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* AnimatedEpisode: The episode sees the town transformed into several different animation styles.
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** The mega snow ninja is a homage to [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man]].
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** The mega snow ninja is a homage to [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man]].
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** Fargo calls Henry [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory "Woody."]]
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** Fargo calls Henry [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory [[Franchise/ToyStory "Woody."]]
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-->'''Carl the Jeep:''' I'm just an object to you, a tool to use and abuse, four wheels and a chassis! Look at me when I'm talkin' to you! Day in, day out... [''To his repair crew''] Oh, yeah. Thank you very much. [''Back to Carter''] I give you my all, and what do I get in return? Firebombed, [[Recap/EurekaWelcomeBackCarter flattened]], [[Recap/EurekaOneSmallStep melted]], [[Recap/EurekaBadToTheDrone blown up]], [[Recap/EurekaUpInTheAir shot into space]], and now this. Enough!\\
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-->'''Carl the Jeep:''' I'm just an object to you, a tool to use and abuse, four wheels and a chassis! Look at me when I'm talkin' to you! Day in, day out... [''To his repair crew''] Oh, yeah. Thank you very much. [''Back to Carter''] I give you my all, and what do I get in return? Firebombed, [[Recap/EurekaPhasedAndConfused Firebombed]], [[Recap/EurekaWelcomeBackCarter flattened]], [[Recap/EurekaOneSmallStep melted]], [[Recap/EurekaBadToTheDrone [[Recap/EurekaANewWorld blown up]], [[Recap/EurekaUpInTheAir shot into space]], and now this.[[SurpriseCarCrash this]]. Enough!\\
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'''Carl the Jeep:''' No, YOU hang on! You're not the boss of me anymore. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere You're on your own.]] And my name is Carl.
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'''Carl the Jeep:''' No, YOU hang on! You're not the boss of me anymore. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere You're on your own.]] And my name is Carl.Carl!
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->'''S.A.R.A.H.:''' Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house - that is, all through me - not a creature was stirring, except Sheriff Carter and Dr. Blake.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Polar Bear!Taggart is easily distracted by food. He also seems completely unconcerned at having transformed into a polar bear.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Carl the Jeep agrees to help Allison, because she said "please."
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Carl the Jeep agrees to help Allison, because she said "please."
* RunningGag: {{Discussed}} and {{Averted}}. Carl the Jeep calls Carter out for the abuse he suffers working for him, but aside from a little antifreeze leakage he comes through the episode intact. PlayedWith when the team need a power source, and Allison seems to be about to harvest his battery, but instead she retrieves the battery she found for one of Jenna's presents and uses that.
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* WhatDoesThisButtonDo: Fargo's tendency to press buttons is mocked when a control panel is replaced with a single BigRedButton that calls to him to press it, then spawns others that all tell him to press them.
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** Carter conspired with Andy and Vincent to make Allison's Christmas by using the Super Photon Generator to make it snow.
** While Carter and Allison are out, Kevin and Zoe keep Jenna entertained by opening one of her presents, a holo-storybook that crosses signals with the Super Photon Generator and makes whatever they do with the storybook happen outside. Including snow ninjas.
* WhatDoesThisButtonDo: Fargo's tendency to press buttons is mocked when a control panel is replaced with a single BigRedButton that calls to him to press it, then spawns others that all tell him to pressthem.them.
* XRaySparks: Fargo gets this after crashing into the forcefield.
** While Carter and Allison are out, Kevin and Zoe keep Jenna entertained by opening one of her presents, a holo-storybook that crosses signals with the Super Photon Generator and makes whatever they do with the storybook happen outside. Including snow ninjas.
* WhatDoesThisButtonDo: Fargo's tendency to press buttons is mocked when a control panel is replaced with a single BigRedButton that calls to him to press it, then spawns others that all tell him to press
* XRaySparks: Fargo gets this after crashing into the forcefield.
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: {{Lampshaded}} by narrator SARAH, who admits the viewer has very little reason to believe this fantastic tale of a town becoming animated. But then, they did hear the story from a talking house. Soooooo...
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** Animated!Jo strongly resembles ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhite''. She's followed around by bluebirds like the Disney version, and refers to herself as [[{{Pun}} Jo White]].
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** Animated!Jo strongly resembles ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhite''.[[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]]. She's followed around by bluebirds like the Disney version, and refers to herself as [[{{Pun}} Jo White]].
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** Animation styles are briefly used from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas'', ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'' and ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer''.
