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* LazinessCallout: Dropo is introduced by Kimar as "the laziest man on Mars" and lives up to that title throughout.
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* MrsClaus: This is the first time she appears as a character in an audio-visual medium.

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* MrsClaus: This is film has the first time she appears as a character strange historic distinction of presenting the first-ever depiction of her in an audio-visual medium.production (the character had existed for over a century, but only really took off in popularity in TheSixties).
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''Santa Claus Conquers the Martians'' (also titled ''Santa Claus Defeats the Aliens'') is a 1964 science fiction/fantasy film in which Martians, trying to cure the malaise of their children, kidnap SantaClaus (and a couple of earth kids that got mixed up in the plot) and take him to Mars to create the first Martian Christmas. Santa takes the whole thing ''surprisingly'' well and is only too happy to help. However, a small band of Martians rebel against the idea of Christmas or children being happy and try to kill Santa. By the end of the movie, the Martians discover that they can just get a really annoying Martian named Dropo to stuff a pillow down his shirt and DRESS as Santa, thus allowing Santa and the earth kids to go home.

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''Santa Claus Conquers the Martians'' (also titled ''Santa Claus Defeats the Aliens'') is a 1964 science fiction/fantasy film in which Martians, {{Martians}}, trying to cure the malaise of their children, kidnap SantaClaus (and a couple of earth kids that got mixed up in the plot) and take him to Mars to create the first Martian Christmas. Santa takes the whole thing ''surprisingly'' well and is only too happy to help. However, a small band of Martians rebel against the idea of Christmas or children being happy and try to kill Santa. By the end of the movie, the Martians discover that they can just get a really annoying Martian named Dropo to stuff a pillow down his shirt and DRESS as Santa, thus allowing Santa and the earth kids to go home.



* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Kimar chuckles at Betty asking the martians if they're television sets.

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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Kimar chuckles at Betty asking the martians Martians if they're television sets.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Voldar has the Foster children captured and taken to Mars specifically so that they couldn't tell anyone that Martians had kidnapped Santa. But then during the actual kidnapping, the Martians use stun weapons to disable everyone in workshop other than Santa, and Mrs Claus reports the kidnapping as soon as it wears off. So the Martians really didn't need to bother holding the kids, and even if there was some need to hold onto them until they actually got their hands on Santa, they could have just stunned the kids and left them behind in the workshop, since they apparently didn't care if the kidnapping was reported after the fact.
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* StupidStatementDanceMix: This film inspired a lo-fi techno group called "The Laziest Men on Mars"; they named themselves & their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM0vVcuqDi0 title track]] after what the "Chief" called Dropo. If you've never heard of them, they did the song that powered [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdPKI2E9kZg All Your Base]].
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* TheSlacker: Dropo is introduced as "the laziest man on Mars", and lives up to that tile throughout.

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* TheSlacker: Dropo is introduced as "the laziest man on Mars", and lives up to that tile title throughout.



** While this movie marked Mrs. Claus first appearance in audio-visual format. She never reappears in the movie after she gets frozen by Martian's Wham-O Airblasters nor was ever seen getting unfrozen (though she is mentioned in a news report to have identified Santa's kidnappers as Martians).

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** While this movie marked Mrs. Claus first appearance in audio-visual format. She never reappears in the movie after she gets frozen by Martian's Wham-O Airblasters Air blasters nor was ever seen getting unfrozen (though she is mentioned in a news report to have identified Santa's kidnappers as Martians).
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''Santa Claus Conquers the Martians'' (also titled ''Santa Claus Defeats the Aliens'') is a 1964 science fiction/fantasy film in which Martians, trying to cure the malaise of their children, kidnap THE SantaClaus (and a couple of earth kids that got mixed up in the plot) and take him to Mars to create the first Martian Christmas. Santa takes the whole thing ''surprisingly'' well and is only too happy to help. However, a small band of Martians rebel against the idea of Christmas or children being happy and try to kill Santa Claus. By the end of the movie, the Martians discover that they can just get a really annoying Martian named Dropo to stuff a pillow down his shirt and DRESS as Santa, thus allowing Santa and the earth kids to go home.

