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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: The ghosts who visit Scrooge are blue (Jacob Marley), pink (Christmas Present), gold (Christmas Past), and brown (Christmas Yet to Come). The villainous group who sing "We're Despicable" are various shades of green, save the non-colorful Old Joe.

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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: The ghosts who visit Scrooge are blue (Jacob Marley), pink (Christmas Present), gold (Christmas Past), and brown (Christmas Yet to Come). The villainous group who sing "We're Despicable" are various shades of green, save the non-colorful Old Joe. Jacob Marley himself may have also been green during or at some point in his lifetime, if the [[https://fitfordragoncon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/magoo-11.png menacing-looking portrait of him]] in Scrooge's office is anything to go by.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Reeling from what becomes of Tiny Tim in the future, Scrooge asks to see his future self. Christmas Yet to Come takes him to graveyard and points towards a headstone.


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* BigNo: Scrooge when shown his own grave.


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* CuckooFingerTwirl: As Scrooge drones on about the holiday, the boy in the street does this.
* CurtainCall: The cast of the play take their bows at the conclusion. Magoo gets turned around a bit, as well as tries to give the battered director his due (only for more injuries to befall the poor guy).


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* HaveWeMet: Scrooge's reaction when he bumps into the charity collectors on the street. When one says they were in his office the day before, Scrooge happily gives them a large donation.


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* LittleNo: The director right before getting crushed by the toppled over set.


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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: In the future, the Cratchit family is still reeling from Tiny Tim's death. Bob tries to put up a brave front while talking about visiting the grave and how he'll do so often, while his wife is on the verge of tears.
-->'''Mrs. Cratchit:''' Sleep peacefully, my little one.
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* LightningReveal: This is how Magoo-as-Scrooge discovers his future grave site, when a flash of lightning accompanied by DramaticThunder reveals Ebenezer Scrooge's name on the gravestone.
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* SoupOfPoverty: The family of Bob Cratchit are so poor that the only thing they're shown eating on Christmas Eve is thin broth. This happens while the kids begin to lament their poverty and sing about how much they want expensive, filling meals (and presents).
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The story is mainly a straightforward adaptation of [[Literature/AChristmasCarol that one classic story]] [[YetAnotherChristmasCarol everyone knows about by now]], albeit with [[WesternAnimation/MrMagoo Quincy Magoo]] (Jim Backus) in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge. It's actually a ShowWithinAShow in which Mr. Magoo headlines a [[TheMusical musical adaptation]] of the Dickens novel, featuring original songs with music by Jule Styne (best known for ''Theatre/FunnyGirl'' and ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'') and lyrics by Bob Merrill (who also wrote the lyrics to ''Funny Girl'').

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The story is mainly a straightforward adaptation of [[Literature/AChristmasCarol that one classic story]] [[YetAnotherChristmasCarol everyone knows about by now]], albeit with [[WesternAnimation/MrMagoo Quincy Magoo]] (Jim Backus) (Creator/JimBackus) in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge. It's actually a ShowWithinAShow in which Mr. Magoo headlines a [[TheMusical musical adaptation]] of the Dickens novel, featuring original songs with music by Jule Styne (best known for ''Theatre/FunnyGirl'' and ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'') and lyrics by Bob Merrill (who also wrote the lyrics to ''Funny Girl'').
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This is not just a ChristmasSpecial. It's the ''[[URExample original]]'' Christmas special. To be more specific, it's the very first animated Christmas special to be produced expressly for television. It originally aired on Creator/{{NBC}} on December 18, 1962.

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This is not just a ChristmasSpecial. It's the ''[[URExample ''[[UrExample original]]'' Christmas special. To be more specific, it's the very first animated Christmas special to be produced expressly for television. It originally aired on Creator/{{NBC}} on December 18, 1962.
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* SnowGlobeOfInnocence: When Belle is about to break her engagement with Scrooge, she gazes into a snowglobe, reminiscing about the snowy day he asked her to marry him as she sings [[AwardBaitSong "Winter was Warm".]]
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* DramaticTimpani: The Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come’s actions are occasionally punctuated by a pounding on the timpani.

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* DramaticTimpani: The Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come’s Yet-to-Come's actions are occasionally punctuated by a pounding on the timpani.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Internally: During the Ghost of Christmas Future scene, a mouse in Old Joe's shop can see Scrooge and the Ghost.
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* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: Though notably, this is one of the first attempts (if not ''the'' first) to adapt Dickens' classic tale into animation. The credits make clear this was "freely adapted" from the original Dickens story, as while it uses a lot of the original Dickens dialogue, some elements were adapted out to fit the 52-minute time frame.