** During the anime section, Carl the Jeep resembles [[Series/KnightRider Kitt]].
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Carter's Jeep, who becomes a sentient cartoon car called Carl and tells Carter off for [[RunningGag all the terrible things that happen to him]].
-->'''Carl the Jeep:''' I'm just an object to you, a tool to use and abuse, four wheels and a chassis! Look at me when I'm talkin' to you! Day in, day out... [''To his repair crew''] Oh, yeah. Thank you very much. [''Back to Carter''] I give you my all, and what do I get in return? Firebombed, [[Recap/EurekaWelcomeBackCarter flattened]], [[Recap/EurekaOneSmallStep melted]], [[Recap/EurekaBadToTheDrone blown up]], [[Recap/EurekaUpInTheAir shot into space]], and now this. Enough!\\
'''Carter:''' Okay. Hang on, uh... Jeepy.\\
'''Carl the Jeep:''' No, YOU hang on! You're not the boss of me anymore. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere You're on your own.]] And my name is Carl.
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* ToonPhysics: When the world is in cartoon style.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Everyone, when Kevin helps them defeat the mega snow ninja by using the anime setting.
* ToonPhysics: When the world is in cartoonstyle.style.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: A few things coincide to turn the town of Eureka into a cartoon.
* WhatDoesThisButtonDo: Fargo's tendency to press buttons is mocked when a control panel is replaced with a single BigRedButton that calls to him to press it, then spawns others that all tell him to press them.
* ToonPhysics: When the world is in cartoon
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: A few things coincide to turn the town of Eureka into a cartoon.
* WhatDoesThisButtonDo: Fargo's tendency to press buttons is mocked when a control panel is replaced with a single BigRedButton that calls to him to press it, then spawns others that all tell him to press them.
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* BlatantLies: When Jo saves Carter and Andy from plummeting to their deaths by [[ToonPhysics using her skirt as a parachute]], she asks them if they're looking up her dress. They both say "Nooooo!" while clearly doing just that.
* ButtMonkey: Carter gets clobbered by cymbals and a boxing glove from Andy's chest compartment.
* ButtMonkey: Carter gets clobbered by cymbals and a boxing glove from Andy's chest compartment.
* CameraAbuse: Vincent walks into the camera and asks who left that there.
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-> ''"My precious. One button to [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings rule them all.]]"''
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** Carter tells Andy he looks like the [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Tin Man]]. Later, Fargo gets slammed into the forcefield and says, "I'm melting! What a world."
** Andy resembles [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]] at one point, and is tooled up like ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget''.
** Animated!Jo strongly resembles ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhite''. She's followed around by bluebirds like the Disney version, and refers to herself as [[{{Pun}} Jo White]].
** When the control panel taunts Fargo by becoming one BigRedButton that spawns more, one catches his attention in particular.
-->'''Fargo:''' My precious. One button to [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings rule them all.
** Fargo calls Henry [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory "Woody."]]
** When Fargo tries to short out the forcefield by throwing a snowball at it, he says, [[Film/{{Jaws}} "We're gonna need a bigger snowball."]]
** When he has to go deal with the mega snow ninja, Carter says, "Theatre/TheIcemanCometh."
* The mega snow ninja is a homage to [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man]].
* TitleDrop: As well as the song appearing as background music, several characters ask each other of they're seeing the same thing.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons D'oh!]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons D'oh!]]]]
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It's christmas in Eureka, and everyone goes through several artstyles.
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It's christmas Christmas in Eureka, Eureka again, and everyone goes through several artstyles.
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* ArtShift: A rare live action example, as the episode switches between live action, computer-generated, cartoon, StopMotion claymation, and anime.
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* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: While being a funny Christmas episode involving characters becoming rendered as cartoons or anime characters, this episode also introduces the Photon Generator, which will play an important role in season 5.
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* CallBack: Carl the Jeep reminds Carter of all the ways his jeep has been destroyed.
* ChristmasEpisode: Obviously.
* MotorMouth: Cartoon Henry who's a toy that needs to be wound up to speak.
* ShoutOut:
-> ''"My precious. One button to [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings rule them all.]]"''
* ToonPhysics: When the world is in cartoon style.
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* CallBack: Carl the Jeep reminds Carter of all the ways his jeep has been destroyed.
* ChristmasEpisode: Obviously.
* MotorMouth: Cartoon Henry who's a toy that needs to be wound up to speak.
* ShoutOut:
-> ''"My precious. One button to [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings rule them all.]]"''
* ToonPhysics: When the world is in cartoon style.
