History WesternAnimation / HereComesPeterCottontail

* BigBad: January Q. Irontail is the main antagonist of the special.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Irontail turns the eggs completely green near the end. Naturally, this comes back to bite him when St. Patrick's Day rolls around.

* DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery: Irontail.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Peter regrets his actions when Irontail causes him to oversleep.

''Here Comes Peter Cottontail'' is a StopMotion puppet animated (called "Animagic") Creator/RankinBassProductions holiday special, the first of the studio's Easter specials, broadcast in 1971. It follows the usual Rankin/Bass formula of taking a holiday standard song like "Peter Cottontail", and weaving around it a narrative, in this case adapted by R/B's favorite writer Romeo Muller from Otto and Priscilla Friedrich's book ''The Easter Bunny That Overslept'', and adding original songs with music by Maury Laws and lyrics by co-producer Jules Bass. Creator/DannyKaye serves as the usual R/B InkSuitActor {{Narrator}}, Seymour K. Sassafrass.

* AlliterativeName: '''S'''eymour K. '''S'''assafras

* InkSuitActor: Danny Kaye as Seymour S. Sassafras

!!Tropes present:
* AlliterativeName: Seymour K. Sassafras

* ChildHater: Irontail blames children in general for the loss of his tail. The irony is, while they didn't hate ''him'' back then, they sure do ''now'', making his own attempt to deliver eggs rather difficult. (Which pretty much means his current situation is his own fault.)

* BadAssSanta: On Christmas Eve, Santa managed to intercept Iron Tail after he stole Peter's eggs and send them back to Peter.

* PropRecycling: As seen in the page image, the Santa Claus model was recycled from the previous year's ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown''.

''Here Comes Peter Cottontail'' is a StopMotion puppet animated (called "Animagic") Creator/RankinBassProductions holiday special, the first of the studio's Easter specials, broadcast in 1971. It follows the usual Rankin/Bass formula of taking a holiday standard song like "Peter Cottontail", and weaving around it a narrative, in this case adapted by R/B's favorite writer Romeo Muller from Otto and Priscilla Friedrich's book ''The Easter Bunny That Overslept'', and adding original songs with music by Maury Laws and lyrics by co-producer Jules Bass. DannyKaye serves as the usual R/B InkSuitActor {{Narrator}}, Seymour K. Sassafrass.

'''''Here Comes Peter Cottontail''''' is a StopMotion puppet animated (called "Animagic") Creator/RankinBassProductions holiday special, the first of the studio's Easter specials, broadcast in 1971. It follows the usual Rankin/Bass formula of taking a holiday standard song like "Peter Cottontail", and weaving around it a narrative, in this case adapted by R/B's favorite writer Romeo Muller from Otto and Priscilla Friedrich's book ''The Easter Bunny That Overslept'', and adding original songs with music by Maury Laws and lyrics by co-producer Jules Bass. DannyKaye serves as the usual R/B InkSuitActor {{Narrator}}, Seymour K. Sassafrass.

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* InkSuitActor: Danny Kaye as Seymour K. Sassafras

* MrViceGuy: Peter, for most of the original special. He's intelligent and avuncular, and shows kindness to everyone he meets, even those who nobody else would think about. He also genuinely wants to make up for the mistake he made, and he's clearly cut out for the job of Chief Easter Bunny. However, he's prone to overconfidence and boastfulness, and has a propensity towards fibbing that constantly gets the better of him. His pride, in fact, is the reason why he nearly lost in the first place - [[ForWantOfANail if he'd been humble enough to leave nothing to chance and gone to bed early the night before the contest on Easter, he wouldn't have overslept and needed Seymour Sassafras' help to begin with, since he would almost certainly have delivered more eggs than Irontail]].

* PinocchioNose: Peter's left ear droops whenever he tells a fib.

'''''Here Comes Peter Cottontail''''' is a StopMotion puppet animated (called "Animagic") RankinBassProductions holiday special, the first of the studio's Easter specials, broadcast in 1971. It follows the usual Rankin/Bass formula of taking a holiday standard song like "Peter Cottontail", and weaving around it a narrative, in this case adapted by R/B's favorite writer Romeo Muller from Otto and Priscilla Friedrich's book ''The Easter Bunny That Overslept'', and adding original songs with music by Maury Laws and lyrics by co-producer Jules Bass. DannyKaye serves as the usual R/B InkSuitActor {{Narrator}}, Seymour K. Sassafrass.

* MrViceGuy: Peter, for most of the original special. He's intelligent and avuncular, and shows kindness to everyone he meets, even those who nobody else would think about. He also genuinely wants to make up for the mistake he made, and he's clearly cut out for the job of Chief Easter Bunny. However, he's prone to overconfidence and boastfulness, and, due to his propensity toward fibbing, is often TheBarnum. His pride, in fact, is the reason why he nearly lost in the first place - [[ForWantOfANail if he'd been humble enough to leave nothing to chance and gone to bed early the night before the contest on Easter, he wouldn't have overslept and needed Seymour Sassafras' help to begin with, since he would almost certainly have delivered more eggs than Irontail]].

* AlliterativeName: Seymour S. Sassafras

* FreudianExcuse: Irontail wasn't always a nasty bunny. The entire reason he dislikes children at all is because a kid accidentally squished his tail while rollerskating. [[DisproportionateRetribution Why he couldn't just be an adult about it and accept an apology rather than decide to be a dick to all children is up for grabs.]]
* HeyItsThatVoice: VincentPrice as Irontail; Casey Kasem as Peter; Danny Kaye as multiple characters, and Rankin/Bass favorite Paul Frees as various anonymous characters.

* LoopholeAbuse: Peter wins the egg-delivering contest in the end and saves Easter because the rules did not specify the eggs had to be delivered on Easter. Irontail also got away with it at the beginning: although he only managed to deliver one egg, that was still one more than Peter delivered.
* MrViceGuy: Peter, for most of the original special. He's intelligent and avuncular, and shows kindness to everyone he meets, even those who nobody else would think about. He also genuinely wants to make up for the mistake he made, and he's clearly cut out for the job of Chief Easter Bunny. However, he's prone to overconfidence and boastfulness, and, due to his propensity towards fibbing, is often TheBarnum. His pride, in fact, is the reason why he nearly lost in the first place - [[ForWantOfANail if he'd have been humble enough to leave nothing to chance and gone to bed early the night before the contest on Easter, he wouldn't have overslept and needed Seymour Sassafras' help to begin with, since he would almost certainly have delivered more eggs than Irontail]].

* WhatMeasureIsANonCute?

MrViceGuy: Peter, for most of the original special. He's intelligent and avuncular, and shows kindness to everyone he meets, even those who nobody else would think about. He also genuinely wants to make up for the mistake he made, and he's clearly cut out for the job of Chief Easter Bunny. However, he's prone to overconfidence and boastfulness, and, due to his propensity towards fibbing, is often TheBarnum. His pride, in fact, is the reason why he nearly lost in the first place - [[ForWantOfANail if he'd have been humble enough to leave nothing to chance and gone to bed early the night before the contest on Easter, he wouldn't have overslept and needed Seymour Sassafras' help to begin with, since he would almost certainly have delivered more eggs than Irontail]].