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** He [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/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.
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** 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[[note]]technically Halloween[[/note]] 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.
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** 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[[note]]technically Christmas [[note]]technically Halloween[[/note]] 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.
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* 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. Peter later brings the cartoon up again to contrast with ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit62.html ALF's Special Christmas]]'', saying that the latter special's problem is that although it depicts a successful suicide prevention, its other tragic element -- a LittlestCancerPatient -- is impossible to overcome. The best the show could end on is an EsotericHappyEnding.
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** [[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. Peter later brings the cartoon up again to contrast with ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit62.html ALF's Special Christmas]]'', saying that the latter special's problem is that although it depicts a successful suicide prevention, its other tragic element -- a LittlestCancerPatient -- is impossible to overcome. The best the show could end on is anEsotericHappyEnding.EsotericHappyEnding.
** Peter cites this as the reason why ''Anne and the Apocalypse'' doesn't work. The attempts at Christmas-y antics (despite the {{zombie apocalypse}} going on around everyone) are severely undercut by the fact that it's still a typical zombie movie with [[AnyoneCanDie all that]] [[CharactersDroppingLikeFlies genre entails]], and it ends on a very uncertain note wherein most of the likable characters are dead and the surviving characters are not even sure what to do next.
--->It's too early to tell if ''Anna and the Apocalypse'' will become a cult classic, but it's going to be difficult for it to find that cult. Because of how sad things unexpectedly get in its final act -- which is NOT what you sign up for when you sit down to a zombie-themed Christmas musical from Scotland -- it's not the kind of movie you can play at parties. Unless you just stopped the DVD when they reached the Christmas tree warehouse. Do that.
** [[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. Peter later brings the cartoon up again to contrast with ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit62.html ALF's Special Christmas]]'', saying that the latter special's problem is that although it depicts a successful suicide prevention, its other tragic element -- a LittlestCancerPatient -- is impossible to overcome. The best the show could end on is an
** Peter cites this as the reason why ''Anne and the Apocalypse'' doesn't work. The attempts at Christmas-y antics (despite the {{zombie apocalypse}} going on around everyone) are severely undercut by the fact that it's still a typical zombie movie with [[AnyoneCanDie all that]] [[CharactersDroppingLikeFlies genre entails]], and it ends on a very uncertain note wherein most of the likable characters are dead and the surviving characters are not even sure what to do next.
--->It's too early to tell if ''Anna and the Apocalypse'' will become a cult classic, but it's going to be difficult for it to find that cult. Because of how sad things unexpectedly get in its final act -- which is NOT what you sign up for when you sit down to a zombie-themed Christmas musical from Scotland -- it's not the kind of movie you can play at parties. Unless you just stopped the DVD when they reached the Christmas tree warehouse. Do that.
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* MoodWhiplash: The ''Cricket on the Hearth'' [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/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/misfit48.html Mr. T and Emmanuel Lewis in A Christmas Dream]]'' when Billy shoots a group of toy soldiers (played by the Rockettes) with a cannon during a DreamSequence.
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** The ''Cricket on the Hearth'' [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/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/misfit48.html Mr. T and Emmanuel Lewis in A Christmas Dream]]'' when Billy shoots a group of toy soldiers (played by the Rockettes) with a cannon during aDreamSequence.DreamSequence.
** The ''A WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry Christmas'' [[http://platypuscomix.com/darkvault/misfits/misfit70.html review]] mostly involves reviews of various Christmas-themed Creator/{{MGM}} shorts (only one of which, "Night Before Christmas", actually involves ''Tom & Jerry'') and poking fun at the hilariously cheesy framing sequences featuring two inexperienced kid actors who would clearly rather be anywhere else. It's after all of this lighthearted Christmas cheer that the special makes the rather odd choice to end on the [[DarkerAndEdgier very dark]] and kid-unfriendly Harman & Ising short ''WesternAnimation/PeaceOnEarth'', a choice that leaves Peter himself floored.
