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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: What could have been a biting social commentary about the ridiculousness of holiday toy searches, or at least just a plain funny family film, gets executed horribly.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Oh so much.
** The film is all about Howard and Myron going through hell to get to a popular toy for their sons. The film does ''not'' provide any meaningful commentary or insight on the materialism of Christmas, the craze of shopping mobs doing anything to get their hands on high-demand toys, that Howard and Myron only want to get their sons the toy to make up for being neglectful fathers the rest of the time, or that Jamie shifts between hating and loving Howard on a dime depending on if he thinks he's getting the toy or not. All of this is played totally straight -- Howard getting Jamie a Turbo-Man action figure is the only way to prove his love to his son and repair their damaged relationship, and if he can't get it, then Jamie will hate him forever.
*** Myron specifically attributes his neighbor getting a high-profile toy as a child to him growing up to be a success, while Myron didn't get the toy and became a mailman paying child support to his cheating ex-wife. Howard then envisions Myron as Jamie toasting him and taking a swig from his flask. Remember, parents -- if you don't get your kids the hottest holiday toy for Christmas, they'll grow up to be deadbeat drunk losers.
*** That's also not getting into all the stuff Howard and Myron do to try and get their hands on a Turbo-Man, including attacking other shoppers, chasing down children for a raffle ball, physically intimidating store workers, and Howard stoops to going to a black market toy ring to find one. And then to get out of being arrested when the police bust the joint, he grabs a toy badge and '''impersonates a police officer''', an extremely serious crime! But criminal behavior is worth it to get the Turbo-Man and make Jamie happy, right?
** Johnny talks to Jamie about how Ted became a lot more active as a father after he and Johnny's mother got divorced. Johnny then suggests that maybe Jamie's parents should get divorced, so Howard can be a better father! This at least seems to be intentional, as Jamie just stares at Johnny for a moment and then walks away without saying a word. Still, the film doesn't do much to counter Johnny's claim, as Ted is shown to be fully independent in taking care of his home (including cooking and decorating), is attentive to his son, and is beloved around the neighborhood for being dependable and helpful, all things Howard is not.
** The film is all about Howard and Myron going through hell to get to a popular toy for their sons. The film does ''not'' provide any meaningful commentary or insight on the materialism of Christmas, the craze of shopping mobs doing anything to get their hands on high-demand toys, that Howard and Myron only want to get their sons the toy to make up for being neglectful fathers the rest of the time, or that Jamie shifts between hating and loving Howard on a dime depending on if he thinks he's getting the toy or not. All of this is played totally straight -- Howard getting Jamie a Turbo-Man action figure is the only way to prove his love to his son and repair their damaged relationship, and if he can't get it, then Jamie will hate him forever.
*** Myron specifically attributes his neighbor getting a high-profile toy as a child to him growing up to be a success, while Myron didn't get the toy and became a mailman paying child support to his cheating ex-wife. Howard then envisions Myron as Jamie toasting him and taking a swig from his flask. Remember, parents -- if you don't get your kids the hottest holiday toy for Christmas, they'll grow up to be deadbeat drunk losers.
*** That's also not getting into all the stuff Howard and Myron do to try and get their hands on a Turbo-Man, including attacking other shoppers, chasing down children for a raffle ball, physically intimidating store workers, and Howard stoops to going to a black market toy ring to find one. And then to get out of being arrested when the police bust the joint, he grabs a toy badge and '''impersonates a police officer''', an extremely serious crime! But criminal behavior is worth it to get the Turbo-Man and make Jamie happy, right?
** Johnny talks to Jamie about how Ted became a lot more active as a father after he and Johnny's mother got divorced. Johnny then suggests that maybe Jamie's parents should get divorced, so Howard can be a better father! This at least seems to be intentional, as Jamie just stares at Johnny for a moment and then walks away without saying a word. Still, the film doesn't do much to counter Johnny's claim, as Ted is shown to be fully independent in taking care of his home (including cooking and decorating), is attentive to his son, and is beloved around the neighborhood for being dependable and helpful, all things Howard is not.
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** Johnny talks to Jamie about how Ted became a lot more active as a father after he and Johnny's mother got divorced. Johnny then suggests that maybe Jamie's parents should get divorced, so Howard can be a better father! This at least seems to be intentional, as Jamie just stares at Johnny for a moment and then walks away without saying a word. Still, as far as we see Ted ''is'' a better father to Johnny than Howard is to Jamie, as well as being beloved by the neighborhood, so the film doesn't exactly do much to show that Johnny is wrong.
