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* AmbiguouslyJewish: He has an unexplained Yiddish accent.
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The main protagonist of the special, a boy around the age of about 10-12 and of course a modified version of David from the sequel film of ''WesternAnimation/{{All Dogs Go To Heaven}}''.

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The main protagonist of the special, a boy around the age of about 10-12 and of course a [[{{Expy}} modified version version]] of David from the sequel film of ''WesternAnimation/{{All Dogs Go To Heaven}}''.

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->Voiced by: Elmo Shropshire




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->Voiced by: Jim Staahl



->Voiced by: Creator/CamClarke



->Voiced by: Creator/KathleenBarr





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->Voiced by: Creator/ScottMcNeil (Mr. Spankenheimer), Creator/KathleenBarr (Mrs. Spankenheimer), and Maggie Blue O'Hara (Daphne)
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She just disappears at the end, with no explanation of whether she got her just desserts or not.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Even Grandma doesn't seem to like her.
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* BeautyMark: Below her left eye.



* BeautyMark: Below her left eye.
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* BeautyMark

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* BeautyMarkBeautyMark: Below her left eye.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When [[spoiler: reading the letter Santa wrote explaining what happened]], he gets angry for the first time ''ever''. The look on Cousin Mel's face when she realizes she got Grandpa mad makes it clear she knows she's beyond screwed.

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When While he is [[spoiler: reading the letter Santa wrote explaining what happened]], he gets angry for the first time ''ever''. The look on Cousin Mel's face when she realizes she got Grandpa mad makes it clear she knows she's beyond screwed.



** Likewise leaving the spice in her purse. Doofus manages to pick up it's scent and leads Jake to where she keeping Grandma hidden.

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** Likewise Likewise, leaving the spice in her purse. Doofus manages to pick up it's its scent and leads Jake to where she was keeping Grandma hidden.



* ManipulativeBitch: Is a contender for third smarter person in the movie behind Grandma and Jake. Up until the ending she managed to effortlessly turn around every hitch she encountered to her advantage.

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* ManipulativeBitch: Is a contender for the third smarter smartest person in the movie behind Grandma and Jake. Up until the ending ending, she managed to effortlessly turn around every hitch she encountered to her advantage.



* [[TheFriendNobodyLikes The Relative Nobody Likes]]: It's clear she's not the most beloved member of the family so why she's living with them at all is anybody's guess. It's not even clear as to whose cousin she is.

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* [[TheFriendNobodyLikes The Relative Nobody Likes]]: It's clear she's not the most beloved member of the family family, so why she's living with them at all is anybody's guess. It's not even clear as to whose cousin she is.



* VillainousBreakdown: Once its pretty obvious that there's too much evidence stacked against her for her plan to work anymore.

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* VillainousBreakdown: Once its it's pretty obvious that there's too much evidence stacked against her for her plan to work anymore.



* WouldHurtAChild: Not directly, but she had no qualms with anyone getting sick from her poisoned fruitcake, which could've been anyone, including kids. She's also not very fond of Jake.

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* WouldHurtAChild: Not directly, but she had no qualms with anyone getting sick from her poisoned fruitcake, which could've been anyone, including kids. She's also not very fond of Jake.



* HappilyMarried: We see Mrs. Claus at points in the film who's naturally worried for him after he's convicted of hit and run and kidnapping. And he holds her warmingly as they're about to head back to the North Pole.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: A main rule of thumb is that humans aren't allowed to the North Pole without permission. So he let's Quincy slide when he brings Jake there to find his grandmother.
* SantaClaus: [[CaptainObvious This is the man himself we're talking about; it's a given.]]

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* HappilyMarried: We see Mrs. Claus at points in the film who's film. She's naturally worried for him after he's convicted of hit and run and kidnapping. And he He also holds her warmingly as they're about to head back to the North Pole.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: A main rule of thumb is that humans aren't allowed to the North Pole without permission. So he let's lets Quincy slide when he brings Jake there to find his grandmother.
* SantaClaus: [[CaptainObvious This is the man himself we're talking about; it's about. It's a given.]]



* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Averted, despite initially being set up as such. He wants to buy Grandma's shop but he's not willing to go to any illegal lengths to acquire it, and gives Jake a fair chance to find Grandma before he signs the deal with Cousin Mel. Likewise after everything said and done, he offers to turn Grandma's shop into a franchise.

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Averted, despite initially being set up as such. He wants to buy Grandma's shop shop, but he's not willing to go to any illegal lengths to acquire it, and gives Jake a fair chance to find Grandma before he signs the deal with Cousin Mel. Likewise Likewise, after everything said and done, he offers to turn Grandma's shop into a franchise.



* HonestCorporateExecutive: As mentioned in the above two entries, despite being set up as this initially, he's actually a pretty decent guy who's more that willing to give Jake a fair shot at finding his grandmother before signing off on Cousin Mel's deal.

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* HonestCorporateExecutive: As mentioned in the above two entries, despite being set up as this initially, he's actually a pretty decent guy who's more that than willing to give Jake a fair shot at finding his grandmother before signing off on Cousin Mel's deal.



Cousin Mel's attorney who helps her frame Santa Claus for Grandma's second disappearance.

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Cousin Mel's attorney attorney, who helps her frame Santa Claus for Grandma's second disappearance.



* {{Facepalm}}: After a now lucid Grandma shows up in court and Cousin Mel shouts "That woman is a fraud! Grandma doesn't know who she is!"

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* {{Facepalm}}: After a now lucid Grandma shows up in court and Cousin Mel shouts shouts, "That woman is a fraud! Grandma doesn't know who she is!"



* WorthIt: Give the guy credit, he knew there was a risk in bringing Jake to the North Pole without Santa's permission. But did it anyway which luckily for him allowed him to keep his job.

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* WorthIt: Give the guy credit, he knew there was a risk in bringing Jake to the North Pole without Santa's permission. But he did it anyway anyway, which luckily for him him, allowed him to keep his job.



* AdultsAreUseless: They don't really prove to be much help both before the incident (making excuses to get out of helping Grandma with charity work and decorations) and after (all but giving up the search for Grandma. Hell Daphne at one point tells Jake to ''give up''). But hey it's a kids movie. Par for the course.

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* AdultsAreUseless: They don't really prove to be much help both before the incident (making excuses to get out of helping Grandma with charity work and decorations) and after (all but giving up the search for Grandma. Hell Hell, Daphne at one point tells Jake to ''give up''). But hey hey, it's a kids movie. Par for the course.
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* SparedByTheAdaptation: She is pretty obviously killed in the song.

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* SparedByTheAdaptation: She is pretty obviously killed in the song.
song, though her family BELIEVES her to be dead.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: The original song implies he ran over Grandma deliberately. Here, it was an accident because [[ItMakesSenseInContext she was carrying tainted fruitcake that smelled like reindeer-nip]].

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[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Santa Claus]].

* BadassGrandpa
* BigGood
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Taking Grandma to the North Pole rather then just a local hospital did more harm then good. He claims that he didn't do that because he didn't know she was.

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[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Santa Claus]].


* BadassGrandpa
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* BigGood
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Taking Grandma to the North Pole rather then just a local hospital did more harm then good. He claims that he didn't do that because he didn't know she was.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Seriously taking Grandma to the North Pole rather then just a local hospital did more harm then good.
** Also, he claims that he didn't do that because he didn't know she was. So basically, the plot only happened because the guy whose job it is to know who everyone is didn't know her.

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Seriously taking Taking Grandma to the North Pole rather then just a local hospital did more harm then good.
** Also, he
good. He claims that he didn't do that because he didn't know she was. So basically, the plot only happened because the guy whose job it is to know who everyone is didn't know her.
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* ImpossibleHourglassFigure

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* ImpossibleHourglassFigureImpossibleHourglassFigure: She's got quite a curvy figure, which adds well to the {{fanservice}}.
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[[caption-width-right:274:[- [[EnsembleDarkHorse Meet the real]] [[BuxomIsBetter reason why]] [[EvilIsSexy this page]] [[MsFanservice was made]].-] ]]
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* AdorablyPrecociousChild.

