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* RunningGag: ''Everything'' at the North Pole is made of snow.
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* RunningGag: RunningGag:
** ''Everything'' at the North Pole is made ofsnow.snow.
** Mr. Whipple is a [[ManChild "widdle baby"]].
** ''Everything'' at the North Pole is made of
** Mr. Whipple is a [[ManChild "widdle baby"]].
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* ContinuityNod: The Skeleton Crew plays an instrumental version of "Let's Have a Patrick Swayze Christmas".
** The initialed sweaters that end up being given to the wrong people is a call back to the "Joike" sweater from the season 5 Christmas episode.
** The initialed sweaters that end up being given to the wrong people is a call back to the "Joike" sweater from the season 5 Christmas episode.
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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
** The Skeleton Crew plays an instrumental version of"Let's "[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S03E21SantaClausConquersTheMartians Let's Have a Patrick Swayze Christmas".
Christmas"]].
** And Santa has a pressurized sled capable of space travel. So Joel was right: Tom Servo didn't need to fear for Santa and the reindeer's safety in the vacuum of space.
** The initialed sweaters that end up being given to the wrong people is a call back to the "Joike" sweater fromthe season 5 Christmas episode.''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E21SantaClaus Santa Claus]]''.
** The Skeleton Crew plays an instrumental version of
** And Santa has a pressurized sled capable of space travel. So Joel was right: Tom Servo didn't need to fear for Santa and the reindeer's safety in the vacuum of space.
** The initialed sweaters that end up being given to the wrong people is a call back to the "Joike" sweater from
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* Kinga is still making plans for her wedding to Jonah. And then it's Invention exchange time. Jonah and the bots invent The Regifter: a pair of nesting boxes meant to be given away immediately after you receive them. Kinga invents Humbug FM, a radio that filters out the sappy seasonal music and leaves nothing but screaming, cacophonous noise.
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* Kinga is still making plans for her wedding to Jonah. And then it's Invention exchange Exchange time. Jonah and the bots invent The Regifter: Re-Gifter: a pair of nesting boxes meant to be given away immediately after you receive them. Kinga invents Humbug FM, a radio that filters out the sappy seasonal music and leaves nothing but screaming, cacophonous noise.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Either the title card is in Italian, or we're getting nachos."]]
->'''Kinga Forrester:''' Now, we've got a real holiday experiment for you: a Christmas movie with all the fun of hiring a lawyer to deal with your landlord.
[[caption-width-right:350:"Either the title card is in Italian, or we're getting nachos."]]
->'''Kinga Forrester:''' Now, we've got a real holiday experiment for you: a Christmas movie with all the fun of hiring a lawyer to deal with your landlord.
!!The Segments:
[[AC:Prologue]]
* Jonah tries to sing a traditional Christmas carol with the bots--but picks the one song that ''nobody'' knows the words to.
[[AC:Segment 1]]
* Kinga is still making plans for her wedding to Jonah. And then it's Invention exchange time. Jonah and the bots invent The Regifter: a pair of nesting boxes meant to be given away immediately after you receive them. Kinga invents Humbug FM, a radio that filters out the sappy seasonal music and leaves nothing but screaming, cacophonous noise.
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* Jonah and the bots review some classic toys from Santa's workshop: the wooden soldier, the wooden rocking horse, and the jack-in-the-box. They conclude that you're better off being on the Naughty list.
[[AC:Segment 3]]
* Tom Servo and Crow are creeped out by the toys from the movie. Jonah suggests they come up alternative backstories to make the toys less scary.
[[AC:Segment 4]]
* Santa drops by the SOL... and Mr. Whipple is with him. Santa is stressed from holiday preparations, managing his elf workforce, and dealing with Mr. Whipple's nonsense. ''Oy vey''...
[[AC:Segment 5]]
* Gypsy gives Christmas sweaters to Jonah, Tom Servo, and Crow. Kinga and Max exchange gifts as well.