** The ''Cricket on the Hearth'' [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/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/misfit48.html Mr. T and Emmanuel Lewis in A Christmas Dream]]'' when Billy shoots a group of toy soldiers (played by the Rockettes) with a cannon during a
** The ''A WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry Christmas'' [[http://platypuscomix.com/darkvault/misfits/misfit70.html review]] mostly involves reviews of various Christmas-themed Creator/{{MGM}} shorts (only one of which, "Night Before Christmas", actually involves ''Tom & Jerry'') and poking fun at the hilariously cheesy framing sequences featuring two inexperienced kid actors who would clearly rather be anywhere else. It's after all of this lighthearted Christmas cheer that the special makes the rather odd choice to end on the [[DarkerAndEdgier very dark]] and kid-unfriendly Harman & Ising short ''WesternAnimation/PeaceOnEarth'', a choice that leaves Peter himself floored.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: [[invoked]] Peter admits that when he first heard that ''Twice Upon a Christmas'' (and its preceding movie, ''Once Upon a Christmas'') involved SantaClaus having an evil daughter, Rudolfa, who wanted to destroy Christmas, he thought it would be a refreshing change of pace from the many other Christmas movies involving Santa having a child or relative who is largely a good egg and helps Santa save Christmas. Alas, ''Once[=/=]Twice Upon a Christmas'' still has a ''good'' daughter, Rudolfa's {{foil}} Kristin, who fills in the usual cliche "Santa's relative" role.
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-->-- Peter Paltrage's preface to the page prior to 2012.
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->''"When Christmas Day is here, the most wonderful day of the year, these specials WON'T be eagerly devoured by yet another generation. If a Christmas special is never happy unless it is loved by a child, then these poor sick puppies must be in the bathroom cutting themselves.
99.9 percent of all new holiday specials fail--it's a cold fact. The reality is that in order to have staying power, a special has to hit exactly the right note of sentimentality and charm. No one can accomplish that by setting out to--it only happens through luck. Consequently, many of today's producers don't even try, figuring their work will be off the air in a couple years anyway and deciding they might as well write whatever they feel like writing. Many of the results from that train of thought (a train with square wheels) are littered throughout this page."''
99.9 percent of all new holiday specials fail--it's a cold fact. The reality is that in order to have staying power, a special has to hit exactly the right note of sentimentality and charm. No one can accomplish that by setting out to--it only happens through luck. Consequently, many of today's producers don't even try, figuring their work will be off the air in a couple years anyway and deciding they might as well write whatever they feel like writing. Many of the results from that train of thought (a train with square wheels) are littered throughout this page."''
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->''"When Christmas Day is here, the most wonderful day of the year, these specials WON'T be eagerly devoured by yet another generation. If a Christmas special is never happy unless it is loved by a child, then these poor sick puppies must be in the bathroom cutting themselves.
themselves. 99.9 percent of all new holiday specials fail--it's a cold fact. The reality is that in order to have staying power, a special has to hit exactly the right note of sentimentality and charm. No one can accomplish that by setting out to--it only happens through luck. Consequently, many of today's producers don't even try, figuring their work will be off the air in a couple years anyway and deciding they might as well write whatever they feel like writing. Many of the results from that train of thought (a train with square wheels) are littered throughout this page."''
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->''"When Christmas Day is here, the most wonderful day of the year, these specials WON'T be eagerly devoured by yet another generation. If a Christmas special is never happy unless it is loved by a child, then these poor sick puppies must be in the bathroom cutting themselves.
99.9 percent of all new holiday specials fail--it's a cold fact. The reality is that in order to have staying power, a special has to hit exactly the right note of sentimentality and charm. No one can accomplish that by setting out to--it only happens through luck. Consequently, many of today's producers don't even try, figuring their work will be off the air in a couple years anyway and deciding they might as well write whatever they feel like writing. Many of the results from that train of thought (a train with square wheels) are littered throughout this page."''
-->-- Peter Paltrage's preface to the page prior to 2012.
99.9 percent of all new holiday specials fail--it's a cold fact. The reality is that in order to have staying power, a special has to hit exactly the right note of sentimentality and charm. No one can accomplish that by setting out to--it only happens through luck. Consequently, many of today's producers don't even try, figuring their work will be off the air in a couple years anyway and deciding they might as well write whatever they feel like writing. Many of the results from that train of thought (a train with square wheels) are littered throughout this page."''
-->-- Peter Paltrage's preface to the page prior to 2012.
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* OhCrap: In ''Mr. T and Emmanuel Lewis in A Christmas Dream'', Creator/MrT's character Benny calls in a friend named "Maureen", at one point. Peter initially 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=]'' (whom Peter refers to as simply "a middle aged woman", because his copy was missing the opening credits).]]
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* OhCrap: In ''Mr. T and Emmanuel Lewis in A Christmas Dream'', Creator/MrT's character Benny calls in a friend named "Maureen", at one point. Peter initially fears an appearance by obscure ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' ''ComicBook/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).]]