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* AdorablyPrecociousChild.AdorablyPrecociousChild



* CassandraTruth

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* CassandraTruthCassandraTruth: Nobody believes his claim that Grandma got run over by a reindeer early in the movie, even when he's wide eyed and screaming it. They don't particularly believe him either when he says that Santa is real, even though there's clearly evidence that suggests that he ''is'' indeed real.



* NiceGuy

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* NiceGuyNiceGuy: He's easily the nicest character in the movie, being more than willing to help his grandmother when nobody else will and even helping out Santa Claus. As demonstrated above, however, that doesn't exactly mean that it's a good idea to provoke him.



* MadeOfIron: Amnesia notwithstanding, the woman managed to survive being trampled by eight reindeer and a sleigh. [[spoiler: Twice.]]
* PlotAllergy: Her supposed allergy to eggs. One of the reasons she'd been heading out was because she left her medication at the store.

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* MadeOfIron: Amnesia notwithstanding, not withstanding, the woman managed to survive being trampled by eight reindeer and a sleigh. [[spoiler: Twice.]]
* PlotAllergy: Her [[InformedAttribute supposed allergy to eggs.eggs]]. One of the reasons she'd been heading out was because she left her medication at the store.



* AdaptationalVillainy: In the song, Cousin Mel is only given a brief mention as playing cards with Grandpa after Grandma's death, and doesn't seem particularly malicious.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: In the song, Cousin Mel is only given a brief mention as playing cards with Grandpa after Grandma's death, and doesn't seem particularly malicious. Here, she's elevated to the position of main antagonist.



* FemmeFatale
* FemmeFatalons
* GenderBlenderName

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* FemmeFatale
FemmeFatale: She tries to schmooze both Grandpa and Austin Bucks with her good looks. She manages to wrap Grandpa around her finger (if only because he's senile to begin with and didn't know what she was really up to), but she's not so lucky with Austin, given that he chooses to give Jake a chance to find his grandma instead of letting Mel have her way right then and there.
* FemmeFatalons
FemmeFatalons: Although she never actually puts them to any use.
* GenderBlenderNameGenderBlenderName: Mel is typically a male name.



* {{Jerkass}}

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* {{Jerkass}}{{Jerkass}}: Undoubtedly the biggest offender in the movie; even Daphne's nowhere near as unpleasant as she is.



* LackOfEmpathy

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* LackOfEmpathyLackOfEmpathy: It's pretty clear that she doesn't care about poisoning people to get rich. Neither does she care about nearly ruining Christmas by almost landing Santa in jail.



* MsFanservice

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* MsFanserviceMsFanservice: Just take a look at the picture above and the associated quote.



* VillainSong: "Grandpa's Gonna Sue the Pants Off Of Santa."

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* VillainSong: "Grandpa's Gonna Sue the Pants Off Of Santa."Santa", which she shares with I.M. Slime.



* SantaClaus

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* SantaClaus
SantaClaus: [[CaptainObvious This is the man himself we're talking about; it's a given.]]



-->'''Austin''': Lutenant Neutron? He was the best!

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-->'''Austin''': Lutenant Lieutenant Neutron? He was the best!



* HonestCorporateExecutive
* MeaningfulName

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* HonestCorporateExecutive
HonestCorporateExecutive: As mentioned in the above two entries, despite being set up as this initially, he's actually a pretty decent guy who's more that willing to give Jake a fair shot at finding his grandmother before signing off on Cousin Mel's deal.
* MeaningfulName
MeaningfulName: The guy's last name is "Bucks" and he owns a massive corporation. You can piece the evidence together.