[[AC:Prologue]]
* Jonah tries to sing a traditional Christmas carol with the bots--but picks the one song that ''nobody'' knows the words to.
[[AC:Segment 1]]
* Kinga is still making plans for her wedding to Jonah. And then it's Invention exchange time. Jonah and the bots invent The Regifter: a pair of nesting boxes meant to be given away immediately after you receive them. Kinga invents Humbug FM, a radio that filters out the sappy seasonal music and leaves nothing but screaming, cacophonous noise.
[[AC:Segment 2]]
* Jonah and the bots review some classic toys from Santa's workshop: the wooden soldier, the wooden rocking horse, and the jack-in-the-box. They conclude that you're better off being on the Naughty list.
[[AC:Segment 3]]
* Tom Servo and Crow are creeped out by the toys from the movie. Jonah suggests they come up alternative backstories to make the toys less scary.
[[AC:Segment 4]]
* Santa drops by the SOL... and Mr. Whipple is with him. Santa is stressed from holiday preparations, managing his elf workforce, and dealing with Mr. Whipple's nonsense. ''Oy vey''...
[[AC:Segment 5]]
* Gypsy gives Christmas sweaters to Jonah, Tom Servo, and Crow. Kinga and Max exchange gifts as well.
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* CreatorCameo: Joel Hodgson (as Santa Claus) and Ellitt Kalan (as Sam Whipple) drop by the SOL for one host segment. Santa is stressed from managing his toy workshop and dealing with Mr. Whipple. ''Oy vey''...
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* CreatorCameo: Joel Hodgson (as Santa Claus) and Ellitt Kalan (as Sam Whipple) drop by the SOL for one host segment. Santa is stressed from managing his toy workshop and dealing with Mr. Whipple. ''Oy vey''...
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* CelebrityResemblance: [[invoked]] Aside from the handful of jokes about Alberto Rabagliati's strong resemblance to Topol, Gypsy mentions that Paul Tripp is ''a lot'' like Creator/DannyKaye, in both appearance and mannerisms.
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* CreatorCameo: Santa Claus (Joel Hodgson) and Sam Whipple (Elliott Kalan) drop by the SOL for one host segment. Santa is stressed from managing his toy workshop and dealing with Mr. Whipple. ''Oy vey''...
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* CreatorCameo: Joel Hodgson (as Santa Claus (Joel Hodgson) Claus) and Ellitt Kalan (as Sam Whipple (Elliott Kalan) Whipple) drop by the SOL for one host segment. Santa is stressed from managing his toy workshop and dealing with Mr. Whipple. ''Oy vey''...
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* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: A minor example that goes completely without comment: the original film had a scene of Santa, Mrs. Claus, and Sam cleaning and decorating Mr. Prune's house. The MST presentation cuts that scene, so his house goes from filthy to festive between scenes with barely any explanation.
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** [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S07E06Laserblast Can't we get]] [[Film/MadMaxBeyondThunderdome beyond Thunderdome]]?
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** Crow compares the art style of the opening credits to ''{{Webcomic/HarkAVagrant}}'', [[https://twitter.com/beatonna/status/853699756849328128 which artist Kate Beaton excitedly pointed out on Twitter]].
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** Crow compares the art style of the opening credits to ''{{Webcomic/HarkAVagrant}}'', ''{{Webcomic/Hark A Vagrant}}'', [[https://twitter.com/beatonna/status/853699756849328128 which artist Kate Beaton excitedly pointed out on Twitter]].
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** Crow compares the art style of the opening credits to ''{{Webcomic/HarkAVagrant}}'', [[https://twitter.com/beatonna/status/853699756849328128 which artist Kate Beaton excitedly pointed out on Twitter]].
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* ShoutOut:
** Some of the first riffs are that the theme song sounds like [[Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof "If I Were a Rich Man"]] ''and'' the actor playing Santa looks like Topol, with the bonus irony that the show is about a devout Jewish community.
