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* ''WesternAnimation/AceVenturaPetDetective'': Santa Claus mentions having taken self-defense lessons to traverse rough neighborhoods after saving Ace.
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* In ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'', Plastic Man tells his kid a bedtime story where Santa Claus has heat vision for some reason.
* One [[MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks 90s comic]] features [[http://superdickery.com/?s=santa+the+barbarian+ Santa the Barbarian.]]
* Creator/MarvelComics:
** One story features the supervillain Rhino dressing up as Santa, implying a BadSanta scenario... but as it turns out, Rhino was volunteering to hand out toys to kids.
** ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'': There have been several {{Christmas Special}}s where the Punisher dresses up in a Santa costume to gun down mafiosi.
** As for Saint Nick himself, according to the X-Men, he's "the most powerful mutant ever registered" by Cerebro.
* Creator/DCComics:
** ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
*** One ''DC Comics Holiday Special'' features [[https://tytempletonart.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/a-little-pre-christmas-gift-from-ty/ a strip]] in which Santa Claus breaks through the formidable defenses of the PollutedWasteland Apokalips in order to deliver to its ruler, the evil god {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}, a lump of coal for being naughty. It's implied he does this every year. And then he escapes to do it again next year. And what makes this especially badass is that the Santa who does this is just the traditionally jolly, friendly old man version. Knowing Darkseid, that coal was very well deserved.
---->"He's made it past our atmospheric defenses! He's here..."\\
"On the planet's surface?"\\
"''In this room!''"
** The Dec. 2008 one begins with what seems like a retelling of Superman's origin story... only son, sent from a dying world, raised by good, honest people, goes off to decide how best to use his power, sets up a Fortress of Solitude at the North Pole... only the Fortress of Solitude is a workshop, and he decides to bring peace to the world by delivering presents to everyone, one day a year. X-Ray Vision explains how he knows if you've been bad or good... he's always watching...
** ''Lobo's Paramilitary Christmas Special'' features Lobo being hired by the Easter Bunny to whack Santa Claus, and a Badass Santa getting into a machete fight with the alien bounty hunter. [[spoiler:Santa loses, but Lobo decides to take up the mantle... in his own way.]]
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': The British comics continuity has Santa leading Dr. Robotnik to realize on his own just how alone he is and how little he actually has despite ruling Mobius. On the other hand, ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'''s Father Christmas' badassery stems simply from his ultimate pacifism. He won't involve himself in the fighting, but by the same token it proves utterly impossible to even touch him in anything but good will. Swipes and weapons go straight through him and automated defences just quietly stop working while he's around.
* The ComicBook/DisneyMouseAndDuckComics like this trope:
* One [[MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks 90s comic]] features [[http://superdickery.com/?s=santa+the+barbarian+ Santa the Barbarian.]]
* Creator/MarvelComics:
** One story features the supervillain Rhino dressing up as Santa, implying a BadSanta scenario... but as it turns out, Rhino was volunteering to hand out toys to kids.
** ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'': There have been several {{Christmas Special}}s where the Punisher dresses up in a Santa costume to gun down mafiosi.
** As for Saint Nick himself, according to the X-Men, he's "the most powerful mutant ever registered" by Cerebro.
* Creator/DCComics:
** ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
*** One ''DC Comics Holiday Special'' features [[https://tytempletonart.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/a-little-pre-christmas-gift-from-ty/ a strip]] in which Santa Claus breaks through the formidable defenses of the PollutedWasteland Apokalips in order to deliver to its ruler, the evil god {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}, a lump of coal for being naughty. It's implied he does this every year. And then he escapes to do it again next year. And what makes this especially badass is that the Santa who does this is just the traditionally jolly, friendly old man version. Knowing Darkseid, that coal was very well deserved.
---->"He's made it past our atmospheric defenses! He's here..."\\
"On the planet's surface?"\\
"''In this room!''"
** The Dec. 2008 one begins with what seems like a retelling of Superman's origin story... only son, sent from a dying world, raised by good, honest people, goes off to decide how best to use his power, sets up a Fortress of Solitude at the North Pole... only the Fortress of Solitude is a workshop, and he decides to bring peace to the world by delivering presents to everyone, one day a year. X-Ray Vision explains how he knows if you've been bad or good... he's always watching...
** ''Lobo's Paramilitary Christmas Special'' features Lobo being hired by the Easter Bunny to whack Santa Claus, and a Badass Santa getting into a machete fight with the alien bounty hunter. [[spoiler:Santa loses, but Lobo decides to take up the mantle... in his own way.]]
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': The British comics continuity has Santa leading Dr. Robotnik to realize on his own just how alone he is and how little he actually has despite ruling Mobius. On the other hand, ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'''s Father Christmas' badassery stems simply from his ultimate pacifism. He won't involve himself in the fighting, but by the same token it proves utterly impossible to even touch him in anything but good will. Swipes and weapons go straight through him and automated defences just quietly stop working while he's around.
