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* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Subverted. The episode threatened it a few times by placing Kenny in peril, but he survives to the end of the episode, with a huge lampshade hung on this fact. It is the first episode that he survives, as well as the only episode of Season 1 he survives.

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* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Subverted.Defied. The episode threatened it a few times by placing Kenny in peril, but he survives to the end of the episode, with a huge lampshade hung on this fact. It is the first episode that he survives, as well as the only episode of Season 1 he survives.
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* JumpScare: Gerald yelling "KYLE!" follows a brief period of silence when he discovers Mr. Hankey's stains in the bathroom.
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* ForgottenBirthday: PlayedForLaughs in a mid-credits scene with Jesus alone in his studio, having a OnePersonBirthdayParty.

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* ForgottenBirthday: PlayedForLaughs in a mid-credits scene with Jesus alone in his studio, having a OnePersonBirthdayParty. Also overlaps with PerenniallyOvershadowedBirthday.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: At the end of the episode, the other boys look at Kenny and remark that something feels off and incomplete. Kenny becomes increasingly nervous at the thought of [[TheyKilledKennyAgain dying yet again]] while the music becomes more ominous as if to signify another death is imminent. Thankfully, the episode ends before Kenny could die again and the boy starts cheering when "''THE END''" pops up on the screen.

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** [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow "Oh my God! You sick little monkey!"]], though it’s unknown whether it is a reference to that show, given Trey’s dislike of it.

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** [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow "Oh my God! You sick little monkey!"]], though it’s it's unknown whether it actually is a reference to that show, given Trey’s Trey's dislike of it.


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* StaggeredZoom: The camera zooms up to Mr. Mackey's face this way when he asks Kyle if anyone made him mad enough to kill.
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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Sheila complains about Kyle playing Joseph in the Christmas pageant because he's Jewish. Joseph of Arimathea was in fact Jewish, and the Joseph who was Jesus' mortal father was Joseph of Nazareth, not Joseph of Arimathea.

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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Sheila complains about Kyle playing Joseph of Arimathea in the Christmas pageant because he's Jewish. Joseph of Arimathea was in fact Jewish, and the The Joseph who was Jesus' mortal father was Joseph of Nazareth, not Joseph of Arimathea.Arimathea, and both of them were Jewish.

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Kyle's mother protests against her son being in the Nativity play, due to being Jewish, which leads to the town abolishing anything that could be considered offensive during the holiday season.

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Kyle's mother protests against her son being in the Nativity play, due to being Jewish, play which leads to the town abolishing anything that could be considered offensive during the holiday season.season.

Meanwhile, Kyle, facing loneliness as a Jew around Christmas, seeks comfort from his friend Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo.
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* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Subverted. The episode threatened it a few times by placing Kenny in peril, but he survives to the end of the episode, with a huge lampshade hung on this fact.

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* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Subverted. The episode threatened it a few times by placing Kenny in peril, but he survives to the end of the episode, with a huge lampshade hung on this fact. It is the first episode that he survives, as well as the only episode of Season 1 he survives.
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woops missed the second one


* TrueMeaningOfChristmas: The town descends into PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad over what symbols can be used for Christmas without offending anyone (non-Christians don't want religious stuff, Christians don't want Santa, environmentalists don't want Christmas trees, etc.), wrecking the whole holiday. Eventually [[RefugeInAudacity Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo]] appears and tells everybody to stop focusing on what's ''wrong'' with Christmas and pay attention to what's ''right'' about it, like giving and baking cookies. Though, for added effect, [[LampshadeHanging the credits are interrupted with a brief cutaway to Jesus]], [[ForgottenBirthday singing a sad "Happy Birthday" to himself]].

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* TrueMeaningOfChristmas: The town descends into PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad PoliticalOvercorrectness over what symbols can be used for Christmas without offending anyone (non-Christians don't want religious stuff, Christians don't want Santa, environmentalists don't want Christmas trees, etc.), wrecking the whole holiday. Eventually [[RefugeInAudacity Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo]] appears and tells everybody to stop focusing on what's ''wrong'' with Christmas and pay attention to what's ''right'' about it, like giving and baking cookies. Though, for added effect, [[LampshadeHanging the credits are interrupted with a brief cutaway to Jesus]], [[ForgottenBirthday singing a sad "Happy Birthday" to himself]].
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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Mercilessly lampooned. Every subculture in town protests to get things removed from the Christmas, such as Christmas lights for epileptics and for some reason, ''mistletoe''. The end result leads to a bland pageant with kids dancing in grey leotards (to music by Phillip Glass) which no one enjoys, leading to a violent, and very discriminate war.

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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: PoliticalOvercorrectness: Mercilessly lampooned. Every subculture in town protests to get things removed from the Christmas, such as Christmas lights for epileptics and for some reason, ''mistletoe''. The end result leads to a bland pageant with kids dancing in grey leotards (to music by Phillip Glass) which no one enjoys, leading to a violent, and very discriminate war.
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TRS cleanup


* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: During the whole audience fight, [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment a faux live-action toy ad for Mr. Hankey]] plays in between.
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'''Episode''' – 110\\
'''Airdate''' – 12/17/1997

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'''Episode''' – 110\\
'''Airdate''' –
'''Original air date:''' 12/17/1997

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* ShoutOut:
** There are numerous references to ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas''.
** [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow "Oh my God! You sick little monkey!"]], though it’s unknown whether it is a reference to that show, given Trey’s dislike of it.



* ShoutOut
** There are numerous references to ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas''.
** [[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow "Oh my God! You sick little monkey!"]], though it’s unknown whether it is a reference to that show, given Trey’s dislike of it.
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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Sheila complains about Kyle playing Joseph in the Christmas pageant because he's Jewish. Joseph of Aramathea was in fact Jewish, and the Joseph who was Jesus' mortal father was Joseph of Nazareth, not Joseph of Aramathea.

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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Sheila complains about Kyle playing Joseph in the Christmas pageant because he's Jewish. Joseph of Aramathea Arimathea was in fact Jewish, and the Joseph who was Jesus' mortal father was Joseph of Nazareth, not Joseph of Aramathea.Arimathea.

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