Reindeer in Here is a CGI-animated Christmas Special loosely based on the children's book of the same name by Adam Reed. It features the voices of Adam Devine, Gabriel Bateman, Henry Winkler, Melissa Villaseñor, Candace Cameron Bure, Donald Faison, Jo Koy, Brooke Monroe Conaway, and Jim Gaffigan as Santa Claus.
The story is about a young inventive reindeer with a short left antler named Blizz (short for Blizzard) who wants to join Santa's team of inventors. But when Santa's magical snow globe gets stolen, Blizz and his unique group of friends must band together to save the future of Christmas.
The special premiered on CBS on December 2, 2022 and is regularly shown around the holiday season in later airings on other channels, such as Nick Jr. and streams on Paramount+.
This special provides the following tropes:
- Big Bad: Smiley is revealed to be behind the theft of Santa's snow globe. He eventually sees the error of his ways and pulls a Heel–Face Turn.
- Big Eater: Hawk the polar bear has a pretty big appetite, as he is shown to be eating at a pretty bad time.
- How We Got Here: The special begins with Blizz crashing into Theo's room before changing to a flashback to what happened a couple days ago.
- Keystone Army: Once Candy takes out the orna-bot with the antenna dish, all the other ones-bots get zapped and shut down instantly.
- Saving Christmas: As usual in any holiday special, Blizz must retrieve Santa's snow globe to save Christmas.
- Snowlems: Blizz's best friend Candy is a snowgirl with a candy cane for a nose and peppermint buttons.
- Totem Pole Trench: The hooded man is revealed to be a trio of elves from Santa's workshop stacked on top of each other.
- Voice Changeling: Theo is able to mimic other voices perfectly, as shown through his puppet Frankie.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: This is what Smiley is ultimately revealed to be. He believes that the orna-bots making presents is an easier and quicker way to help Santa.