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** Johnny talks to Jamie about how Ted became a lot more active as a father after he and Johnny's mother got divorced. Johnny then suggests that maybe Jamie's parents should get divorced, so Howard can be a better father! This at least seems to be intentional, as Jamie just stares at Johnny for a moment and then walks away without saying a word. Still, as far as we see Ted ''is'' a better father to Johnny than Howard is to Jamie, as well as being beloved by the neighborhood, so the film doesn't exactly do much to show that Johnny counter Johnny's claim, as Ted is wrong.shown to be fully independent in taking care of his home (including cooking and decorating), is attentive to his son, and is beloved around the neighborhood for being dependable and helpful, all things Howard is not.
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** What's to stop Howard from getting arrested? Especially from Ted, who has enough evidence to convict him for breaking into his own house and stealing his son's present. That aside, though, Howard quite clearly committed identity fraud getting into the parade (despite the fact that it was the crew that mistook him for the actor), physically assaulted the other crew members, and endangered the public with his untrained use of the jetpack.
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** What's to stop Howard from getting arrested? Especially from Ted, who has enough evidence to convict him for breaking into his own house and stealing his son's present. That aside, though, Howard quite clearly committed identity fraud getting While he was quickly forced into the parade (despite by the fact that it was the crew that mistook him for the actor), crewmembers, Howard then physically assaulted the other crew members, them during his performance and endangered the public civilians with his untrained use of the jetpack.
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** Verne Troyer is the Little Santa who gets punched by Wrestling/TheBigShow.
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** What's to stop Howard from getting arrested? Especially from Ted, who has enough evidence to convict him for breaking into his own house and stealing his son's present. That aside, though, Howard quite clearly committed identity fraud getting into the parade, parade (despite the fact that it was the crew that mistook him for the actor), physically assaulted the other crew members, and endangered the public with his untrained use of the jetpack.
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** Howard's wife Liz isn't exactly super-likable either. She spends much of the film acting just as nasty towards Howard as Jamie does and is pretty much this close to leaving him for Ted. Jamie later feels guilty about snapping at Howard over the phone after the climax, while Liz discovers that Ted's a scumbag and realizes that Howard means well.
** The ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' riff goes further and says that ''none'' of the characters have any redeeming values. Even the always-likeable Chris Parnell plays a character that is such a jerk that punching his face would be more redeeming.
* TheWoobie: Howard goes through absolute ''hell'' to get his son the toy he wants for Christmas, a plight every parent can sympathize with. When he finally gets the doll during the parade and picks it up in awe, then holds it up in triumph and cheers, you want to cheer with him.
** The ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' riff goes further and says that ''none'' of the characters have any redeeming values. Even the always-likeable Chris Parnell plays a character that is such a jerk that punching his face would be more redeeming.
* TheWoobie: Howard goes through absolute ''hell'' to get his son the toy he wants for Christmas, a plight every parent can sympathize with. When he finally gets the doll during the parade and picks it up in awe, then holds it up in triumph and cheers, you want to cheer with him.
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** Howard's wife Liz isn't exactly super-likable either. She spends much of the film acting just as nasty towards Howard as Jamie does and is pretty much this close to leaving him for Ted. In fairness, Jamie later feels guilty about snapping at Howard over the phone after the climax, while Liz discovers that Ted's a scumbag and realizes that Howard means well.
** The ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'' riff goes further and says that ''none'' of the characters have any redeeming values. Even the always-likeable Chris Parnell plays a characterthat who is such a jerk that punching his face would be more redeeming.
* TheWoobie: Howard goes through absolute ''hell'' to get his son the toy he wants for Christmas, a plight every parent can sympathize with. When he finally gets the doll during the parade and picks it up in awe, then holds it up in triumph and cheers,you want it's not hard to cheer with him.
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* TheWoobie: Howard goes through absolute ''hell'' to get his son the toy he wants for Christmas, a plight every parent can sympathize with. When he finally gets the doll during the parade and picks it up in awe, then holds it up in triumph and cheers,
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* EsotericHappyEnding: What's to stop Howard from getting arrested? Especially from Ted, who has enough evidence to convict him for breaking into his own house and stealing his son's present. That aside, though, Howard quite clearly committed identity fraud getting into the parade, physically assaulted the other crew members, and endangered the public with his untrained use of the jetpack.