** [[Series/TheWire "Omar comin'!"]] as Charlie walks down the street whistling and holding a tree slung over his shoulder like Omar's shotgun.
** Some of the first riffs are that the theme song sounds like [[Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof "If I Were a Rich Man"]] ''and'' the actor playing Santa looks like Topol, with the bonus irony that the show is about a devout Jewish community.
** [[Series/TheWire "Omar comin'!"]] as Charlie walks down the street whistling and holding a tree slung over his shoulder like Omar's shotgun.
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* ArchiveBinge: [[invoked]] Kinga lampshades that Creator/{{Netflix}} programs are made for binge-watching, and that hardly anyone will actually watch this episode near Christmas. Especially since the episode premiered on Good Friday.
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* ArchiveBinge: [[invoked]] Kinga lampshades that Creator/{{Netflix}} programs are made for binge-watching, and that hardly anyone will actually watch this episode near Christmas. Especially since Given that the episode (like the rest of the season) premiered on Good Friday.Friday, she might have a point.
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* RunningGag: ''Everything'' at the North Pole is made of snow.
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-->'''Max:''' It's a 300 decibel mix of howler monkeys, sirens, and vuvuzelas! Annoying? Sure! But it's still better than hearing [[Music/PaulMcCartney "Wonderful Christmas Time]]" again.
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-->'''Max:''' It's a 300 decibel mix of howler monkeys, sirens, and vuvuzelas! Annoying? Sure! But it's still better than hearing [[Music/PaulMcCartney "Wonderful "[[Music/PaulMcCartney Wonderful Christmas Time]]" again.
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-->'''Max:''' It's a 300 decibel mix of howler monkeys, sirens, and vuvuzelas! Annoying? Sure! But it's still better than hearing [["Wonderful Christmas Time" again.
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-->'''Max:''' It's a 300 decibel mix of howler monkeys, sirens, and vuvuzelas! Annoying? Sure! But it's still better than hearing [["Wonderful [[Music/PaulMcCartney "Wonderful Christmas Time" Time]]" again.
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-->'''Jonah:''' Clearly, that's a display of knock-off Disney merchandise.\\
'''Tom Servo:''' On the right, we see Trumbo, the drowsy, blacklisted Dumbo.\\
'''Crow:''' And next to him is Scottish millionaire fowl, Scudge [=McDuck=].
'''Tom Servo:''' On the right, we see Trumbo, the drowsy, blacklisted Dumbo.\\
'''Crow:''' And next to him is Scottish millionaire fowl, Scudge [=McDuck=].
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-->'''Jonah:''' Clearly, that's a display of knock-off Disney Creator/{{Disney}} merchandise.\\
'''Tom Servo:''' On the right, we see Trumbo, the drowsy, blacklistedDumbo.Disney/{{Dumbo}}.\\
'''Crow:''' And next to him is Scottish millionaire fowl,Scudge [=McDuck=].[[ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse Scudge]] [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales McDuck]].
'''Tom Servo:''' On the right, we see Trumbo, the drowsy, blacklisted
'''Crow:''' And next to him is Scottish millionaire fowl,
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'''Jonah:''' Paging Dr. Freud...
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'''Jonah:''' Paging [[UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud Dr. Freud...Freud]]...
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-->'''Max:''' It's a 300 decibel mix of howler monkeys, sirens, and vuvuzelas! Annoying? Sure! But it's still better than hearing "Wonderful Christmas Time" again.
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-->'''Max:''' It's a 300 decibel mix of howler monkeys, sirens, and vuvuzelas! Annoying? Sure! But it's still better than hearing "Wonderful [["Wonderful Christmas Time" again.
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* EveryoneIsChristianAtChristmas: Santa, of all people, is actually Jewish, but he makes a tidy profit off both Christmas ''and'' Hanukkah.
