History Blog / TheIslandOfMisfitChristmasSpecials

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: [[invoked]] Peter presumes this as the reason ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/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.

* 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 likes bowling, but doesn't like smoking. Peter then explains that each future review will end with the special in question facing similar approval or disapproval from her, and enthuses that "You won't find a system this reliable anywhere else." The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit53.html first time]] Peter showed Mary Lou Retton enjoying a Misfit special occurred in the review of ''Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas Celebration'', though he wasn't sure if that was actually the case. ''Series/ChristmasEveOnSesameStreet'' BrokeTheRatingScale, as the first misfit that Mary Lou Retton gave her [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit54.html outright approval of]] (""It's [=SUPERcharged=]!", to borrow a quote from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTjoIwyi_j4 a 1984 Energizer commercial]]). After that, Peter reduced her appearances to occur on a more sporadic basis.

''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/index.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. The majority of specials covered on this site are from the 70's through the 90's, though as of 2017 the oldest special covered is ''WesternAnimation/TheCricketOnTheHearth'' from 1967, and the newest is ''Film/GrumpyCatsWorstChristmasEver'' from 2014. Among all the series of articles hosted at Platypus Comix, this probably has the most installments, even exceeding the comics themselves.

* NauseaFuel: [[invoked]] Not any literal examples, but in the [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit56.html review]] of ''Lady Gaga and & The Muppets' Holiday Spectacular'', Peter cites a need to avoid this as the reason he couldn't take a side in the debate over whether or not she deserved her Golden Globe for ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryHotel'' "since I have no plans of ever watching that, for reasons that I prefer shows that don't cause me to vomit."

** The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/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." The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit58.html review]] of ''Film/GrumpyCatsWorstChristmasEver'' also has this banner.

* WaxingLyrical: Peter did this when writing the description on the index:
-->99.9 percent of all new holiday specials fail--it's a cold fact. [[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer When Christmas Day is here, the most wonderful day of the year]], these specials WON'T be eagerly devoured by yet another generation.

* 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 likes bowling, but doesn't like smoking. Peter then explains that each future review will end with the special in question facing similar approval or disapproval from her, and enthuses that "You won't find a system this reliable anywhere else." The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit53.html first time]] Peter showed Mary Lou Retton enjoying a Misfit special occurred in the review of ''Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas Celebration'', though he wasn't sure if that was actually the case. ''Series/ChristmasEveOnSesameStreet'' BrokeTheRatingScale, as the first misfit that Mary Lou Retton gave her [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit54.html outright approval of]] (""It's [=SUPERcharged=]!", to borrow a quote from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTjoIwyi_j4 a 1984 Energizer commercial]]). After that, Peter reduced her appearances to occur on a more sporadic basis before finally [[KilledOffForReal killing her off]] in the ''WesternAnimation/TheRapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta'' review.

* DeliciousFruitPies: Peter's copy of ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} the Halls'' is a first-run airing that includes a tie in commercial for Energizer featuring the Shrek cast. He initially mistook it for an actual scene in the special.

* EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped: In ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit44.html Why the Bears Dance On Christmas Eve]]'', Peter transcribes part of the bears' rallying song as, "''Get it together, (unintelligible)!''"
* FacePalm: ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit19.html The Great Bear Scare]]'' has Peter posting this [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/phailbq8.jpg collage]] of various characters doing this in response to a lame pun.

* LamePunReaction: In reaction to the "batting average" pun in ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit19.html The Great Bear Scare]]'', Peter posts an [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/phailbq8.jpg image collage]] of various characters {{facepalm}}ing.
-->[-[[FootnoteFever *]][==]image stolen-]

* OhCrap: In ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/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 [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit48-12.jpg 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=]'' (whom Peter refers to as simply "a middle aged woman", because his copy was missing the opening credits).]]
* PantyShot: During Creator/DavidCopperfield's scene in ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/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/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:
-->Five years later, a third Robbie special appeared. Did it keep up the streak? …You'll find out someday…

** 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/darkvault/misfits/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/darkvault/misfits/misfit22.html Ted E.'s Thanksgiving]]'', had better timing than ''The Great Bear Scare'', but even cheaper production values.