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Peter's reaction when ''12 Wishes of Christmas'' features a [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]] quote that was explained is, "Are they joking?"
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Peter's reaction when ''12 Wishes of Christmas'' features a [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]] quote that was explained is, "Are they joking?"joking?"
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* 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.
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* ItsBeenDone: The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit13.html "review"]] of ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'' only has two sentences (one if you don't count the header of the "Why was it such a misfit?" section) 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.
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* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: 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/{{Zootopia}}''.)
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* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: 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/{{Zootopia}}''.''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}''.)
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* 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/{{Zootopia}}''.)
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* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: 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/{{Zootopia}}''.)
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** ''[[http://platypuscomix.com/darkvault/misfits/misfit67.html Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Tale]]'' ends with a potshot at ''Film/{{Cats}}'' and its UncannyValley characters, dubbing the film ''Tom Hooper's Cautionary Christmas Movie''.
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* 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 ''WesternAnimation/TheRapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta'' killed her off. Since then, he has went to a variety of random things such as "Grave Twerker", Sugar Puffs' Honey Monster mascot, and [[CameBackWrong Zombie Mary Lou Retton]] for their two cents on whatever special he just reviewed.
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* 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 [[https://youtu.be/cTVvsVkAqUY a 1984 Energizer commercial]]). After that, Peter reduced her appearances to occur on a more sporadic basis before basis, until ''WesternAnimation/TheRapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta'' killed her off. Since then, he has went to a variety of random things such as "Grave Twerker", Sugar Puffs' Honey Monster mascot, and [[CameBackWrong Zombie Mary Lou Retton]] for their two cents on whatever special he just reviewed.
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** Three reviews, specifically the ones for ''The Twelve Wishes of Christmas'', ''Film/GrumpyCatsWorstChristmasEver'', and ''WesternAnimation/YogisFirstChristmas'' bear the header, "The Island of Christmas MOVIES", because, to quote the first review, "It takes four times as much commitment to sit through a bad Christmas movie as it does to sit through a bad Christmas special."
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** Three reviews, specifically the ones The reviews for ''The Twelve Wishes of Christmas'', ''Film/GrumpyCatsWorstChristmasEver'', and ''WesternAnimation/YogisFirstChristmas'' and ''Film/AnnaAndTheApocalypse'' bear the header, "The Island of Misfit Christmas MOVIES", because, to quote the first review, "It takes four times as much commitment to sit through a bad Christmas movie as it does to sit through a bad Christmas special.""
** ''Anna and the Apocalypse'' itself is the first-ever theatrical film covered under the Misfit Specials banner.
** ''Anna and the Apocalypse'' itself is the first-ever theatrical film covered under the Misfit Specials banner.
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''[[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 it has increasingly covered specials from the 2000's and even the 2010's; 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.
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''[[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 it has increasingly covered specials from the 2000's and even the 2010's; as of 2017 2019 the oldest special covered is ''WesternAnimation/TheCricketOnTheHearth'' from 1967, and the newest is ''Film/GrumpyCatsWorstChristmasEver'' ''Film/AnnaAndTheApocalypse'' from 2014.2018. Among all the series of articles hosted at Platypus Comix, this probably has the most installments, even exceeding the comics themselves.
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* 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 killing her off. Since then, he has went to a variety of random things such as "Grave Twerker" and Sugar Puffs' Honey Monster mascot for their two cents on whatever special he just reviewed.
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* 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 killing ''WesternAnimation/TheRapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta'' killed her off. Since then, he has went to a variety of random things such as "Grave Twerker" and Twerker", Sugar Puffs' Honey Monster mascot mascot, and [[CameBackWrong Zombie Mary Lou Retton]] for their two cents on whatever special he just reviewed.
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* KilledOffForReal: When comes time for Mary Lou Retton to give her two cents on ''Rapsittie Street Kids''...
--> 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.
--> 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.
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* ParodyProductPlacement: Peter's copy of ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} the Halls'' is a first-run airing that includes a [[https://vimeo.com/56070869 tie in commercial]] for Energizer featuring the Shrek cast. He initially mistook it for an actual scene in the special.
* ProductPlacement: Peter's copy of ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} the Halls'' is a first-run airing that includes a [[https://vimeo.com/56070869 tie in commercial]] for Energizer featuring the Shrek cast. He initially mistook it for an actual scene in the special.
