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3While Kim celebrates Christmas with the family, Ron confronts Dr. Drakken. It doesn't go well for either of them, and they find themselves stranded at the North Pole. The two end up bonding over their shared dismay about the cancellation of [[ShowWithinAShow "Snowman Hank"]], while Kim (family in tow) and Shego come looking for them.
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5!!This episode provides examples of:
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7* AintTooProudToBeg: Drakken goes from attacking Ron for a half eaten chicken leg to begging for it.
8-->'''Drakken:''' Name your price, Stoppable! Power? Glory? When I take over the world, you can have a continent! Any continent! ''[[{{Beat}} (pause)]]'' Not Europe.
9* {{Angrish}}: Played with -- Drakken's rant about how he imagines Kim spending the holiday sounds like gibberish...unless you recognize the ShoutOut:
10--> '''Drakken:''' Because it is Christmas! The one time of the year she is off-duty. Busy with her twinkle-lights and mistletoe, and carols, and [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas roast beast, and frim-franglers, and zoob-zooblers...]]\
11'''Shego:''' Whoa, whoa, whoa, Dr. D!\
12'''Drakken:''' What?\
13'''Shego:''' You've stopped using words.
14* AnAssKickingChristmas: Kim and Shego get into one of their usual fights when they run into each other, until Drakken declares a holiday truce.
15* BearsAreBadNews: Ron and Drakken narrowly avoid being attacked by a huge polar bear.
16* BenevolentBoss: Shego finds out that Drakken is paying all the expenses for her vacation. This makes her regret not taking his call, so she checks to see if he left a message and then goes off to rescue him when she finds out that he's stuck at the North Pole.
17* BigDamnHeroes: The Possibles arrive just in time to save Kim from an anaconda.
18* BigFinaleCrowdSong: The episode ends with Drakken, Shego, Ron, and the whole Possible family singing “A Ringlin’ Jinglin’ Christmas”.
19* BigNo: Ron let out a doozy when he learned that ''Snowman Hank'' had been cancelled. It was so piercing that it [[GlassShatteringSound broke several Christmas light bulbs]] before causing all the power in the Possibles’ house to go out.
20* BusmansHoliday:
21** Drakken and Ron getting stranded in the Arctic force Kim to spend Christmas Eve doing the exact opposite of what Ron wanted by having to fly all over the world looking for him. Shego similarly ends her vacation early to save Drakken upon learning of him paying for it.
22** On a smaller scale, the postman who delivers the new Kimmunicator to Kim complains about having to work even during the holidays.
23* ChekhovsArmory: In spite of being a standalone episode, several details actually come into play: the Snowmam Hank program (and the fact that it was cancelled), the Extreme Xmas show that replaced it, and the tweebs' interest in the latter show. Even a minor detail like Ron accidentally wrecking the Kimmunicator during his scuffle with Drakken becomes important, since it necessitates Wade sending Kim a new one to alert her of the situation.
24* ChristmasEpisode: Naturally.
25* ChristmasSpecial: Ron and Drakken bond over their favorite Christmas special being canceled.
26* ExpospeakGag:
27--> '''Drakken:''' The garbage, it’s jettisoned in an impact resistant container!
28--> '''Ron:''' Oh! ….What?
29--> '''Drakken:''' It’s an escape pod filled with garbage.
30* FreezeFrameBonus:
31** The digital scrapbook Kim gave to Ron has some pictures from past episodes, including the HalloweenEpisode flashback of Kim and Ron as a cowboy and ballerina, respectively.
32** The [[ScoobyDooHoax "Keep Out - Haunted!"]] sign at the base of Drakken's main lair has been swapped out for one saying [[Literature/AChristmasCarol "Bah Humbug"]].
33* HolidayCeasefire: The episode plays with this; both Kim and Shego take the holiday off, but Drakken has no qualms about launching a new evil scheme, causing Ron to try taking him on solo. Ultimately [[spoiler:the two of them wind up crash-landing at the North Pole, [[TeethClenchedTeamwork are forced to cooperate to survive]], and when they're found and rescued Drakken announces a formal truce after all.]]
34--> '''Drakken:''' Of course, once we enter the new year, the truce is over. I’m going to open a bag of freak on all of you!
35* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Realizing his Christmas present for Kim is underwhelming (especially compared to what she gave to him), Ron gives her a different one: Kim ''really'' treasures spending the holidays with her family, so Ron decides to not tell her of their new mission; he will tackle it on his own.
