motion lines]].
** [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit44.html Why the Bears Dance On Christmas Eve]] adds some to [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit44-12.jpg a picture]] of Bashful nuzzling a deer.

'''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfitsindex.html The Island of Misfit Christmas Specials]]''' has been an annual feature at Website/PlatypusComix since December 2006. Every year, Peter Paltridge reviews some {{Christmas Special}}s that don't receive much attention from the general public anymore. Some of these include gems that the major networks have stopped playing, but most of them simply don't measure up to the classics, to say the least. Among all the series of articles hosted at Platypus Comix, this probably has the most installments, even exceeding the comics themselves.

* MilestoneCelebration: Peter has [[http://www.toonzone.net/forums/platypus-comix/180547-island-misfit-christmas-specials-talkback-18.html#post4194574 announced]] that the 50th review will cover a special selected by the readers.

** [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit44.html Why the Bears Dance On Christmas Eve]] adds some to [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit44-12.jpg a picture]] of Bashful nuzzling a deer.

* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: In his [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit41.html review]] of ''12 Wishes of Christmas'', Peter describes a scene where Noel reminds Laura of a bizarre dream she once had featuring people with forks for hands trying to eat food. He proceeds to provide a video of the scene "Just in case you think I'm making this up".

* HeyItsThatGuy: Peter was shocked to see Chonda Pierce in ''12 Wishes of Christmas'', explaining that he only knew of her because his mom was a fan of her.

* HypotheticalCasting: Peter recalls in his review of ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit27.html A Wish For Wings That Work]]'' that ''Bloom County'' creator Berke Breathed designated the late Sterling Holloway as his #1 choice to voice Opus. Peter admits personally finding that an inappropriate choice, but adds that he could relate to Breathed because of his unfulfilled desire for BrittanyMurphy to voice ''Webcomic/ElectricWonderland'''s Aerynn Arlia.

* NeedsMoreLove: [[invoked]] Peter believes [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit7.html this]] of ''A WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain Christmas'':

** On the other hand, Peter found [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit47.html the second]] ''WesternAnimation/RobbieTheReindeer'' special a worthy successor to [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit16.html the original]], but [[SequelHook withholds his judgement]] on ''Close Encounters of the Herd Kind''.

* FridgeHorror: [[invoked]] Peter finds some regarding the ending of ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit20.html The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas]]'', in which Ted E. Bear gets adopted by a human girl who never appears in the sequels:

* OhCrap: In ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit48.html Mr. T and Emmanuel Lewis in A Christmas Dream]]'', Creator/MrT calls in a friend named, "Maureen", at one point. Peter fears an appearance by obscure ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' character Marvelous Maureen, whose series Peter had [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/maureen.html panned]] earlier that same year. [[spoiler:Instead, the special brings in Maureen ''[=McGovern=]''.]]

-->Ivy...gets her doll and her family and blah blah blah.

* OhCrap: When watching ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit48.html Mr. T and Emmanuel Lewis in A Christmas Dream]]'', Creator/MrT calls in a friend named, "Maureen", at one point. Peter fears an appearance by obscure ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' character Marvelous Maureen, whose series Peter had [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/maureen.html panned]] earlier that same year. [[spoiler:Instead, the special brings in Maureen ''[=McGovern=]''.]]

* OhCrap: When watching ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit48.html Mr. T and Emmanuel Lewis in A Christmas Dream]]'', Creator/MrT calls in a friend named, "Maureen", at one point. Peter fears an appearance by obscure ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' character Marvelous Maureen, whose series Peter had [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/maureen.html panned]] earlier that same year.

* {{Contrived Coincidence}}s: Peter [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit8.html writes]] that he thought ''A Wish That Changed Christmas'' had too many of these.

* {{Contrived Coincidence}}s: Peter ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit8.html writes]] that he thought ''A Wish That Changed Christmas'' had too many of these.

* BlahBlahBlah: The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit32.html review]] of ''The Franchise/CabbagePatchKids' First Christmas'' replaces Xavier Roberts' speech about the Christmas Spirit with, "no, the Christmas Spirit is when you blah blah blah!"

* OhCrap: When watching ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfits/misfit48.html Mr. T and Emmanuel Lewis in A Christmas Dream]]'', Creator/MrT calls in a friend named, "Maureen", at one point. Peter fears an appearance by obscure ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' character Marvelous Maureen, whose series Peter had [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/maureen.html panned]] earlier that same year. Instead, it turns out to be singer Maureen [=McGovern=].