History WesternAnimation / ChristmasInTattertown

A Christmas special created and directed by Creator/RalphBakshi which aired on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} in [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation 1988]]. It's loosely based on a comic strip Bakshi had created in his youth called "Junktown", and was originally the pilot to a series that never materialized.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: The Christmas tree who owns the comic book store speaks with a Yiddish accent rhetorically asks, "Why would I know anything about Christmas?!"

While the dog remains loyal to Debbie, Muffet, who has long felt oppressed by the wear and tear of being a toy, runs away. Muffet eludes Debbie and, calling herself Muffet the Merciless, makes up her mind to conquer Tattertown, with the aid of Sidney the Spider, who had attempted to take over Tattertown before. Sidney takes Muffet to the "Deadster Zone," located outside of Tattertown and inhabited by the unsavory rejected items (such as war toys and TV sets). Muffet recruits these inhabitants as goons into her army. Meanwhile, Debbie, completely oblivious to Muffet's intentions, decides to introduce the concept of Christmas to Tattertown.

%% * InteractiveNarrator: Saxophone

A young girl named Debbie finds a strange book, which sucks her, her Little Miss Muffet doll, and a stuffed dog into the realm of Tattertown, where discarded items—including Muffet and the dog—come to life.

While the dog maintains his loyalty to Debbie, Muffet, who has long felt oppressed by the wear and tear of being a toy, runs away. Muffet eludes Debbie and, calling herself Muffet the Merciless, makes up her mind to conquer Tattertown, with the aid of Sidney the Spider, who had attempted to take over Tattertown before. Sidney takes Muffet to the "Deadster Zone," located outside of Tattertown and inhabited by the unsavory rejected items (such as war toys and TV sets). Muffet recruits these inhabitants as goons into her army. Meanwhile, Debbie, completely oblivious to Muffet's intentions, decides to introduce the concept of Christmas to Tattertown.

A young girl named Debbie finds a strange book, which sucks her, her Little Miss Muffet doll, and a stuffed dog into the realm of Tattertown, where discarded items come to life.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: The Christmas tree who owns the comic book store speaks with a Yiddish accent rhetorically asks "Why would I know anything about Christmas?!"

* BigBad: Muffet, who's the most antagonistic character in the special and even tries to ruin Christmas for the people of Tattertown.

%% * LivingToys: Muffet and Cubby, among others.

* PerversePuppet: Muffet, a doll who comes to life and tries to ruin Christmas for everyone in Tattertown.

* BigBad: Muffet, who's the most antagonistic character in the special and even tries to ruin Christmas for the people of Tattertown

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation Golden Age]] cartoon stars WesternAnimation/FlipTheFrog and WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit can be seen sitting together in a bar, both off-model and unnamed. Oswald also appears early in the film via his trolley. Early WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes star WesternAnimation/BoskoTheTalkInkKid also makes a brief appearance. ComicStrip/KrazyKat and Ignatz also made appearances. ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'s silhouette appeared near to the end of the special

%% * AmbiguouslyJewish: The Christmas tree who owns the comic book store
%% * AndCallHimGeorge: Why Muffet avoids Debbie like the plague.
%% * AnimateInanimateObject: Everyone in Tattertown except Debbie.

%% * PermaStubble: Muffet, despite being female.

* GenkiGirl: Debbie
* GiantSpider: Sidney the Spider

* LivingToys: Muffet and Cubby, among others.

%% * GenkiGirl: Debbie
%% * GiantSpider: Sidney the Spider

%% * LivingToys: Muffet and Cubby, among others.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation Golden Age]] cartoon stars WesternAnimation/FlipTheFrog and WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit can be seen sitting together in a bar, both OffModel and unnamed. Oswald also appears early in the film via his trolley. Early WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes star WesternAnimation/BoskoTheTalkInkKid also makes a brief appearance. Krazy Kat and Ignatz also made appearances. Popeye's silhouette appeared near to the end of the special

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation Golden Age]] cartoon stars WesternAnimation/FlipTheFrog and WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit can be seen sitting together in a bar, both off-model and unnamed. Oswald also appears early in the film via his trolley. Early WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes star WesternAnimation/BoskoTheTalkInkKid also makes a brief appearance. Krazy Kat and Ignatz also made appearances. Popeye's silhouette appeared near to the end of the special

->''“Tattertown is a strange world. What I wanted to do was make something where old and new animation could clash head on, visually, stylistically, and in attitude. Tattertown is where old cartoon characters live side by side with new cartoon characters, and they have a hell of a time relating. The old characters go all the way back to [[Creator/TerryToons Paul Terry’s Farmer Alfalfa]]. [[WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit Oswald the Rabbit ]]is there and [[WesternAnimation/BoskoTheTalkInkKid Bosko]]. And they’re right up against characters who are modern and [[LimitedAnimation can’t move very well]] and have superior attitudes.”''

