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* AdaptationalVillainy / EarlyBirdCameo: In Lucy's idea for the pageant, one of the Wise Men turns out to actually be Judas, [[ExaggeratedTrope having shown up to betray Jesus at his birth.]]
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* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: After Charlie Brown (regretfully) informs John the Baptist about the Romans burning his house down, Joz decides to roll a Fright Check for [[TraumaButton Violet]], and manages to hit a Crit Success. This results in her deciding to sing ''Flight of the Valkyries'''... which, in addition to Snoopy giving her a Viking helmet to wear, causes her to realize ''this'' is what her life was guiding her towards... which causes her to rally ''all the kids''[[note]]outside of Charlie Brown and Lucy, who were privately conversing when this happened[[/note]] to follow her back to her burned down house, and then instigate a ''cult-like ritual'' involving burning down a Christmas tree in the name of war and vengeance.
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* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: After Charlie Brown (regretfully) informs John the Baptist about the Romans burning his house down, Joz decides to roll a Fright Check for [[TraumaButton Violet]], and manages to hit a Crit Success. This results in her deciding to sing ''Flight of the Valkyries'''...Valkyries''... which, in addition to Snoopy giving her a Viking helmet to wear, causes her to realize ''this'' is what her life was guiding her towards... which causes her to rally ''all the kids''[[note]]outside of Charlie Brown and Lucy, who were privately conversing when this happened[[/note]] to follow her back to her burned down house, and then instigate a ''cult-like ritual'' involving burning down a Christmas tree in the name of war and vengeance.
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* NeverMyFault: When Linus tries to suggest his quest for a Christmas tree could be he own personal Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown ''shoots that down hard'' by pointing out that it was because [[Recap/FilmRerollItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown everyone was focused on finding him and Sally due to his Great Pumpkin bullshit]] that her house burnt down to begin with. And when Snoopy tries to agree with that stance, Charlie Brown points out ''he'' also had some involvement [[DramaticIrony (but he's not sure how)]].
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* NeverMyFault: When Linus tries to suggest his quest for a Christmas tree could be he his own personal Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown ''shoots that down hard'' by pointing out that it was because [[Recap/FilmRerollItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown everyone was focused on finding him and Sally due to his Great Pumpkin bullshit]] that her Violet's house burnt down to begin with. And when Snoopy tries to agree with that stance, Charlie Brown points out ''he'' also had some involvement [[DramaticIrony (but he's not sure how)]].
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* LostAesop: [[invoked]] “Did we learn anything?” “I don’t know.”
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Followed by [[Recap/FilmRerollTheFifthElement The Fifth Element]].
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Another crazy year is starting to wind down in [[EverytownAmerica Hennepin County, Minnesota]]. [[CrapsaccharineWorld Pumpin gods have been observed, houses have been burned, and local businesses have been victim to random dog appearances.]] And with Christmas just around the corner, there is hope yet that the year might end on a calm note.
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Another crazy year is starting to wind down in [[EverytownAmerica Hennepin County, Minnesota]]. [[CrapsaccharineWorld Pumpin Pumpkin gods have been observed, houses have been burned, and local businesses have been victim to random dog appearances.]] And with Christmas just around the corner, there is hope yet that the year might end on a calm note.
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* CallBack: As Lucy starts to pull together an ice hockey team, she explicitly states they need [[Recap/FilmRerollTheMightyDucks an alcoholic lawyer]] to coach them.
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* CallBack: As Lucy starts to pull together an ice hockey team, she explicitly states they need [[Recap/FilmRerollTheMightyDucks an alcoholic lawyer]] to coach them.them, before pivoting to [[ButtMonkey making Charlie Brown do it]].
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* TraumaButton: As she admits to Lucy, Violet has [[Recap/FilmRerollItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown (understandably)]] developed a fear of all things relating to fire.
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* PetTheDog: While trying to help out with Charlie Brown's snowman, Snoopy happens upon the idea of [[KleptomaniacHero stealing loose buttons from the kids by the frozen lake]]. However, ''everyone'' agrees that [[ButtMonkey Violet]] should be left out of this idea.
