Original air date: 12/4/2020
On Christmas Eve, Molly, Gil, and Bubble Puppy discover Santa's lost list in the snow. To return the list safely to the North Pole, they have to keep it out of the hands of the Christmas-hating Humbug.
Tropes:
- Aside Glance: Deema gives one to the audience when she tricks the Humbug into handing her the list.
- Christmas Elves: Played by Deema and Oona.
- Christmas Episode: When Santa loses his list on Christmas Eve, it’s up to the Bubble Guppies to save Christmas.
- Christmas Songs: “I’d Love to Spend My Christmas with You”
- Christmas Town: Santa’s Workshop is in the center of one.
- Everyone Hates Fruit Cakes: One of the “prizes” behind the doors on Deema’s game show is a fruit cake, which gets a disgusted reaction from Gil and Molly.
- Failed Attempt at Drama: The Humbug is trying to say that he plans to ruin Christmas for everyone after he steals Santa’s list, but he’s interrupted by his candy cane getting caught on the branch above him and causing the snow that was on it to bury him.
- Freudian Excuse: The Humbug wanted to ruin Christmas because he’s had to spend every Christmas alone in the Forest of Solitude.
- Game Show Appearance: When Molly, Gil, and Bubble Puppy get lost in woods, Deema pops up with a game show stage to help them with her game “Oh Snap! It’s a Map!”.
- Gasp!: The Guppies all gasp in horror when Mr. Grouper tells them that he knows a story about a time when Santa lost his list. Deema’s red Rudolph nose then drops off her face and bounces on the floor in the following silence.
- Go Fetch: Gil plays fetch with Bubble Puppy, but he ends up bringing back Santa’s lost list instead of the stick.
- The Grinch: Called “The Humbug” in this story.
- Idea Bulb: A red Christmas light bulb appears above Gil’s head when he comes up with the idea for how to get Santa’s list back to him.
- Long List: When Bubble Puppy finds Santa’s list and brings it to Gil, it unrolls to an extreme length.
- Santa Claus: Played by Mr. Grouper.
- Saving Christmas: Gil, Molly, and Bubble Puppy have to save Christmas by returning the naughty and nice list back to Santa.
- Special Occasions Are Magic: Deema says that on Christmas, all reindeer can fly. When Molly replies that they don’t have a reindeer, Deema puts an antler headband and a red nose on her horse Neigh Neigh and turns him into a flying reindeer.
- True Meaning of Christmas: The Humbug learns that Christmas is all about spending time with those you care about.
- The Twelve Spoofs of Christmas:
- When Deema rings the doorbell to Santa’s Christmas Town, she sings “Five doorbell rings!”
- When the group takes a shortcut through the bakery they pass four lobsters that are singing “Four lobsters baking!”
- Then when they pass through the workshop, eight crabs are singing “Eight crabs a-making!”
- The group has almost made it to Santa’s sleigh when they pass a conveyor belt with “Twelve lobsters wrapping!”
- Finally, their song ends with “And a Humbug who wants that list!”
