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** A Halloween episode had ''{{Film/Beetlejuice}}'' covertly kidnap the Spirit of Halloween and manipulate the Titans into becoming ghosts so he could trap them in the Spirit World to rule without opposition.

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** * A Halloween episode had ''{{Film/Beetlejuice}}'' covertly kidnap the Spirit of Halloween and manipulate the Titans into becoming ghosts so he could trap them in the Spirit World to rule without opposition.

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i know the first sentence literally says "I wanna be Santa Claus" but i think the "I'm gonna steal Christmas" bit at the end is crucial to illustrate that this trope is about Replacing Santa, not just killing or abducting him


And at the top of it is old Saint Nicholas!''

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And at the top of it is old Saint Nicholas!''Nicholas\\
Nothing against him, it's just business\\
I ain't the Grinch, but I'm gonna steal Christmas!''






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* In ''[[Film/TheSantaClause The Santa Clause 3]]'', JackFrost becomes jealous of Scott Calvin's position as Santa, so he plans to take over as Santa rather than be a herald of the winter season.

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* In ''[[Film/TheSantaClause The Santa Clause 3]]'', ''Film/TheSantaClause3TheEscapeClause'', JackFrost becomes jealous of Scott Calvin's position as Santa, so he plans to take over as Santa rather than be a herald of the winter season.

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** A Halloween episode had ''{{Film/Beetlejuice}}'' covertly kidnap the Spirit of Halloween and manipulate the Titans into becoming ghosts so he could trap them in the Spirit World to rule without opposition.



* In the animated ''Series/TheLateShowWithStephenColbert'' Christmas special "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O93omtrnFy0 The Indict-Mare Before Christmas]]", Donald Trump's latest plot involves stealing the magical jelly in Santa's belly (with the help of Elon Musk) and usurping Santa Claus' authority as the arbiter of naughty and nice to make Congress drop all charges against him. Just as the judge is about to rule him innocent, the real Santa insists that if Trump really is the new Santa Claus, he should do the most basic of tasks Santa does and give a gift to someone he loves (in this case, give a present to Eric Trump). Just as he's about to, Trump eats the present instead. This causes the jelly to reject him and return to the real Santa.



** A Halloween episode had ''{{Film/Beetlejuice}}'' covertly kidnap the Spirit of Halloween and manipulate the Titans into becoming ghosts so he could trap them in the Spirit World to rule without opposition.
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* Downplayed in ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''. Jack Skellington does try to take over Christmas, but he doesn't seem to have plans to become Santa. There's no mention of him gaining Santa's powers, and although he does have him kidnapped, he doesn't want to harm him, and there's a suggestion that he's only doing it for this year (he tells Santa to "take a break this year").

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* Downplayed in ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''. Jack Skellington does try to take over Christmas, but he doesn't seem to have plans to become Santa. There's no mention of him gaining Santa's powers, and although he does have him kidnapped, he doesn't want to harm him, and there's a suggestion that he's only doing it for this year to feel what it's like (he tells Santa to "take a break this year").

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