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* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Cocoa (real name John) is a talking penguin who serves as a news reporter.
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* BaitAndSwitchSuicide: An elf is intially believed to have killed themself from jumping off a building, to Santa's horror. Turns out that they had a trampoline on the ground.
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* BaitAndSwitchSuicide: An elf is intially initially believed to have killed themself from jumping off a building, to Santa's horror. Turns out that they had a trampoline on the ground.
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: [[spoiler:The first episode ends on one with Jack gaining a surprise victory and becoming the next Santa, which carries the risk of a BadFuture]].
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* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: In the fifth episode, Mrs. Claus is visited by four ghosts with one of them being UsefulNotes/CharlesDickens.
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* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: In the fifth episode, Mrs. Claus is visited by four ghosts three ghosts, with one the Ghost of them Christmas Past being UsefulNotes/CharlesDickens.
Charles Dickens (most notable for creating Literature/AChristmasCarol), the Ghost of Christmas Present being Mrs Claus the Fifteenth and the Ghost of Christmas Future being "Shitty Nick".
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''The Pole'' is an adult animated series which is created by Matthew Bass and Theodore Bressman. The show concerns a scandal at the North Pole, which is kicked off by Santa taking a dick pic during his Christmas trip. leading to a struggle for the Red Suit. As Santa struggles with the scandal, his wife keeps the political machine afloat. Part of the cast is the two elves Matilda and Helenor, Harry and Jack (who are Santa's two children), and Cocoa, the penguin host of the North Pole's news program.
The show was created for Creator/SyFy's short-lived animation block [=TZGZ=] and premiered on the 17th of March 2021.
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!!Tropes in this series:
* AlphabetNewsNetwork: [=NPNN=], the network which airs in the North Pole in this series.
* BaitAndSwitchSuicide: An elf is intially believed to have killed themself from jumping off a building, to Santa's horror. Turns out that they had a trampoline on the ground.
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Cocoa (real name John) is a talking penguin who serves as a news reporter.
* GoodAngelBadAngel: When Santa is faced with a moral dilemmia involving cutting all ties with the Naughty community, tiny versions of Mrs Clause and Helnelor appear on his shoulder, with Mrs Clause urging him to in a bid to save Christmas and Helenor urging him not to cut ties.
* HowWeGotHere: The first episode opens with two elves accidentally running over Santa. The series then cuts back to several weeks earlier to show how it gets to that point.
* InterspeciesRomance: The human Mrs Clause is in a relationship with Dasher the reindeer.
* LegacyCharacter: As with WesternAnimation/ArthurChristmas and Film/TheSantaClause, the role of Santa Claus is a title that is passed down from parent to son, with the current Santa being the 20th to inherit the title.
* ScandalGate: The scandal which helps to kickstart the series is referred to as "Penis Gate".
* ShowWithinAShow: "Morning Cocoa", a morning news show hosted by Cocoa.
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The show was created for Creator/SyFy's short-lived animation block [=TZGZ=] and premiered on the 17th of March 2021.
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!!Tropes in this series:
* AlphabetNewsNetwork: [=NPNN=], the network which airs in the North Pole in this series.
* BaitAndSwitchSuicide: An elf is intially believed to have killed themself from jumping off a building, to Santa's horror. Turns out that they had a trampoline on the ground.
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: Cocoa (real name John) is a talking penguin who serves as a news reporter.
* GoodAngelBadAngel: When Santa is faced with a moral dilemmia involving cutting all ties with the Naughty community, tiny versions of Mrs Clause and Helnelor appear on his shoulder, with Mrs Clause urging him to in a bid to save Christmas and Helenor urging him not to cut ties.
* HowWeGotHere: The first episode opens with two elves accidentally running over Santa. The series then cuts back to several weeks earlier to show how it gets to that point.
* InterspeciesRomance: The human Mrs Clause is in a relationship with Dasher the reindeer.
* LegacyCharacter: As with WesternAnimation/ArthurChristmas and Film/TheSantaClause, the role of Santa Claus is a title that is passed down from parent to son, with the current Santa being the 20th to inherit the title.
* ScandalGate: The scandal which helps to kickstart the series is referred to as "Penis Gate".
* ShowWithinAShow: "Morning Cocoa", a morning news show hosted by Cocoa.
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