Original air date: 11/27/2021
Production code: 111b
When budget cuts threaten Brighton's annual Snowflake Festival, Molly tries to convince Andrea's father to help fund the event and save Christmas.
Tropes
- An Aesop: Christmas is a time for giving, not working.
- Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: During the ending song.Pete: The trees are gonna glisten.Sharon: The streets are gonna glow.Darryl: We'll use this old Asbestos to make artificial snow.Pete and Sharon: WAIT!
- Brick Joke: When Molly first asks Mr. Davenport to support the Snowflake Festival, he asks if it'll make him trend. After he saves the festival, he's notified through his smartphone that he did begin trending.
- Christmas Episode: Naturally.
- Continuity Nod: When Molly is complaining about the Snowflake Festival's cancellation, the Davenports' commercial from "Hooray for Mollywood!" can be seen on the TV.
- Disaster Dominoes: The short circuit on the switch that turns on the town Christmas tree doesn't just burn down the tree, it also triggers a chain reaction that happens to destroy all the other holiday decorations.
- Enlightened Self-Interest:
- Andrea is all in favor of her dad supporting the Snowflake Festival... because if it gets cancelled, she won't be able to be the Snowflake Queen. Downplayed however, as there’s actually a sentimental reason for her to want to be the Snowflake Queen, as her mother had been in the past.
- Likewise, Scratch's only reason for helping Molly save the Snowflake Festival is for the Christmas cookie contest. Later, he takes it more personally when Mr. Davenport's unwillingness to help makes Molly give up.
- Freeze-Frame Bonus: When the crowd of citizens disperses after the Snowflake Festival is canceled, Libby's mom can be briefly seen.
- Ironic Echo:
- Scratch mocks Molly for saying "This injustice will not stand!" after Mr. Davenport refuses to help the Snowflake Festival. But when the failure of their second attempt leaves Molly too depressed, Scratch declares the same thing unironically.
- Mr. Davenport initially refuses to support the Snowflake Festival, claiming Christmas is to "make money, not merry". When he later sees Andrea crying over not being Snowflake Queen and asks why she's so sad, Scratch repeats those words back to him.
- The Krampus: Molly's code name for her father and brother.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Mr. Davenport has a change of heart about funding the Snowflake Festival when he sees Andrea crying.Mr. Davenport: My father was a great businessman... but not a very good dad.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Molly not feeling the joy period is enough to make Scratch scare the Christmas spirit into Davenport, whatever it takes.
- Pet the Dog: Downplayed; Andrea actually agrees with Molly when begging her dad to sponsor the festival. While she has an ulterior motive, to be the Snowflake Queen like her mother, she actually is civil to Molly until Mr. Davenport turns them both down.
- Saving Christmas: It's right there in the title, though it's a bit more grounded than the average example, given that the focus is on managing to fund the Snowflake Festival.
- Shout-Out:
- The song featured in the episode sounds similar to "We Need a Little Christmas."
- The pathetic Christmas tree with one red ornament is from A Charlie Brown Christmas.
- Tech Marches On: Andrea's mom's Snowflake Queen photo has her holding a huge brickphone.
- Totally Radical: Darryl and Pete dive into this upon realizing they need to recreate the 1980s rather than the 1890s.Darryl: Rad Christmas, dad Davenport. Isn't it time for us tubular dudes to head to the Snowflake Celebration?
- Yet Another Christmas Carol: Molly is inspired by a showing of A Christmas Carol to try and scare Mr. Davenport into helping fund the Snowflake Festival. Unfortunately, it doesn't work, which gets Molly very depressed.