** The ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'' [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit28.html article]] kicks off with [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/rudy1.html an ad]] for ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'', prompting Peter to mock that movie's emphasis of style over substance.

* ContinuityNod: A 2011 update to the [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/index.html menu]] added references to ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer'', ''Up on the Housetop''[[note]] The first "Misfit" Peter reviewed[[/note]], ''WesternAnimation/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 ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty''[[/note]].

* KilledOffForReal: Mary Lou Retton in the aforementioned ''Rapsittie Street Kids'' review.
--> "Mary is dead. She was discovered flat on her back in her palatial estate, next to a DVD-R of ''Rapsittie Street Kids''. To everyone who kept requesting this special, this is on your heads and I hope you're happy with yourselves."

* {{Narm}}: [[invoked]] The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/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."

* 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/darkvault/misfits/misfit34.html review]], when explaining that the demise of King Winterbolt undoes all the effects of his magic.

** The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/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/darkvault/misfits/xmasinjuly32.jpg showing]] Creator/StevenSpielberg use the line in response to people's disappointment with ''Series/TerraNova'', while crossing his eyes just like Rudolph.

* 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 likes bowling, but doesn't like smoking. Peter then explains that each future review will end with the special in question facing similar approval or disapproval from her, and enthuses that "You won't find a system this reliable anywhere else." The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit53.html first time]] Peter showed Mary Lou Retton enjoying a Misfit special occurred in the review of ''Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas Celebration'', though he wasn't sure if that was actually the case. ''Series/ChristmasEveOnSesameStreet'' BrokeTheRatingScale, as the first misfit that Mary Lou Retton gave her [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit54.html outright approval of]] (""It's [=SUPERcharged=]!", to borrow a quote from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTjoIwyi_j4 a 1984 Energizer commercial]]). After that, Peter reduced her appearances to occur on a more sporadic basis.

* ItsPopularNowItSucks: [[invoked]] Ever since its rediscovery, ''WesternAnimation/TheRapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta'' was the most requested Misfit special for a few years. Peter noted that it's becoming more and more popular each year, and so he figured he'd hit the nail on the head before this trope began to set in. (Which became HilariousInHindsight anyway since the review was posted the same day WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic and WebVideo/{{Phelous}} posted theirs[[note]]though the latter was exclusively for Patreon supporters for a time[[/note]].)

-->"The only thing YER good for now is FIREWOOD!" they chortle, as they bring out a cigarette lighter and SET HIM ON FIRE -- HOLY COW. Making fun of Chris is one thing; trying to kill him is on another level.

* NauseaFuel: [[invoked]] In the [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit56.html review]] of ''Lady Gaga and & The Muppets' Holiday Spectacular'', Peter cites a need to avoid this as the reason he couldn't take a side in the debate over whether or not she deserved her Golden Globe for ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory''.
-->I have no clue how she did in ''American Horror Story'' since I have no plans of ever watching that, for reasons that I prefer shows that don't cause me to vomit.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Four of the first five reviews have incomplete plot summaries. [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit1.html The first]] apparently doesn't have this because Peter rewrote it. ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit2.html Jingle Bell Rock]]'' and ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit3.html The Story of Santa Claus]]'' are {{justified|Trope}}, since Peter did not have either of these specials when he made their articles (all he had for ''Jingle Bell Rock'' was an advertisement for it) and was going from memory, admitting he didn't know how the reindeer were involved in ''The Story of Santa Claus''.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: [[invoked]] In Peter's [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit50.html review]] of ''Series/SiskelAndEbert Holiday Video Gift Guide'', he sarcastically agrees that a Creator/BillCosby video [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit50-14.jpg advertised]] during the special would make a good Christmas present.