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* EveryoneIsChristianAtChristmas: {{Inverted}}. Santa, of all people, is actually Jewish, but he makes a tidy profit off both Christmas ''and'' Hanukkah.
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* ArchiveBinge: [[invoked]] Kinga lampshades that Netflix programs are made for binge-watching, and that hardly anyone will actually watch this episode near Christmas. Especially since the episode premiered on Good Friday.
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* ArchiveBinge: [[invoked]] Kinga lampshades that Netflix Creator/{{Netflix}} programs are made for binge-watching, and that hardly anyone will actually watch this episode near Christmas. Especially since the episode premiered on Good Friday.
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* LittlestCancerPatient:
-->'''Charlie:''' No, something's wrong. I can feel it in my bones.\\
'''Crow:''' Doctor says they're going to have to REMOVE my bones. ''[[InCurableCoughOfDeath (He lets out a pathetic little cough)]]''
-->'''Charlie:''' No, something's wrong. I can feel it in my bones.\\
'''Crow:''' Doctor says they're going to have to REMOVE my bones. ''[[InCurableCoughOfDeath (He lets out a pathetic little cough)]]''
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* SomethingElseAlsoRises: Mr. Prune sits in a decidedly creepy way when visiting Santa's cottage, leaning way back in his chair with his knees far apart and his cane resting between his legs.
-->'''Servo:''' He's a manspreader. TYP-ical.\\
'''Jonah:''' Paging Dr. Freud...
-->'''Servo:''' He's a manspreader. TYP-ical.\\
'''Jonah:''' Paging Dr. Freud...
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** The initialed sweaters that end up being given to the wrong people is a call back to the "Joike" sweater from the season 6 Christmas episode.
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** The initialed sweaters that end up being given to the wrong people is a call back to the "Joike" sweater from the season 6 5 Christmas episode.
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* RootingForTheEmpire: After a random boy kicks Mr. Prune's shin (while the boy's father just stands by), the bots suddenly side with Prune's crusade against all children everywhere.
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* RootingForTheEmpire: After a random boy kicks Mr. Prune's shin (while the boy's father just stands by), the bots suddenly side with Prune's crusade against all children everywhere.
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* ArchiveBinge: [[invoked]] Kinga lampshades that Netflix programs are made for binge-watching, and that hardly anyone will actually watch this episode near Christmas.
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* ArchiveBinge: [[invoked]] Kinga lampshades that Netflix programs are made for binge-watching, and that hardly anyone will actually watch this episode near Christmas. Especially since the episode premiered on Good Friday.
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** The initialed sweaters that end up being given to the wrong people is a call back to the "Joike" sweater from the season 6 Christmas episode.
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* LawyerFriendlyCameo:
-->'''Jonah:''' Clearly, that's a display of knock-off Disney merchandise.\\
'''Tom Servo:''' On the right, we see Trumbo, the drowsy, blacklisted Dumbo.\\
'''Crow:''' And next to him is Scottish millionaire fowl, Scudge [=McDuck=].
-->'''Jonah:''' Clearly, that's a display of knock-off Disney merchandise.\\
'''Tom Servo:''' On the right, we see Trumbo, the drowsy, blacklisted Dumbo.\\
'''Crow:''' And next to him is Scottish millionaire fowl, Scudge [=McDuck=].
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* ShoddyKnockoffProduct:
-->'''Jonah:''' Clearly, that's a display of knock-off Disney merchandise.\\
'''Tom Servo:''' On the right, we see Trumbo, the drowsy, blacklisted Dumbo.\\
'''Crow:''' And next to him is Scottish millionaire fowl, Scudge [=McDuck=].
-->'''Jonah:''' Clearly, that's a display of knock-off Disney merchandise.\\
'''Tom Servo:''' On the right, we see Trumbo, the drowsy, blacklisted Dumbo.\\
'''Crow:''' And next to him is Scottish millionaire fowl, Scudge [=McDuck=].
