History Film / GrumpyCatsWorstChristmasEver

* PoliceAreUseless: George. [[spoiler: It turns out he [[{{Invoked}} invoked]] the whole 'bumbling security' image so no one would suspect that he masterminded the heist.]]

* PoliceAreUseless: George. [[spoiler: It turns out he [[{{Invoked}} invoked]] the whole 'bumbling security' image so no one would suspect that he masterminded the whole dog kidnapping.]]

* PoliceAreUseless: The bumbling security guard. [[spoiler: It turns out he [[{{Invoked}} invoked]] the whole 'bumbling security' image so no one would suspect that he masterminded the whole dog kidnapping.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: The security guard]] claims that he is greedy, not evil, and wouldn't even think about hurting Crystal just to get the info he needs. Subverted that, while he won't hurt Crystal, he would have no problem hurting Grumpy Cat and threatens to throw her in a trash compactor.

* IdiotPlot: At its own expense, the film frames its own narrative as an example. Lampshaded as Grumpy Cat herself notes that if she and Crystal would have done the simple and obvious thing and gone to the police right away, there would be no movie. [[spoiler: Even when Crystal does get access to a cell phone, she calls her confused mom instead of 9-1-1 in order for the third act to have an obligatory chase scene.]] The villains aren't exactly the brightest bulbs either, frequently enduring providentially contrived and wholly avoidable setbacks.

* RomanticPlotTumor: The relationship between Crystal's mom and a guy who works as a mall elf is accused of being this when Grumpy lampshades it by calling it a boring B plot.

* ThrowItIn: Creator/AubreyPlaza, the voice of Grumpy Cat, said that when she was brought in to record, most of Grumpy's dialogue wasn't written or finalized yet, and she was asked to just make up her own lines for Grumpy. Plaza spent most of the recording sessions watching the live action footage and riffing on whatever action she saw. She even went far as saying the recording sessions were "like my own MST3K".

* StupidCrooks: The main antagonists. They decided that rather than stealing a bunch of jewelry which they could sell or pawn off, they will steal a famous dog that's worth more but can't sell.

* AdultsAreUseless: Every single adult in this movie either is totally incompetent or distracted with something else to care about Crystal, which leads to her having to [[spoiler:stop a million-dollar robbery]] all by herself - and ''her parents'' don't realize she's gone until towards the very end.

* IdiotPlot: At its own expense, the film frames it's own narrative as an example. Lampshaded as Grumpy Cat herself notes that if she and Crystal would have done the simple and obvious thing and gone to the police right away, there would be no movie. [[spoiler: Even when Crystal does get access to a cell phone, she calls her confused mom instead of 9-1-1 in order for the third act to have an obligatory chase scene.]] The villains aren't exactly the brightest bulbs either, frequently enduring providentially contrived and wholly avoidable setbacks.

* ShoutOut: To the HomeAlone movies, as Crystal sets a trap for the villains at one point, on top of the whole "kid alone in a building foils two dim-witted burglars around Christmas" premise

* IdiotPlot: At it's own expense, the film frames it's own narrative as an example. Lampshaded as Grumpy Cat herself notes that if she and Crystal would have done the simple and obvious thing and gone to the police right away, there would be no movie. [[spoiler: Even when Crystal does get access to a cell phone, she calls her confused mom instead of 9-1-1 in order for the third act to have an obligatory chase scene.]] The villains aren't exactly the brightest bulbs either, frequently enduring providentially contrived and wholly avoidable setbacks.

* IdiotPlot: At it's own expense, the film frames it's own narrative as an example. Lampshaded as Grumpy Cat herself notes that if she and Crystal would have done the simple and obvious thing and gone to the police right away, there would be no movie. [[spoiler: Even when Crystal does get access to a cell phone, she calls her confused mom instead of 9-1-1 in order for the third act to have an obligatory chase scene.]] The villains aren't exactly the brightest bulbs either.

* IdiotPlot: Lampshaded by Grumpy Cat herself, saying that if she and Crystal would have done the simple and obvious thing and gone to the police right away, there would be no movie. [[spoiler: Even when Crystal does get access to a cell phone, she calls her confused mom instead of 9-1-1 in order for the third act to have an obligatory chase scene.]] The villains aren't exactly the brightest bulbs either.

* RomanticPlotTumor: The relationship between Crystal's mom and a guy who works as a mall elf. Grumpy lampshades it by calling it a boring B plot.

* ThrowItIn: Creator/AudreyPlaza, the voice of Grumpy Cat, said that when she was brought in to record, most of Grumpy's dialogue wasn't written or finalized yet, and she was asked to just make up her own lines for Grumpy. Plaza spent most of the recording sessions watching the live action footage and riffing on whatever action she saw. She even went far as saying the recording sessions were "like my own MST3K".

* ThrowItIn: AudreyPlaza, the voice of Grumpy Cat, said that when she was brought in to record, most of Grumpy's dialogue wasn't written or finalized yet, and she was asked to just make up her own lines for Grumpy. Plaza spent most of the recording sessions watching the live action footage and riffing on whatever action she saw. She even went far as saying the recording sessions were "like my own MST3K".

* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Crystal's mom thinks her daughter needs to be more sociable and try to make friends. Crystal's actual problem is that she ''does'' try, but the other girls reject her for "no good reason."