* MeaningfulName: She's a [[EvilLawyerJoke lawyer?]] [[PunnyName Get it?]]

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* MeaningfulName: She's a [[EvilLawyerJoke lawyer?]] lawyer.]] [[PunnyName Get it?]]
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom. While her plan was to poison people [[spoiler: by spiking Grandma's fruitcake, she didn't mean for it to attract the reindeer that ran her down.]] It's later averted when she and her attorney kidnap Grandma, just so they could sue Santa over her disappearance.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: She goes to jail [[spoiler: for obstructing justice by hiding Santa's letter]].
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* GoodIsNotDumb: Despite what Cousin Mel thinks, she's actually an intelligent businesswoman, since her generosity keeps her costumers loyal, and doesn't trust Mel one bit with her business.

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* AdaptationalVillainy

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* AdaptationalVillainyAdaptationalVillainy: In the song, Cousin Mel is only given a brief mention as playing cards with Grandpa after Grandma's death, and doesn't seem particularly malicious.



* BuxomIsBetter



* GoldDigger

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* GoldDiggerGoldDigger: She is explicitly described as one by Grandma.



* RedheadInGreen

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* RedheadInGreenRedheadInGreen: She has red hair and wear a green shirt.

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I\'d be the first to agree with Jake being flat, but after reviewing the movie for my blog, I noticed just how clearly he was enjoying seeing Mel squirm in the court scene, indicating he\'s got an edge like Grandma does


* AdorablyPrecociousChild

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* AdorablyPrecociousChildAdorablyPrecociousChild.



* BewareTheNiceOnes: He most likely gets this from Grandma. As nice and as helpful as Jake is, Cousin Mel learns the hard way that messing with Grandma was a surefire way to get on his bad side when he gets her thrown in prison. He's also clearly enjoying the hell out of watching Mel squirm when all the evidence against her leaves her with no more ways out, and forces Mel to confess to everything she did.



* FlatCharacter

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Almost lets loose on Cousin Mel after she whines about Grandma not selling the shop, before saying "but Grandmas shouldn't talk that way."

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Almost lets loose on Cousin Mel after she whines about Grandma not selling the shop, before saying "but Grandmas shouldn't talk that way."" She also makes it clear to the family that if she'd gotten more help besides Jake with the decorating (like she ''asked''), she wouldn't have been leaving so late that night. The look on her face and her tone of voice makes it clear she's pissed off.



* EasyAmnesia: After the reindeer incident.

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* EasyAmnesia: After the reindeer incident. It was so bad she was incapable of retaining any permanent memories.



* TheSmartGuy: Is easily the smartest person in her family besides Jake. She was the primary manager of the store and the reason it was going for so long. This gets highlighted during her disappearance when, nine months later, Jake's parents are actually trying to sell the last fruitcake she made. A year old fruitcake that was on the ground, in the cold, partially chewed by their dog, and used as police evidence.



* HappilyMarried: To Grandma.

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* HappilyMarried: To Grandma. Yet he did nothing to actually go and help her after seeing her get run down by Santa's sleigh.




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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When [[spoiler: reading the letter Santa wrote explaining what happened]], he gets angry for the first time ''ever''. The look on Cousin Mel's face when she realizes she got Grandpa mad makes it clear she knows she's beyond screwed.



* BrilliantButLazy: She can be exceedingly ruthless and manipulative when she puts her mind to something, but most of the time she just whines about Grandma's business practices.



** FemmeFatalons

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** * FemmeFatalons



* {{Greed}}

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* {{Greed}}{{Greed}}: All she cares about is getting rich any way she can.



* LazyBum: Wants money, does everything beyond actually working to try and get it and pretty much sponges off Jake's family. The only time she's ever shown working is when she thinks someone is shoplifting.



* ManipulativeBitch

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* ManipulativeBitchManipulativeBitch: Is a contender for third smarter person in the movie behind Grandma and Jake. Up until the ending she managed to effortlessly turn around every hitch she encountered to her advantage.