* GuiltyPleasures: Peter [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit56.html admitted]] in his review of ''Lady Gaga & The Muppets' Holiday Spectacular'' that he considers her music and videos these. He calls her music "snappy", comments on how she doesn't need/use {{Autotune}} to make her singing sound nice, and admires how daring she seems whenever she puts on weird costumes.

* ItsPopularNowItSucks: [[invoked]] Ever since its rediscovery, ''WesternAnimation/TheRapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta'' was the most requested Misfit special for a few years. Peter noted that it's becoming more and more popular each year, and so he figured he'd hit the nail on the head before this trope began to set in. (Which became HilariousInHindsight anyway since the review was posted the same day WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic and WebVideo/{{Phelous}} posted theirs[[note]]though the latter was exclusively for Patreon supporters for a time[[note]].)

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:[[invoked]] After showing [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit50-8.jpg a still]] in [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit50.html the review]] of ''Series/SiskelAndEbert Holiday Video Gift Guide'' from an ad for a Creator/JaneFonda workout tape, which states that it's available at Erol's Video, Musicland, Tower Records, and Waldenbooks[[note]]all of whom have since closed, with Erol's having been bought out by the also-now-defunct Blockbuster in 1990[[/note]], Peter quips: "Notice how ''nothing'' in this screenshot applies to modern life."

* ItsPopularNowItSucks: [[invoked]] Ever since its rediscovery, ''WesternAnimation/TheRapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta'' was the most requested Misfit special for a few years. Peter noted that it's becoming more and more popular each year, and so he figured he'd hit the nail on the head before this trope began to set in.

* NeverLiveItDown: [[invoked]] Peter [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit56.html jokes]] about pondering if Creator/KristenBell agreed to do ''Lady Gaga & The Muppets' Holiday Spectacular'' under the promise of sloths, then wonders "if she's tired of 'sloth' remarks yet. (Too bad, Bell; this is the rest of your life.)" (The joke here is that Bell has a huge CutenessProximity to sloths, to the point where she was cast as one in a cameo in ''Disney/{{Zootpia}}''.)

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:[[invoked]] After showing [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit50-8.jpg a still]] in [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit50.html the review]] of ''Series/SiskelAndEbert Holiday Video Gift Guide'' from an ad for a Jane Fonda workout tape, which states that it's available at Erol's Video[[note]]bought out by the also-now-defunct Blockbuster in 1990[[/note]], Musicland, Tower Records, and Waldenbooks (none of which are in business anymore), Peter quips: "Notice how ''nothing'' in this screenshot applies to modern life."

* TheUntwist: [[invoked]] Regarding the mysterious old man from ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit46.html Cricket on the Hearth]]'':
-->...everyone watching can guess easily that it's gotta be [Bertha's lost boyfriend] Edward Belton in [[PaperThinDisguise costume]]. These plot elements were fresher a century and a half ago. I think.

** Chris Calhoun from ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit1.html Up On the Housetop]]'' is so whiny that Peter made [[http://fragglevision.tumblr.com/post/140084308436/curtis-calhoun-whine-gallery-up-on-the-house-top a video montage of his wangst]].

* ItsPopularNowItSucks: [invoked] Ever since its rediscovery, ''WesternAnimation/TheRapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta'' was the most requested Misfit special for a few years. Peter noted that it's becoming more and more popular each year, and so he figured he'd hit the nail on the head before this trope began to set in.

* NeverLiveItDown: [[invoked]] Peter [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit56.html jokes]] about pondering if Creator/KristenBell agreed to do ''Lady Gaga & The Muppets' Holiday Spectacular'' under the promise of sloths, then wonders:
-->I wonder if she's tired of "sloth" remarks yet. (Too bad, Bell; this is the rest of your life.)

