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''The Christmas Tree'' is an animated {{Christmas special}} that takes place in an orphanage run by the evil Mrs. Mavilda. She steals the orphanage's funds and tricks the mayor into thinking she's a good manager. The kids are so miserable they latch onto a pine tree as a mother figure. Things begin to change when a new family moves to town, and the mayor assigns the mother, Judy, to a position as Mrs. Mavilda's assistant. She and her two children live at the orphanage while their husband/father must live elsewhere for his new job. Judy takes the orphans under her wing and tries to make life better for them. When Mrs. Mavilda decides to frame Judy for a crime in order to have her removed, the children make a desperate bid to appeal to {{Santa Claus}} for help.

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''The Christmas Tree'' is an a 1991 animated {{Christmas special}} that takes place in an orphanage run by the evil Mrs. Mavilda. She steals the orphanage's funds and tricks the mayor into thinking she's a good manager. The kids are so miserable they latch onto a pine tree as a mother figure. Things begin to change when a new family moves to town, and the mayor assigns the mother, Judy, to a position as Mrs. Mavilda's assistant. She and her two children live at the orphanage while their husband/father must live elsewhere for his new job. Judy takes the orphans under her wing and tries to make life better for them. When Mrs. Mavilda decides to frame Judy for a crime in order to have her removed, the children make a desperate bid to appeal to {{Santa Claus}} for help.

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"The Christmas Tree" is a Christmas special that takes place in an orphanage run by the evil Mrs. Mavilda. She steals the orphanage's funds and tricks the mayor into thinking she's a good manager. The kids are so miserable they latch onto a pine tree as a mother figure. But their lives change with the arrival of a caring assistant.

At first, this Christmas special was obscure. It was ranked as #12 in WebVideo/FamiliarFaces #72: The Next 12 Forgotten Christmas Specials, which is on the website Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. The special [[ColbertBump gained attention]] after, on the same website, it was reviewed in an episode of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic on December 24, 2013.

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"The ''The Christmas Tree" Tree'' is a Christmas special an animated {{Christmas special}} that takes place in an orphanage run by the evil Mrs. Mavilda. She steals the orphanage's funds and tricks the mayor into thinking she's a good manager. The kids are so miserable they latch onto a pine tree as a mother figure. But their lives Things begin to change with when a new family moves to town, and the arrival of mayor assigns the mother, Judy, to a caring assistant.

position as Mrs. Mavilda's assistant. She and her two children live at the orphanage while their husband/father must live elsewhere for his new job. Judy takes the orphans under her wing and tries to make life better for them. When Mrs. Mavilda decides to frame Judy for a crime in order to have her removed, the children make a desperate bid to appeal to {{Santa Claus}} for help.

At first, this Christmas special was obscure. It was ranked as #12 in WebVideo/FamiliarFaces "WebVideo/FamiliarFaces #72: The Next 12 Forgotten Christmas Specials, Specials," which is on the website Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. The special [[ColbertBump gained attention]] after, later when, on the same website, it was reviewed in an episode of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic on December 24, 2013.
2013. [[spoiler:He called it the absolute worst Christmas special he has ever seen.]]



* AdultsAreUseless: Played straight and averted. Judy's a decent person, if a bit dim, and genuinely cares for the children. The mayor, however, doesn't seem to have the slightest inkling that anything is amiss, and is perfectly willing to fork over large sums of cash to Mrs. Mavilda without much question.



* BoltOfDivineRetribution [[spoiler:One that Ms. Mavilda miraculously survives from.]]

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* BoltOfDivineRetribution [[spoiler:One that which Ms. Mavilda miraculously survives from.survives.]]



* CreepyChild: The orphans have shades of this and also of being some kind of hive mind, as they all develop the same bizarre, almost diabolical expression when meeting Judy's kids for the first time.



* HarmlessElectrocution: [[spoiler:Mrs. Mavilda somehow survives the BoltOfDivineRetribution that strikes her before she can cut down Mrs. Hopewell, leading to the important morale being: Don't fuck with Mrs. Hopewell!]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Mrs. Mavilda following her being struck down by the BoltOfDivineRetribution.]]

