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The special was produced by Kadabrascope, an animation company founded by Nolan Bushnell, who previously founded Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre and Creator/{{Atari}}. It was set to air on Creator/{{NBC}} in 1983, but was scrapped due to UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983. It ended up only seeing a release on VHS at Pizza Time Theatre ticket stands, as a slideshow.
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The special was produced by Kadabrascope, an animation company founded by Nolan Bushnell, who previously founded Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre and Creator/{{Atari}}. It was set to air on Creator/{{NBC}} in 1983, but was scrapped due to UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983.MediaNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983. It ended up only seeing a release on VHS at Pizza Time Theatre ticket stands, as a slideshow.
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* LimitedAnimation: Due to the special being unfinished, the whole thing feels closer to a slideshow than an animated film.
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* LimitedAnimation: Due to the special being unfinished, the whole thing feels closer to a slideshow than an animated film.film.
* PepTalkSong: Chuck E. sings "Teamwork" to rally the elves into working together so they can finish making the toys in time.
* PepTalkSong: Chuck E. sings "Teamwork" to rally the elves into working together so they can finish making the toys in time.
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* CharacterizationClickMoment: This is one of the earliest pieces of media to show Chuck E. as a [[TookALevelInKindness genuinely friendly character]], which he [[{{Jerkass}} certainly wasn't]] in prior showtapes.
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* DirectToVideo: It ended up only seeing a VHS release.
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* DirectToVideo: It ended up only seeing a VHS release.
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''The Christmas That Almost Wasn't'' is a cancelled animated Christmas special starring Creator/ChuckECheese and Jasper T. Jowls, who go to the North Pole in order to save Christmas.
The special was produced by Kadabrascope, an animation company founded by Nolan Bushnell, who previously founded Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre and Creator/{{Atari}}. It was set to air on Creator/{{NBC}} in 1983, but was scrapped due to UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983. It ended up only seeing a release on VHS at Pizza Time Theatre ticket stands, as a slideshow.
You can watch the full special [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BEIoe_YFEo here]].
!!''The Christmas That Almost Wasn't'' provides examples of:
* LimitedAnimation: Due to the special being unfinished, the whole thing feels closer to a slideshow than an animated film.
The special was produced by Kadabrascope, an animation company founded by Nolan Bushnell, who previously founded Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre and Creator/{{Atari}}. It was set to air on Creator/{{NBC}} in 1983, but was scrapped due to UsefulNotes/TheGreatVideoGameCrashOf1983. It ended up only seeing a release on VHS at Pizza Time Theatre ticket stands, as a slideshow.
You can watch the full special [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BEIoe_YFEo here]].
!!''The Christmas That Almost Wasn't'' provides examples of:
* LimitedAnimation: Due to the special being unfinished, the whole thing feels closer to a slideshow than an animated film.