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* HomemadeSweaterFromHell: Crow, Tom Servo, and Jonah all get ugly homemade sweaters. They seem thrilled by them.
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* HomemadeSweaterFromHell: Crow, Tom Servo, and Jonah all get ugly homemade sweaters.sweaters from Gypsy. They seem thrilled by them. Amusingly, the sweaters all have initials on them, and they put on the wrong ones.
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* CreatorCameo: Santa Claus (Joel Hodgson) and Sam Whipple (Elliott Kalan) drop by the SOL for one host segment. Santa is overworked from managing his toy workshop and dealing with Mr. Whipple. ''Oy vey''...
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* CreatorCameo: Santa Claus (Joel Hodgson) and Sam Whipple (Elliott Kalan) drop by the SOL for one host segment. Santa is overworked stressed from managing his toy workshop and dealing with Mr. Whipple. ''Oy vey''...
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* EphiphanyTherapy: "So, a toy erases decades of toxic hate and villainy."
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Film featured: ''Film/TheChristmasThatAlmostWasnt''.
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!! Tropes featured:
* TheAlcoholic: "Santa, I'm not mad, I'm just your AA sponsor!"
* ArchiveBinge: [[invoked]] Kinga lampshades that Netflix programs are made for binge-watching, and that hardly anyone will actually watch this episode near Christmas.
* AvengersAssemble: "Santa Team, assemble!"
* BlasphemousBoast: Kinga intends to preempt ''Christmas'' with her wedding plans.
-->'''Kinga Forrester:''' Beside, my marrying Jonah is way more important than observing ''the Son of Man who came to seek and save that which is lost.'' Puh!
* ChristmasEpisode: Of course. It's Christmas on the Satellite of Love, and Kinga sends up a seasonally appropriate film.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Jonah gives everyone the wrong Christmas sweater, even though they have the initials of the intended recipient sewn onto them.
* ContinuityNod: The Skeleton Crew plays an instrumental version of "Let's Have a Patrick Swayze Christmas".
* CreatorCameo: Santa Claus (Joel Hodgson) and Sam Whipple (Elliott Kalan) drop by the SOL for one host segment. Santa is overworked from managing his toy workshop and dealing with Mr. Whipple. ''Oy vey''...
* EasilyImpressed:
-->'''Sam Whipple:''' So either you pay the rent, or out you go?\\
'''Tom Servo:''' Say, you ''are'' a lawyer, aren't you!
* EnfantTerrible: They turn a little girl into this, insisting that the only thing she wants for Christmas is a rifle.
* EphiphanyTherapy: "So, a toy erases decades of toxic hate and villainy."
*EveryoneIsChristianAtChristmas: Santa, of all people, is actually Jewish, but he makes a tidy profit off both Christmas ''and'' Hanukkah.
* EvilLawyerJoke: "A lawyer who forgets to send out bills? [[ArbitrarySkepticism This movie just became unrealistic]]."
* FauxAffablyEvil: Regarding Mr. Prune: "His rudeness is so polite."
* FollowTheLeader: [[invoked]] "It's the failed response to the Beanie Babies fad: Screamie Babies!"
* FreudianExcuse:
-->'''Phineas T. Prune:''' A sailboat...\\
'''Crow:''' Just like the one that murdered my parents!
* HomemadeSweaterFromHell: Crow, Tom Servo, and Jonah all get ugly homemade sweaters. They seem thrilled by them.
* IndianBurialGround: "This store was built on a stuffed animal burial ground."
* InsaneTrollLogic:
-->'''Crow:''' ''(as Phineas T. Prune)'' So if I prove my middle name isn't Tightwad, Santa will pay his rent? I'm starting to understand this whole "broke lawyer" thing.
* ItWillNeverCatchOn:
-->'''Rich mother:''' But just you wait until I tell him about this! A real, honest-to-goodness Santa Claus, and in a department store!\\
'''Jonah:''' What's next? Cherry phosphates? Women driving cars? ''A Catholic in the White House?''
