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* JerkassBall: The kids hold onto it a ''lot'' in the first half. Even before finding out he's a Mall Santa, the kids harass an old man out of a massage chair. He even points out that they shouldn't be this naughty so close to Christmas.
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* JerkassBall: The kids hold onto it a ''lot'' in the first half. Even before finding out he's a Mall Santa, the kids harass an old man out of a massage chair. He even points out that they shouldn't be this naughty so close to Christmas. Tina, arguably the nicest of the three children should have especially known better than to behave like that.
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* AndroclesLion: Referenced by Gene when he tells Tina that one day the horseshoe crab she flipped back over will come back to help her.
* BigNo: Louise’s reaction when she sees that the mall Santa isn’t there to watch their show.
* BigNo: Louise’s reaction when she sees that the mall Santa isn’t there to watch their show.
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* CatapultNightmare: Louise has a nightmare where the kids get coal for Christmas.
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-->'''Louise:''' Screw the truth!
* BrickJoke: Bob asks Santa what his nephew is into, listing calendars as one of the options which Santa finds ridiculous. However, the calendar store ends up being the only one still open with all the rest closing early for Christmas Eve.
* CatapultNightmare: Louise has a nightmarewhere in which the kids get coal for Christmas.Christmas.
* ChristmasEpisode: The Belcher kids spend Christmas Eve putting on an ice show for the mall Santa to get back into his good graces.
* BrickJoke: Bob asks Santa what his nephew is into, listing calendars as one of the options which Santa finds ridiculous. However, the calendar store ends up being the only one still open with all the rest closing early for Christmas Eve.
* CatapultNightmare: Louise has a nightmare
* ChristmasEpisode: The Belcher kids spend Christmas Eve putting on an ice show for the mall Santa to get back into his good graces.
* DeliciousDistraction: Linda gets distracted by fudge when she and Bob are looking for Santa.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment:
-->'''Linda:''' Oh not a little show, a big show with singing and dancing and skating and lights and skating!
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment:
-->'''Linda:''' Oh not a little show, a big show with singing and dancing and skating and lights and skating!
* DoubleEntendre: Mr. Fischoeder says he named the Rinky Dink after his “dink…it’s very rinky”. Bob just grunts in response.
* ExpositionCut: The scene cuts back to the kids at the ice rink while Bob and Linda are explaining to the mall Santa why they need him back at his post.
* FoodAsBribe: The kids try to bribe Santa by bringing him milk and cookies, but it doesn’t work and Tina and Gene end up spilling the food all over his lap.
* FreezeFrameBonus: Some of the names of the stores seen in the mall are: “Jean on Me”, “The Flannel Islands”, “The Fudge-itive”, “Shorts Illustrated”, “Crop Tops for Pops”, “Shirts That Say Stuff”, “Ornamentary People” and “Family Jewels”.
* FreezeFrameBonus: Some of the names of the stores seen in the mall are: “Jean on Me”, “The Flannel Islands”, “The Fudge-itive”, “Shorts Illustrated”, “Crop Tops for Pops”, “Shirts That Say Stuff”, “Ornamentary People” and “Family Jewels”.
* FunnyPhotoPhrase: The helper elf has the kids pose with Santa for a picture and say “Cheese log!”
* GiftGivingGaffe: Mr. Fischoeder gives Bob a box of envelopes for Christmas because he thinks that’s why it takes them so long to send in their rent checks.
-->'''Bob:''' No, it’s the stuff that goes in them.
* GiftGivingGaffe: Mr. Fischoeder gives Bob a box of envelopes for Christmas because he thinks that’s why it takes them so long to send in their rent checks.
-->'''Bob:''' No, it’s the stuff that goes in them.
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* OdeToIntoxication: Mr. Fischoeder's song on the ice show is about all kinds of alcohol, most prominently bourbon.
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* OdeToIntoxication: Mr. Fischoeder's song on in the ice show is about all kinds of alcohol, most prominently bourbon.
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* PunBasedTitle: A play on the traveling ice skating show, Ice Capades.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis:
-->'''Louise:''' We. Need. Him. Now!
-->'''Elf:''' He! Will! Be! Baaaack!
* ShoutOut: Teddy's Jewish hockey team the Mighty Shmucks is named after the fictional hockey team and film franchise ''[[Film/TheMightyDucks The Mighty Ducks]]''.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis:
-->'''Louise:''' We. Need. Him. Now!
-->'''Elf:''' He! Will! Be! Baaaack!
* ShoutOut: Teddy's Jewish hockey team the Mighty Shmucks is named after the fictional hockey team and film franchise ''[[Film/TheMightyDucks The Mighty Ducks]]''.
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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: When Bob hands Santa the gift for his nephew that’s clearly in a bag that says “Accurate Calendars” on it, he tells him to not look inside and that there’s not calendars inside, but if there were they’d be very nice calendars.
** Tina’s song also applies, in which she repeats several times that she didn’t kick the horseshoe crab and that it had all its legs when it went back into the sea.
