History Recap / TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS2E15Christmas

* MistakenForSanta: Richard accidentally runs over a homeless man whom he and the kids believe is Santa. The man gets amnesia, so he can't tell them the truth. Richard then spends the episode trying desperately to get on the nice list while Nicole tries to tell everyone the truth. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], since it turns out that the man really ''is'' Santa after all.]]

* NoNothingKnowItAll: In a sense. Nicole's disbelief in Santa is normal among adults, but her reason for this kind of falls flat given how [[EpicFail she kept sending her letters to the South Pole]]. Plus, it turned out that she was completely wrong in the end.

* ComingInHot: Santa's [[TimeForPlanB Plan B]] for the runaway sled is to have Richard and Gumball take parachutes out of his magic bag and jump out. [[They refuse because they don't want to ruin Christmas HeroicSacrifice]] by destroying the sled, causing Santa to utter the trope name as they try to land on the street they can't even see until Anais, Darwin, and Nicole line it with Christmas lights.

* MallSanta: Larry acts as a mall Santa, and Anais kicks him out so the hobo can get in "familiar surroundings".
* MistakenForPregnant: Richard mistakes Tony who is in the hospital to be a pregnant woman.
* OneWordTitle: One of only two episodes without "The" at the start, the other being "Halloween".

* SavingChristmas: The Wattersons manage to save it, but only from a disaster they almost caused.
* SkewedPriorities: Nicole cares more about keeping the house clean from the dirty homeless man. (As she calls him dirty.)

* UndersideRide: Gumball jacket gets caught onto the bottom of Santa's sleigh, forcing him to climb up on top while it's in mid-flight, [[NearMissGroinAttack nearly crashing his groin into a weathervane]] in the process.

* BagOfHolding: Santa's bag will give out any gift you want when you stick your hand in. Unfortunately, it will be in hard to remove wrapping, even if it's the scissors for opening another present.

* ComingInHot: Santa's [[TimeForPlanB Plan B]] for the runaway sled is to have Richard and Gumball takes parachutes out of the bag and jump out. They refuse because they don't want to ruin Christmas by destroying the sled, causing Santa to utter the trope name as they try to land on the street they can't even see until Anais, Darwin, and Nicole line it with Christmas lights.

* EasyAmnesia: The hobo's memories are lost from getting hit by the car and [[InjuryBookend another hit on the head]] brings it back.
* EskimosArentReal: Nicole claims that, in addition to Santa, the Tooth Fairy, Bigfoot, and [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Switzerland]] aren't real.

* FreezeFrameBonus:

* BrutalHonesty: The hobo does not hesitate to call Anais spoiled for wanting to never have to work a day in her life or say that Darwin's wish for world peace is impractical.

* UndersideRide: Gumball does this accidentally when his jacket gets caught on Santa's sleigh in flight, and he nearly [[GroinAttack crashes his groin into a weathervane.]]

In this ChristmasEpisode (the only one that's more-or-less played straight, as "The Lie" from season three is a parody), Richard runs over a homeless man that he and the kids believe is an amnesiac Santa Claus, but Nicole doesn't. While Richard scrambles to do good deeds so he won't be on the naughty list, Gumball, Darwin, and Anais try to get Santa's memory back, until Nicole tells them the truth.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: Some international versions (including UK reruns) cut the part where Nicole tells Gumball, Darwin, and Anais that Santa isn't real after she tells the story of how she wrote letters to him, but never got a reply (probably so as not to upset children who still believe in Santa). The American version is one of the few international versions ("international" from a UK perspective, anyway) that has the scene uncut.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: Some international versions (including UK reruns) cut the part where Nicole tells Gumball, Darwin, and Anais that Santa isn't real after she tells the story of how she wrote letters to him, but never got a reply.

In this ChristmasEpisode, Richard runs over a homeless man that he and the kids believe is an amnesiac Santa Claus, but Nicole doesn't. While Richard scrambles to do good deeds so he won't be on the naughty list, Gumball, Darwin, and Anais try to get Santa's memory back, until Nicole tells them the truth.

* OneWordTitle

* FalseReassurance: Santa tries to guide Richard and Gumball as they steer his sleight. While he has no idea what any of the instruments do, he tells them that if they can see those they're at least ''facing the right way.''

* MistakenForPregnant: Richard mistakes a fat man in the hospital to be a pregnant woman.

In this ChristmasEpisode, Richard runs over a homeless man that he and the kids believe is an amnesiac Santa Claus, but Nicole doesn't. While Richard scrambles to do good deeds so he won't be on the naughty list, Gumball, Darwin, and Anais try to get Santa's memory back, until Nicole tells him the truth.

* EasyAmnesia: The hobo's memories are lost from getting hit by the car and another hit on the head brings it back.

* UndersideRide: Gumball does this accidentally when his jacket gets caught on Santa's sleigh in flight, and he nearly [[GroinAttack crashes his groin into a weathervane.]]

* EskimosArentReal: Nicole claims that Switzerland isn't real.

* SpecialGuest: Creator/BrianBlessed as the hobo who turns out to be Santa.

Richard hits a hobo wearing a Santa outfit with his car, assumes he's the real Santa who lost his memory, and takes him to his home to try and bring it back.

** If you look closely you'll see Nicole's letters to Santa were addressed to the ''south'' pole before it's pointed out at the end of the episode.

* SpecialGuest: Creator/BrianBlessed as Santa/hobo.

* EasyAmnesia: The hobo's memories are lost from getting hit by the car [[spoiler:and another hit on the head brings it back.]]

** Right as "Santa" is hit, you can see the impact [[spoiler:made his clothes change from red to brown.]]
** If you look closely you'll see Nicole's letters to Santa [[spoiler:were addressed to the ''south'' pole]] before it's pointed out at the end of the episode.