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* PetTheDog: PetTheDog:
** While trying to help out with Charlie Brown's snowman, Snoopy happens upon the idea of [[KleptomaniacHero stealing loose buttons from the kids by the frozen lake]]. However, ''everyone'' agrees that [[ButtMonkey Violet]] should be left out of thisidea.idea.
** Charlie Brown winds up bonding with Pigpen for a bit while he makes his snowman; not only does Pigpen contribute by "giving" it a tie[[note]]drawing it on[[/note]] and suggesting Charlie Brown take a "mind photo" of it, but Charlie Brown decides it's his mission to get him a Christmas present.
** Even though she's strong-arming him into coaching her hockey team, Lucy takes a moment to acknowledge that Charlie Brown did in fact make a good snowman.
** While trying to help out with Charlie Brown's snowman, Snoopy happens upon the idea of [[KleptomaniacHero stealing loose buttons from the kids by the frozen lake]]. However, ''everyone'' agrees that [[ButtMonkey Violet]] should be left out of this
** Charlie Brown winds up bonding with Pigpen for a bit while he makes his snowman; not only does Pigpen contribute by "giving" it a tie[[note]]drawing it on[[/note]] and suggesting Charlie Brown take a "mind photo" of it, but Charlie Brown decides it's his mission to get him a Christmas present.
** Even though she's strong-arming him into coaching her hockey team, Lucy takes a moment to acknowledge that Charlie Brown did in fact make a good snowman.
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* NeverMyFault: When Linus tries to suggest his quest for a Christmas tree could be he own personal Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown ''shoots that down hard'' by pointing out that it was because [[Recap/FilmRerollItsTheGreatPumpkinCharlieBrown everyone was focused on finding him and Sally due to his Great Pumpkin bullshit]] that her house burnt down to begin with. And when Snoopy tries to agree with that stance, Charlie Brown points out ''he'' also had some involvement [[DramaticIrony (but he's not sure how)]].
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The second Violet has a Christmas tree set on fire, Charlie Brown decides it's time for him to take Sally home.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: SarcasmMode: When Lucy strong-arms him into being the coach for her hypothetical hockey team and finding them an opposing team to play against, Charlie Brown sarcastically promises to reach out to his "enormous network of contacts" before bluntly pointing out that ''he doesn't know anyone''.
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** Upon getting first glance at Violet's war cult, and her setting up shop at her burned-down house, Snoopy starts suspecting Violet ''might'' know about his involvement, and briefly contemplates going back to his dog house, gathering up his things, and skipping town.
** The second Violet has a Christmas tree set on fire, Charlie Brown decides it's time for him to take Sally home.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** Upon getting first glance at Violet's war cult, and her setting up shop at her burned-down house, Snoopy starts suspecting Violet ''might'' know about his involvement, and briefly contemplates going back to his dog house, gathering up his things, and skipping town.
** The second Violet has a Christmas tree set on fire, Charlie Brown decides it's time for him to take Sally home.
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* TakeAThirdOption: While the others are trying to find out where the majority of the pageant members ran off too, Lucy [[SkewedPriorites decides to ask Schroeder if he prefers the pageant, or doing hockey]]. His response? "Hockey. But music."
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* TakeAThirdOption: While the others are trying to find out where the majority of the pageant members ran off too, Lucy [[SkewedPriorites [[SkewedPriorities decides to ask Schroeder if he prefers the pageant, or doing hockey]]. His response? "Hockey. But music."
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* CrazyEnoughToWork: Upon getting clarification of Schroeder's interests[[note]]namely that, between choosing the holiday pageant or hockey, he prefers [[TakeAThirdOption hockey, with music]][[/note]], Lucy briefly toys with the idea of reworking the pageant around that[[note]]namely, the final battle with the Romans is instead settled via ice hockey[[/note]].
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* TakeAThirdOption: While the others are trying to find out where the majority of the pageant members ran off too, Lucy [[SkewedPriorites decides to ask Schroeder if he prefers the pageant, or doing hockey]]. His response? "Hockey. But music."
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* BehindTheBlack: Discussed: After one too many bad rolls early on in the campaign, Lisa starts to suspect that Kara snuck into her house and touched all of her dice in order to curse them.
