History WesternAnimation / RankinBassJackFrost

* GoToSleepEnding: Pardon-Me Pete saw his shadow at the beginning of the special. So after he tells us the whole story, it is time for him to get his six more weeks of shut-eye.

* DeadpanSnarker: Dummy has moments like this. His responses to Kubla Kraus's IWantSong fit the bill.

* AnimalsHateHim: Kubla Kraus. No living creature can bear to be around him, so, to quote the narrator, "he had his horse Clangstomper, who ran by steam, and Fetch-Kvetch the butler, who ran by clockwork. [] Even the mice were artificial!"

* GadgeterGenius: Implied to exist somewhere in the setting as Kubla Kraus has an army of steampunk/clockwork robots and servants.

%%* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Ultimately, [[spoiler:Jack.]]

%%* MicroMonarchy: The setting.

* AnimalsHateHim: Kubla Kraus. No living creature can bear to be around him, so, to quote the narrator, "he had his horse Clangstomper, who ran by steam, and Fetch-Kvetch the butler, who ran by clockwork. Even the mice were artificial!"

* MechaMooks: Kubla Kraus's clockwork army of Keh-Knights.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Ultimately, [[spoiler:Jack.]]
* KingArthur: He doesn't appear, but when Sir Raveneau comes back to January Junction, Elisa explains that he's been away in Arthur's service. For whatever reason, Arthur gave the knight permission to go home for Christmas.

* MicroMonarchy: The setting.

Largely unrelated to the prior Rankin-Bass version of Jack Frost, who was the Paul Frees-voiced villain in 1976's 2D animated ''Frosty's Winter Wonderland'', before [[spoiler:pulling a HeelFaceTurn]] in ''WesternAnimation/RudolphAndFrostysChristmasInJuly'', released just a few months prior to the ''Jack Frost'' special.

* {{Adorkable}}: Jack as a human. Pardon-Me Pete himself would also qualify.

* WeddingDay: "When the first blossom shows."

* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: [[spoiler:Elisa and Sir Raveneau fall in love over the winter while she nurses him back to health from the injuries he sustained during her rescue.]]
* FrictionlessIce: In the real world, falling down a hill and landing on a suddenly frozen lake surface would probably hurt a ''lot''; but when Elisa does it, she just glides across the lake on her bottom, laughing.

Largely unrelated to the prior Rankin-Bass version of Jack Frost, who was the Paul Frees-voiced villain in 1976's 2D animated ''Frosty's Winter Wonderland'', before [[spoiler:pulling a FaceHeelTurn]] in ''WesternAnimation/RudolphAndFrostysChristmasInJuly'', released just a few months prior to the ''Jack Frost'' special.

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Near the beginning of the special, Jack overhears Elisa tell her father that she loves Jack Frost. As Pardon Me Pete explains, Elisa was clearing referring to the ice patterns Jack makes, but Jack assumed that she meant ''him'' specifically.

** Kubla Kraus may be called the King of the Cossacks and has all the money in January Junction, but no living creature can stand him. Whenever he's not terrorizing the countryside, he's all alone in his empty castle with his mechanical servants for company. As Kubla admits in his villain, he feels miserable despite all of his power.

Jack Frost (voiced by Robert Morse) is the personification of winter, who uses his icy breath to bring ice and snow to the world. One day, as he's swooping invisibly through the town of January Junction, he overhears a conversation in which a young woman named Elisa playfully tells her family that the only person she's in love with is him.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Kubla Krauss, Raveneau Rightfellow, Pardon-Me Pete.

* AnimalsHateHim: Kubla Krauss. No living creature can bear to be around him, so, to quote the narrator, "he had his horse Clangstomper, who ran by steam, and Fetch-Kvetch the butler, who ran by clockwork. Even the mice were artificial!"
* BigBad: Kubla Krauss is the main antagonist, being the one to terrorize January Junction and hoard its wealth for himself.

* ConsultingMisterPuppet: Because no living thing can stand Kubla Krauss, the only thing he can talk to is his metal puppet, Dahmi.

* DeadpanSnarker: Dummy has moments like this. His responses to Kubla Krauss's IWantSong fit the bill.

* DudeMagnet: Elisa has the affections of not only Jack, but also Kubla Krauss and Sir Raveneau.

* IWantSong: Kubla Krauss, of all people gets one. He sings to his mechanical butler about how he plans to woo Elisa because she's so lovely.

* LoveAtFirstSight: Kubla Krauss falls in love with Elisa and wants to make her his wife the moment that he spots her from his castle.
* LoveTriangle: Technically a square, since Jack, Kubla Krauss and Raveneau all have a thing for Elisa.
* MechaMooks: Kubla Krauss's clockwork army of Keh-Knights.

* VillainousCrush: Kubla Krauss falls in love with Elisa, to the point that he kidnaps her with the intention of making her his wife.

* InteractingWithShadow: Pardon-Me Pete the groundhog is briefly seen interacting with his shadow.

http://bit.ly/2ap0HRr In this 1979 Creator/{{Rankin Bass|Productions}} winter special, reporters from all over the USA are gathering to see Pardon-Me Pete, the groundhog that does the whole Groundhog Day thing. He sees his shadow and runs back inside, but wait! There's no sun to make any shadows! Cut to inside the burrow, where Pete talks to [[BreakingtheFourthWall the camera]]. He decides to explain all about a little agreement he has with Jack Frost...