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* [[spoiler: HappilyAdopted: All of the orphans, at the end. When the mayor tries to make Judy the new director of the orphanage, her husband interjects that they will adopt all of the children instead.]]
* HarmlessElectrocution: [[spoiler:Mrs. Mavilda somehow survives the BoltOfDivineRetribution that strikes her before she can cut down Mrs. Hopewell, leading to the important morale moral being: Don't fuck with Mrs. Hopewell!]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Mrs. Mavilda following her Mavilda, after being struck down by the BoltOfDivineRetribution.]]



* LargeHam: [[EvilIsHammy Mavilda]] is an especially noticeable one, given that she's also pretty much the only person in the world she inhabits that shows any emotion whatsoever.

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* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler:Lily ''falls off a cliff.'' But she survives, thanks to Santa conveniently being in the area.]] In a slightly less blatant example, the children never seem to get sick or injured despite wearing threadbare clothing to play in the snow.
* LargeHam: [[EvilIsHammy Mrs. Mavilda]] is an especially noticeable one, given that she's also pretty much the only person in the world she inhabits that shows any emotion whatsoever.



* NoodleIncident: Mrs. Mavilda: (Talking about Judy) "What if I make that good girl into a bad one? Yeah! I'll make her into a thief, just like I did with the girl that worked with me before!"
** It could also be considered WhatHappenedToTheMouse since they never shown her.
** In his NC review, Doug Walker suggested that Mrs. Mavilda had split personalities to explain the glitches in her voice recordings, and the assistant prior to Judy was one of them.

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* NoodleIncident: Mrs. Mavilda: (Talking (''talking about Judy) Judy'') "What if I make that good girl into a bad one? Yeah! I'll make her into a thief, just like I did with the girl that worked with me before!"
** It could also be considered WhatHappenedToTheMouse WhatHappenedToTheMouse, since they never shown her.
reveal the fate of the girl in question or otherwise mention her at all.
** In his NC review, Doug Walker suggested that Mrs. Mavilda had split multiple personalities to explain the glitches in her voice recordings, and the assistant prior to Judy was one of them.



* OnlySixFaces: The only distinguishing marks for the children are their hair and clothes. All of them have the exact same face.

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* OnlySixFaces: The only distinguishing marks for the children orphans are their hair and clothes. All of them have the exact same face.



* SkewedPriorities: When the mayor finds out what Mrs. Mavilda had really been doing with the kids, he's more concerned if the inspector sees it and calls them out on it. Because voters don't like having their politicians connected to dead children.

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* SkewedPriorities: When the mayor finds out what Mrs. Mavilda had has really been doing with the kids, he's more concerned if that the inspector sees might see it and calls them call him out on it. Because voters Voters don't like having their politicians connected to dead children.



* ThinkingOutLoud: Mrs. Mavilda provides a lot of exposition this way, as we see her lying in bed talking to herself about how to deal with Judy and other issues.



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At first, this Christmas special was obscure. It was ranked as #12 in WebVideo/FamiliarFaces #72: The Next 12 Forgotten Christmas Specials, which is on the website Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. The special gained attention after, on the same website, it was reviewed in an episode of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic on December 24, 2013.

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At first, this Christmas special was obscure. It was ranked as #12 in WebVideo/FamiliarFaces #72: The Next 12 Forgotten Christmas Specials, which is on the website Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. The special [[ColbertBump gained attention attention]] after, on the same website, it was reviewed in an episode of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic on December 24, 2013.
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* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:Santa striking Mavilda down with lightning and somehow having rescued Judy's daughter offscreen]] is about as blatant as you can get.