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* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: Though notably, this is was one of the first attempts (if not ''the'' first) to adapt Dickens' classic tale into animation. The credits make clear this was "freely adapted" from the original Dickens story, as while it uses a lot of the original Dickens dialogue, some elements were adapted out to fit the 52-minute time frame.frame.

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*{{Leitmotif}}: The "We're just blankety, blank-blank, no good" line of "We're Despicable", sung to the tune of "Shave and a Haircut, Two Bits."
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Even people who barely remember this special mainly remember the "razzleberry dressing" lyrics from "The Lord's Bright Blessing".

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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Even people who barely remember this special mainly remember the "razzleberry dressing" lyrics from "The Lord's Bright Blessing". It's Tiny Tim's favorite Christmas treat.
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* ChristmasSpecial: This special is historically notable for being the ''very first Christmas TV special of any kind'', whether it be animated or live action. It, along with the successful trifecta of ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas'', the Creator/RankinBass adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' and the Creator/ChuckJones adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' kicked off the very idea of regularly doing Christmas specials for TV.

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* ChristmasSpecial: This special is historically notable for being the ''very first Christmas TV special of any kind'', whether it be animated or live action. It, along with the successful trifecta of ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas'', the Creator/RankinBass adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' and the Creator/ChuckJones adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'', kicked off the very idea of regularly doing Christmas specials for TV.
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** The director suffers repeated injuries, due to accidents caused by Magoo.

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** The theater director suffers repeated injuries, due to accidents caused by Magoo.
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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: The ghosts who visit Scrooge are blue (Jacob Marley), pink (Christmas Present), golden (Christmas Past), and brown (Christmas Yet to Come). The villainous group who sing "We're Despicable" are various shades of green, save the non-colorful Old Joe.

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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: The ghosts who visit Scrooge are blue (Jacob Marley), pink (Christmas Present), golden gold (Christmas Past), and brown (Christmas Yet to Come). The villainous group who sing "We're Despicable" are various shades of green, save the non-colorful Old Joe.
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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: The ghosts who visit Scrooge are blue (Jacob Marley), golden (Christmas Past), and red (Christmas Yet to Come). The villainous group who sing "We're Despicable" are various shades of green, save the non-colorful Old Joe.

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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: The ghosts who visit Scrooge are blue (Jacob Marley), pink (Christmas Present), golden (Christmas Past), and red brown (Christmas Yet to Come). The villainous group who sing "We're Despicable" are various shades of green, save the non-colorful Old Joe.
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This is not just a ChristmasSpecial. It's the ''[[URExample original]]'' Christmas special. To be more specific, it was the very first animated Christmas special produced expressly for television. It originally aired on Creator/{{NBC}} on December 18, 1962.

The story is mainly a straightforward adaptation of [[Literature/AChristmasCarol that one classic story]] [[YetAnotherChristmasCarol everyone knows about by now]], albeit with [[WesternAnimation/MrMagoo Quincy Magoo]] (Jim Backus) in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge. It's actually a ShowWithinAShow in which Mr. Magoo headlines a [[TheMusical musical adaptation]] of the Dickens novel, featuring original songs composed by Jule Styne (best known for ''Theatre/FunnyGirl'' and ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'') with lyrics by Bob Merrill (who also wrote the lyrics to ''Funny Girl'').

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This is not just a ChristmasSpecial. It's the ''[[URExample original]]'' Christmas special. To be more specific, it was it's the very first animated Christmas special to be produced expressly for television. It originally aired on Creator/{{NBC}} on December 18, 1962.

The story is mainly a straightforward adaptation of [[Literature/AChristmasCarol that one classic story]] [[YetAnotherChristmasCarol everyone knows about by now]], albeit with [[WesternAnimation/MrMagoo Quincy Magoo]] (Jim Backus) in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge. It's actually a ShowWithinAShow in which Mr. Magoo headlines a [[TheMusical musical adaptation]] of the Dickens novel, featuring original songs composed with music by Jule Styne (best known for ''Theatre/FunnyGirl'' and ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'') with and lyrics by Bob Merrill (who also wrote the lyrics to ''Funny Girl'').
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This is not just a ChristmasSpecial. It's the ''[[URExample original]]'' Christmas special. To be more specific, it's the very first animated Christmas special produced expressly for television. It originally aired on Creator/{{NBC}} on December 18, 1962.

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This is not just a ChristmasSpecial. It's the ''[[URExample original]]'' Christmas special. To be more specific, it's it was the very first animated Christmas special produced expressly for television. It originally aired on Creator/{{NBC}} on December 18, 1962.

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