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* GroundhogDayLoop: Stan only has five minutes in his loop, and near the end of the episode, he finds that he had a finite number of loops to begin with. It's finally broken when he goes to spend time with Steve, only to find that he was trying to pay off a hacker who took video of him masturbating. The hacker thinks Steve ignored his demands and uploads the footage, which appalls everyone and ends up cancelling the tree lighting.
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* GroundhogDayLoop: Stan only has five minutes in his loop, and near the end of the episode, he finds that he had a finite number of loops to begin with. It's finally broken when he goes to spend time with Steve, only to find that he was trying to pay off a hacker who took a video of him masturbating. The hacker thinks Steve ignored his demands demand to come alone and uploads broadcasts the footage, which appalls everyone at the mall and ends up cancelling gets the tree lighting.lighting ceremony canceled.
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* MistakenForCheating: Stan tries to get help from the janitor by repeating some of the facts he learned, but he mistakes this for him cheating with his wife.
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* MistakenForCheating: Stan tries to get help from the janitor by repeating some of the facts he learned, learned about the latter's personal life, thereby revealing he's in a time loop, but he mistakes this is just mistaken for him cheating sleeping with his the janitor's wife.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: The janitor and a kiosk piercing specialist are both offhandedly mentioned to be going through their own supernatural adventures involving separate body swaps.
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-->'''Release Date:''' December 21, 2020
-->'''Release Date:''' December 21, 2020
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* BearsAreBadNews: An actual polar bear is brought to Santa's village at the mall, and it kills Roger in multiple loops.
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* BearsAreBadNews: An actual polar bear is brought to Santa's village at the mall, terrifying children, and it kills Roger in multiple loops.
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* YouWereTryingTooHard: Stan spends dozens of time loops trying to avert a disaster and failing every time, despite going through every possible solution he can think of. When he realises that he has only three time loops left, he gives up trying to avert the disaster and spends the time he has left with his family, and ''this'' is what ends up averting the disaster.
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* ImStandingRightHere: After the initial disaster, Stan laments that Hayley never married and found happiness...even though Jeff is standing right next to him and doing his best to console him.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: While running at super-speed to cut the power to the mall, Stan collects his hot chocolate, only to instantly burn himself and crash into a store.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: While running at super-speed to cut the power to the mall, Stan collects his hot chocolate, chocolate and tries to drink it, only to instantly burn himself and crash into a store.
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* ChristmasEpisode: The first one since "Santa, Schmanta" in Season 15.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: While running at super-speed to cut the power to the mall, Stan collects his hot chocolate, only to instantly burn himself and crash into a store.
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* HopeSpot: Stan spends much of the episode trying to avert the disaster by cutting power to the mall. When he finally achieves it, it looks like he's succeeded. But then an even more gruesome disaster occurs.
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* HopeSpot: Stan spends much of the episode trying to avert the disaster by cutting power to the mall. When he mall and finally achieves it, it looks like he's succeeded.succeeds. But then an even more gruesome disaster occurs.
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* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Subverted. After accidentally getting the janitor to think he's sleeping with his wife, Stan starts the next loop by telling him that he's in a time loop, and the janitor immediately believes him and agrees to help.
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* YouHaveToBelieveMe: YouHaveToBelieveMe:
** Subverted. After accidentally getting the janitor to think he's sleeping with his wife, Stan starts the next loop by telling him that he's in a time loop, and the janitor immediately believes him and agrees tohelp.help.
** On another loop, Stan tells Vic Mancuso not to light the tree, only to be shot by multiple snipers in response.
** Subverted. After accidentally getting the janitor to think he's sleeping with his wife, Stan starts the next loop by telling him that he's in a time loop, and the janitor immediately believes him and agrees to
** On another loop, Stan tells Vic Mancuso not to light the tree, only to be shot by multiple snipers in response.
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* HopeSpot: Stan spends much of the episode trying to avert the disaster by cutting power to the mall. When he finally achieves it, it looks like he's succeeded. But then an even more gruesome disaster occurs.
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* DoubleTake: On the last loops, Stan joins Francine in getting piercings and says that he's enjoying being with her before "they're consumed by a bone-melting tsunami of fire." Francine is touched by this, before realizing what he just said and then they're killed by the fire.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: While it involves a hacker humiliating Steve by posting a video of him masturbating, Stan eventually manages to end the time loop by averting the disaster.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: While it involves a hacker humiliating Steve by posting a video of him masturbating, Stan eventually manages to end the time loop by averting the disaster.
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* TimeSkip: After the initial disaster, a month passes with Stan wallowing in sorrow before he gets the magic fortune cookie and is sent back.
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* BearsAreBadNews: An actual polar bear is brought to Santa's village at the mall, and it kills Roger in multiple loops.
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Stan takes the family to a shopping mall to have a perfect Christmas. But when the tree lighting ceremony ends in disaster, Stan gets stuck in a time loop and must avert catastrophe.
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Stan takes the family to a shopping mall to have a perfect Christmas. But when the tree lighting ceremony ends in disaster, Stan gets stuck in a time loop and must avert catastrophe.find a way to save his family.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: With only three loops left, Stan gives up on trying to prevent the disaster and decides to spend his last moments with each of his family.