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* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:Santa striking Mavilda down with lightning and somehow having rescued Judy's daughter offscreen]] is about [[AssPull as blatant as you can get.]]
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Nostalgia critic is really funny, but no one in this movie had a split personality


* SplitPersonality: There are several times where Mrs. Mavilda's audio has glitches that make it seem like she has different personalities she likes to argue with.
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* SkewedPriorities: When the mayor finds out what Mrs. Mavilda had really been doing with the kids, he's more concerned if the inspector sees it and calls them out on it.

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* SkewedPriorities: When the mayor finds out what Mrs. Mavilda had really been doing with the kids, he's more concerned if the inspector sees it and calls them out on it. Because voters don't like having their politicians connected to dead children.
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** In his NC review, Doug suggested that Mrs. Mavilda had split personalities to explain the glitches in her voice recordings, and the assistant prior to Judy was one of them.

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** In his NC review, Doug Walker suggested that Mrs. Mavilda had split personalities to explain the glitches in her voice recordings, and the assistant prior to Judy was one of them.
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* BearsAreBadNews

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* BearsAreBadNewsBearsAreBadNews: One that looks like Baloo chases after the kids at one point, and presumably is thinking, "Bare necessities! Your asses are my recipes! The simple bare necessities of death!"

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* ChewingTheScenery: When Mrs. Mavilda is firing Judy, she chews it so hard that the voice actress's mic almost blows out.

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* ChewingTheScenery: When Mrs. Mavilda is firing Judy, she chews it so hard that the voice actress's mic almost blows out. Helped by the fact her mic is abusing the "insane bitch" setting.



***"[[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic I'm gonna check with the doctor, and see if I'm clinically still alive.]]"



* HarmlessElectrocution: [[spoiler:Mrs. Mavilda somehow survives the BoltOfDivineRetribution that strikes her before she can cut down the tree.]]

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* HarmlessElectrocution: [[spoiler:Mrs. Mavilda somehow survives the BoltOfDivineRetribution that strikes her before she can cut down Mrs. Hopewell, leading to the tree.]]important morale being: Don't fuck with Mrs. Hopewell!]]



** In his NC review, Doug suggested that Mrs. Mavilda had split personalities to explain the glitches in her voice recordings, and the assistant prior to Judy was one of them.



* ThiefBag: The mayor pays Mrs. Mavilda in bags of money.
* UndisclosedFunds: The orphanage is paid in bags of money. Apparently, direct deposits, checks, and statements that have an actual amount listed do not exist in this universe. "[[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Cause who needs a paper trail when you have]] [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales millionaire duck currency]]?"

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* ThiefBag: The mayor pays Mrs. Mavilda in bags of money.
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* UndisclosedFunds: The orphanage is paid in bags of money. Apparently, direct deposits, checks, bank accounts, and statements that have an actual amount listed do not exist in this universe. "[[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Cause [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic But hey, who needs a paper trail when you have]] [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales millionaire duck currency]]?"currency]]?
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* SkewedPriorities: When the mayor finds out what Mrs. Mavilda had really been doing with the kids, he's more concerned if the inspector sees it and calls them out on it.
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* LimitedAnimation: So much so that you'll be startled whenever there is movement
* NoodleIncident: Mrs. Mavilda: (Talking about Judy) What if I make that good girl into a bad one? Yeah! I'll make her into a thief, just like I did with the girl that worked with me before!

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* LimitedAnimation: So much so that you'll be startled whenever there is movement
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* NoodleIncident: Mrs. Mavilda: (Talking about Judy) What "What if I make that good girl into a bad one? Yeah! I'll make her into a thief, just like I did with the girl that worked with me before!before!"



* SplitPersonality: There are several times where Mrs. Mavilda's audio has glitches that make it seem like she has different personalities she likes to argue with

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* SplitPersonality: There are several times where Mrs. Mavilda's audio has glitches that make it seem like she has different personalities she likes to argue withwith.



* UndisclosedFunds: The orphanage is paid in bags of money. Apparently, direct deposits, checks, and statements that have an actual amount listed do not exist in this universe. 'Cause who needs a paper trail when you have [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales millionaire duck currency]]?

