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* BreatherEpisode: placed in between two emotionally tense episodes.

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* BreatherEpisode: placed Placed in between two emotionally tense episodes.
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* BreatherEpisode: placed in between two emotionally tense episodes.
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* ArtShift: The entire episode ''is'' StopMotion-animated afterall, and Abed's noticing of the art shift that no other character notices is central to episode's plot.
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*** Seeing how Abed fondled him he probably figured the number of buttons from how many Abed touched above them.


* DwindlingParty: Only [[spoiler:Pierce]] manages to make the trip with Abed to the North Pole. [[BattleRoyaleWithCheese Everyone]] comes back in the end though.

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* DwindlingParty: Only [[spoiler:Pierce]] manages to make the trip with Abed to the North Pole. [[BattleRoyaleWithCheese [[ClimacticBattleResurrection Everyone]] comes back in the end though.
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* [[MomentOfAwesome Crowning Moment of Awesome]]/[[HeartwarmingMoments Heartwarming]]: The end, where [[{{Nakama}} everyone comes back]] to beat up Professor Duncan and ''sing about it''.

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* [[MomentOfAwesome Crowning Moment of Awesome]]/[[HeartwarmingMoments Heartwarming]]: The end, where [[{{Nakama}} [[TrueCompanions everyone comes back]] to beat up Professor Duncan and ''sing about it''.
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!!The ''{{Community}}'' episode "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" contains examples of:

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!!The ''{{Community}}'' ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas" contains examples of:
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* MatryoshkaObject: A gift labeled "Meaning of Christmas" has two nested boxes inside. Inside the last one is a DVD of ''Series/{{Lost}}'', which represents "lack of payoff".
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* FridgeBrilliance: A stop-motion episode, co-written by [[MoralOrel Dino Stamatopoulos]].

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* FridgeBrilliance: A stop-motion episode, co-written by [[MoralOrel [[WesternAnimation/MoralOrel Dino Stamatopoulos]].
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* A snowman peering at the group behnd the tree is highly likely to be Chang in real life.
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* AffectionateParody/{{Homage}}: Of the [[RankinBassProductions Rankin/Bass]] stop-motion Christmas specials, but especially RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer.

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* AffectionateParody/{{Homage}}: AffectionateParody: Of the [[RankinBassProductions Rankin/Bass]] stop-motion Christmas specials, but especially RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer.
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* AffectionateParody/{{Homage}}: Of the [[RankinBassProductions Rankin/Bass]] stop-motion Christmas specials, but especially RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: After Abed walks off from the Snow-Chang, Chang says that he could've spent more time on the third button... which is approximately located at Chang's crotch.
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* OddNameOut: Thus far the only episode whose title doesn't follow the series' IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming.

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* OddNameOut: Thus far the only The first episode whose title doesn't follow the series' IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming.

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I see a pretty basic snowman with no arms or decoration. Snowman Chang had almond-shaped eyes, arms made of snow, and coal buttons.


* FunnyBackgroundEvent:
** You can see Snowman Chang spying the gang in the Winter Wonderland.
** As Dean and Duncan drink together, the gang breaks into the holiday-zone and steals the tree. Then Shirley comes back and takes the menorah.

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* FunnyBackgroundEvent:
** You can see Snowman Chang spying the gang in the Winter Wonderland.
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FunnyBackgroundEvent: As Dean and Duncan drink together, the gang breaks into the holiday-zone and steals the tree. Then Shirley comes back and takes the menorah.
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** Duncan stops being 'designated' about halfway through the episode, when his motivations switch from helping Abed so he can study his condition and possibly secure a publishing deal based on it (motives which are self-interested but more-or-less benevolent) to gaining revenge on Abed dredging up memories of his own unhappy Christmases, where he's clearly motivated by little more than spite.

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** Duncan stops being 'designated' about halfway through the episode, [[spoiler: when his motivations switch from helping Abed so he can study his condition and possibly secure a publishing deal based on it (motives which are self-interested but more-or-less benevolent) to gaining revenge on Abed dredging up memories of his own unhappy Christmases, where he's clearly motivated by little more than spite. spite.]]