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* TradeSnark: The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit25.html review]] of ''WesternAnimation/HolidazeTheChristmasThatAlmostDidntHappen'' does this to lampoon the frequent and obvious ProductPlacement seen in the special. The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit43.html review]] for ''An Elf's Story'' also does this to a lesser extent since it's an obvious tie-in to the Elf on the Shelf toy.
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* TradeSnark: The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit25.html review]] of ''WesternAnimation/HolidazeTheChristmasThatAlmostDidntHappen'' does this to lampoon the frequent and obvious ProductPlacement {{Product Placement}}s seen in the special. The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit43.html review]] for ''An Elf's Story'' also does this to a lesser extent since it's an obvious tie-in to the Elf on the Shelf toy.
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* DeliciousFruitPies: Peter's copy of ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} the Halls'' is a first-run airing that includes a [[https://vimeo.com/56070869 tie in commercial]] for Energizer featuring the Shrek cast. He initially mistook it for an actual scene in the special.
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* ExactWords: How Peter describes seeing a ''A Merry WesternAnimation/{{Mirthworm|s}} Christmas'' at Blockbuster.
-->By "seeing it" I mean I saw the cover. It was always there, resting on the Kids shelf, gathering dust.
-->By "seeing it" I mean I saw the cover. It was always there, resting on the Kids shelf, gathering dust.
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[-[[caption-width-right:350:A piece of the index's backdrop, inspired by the "Grandma's Gonna Sue the Pants Off of Santa" number from ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer''.[[labelnote:*]]From left to right: [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit23.html IM Slime]], [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit1.html Curtis Calhoun]], [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit16.html Robbie the Reindeer]], [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit19.html Ted E. Bear]]. Not pictured, [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit27.html Opus]] and Cousin Mel.[[/labelnote]]]]-]
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[-[[caption-width-right:350:A piece of the index's backdrop, inspired by the "Grandma's "Grandpa's Gonna Sue the Pants Off of Santa" number from ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer''.[[labelnote:*]]From left to right: [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit23.html IM Slime]], [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit1.html Curtis Calhoun]], [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit16.html Robbie the Reindeer]], [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit19.html Ted E. Bear]]. Not pictured, [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit27.html Opus]] and Cousin Mel.[[/labelnote]]]]-]
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* 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 killing her off. Since then, he has went to a variety of random things such as "Grave Twerker" for their two cents on whatever special he just reviewed.
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** The "Does ''Creator/ChristopherWalken'' like it?" section of [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit65.html the review for]] ''The Moo Family Holiday Hoe-down'' begins with thus: "For today's second opinion, we asked this hairy yellow monster from a 1970s box of British cereal [=--=] sorry, that was last week." This references the "Does the Sugar Puffs thing[[note]]the Honey Monster, in other words[[/note]] like it?" section from the ''Pee-wee's Playhouse'' article.
* 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 ("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 killing her off. Since then, he has went to a variety of random things such as "Grave Twerker" and Sugar Puffs' Honey Monster mascot for their two cents on whatever special he just reviewed.
* 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]]
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* {{Glurge}}: [[invoked]] The site's general opinion of ''Series/{{ALF}}'s Special Christmas'', with it subplot about a dying girl. No matter how happy they try to make the ending, that girl is ''still going to be dead'' not long after the show plays out. The fact that said girl [[InMemoriam was based on a real fan who died]] doesn't help.
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* {{Glurge}}: [[invoked]] The site's general opinion of ''Series/{{ALF}}'s Special Christmas'', with it subplot about a dying girl. No matter [[EsotericHappyEnding how happy they try to make the ending, ending]], that girl is ''still going to be dead'' not long after the show plays out. The fact that said girl [[InMemoriam was based on a real fan who died]] doesn't help.
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** Two reviews, specifically the ones for for ''The Twelve Wishes of Christmas'' and ''Film/GrumpyCatsWorstChristmasEver'' bear the header, "The Island of Christmas MOVIES", because, to quote the former review, "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/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.
** Peter's [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/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.
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** Two Three reviews, specifically the ones for for ''The Twelve Wishes of Christmas'' Christmas'', ''Film/GrumpyCatsWorstChristmasEver'', and ''Film/GrumpyCatsWorstChristmasEver'' ''WesternAnimation/YogisFirstChristmas'' bear the header, "The Island of Christmas MOVIES", because, to quote the former first review, "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/misfit42.html coverage]] of ''The Flight Before Christmas'' notes that most ofthe 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.
