History Film / Spirited2022

* AccidentalMisnaming: The Ghost of Christmas Present struggles to remember Tiny Tim's name. He goes through "Little Larry", "Micro Mike", "Super-Small Steve", and “Itsy Witsy Isaac”, much to Briggs' frustration.

-->'''Marley:''' Hey, come on now, potty mouth.

--> '''Present''': They're ''literally'' eating out of his hand!

** [[spoiler: Kimberly ends up leaving Clint’s employment, like her Christmas Carol counterpart Bob Cratchit does at the end of the [[Series/AChristmasCarol2019 2019 adaptation]] when he decides leaves Scrooge’s employment.]]
** [[spoiler: A very dark example: In both the film and the story it’s based on, a child dies because of the main character’s actions in a possible future.]]

** Present and Clint dancing in the streets of VictorianLondon along with its citizens in “Good Afternoon” is reminiscent of the “Thank You Very Much” number from ''Film/Scrooge1970''. Like “Thank You Very Much”, the song is briefly interrupted due to a presence of a baby.
* SmallRoleBigImpact:

* AnAesop: Everyone, even the very worst of us, has some decency inside them and can be redeemed, but that doesn't mean that everyone can be redeemed using the same methods.

* AccidentalMisnaming: The trailer ends with the Ghost of Christmas Present struggling to remember Tiny Tim's name. He goes through "Little Larry", "Micro Mike" and "Super Small Steve", much to Briggs' frustration.

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: The very evil Ebenezer Scrooge is a hideously wrinkled scarecrow with pale skin that's mottled by hideous warts. [[spoiler:Meanwhile, his redeemed ghostly self, Present, is more clean and healthy-looking (though also carrying Will Ferrell's trademark goofiness).]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Clint dies after pushing Present out of the way from an oncoming bus and only mere moments after he reconciles with Owen and Wren. However, he is reunited with Carrie in the afterlife and becomes the new Ghost of Christmas Present, and he uses his new position to add more holidays to the roster so the Spirits can redeem several perps per year instead of just one. Also, he is able to visit Present, Kimberly and their kids in the mortal realm and it's implied he also visits Owen and Wren regularly]].

** Present and Clint are taken on a fast taxi ride by a driver dressed similarly to the Ghost of Christmas Past from ''Film/{{Scrooged}}''. Like ''Film/{{Scrooged}}'', the Bob Cratchit counterpart is a [[RaceLift black]] [[GenderFlipped woman]].

* DeconReconSwitch: The movie reexamines the classic Charles Dickens story, ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' and plays with the theme of redemption, showing redemption isn't so easy to achieve so instantly and stick with it but if you do a little good each and every day, you are on the right track.

* DeconReconSwitch: The movie reexamines the classic Charles Dickens story, ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' and plays with the theme of redemption.

** [[|spoiler: A very dark example: In both the film and the story it’s based on, a child dies because of the main character’s actions in a possible future.]]

** Present and Clint dancing in the streets of VictorianLondon along with it’s citizens in “Good Afternoon” is reminiscent of the “Thank You Very Much” number from ''Film/Scrooge1970''. Like “Thank You Very Much”, the song is briefly interrupted due to a presence of a baby.

** Present and Clint dancing in the streets of VictorianLondon along with it’s citizens in “Good Afternoon” is reminiscent of the “Thank you very Much” number from ''Film/Scrooge1970''. Like “Thank you very Much”, the song is briefly interrupted due to a presence of a baby.

** Present and Clint are taken on a fast taxi ride by a driver dressed similarly to the Ghost of Christmas Past from ''Film/{{Scrooged}}''. Kimberly like Grace Cooley in Scrooged, is a [[RaceLift race lifted]] and GenderFlipped version of Bob Cratchit.

** [[spoiler: A dying Carrie asking Clint to look after her daughter Wren, is reminiscent of Fan dying from childbirth, asking her brother Ebenezer to look after her son Fred in ''Film/Scrooge1951''. In both cases the brother fails to keep his sister’s promise as they become somewhat distant from her child. He regrets his decision to not look after his sister’s child, after he is shown a vision of him with his sister in her final moments.]]