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** What's to stop Howard from getting arrested? Especially from Ted, who has enough evidence to convict him for breaking into his own house and stealing his son's present. That aside, though, Howard quite clearly committed identity fraud getting into the parade, physically assaulted the other crew members, and endangered the public with his untrained use of the jetpack.
** What's to stop Howard from getting arrested? Especially from Ted, who has enough evidence to convict him for breaking into his own house and stealing his son's present. That aside, though, Howard quite clearly committed identity fraud getting into the parade, physically assaulted the other crew members, and endangered the public with his untrained use of the jetpack.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Howard almost giving the future Darth Vader the "I Am Your Father" speech.
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** Howard almost giving the future Darth Vader the "I Am Your Father" speech.
** Done before the advent of "Black Friday" (which ironically takes place the month before Christmas) which had stories similar to what happened in this film, only replace toys with various other items (clothes, electronics, video games, etc).
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* LoveToHate: Ted. Yes he is a [[BitchInSheepsClothing sex crazed creep and egomaniac masquerading as a doting and loyal father ]] but Phil Hartman’s very charismatic performance makes up for a lot of his shady behavior.
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** Ted. Yes he is a [[BitchInSheepsClothing sex crazed creep and egomaniac masquerading as a doting and loyalfather ]] father]] but Phil Hartman’s Hartman's very charismatic performance makes up for a lot of his shady behavior.
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* MemeticMutation: "Put dat cookie daughn! NAUGHH!" Thank Swede Mason for the mix.
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** Also, Howard's wife gets a very narmy scene. The line itself is simply "Damn you, Howard," but it really cannot be stated how terrible the delivery is.
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** Howard flying around in the
* UnintentionallySympathetic: Myron. The man is an incredible asshole not adverse to faking having a bomb to get the Turbo-Man doll (an ''[[TimeMarchesOn even bigger]]'' no-no nowadays) and chasing after a kid to steal the doll from him (which gets him arrested), but his life has been complete hell and considering we are following another man willing to go through all kinds of (equally borderline and ''actually'' illegal) mayhem to make his son happy...
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** Jaime acts like a SpoiledBrat to Howard at every turn, rebuffs his attempts to make amends, and only shows love for him when Howard plays to his materialism and promises him the Turbo-Man doll. This is not helped by Jake Lloyd's awful acting and the clichéd WhenYouComingHomeDad trope being in full effect.
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** Jaime Jamie acts like a SpoiledBrat to Howard at every turn, rebuffs his attempts to make amends, and only shows love for him when Howard plays to his materialism and promises him the Turbo-Man doll. This is not helped by Jake Lloyd's awful acting and the clichéd WhenYouComingHomeDad trope being in full effect.
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* UnintentionallySympathetic: Myron. The man is an incredible asshole not adverse to faking having a bomb to get the Turbo-Man doll (an ''[[TimeMarchesOn even bigger]]'' no-no nowadays) and chasing after a kid to steal the doll from him (which gets him arrested), but his life has been complete hell and considering we are following another man willing to go through all kinds of (equally borderline and ''actually'' illegal) mayhem to make his son happy...
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** Shame an album of Music/DavidNewman's score wasn't released until years later.
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** Shame an album of Music/DavidNewman's extended version of the "Russian Dance" from [[Music/PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky Tchavikovsky]]'s ''Theatre/TheNutcracker'' Suite that accompanies Howard chasing his lottery ball for a Turbo-Man figure through the mall.
** Shame an album of David Newman's score wasn't released until years later.
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* HamAndCheese: Arnold, Sinbad, Creator/JamesBelushi and Creator/PhilHartman all know that the film’s message isn’t very serious and they all waste no time [[LargeHam giving everybody a tasty and over the top ham sandwich.]]
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* HamAndCheese: Arnold, Sinbad, James Belushi and Phil Hartman all know that the film’s message isn’t very serious and they all waste no time [[LargeHam giving everybody a tasty and over the top ham sandwich.]]
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** Chris Parnell, two years before he joined ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', is a clerk at the first toy store that Howard goes to.
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** Jaime acts like a spoiled brat to Howard at every turn, rebuffs his attempts to make amends, and only shows love for him when Howard plays to his materialism and promises him the Turbo-Man doll. This is not helped by Jake Lloyd's awful acting and the clichéd WhenYouComingHomeDad trope being in full effect.