* BehindTheBlack: While Charlie Brown pulls Lucy off to the side to try and talk her into doing a less-commercialized holiday pageant, it soon comes to light that while they were talking, Violet had gathered all of the girls and left the auditorium.
* BehindTheBlack: While Charlie Brown pulls Lucy off to the side to try and talk her into doing a less-commercialized holiday pageant, it soon comes to light that while they were talking, Violet had gathered all of the girls and left the auditorium.
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* BehindTheBlack: BehindTheBlack:
** Discussed: After one too many bad rolls early on in the campaign, Lisa starts to suspect that Kara snuck into her house and touched all of her dice in order to curse them.
* BehindTheBlack: ** While Charlie Brown pulls Lucy off to the side to try and talk her into doing a less-commercialized holiday pageant, it soon comes to light that while they were talking, Violet had gathered all of the girls and left the auditorium.
** Discussed: After one too many bad rolls early on in the campaign, Lisa starts to suspect that Kara snuck into her house and touched all of her dice in order to curse them.
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* ChekhovsBoomerang: Snooopy's costume trunk returns from [[Recap/FilmRerollACharlieBrownThanksgiving Thanksgiving]], and winds up being a significant plot-element: He not only tries to use it to find a top hat for Charlie Brown's snowman, but he also uses it to give everyone hats during Lucy's holiday pageant... [[UnwittingInsitgatorOfDoom which may or may not have helped cause]] [[GoneHorriblyWrong the war cult subplot]].
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* ChekhovsBoomerang: Snooopy's costume trunk returns from [[Recap/FilmRerollACharlieBrownThanksgiving Thanksgiving]], and winds up being a significant plot-element: He not only tries to use it to find a top hat for Charlie Brown's snowman, but he also uses it to give everyone hats during Lucy's holiday pageant... [[UnwittingInsitgatorOfDoom [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom which may or may not have helped cause]] [[GoneHorriblyWrong the war cult subplot]].
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The immediate sign of trouble for the holiday pageant is that Lucy wants to start with the birth of Jesus... and ''also'' have John the Baptist present. Although she quickly happens upon the idea of doing the pageant InMediasRes[[note]]starting with John the Baptist getting chased by a Roman soldier[[/note]], that's just the sign of things to come. Not only does ''Judas'' show up at Jesus' birth, but then [[OffTheRails we have a World War I flying ace being sent to conquer Rome]].
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* AnAssKickingChristmas: The idea Lucy has to finish out the first act of the holiday pageant is a giant battle in Rome.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The immediate sign of trouble for the holiday pageant is that Lucy wants to start with the birth of Jesus... and ''also'' have John the Baptist present. Although she quickly happens upon the idea of doing the pageant InMediasRes[[note]]starting with John the Baptist getting chased by a Roman soldier[[/note]], that's just the sign of things to come. Not only does ''Judas'' show up at Jesus' birth, having disguised himself as one of the Wise Men, butthen [[OffTheRails we have a World War I flying ace being sent to conquer Rome]].
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: The immediate sign of trouble for the holiday pageant is that Lucy wants to start with the birth of Jesus... and ''also'' have John the Baptist present. Although she quickly happens upon the idea of doing the pageant InMediasRes[[note]]starting with John the Baptist getting chased by a Roman soldier[[/note]], that's just the sign of things to come. Not only does ''Judas'' show up at Jesus' birth, having disguised himself as one of the Wise Men, but
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* DownerEnding: Discussed: When Charlie Brown tries to talk Lucy into reworking the pageant into being more about togetherness, he suggests ending the pageant after the first act... which, as Lucy points out, ends with Jesus being betrayed. [[AvertedTrope Charlie Brown then proceeds to clarify he doesn't even want to have the betrayal in at all.]]
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* MoneyDumb: Upon being informed she doesn't have a budget for the pageant, Lucy incorrectly assumes she has bottomless reserves of cash, even though the players and Joz accurately point out that ''she'' isn't in charge of the budget.
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* OnlySaneMan: The liberties Lucy's taking with the holiday pageant winds up causing Charlie Brown to hit his breaking point, and try and talk her into realizing Christmas should be about peace and togetherness, not fear and fire.