* ItsBeenDone: The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/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. He ''did'', however, do a [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/videos/lifedayads.html write-up]] of the commercials that aired during it elsewhere on the Platypus Comix site.

* PersonAsVerb: From the ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByaReindeer'' review:

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:[[invoked]] After showing [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit50-8.jpg a still]] in [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit50.html the review]] of ''Series/SiskelAndEbert Holiday Video Gift Guide'' from an ad for a Jane Fonda workout tape, which states that it's available at Musicland, Tower Records, and Waldenbooks (none of which are in business anymore), Peter quips: "Notice how ''nothing'' in this screenshot applies to modern life."

''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/index.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.

The majority of specials covered on this site are from the 70's through the 90's, though as of 2017 the oldest special covered is ''WesternAnimation/TheCricketOnTheHearth'' from 1967, and the newest is ''Film/GrumpyCatsWorstChristmasEver'' from 2014.

* DesignatedHero: [[invoked]] Peter labels Laura from ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit41.html The Twelve Wishes of Christmas]]'' as being one of these. He calls her out for using the wishes to fulfill her selfish desires and for being an unsympathetic person in generak.

* ContinuityNod: A 2011 update to the [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/index.html menu]] added references to ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer'', ''Up on the Housetop''[[note]] The first[[ "Misfit" Peter reviewed[[/note]], ''WesternAnimation/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 ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty''[[/note]].

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Four of the first five reviews have incomplete plot summaries. [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit1.html The first apparently doesn't have this because Peter rewrote it. ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit2.html Jingle Bell Rock]]'' and ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit3.html The Story of Santa Claus]]'' are {{justified|Trope}}, since Peter did not have either of these specials when he made their articles (all he had for ''Jingle Bell Rock'' was an advertisement for it) and was going from memory, admitting he didn't know how the reindeer were involved in ''The Story of Santa Claus''.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Four of the first five reviews have incomplete plot summaries. [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit1.html The first]] apparently doesn't have this because Peter rewrote it. ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit2.html Jingle Bell Rock]]'' and ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit3.html The Story of Santa Claus]]'' are {{justified|Trope}}, since Peter did not have either of these specials when he made their articles (all he had for ''Jingle Bell Rock'' was an advertisement for it) and was going from memory, admitting he didn't know how the reindeer were involved in ''The Story of Santa Claus''.

* ContinuityNod: A 2011 update to the [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/index.html menu]] added references to ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer'', ''Up on the Housetop''[[note]] The first "Misfit" Peter reviewed[[/note]], ''WesternAnimation/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 ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty''[[/note]].

* OhCrap: In ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/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 [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit48-12.jpg 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=]'' (whom he refers to as simply "a middle aged woman" simply because his copy was missing the opening credits).]]

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Four of the first five reviews have incomplete plot summaries. [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit1.html The first]] apparently doesn't have this because Peter rewrote it. ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit2.html Jingle Bell Rock]]'' and ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit3.html The Story of Santa Claus]]'' are {{justified|Trope}}, since Peter did not have either of these specials when he made their articles (all he had for ''Jingle Bell Rock'' was an advertisement for it) and was going from memory, admitting he didn't know how the reindeer were involed in ''The Story of Santa Claus''.

** The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/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."

* 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 likes bowling, but doesn't like smoking. Peter then explains that each future review will end with the special in question facing similar approval or disapproval from her, and enthuses that "You won't find a system this reliable anywhere else." The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit53.html first time]] Peter showed Mary Lou Retton enjoying a Misfit special occurred in the review of ''Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas Celebration'', though he wasn't sure if that was actually the case. ''Series/ChristmasEveOnSesameStreet'' BrokeTheRatingScale, as the first misfit that Mary Lou Retton gave her [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit54.html outright approval of]] (""It's [=SUPERcharged=]!", to borrow a quote from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTjoIwyi_j4 a 1984 Energizer commercial]]). After that, Peter stopped adding her opinions to the reviews, at least temporarily.