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* FailedASpotCheck: Roger's disco tape from the future contains a time period in the title, which is ultimately what few years it was popular for. He doesn't take this as a warning, and is completely blindsided when disco dies and he's thus ruined.
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** To PoliticalOvercorrectness over the use of the term "Holiday" over Christmas.

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** To both PoliticalOvercorrectness over the use of the term "Holiday" instead of Christmas, ''and'' to the people who react too extremely over Christmas.it to the point of exclaiming "Christmas is ruined."

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* ButterflyOfDoom: During his attempt to assassinate Creator/JaneFonda in the past, Stan happens to meet Creator/MartinScorsese and convinces him to quit drugs. This means ''Film/TaxiDriver'' is never made, which means John Hinckley Jr. doesn't obsess over Creator/JodieFoster and tries to assassinate Reagan to impress her. Without the assassination attempt, Reagan loses to Walter Mondale, [[RussiaTakesOverTheWorld who then surrenders America to the Soviet Union]].



* ForWantOfANail: During his attempt to assassinate Creator/JaneFonda in the past, Stan happens to meet Creator/MartinScorsese and convinces him to quit drugs. This means ''Film/TaxiDriver'' is never made, which means John Hinckley Jr. doesn't obsess over Creator/JodieFoster and tries to assassinate Reagan to impress her. Without the assassination attempt, Reagan loses to Walter Mondale, [[RussiaTakesOverTheWorld who then surrenders America to the Soviet Union]].

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* NewhartPhoneCall: After learning that disco is dead and he's lost everything, Roger takes his accountant off speakerphone and tries to find about the rest of his wealth. He asks about his race horses, only to learn they're dead.
-->'''Roger:''' I thought ''you'' were feeding them!



* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: Subverted. Stan is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past before absolutely everything goes off the rails.

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* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: Subverted. Stan is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past before absolutely everything goes off the rails. It still ends with Stan asking a boy what day it is, before telling him to get the hell off his lawn once he learns it's Christmas.
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* PoliticalOvercorrectness: What kicks off the episode is Stan being told to say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas." He reaches his breaking point when being told that the "Christmas Rapist" has been renamed the "Holiday Rapist." This, in fact, forms the plot as Stan believes Jane Fonda started this with her visit to Vietnam, and he's thus convinced to assassinate Fonda before she could do so, then changes his plan to off Donald Sutherland when he finds out he was the one who encouraged her.

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* PoliticalOvercorrectness: What kicks off the episode is Stan being told to say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas." He reaches his breaking point when being told that the "Christmas Rapist" has been renamed the "Holiday Rapist." This, in fact, forms the plot as Stan believes Jane Fonda started this with her visit to Vietnam, and he's thus convinced to assassinate Fonda before she could do so, then changes his plan to off Donald Sutherland when he finds out he was the one who encouraged her."



* {{Retgone}}: Stan believes Jane Fonda is to blame for all of the PoliticalOvercorrectness for Christmas. After traveling back in time, he tries to kill her in order to "save Christmas". When he finds out Donald Sutherland was the one who convinced her, he decided to kill ''him'' instead.

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* {{Retgone}}: Stan believes Jane Fonda is to blame for all of the PoliticalOvercorrectness for Christmas. After traveling back in time, he tries to kill her in order to "save Christmas". When he finds out Donald Sutherland was the one who convinced her, he decided to kill ''him'' instead.



** To Jane Fonda, pegged as the one who started it by Stan, then to Donald Sutherland when he believes they started it by encouraging her trip to Vietnam.



** Stan gets Creator/MartinScorsese to quit drugs, which means the famous movie ''Film/TaxiDriver'' never comes to fruition, which triggers a domino effect to cause the USSR to take over the USA.

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** Stan gets Creator/MartinScorsese to quit drugs, which means the famous movie ''Film/TaxiDriver'' never comes to fruition, which triggers a domino effect to cause the USSR to take over the USA.fruition.

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* PoliticalOvercorrectness: What kicks off the episode is Stan being told to say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas." He reaches his breaking point when being told that the "Christmas Rapist" has been renamed the "Holiday Rapist."

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* PoliticalOvercorrectness: What kicks off the episode is Stan being told to say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas." He reaches his breaking point when being told that the "Christmas Rapist" has been renamed the "Holiday Rapist."" This, in fact, forms the plot as Stan believes Jane Fonda started this with her visit to Vietnam, and he's thus convinced to assassinate Fonda before she could do so, then changes his plan to off Donald Sutherland when he finds out he was the one who encouraged her.



* {{Retgone}}: Stan believes Jane Fonda is to blame for all of the PoliticalOvercorrectness for Christmas. After traveling back in time, he tries to kill her in order to "save Christmas".

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* {{Retgone}}: Stan believes Jane Fonda is to blame for all of the PoliticalOvercorrectness for Christmas. After traveling back in time, he tries to kill her in order to "save Christmas". When he finds out Donald Sutherland was the one who convinced her, he decided to kill ''him'' instead.



** To Jane Fonda, pegged as the one who started it by Stan, then to Donald Sutherland when he believes they started it by encouraging her trip to Vietnam.



** Stan gets Creator/MartinScorsese to quit drugs, which means the famous movie ''Film/TaxiDriver'' never comes to fruition.

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** Stan gets Creator/MartinScorsese to quit drugs, which means the famous movie ''Film/TaxiDriver'' never comes to fruition. fruition, which triggers a domino effect to cause the USSR to take over the USA.
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* SayingTooMuch: Ghost Of Christmas Past should've left the "Jane Fonda" part alone.

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* SayingTooMuch: Ghost Of of Christmas Past should've should have left the "Jane Fonda" part alone.
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* {{Retgone}}: He believes Jane Fonda is to blame for all of the PoliticalOvercorrectness for Christmas and, after traveling back in time, he tries to kill her in order to "save Christmas".

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* {{Retgone}}: He Stan believes Jane Fonda is to blame for all of the PoliticalOvercorrectness for Christmas and, after Christmas. After traveling back in time, he tries to kill her in order to "save Christmas".
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Stan believes he is able to save Christmas... [[ItMakesSenseInContext by killing Jane Fonda]].

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* InsaneTrollLogic: Stan believes he is able to save Christmas... [[ItMakesSenseInContext by that killing Jane Fonda]]. Fonda will save Christmas from liberals.



* RagsToRiches: In the past, Roger is working as a waiter when finds Stan's cassette of disco's greatest hits and uses it to kickstart the disco craze. Then he loses it all [[DiscoSucks when the craze ends in 1981.]]

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* RagsToRiches: In the past, Roger is working as a waiter when finds Stan's cassette of disco's greatest hits and uses it to kickstart the disco craze. Then he loses it all [[DiscoSucks when the craze ends in 1981.]]1981]].
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** To PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad over the use of the term "Holiday" over Christmas.

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** To PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad PoliticalOvercorrectness over the use of the term "Holiday" over Christmas.

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