** Tina’s song also applies, in which she repeats several times that she didn’t kick the horseshoe crab and that it had all its legs when it went back into the sea.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: When Louise realizes how awful she was being to try to trick Santa in order to get presents, she stops the show and says she doesn’t belong on the Nice List. However, the rest of her family, and even the mall Santa himself, steps in to reassure her that she is a good person who deserves good things to happen to her.
* YourMom: Felix’s version of crowd work is telling a “your mom” joke.
-->'''Felix:''' You! Where’d you get that hat? Your mom?
* YourMom: Felix’s version of crowd work is telling a “your mom” joke.
-->'''Felix:''' You! Where’d you get that hat? Your mom?
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* StealthInsult: Mr. Fischoeder remarks that anyone can make Felix's routine look easy, but Felix makes it look hard. The way he says it makes it ''seem'' like a compliment.
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* StealthInsult: Mr. Fischoeder remarks that anyone can make Felix's routine look easy, but Felix makes it look hard. The way he says it makes it ''seem'' like a compliment.compliment, and Felix doesn't seem to pick up on it.
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* NeverMyFault: Louise initially refuses to admit she did anything wrong and accuses the mall Santa of having "thrown some major attitude" when the kids try to butter him up the next day.
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* FriendToAllLivingThings: Tina's good deed was helping out a horseshoe crab.
* INeverToldYouMyName: Inverted. Louise says that the Mall Santa doesn't know their names. [[IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou Gene promptly tells him their last name]].
* INeverToldYouMyName: Inverted. Louise says that the Mall Santa doesn't know their names. [[IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou Gene promptly tells him their last name]].
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* FriendToAllLivingThings: Zigzagged. Tina's good deed was helping out a horseshoe crab.
crab. However, she was rather rough in handling it to the point that its leg came off.
* INeverToldYouMyName: Inverted. Louise says that the Mall Santa doesn't know theirnames.names, so his threats of reporting to Santa are meaningless. [[IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou Gene promptly tells him their last name]].
* INeverToldYouMyName: Inverted. Louise says that the Mall Santa doesn't know their
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* StealthInsult: Mr. Fischoeder remarks that anyone can make Felix's routine look easy, but Felix makes it look hard.
* TitleDrop: The kids use "Nice-Capades" as the name of their ice show.
* TitleDrop: The kids use "Nice-Capades" as the name of their ice show.
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* StealthInsult: Mr. Fischoeder remarks that anyone can make Felix's routine look easy, but Felix makes it look hard.
hard. The way he says it makes it ''seem'' like a compliment.
* TitleDrop: The kids use "Nice-Capades" as the name of their iceshow.show.
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* TitleDrop: The kids use "Nice-Capades" as the name of their ice
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* {{Jerkass}}: Even before finding out he's a Mall Santa, the kids harass an old man out of a massage chair. He even points out that they shouldn't be this naughty so close to Christmas.
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*FriendToAllLivingThings: Tina's good deed was helping out a horseshoe crab.
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* OhCrap: The kids freak out when they realize the old man they kicked off the massage chair is a Mall Santa.
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-->'''Fischoeder:''' Oh, bourbon...
* OhCrap: The kids freak out when they realize the old man they kicked off the massage chair is aMall Santa.MallSanta.
* OhCrap: The kids freak out when they realize the old man they kicked off the massage chair is a
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* MallSanta: The kids get on the wrong side of one (voiced by Creator/HenryWinkler). He claims that he submits reports to the North Pole on good and bad behavior.
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* MallSanta: The kids get on the wrong side of one (voiced by Creator/HenryWinkler). He They know he's not the real deal, but he claims that he submits reports to the North Pole on good and bad behavior.behavior, so they're nonetheless worried about getting on the big man's bad side.
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*ContinuityNod: When the Belchers talk about Louise's good deeds to raise her spirits, Bob talks about how [[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E9SpaghettiWesternAndMeatballs she watches]] [[Recap/BobsBurgersS5E20HawkAndChick TV with him]].
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* DramaticIrony: Bob tells Louise that he knows better than anyone she's still getting presents this year. Because Louise StillBelievesInSantaClaus, his reassurances fall on deaf ears.
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* DramaticIrony: Bob tells Louise that he knows better than anyone she's still getting presents this year. Because Louise StillBelievesInSantaClaus, StillBelievesInSanta, his reassurances fall on deaf ears.
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* INeverToldYouMyName: Inverted. Louise says that the Mall Santa doesn't know their names, until Gene tells him.
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*DramaticIrony: Bob tells Louise that he knows better than anyone she's still getting presents this year. Because Louise StillBelievesInSantaClaus, his reassurances fall on deaf ears.
*FanDisservice: For the ice show, Felix dances while wearing an open-chested see-through shirt. Because he's rather out of shape, this isn't so much appealing as it is an affront to the eyes.
* INeverToldYouMyName: Inverted. Louise says that the Mall Santa doesn't know theirnames, until names. [[IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou Gene promptly tells him. him their last name]].
