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* FunnyAnimal: Pup Daddy and Jel-O.



* FunnyAnimal: Pup Daddy and Jel-O.
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* StockFootageStockFootage: The special re-uses animation ''a lot'', especially in the music video segments. Their two favorites seem to be the gnome working the turntable and Elven pulling himself upward.
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The special was poorly received, and rarely (if ever) airs on television. However, it has been uploaded to [=YouTube=]. You can watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2-xZg0CtX0 here]]. A {{MST}} with [=YouTube=]'s "annotations" feature also exists. Part 1 can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbkBhbBn2iA here]].

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The special was poorly received, and rarely (if ever) airs on television. However, it has been uploaded to [=YouTube=]. You can watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2-xZg0CtX0 here]]. A {{MST}} with [=YouTube=]'s "annotations" feature also exists. Part 1 can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbkBhbBn2iA here]].
''WebVideo/TheAnnotatedSeries'' riffed through the whole special, which made it one of its Christmas specials.
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* FurryConfusion: Pup Daddy and Jel-O are anthropomorphic dogs while Mr. Saul's pit bulls are regular dogs.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Mephistopholeous Beezelbarabacus Saul. Doubles as a ParentalBonus.

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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Mephistopholeous Mephistophus Beezelbarabacus Saul. Doubles as a ParentalBonus.



** The record executive's name is [[Literature/{{Faust}} Mephistopholeous]] [[Literature/TheBible Beezelbarabacus Saul]] ([[DealWithTheDevil A Contract Demon]], another name for the Devil and a semi-mythical king of Judea who supposedly forced demons to build the temple). His modus operandi involves ironclad contracts that [[ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime only sound good if you don't read them.]]

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** The record executive's name is [[Literature/{{Faust}} Mephistopholeous]] Mephistophus]] [[Literature/TheBible Beezelbarabacus Saul]] ([[DealWithTheDevil A Contract Demon]], another name for the Devil and a semi-mythical king of Judea who supposedly forced demons to build the temple). His modus operandi involves ironclad contracts that [[ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime only sound good if you don't read them.]]
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** The record executive's name is [[Literature/{{Faust}} Mephistopholeous]] [[Literature/TheBible Beezelbarabacus Saul]] ( [[DealWithTheDevil A Contract Demon]], another name for the Devil and a semi-mythical king who forced demons to build his temple). His modus operandi involves ironclad contracts that [[ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime only sound good if you don't read them.]]

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** The record executive's name is [[Literature/{{Faust}} Mephistopholeous]] [[Literature/TheBible Beezelbarabacus Saul]] ( [[DealWithTheDevil ([[DealWithTheDevil A Contract Demon]], another name for the Devil and a semi-mythical king of Judea who supposedly forced demons to build his the temple). His modus operandi involves ironclad contracts that [[ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime only sound good if you don't read them.]]
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Mephistopholeous Beezelbarabacus Saul. Doubles as a ParentalBonus.
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** The record executive's name is [[Literature/{{Faust}} Mephistopholeous]] [[Literature/TheBible Beezelbarabacus Saul]] (A [[DealWithTheDevil A Contract Demon]], another name for the Devil and a semi-mythical king who forced demons to build his temple). His modus operandi involves ironclad contracts that [[ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime only sound good if you don't read them.]]

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** The record executive's name is [[Literature/{{Faust}} Mephistopholeous]] [[Literature/TheBible Beezelbarabacus Saul]] (A ( [[DealWithTheDevil A Contract Demon]], another name for the Devil and a semi-mythical king who forced demons to build his temple). His modus operandi involves ironclad contracts that [[ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime only sound good if you don't read them.]]
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** The record executive's name is [[Literature/{{Faust}} Mephistopholeous]] [[Literature/TheBible Beezelbarabacus Saul]]. His modus operandi involves ironclad contracts that [[ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime only sound good if you don't read them.]]

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** The record executive's name is [[Literature/{{Faust}} Mephistopholeous]] [[Literature/TheBible Beezelbarabacus Saul]].Saul]] (A [[DealWithTheDevil A Contract Demon]], another name for the Devil and a semi-mythical king who forced demons to build his temple). His modus operandi involves ironclad contracts that [[ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime only sound good if you don't read them.]]
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* The record executive's name is [[Literature/{{Faust}} Mephistopholeous]] [[Literature/TheBible Beezelbaubian Saul]]. His modus operandi involves ironclad contracts that [[ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime only sound good if you don't read them.]]

