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* AnAssKickingChristmas

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* BadassAdorable: Pietari
* BadSanta

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* BadAssAdorable: Pietari

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* BerserkButton: The elves really don't like it when you curse, killing the supervisor and all of his employees when he drops the F-bomb.



** In the beginning of the movie, Rauno sets up a wolf trap outside of his home, [[spoiler:catching one of Santa's elves, presumably on its way to steal their heating and kidnap Pietari.]]



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* GenreSavvy: The American Billionaire is well aware that Santa Claus and his elves will jump at the chance at killing everyone should they act "naughty" on the sight and tries instilling a list of rules the discourages bad behavior (no cursing, washing your hands, etc). When he workers ignore this rule, it inevitably gets them all killed, [[spoiler:him included]].
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* ProperlyParanoid: In hearing that Santa Claus might be buried under the mountain, Pietari does all the reading he can and not only comes to believe that [[BadSanta Santa Claus is evil]], but that he is actively hunting him for his bad behavior. Wouldn't you know it, he only gets out of being kidnapped through good luck and the real Santa Claus is an [[{{Santabomination}} eldritch horror]] imprisoned by the Sami for the havoc it caused.


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* TheScourgeOfGod: Ole' Joulupukki seems to have a passion for punishing the naughty, his elves kidnapping all of the village kids as an offering to him when they release him from the ice. The Billionaire seems aware of this, trying to keep his employees from doing anything to trigger them while on the site to keep from incurring their wrath.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Santa's little helpers use pickaxes.
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* UltimateEvil: [[spoiler:The only part of Santa we see are his/its horns]].

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* UltimateEvil: UnseenEvil: [[spoiler:The only part of Santa we see are his/its horns]].
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* {{Expy}}: From his diminutive size, NiceHat, walking cane, spectacles, temper, and flashes of genuine wonder, Riley bares an uncanny resemblance to a humanized [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Scrooge McDuck]]. Possibly intentional, as the character [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff is quite popular in Finland.]]

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* {{Expy}}: From his diminutive size, NiceHat, fancy hat, walking cane, spectacles, temper, and flashes of genuine wonder, Riley bares an uncanny resemblance to a humanized [[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Scrooge McDuck]]. Possibly intentional, as the character [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff is quite popular in Finland.]]

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* CollectorOfTheStrange: Riley, the old man in charge of the dig, gives off this vibe [[spoiler: wanting to dig up Santa, and not bothered in the least about the child eating.]] Pietari's and Juuso's fathers also apply because before they blow Santa Claus up, they cut off his horns as a CreepySouvenir.



* CollectorOfTheStrange: Riley, the old man in charge of the dig, gives off this vibe [[spoiler: wanting to dig up Santa, and not bothered in the least about the child eating.]] Pietari's and Juuso's fathers also apply because before they blow Santa Claus up, they cut off his horns as a CreepySouvenir.

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* TheDreaded: Santa Clause
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* TheDreaded: Santa Clause
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* TheDreaded: Santa Clause naturally

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* TheDreaded: Santa Clause Clause
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* MonsterInTheIce: In prehistoric times, Lapland was ruled the evil Santa Claus (here portrayed as a huge, demonic {{Santabomination}}). The Sámi defeated Santa by tricking him onto a lake covered in thin ice, where he fell into the frigid water and ended up frozen solid. They later pulled the ice block out of the lake, covered it in saw dust to stop it from melting, and buried it beneath a mountain to prevent him from ever escaping. However, in the present day, Santa's elves are trying to free Santa from his icy prison. [[spoiler:Unlike most examples of this trope, Santa never manages to escape.]]

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* {{Prequel}}: TheMovie effectively serves as one for the short films as it shows [[spoiler:how the "Santas" came to be sold to other countries.]]

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* {{Prequel}}: TheMovie effectively serves as one for the short films films, as it shows [[spoiler:how the "Santas" came to be sold to other countries.]]



* SealedEvilInACan: In prehistoric times the Sami-folk of Lapland, tired of the tyranny of Santa, lured him on weak ice, and he sank to the bottom of the lake, which subsequently froze through. He was cut out and covered with tons of sawdust to keep him from melting, and then layers upon layers of dirt and stones over the centuries, until the Korvatunturi mountain on the border of modern Finland and Russia was formed. And on Christmas, an obsessed American millionaire decides to dig him out. He is not happy. [[spoiler:Thankfully however, he's never fully unsealed from the ice prison itself. Instead, he's [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu blown to bits]] before his elves can thaw him out.]]

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* SealedEvilInACan: In prehistoric times the Sami-folk of Lapland, tired of the tyranny of Santa, lured him on weak ice, and he sank to the bottom of the lake, which subsequently froze through. He was cut out and covered with tons of sawdust to keep him from melting, and then layers upon layers of dirt and stones over the centuries, until the Korvatunturi mountain on the border of modern Finland and Russia was formed. And on Christmas, an obsessed American millionaire decides to dig him out. He is not happy. [[spoiler:Thankfully [[spoiler:Thankfully, however, he's never fully unsealed from the ice prison itself. Instead, he's [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu blown to bits]] before his elves can thaw him out.]]



* SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror
* TheyLookLikeEveryoneElse: Part of the horror with Santa's Elves.

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* WouldHurtAChild: And eat them, too.

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* FamousLastWords:
** "Fuck your safety precautions! What the fuck?!" [[spoiler:Brian Greene]]
** "Now Santa is going to find out who's naughty and who's nice." [[spoiler:Riley]]

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