History WesternAnimation / GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer

* GenderBlenderName: Cousin Mel[[note]](probably short for Melanie or Melody)[[/note]] - depicted as a shapely woman in the film, though in the song itself, it was never clear if Mel was a man or a woman, or even an adult. (The original music video also depicted Cousin Mel as female, for the record.)

->''"It's the Christmas season. A time for telling colorful holiday stories. And my favorite story of all-time is about my grandma. She had this encounter with a reindeer."''

The special premiered on what was once The WB network, and occasionally airs on its successor network, Creator/TheCW, at Christmas. However, it is mostly known for its more frequent airings on Creator/CartoonNetwork, during both the actual Christmas holiday and their Christmas in July events.

* FantasticRacism: The [[VillainSong villain song]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNK2IYtetf4 which is Mel and Slime wearing fruit basket hats and doing what looks to be the samba on a flashing background while Brazilian music plays in the background with Spanish words and weird noises]].

* FantasticRacism: The [[VillainSong]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNK2IYtetf4 which is Mel and Slime wearing fruit basket hats and doing what looks to be the samba on a flashing background while Brazilian music plays in the background with Spanish words and weird noises]].

%%* EvilRedheads: Cousin Mel.

* WingdingEyes: Cousin Mel exhibits the dollar sign variant.

* AmoralAttorney: Cousin Mel's lawyer, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast I.M. Slime]].
** However, this is averted with [[PunchClockVillain the prosecutor]], who outright admits that he doesn't want Santa to go to jail.

* {{Beat}}: We get one after I.M. Slime's name is said for the first time.
* BigBad: Cousin Mel. Noticeable as the song really didn't ''have'' a villain and she was just an extra.
** ''Santa'' would probably be the "villain" of the song, but that hardly works in a kids' special.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Surprisingly {{averted}}. Austin Bucks owns the whole city except Grandma's store, which he wants to acquire; but he's depicted as more misguided than malicious, becoming Cousin Mel's UnwittingPawn instead of a villain.

* DisneyAcidSequence: Grandpa's song; Mel and her lawyer's song.
* {{Disneyfication}}: In the original song, Grandma is clearly killed. In this version, she is merely knocked out, suffers from amnesia, and is carried away to the North Pole for medical attention. (Though the characters mostly assume she is dead.)

* TheDragon: I.M. Slime to Cousin Mel.

* EvilRedheads: Cousin Mel.

* GoldDigger: Cousin Mel is explicitly described as one by Grandma.

* TheGrinch: Mel

* HeterosexualLifePartners / VillainousFriendship: Slime and Mel after their DisneyAcidSequence dance scene together.

* TitleDrop: A kid does say the title phrase at one point.
** As well as the song itself.

* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: A dog named Doofus.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar
** When Jake explains Mel's attempt to contaminate Grandma's fruitcake. "What she didn't know was that the combined concoction had the exact effects of [[spoiler:reindeer-nip]]!"

** "Grandma's Spending Christmas With a Superstar" ends with a pair of panties thrown at the singer's head.
** Cousin Mel is clearly shown stuffing Mr. Bux's business card [[VictoriasSecretCompartment down her cleavage]] at one point.
** The family's very name, "Spankenheimer". Yeah, try to see what you can do with that.

* InformedAttribute: The whole [[StockYuck "disgustingness"]] surrounding Grandma's fruitcake. In the song "Grandma's Killer Fruitcake", we're told that her fruitcake is "harder than the head of Old Man Bucky", "dryer than a drought in Albuquerque", and "enough to give the whole state of Kentucky a great big bellyache", giving the impression that Grandma is a LethalChef and her fruitcake is considered gross. But it's also stated to be a famous recipe and during the courtroom scene, people are shown eating and visibly enjoying the fruitcake that wasn't tainted by reindeer-nip.

* UndisclosedFunds: I.M. Slime's estimate for much Cousin Mel would get if they win the trial isn't revealed to the viewer, but it's implied to be a lot.

''Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer'' is a ChristmasSpecial adapted from the eponymous Elmo Shropshire novelty song and awkwardly shoehorning some of his other Christmas songs into the mix.

* AnachronismStew: A weird example. Jake is narrating the story years after it occurred. Due to the presence of e-mail, it is assumed the story takes place sometime around 1993-1999. So why does Jake sound so old? He's only about twelve in the story, so unless the narration is coming from the far future, Jake should be somewhere in his late teens/early twenties.

* AnachronismStew: A weird example. Jake is narrating the story years after it occurred as an old man. Due to the presence of e-mail, it is assumed the story takes place sometime around 1993-1999. So why does Jake sound so old? He's only about twelve in the story, so unless the narration is coming from the far future, Jake should be somewhere in his late teens/early twenties.

* AnachronismStew: A weird example. Jake is narrating the story years after it occurred as an old man. Due to the presence of e-mail, it is assumed the story takes place the year the special wasf So why does Jake sound so old? He's only about twelve, so unless the narration is coming from the far future, Jake

* GenderBlenderName: Cousin Mel[[note]](probably short for Melanie or Melody)[[/note]] - depicted as a shapely woman in the film, though in the song itself, it was never clear if Mel was a man or a woman. (The original music video also depicted Cousin Mel as female, for the record.)

The special premiered on what was once The WB network, and occasionally airs on its successor network, TheCW, at Christmas. However, it is mostly known for its more frequent airings on Creator/CartoonNetwork, during both the actual Christmas holiday and their Christmas in July events.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Surprisingly {{averted}}. Austin Bux owns the whole city except Grandma's store, which he wants to acquire; but he's depicted as more misguided than malicious, becoming Cousin Mel's UnwittingPawn instead of a villain.

* CreatorCameo: Elmo Shropshire, who sang the eponymous song, is the narrator and voice of Grandpa.

* GenderBlenderName: Cousin Mel - depicted as a shapely woman in the film, though in the song itself, it was never clear if Mel was a man or a woman. (The original music video also depicted Cousin Mel as female, for the record.)

* {{Beat}}: We get one after I.M. Slime's name is said for the first time.