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* ''Film/ErnestSavesChristmas'': It's a RunningGag that Ernest can't remember Blitzen's name in particular. While giving an old man (who is Santa Claus but Ernest doesn't know that yet) a ride, Ernest claims to have memorized the names of all the reindeer, "even Donder and Blister." "That's Blitzen." At the climax, Ernest was trying a few terms to get the sleigh to take off, while the cops are arriving. The Christmas elves primed him by naming the first two reindeer, and Ernest managed to continue to in sequence. He fumbles with Blitzen, naming Squeaky, Squish, [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Dopey, Grumpy,]] Blister, before the elves give the correct name of Blitzen. Right before the end of the movie, while prepping the sleigh for the new Santa's big flight, Ernest lists off the names of the reindeer, but stalls when getting to Blitzen, which prompts everyone else to say Blitzen's name to remind Ernest.
* In ''Film/JingleAllTheWay'', the KQRS radio station holds a contest to name all eight of Santa's reindeer, and the first caller to give the correct answer will win [[spoiler:a gift certificate for]] a Turbo Man action figure. While Howard Langston does know the answer and races to the radio station to say it (with Myron Larabee trying to stop him along the way), another caller answers [[Music/TheJacksonFive "Randy", "Jermaine", and "Tito",]] which as the DJ points out, isn't even close.

Subtrope of AccidentalMisnaming. Not to be confused with AllOfTheOtherRaindeer.

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner[[note]]or Donder[[/note]] and Blitzen[[note]]or Blixen[[/note]]. They don't.

Subtrope of AccidentalMisnaming.

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner[[labelnote:*]]or Donder[[/labelnote]] and Blitzen[[labelnote:*]]or Blixen[[/labelnote]]. They don't.

-->On Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen and... Bruce?... and Marvin...

* A Creator/StanFreberg sketch has a {{Beatnik}} reading "A Visit from St. Nicholas" to his nephew, and when he comes to the names of the reindeer, he got Dasher, Dancer and Prancer right, but called the next one Merlin, and the next three [[Creator/GinaLollobrigida Gina, Lola and Brigida]] before his nephew stopped and corrected him.

* ''Film/ErnestSavesChristmas'': It's a RunningGag that Ernest can't remember Blitzen's name in particular. While giving an old man (who is Santa Claus but Ernest doesn't know that yet) a ride, Ernest claims to have memorized the names of all the reindeer, "even Donder and Blister." "That's Blitzen." At the climax, Ernest was trying a few terms to get the sleigh to take off, while the cops are arriving. The Christmas elves primed him by naming the first two reindeer, and Ernest managed to continue to in sequence. He fumbles with Blitzen, naming Squeaky, Squish, [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Dopey, Grumpy,]] Blister, before the elves give the correct name of Blitzen. Right before the end of the movie, while prepping the sleigh for the new Santa's big flight, Ernest lists off the names of the reindeer, but stalls when getting to Blitzen, which prompted everyone else to say Blitzen's name to remind Ernest.

* For the ChristmasEpisode of ''Series/{{Alf}}'', the titular alien is trying to memorize their names. He gets it 50% right: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, [[Literature/TheFourGospels Matthew, Mark, Luke and John]].

-->'''Fred:''' On Jumper, on, uh... Thunder, on Bouncer and uh... Plunder!
* ''WesternAnimation/HowMurraySavedChristmas'': This happens [[RuleOfThree thrice]] while Murray was filling in for Santa after an accident with a jack-in-the-box resulted in Santa going bananas. The reindeer were quite disappointed with his first attempt, but didn't seem to mind his third.

* ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePoohAndChristmasToo'': Pooh dresses up as Santa Claus when delivering homemade presents to his friends, believing the real Santa Claus can't provide due to their letter for him not being delivered. He leaves Rabbit's house while saying "On Donner, on Blitzen, on Armchair, and everyone else!" When confronted by Rabbit, Tigger and Eeyore, Rabbit challenges him to fly, and Pooh announces "On Lawn Chair, on Badminton, up up and away!"

-->'''Johnny:''' On Yeltzin, on Nixon, on Stinky, on Rose, on... hey, where's that freak with [[Literature/RudolphTheRedNoseReindeer the big glowing nose?]]

-->'''Johnny:''' On Yeltzin, on Nixon, on Stinky, on Rose, on... hey, where's that freak with the big glowing nose?

* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'': In "'Twas The Night", Johnny mistakes SantaClaus for a burglar and injures his arm. [[RhymesOnADime When he and the sleigh shoot off into the night, he doesn't get any of the reindeers' names right.]]

-->'''Homer:''' Um... Dasher... Dancer... Prancer... Nixon... Comet... Cupid... Creator/DonnaDixon?

-->'''Homer:''' Um... Dasher... Dancer... Prancer... Nixon... Comet... Cupid... Donna Dixon?

--> ''Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Vodka, Moscato, Tequila, Blitzen''

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* In ''Film/JingleAllTheWay'', the KQRS radio station holds a contest to name all eight of Santa's reindeer, and the first caller to give the correct answer will win [[spoiler: a gift certificate for]] a Turbo Man action figure. While Howard Langston does know the answer and races to the radio station to say it (with Myron Larabee trying to stop him along the way), another caller answers [[Music/TheJacksonFive "Randy", "Jermaine", and "Tito",]] which as the DJ points out, isn't even close.

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A [[ChristmasTropes Christmas Trope]] that pops up in a number of situations. Maybe someone is SubbingForSanta or maybe they're just a MallSanta. Maybe they're even the real but confused Santa. Maybe they're being tested on their Christmas knowlege. Or maybe they're improvising a story. Whatever the circumstances, there's one aspect of Santa Claus lore that they're being tripped up by.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E1SimpsonsRoastingOnAnOpenFire Simpsons Roasting On an Open Fire]]", Homer attempts to recite the reindeer in Santa School.

* In one ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'' story, the Beagle Boys have kidnapped Santa's reindeer and hold them for ransom. In one scene they try to fly with them, and one of them says "Giddyup, Rudolph! Giddyup, the other one in the front row! Giddyup, George... Or whatever your name was. Giddyup, everyone else!".

* In one ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'' story, the Beagle Boys have kidnapped Santa's reindeer and hold them for ransom. In one scene they try to fly with them, and one of them says "Giddyup, Rudolph! Giddyup, the other one in the fron row! Giddyup, George... Or whatever your name was. Giddyup, everyone else!".

Carter, Raegan, Bush, and Clinton

* ''WesternAnimation/TheCupheadShow'': In "A Very Devil Christmas", The Devil is forced into the role of Santa Claus with the only way of turning back to his former self being to successfully deliver presents to everyone on the nice list. Rule 1 of being Santa is reciting the reindeer roll call, which he didn't get right when the time to begin the delivery arrives.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "Simpsons Roasting On an Open Fire", Homer attempts to recite the reindeer in Santa School.

* In the first 22-minute episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Homer attempts to recite the reindeer in Santa School.

->'''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...
->'''Tom Servo:''' Eheh, yes, what's in the pipe, Santa?
->'''Santa Claus:''' Oh consarnit, I get those names mixed up. But the kids know their names!
->'''Crow:''' Yeah, cuz they're ''sober.''

->Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen,
->Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon,
->Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen,
->Carter, Raegan, Bush, and Clinton