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* DesignatedVillain: [[spoiler: Britta mostly, but Duncan too. Granted, he was trying to help Abed for his own purposes, but he ''was'' trying to help him. And what Abed was doing ''isn't'' healthy.]]

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* DesignatedVillain: [[spoiler: Britta mostly, but Duncan too. Granted, he was trying to help Abed for his own purposes, but he ''was'' trying to help him. And what Abed was doing ''isn't'' healthy.]]healthy.
** Duncan stops being 'designated' about halfway through the episode, when his motivations switch from helping Abed so he can study his condition and possibly secure a publishing deal based on it (motives which are self-interested but more-or-less benevolent) to gaining revenge on Abed dredging up memories of his own unhappy Christmases, where he's clearly motivated by little more than spite.

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* DisappearedDad: Apparently, Professor Duncan had one.


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* DesignatedVillain: [[spoiler: Britta mostly, but Duncan too. Granted, he was trying to help Abed for his own purposes, but he ''was'' trying to help him. And what Abed was doing ''isn't'' healthy.]]
* DisappearedDad: Apparently, Professor Duncan had one.
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* CallBack: This episode isn't the first time that [[Recap/CommunityS1E04SocialPsychology Abed has managed to turn one of Professor Duncan's rather self-serving psychological experiments back on him.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:[-From left to right:Teddy Pierce, Baby Doll Shirley, Troy Soldier, Abed, Christmas Wizard Duncan, Ballerannie, Britta-Bot, and Jeff-in-the-Box.-] ]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:[-From left to right:Teddy right: Teddy Pierce, Baby Doll Shirley, Troy Soldier, Abed, Christmas Wizard Duncan, Ballerannie, Britta-Bot, and Jeff-in-the-Box.-] ]]


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* FoodPorn: TheTag involves Troy imposing stop-motion on reality again for the sake of delicious-looking fake food.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[-From left to right:Teddy Pierce, Baby Doll Shirley, Troy Soldier, Abed, Christmas Wizard Duncan, Ballerannie, Britta-Bot, and Jeff-in-the-Box.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:[-From left to right:Teddy Pierce, Baby Doll Shirley, Troy Soldier, Abed, Christmas Wizard Duncan, Ballerannie, Britta-Bot, and Jeff-in-the-Box.-] ]]
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[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/community_christmas_b_8538.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Baller-Annie, Christmas Wizard Duncan, Baby Doll Shirley, Britta-Bot, Troy Soldier, Jeff-in-the-Box, Teddy Pierce, and Abed.]]

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[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/community_christmas_b_8538.org/pmwiki/pub/images/abeds_uncontrollable_christmas_9929.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:From [[caption-width-right:350:[-From left to right: Baller-Annie, right:Teddy Pierce, Baby Doll Shirley, Troy Soldier, Abed, Christmas Wizard Duncan, Baby Doll Shirley, Ballerannie, Britta-Bot, Troy Soldier, Jeff-in-the-Box, Teddy Pierce, and Abed.Jeff-in-the-Box.]]
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* MediumShiftGag: Done in clay animation to go along with Abed's breakdown.
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That\'s pretty easy to construe as a course title. Hell, my university has a class called \"Water\".


** ahem, [[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare "Modern Warfare"]].
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** ahem, [[Recap/CommunityS1E23ModernWarfare "Modern Warfare"]].
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** Before being eaten alive by [[AChristmasCarol Humbugs]], Jeff mutters that "Somewhere out there Tim Burton's gotten a boner."

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** Before being eaten alive by [[AChristmasCarol Humbugs]], Jeff mutters that "Somewhere out there Tim Burton's TimBurton's gotten a boner."

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** Chang seems to know where Abed sees his [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean third button.]]

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** Chang seems to know where Abed sees his [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean third button.]]
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* AnAssKickingChristmas: The group beats the snot out of Duncan.
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* ArtShift: The entire episode ''is'' StopMotion-animated afterall, and Abed's noticing of the art shift that no other character notices is central to episode's plot.
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* PaletteSwap: Duncan's wizard outfit becomes darker when he's revealed the Christmas Warlock.

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