* GroundhogDayLoop: Stan only has five minutes in his loop, and near the end of the episode, he finds that he had a finite number of loops to begin with.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: On one loop, Stan manages to cut power to the mall. However, one of the high-tension wires snaps and slices everyone in the crowd.
* MistakenForCheating: Stan tries to get help from the janitor by repeating someone facts he learned, but he mistakes this for him cheating with his wife.
* GroundhogDayLoop: Stan only has five minutes in his loop, and near the end of the episode, he finds that he had a finite number of loops to begin with.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: On one loop, Stan manages to cut power to the mall. However, one of the high-tension wires snaps and slices everyone in the crowd.
* MistakenForCheating: Stan tries to get help from the janitor by repeating someone facts he learned, but he mistakes this for him cheating with his wife.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: With only three loops left, Stan gives up on trying to prevent the disaster and decides to spend his last moments with each of his family.Francine, Hayley, and Steve.
* {{Fingore}}: On one loop, Stan slides his way across the ice rink, but when he emerges, his fingers were all sliced off by ice skaters.
* GroundhogDayLoop: Stan only has five minutes in his loop, and near the end of the episode, he finds that he had a finite number of loops to begin with. \n It's finally broken when he goes to spend time with Steve, only to find that he was trying to pay off a hacker who took video of him masturbating. The hacker thinks Steve ignored his demands and uploads the footage, which appalls everyone and ends up cancelling the tree lighting.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: On one loop, Stan manages to cut power to the mall. However, one of the high-tension wires on the tree snaps and slices everyone in the crowd.
* MistakenForCheating: Stan tries to get help from the janitor by repeatingsomeone some of the facts he learned, but he mistakes this for him cheating with his wife.wife.
* SkewedPriorities: Stan's first few loops has him trying to locate the family, but he berates them for not doing the Christmas chores he asked them to do.
* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Subverted. After accidentally getting the janitor to think he's sleeping with his wife, Stan starts the next loop by telling him that he's in a time loop, and the janitor immediately believes him and agrees to help.
* {{Fingore}}: On one loop, Stan slides his way across the ice rink, but when he emerges, his fingers were all sliced off by ice skaters.
* GroundhogDayLoop: Stan only has five minutes in his loop, and near the end of the episode, he finds that he had a finite number of loops to begin with.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: On one loop, Stan manages to cut power to the mall. However, one of the high-tension wires on the tree snaps and slices everyone in the crowd.
* MistakenForCheating: Stan tries to get help from the janitor by repeating
* SkewedPriorities: Stan's first few loops has him trying to locate the family, but he berates them for not doing the Christmas chores he asked them to do.
* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Subverted. After accidentally getting the janitor to think he's sleeping with his wife, Stan starts the next loop by telling him that he's in a time loop, and the janitor immediately believes him and agrees to help.
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* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: On one loops, Stan manages to cut power to the mall. However, one of the high-tension wires snaps and slices everyone in the crowd.
* MistakenForCheating: Stan tries to get help from the janitor by repeating someone facts he learned, but he mistakes this for him cheating with his wife.
* MistakenForCheating: Stan tries to get help from the janitor by repeating someone facts he learned, but he mistakes this for him cheating with his wife.
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* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: On one loops, loop, Stan manages to cut power to the mall. However, one of the high-tension wires snaps and slices everyone in the crowd.
* MistakenForCheating: Stan tries to get help from the janitor by repeating someone facts he learned, but he mistakes this for him cheating with hiswife.wife.
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* MistakenForCheating: Stan tries to get help from the janitor by repeating someone facts he learned, but he mistakes this for him cheating with his
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* GroundhogDayLoop: Stan only have five minutes in his loop, and near the end of the episode, he finds that he had a finite number of loops.
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* GroundhogDayLoop: Stan only have has five minutes in his loop, and near the end of the episode, he finds that he had a finite number of loops.loops to begin with.
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Stan takes the family to a shopping mall to have a perfect Christmas. But when the tree lighting ceremony ends in disaster, Stan gets stuck in a time loop and must avert catastrophe.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: With only three loops left, Stan gives up on trying to prevent the disaster and decides to spend his last moments with each of his family.
* GroundhogDayLoop: Stan only have five minutes in his loop, and near the end of the episode, he finds that he had a finite number of loops.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: On one loops, Stan manages to cut power to the mall. However, one of the high-tension wires snaps and slices everyone in the crowd.
* MistakenForCheating: Stan tries to get help from the janitor by repeating someone facts he learned, but he mistakes this for him cheating with his wife.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: With only three loops left, Stan gives up on trying to prevent the disaster and decides to spend his last moments with each of his family.
* GroundhogDayLoop: Stan only have five minutes in his loop, and near the end of the episode, he finds that he had a finite number of loops.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: On one loops, Stan manages to cut power to the mall. However, one of the high-tension wires snaps and slices everyone in the crowd.
* MistakenForCheating: Stan tries to get help from the janitor by repeating someone facts he learned, but he mistakes this for him cheating with his wife.