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* UndisclosedFunds: The orphanage is paid in bags of money. Apparently, direct deposits, checks, and statements that have an actual amount listed do not exist in this universe. 'Cause "[[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Cause who needs a paper trail when you have have]] [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales millionaire duck currency]]?currency]]?"
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At first, this Christmas special was obscure. It was ranked as #12 in Familiar Faces #72: The Next 12 Forgotten Christmas Specials, which is on the website Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. The special gained attention after, on the same website, it was reviewed in an episode of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic on December 24, 2013.

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At first, this Christmas special was obscure. It was ranked as #12 in Familiar Faces WebVideo/FamiliarFaces #72: The Next 12 Forgotten Christmas Specials, which is on the website Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. The special gained attention after, on the same website, it was reviewed in an episode of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic on December 24, 2013.
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At first, this Christmas special was obscure. It was ranked as #12 in Familiar Faces: Familiar Faces #72: The Next 12 Forgotten Christmas Specials, which is on the website Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. The special gained attention after, on the same website, it was reviewed in an episode of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic on December 24, 2013.

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At first, this Christmas special was obscure. It was ranked as #12 in Familiar Faces: Familiar Faces #72: The Next 12 Forgotten Christmas Specials, which is on the website Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. The special gained attention after, on the same website, it was reviewed in an episode of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic on December 24, 2013.
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* {{Expy}}: Mrs. Mavilda is [[Miss Hannigan Theatre/Annie]].

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* {{Expy}}: Mrs. Mavilda is [[Miss Hannigan Theatre/Annie]].Miss Hannigan.
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* {{Expy}}: Mrs. Mavilda is [[Theatre/Annie Miss Hannigan]].

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* {{Expy}}: Mrs. Mavilda is [[Theatre/Annie Miss Hannigan]].[[Miss Hannigan Theatre/Annie]].
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* Expy: Mrs. Mavilda is [[Theatre/Annie Miss Hannigan]].

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* Expy: {{Expy}}: Mrs. Mavilda is [[Theatre/Annie Miss Hannigan]].
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At first, this Christmas special was obscure. It's ranked as #12 in Familiar Faces: Familiar Faces #72: The Next 12 Forgotten Christmas Specials, which is on the website Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. The special gained attention after, on the same website, it was reviewed in an episode of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic on December 24, 2013.

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At first, this Christmas special was obscure. It's It was ranked as #12 in Familiar Faces: Familiar Faces #72: The Next 12 Forgotten Christmas Specials, which is on the website Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. The special gained attention after, on the same website, it was reviewed in an episode of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic on December 24, 2013.



* Expy: Mrs. Mavilda is Miss Hannigan Theatre/Annie.

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* Expy: Mrs. Mavilda is [[Theatre/Annie Miss Hannigan Theatre/Annie.Hannigan]].
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* Expy: Mrs. Mavilda is {{Miss Hannigan Theatre/Annie}}

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* Expy: Mrs. Mavilda is {{Miss Miss Hannigan Theatre/Annie}}Theatre/Annie.
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At first, this Christmas special was obscure. It's ranked as #12 in Familiar Faces: Familiar Faces #72: The Next 12 Forgotten Christmas Specials, which is on the website Website/ThatGuywiththeGlasses. The special gained attention after, on the same website, it was reviewed in an episode of WebVideo/TheNostalgia Critic on December 24, 2013.

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At first, this Christmas special was obscure. It's ranked as #12 in Familiar Faces: Familiar Faces #72: The Next 12 Forgotten Christmas Specials, which is on the website Website/ThatGuywiththeGlasses. Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. The special gained attention after, on the same website, it was reviewed in an episode of WebVideo/TheNostalgia Critic WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic on December 24, 2013.


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* Expy: Mrs. Mavilda is {{Miss Hannigan Theatre/Annie}}
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At first, this Christmas special was obscure. It's ranked as #12 in Familiar Faces: Familiar Faces #72: The Next 12 Forgotten Christmas Specials, which is on the website That Guy with the Glasses. The special gained attention after, on the same website, it was reviewed in an episode of WebVideo/TheNostalgia Critic on December 24, 2013.

