History Main / UnderTheMistletoe

* Cindy was less than thrilled at being woken up in ''YogiBear'''s Christmas special until she learned about the "catch a guy under mistletoe and he HAS to kiss you" tradition. Hilarity Ensues.

* Used to wonderful effect in the {{Anime/Pokemon}} song "Under the Mistletoe." Misty wants it to happen, but Ash doesn't. Again, Hilarity Ensues. (Suffice to say, [[FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] are [[IdiosyncraticShipNaming Poké]][[ShipperOnDeck shippers]].)

* In [[http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/6813047.html one issue]] of the yearly Marvel Holiday Special, the Avengers hosted a party. There was only one sprig of mistletoe, so Hank Pym put it on a remote-control hovering device and flew it around "to stretch it". Jessica Drew was not impressed.

* In [[RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]], Robin tells Morgan Freeman's character that "many a maid has lost her virtue to me, thanks to this little plant." Interestingly, Freeman's response is, "In my country, we talk to our women. We do not drug them with plants."
* ''In BatmanReturns'', Batman and Catwoman have an exchange about it in battle. The Ironic Echo happens when they actually encounter mistletoe at a Christmas party as Bruce and Selina.
* ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie''.

* Basil does this to Madison in one of the Christmas episodes of TheBasilBrushShow. He kisses her, and gets a slap.

* This is part of the "[[YouMeanXMas Winter Veil]]" holiday in WorldOfWarcraft.

* From the guy who wrote [[OneOverZero 1/0]], [[http://tailsteak.com/archive.php?num=408 some useful limerick aids]] on the difference between holly and mistletoe.

* Cindy was less than thrilled at being woken up in Yogi Bear's Christmas special until she learned about the "catch a guy under mistletoe and he HAS to kiss you" tradition. Hilarity Ensues.
* In a KimPossible Christmas special, Ron explains that it isn't mistletoe, it's just some parsley he found, but Kim kisses him anyway.

* In one of the earliest episodes of TomAndJerry, which was of course a Christmas one, Jerry stops Tom from chasing him by holding up a mistletoe and making a cute smoochy face at him. Tom then blushes and turns away shyly, only to have Jerry kick him in the rear. Truly one of the biggest FoeYay moments in the series.

* In {{Futurama}}, Fry and Leela almost had a kiss under the mistletoe, until Robot Santa interfered.

* Jenny holds up a mistletoe over Sheldon's head on ''MyLifeAsATeenageRobot" in the Christmas special in order to give him his Christmas gift.

* In one episode of EdEddnEddy, Ed holds a mistletoe over Double Dee and tries to kiss him.

* In the {{Christmas Special}} of WesternAnimation/{{Jackie Chan Adventures}}, Uncle points out that the villain Dolong Wong is standing under mistletoe. Wong looks up, sees it, and freaks; allowing Uncle to knock him out. The trope is played straight later with Jackie and Viper.

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* This is part of the "[[YouMeanXMas Winter Veil]]" holiday in WorldOfWarcraft.
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* {{Harry Potter)) fanfic writers of pretty much every ship are quite fond of enchanting the mistletoe, effectively trapping whoever happens to be standing under it until the two kiss and the enchantment is lifted. Often, these are made by the Weasley twins.

** Two years before that issue (''Uncanny X-Men'' #143), the same artistic team of ChrisClaremont and John Byrne had produced ''[[{{Spider-Man}} Marvel Team-Up]]'' #79, in which Mary Jane Watson crashed the ''Daily Bugle'' Christmas party and used the same trick to seriously smooch Peter Parker. Mary Jane seems to like this stratagem - in ''The Sensational Spider-Man Annual'', the team of Matt Fraction and Salvador Larroca showed a flashback episode early in their Jane's relationship where [=MJ=] tried to encourage Peter to kiss her by wearing a Santa hat with mistletoe hanging off it, but he chickened out.

* Used to wonderful effect in the [[{{Anime/Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} Pokémon]] song "Under the Mistletoe." Misty wants it to happen, but Ash doesn't. Again, Hilarity Ensues. (Suffice to say, [[FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] are [[IdiosyncraticShipNaming Poké]][[ShipperOnDeck shippers]].)