** Present and Clint are taken on a fast taxi ride by a driver dressed similarly to the Ghost of Christmas Past from ''Film/{{Scrooged}}''. Like Scrooged, the Bob Cratchit analog (Grace Cooley) is a [[RaceLift black]] [[GenderFlipped woman]]

** Present and Clint are taken on a fast taxi ride by a driver dressed similarly to the Ghost of Christmas Past from ''Film/{{Scrooged}}''. Like Scrooged, the Bob Cratchit (Grace Cooley) is a [[RaceLift black]] [[GenderFlipped woman]]

** Present and Clint are taken on a fast taxi ride by a driver dressed similarly to the Ghost of Christmas Past from ''Film/{{Scrooged}}''. Like Scrooged, the Bob Cratchit (Grace Cooley) is a [[RaceLift black]] [[GenderFliped woman]]

** [[spoiler: Kimberly ends up leaving Clint’s employment, like her Christmas Carol [[GenderFlip counterpart]] Bob Cratchit does at the end of the [[Series/AChristmasCarol2019 2019 adaptation]] when he decides leaves Scrooge’s employment.]]

** Present and Clint are taken on a fast taxi ride by a driver dressed similarly to the Ghost of Christmas Past from ''Film/{{Scrooged}}''.

** [[spoiler: Kimberly ends up leaving Clint’s employment, just like how her Christmas Carol [[GenderFlip counterpart]] Bob Cratchit leaves Scrooge’s employment at the end of the [[Series/AChristmasCarol2019 2019 adaptation]].]]

* MythologyGag: [[spoiler: A dying Carrie asking Clint to look after her daughter Wren, is reminiscent of Fan dying from childbirth, asking her brother Ebenezer to look after her son Fred in ''Film/Scrooge1951''. In both cases the brother fails to keep his sister’s promise as they become somewhat distant from her child. He regrets his decision to not look after his sister’s child, after he is shown a vision of him with his sister in her final moments.]]

** Present and Clint dancing in the streets of VictorianLondon along with it’s citizens during “Good Afternoon” is reminiscent of the “Thank you very Much” number from ''Film/Scrooge1970''. Like “Thank you very Much”, the song is briefly interrupted due to a presence of a baby.

* MythologyGag: [[spoiler: A dying Carrie asking Clint to look after her daughter Wren, is reminiscent of Fan dying from childbirth, asking her brother Ebenezer to look after her son Fred in ''Film/Scrooge1951''. In both cases the brother fails to keep his sister’s promise as they become somewhat distant from her child. He regrets his decision not to look after his sister’s child, after he is shown a vision of him with his sister in her final moments.]]

* MythologyGag: [[spoiler: A dying Carrie asking Clint to look after her daughter Wren, is reminiscent of Fan ,dying from childbirth, asking her brother Ebenezer to look after her son Fred in ''Film/Scrooge1951''. In both cases the brother fails to keep his sister’s promise as they become somewhat distant from her child. He regrets his decision not to look after his sister’s child, after he is shown a vision of him with his sister in her final moments.]]

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Clint's company specializes in distributing misinformation on the internet on behalf of his clients, which include everything from Christmas unions to senators. Part of the reason why Marley agrees to the haunting is because of Clint could be redeemed, the amount of good his company could do would be incredible.

* PetTheDog: Clint makes Present's night hell out of spite for his haunting, but he never especially dislikes Present personally and even tries to help him. He encourages Present to finally retire and live the mortal life he clearly wants, [[spoiler:which Present eventually does]], and when Marley steps in to criticize Present for how the haunting has gone off-script, Clint defends him by pointing out that while the haunting isn't working, Present himself has been doing good work. He also encourages his relationship with Kimberly out of genuine care for both of them.

* SettingUpdate: While the trailer opens with Present and Briggs dancing in a Victorian setting, the rest of it is set in a modern city much like ''Film/{{Scrooged}}''.

* SocialMediaIsBad: Clint takes advantage of social media for his own ends, whether that's instigating a culture war to sell Christmas trees or spreading disinformation online for the benefits of his clients and disparagements of his opponents. Social media and cyberbullying in general is also what leads to [[spoiler:Josh's death in the future, as the video Wren posts of him gets him bullied by his peers to the point of suicide]].

** Midway through the movie, [[spoiler:when Present reveals he was Scrooge when he was alive, he admits he died three weeks after his redemption]]. [[spoiler:Clint's redemption is solidified [[HeroicSacrifice when he shoves the newly-mortal Present out of the way of a bus]], dying and becoming the new Ghost of Christmas Present in the process]].

* RightForTheWrongReasons: Present convinces Marley to let them haunt Clint because if Clint could be redeemed, the good he'd be able to do with his power and resources would be enormous. [[spoiler:He ends up being right on the amount of good Clint could do, but it's when he becomes the Ghost of Christmas Past and adds more holidays to the yearly roster that it comes to pass]].

* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: The epilogue reveals that Present and Kimberly got married and have two children]].

* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: [[spoiler: The Ghost of Christmas Yet-To-Come quite literally throws Briggs out of his own haunting with a vicious "You’ve been Christmas Caroled, bitch!"]]