36* LuckBasedSearchTechnique: Ron is about to scale up the side of Drakken’s lair with suction cups, when the part of the wall he’s attached to swings inward to reveal the front door.
37* MerryChristmasInGotham: This episode is lighthearted even by ''Kim Possible'' standards, and it ends with Drakken declaring a Christmas truce (while warning that business as usual will resume in the new year).
38* OverthetopChristmasDecorations: The episode opens with the Possibles donning goggles before activating an extensive array of lights with a BigElectricSwitch. The Tweebs mention that they'd modified the Middleton power grid so it wouldn't blow out like it did last time. Ron stumbles in, blinded by the display.
39* OwMyBodyPart: While tussling with Drakken, Ron yells “Ow, my eyebrow!”.
40* RepeatWhatYouJustSaid: During Ron and Drakken's fight on [=DrakForce=] One, the computer made several announcements, ending with the self destruct sequence, and bed time sequence, where it revealed a teddy bear with a Drakken-scar. When Ron called attention to what the computer said, Drakken tried to hide the teddy bear and pretend he didn't know what Ron meant, before Ron said he meant the one ''before'' that.
41* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: After Ron and Drakken crash-land and blame each other for their predicament:
42-->'''Ron:''' What? I'm supposed to let you take over the world?\
43'''Drakken:''' In the spirit of [[ChristmasEpisode the season]], [[BluntYes yes]]!
44* SaveTheVillain: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]], Drakken saves Ron from the [[BearsAreBadNews Polar bear]], and this is before the two declare a truce.
45* SavingChristmas: Ron decides to foil Dr. Drakken's latest scheme on his own rather than interrupt Kim's holiday celebration.
46* SelfDestructMechanism: While wrestling around the ship, Drakken and Ron accidentally set off its self-destruct button.
47* ShinyNewAustralia: Drakken tries to get Ron to give up the half-eaten chicken leg he finds in the trash pod:
48-->'''Drakken:''' Name your price, Stoppable! Power? Glory? When I take over the world, you can have a continent! Any continent! ''[[{{Beat}} (pause)]]'' Not Europe.
49* ShipperOnDeck: Drakken pulling Kim and Ron together under the mistletoe, and Rufus gushing at the ensuing kiss.
50* ShoutOut:
51** The ShowWithinAShow “The Six Tasks of Snowman Hank” appears to be very similar to ''[[WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman Frosty the Snowman]]''. The character also bears a resemblance to Sam the Snowman from ''[[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]''.
52** The usual [[ScoobyDooHoax "Keep Out: Haunted" sign]] is replaced with one reading [[Literature/AChristmasCarol "Bah Humbug"]].
53** Drakken echoes [[WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas the Grinch's rant]], as described above under "{{Angrish}}".
54** As his latest world domination scheme falls apart, Drakken whines:
55--->''[[WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas I only want what's coming to me! All I want is my fair share!]]''
56** After the trash pod lands:
57--->[[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer Ron: "Land ho!"\
58Drakken: "No kidding."]]
59* SnakesAreSinister: A giant anaconda attacks Kim while she’s looking for Ron in the Amazon.
60* ShutUpKiss: Kim does this to Ron, when they standing under the "mistletoe".
61* SnowballFight: Ron and Drakken childishly start one with each other upon landing in the Arctic.
62* SqueakyEyes: Drakken audibly blinks twice at Ron in amazement when he quotes Snowman Hank.
63* SuperCellReception: Drakken's cell phone can make calls from the North Pole. Unfortunately, Shego isn't picking up.
64* TearsOfJoy: Ron tears up when Kim gives him a virtual scrapbook of pictures of them.
65* TrashLanding: Ron and Drakken escape from imminent doom by climbing into the garbage disposal pod and ejecting it just before [=DrakForce=] One goes boom.
66* TravelMontage: Of Kim going to the different places the escape pods landed in to try to find Ron.
67* UnderTheMistletoe: Kim ends up kissing Ron on the cheek under a makeshift mistletoe--it was actually a piece of parsley that Ron found in the garbage and Drakken tied a red ribbon around it.
68* WimpFight: Ron and Drakken end up fighting without their partners (Kim is home with her family; Shego is at the beach). They end up accidentally launching themselves on "[=DrakForce=] One", ejecting the escape pods, and triggering the {{self destruct mechanism}}.
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