* In the {{Christmas Special}} of {{Jackie Chan Adventures}}, Uncle points out that the villain Dolong Wong is standing under mistletoe. Wong looks up, sees it, and freaks; allowing Uncle to knock him out. The trope is played straight later with Jackie and Viper.

* HarryPotter gets caught under the mistletoe with Luna Lovegood, who only says something like "They're infested with nargles." He later finally gets his first kiss with Cho Chang under the mistletoe.

-->''Ho-ho, the mistletoe, hung where you can see,\\

-->--"Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" by '''Burl Ives''', as sung in ''RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer''

* During her first year with the [[{{Comicbook/X-Men}} X-Men]], Kitty Pryde held a sprig of Mistletoe over Peter's head during a Christmas party as an excuse to kiss him. Kitty remembered this moment sadly when she returned to the mansion in the first issue of JossWhedon's run on ''Astonishing X-Men''.

* During her first year with the [[Comicbook/X-Men X-Men]], Kitty Pryde held a sprig of Mistletoe over Peter's head during a Christmas party as an excuse to kiss him. Kitty remembered this moment sadly when she returned to the mansion in the first issue of JossWhedon's run on ''Astonishing X-Men''.

[[caption-width-right:350:Looks like Candace is getting ''her'' Christmas wish.]]

* In the original ''ToyStory'', Woody is talking to Bo Peep toward the end of the movie, only to look up and see that her sheep are holding mistletoe. When he remarks, "Hey, is that mistletoe?" she replies "Uh-''huh''!" and more or less tackles him.

* HarryPotter gets caught under the mistletoe with Luna Lovegood, who only says something like "They're infested with nargles". He later finally gets his first kiss with Cho Chang under the mistletoe.

* HerculePoirot, of all people, gets caught under mistletoe in "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding", on account of being too busy exercising his little grey cells to notice where he's standing. He doesn't seem to mind the result.

* In the infamous ''RenAndStimpy'' episode "Son of Stimpy (Stimpy's First Fart)", Ren tries to cheer up a depressed Stimpy on Christmas. He points to the mistletoe over the doorway and makes goo-goo eyes at Stimpy, in the single biggest HoYay moment of the original series.

* In ''PhineasAndFerb Christmas Vacation!'', Baljeet says that all he wants for Christmas is a pretty girl to kiss him under the mistletoe. Later on, Wendy Stinglehopper gives him his wish.

* In {{Futurama}}, Fry and Leela almost had one under the mistletoe, until Robot Santa interfered.

* Used to wonderful effect in the [[{{Anime/Ptitlei015gc004kw4}} Pokémon]] song "Under the Mistletoe." Misty wants it to happen, Ash doesn't. Again, Hilarity Ensues.
** So to speak, [[FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] are [[IdiosyncraticShipNaming Poké]][[ShipperOnDeck shippers]]

* In BatmanReturns, Batman and Catwoman have an exchange about it in battle. The Ironic Echo happens when they actually encounter mistletoe at a Christmas party as Bruce and Selina.

* In the Christmas special of {{SpongeBob SquarePants}}, Spongebob points out to Patrick that Squidward is under the mistletoe, at which point he looks at the time and flees the scene.

* During the ''[[FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends'' ChristmasSpecial, Eduardo ties a sprig of mistletoe to his horns so that he can go around kissing everyone. Bloo is not amused.

* In ''{{Taz-Mania}}'''s Christmas episode, 'No Time for Christmas', there a misletoe scene between Bushwacker Bob and Constance Koala. Same for Mr. Thickley the Kangaroo.

* HerculePoirot, of all people, gets caught under mistletoe in "The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding", on account of being to busy exercising his little grey cells to notice where he's standing. He doesn't seem to mind the result.

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* Used to wonderful effect in the {{Pokemon}} song "Under the Mistletoe." Misty wants it to happen, Ash doesn't. Again, Hilarity Ensues.
** So to speak, [[FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] are [[IdiosyncraticShipNaming Poke]][[ShipperOnDeck shippers]]