*InformedJudaism: Subverted. Teddy mentions being part of a Jewish hockey team, which is the first hint that he's Jewish and also seemingly contradictory, given the previous Christmas episode stated he was going to attend Mass. Then he whispers to Bob and asks him not to tell the team he's not actually Jewish.
*FanDisservice: For the ice show, Felix dances while wearing an open-chested see-through shirt. Because he's rather out of shape, this isn't so much appealing as it is an affront to the eyes.
* INeverToldYouMyName: Inverted. Louise says that the Mall Santa doesn't know their
*InformedJudaism: Subverted. Teddy mentions being part of a Jewish hockey team, which is the first hint that he's Jewish and also seemingly contradictory, given the previous Christmas episode stated he was going to attend Mass. Then he whispers to Bob and asks him not to tell the team he's not actually Jewish.
*KickTheDog: The Cranwinkles make Bob pay extra for the supplies he needs to make costumes for the Nice-Capades.
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* MallSanta: The kids get on the wrong side of one (voiced by Creator/HenryWinkler). He claims that he submits reports to the North Pole on good and bad behavior.
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* MallSanta: The kids get on the wrong side of one (voiced by Creator/HenryWinkler). He claims that he submits reports to the North Pole on good and bad behavior.behavior.
*OdeToIntoxication: Mr. Fischoeder's song on the ice show is about all kinds of alcohol, most prominently bourbon.
*OhCrap: The kids freak out when they realize the old man they kicked off the massage chair is a Mall Santa.
*OverlyLongGag: Mr. Fischoeder sings his song again in the credits... well, by "song", he really just sings "Oh, bourbon" for half a minute.
*StealthInsult: Mr. Fischoeder remarks that anyone can make Felix's routine look easy, but Felix makes it look hard.
*TitleDrop: The kids use "Nice-Capades" as the name of their ice show.
*OdeToIntoxication: Mr. Fischoeder's song on the ice show is about all kinds of alcohol, most prominently bourbon.
*OhCrap: The kids freak out when they realize the old man they kicked off the massage chair is a Mall Santa.
*OverlyLongGag: Mr. Fischoeder sings his song again in the credits... well, by "song", he really just sings "Oh, bourbon" for half a minute.
*StealthInsult: Mr. Fischoeder remarks that anyone can make Felix's routine look easy, but Felix makes it look hard.
*TitleDrop: The kids use "Nice-Capades" as the name of their ice show.
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* MallSanta: The kids get on the wrong side of one. He claims that he submits reports to the North Pole on good and bad behavior.
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* MallSanta: The kids get on the wrong side of one.one (voiced by Creator/HenryWinkler). He claims that he submits reports to the North Pole on good and bad behavior.
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When the kids kick a guy out of a massage chair who turns out to be a mall Santa, Louise fears she and her siblings will end up on the naughty list and tries to win him over with an ice show.
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* BlatantLies: The Nice-Capades really put the spin on some minor nice things the kids did. Played with in that Tina and Gene sing about stuff they actually did that are gussied up to sound more altruistic, while Louise spouts nonsense that never happened to sound like an angel.
* CatapultNightmare: Louise has a nightmare where the kids get coal for Christmas.
* DespairEventHorizon: Louise crosses it when she's forced to look at her reflection while spinning all those lies about her "Good" behavior, fearing she genuinely is a bad person and doesn't deserve presents.
* INeverToldYouMyName: Inverted. Louise says that the Mall Santa doesn't know their names, until Gene tells him.
* {{Jerkass}}: Even before finding out he's a Mall Santa, the kids harass an old man out of a massage chair. He even points out that they shouldn't be this naughty so close to Christmas.
* JerkassRealization: Louise stops her song in the ice show short after realizing she can't go through with lying to try and get herself and her siblings on the Nice list.
* LiteralMetaphor: Mr. Fischoeder says he'll help the kids for a song... by which he means he wants to perform a song in their ice show.
* MallSanta: The kids get on the wrong side of one. He claims that he submits reports to the North Pole on good and bad behavior.
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* BlatantLies: The Nice-Capades really put the spin on some minor nice things the kids did. Played with in that Tina and Gene sing about stuff they actually did that are gussied up to sound more altruistic, while Louise spouts nonsense that never happened to sound like an angel.
* CatapultNightmare: Louise has a nightmare where the kids get coal for Christmas.
* DespairEventHorizon: Louise crosses it when she's forced to look at her reflection while spinning all those lies about her "Good" behavior, fearing she genuinely is a bad person and doesn't deserve presents.
* INeverToldYouMyName: Inverted. Louise says that the Mall Santa doesn't know their names, until Gene tells him.
* {{Jerkass}}: Even before finding out he's a Mall Santa, the kids harass an old man out of a massage chair. He even points out that they shouldn't be this naughty so close to Christmas.
* JerkassRealization: Louise stops her song in the ice show short after realizing she can't go through with lying to try and get herself and her siblings on the Nice list.
* LiteralMetaphor: Mr. Fischoeder says he'll help the kids for a song... by which he means he wants to perform a song in their ice show.
* MallSanta: The kids get on the wrong side of one. He claims that he submits reports to the North Pole on good and bad behavior.