* LaserGuidedKarma:
-->'''Tom Servo:''' That's clearly a man who was turned into a stuffed monkey by a witch's curse.\\
'''Jonah:''' Oh, but it's not scary, because he deserved it.
* LawyerFriendlyCameo:
-->'''Jonah:''' Clearly, that's a display of knock-off Disney merchandise.\\
'''Tom Servo:''' On the right, we see Trumbo, the drowsy, blacklisted Dumbo.\\
'''Crow:''' And next to him is Scottish millionaire fowl, Scudge [=McDuck=].
* ManChild: The adult Mr. Whipple gets a little ''too'' into chumming with Santa and playing with toys, so the SOL crew make a running gag of him having an infantilism fetish.
* MyNewGiftIsLame:
** "Children love Home Depot receipts!"
** At the end, Max gives Kinga a portrait of her that he painted himself. She immediately throws it in the trash. Kinga's gift for Max is a first aid kit.
* NightmareFuel: [[invoked]]
** According to Jonah and the bots, ''all'' the toys in Prim's Department Store range from unsettling to outright terrifying. They spend a whole host segment making up less-scary backstories for the toys, and even that backfires at the end:
-->'''Crow:''' And even though that looks like a bear who killed another bear, then wore his victim's skin as a suit, it... uh...\\
'''Jonah:''' Ohhhh no, ''that's exactly what it is!''
** And the SpecialEffectFailure of Santa's reindeer flying just provokes screams of incoherent terror.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: "Balloon or personal space! Can't have both."
* ParodyOfEvolution: "Look, the elves are posing for an Evolution of Man poster."
* PricelessMingVase: As the elves are tossing packages around: "Faberge eggs! <breaking sounds> iPads! <crashing sounds>"
* SensoryAbuse: Kinga and Max's invention exchange is Humbug FM, a radio that plays nothing but noise and ear-splitting cacophony--intended as an antidote to irritating Christmas music.
* RootingForTheEmpire: After a random boy kicks Mr. Prune's shin (while the boy's father just stands by), the bots suddenly side with Prune's crusade against all children everywhere.
*TakeThat:
-->'''Max:''' It's a 300 decibel mix of howler monkeys, sirens, and vuvuzelas! Annoying? Sure! But it's still better than hearing "Wonderful Christmas Time" again.
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->[[TheStinger "Hohohoha! Hey, Sam! This is fun! Hohohohohoho..."]]
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!! Tropes featured:
* TheAlcoholic: "Santa, I'm not mad, I'm just your AA sponsor!"
* ArchiveBinge: [[invoked]] Kinga lampshades that Netflix programs are made for binge-watching, and that hardly anyone will actually watch this episode near Christmas.
* AvengersAssemble: "Santa Team, assemble!"
* BlasphemousBoast: Kinga intends to preempt ''Christmas'' with her wedding plans.
-->'''Kinga Forrester:''' Beside, my marrying Jonah is way more important than observing ''the Son of Man who came to seek and save that which is lost.'' Puh!
* ChristmasEpisode: Of course. It's Christmas on the Satellite of Love, and Kinga sends up a seasonally appropriate film.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Jonah gives everyone the wrong Christmas sweater, even though they have the initials of the intended recipient sewn onto them.
* ContinuityNod: The Skeleton Crew plays an instrumental version of "Let's Have a Patrick Swayze Christmas".
* CreatorCameo: Santa Claus (Joel Hodgson) and Sam Whipple (Elliott Kalan) drop by the SOL for one host segment. Santa is overworked from managing his toy workshop and dealing with Mr. Whipple. ''Oy vey''...
* EasilyImpressed:
-->'''Sam Whipple:''' So either you pay the rent, or out you go?\\
'''Tom Servo:''' Say, you ''are'' a lawyer, aren't you!
* EnfantTerrible: They turn a little girl into this, insisting that the only thing she wants for Christmas is a rifle.
