* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Real reindeers can have [[https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/story/678/why-rudolph-the-reindeer-really-has-a-red-nose/ reddish noses]], because of the blood flow being concentrated around their nose (they still need to feel what they're eating, after all).
* BabyNameTrendStarter: Many red-nosed pets, especially dogs, are named after Rudolph.
* OutlivedItsCreator: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer not only outlived Robert L. May after his passing in 1976, but has also outlived Montgomery Ward after shutting down in the late 1990s.
* RealitySubtext: Rudolph getting ostracized and bullied by the other reindeer for his red nose is based on Robert L. May's experiences at school where he faced similar treatment with students and classmates.
* ReferencedBy: [[Referencedby/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer Has its own page]].
* RoleReprise: Paul Wing who narrated the 1948 animated short by Creator/MaxFleischer. Would return to do narration of the 1939 story for the "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" LP Record by RCA Camden. He also did narration for "Rudolph's Second Christmas" in the same record, 27 years before it got published by Montgomery Ward in 1992.
* SwanSong: Max Fleischer's final cartoon was adapting ''Literature/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' into an 8-minute [[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer1948 cartoon in 1948]]. This cartoon would also mark Rudolph's animation debut before the beloved [[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer1964 1964 special]] by Creator/RankinBassProductions.
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