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-->'''Pinky:''' I think so Brain, but perhaps too high of a UsefulNotes/JavaScript for my base code? (Brain: "Too smart.")

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* WinkDing: Pinky does this when he’s BreakingTheFourthWall and references their Christmas special, "[[Recap/PinkyAndTheBrainS1E8 A Pinky and the Brain Christmas]]", from their spin-off series.

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* WinkDing: The Pinky toy does this when he’s BreakingTheFourthWall and references their "Emmy Award-winning Christmas special, "[[Recap/PinkyAndTheBrainS1E8 A 'A Pinky and the Brain Christmas]]", Christmas'", from their spin-off series.
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* SavingChristmas: Feeling fed up with Christmas and unappreciated, Santa gives up on the holiday. It’s now up to the Warners to convince him to deliver all the toys and make sure that kids don’t go without Christmas this year.

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* SavingChristmas: Feeling fed up with all his hard work on Christmas and unappreciated, going underappreciated, Santa gives up on the holiday. It’s now up to the Warners to convince him to deliver all the toys and make sure that kids don’t go without Christmas this year.

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-->'''Pinky:''' I think so Brain, but didn’t we already do a Christmas-based plot in the Emmy award winning special ''[[Recap/PinkyAndTheBrainS1E8 A Pinky and the Brain Christmas]]''? (Brain: "Too meta!")
-->'''Pinky:''' I think so Brain, but if love is all we need, why do I still have to go to the bathroom?

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-->'''Pinky:''' I think so Brain, but didn’t we already do a Christmas-based plot in the Emmy award winning special ''[[Recap/PinkyAndTheBrainS1E8 special "[[Recap/PinkyAndTheBrainS1E8 A Pinky and the Brain Christmas]]''? Christmas]]"? (Brain: "Too meta!")
-->'''Pinky:''' I think so Brain, but if love is all we need, why do I still have to go to the bathroom?bathroom?
* ChristmasEpisode: Sick of the constant Christmas carols, the Brain changes his mission from taking over the world to putting a stop to Christmas.
* ChristmasSongs: A couple were sung in this segment, including Pinky’s version of “Deck the Halls” called, appropriately, “Deck the Narfs”.
* ClothesForChristmasCringe: Dot’s variable verse in the theme song is “Socks again-y!”
* CountingToPotato: When Brain asks Pinky if he knows how much hard work he just ruined, Pinky answers “6?” but holds up three fingers.
* EurekaMoment: Brain has one when he realizes Pinky possesses all three of the qualities for the most successful toy.
-->'''Brain:''' Great Caesar's ghost, that’s it! Pinky, ''you'' are the most simple, pointless, and incredibly irritating thing in all existence!
-->'''Pinky:''' [[InsultBackfire Aw, thanks Brain!]]
* EvilLaugh: Brain does one when he gets his Poity Pinky toy to work, punctuated by DramaticThunder.
* TheGrinch: Brain hates Christmas carols so much that he actually sets aside his plans to take over the world in order to put a stop to them.
* HardWorkMontage: Of Brain making his Pinky toy.
* ICantBelieveImSayingThis: Brain remarks that he never expected to tell Pinky that he needs his help.
* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: A reference to ''[[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]''.
* SpecialEditionTitle: The theme song for this episode features SnowySleighBells as snow falls in the background of the title sequence.
* ToBeContinued: This part of the story ends with this phrase and it’s continued in the third and final segment of the episode.
* WholePlotReference: To ''[[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'', right down to the title.
* WinkDing: Pinky does this when he’s BreakingTheFourthWall and references their Christmas special, "[[Recap/PinkyAndTheBrainS1E8 A Pinky and the Brain Christmas]]", from their spin-off series.
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[[AC:Santamaniacs]]
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Disappointed to see that there are no presents under their tree, The Warners venture to the North Pole only to find that Santa does not want to fulfill his annual duties. So the Warners sing about why no one else could do the job like him, and Santa gives in and heads out on his sleigh to deliver the gifts with the Warners happily accompanying him.