* EphiphanyTherapy: "So, a toy erases decades of toxic hate and villainy."
*EveryoneIsChristianAtChristmas: Santa, of all people, is actually Jewish, but he makes a tidy profit off both Christmas ''and'' Hanukkah.
* EvilLawyerJoke: "A lawyer who forgets to send out bills? [[ArbitrarySkepticism This movie just became unrealistic]]."
* FauxAffablyEvil: Regarding Mr. Prune: "His rudeness is so polite."
* FollowTheLeader: [[invoked]] "It's the failed response to the Beanie Babies fad: Screamie Babies!"
* FreudianExcuse:
-->'''Phineas T. Prune:''' A sailboat...\\
'''Crow:''' Just like the one that murdered my parents!
* HomemadeSweaterFromHell: Crow, Tom Servo, and Jonah all get ugly homemade sweaters. They seem thrilled by them.
* IndianBurialGround: "This store was built on a stuffed animal burial ground."
* InsaneTrollLogic:
-->'''Crow:''' ''(as Phineas T. Prune)'' So if I prove my middle name isn't Tightwad, Santa will pay his rent? I'm starting to understand this whole "broke lawyer" thing.
* ItWillNeverCatchOn:
-->'''Rich mother:''' But just you wait until I tell him about this! A real, honest-to-goodness Santa Claus, and in a department store!\\
'''Jonah:''' What's next? Cherry phosphates? Women driving cars? ''A Catholic in the White House?''
* LaserGuidedKarma:
-->'''Tom Servo:''' That's clearly a man who was turned into a stuffed monkey by a witch's curse.\\
'''Jonah:''' Oh, but it's not scary, because he deserved it.
* LawyerFriendlyCameo:
-->'''Jonah:''' Clearly, that's a display of knock-off Disney merchandise.\\
'''Tom Servo:''' On the right, we see Trumbo, the drowsy, blacklisted Dumbo.\\
'''Crow:''' And next to him is Scottish millionaire fowl, Scudge [=McDuck=].
* ManChild: The adult Mr. Whipple gets a little ''too'' into chumming with Santa and playing with toys, so the SOL crew make a running gag of him having an infantilism fetish.
* MyNewGiftIsLame:
** "Children love Home Depot receipts!"
** At the end, Max gives Kinga a portrait of her that he painted himself. She immediately throws it in the trash. Kinga's gift for Max is a first aid kit.
* NightmareFuel: [[invoked]]
** According to Jonah and the bots, ''all'' the toys in Prim's Department Store range from unsettling to outright terrifying. They spend a whole host segment making up less-scary backstories for the toys, and even that backfires at the end:
-->'''Crow:''' And even though that looks like a bear who killed another bear, then wore his victim's skin as a suit, it... uh...\\
'''Jonah:''' Ohhhh no, ''that's exactly what it is!''
** And the SpecialEffectFailure of Santa's reindeer flying just provokes screams of incoherent terror.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: "Balloon or personal space! Can't have both."
* ParodyOfEvolution: "Look, the elves are posing for an Evolution of Man poster."
* PricelessMingVase: As the elves are tossing packages around: "Faberge eggs! <breaking sounds> iPads! <crashing sounds>"
* SensoryAbuse: Kinga and Max's invention exchange is Humbug FM, a radio that plays nothing but noise and ear-splitting cacophony--intended as an antidote to irritating Christmas music.
* RootingForTheEmpire: After a random boy kicks Mr. Prune's shin (while the boy's father just stands by), the bots suddenly side with Prune's crusade against all children everywhere.
*TakeThat:
-->'''Max:''' It's a 300 decibel mix of howler monkeys, sirens, and vuvuzelas! Annoying? Sure! But it's still better than hearing "Wonderful Christmas Time" again.
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->[[TheStinger "Hohohoha! Hey, Sam! This is fun! Hohohohohoho..."]]
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