"We wish you a Marill Christmas and a Hoppip New Year!"
Pokémon Christmas Bash is a Pokémon: The Original Series music album released around Christmas 2001. It's an album produced by 4Kids Entertainment and featuring various Christmas-themed songs using the English cast of the anime.
The ten songs are: "Pokémon Christmas Bash", "I'm Giving Santa A Pikachu For Christmas", "Winter is the Coolest Time of Year", "I Keep My Home In My Heart", "The Christmas Song", "Under The Mistletoe", "Must Be Santa", "The Night Before Christmas", and "Christmas Medley".
Tracklist:
- "Pokémon Christmas Bash" (4:18)
- "I'm Giving Santa A Pikachu For Christmas" (2:47)
- "Winter Is The Coolest Time Of Year" (2:23)
- "Nobody Don't Like Christmas" (3:02)
- "I Keep My Home In My Heart" (3:25)
- "The Christmas Song" (2:53)
- "Under The Mistletoe" (3:37)
- "Must Be Santa" (2:12)
- "The Night Before Christmas" (4:24)
- "Christmas Medley" (3:47)
- "I'm Giving Santa A Pikachu For Christmas (Karaoke Version)" (2:47)
- "Christmas Medley (Karaoke Version)" (3:46)
This album provides examples of:
- Concept Album: The album takes place during a Christmas party.
- Cover Version: The song contains covers of "The Christmas Song" and "Must Be Santa". "Christmas Medley" is also a medley of various Christmas songs.
- Girls Have Cooties: Once Ash notices the mistletoe in "Under the Mistletoe", he freaks out and tries to avoid being under it with Misty.
- Hold Your Hippogriffs: Several of the songs include Pokémon puns.
- Oblivious to Love: During "Under the Mistletoe", Ash is oblivious to Misty's desire to kiss him.
- A Wild Rapper Appears!: Inverted with "Pokémon Christmas Bash". The song is mostly Ash, Brock and Misty rapping, but the bridge is of Brock singing.
- Ship Tease:
- The album is heavy on Ash/Misty. "Under the Mistletoe" is a song all about how Misty wants to meet Ash under a mistletoe.
- During "The Night Before Christmas", Ash casually recites that his mother, Mr. Mime, and Professor Oak are napping at his house. Why Oak is napping at Delia's house isn't clarified.
- Under the Mistletoe: The song "Under the Mistletoe" is about how Misty wants to kiss Ash under the mistletoe.
- Villain Song: Team Rocket sings "The Christmas Song" and also take part in "Pokémon Christmas Bash" and "Christmas Medley" and also recite the second half of "The Night Before Christmas". Meowth also sings "Nobody Don't Like Christmas" by himself.