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* ** The record executive's name is [[Literature/{{Faust}} Mephistopholeous]] [[Literature/TheBible Beezelbaubian Beezelbarabacus Saul]]. His modus operandi involves ironclad contracts that [[ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime only sound good if you don't read them.]]
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* The record executive's name is [[Literature/{{Faust}} Mephistopholeous]] [[Literature/TheBible Beezelbaubian Saul]]. His modus operandi involves ironclad contracts that [[ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime only sound good if you don't read them.]]
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: The "truck" that Pup Daddy got when he was six is clearly an SUV.


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* ShoutOut: Elvin's stage name is [[Music/{{Eminem}} Slim Shorty]]

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Elvin's stage name is [[Music/{{Eminem}} Slim Shorty]]Shorty]].



* XtremeKoolLetterz: "B4" instead of "Before."

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* XtremeKoolLetterz: "B4" instead of "Before.""
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* MoodWhiplash: Evilina's HeelFaceTurn occurs not one minute after she and the others fought for control of Santa's sleigh.

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* MoodWhiplash: Evilina's HeelFaceTurn occurs not one a minute after she and the others fought for control of Santa's sleigh.
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* MoodWhiplash: Evilina's HeelFaceTurn occurs not one minute after she and the others fought for control of Santa's sleigh.
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** Pup Daddy is a reference to Puff Daddy (aka (P.) Diddy), though the fact that he is an anthropomorphic rapping dog is likely also one to Snoop Dogg.

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** Pup Daddy is a reference to Puff Daddy (aka (P.) Diddy), though the fact that he is an anthropomorphic rapping dog is likely also one to Snoop Dogg. His girlfriend is also named Jello, a likely reference to J Lo (aka Jennifer Lopex).
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* [[RhymingEpisode Rhyming Christmas Special]]
** PainfulRhyme
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* ChekhovsGun: The "waffles and loaf" that Mr. Saul is shown enjoying is later used as a distraction, allowing Elvin and his friends to escape to the North Pole.
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You can watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2-xZg0CtX0 here]].

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The special was poorly received, and rarely (if ever) airs on television. However, it has been uploaded to [=YouTube=]. You can watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2-xZg0CtX0 here]]. A {{MST}} with [=YouTube=]'s "annotations" feature also exists. Part 1 can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbkBhbBn2iA here]].
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* MissingMom: Evilina's mother is briefly mentioned as being dead.
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* SoapOperaDisease: Santa and everyone else at the North Pole comes down with some sort of illness which leaves them bedridden, forcing Santa to cancel Christmas. Everyone gets better when Evilina uses some herbs to create a cure-all serum used by her deceased mother.
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** Pup Daddy is a reference to Puff Daddy (aka (P.) Diddy), though the fact that he is an anthropomorphic rapping dog is likely also one to Snoop Dogg.
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* ShoutOut: Elvin's stage name is [[{{Eminem}} Slim Shorty]]

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* ShoutOut: Elvin's stage name is [[{{Eminem}} [[Music/{{Eminem}} Slim Shorty]]
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* SpoilerOpening: The opening scene shows the characters in Santa's sleigh as he delivers presents.

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* SpoilerOpening: The opening scene shows the characters in Santa's sleigh as he delivers presents.presents, confirming that Christmas will indeed be saved. Evilina is shown in the sleigh, too, spoiling her HeelFaceTurn.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Evilina, and later Mr. Saul.

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* HeelFaceTurn: Evilina, and later Mr. Saul. Mr. Saul does the classic "villain gets the present they never got as a kid and reforms" scenario seen in countless other specials. Evilina's makes much less sense. She just suddenly reforms upon entering Santa's workshop, and everyone just seems to forget that she'd been a spoiled brat literally the entire special. She literally just switches inexplicably from bad to good, without even so much as an apology, and the other characters never bring up her spoiled nature again.
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* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: The "truck" that Pup Daddy got when he was six is clearly an SUV.
* FunnyAnimal: Pup Daddy and Jel-O.
* HeelFaceTurn: Evilina, and later Mr. Saul.



* ShoutOut: Elvin's stage name is [[{{Eminem}} Slim Shorty]]

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* ShoutOut: Elvin's stage name is [[{{Eminem}} Slim Shorty]]Shorty]]
* SpoilerOpening: The opening scene shows the characters in Santa's sleigh as he delivers presents.
* XtremeKoolLetterz: "B4" instead of "Before."
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''The Night B4 Christmas'' is a 2003 animated ChristmasSpecial about a black elf named Elvin who gets fired by Santa after his third day of work, and decides to go to Los Angeles to become a rapper.

You can watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2-xZg0CtX0 here]].

!!''The Night B4 Christmas'' includes examples of the following tropes:
* ChristmasSpecial
* RecordProducer: Mr. Saul is one of the "Producer from Hell" variety.
* ShoutOut: Elvin's stage name is [[{{Eminem}} Slim Shorty]]

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