!!Tropes:
* BadassSanta: This Santa has been working out and he’s RIPPED.
* ChimneyEntry: Appropriately, how the Warners enter Santa’s house.
* ChristmasEpisode: When the Warners wake up to find no presents under their tree, they travel to the North Pole and realize that Santa has given up on Christmas.
* ChristmasSongs: “We Could Try to Do It, Santa”
* ContinuityNod: Yakko references Hello Nurse and Minerva’s absence from the reboot.
* FreezeFrameBonus: Some of the food in Santa’s house includes “oat nog”, “probiotic figgy pudding”, and “improbable Christmas ham”.
* HowCanSantaDeliverAllThoseToys: The Warners tell Santa that they can’t do all of the impossible things he does on Christmas Eve without the help of his magic.
* HumanMail: The Warners mail themselves to Santa in order to get their presents.
* LeavingFoodForSanta: In his verse of the song, Wakko points out how ginormous they would be if they ate all the milk and cookies that Santa does.
* TheParodyBeforeChristmas: The beginning and ending of the episode are narrated in rhyme, in a spoof of ''[[Literature/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas Twas the Night Before Christmas]]''.
* SavingChristmas: Feeling fed up with Christmas and unappreciated, Santa gives up on the holiday. It’s now up to the Warners to convince him to deliver all the toys and make sure that kids don’t go without Christmas this year.
* SubbingForSanta: Santa tries to get the Warners to do this, but they pester him until he agrees to take over Christmas again as long as they shut up.
* TrueMeaningOfChristmas: When the Warners realize they didn’t get any Christmas presents, Wakko says that it’s time for them to realize that the true meaning of Christmas isn’t presents but “love, generosity, and goodwill to all”...then all three of the siblings burst out laughing.
* UrineTrouble: Santa catches Prancer about to pee on his Christmas tree.
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[[AC:How the Brain Thieved Christmas Part 2]]
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Brain’s Poity Pinky toys end up being a huge hit and his plan is going perfectly. However, will Pinky’s unpredictability end up ruining everything yet again?

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* ChristmasEpisode: Just like the first half.
* FictionalCounterpart: “Toyz B We” is one to Toys R Us.
* GrammarCorrectionGag: When Brain rhymes “houses” with “mouses” in a reference to Twas the Night Before Christmas, Pinky corrects him...kinda.
-->'''Pinky:''' I believe it’s "meeces".
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: Pinky’s love for “Silent Night” overrides Brain’s control over the Poity Pinky toys and stops them from throwing all of the world’s Christmas gifts into the incinerator.
* TheGrinch: Brain - he even RhymesOnADime and does a classic Grinch smile in this segment.
* ItsTheBestWhateverEver:
-->'''Pinky:''' Oh, Brain! It’s the best Christmas ever and it’s all thanks to you!
-->'''Brain:''' No, Pinky, it’s thanks to you.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Brain realizes that Pinky got him the perfect Christmas gift, it brings him to tears and makes him regret trying to ruin Christmas.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When Brain activates the Poity Pinky toys to start stealing Christmas presents, their eyes glow red.
* RetailRiot: The Poity Pinky toys become so popular that shoppers start rioting when they sell out.
* ShoutOut: In one of the houses the Poity Pinky toys rob, there’s a spindly little tree like in ''[[WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas A Charlie Brown Christmas]]''.
* WholePlotReference: To ''[[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]'', in a continuation of the first part of the segment.

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[[AC:How the Brain Thieved Christmas Part 1]]

Annoyed by the incessant caroling that foiled his latest plan for world domination, Brain decides to thieve Christmas by creating a popular toy that is simple, pointless, and incredibly irritating, and he uses Pinky as his inspiration to produce a toy in his image.

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* AnyoneRememberPogs: Brain presents Pinky with the three “most commercially successful toys of all time”: the slinky, Silly Putty, the yo-yo, the hula hoop, and the fidget spinner.
* AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering:
-->'''Pinky:''' I think so Brain, but where am I supposed to get you FIVE GOLDEN RIIIIINGS in this economy?
-->'''Pinky:''' I think so Brain, but perhaps too high of a JavaScript for my base code? (Brain: "Too smart.")
-->'''Pinky:''' I think so Brain, but if we evolved from monkeys, how can there still be monkeys? (Brain: "''Too'' stupid.")
-->'''Pinky:''' I think so Brain, but didn’t we already do a Christmas-based plot in the Emmy award winning special ''[[Recap/PinkyAndTheBrainS1E8 A Pinky and the Brain Christmas]]''? (Brain: "Too meta!")
-->'''Pinky:''' I think so Brain, but if love is all we need, why do I still have to go to the bathroom?

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