* The ComicBook/DisneyMouseAndDuckComics like this trope:
to:
* In ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'', Plastic Man tells his kid a bedtime story where Santa Claus has heat vision for some reason.
* One [[MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks 90s comic]] features [[http://superdickery.com/?s=santa+the+barbarian+ Santa the Barbarian.]]
* Creator/MarvelComics:
** One story features the supervillain Rhino dressing up as Santa, implying a BadSanta scenario... but as it turns out, Rhino was volunteering to hand out toys to kids.
** ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'': There have been several {{Christmas Special}}s where the Punisher dresses up in a Santa costume to gun down mafiosi.
** As for Saint Nick himself, according to the X-Men, he's "the most powerful mutant ever registered" by Cerebro.
* Creator/DCComics:
** ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
*** One ''DC Comics Holiday Special'' features [[https://tytempletonart.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/a-little-pre-christmas-gift-from-ty/ a strip]] in which Santa Claus breaks through the formidable defenses of the PollutedWasteland Apokalips in order to deliver to its ruler, the evil god {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}, a lump of coal for being naughty. It's implied he does this every year. And then he escapes to do it again next year. And what makes this especially badass is that the Santa who does this is just the traditionally jolly, friendly old man version. Knowing Darkseid, that coal was very well deserved.
---->"He's made it past our atmospheric defenses! He's here..."\\
"On the planet's surface?"\\
"''In this room!''"
** The Dec. 2008 one begins with what seems like a retelling of Superman's origin story... only son, sent from a dying world, raised by good, honest people, goes off to decide how best to use his power, sets up a Fortress of Solitude at the North Pole... only the Fortress of Solitude is a workshop, and he decides to bring peace to the world by delivering presents to everyone, one day a year. X-Ray Vision explains how he knows if you've been bad or good... he's always watching...
** ''Lobo's Paramilitary''ComicBook/TheBadger'': A Christmas Special'' features Lobo being hired by episode featuring a huge biker-like "Klaus" in his rocket sled. He delivers weapons to the Easter Bunny to whack Santa Claus, Lebanese Christian militias and machie guns ivory poachers as well as his normal stuff. Oh and beats up a Badass Santa getting into a machete fight with the alien bounty hunter. [[spoiler:Santa loses, but Lobo decides troll who tries to take up over the mantle... in his own way.]]
workshop.
*''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': The British comics continuity has Santa leading Dr. Robotnik to realize on his own just how alone he is and how little he actually has despite ruling Mobius. On the other hand, ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'''s Father Christmas' badassery stems simply from his ultimate pacifism. He won't involve himself in the fighting, but by the same token it proves utterly impossible to even touch him in anything but good will. Swipes and weapons go straight through him and automated defences just quietly stop working while he's around.
* The ComicBook/DisneyMouseAndDuckComics like this trope:''ComicBook/DisneyMouseAndDuckComics'':
* One [[MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks 90s comic]] features [[http://superdickery.com/?s=santa+the+barbarian+ Santa the Barbarian.]]
* Creator/MarvelComics:
** One story features the supervillain Rhino dressing up as Santa, implying a BadSanta scenario... but as it turns out, Rhino was volunteering to hand out toys to kids.
** ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'': There have been several {{Christmas Special}}s where the Punisher dresses up in a Santa costume to gun down mafiosi.
** As for Saint Nick himself, according to the X-Men, he's "the most powerful mutant ever registered" by Cerebro.
* Creator/DCComics:
** ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
*** One ''DC Comics Holiday Special'' features [[https://tytempletonart.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/a-little-pre-christmas-gift-from-ty/ a strip]] in which Santa Claus breaks through the formidable defenses of the PollutedWasteland Apokalips in order to deliver to its ruler, the evil god {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}, a lump of coal for being naughty. It's implied he does this every year. And then he escapes to do it again next year. And what makes this especially badass is that the Santa who does this is just the traditionally jolly, friendly old man version. Knowing Darkseid, that coal was very well deserved.
---->"He's made it past our atmospheric defenses! He's here..."\\
"On the planet's surface?"\\
"''In this room!''"
** The Dec. 2008 one begins with what seems like a retelling of Superman's origin story... only son, sent from a dying world, raised by good, honest people, goes off to decide how best to use his power, sets up a Fortress of Solitude at the North Pole... only the Fortress of Solitude is a workshop, and he decides to bring peace to the world by delivering presents to everyone, one day a year. X-Ray Vision explains how he knows if you've been bad or good... he's always watching...