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At first, this Christmas special was obscure. It's ranked as #12 in Familiar Faces: Familiar Faces #72: The Next 12 Forgotten Christmas Specials, which is on the website That Guy with the Glasses.Website/ThatGuywiththeGlasses. The special gained attention after, on the same website, it was reviewed in an episode of WebVideo/TheNostalgia Critic on December 24, 2013.
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* DawsonCasting: An unfortunate aversion. The child characters seem to be voiced by actual five and six-year old kids. The result is a lot of mumbling, slurring, and bad acting. Bizarrely played straight with one child who is clearly voiced by someone much older and sounds entirely out of place from the rest of the kids.
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* DawsonCasting: An unfortunate aversion. The child characters seem to be voiced by actual five and six-year old kids. The result is a lot of mumbling, slurring, and bad acting. Bizarrely played straight with one child who is clearly voiced by someone much older and sounds entirely out of place from the rest of the kids.
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* SpaceWhaleAesop: The ending promptly shoehorns in "You always win when you are good" as the moral of the tale Mrs. Mavilda learns. Putting aside the idea that you will eventually get what you want if you're a good person, in the story's context it makes no sense because the story was resolved by a DeusExMachina courtesy of [[spoiler:Santa striking Mrs. Mavilda with lightning. Can she truly have been said to have learned anything when her reformation is probably due to brain damage from being electrocuted?]]
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* UndisclosedFunds: The orphanage is paid in bags of money. Apparently, direct deposits, checks, and statements that have an actual amount listed do not exist in this universe. 'Cause who needs a paper trail when you have [[DuckTales millionaire duck currency]]?

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* UndisclosedFunds: The orphanage is paid in bags of money. Apparently, direct deposits, checks, and statements that have an actual amount listed do not exist in this universe. 'Cause who needs a paper trail when you have [[DuckTales [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales millionaire duck currency]]?


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Colbert Bump is on his page, we don\'t want reception on work pages, and please stop with the shoehorning.


This 1991 sketch is pretty obscure. In fact, many people probably didn't become aware of it until WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic did [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/41794-the-worst-christmas-special-ever a review]] of it.



* ColbertBump: Compare this page before and after WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic reviewed it.



** Or, if the Critic's word is taken for granted, it's another one of Mrs. Mavilda's split personalities.
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It's a particularly obscure special, in fact so obscure that most people probably didn't become aware of it until WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic did [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/41794-the-worst-christmas-special-ever a review]] of it.

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It's a particularly obscure special, in fact so obscure that most This 1991 sketch is pretty obscure. In fact, many people probably didn't become aware of it until WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic did [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/41794-the-worst-christmas-special-ever a review]] of it.



* UndisclosedFunds: The orphanage is paid in bags of money. Not any checks or statements or even an actual amount listed, it's just described as bags of money.

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* UndisclosedFunds: The orphanage is paid in bags of money. Not any checks or Apparently, direct deposits, checks, and statements or even that have an actual amount listed, it's just described as bags of money.listed do not exist in this universe. 'Cause who needs a paper trail when you have [[DuckTales millionaire duck currency]]?

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It's a particularly obscure special, in fact so obscure that most people probably didn't become aware of it until WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic did [[http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/41794-the-worst-christmas-special-ever a review]] of it.



* LimitedAnimation

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** Or, if the Critic's word is taken for granted, it's another one of Mrs. Mavilda's split personalities.



* StorybookOpening: A textbook (storybook?) example. The storybook doesn't have words or even word-shaped scribbles, just colored blocks.

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* SplitPersonality: There are several times where Mrs. Mavilda's audio has glitches that make it seem like she has different personalities she likes to argue with
* StorybookOpening: A textbook (storybook?) example. The storybook doesn't have words or even word-shaped scribbles, just colored {{Tetris}} blocks.

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