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10->''"Tattertown is a strange world. What I wanted to do was make something where old and new animation could clash head on, visually, stylistically, and in attitude. Tattertown is where old cartoon characters live side by side with new cartoon characters, and they have a hell of a time relating. The old characters go all the way back to [[Creator/TerryToons Paul Terry’s Farmer Alfalfa]]. [[WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit Oswald the Rabbit ]]is there and [[WesternAnimation/BoskoTheTalkInkKid Bosko]]. And they’re right up against characters who are modern and [[LimitedAnimation can’t move very well]] and have superior attitudes."''
11-->--Creator/RalphBakshi, in an interview with ''Animato!'' magazine in 1988.
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13A Christmas special created and directed by Creator/RalphBakshi which aired on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} in [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation 1988]]. It's loosely based on a comic strip Bakshi had created in his youth called "Junktown" and was originally the pilot to a series that never materialized.
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15A girl named Debbie finds a strange book, which sucks her, her [[NurseryRhyme Little Miss Muffet]] doll, and Dog, her stuffed dog, into the realm of Tattertown, where discarded items—including Muffet and Dog—come to life.
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17While Dog remains loyal to Debbie, Muffet, who has long felt oppressed by the wear and tear of being a toy, runs away. Muffet eludes Debbie and, calling herself Muffet the Merciless, makes up her mind to conquer Tattertown, with the aid of Sidney the Spider, who had attempted to take over Tattertown before. Sidney takes Muffet to the "Deadster Zone", located outside of Tattertown and inhabited by the unsavory rejected items (such as war toys). Muffet recruits these inhabitants as goons into her army.
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19Meanwhile, Debbie decides to introduce the concept of Christmas to Tattertown. But unknown to her, Muffet, disguised as SantaClaus, is planning an air raid.
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22!!Contains examples of:
23* AmbiguouslyJewish: The Christmas tree who owns the comic book store speaks with a Yiddish accent and rhetorically asks, "Why would I know anything about Christmas?!"
24* AnimateInanimateObject: Everyone in Tattertown except Debbie.
25* BadSanta: Muffet, trying to conquer Tattertown, disguises herself as Santa Claus and [[AssInALionSkin Sidney as a reindeer]].
26* BigBad: Muffet, who's the most antagonistic character in the special and tries to conquer Tattertown.
27* BizarreTasteInFood: At one point, Muffet is about to enjoy a piece of tobacco pie. It even has cigarette butts sticking out of it.
28* ClothesForChristmasCringe: Debbie, chasing Muffet, tells her she's got a new dress for her. While the dress is not stated to be a Christmas present, Muffet reacts with disgusted noises.
29* ADogNamedDog: Debbie's dog is called simply "Dog".
30* FallingIntoJail: During the air raid, Debbie decides to make one last effort to show the residents of Tattertown what Christmas is. She finds an old phonograph and plays Music/BingCrosby's rendition of "White Christmas" on it. Sidney stops flying in mid-air to listen, sending Muffet, who's riding on his back, crashing into the town jail.
31%% * FluffyTheTerrible: Muffet
32%% * GenkiGirl: Debbie
33* GiantSpider: Sidney, who's big enough for Muffet to ride.
34* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Debbie loves Dog, especially when he comes to life after landing in Tattertown.
35* LawyerFriendlyCameo: [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation Golden Age]] cartoon stars WesternAnimation/FlipTheFrog and WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit can be seen sitting together in a bar, both off-model and unnamed. Oswald also appears early in the film via his trolley. Early WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes star WesternAnimation/BoskoTheTalkInkKid also makes a brief appearance. ComicStrip/KrazyKat and Ignatz also made appearances. ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'s silhouette appeared near to the end of the special.
36* LetThereBeSnow: On hearing "White Christmas", Sidney bursts into tears, then begins sprinkling boxes of soap flakes downward to bring snow to Tattertown.
37* LivingToys: Muffet and Dog, among others.
38* {{Narrator}}: Miles, a saxophone residing in Tattertown, tells the story.
39* OnlySaneMan:
40** Muffet can't stand the wacky antics of the citizens of Tattertown.
41** Downplayed with Debbie. While there are times when Tattertown's wackiness can get on her nerves, Debbie has more tolerance than Muffet.
42* PaperThinDisguise: Muffet dons a Santa suit, but it's obvious who she is, especially with her blonde ringlets sticking out from under the hat. Sidney's disguise is hardly better: it consists only of a few bells and a reindeer-antler headband.
43* PermaStubble: Muffet, despite being female.
44* PerversePuppet: Muffet, a doll who tries to conquer Tattertown.
45* PlotTriggeringBook: The strange book Debbie finds sucks her, Dog, and Muffet into Tatterown. Muffet then runs away from Debbie and plots to conquer Tattertown.
46* SlidingScaleOfLivingToys: Before landing in Tattertown, Muffet is immobile but still sentient. She spends her days being stuffed by Debbie into new outfits and being made to sit at tea parties, helpless to protest or run away. As Miles explains...
47-->'''Miles:''' She was always dressing her up, sometimes just for fun. But ''her'' fun, not Muffet's.
48* SuperSargassoSea: Tattertown. Miles puts it best.
49-->'''Miles:''' Tattertown is the elephant's graveyard for junk, where all forgotten objects come to rest.\
50''[The streetlight he's leaning on suddenly [[AnimateInanimateObject gets up and walks away]].]''\
51'''Miles:''' But as you can see, nothing rests around here. An amazing thing happens to some of the things that find their way here—they become ''alive''.
52* TearsOfJoy: Muffet, when she first lands in Tattertown, sheds these on realizing she can move and speak.
53%% * TrueMeaningOfChristmas
54%% * YouCantGoHomeAgain: Debbie. Literally, thanks to the series '''''never even starting'''''.

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