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* CrapSackWorld: Throughout the North Pole, “misfits” (those with behavior considered non-normal or who have physical oddities) are actively shunned and shamed for their oddities. Ranging from [[KidsAreCruel children who refuse to play or interact with him besides mocking him]] to adults who do nothing to stop it and actually agree. While Santa and Comet don’t laugh at Rudolph openly, they do nothing to stop the bullying. With Comet even AGREEING that Rudolph shouldn’t be allowed to play with the other kids and telling Rudolph to just go home. And Santa, of all people, even initially refuses to consider Rudolph for his sleigh team despite admitting he had a good takeoff (not to mention condemning Donner for hiding his sons nose and letting everyone think Rudolph was “normal” now). Things get better bye the end.

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* CrapSackWorld: CrapsaccharineWorld: Throughout the North Pole, “misfits” (those with behavior considered non-normal or who have physical oddities) are actively shunned and shamed for their oddities. Ranging from [[KidsAreCruel children who refuse to play or interact with him besides mocking him]] to adults who do nothing to stop it and actually agree. While Santa and Comet don’t laugh at Rudolph openly, they do nothing to stop the bullying. With Comet even AGREEING that Rudolph shouldn’t be allowed to play with the other kids and telling Rudolph to just go home. And Santa, of all people, even initially refuses to consider Rudolph for his sleigh team despite admitting he had a good takeoff (not to mention condemning Donner for hiding his sons nose and letting everyone think Rudolph was “normal” now). Things get better bye the end.
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* CrapSackWorld: Throughout the North Pole, “misfits” (those with behavior considered non-normal or who have physical oddities) are actively shunned and shamed for their oddities. Ranging from [[KidsAreCruel children who refuse to play or interact with him besides mocking him]] to adults who do nothing to stop it and actually agree. While Santa and Comet don’t laugh at Rudolph openly, they do nothing to stop the bullying. With Comet even AGREEING that Rudolph shouldn’t be allowed to play with the other kids and telling Rudolph to just go home. And Santa, of all people, even initially refuses to consider Rudolph for his sleigh team despite admitting he had a good takeoff (not to mention condemning Donner for hiding his sons nose and letting everyone think Rudolph was “normal” now). Things get better bye the end.

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* TapOnTheHead: Yukon Cornelius hits the Abominable Snow Monster over the head with a boulder to knock him out and allow Hermey to extract all his teeth.

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** The Abominable Snow Monster hits Rudolph over the head with a stalactite and knocks him unconscious.
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Yukon Cornelius hits the Abominable Snow Monster over the head with a boulder to knock him out and allow Hermey to extract all his teeth.
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** With the exception of the 1980s Brazilian Portuguese TV dub (this was [[AvertedTrope averted]] in the previous dub), most foreign dubs (including Spanish, Greek, and Japanese) leave all of the songs in English.

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** With the exception of the 1980s 1979 Brazilian Portuguese TV dub (this (which was originally [[AvertedTrope averted]] in until the previous dub), 1980s when it was broadcast on [=SBT=]), most foreign dubs (including Spanish, Greek, and Japanese) leave all of the songs in English.
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** In honor of the special's 50th Anniversary in 2014, CBS created [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNuEmzXUA_w special anniversary promos]] for the special featuring Rudolph and Sam wandering through the backlots of CBS. These include stars from ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'', ''The Talk'' and other CBS exclusive shows [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8be3Vzhx4a0 all wishing Rudolph a happy anniversary.]]

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As of 2021, it's the longest running Christmas Special and has been annually airing on television for over 50 years.

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As of 2021, 2023, it's the longest running Christmas Special and has been annually airing on television for over 50 years.



* AnimatedActors: Between 2004 and 2005, CBS created a series of stopmotion promos for the network where Rudolph, Sam the Snowman, and the other characters from the special are establishment as actors:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA2KJNB2Oq4 The 2004 promo]] features caricatures of actors and actresses working at Santa's Workshop with Rudolph being pleasantly surprised. The promo was created to honor the special's 40th Anniversary.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8aAC2NqPbI The 2005 promo]] featured Rudolph and Sam taking a break from recording a new scene for the special at a film studio located somewhere at CBS headquarters. During his break, Rudolph encounters various stars and actors from CBS shows where he signs autographs and gives a quick conversation.



* ChristmasElves: They are minor characters who are not only seen making toys, but are seen rehearsing for their Christmas Eve performance before Santa's annual journey. The exception is Hermey, who wants to be a dentist much to the dismay of The Boss Elf and the other elves. This special also marked the earliest depictions of females elves (who wear pink and white outfits) in Christmas media.

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* ChristmasElves: They are minor characters who are not only seen making toys, but are seen rehearsing for their Christmas Eve performance before Santa's annual journey. The exception is Hermey, who wants to be a dentist much to the dismay of The Boss Elf and the other elves. This special also marked the earliest depictions of females female elves (who wear pink and white outfits) in Christmas media.
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* WhiteTailedReindeer: As usual in ''Rudolph'' adaptations. Allegedly, the Japanese stop-motion animators used sika deer as models for the figures, since these are the only deer native to Japan. This carries over to the terminology the reindeer use for themselves too: the males call themselves "bucks," the females "does," and the babies "fawns," when in real life they're called "bulls," "cows," and "calves."
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* SmashTheSymbol: During "We're A Couple of Misfits," Hermey builds a snowman that looks like the Head Elf, then punches it in the nose, smashing it.

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* SantaClaus: Probably as bad a depiction as you can get without breaching the guidelines of children's programming.

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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Neither the original book nor the song have Rudolph related to any of the other reindeer on Santa's team. Here, Donner is his father.
* SantaClaus: Probably as bad a depiction as you can get without breaching the guidelines of children's programming.programming, though he learns a lesson and gets better by the end.
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* In the French dub, the songs uniquely have spoken narration added to it, not like a traditional voice-over dub translating the lyrics, but rather explaining the action like a typical narration.

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* ** In the French dub, the songs uniquely have spoken narration added to it, not like a traditional voice-over dub translating the lyrics, but rather explaining the action like a typical narration.

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* WomenAreWiser: The does are the only reindeer who don't show any prejudice towards Rudolph regarding his nose; Clarice is the more notable in that she has an entire song dedicated to consoling Rudolph after he'd just been humiliated over his nose at the reindeer games.

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The does are the only reindeer who don't show any prejudice towards Rudolph regarding his nose; Clarice is the more notable in that she has an entire song dedicated to consoling Rudolph after he'd just been humiliated over his nose at the reindeer games.
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* TookALevelInBadass: Finally through with running from his problems, Rudolph finds his family and Clarice at the mercy of the Bumble and wastes no time fighting the creature off to save them. He proves horribly outmatched, but his bravery after months of fleeing from the creature cannot be understated.

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* TookALevelInBadass: Finally through with running from his problems, Rudolph finds his family and Clarice at the mercy of the Bumble and wastes no time fighting the creature off to save them. He proves horribly outmatched, but his bravery after months of fleeing from the creature cannot be understated.overstated.

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* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Clarice. Red bow and huge eyelashes!

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Clarice. Red bow and huge eyelashes!
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* TapOnTheHead: Yukon Cornelius does this to the Abominable Snowman to allow Hermey to extract all his teeth.

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* TapOnTheHead: Yukon Cornelius does this to hits the Abominable Snowman Snow Monster over the head with a boulder to knock him out and allow Hermey to extract all his teeth.

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