History WesternAnimation / TheFlightBeforeChristmas

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* One-NightStandPregnancy: Oona wistfully tells the story of the chance encounter she had with one of Santa's reindeer that fateful night, which resulted in Niko a few months later. [[spoiler: Turns out that dreamboat stag was Prancer.]]

''The Flight Before Christmas'' is a Finnish-Danish-Irish-German computer animated feature film first released in 2008. The film was written by Finnish screenwriter Hannu Tuomainen and directed by Kari Juusonen from Finland and Michael Hegner from Denmark.

'''Niko:''' I don't know! I left him there!\\

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Literally, in this case. The rest of the herd don't think much of Niko's belief that his dad was on the Flying Forces, or his attempts to fly, with two of the young ones mocking him early on in the film. Only Saga, Niko's best friend, believes him, despite her own father's attempts to discourage her.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Literally, in this case. The rest of the herd don't think much of Niko's belief that his dad was on the Flying Forces, and his attempts to fly, with two of the young ones mocking him early on in the film. Only Saga, Niko's best friend, believes him, despite her own father's attempts to discourage her.

* LovableJock: The Flying Forces come off as this. While loud and obnoxious, they are genuinely [[NiceGuy nice guys]].

* StrongFamilyResemblance: Niko has the same fur patterns on his face as Prancer does.

* VegetarianCarnivore: As noted above, Specks pefers to eat moss. After Black Wolf's DisneyVillainDeath, the rest of his pack decide to follow Specks' example (mostly out of fear of the Flying Forces' wrath).

* AvengingTheVillain: The BigBad is Black Wolf's sister, White Wolf, who wants revenge against Niko for her brother's death.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Niko's grandfather and Saga's father are absent.
* CoolOldGuy: Tobias, the [[spoiler: former leader of the Flying Forces]].

* InnocentlyInsensitive: Jonni unknowingly annoys Niko by forgetting Prancer's name when listing the Flying Forces.

* ShipperOnDeck: At the beginning of the movie, Niko tries to get Oona and Prancer back together, with little success. His hopes are dashed for good when Oona starts a relationship with Lenni.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Like Niko and Prancer, Jonni and Lenni share facial fur patterns.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Niko does ''not'' take kindly to meeting Lenni, and he's even meaner to Jonni. While playing hide-and-seek (in an attempt to ditch Jonni), Niko lashes out at the poor young buck, refusing to accept him as a brother, and abandons him out in the woods, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero which leads to Jonni getting abducted by the eagles]]. Fortunately, after rescuing him and hearing Jonni's background about how sad and lonely he and his father have been before meeting Oona, Niko gets better and apologizes for his behavior at the end.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Niko is very clearly the result of his mother's ''one-night stand'' with one of Santa's reindeer. His mother didn't even know his father's name, and his father didn't even know he had a child from this encounter. This caused controversy judging by how frequently it's mentioned in reviews for the film. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcV2cYv0VkE Scene.]]