** ''Lobo's Paramilitary
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* The ComicBook/DisneyMouseAndDuckComics like this trope:
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* ''ComicBook/HowardTheDuck Holiday Special'' evokes high-tech combat elves with Santa as their leader, after a little talk with Howard first.
* ''ComicBook/TheBadger'': A Christmas episode featuring a huge biker-like "Klaus" in his rocket sled. He delivers weapons to the Lebanese Christian militias and machie guns ivory poachers as well as his normal stuff. Oh and beats up a troll who tries to take over the workshop.
%%* ''ComicBook/{{Warrior}}'': ''Ultimate Warrior Christmas Special''. It's ... '''really''' "special".%%Also a ZCE
%%* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Optimus Prime has [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Christmasprime.jpg donned a Santa costume on occasion]].%%And?
* ''LastChristmas'' featured Santa Claus in a post apocalyptic world fighting zombies.
* In ''Comicbook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' universe, Santa Claus is an elderly shaman who lives alone in a little hut at the North Pole, dresses in freshly-flayed reindeer skins,[[note]] His clothes look red because he wears the skins inside-out when they're still bloody.[[/note]] and uses astral projection to travel around the world every year on Christmas. He also controls an army of mischievous imps (his "little helpers") as his {{familiar}}s, and they [[DisproportionateRetribution apparently killed]] a few representatives of the Coca-Cola company when they approached him in his trance so that they could try to buy the rights to his image. Santa felt really sorry about that last one.
* ''ComicBook/TheBadger'': A Christmas episode featuring a huge biker-like "Klaus" in his rocket sled. He delivers weapons to the Lebanese Christian militias and machie guns ivory poachers as well as his normal stuff. Oh and beats up a troll who tries to take over the workshop.
%%* ''ComicBook/{{Warrior}}'': ''Ultimate Warrior Christmas Special''. It's ... '''really''' "special".%%Also a ZCE
%%* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Optimus Prime has [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Christmasprime.jpg donned a Santa costume on occasion]].%%And?
* ''LastChristmas'' featured Santa Claus in a post apocalyptic world fighting zombies.
* In ''Comicbook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' universe, Santa Claus is an elderly shaman who lives alone in a little hut at the North Pole, dresses in freshly-flayed reindeer skins,[[note]] His clothes look red because he wears the skins inside-out when they're still bloody.[[/note]] and uses astral projection to travel around the world every year on Christmas. He also controls an army of mischievous imps (his "little helpers") as his {{familiar}}s, and they [[DisproportionateRetribution apparently killed]] a few representatives of the Coca-Cola company when they approached him in his trance so that they could try to buy the rights to his image. Santa felt really sorry about that last one.
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* ''ComicBook/HowardTheDuck ''ComicBook/HowardTheDuck'': The ''Howard the Duck Holiday Special'' evokes high-tech combat elves with Santa as their leader, after a little talk with Howard first.
*''ComicBook/TheBadger'': A Christmas episode featuring ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': Issue #378 features the supervillain Rhino dressing up as Santa, implying a huge biker-like "Klaus" in BadSanta scenario... but as it turns out, Rhino was volunteering to hand out toys to kids.
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'': Plastic Man tells hisrocket sled. He delivers weapons to the Lebanese Christian militias and machie guns ivory poachers as well as his normal stuff. Oh and beats up kid a troll who tries to take over the workshop.
%%* ''ComicBook/{{Warrior}}'': ''Ultimate Warrior Christmas Special''. It's ... '''really''' "special".%%Also a ZCE
%%* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Optimus Prime has [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Christmasprime.jpg donned abedtime story where Santa costume Claus has heat vision for some reason.
* ''ComicBook/KlausGrantMorrison'': The comic retells the origin of Santa Claus, drawing heavily onoccasion]].%%And?
the myth's wider roots in Viking and Siberian legend. The future Santa Claus is depicted as a skilled hunter and fighter, who sets out to protect the children of a local village from a cruel tyrant.
*''LastChristmas'' featured ''ComicBook/LastChristmas'': The comic features Santa Claus in a post apocalyptic world fighting zombies.
*In ''Comicbook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' universe, ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'': Santa Claus is an elderly shaman who lives alone in a little hut at the North Pole, dresses in freshly-flayed reindeer skins,[[note]] His clothes look red because he wears the skins inside-out when they're still bloody.[[/note]] and uses astral projection to travel around the world every year on Christmas. He also controls an army of mischievous imps (his "little helpers") as his {{familiar}}s, and they [[DisproportionateRetribution apparently killed]] a few representatives of the Coca-Cola company when they approached him in his trance so that they could try to buy the rights to his image. Santa felt really sorry about that last one.one.
* ''ComicBook/{{Lobo}}'': ''Lobo's Paramilitary Christmas Special'' features Lobo being hired by the Easter Bunny to whack Santa Claus, and a Badass Santa getting into a machete fight with the alien bounty hunter. [[spoiler:Santa loses, but Lobo decides to take up the mantle... in his own way.]]
* ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'': There have been several {{Christmas Special}}s where the Punisher dresses up in a Santa costume to gun down mafiosi.
* ''ComicBook/SantaTheBarbarian'': The [[MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks 90s comic]] features Santa as a Barbarian.
*
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'': Plastic Man tells his
%%* ''ComicBook/{{Warrior}}'': ''Ultimate Warrior Christmas Special''. It's ... '''really''' "special".%%Also a ZCE
%%* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Optimus Prime has [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Christmasprime.jpg donned a
* ''ComicBook/KlausGrantMorrison'': The comic retells the origin of Santa Claus, drawing heavily on
*
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* ''ComicBook/{{Lobo}}'': ''Lobo's Paramilitary Christmas Special'' features Lobo being hired by the Easter Bunny to whack Santa Claus, and a Badass Santa getting into a machete fight with the alien bounty hunter. [[spoiler:Santa loses, but Lobo decides to take up the mantle... in his own way.]]
* ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'': There have been several {{Christmas Special}}s where the Punisher dresses up in a Santa costume to gun down mafiosi.
* ''ComicBook/SantaTheBarbarian'': The [[MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks 90s comic]] features Santa as a Barbarian.
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* ''ComicBook/KlausGrantMorrison'' retells the origin of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': The British comics continuity has Santa Claus, drawing heavily leading Dr. Robotnik to realize on his own just how alone he is and how little he actually has despite ruling Mobius. On the myth's wider roots other hand, ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'''s Father Christmas' badassery stems simply from his ultimate pacifism. He won't involve himself in Viking the fighting, but by the same token it proves utterly impossible to even touch him in anything but good will. Swipes and Siberian legend. The future weapons go straight through him and automated defences just quietly stop working while he's around.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** One ''DC Comics Holiday Special'' features [[https://tytempletonart.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/a-little-pre-christmas-gift-from-ty/ a strip]] in which Santa Claus breaks through the formidable defenses of the PollutedWasteland Apokalips in order to deliver to its ruler, the evil god {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}, a lump of coal for being naughty. It's implied he does this every year. And then he escapes to do it again next year. And what makes this especially badass isdepicted as a skilled hunter and fighter, that the Santa who sets out to protect does this is just the children traditionally jolly, friendly old man version. Knowing Darkseid, that coal was very well deserved.
---->"He's made it past our atmospheric defenses! He's here..."\\
"On the planet's surface?"\\
"''In this room!''"
** The Dec. 2008 one begins with what seems like a retelling ofa local village Superman's origin story... only son, sent from a cruel tyrant.dying world, raised by good, honest people, goes off to decide how best to use his power, sets up a Fortress of Solitude at the North Pole... only the Fortress of Solitude is a workshop, and he decides to bring peace to the world by delivering presents to everyone, one day a year. X-Ray Vision explains how he knows if you've been bad or good... he's always watching...
%%* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Optimus Prime has [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Christmasprime.jpg donned a Santa costume on occasion]].%%And?
%%* ''ComicBook/{{Warrior}}'': ''Ultimate Warrior Christmas Special''. It's ... '''really''' "special".%%Also a ZCE
* ''ComicBook/XMen'': As for Saint Nick himself, according to the X-Men, he's "the most powerful mutant ever registered" by Cerebro.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** One ''DC Comics Holiday Special'' features [[https://tytempletonart.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/a-little-pre-christmas-gift-from-ty/ a strip]] in which Santa Claus breaks through the formidable defenses of the PollutedWasteland Apokalips in order to deliver to its ruler, the evil god {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}, a lump of coal for being naughty. It's implied he does this every year. And then he escapes to do it again next year. And what makes this especially badass is
---->"He's made it past our atmospheric defenses! He's here..."\\
"On the planet's surface?"\\
"''In this room!''"
** The Dec. 2008 one begins with what seems like a retelling of
%%* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Optimus Prime has [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Christmasprime.jpg donned a Santa costume on occasion]].%%And?
%%* ''ComicBook/{{Warrior}}'': ''Ultimate Warrior Christmas Special''. It's ... '''really''' "special".%%Also a ZCE
* ''ComicBook/XMen'': As for Saint Nick himself, according to the X-Men, he's "the most powerful mutant ever registered" by Cerebro.
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* One [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks [[MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks 90s comic]] features [[http://superdickery.com/?s=santa+the+barbarian+ Santa the Barbarian.]]
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* The version of the character in ''WesternAnimation/TheCupheadShow'' is powerful enough to magically force the Devil himself to take his place, as a punishment for all the years of naughtiness. Complete with OminousLatinChanting (or, strictly speaking, Ominous DogLatin Chanting).
