History WMG / AChristmasStory

[[WMG: Miles Matheson of ''Series/{{Revolution}}'' actually watched this film.]]
In [[Recap/RevolutionS1E7TheChildrensCrusade episode 7]], Miles said to a kid pointing a weapon at him, "You're gonna poke your eye out, kid!" Now, that's not exactly the same line, but it's pretty close. Besides, Miles probably watched it once, and his memory got a little foggy there.

He has unusual facial expressions, he seems fixated on TheWizardOfOz, and he freaks out when he sees Santa.

* I'm pretty sure this is obvious in the film. Almost clearly stated. This doesn't really qualify as a WMG

* ALL of the kids freaked out when they saw Santa. (Makes sense, the dude was creepy)

He has unusual facial expressions, he seems fixated on TheWizardOfOz, and he freaks out when he sees Santa.\

He has unusual facial expressions, he seems fixated on TheWizardOfOz, and he freaks out when he sees Santa.

Just a hunch; it's been awhile, after all, it's entirely plausible that Ralph is simply remembering, and figures his name really was "Scut" because, as he says, it ''does'' suit him. Besides, what kind of parents would name their kid "Scut"?

Not as much of a WMG as coming down on one side of the controversy, but watch her smirk as she's picking up the watering can. Also, as the Old Man attempts to fix the lamp, if you focus on her, you can see her giggling with her hand over her mouth in the background. She finally got disgusted with her husband's swearing, plus his plastic treasure, and just snapped. Further supported by the line, "That is...the ugliest lamp I have ever seen in my entire LLLLIIIFE," and the scene in "My Summer Story" where she touches off an attack with Ronald Coleman gravy boats.

This would explain why she was so willing to cover for Ralphie around his dad, and generally let him off the hook where she was concerned (she tells Dad she gave Ralphie a talking-to, but we don't see it). Also, having watched her son tear home from school as though being chased by the Mafia all this time, she had to have figured something out. She might've even thought Farkus got what was coming to him but, like Dad, couldn't say so because she of all people didn't want to be seen as condoning violence.

Watch his reaction when Mom suggests he go help his father, and his reaction when that goes awry. The fact that Dad is the one who engineers the purchase of the Red Ryder (as implied by his "Santa Claus" excuse) only reinforces this.

In [[Recap/RevolutionS1E7TheChildrensCrusade episode 7]], Miles said to a kid pointing a weapon at him, "You're gonna poke your eye out, kid!" Now, that's not exactly the same line, but it's pretty close. Besides, Miles probably watched it once, and his memory got a little foggy there.

In episode 7, Miles said to a kid pointing a weapon at him, "You're gonna poke your eye out, kid!" Now, that's not exactly the same line, but it's pretty close. Besides, Miles probably watched it once, and his memory got a little foggy there.

In episode 7, Miles said to a kid pointing a weapon at him, "You're gonna poke your eye out, kid!" Now, that's not exactly the same line, but it's pretty close. Besides, Miles probably watched in once, and his memory got a little foggy there.

Ralphie's Mother breaks his precious major award. The only way he can get back to her is to directly defy her orders and buy Ralphie the BB gun.

** Another possibility: to yank the maitre d'/boss figure's chain? (Would explain why he's the only one with gray hair besides age....)

Ralphie's Mother breaks his precious major award. The only way he can get back to her is to directly defy her orders and buying Ralphie the BB gun.

He was secretly proud of his son for standing up for himself and taking down the much bigger school bully but didn't feel it was right to actually encourage violence and knew Mother wouldn't approve anyway.

When Ralphie receives the BB gun for Christmas and goes outside to use it, his mother tells him not to shoot any animals, and his father puts in, "Except for the Bumpuses' dogs!" Yes, he may be joking, but he's the kind of person who would likely half-jokingly say something he means, and he ''is'' the one who got Ralphie the BB gun. He says it's because he had one as a kid and thinks Ralphie should have one, but there's the possibility that his ulterior motive was getting his son to shoot the dogs.

[[WMG: The film was made to [[TheRedStapler promote Leg Lamps]]]]

It took a decade or two for the gambit to pay off.

They knew how to say the "L" sound, they just knew the Parkers had just had an unpleasant experience losing their turkey and were being silly to cheer them up. Why else would they immediately switch over to a Christmas song that obviously '''also''' used lots of "L"'s?