* AmbiguouslyJewish: The Christmas tree who owns the comic book store
* AndCallHimGeorge: Why Muffet avoids Debbie like the plague.
* AnimateInanimateObject: Everyone in Tattertown except Debbie.
* FluffyTheTerrible: Muffet
* GenkiGirl: Debbie
* GiantSpider: Sidney the Spider
* InteractiveNarrator: Saxophone

* LivingToys: Muffet and Cubby, among others.

* PermaStubble: Muffet, despite being female.
* StoryBookOpening
* TrueMeaningOfChristmas
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Debbie. Literally, thanks to the series '''''never even starting'''''.

* OneEpisodeWonder: This was originally going to be Nickelodeon's first foray into evening television (and a regular children's series for Creator/RalphBakshi).

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Debbie. Literally, thanks to the series '''''never even starting'''''.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation Golden Age]] cartoon stars WesternAnimation/FlipTheFrog and WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit can be seen sitting together in a bar, both off-model and unnamed. Oswald also appears early in the film via his trolley. Early WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes star WesternAnimation/BoskoTheTalkInkKid also makes a brief appearance. Krazy Kat and Ignatz also made appearances.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo: [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation Golden Age]] cartoon stars WesternAnimation/FlipTheFrog and WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit can be seen sitting together in a bar, both off-model and unnamed. Oswald also appears early in the film via his trolley. Early WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes star WesternAnimation/BoskoTheTalkInkKid also makes a brief appearance.

* AndCallHimGeorge - Why Muffet avoids Debbie like the plague.
* AnimateInanimateObject - Everyone in Tattertown except Debbie.
* FluffyTheTerrible - Muffet
* GenkiGirl - Debbie
* GiantSpider - Sidney the Spider
* InteractiveNarrator - Saxophone
* LawyerFriendlyCameo - [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation Golden Age]] cartoon stars WesternAnimation/FlipTheFrog and WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit can be seen sitting together in a bar, both off-model and unnamed. Oswald also appears early in the film via his trolley. Early WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes star WesternAnimation/BoskoTheTalkInkKid also makes a brief appearance.
* LivingToys - Muffet and Cubby, among others.

* PermaStubble - Muffet, despite being female.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain - Debbie. Literally, thanks to the series '''''never even starting'''''.

->''“Tattertown is a strange world. What I wanted to do was make something where old and new animation could clash head on, visually, stylistically, and in attitude. Tattertown is where old cartoon characters live side by side with new cartoon characters, and they have a hell of a time relating. The old characters go all the way back to [[TerryToons Paul Terry’s Farmer Alfalfa]]. [[OswaldTheLuckyRabbit Oswald the Rabbit ]]is there and [[BoskoTheTalkInkKid Bosko]]. And they’re right up against characters who are modern and [[LimitedAnimation can’t move very well]] and have superior attitudes.”''

A Christmas special created and directed by Creator/RalphBakshi which aired on {{Nickelodeon}} in [[TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation 1988]]. It's loosely based on a comic strip Bakshi had created in his youth called "Junktown", and was originally the pilot to a series that never materialized.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo - [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation Golden Age]] cartoon stars FlipTheFrog and OswaldTheLuckyRabbit can be seen sitting together in a bar, both off-model and unnamed. Oswald also appears early in the film via his trolley. Early WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes star BoskoTheTalkInkKid also makes a brief appearance.

* LawyerFriendlyCameo - [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation Golden Age]] cartoon stars FlipTheFrog and OswaldTheLuckyRabbit can be seen sitting together in a bar, both off-model and unnamed. Oswald also appears early in the film via his trolley. Early LooneyTunes star BoskoTheTalkInkKid also makes a brief appearance.

A Christmas special created and directed by Creator/RalphBakshi which aired on {{Nickelodeon}} in [[TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation 1988]]. It's loosely based on a comic strip Bakshi had created in his youth called "Junktown".

-->--RalphBakshi, in an interview with ''Animato!'' magazine in 1988.

* OneEpisodeWonder: This was originally going to be Nickelodeon's first foray into evening television (and a regular children's series for Ralph Bakshi).

* LawyerFriendlyCameo - [[TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation Golden Age]] cartoon stars FlipTheFrog and OswaldTheLuckyRabbit can be seen sitting together in a bar, both off-model and unnamed. Oswald also appears early in the film via his trolley.

A Christmas special created and directed by RalphBakshi which aired on {{Nickelodeon}} in [[TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation 1988]]. It's loosely based on a comic strip Bakshi had created in his youth called "Junktown".

A Christmas special created and directed by RalphBakshi which aired on {{Nickelodeon}} in [[TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation 1988]].

* OneEpisodeWonder: This was originally going to be Nickelodeon's first foray into evening television.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain - Debbie. Literally, thanks to the series never even starting.