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''Santa Claus Conquers the Martians'' (also titled ''Santa Claus Defeats the Aliens'') is a 1964 science fiction/fantasy film in which Martians, trying to cure the malaise of their children, kidnap THE SantaClaus (and a couple of earth kids that got mixed up in the plot) and take him to Mars to create the first Martian Christmas. Santa takes the whole thing ''surprisingly'' well and is only too happy to help. However, a small band of Martians rebel against the idea of Christmas or children being happy and try to kill Santa Claus.Santa. By the end of the movie, the Martians discover that they can just get a really annoying Martian named Dropo to stuff a pillow down his shirt and DRESS as Santa, thus allowing Santa and the earth kids to go home.



* AdvancedCivilizationHollowImagination: Mars' child portion of their civilization has becomes this, according to Chochem. Their knowledge is fed directly into their brain by machines, but are distracted by Earth television broadcasts because of how uninteresting and fun-lacking their culture is. To bring some into their lives, a few martian explorers travel to Earth and kidnap Santa Claus. Voldar, one of them, is more of a GeneralRipper and a traditionalist, thinking that this would undermine their glory.

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* AdvancedCivilizationHollowImagination: Mars' child portion of their civilization has becomes become this, according to Chochem. Their knowledge is fed directly into their brain by machines, but are distracted by Earth television broadcasts because of how uninteresting and fun-lacking their culture is. To bring some into their lives, a few martian explorers travel to Earth and kidnap Santa Claus. Voldar, one of them, is more of a GeneralRipper and a traditionalist, thinking that this would undermine their glory.
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* DasherDancerPrancerAndNixon: During a TV interview, Santa Claus dismisses the rumor that he's using a rocket-powered sleigh this year, then bungles the names of his reindeer immediately after.
-->'''Santa Claus:''' No, sirree! We're going out the good old-fashioned way, with my reindeer! Prancer and Dancer and Donder and Blixen and Vixen and ''Nixon'' and, uh... ''[indecipherable muttering]'' Oh consarnit, I get those names mixed up. But the kids know their names!
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* ChristmasElves: Unfortunately, they don't stand a chance against the Martians' [[http://www.retroland.com/air-blaster-gun/ Wham-O Air Blasters]].

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* ChristmasElves: Unfortunately, they don't stand a chance against the Martians' [[http://www.retroland.com/air-blaster-gun/ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMJyt5KOyag Wham-O Air Blasters]].
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-->'''Servo:''' That’s right, Santa. Risk the kids’ lives.

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-->'''Servo:''' That’s right, Santa. Good idea. Risk the kids’ lives.children’s lives, Santa.



-->'''Servo:''' (as Santa) We’re having her committed in the spring.

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-->'''Servo:''' -->'''Crow:''' (as Santa) We’re having her committed in the spring.committed.



-->'''Servo:''' (As Santa, after her introduction) Hands off.

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-->'''Servo:''' -->'''Joel:''' (As Santa, after her introduction) Hands off.



-->'''Crow:''' Why didn’t ya tell us sooner, Pops?

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-->'''Crow:''' Why didn’t ya tell us sooner, us, Pops?



-->'''Joel:''' (as Santa) Oh, that’s no problem. We’ll just give them to dyslexic children.

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-->'''Joel:''' (as Santa) Oh, that’s no No problem. We’ll just give them ‘em to dyslexic children.
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-->'''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheatre3000 Servo]]:''' [[TakeThat Especially]] Series/TwinPeaks.

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-->'''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheatre3000 -->'''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Servo]]:''' [[TakeThat Especially]] Series/TwinPeaks.



'''Servo:''' (As Santa, after her introduction] Hands off.

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-->'''Kimar:''' They whittle their days away watching these silly Earth programmes. It confuses them.
-->'''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheatre3000 Servo]]:''' [[TakeThat Especially]] Series/TwinPeaks.


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-->'''Servo:''' What’s in the pipe, Santa?


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-->'''Servo:''' That’s right, Santa. Risk the kids’ lives.


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-->'''Servo:''' (as Santa) We’re having her committed in the spring.


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'''Servo:''' (As Santa, after her introduction] Hands off.


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-->'''Chochem:''' I have seen this coming for centuries.
-->'''Crow:''' Why didn’t ya tell us sooner, Pops?


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-->'''Girmar:''' The doll has a teddy bear’s head, and the teddy bear has a doll’s head.
-->'''Joel:''' (as Santa) Oh, that’s no problem. We’ll just give them to dyslexic children.

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