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** Jaime acts like a spoiled brat SpoiledBrat to Howard at every turn, rebuffs his attempts to make amends, and only shows love for him when Howard plays to his materialism and promises him the Turbo-Man doll. This is not helped by Jake Lloyd's awful acting and the clichéd WhenYouComingHomeDad trope being in full effect.
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* AssPull: The Turbo-Man costume in the parade just so happening to have a fully functional jetpack (something not even '''NASA''' can perfect), which Howard uses to turn the tides in the climax.
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** Myron mugging the Dementor actor to take his place in the parade. There's no way Myron could have made it to the roof, attacked the actor, and then gotten his costume off and put it on himself, in the few minutes that Howard was up on the float. The only way it works is if one assumes Myron was planning to take the actor's place anyway and was going about it before he realized Howard was on the float as Turbo-Man, but that raises even more questions.
** The Turbo-Man costume in the parade just so happening to have a fully functional jetpack (something not even '''NASA''' can perfect), which Howard uses to turn the tides in the climax.
** Myron mugging the Dementor actor to take his place in the parade. There's no way Myron could have made it to the roof, attacked the actor, and then gotten his costume off and put it on himself, in the few minutes that Howard was up on the float. The only way it works is if one assumes Myron was planning to take the actor's place anyway and was going about it before he realized Howard was on the float as Turbo-Man, but that raises even more questions.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Oh so many.
** The film is all about Howard and Myron going through hell to get to a popular toy for their sons. The film does ''not'' provide any meaningful commentary or insight on the materialism of Christmas, the craze of shopping mobs doing anything to get their hands on high-demand toys, that Howard and Myron only want to get their sons the toy to make up for being neglectful fathers, or that Jamie shifts between hating and loving Howard in seconds when Howard promises to get him the toy. Instead the film plays all of this totally straight -- Howard getting Jamie a Turbo-Man action figure is the only way to prove his love to his son and repair their damaged relationship, and if he can't get it. then Jamie will hate him.
** The film is all about Howard and Myron going through hell to get to a popular toy for their sons. The film does ''not'' provide any meaningful commentary or insight on the materialism of Christmas, the craze of shopping mobs doing anything to get their hands on high-demand toys, that Howard and Myron only want to get their sons the toy to make up for being neglectful fathers, or that Jamie shifts between hating and loving Howard in seconds when Howard promises to get him the toy. Instead the film plays all of this totally straight -- Howard getting Jamie a Turbo-Man action figure is the only way to prove his love to his son and repair their damaged relationship, and if he can't get it. then Jamie will hate him.
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** The film is all about Howard and Myron going through hell to get to a popular toy for their sons. The film does ''not'' provide any meaningful commentary or insight on the materialism of Christmas, the craze of shopping mobs doing anything to get their hands on high-demand toys, that Howard and Myron only want to get their sons the toy to make up for being neglectfulfathers, fathers the rest of the time, or that Jamie shifts between hating and loving Howard in seconds when Howard promises to get him on a dime depending on if he thinks he's getting the toy. Instead the film plays all toy or not. All of this is played totally straight -- Howard getting Jamie a Turbo-Man action figure is the only way to prove his love to his son and repair their damaged relationship, and if he can't get it. it, then Jamie will hate him.him forever.
** The film is all about Howard and Myron going through hell to get to a popular toy for their sons. The film does ''not'' provide any meaningful commentary or insight on the materialism of Christmas, the craze of shopping mobs doing anything to get their hands on high-demand toys, that Howard and Myron only want to get their sons the toy to make up for being neglectful
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*** That's also not getting into all the stuff Howard and Myron do to try and get their hands on a Turbo-Man, including attacking other shoppers, chasing down children for a raffle ball, physically intimidating store workers, and Howard stoops to going to a black market toy ring to find one. And then to get out of being arrested when the police bust the joint, he grabs a toy badge and '''impersonates a police officer''', an extremely serious crime! But criminal behavior is worth it to get the Turbo-Man and make Jamie happy, right?
** Johnny talks to Jamie about how Ted became a lot more active as a father after he and Johnny's mother got divorced. Johnny then suggests that maybe Jamie's parents should get divorced, so Howard can be a better father!At This at least this was seems to be intentional, with as Jamie just staring stares at his friend Johnny for a moment and then walking walks away without saying a word.word. Still, as far as we see Ted ''is'' a better father to Johnny than Howard is to Jamie, as well as being beloved by the neighborhood, so the film doesn't exactly do much to show that Johnny is wrong.
