* AdaptationDisplacement: Shepherd left behind a vast body of other work about his childhood, but only diehard fans are even aware of it, or of his long career as a radio personality.
* CultClassic
* ItGetsBetter: First ten minutes are forgettable and pretty slow, with long gaps in the narration and very long shots of toys and kids pressing their noses against windows.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** Bob Clark was also the director of the original ''Film/BlackChristmas1974''.
** The top battling subplot in one of the sequels is oddly reminiscent of {{Beyblade}}.
*** [[OlderThanTheyThink It's the other way around]]; {{Beyblade}} is a modern update of the top battles kids used to stage back then.
** The "Soap poisoning" scene is already hilarious, but it's even more so if you're familiar with VideoGame/ModernWarfare.
* MemeticMutation: "You'll shoot your eye out!", "FRAH-GEE-LEY", etc.
* {{Sequelitis}}: The 2012 DTV sequel has been widely panned.
* SpecialEffectFailure: When the Old Man gets home exclaiming that he had won the contest, he slams one of the Bumpass hound's tails in the door. The "tail" is pretty obviously a piece of fabric folded over once, and sliding around the door seam as if it could be pulled through just fine.
** I always thought it was meant to be the dog's ear...
* ValuesDissonance: Christmas dinner at the Chinese restaurant... let's just say this scene hasn't exactly aged well.
** DeliberateValuesDissonance: It's set in the late 1940's.