* NiceShoes



** NiceShoes



* UnexplainedAccent: She speaks with a slight southern accent while the rest of her family doesn't.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Where she puts Austin Bucks' phone number.

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* UnexplainedAccent: She speaks with a slight southern accent while the rest of her family doesn't. \n Might make sense since she's just their cousin and probably grew up elsewhere.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Where she puts Austin Bucks' phone number.number and [[spoiler: Santa's letter]].



* VillainSong: "Grandma's Gonna Sue the Pants Off Of Santa."

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* VillainSong: "Grandma's "Grandpa's Gonna Sue the Pants Off Of Santa."



* AmoralAttorney

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* AmoralAttorneyAmoralAttorney: Does everything she can to ensure her client gets her fraudulent cash payoff, including aiding in a kidnapping scheme.



* {{Facepalm}}: After a now lucid Grandma shows up in court and Cousin Mel shouts "that woman is a fraud! Grandma doesn't know who she is!"

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* {{Facepalm}}: After a now lucid Grandma shows up in court and Cousin Mel shouts "that "That woman is a fraud! Grandma doesn't know who she is!"



* MeaningfulName: She's a lawyer? Get it?
** PunnyName
*** EvilLawyerJoke

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* MeaningfulName: She's a lawyer? [[EvilLawyerJoke lawyer?]] [[PunnyName Get it?
** PunnyName
*** EvilLawyerJoke
it?]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Jake's reaction to meeting her for the first time:
-->'''Jake''': Who are you?
-->'''I.M. Slime''': Cousin Mel's attorney. I.M. Slime.
-->'''Jake''': You said it, not me.


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* {{Jerkass}}: Daphne, Jake's sister. She spends most of the movie ranging from being a bratty sister to being a complete asshole to Jake. She softens at the end when Jake proves he was right about Grandma and Santa.
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** TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight: He's the only one apart from Jake (and Grandma) to see the reindeer run over Grandma.
* DisneyAcidSequence / BigLippedAlligatorMoment: His song pretty much comes out of nowhere.

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** * TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight: He's the only one apart from Jake (and Grandma) to see the reindeer run over Grandma.
* DisneyAcidSequence / BigLippedAlligatorMoment: DisneyAcidSequence: His song pretty much comes out of nowhere.

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* FailOSuckyName
* [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Who Names Their Dog Doofus?]]




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* UnfortunateNames: [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Who Names Their Dog Doofus?]]
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* ThighHighBoots
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* {{Adorably Precocious Child}}

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* {{Adorably Precocious Child}}AdorablyPrecociousChild



* MaleGaze: Pretty much any scene, particularly during her villain song, wher she is dancing with a FurBikini top, and her CleavageWindow has widened. See it [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/coiusin_melly_2577.PNG here]].

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* MaleGaze: Pretty much any scene, particularly during her villain song, wher where she is dancing with a FurBikini top, and her CleavageWindow has widened. See it [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/coiusin_melly_2577.PNG here]].
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* FootFocus: We get a shot of her feet as she's preparing to leave the house on that faithful night.

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* FootFocus: We get a shot of her feet as she's preparing to leave the house on that faithful fateful night.
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* TheDragon: To Cousin Mel.
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** Also, he claims that he didn't do that because he didn't know she was. So basically, the plot only happened because the guy who's job it is to know who everyone is didn't know her.

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** Also, he claims that he didn't do that because he didn't know she was. So basically, the plot only happened because the guy who's whose job it is to know who everyone is didn't know her.

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Seriously taking Grandma to the North Pole rather then just a local hospital did more harm then good

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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Seriously taking Grandma to the North Pole rather then just a local hospital did more harm then goodgood.
** Also, he claims that he didn't do that because he didn't know she was. So basically, the plot only happened because the guy who's job it is to know who everyone is didn't know her.
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* DeepSouth: If her accent gives anything to go by.


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* UnexplainedAccent: She speaks with a slight southern accent while the rest of her family doesn't.

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