** Johnny talks to Jamie about how Ted became a lot more active as a father after he and Johnny's mother got divorced. Johnny then suggests that maybe Jamie's parents should get divorced, so Howard can be a better father!
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* CultClassic: The movie's a pretty dumb Christmas flick. But is so off the wall and Narm-y that many fans couldn't help but love it ''because'' of how goofy it was. Firmly cementing it into this trope.
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* CultClassic: The movie's a pretty dumb Christmas flick. But flick but is so off the wall and Narm-y full of NarmCharm that many fans couldn't help but love it ''because'' of how goofy it was. Firmly was, firmly cementing it into this trope.
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** Howard has an ImagineSpot of Jamie ending up cynical and embittered like Myron. Jamie's actor, Jake Lloyd, would later suffer similar feelings after his performance in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.
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** Series/SaturdayNightLive's Chris Parnell is a clerk at the first toy store that Howard goes to.
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** Verne Troyer is the Little Santa who gets punched by Wrestling/TheBigShow.
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** Arnold's character, Howard, is a workaholic BumblingDad. While this is inherently funny enough given that...''[[HamAndCheese it's Arnold]]'', it becomes even funnier if you saw ''Film/TerminatorDarkFate'' where he also plays a father and husband. A ''Terminator'' posing as one, specifically.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Howard flying around in the Turboman costume reeks of mid-90s digital compositing.
** The guard reindeer that attacks Howard is a blatant animatronic in the closeup shots.
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* HamAndCheese: Arnold, Sinbad, James Belushi and Phil Hartman all know that the film’s message isn’t serious and they all waste no time [[LargeHam giving everybody a tasty and over the top ham sandwich.]]
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** James Belushi as the sleazy Santa also qualifies as well.
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* LoveToHate: Ted. Yes he is a [[BitchInSheepsClothing sex crazed egomaniac masquerading as a nice guy]] but Phil Hartman’s very charismatic performance makes up for a lot of his shady behavior.
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* LoveToHate: Ted. Yes he is a [[BitchInSheepsClothing sex crazed egomaniac masquerading as a nice guy]] but Phil Hartman’s very charismatic performance makes up for a lot of his shady behavior. **James Belushi as the sleazy Santa also qualifies as well.
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** James Belushi as the sleazy Santa also qualifies as well.
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*LoveToHate: Ted. Yes he is a [[BitchInSheepsClothing sex crazed egomaniac masquerading as a nice guy]] but Phil Hartman’s very charismatic performance makes up for a lot of his shady behavior. **James Belushi as the sleazy Santa also qualifies as well.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Oh so much.
** The film is all about Howard and Myron going through hell to get to a popular toy for their sons. The film does ''not'' provide any meaningful commentary or insight on the materialism of Christmas, the craze of shopping mobs doing anything to get their hands on high-demand toys, that Howard and Myron only want to get their sons the toy to make up for being neflectful fathers, or that Jamies shifts between hating and loving Howard in seconds when he promises to buy Jamie the toy. Instead the film plays all of this totally straight -- Howard getting Jamie a Turbo-Man action figure is the only way to prove his love to his son and repair their damaged relationship, and if he can't get it then Jamie will hate him.
*** Myron specifically attributes his neighbor getting a high-profile toy as a child to him growing up to be a success, while Myron didn't get the toy and became a mailman paying child support to his cheating ex-wife. Howard then sees Myron as Jamie toasting him and taking a swig from his flask. Remember, parents -- if you don't get your kids the hottest holiday toy for Christmas, they'll grow up to be deadbeat drunk losers.
** The film is all about Howard and Myron going through hell to get to a popular toy for their sons. The film does ''not'' provide any meaningful commentary or insight on the materialism of Christmas, the craze of shopping mobs doing anything to get their hands on high-demand toys, that Howard and Myron only want to get their sons the toy to make up for being neflectful fathers, or that Jamies shifts between hating and loving Howard in seconds when he promises to buy Jamie the toy. Instead the film plays all of this totally straight -- Howard getting Jamie a Turbo-Man action figure is the only way to prove his love to his son and repair their damaged relationship, and if he can't get it then Jamie will hate him.