** Peter's [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit42.html coverage]] of ''The Flight Before Christmas'' notes that most of
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* TradeSnark: The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit25.html review]] of ''[[WesternAnimation/HolidazeTheChristmasThatAlmostDidntHappen 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/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.
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* TradeSnark: The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit25.html review]] of ''[[WesternAnimation/HolidazeTheChristmasThatAlmostDidntHappen Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen]]'' ''WesternAnimation/HolidazeTheChristmasThatAlmostDidntHappen'' does this to lampoon the frequent and obvious ProductPlacement seen in the special. The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit43.html review]] for ''An Elf's Story'' also does this to a lesser extent since it's an obvious tie-in to the Elf on the Shelf toy.
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* CallBack: Both ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit41.html 12 Wishes of Christmas]]'' and ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/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."
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** Both ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit41.html 12 Wishes of Christmas]]'' and ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/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.""
** In [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit64.html his review]] of ''[[Series/PeeweesPlayhouse Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special]]'', after Miss Yvonne explains why she decorated her hair with mistletoe, Peter asks, "Why didn't [[WesternAnimation/YogiBear Cindy Bear]] think of this?" This is in reference to ''WesternAnimation/YogisFirstChristmas'', [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit63.html which Peter reviewed prior that year]].
** Both ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit41.html 12 Wishes of Christmas]]'' and ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/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.
** In [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit64.html his review]] of ''[[Series/PeeweesPlayhouse Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special]]'', after Miss Yvonne explains why she decorated her hair with mistletoe, Peter asks, "Why didn't [[WesternAnimation/YogiBear Cindy Bear]] think of this?" This is in reference to ''WesternAnimation/YogisFirstChristmas'', [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit63.html which Peter reviewed prior that year]].
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* NoOntologicalInertia: Peter uses this exact phrase, and a link to its TV Tropes page, in the ''WesternAnimation/RudolphAndFrostysChristmasInJuly'' [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit34.html review]], when explaining that the demise of King Winterbolt undoes all the effects of his magic.
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** The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/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!"
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** The [[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit32.html review]] of ''The Franchise/CabbagePatchKids' Toys/CabbagePatchKids' First Christmas'' replaces Xavier Roberts' speech about the Christmas Spirit with, "no, the Christmas Spirit is when you blah blah blah!"
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* ContinuityNod: A 2011 update to the menu (pictured above) 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]].
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-->To put the times in perspective, the late 80's were the peak of animator Will Vinton's career. Anything he made was instantly popular -- the California Raisins, the Noid, a trippy movie about Mark Twain that didn't get a wide release [=--=] well, almost everything.
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-->To put the times in perspective, the late 80's were the peak of animator Will Vinton's career. Anything he made was instantly popular -- the California Raisins, the Noid, [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfMarkTwain a trippy movie about Mark Twain Twain]] that didn't get a wide release [=--=] well, almost everything.
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* BookEnds: In a way. The first article related to Ted E. Bear is ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit19.html The Great Bear Scare]]''. The third and final article is ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/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.
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* BookEnds: In a way. The first article related to Ted E. Bear is ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit19.html The Great Bear Scare]]''. The third and final article is ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/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.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic:[[invoked]] Peter feels this way about Youare from ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit46.html Mumfie's White Christmas]]'', one of Santa's reindeer that gets passed over year after year. As Peter points out, stealing Santa's sleigh and hitting a bird with it doesn't make him any more likeable.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic:[[invoked]] Peter feels this way about Youare from ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit46.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit59.html Mumfie's White Christmas]]'', one of Santa's reindeer that gets passed over year after year. As Peter points out, stealing Santa's sleigh and hitting a bird with it doesn't make him any more likeable.
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* 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 available for his Patreon supporters for a time[[/note]].)
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* 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 kept his video exclusively available for his Patreon supporters for a time[[/note]].)
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* 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. Peter later brings the cartoon up again to contrast with ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit62.html ALF's Special Christmas]]'', saying that the latter special's problem is that although it depicts a successful suicide prevention, its other tragic element -- a LittlestCancerPatient -- is impossible to overcome.
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* 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. Peter later brings the cartoon up again to contrast with ''[[http://www.platypuscomix.net/darkvault/misfits/misfit62.html ALF's Special Christmas]]'', saying that the latter special's problem is that although it depicts a successful suicide prevention, its other tragic element -- a LittlestCancerPatient -- is impossible to overcome. The best the show could end on is an EsotericHappyEnding.