*** Myron specifically attributes his neighbor getting a high-profile toy as a child to him growing up to be a success, while Myron didn't get the toy and became a mailman paying child support to his cheating ex-wife. Howard then sees Myron as Jamie toasting him and taking a swig from his flask. Remember, parents -- if you don't get your kids the hottest holiday toy for Christmas, they'll grow up to be deadbeat drunk losers.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: Oh so much.
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** The film is all about Howard and Myron going through hell to get to a popular toy for their sons. The film does ''not'' provide any meaningful commentary or insight on the materialism of Christmas, the craze of shopping mobs doing anything to get their hands on high-demand toys, that Howard and Myron only want to get their sons the toy to make up for being neflectful fathers, or that Jamies shifts between hating and loving Howard in seconds whenhe Howard promises to buy Jamie get him the toy. Instead the film plays all of this totally straight -- Howard getting Jamie a Turbo-Man action figure is the only way to prove his love to his son and repair their damaged relationship, and if he can't get it then Jamie will hate him.
*** Myron specifically attributes his neighbor getting a high-profile toy as a child to him growing up to be a success, while Myron didn't get the toy and became a mailman paying child support to his cheating ex-wife. Howard thensees envisions Myron as Jamie toasting him and taking a swig from his flask. Remember, parents -- if you don't get your kids the hottest holiday toy for Christmas, they'll grow up to be deadbeat drunk losers.
** The film is all about Howard and Myron going through hell to get to a popular toy for their sons. The film does ''not'' provide any meaningful commentary or insight on the materialism of Christmas, the craze of shopping mobs doing anything to get their hands on high-demand toys, that Howard and Myron only want to get their sons the toy to make up for being neflectful fathers, or that Jamies shifts between hating and loving Howard in seconds when
*** Myron specifically attributes his neighbor getting a high-profile toy as a child to him growing up to be a success, while Myron didn't get the toy and became a mailman paying child support to his cheating ex-wife. Howard then
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* IdiotPlot: The entire film happens because Howard forgot to buy Jamie the doll months ago like he was supposed to. Liz was the one who told him to do so, and then never thought to bring it up to him again until shortly before Christmas. Then the climax happens because [[spoiler:Howard is mistaken for a parade performer and is suited up in the Turbo-man costume and shoved onto the float in a matter of minutes; while the film includes a HandWave that the guy who was supposed to be in the costume was injured during rehearsal, surely they would have known the identity of his replacement and at least asked Howard his name.]]
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* IdiotPlot: The entire film happens because Howard forgot to buy Jamie the doll months ago like he was supposed to. Liz was the one who told him to do so, to, and then Liz never confirmed he got it or thought to bring it up to him again until shortly before Christmas. Then the climax happens because [[spoiler:Howard is mistaken for a parade performer and is suited up in the Turbo-man costume and shoved onto the float in a matter of minutes; while the minutes. The film includes a HandWave that the guy who was supposed to be in the costume was injured during rehearsal, rehearsal and they had to get a replacement at the last minute, but surely they would have known the identity of his replacement and at least asked gotten his name and confirmed Howard his name.was him, instead of grabbing the first person who walks through the doors and clearly has no idea where he is or what's going on.]]
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The clichéd WhenYouComingHomeDad trope aside, Jaime acts like a spoiled brat to Howard at every turn, rebuffs his attempts to make amends, and only shows love for him when Howard plays to his materialism and promises him the Turbo-Man doll.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The clichéd WhenYouComingHomeDad trope aside, UnintentionallyUnsympathetic:
** Jaime acts like a spoiled brat to Howard at every turn, rebuffs his attempts to make amends, and only shows love for him when Howard plays to his materialism and promises him the Turbo-Mandoll.doll. This is not helped by Jake Lloyd's awful acting and the clichéd WhenYouComingHomeDad trope being in full effect.
** Jaime acts like a spoiled brat to Howard at every turn, rebuffs his attempts to make amends, and only shows love for him when Howard plays to his materialism and promises him the Turbo-Man
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** The wife's not exactly super-likable either. She spends much of the film acting just as nasty towards Howard as her son does and is pretty much this close to leaving him for Ted. The son at least feels guilty about snapping at his dad over the phone after the climax.
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** The wife's not Howard's wife Liz isn't exactly super-likable either. She spends much of the film acting just as nasty towards Howard as her son Jamie does and is pretty much this close to leaving him for Ted. The son at least Jamie later feels guilty about snapping at his dad Howard over the phone after the climax.climax, while Liz discovers that Ted's a scumbag and realizes that Howard means well.
