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* ChristmasEpisode: It is all about Zim using Santa Claws and the spirit of the season in his latest plot.

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* ChristmasEpisode: It is all about Zim using Santa Claws Claus and the spirit of the season in his latest plot.
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* DistantFinale: The entire episode is told as a story by a robotic snowman to a group of children, who live ''two million years'' in the future.

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* FollowTheBouncingBall: Done with Mini Moose during the "Bow Down" song.

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* FollowTheBouncingBall: Done with Mini Moose Minimoose during the "Bow Down" song.song.
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: The final episode produced before the show's cancellation introduces Minimoose, Zim's other robotic sidekick.



* RememberTheNewGuy: Mini-Moose. Yes, he ''has'' been with Zim the whole time.

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* RememberTheNewGuy: Mini-Moose.Minimoose. Yes, he ''has'' been with Zim the whole time.



* TruthInTelevision: The MallSanta who Zim interrogates claims that he's just one of Santa's "helpers," which actual mall Santa's are trained to say when children realize that they're not really Santa.

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* TruthInTelevision: The MallSanta who Zim interrogates claims that he's just one of Santa's "helpers," which actual mall Santa's Santas are trained to say when children realize that they're not really Santa.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The contrarian child and the snowman after the commercial break both have legitimate grievances with one another. The child points out that the snowman never bothered to flesh out why Zim wants to take over the world while the answer to the child's concerns about the consequences of the malfunctioning Santa costume would be answered later in his story which he was getting to until the child interrupted him.
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* AsideGlance: Zim gives this when he talks about how [[RememberTheNewGuy Minimoose has been with him the whole time.]]

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* FollowTheBouncingBall: Done with Mini Moose during the "Bow Down" song.



* PuttingOnTheReich: The flag Zim has erected after he manages to have Dib imprisoned uses the Irken symbol, but it wears a Santa hat with a pair of candy canes over and red and white background. While it is trying to look Christmasy, the exclusive use of red, white and black obviously evoke the old Nazi flag.

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* PuttingOnTheReich: The flag Zim has erected after he manages to have Dib imprisoned uses the Irken symbol, but it wears hold a Santa hat rally for "Santa"'s followers, which ends with him unfurling a pair of candy canes over and red and white background. While it is trying to look Christmasy, the exclusive use of red, white and black obviously evoke flag with the old Nazi flag.Irken symbol wearing a Santa hat and two candy canes forming an x behind it, which resemble a swastika. It's basically a Christmasy version of a Hitler rally.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The people of Earth talk about celebrating Santa's "return" to "his people" and follow his every command like gospel, like [[UsefulNotes/JesusChrist that other guy associated with Christmas]].[[labelnote:If you don't get it...]]It's meant to resemble the Second Coming.[[/note]]

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The people of Earth talk about celebrating Santa's "return" to "his people" and follow his every command like gospel, like [[UsefulNotes/JesusChrist that other guy associated with Christmas]].[[labelnote:If you don't get it...]]It's meant to resemble the Second Coming.[[/note]][[/labelnote]]
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The people of Earth talk about celebrating Santa's "return" to "his people" and follow his every command like gospel, like [[UsefulNotes/JesusChrist that other guy associated with Christmas]].[[lablenote:If you don't get it...]]It's meant to resemble the Second Coming.[[/note]]

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The people of Earth talk about celebrating Santa's "return" to "his people" and follow his every command like gospel, like [[UsefulNotes/JesusChrist that other guy associated with Christmas]].[[lablenote:If [[labelnote:If you don't get it...]]It's meant to resemble the Second Coming.[[/note]]
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The people of Earth talk about celebrating Santa's "return" to "his people" and follow his every command like gospel, like [[UsefulNotes/JesusChrist that other guy associated with Christmas]].[[note:If you don't get it...]]It's meant to resemble the Second Coming.[[/note]]

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The people of Earth talk about celebrating Santa's "return" to "his people" and follow his every command like gospel, like [[UsefulNotes/JesusChrist that other guy associated with Christmas]].[[note:If [[lablenote:If you don't get it...]]It's meant to resemble the Second Coming.[[/note]]
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The people of Earth talk about celebrating Santa's "return" to "his people" and follow his every command like gospel, like [[UsefulNotes/JesusChrist that other guy associated with Christmas]].[[note]]If you don't get it, Santa's "return" is supposed to be like the Second Coming.[[/note]]

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The people of Earth talk about celebrating Santa's "return" to "his people" and follow his every command like gospel, like [[UsefulNotes/JesusChrist that other guy associated with Christmas]].[[note]]If [[note:If you don't get it, Santa's "return" is supposed it...]]It's meant to be like resemble the Second Coming.[[/note]]
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The people of Earth talk about celebrating Santa's "return" to "his people" and follow his every command like gospel, like [[UsefulNotes/JesusChrist that other guy associated with Christmas]].[[note]]If you don't get it, Santa's "return" is supposed to be like the Second Coming.[[/note]]



* RuleOfCute: The Santa suit manages to regain control from Zim, expelling the drill he used to keep it under control, when an absurdly-cute child asked for a hug.

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* RuleOfCute: The Santa suit manages to regain control from Zim, expelling the drill he used to keep it under control, when an absurdly-cute child asked for a hug.hug.
* TruthInTelevision: The MallSanta who Zim interrogates claims that he's just one of Santa's "helpers," which actual mall Santa's are trained to say when children realize that they're not really Santa.
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Zim disguises himself as Santa in order to woo adoring Christmas humans to their doom at the North Pole.

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Zim disguises himself as Santa in order to woo adoring Christmas Christmas-adoring humans to their doom at the North Pole.
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* EldritchAbomination: After Dib and Zim manages to launch the [[{{Santabomination}} malfunctioning Santa-suit]] into space where it continued to grow and mutate, Earth in the far future having incased its cities in domes for protection from it and prepared giant plates of cookies and milk to satiate it every year.

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* EldritchAbomination: After Dib and Zim manages manage to launch the [[{{Santabomination}} malfunctioning Santa-suit]] into space where space, it continued continues to grow and mutate, Earth mutate during its time there. Earth, in the far future having incased future, encases its cities in domes for protection from it and prepared prepares giant plates of cookies and milk to satiate it every year.
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* HilariousInHindsight : In this special, we can see Professor Membrane shooting out a laser out of his hand towards the door, Ironically this foreshadows the movie on netflix where it's revealed he has cybernetic hands that shoot lasers.
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* HilariousInHindsight : In this special, we can see Professor Membrane shooting out a laser out of his hand towards the door, Ironically this foreshadows the movie on netflix where it's revealed he has cybernetic hands that shoot lasers.
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* MallSanta: Zim captures one to learn as much as he can about Santa and Christmas.
* NotHyperbole: One woman being interviewed about "Santa's" return exclaims "My heart explodes with joy!" A nasty popping noise is heard and she falls face-down in the snow, dead.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: Mini-Moose. Shut-up, he's always been around!

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* RememberTheNewGuy: Mini-Moose. Shut-up, he's always Yes, he ''has'' been around!with Zim the whole time.
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* EldritchAbomination: After Dib and Zim manages to launch the malfunctioning Santa-suit into space where it continued to grow and mutate, Earth in the far future having incased its cities in domes for protection from it and prepared giant plates of cookies and milk to satiate it every year.

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* EldritchAbomination: After Dib and Zim manages to launch the [[{{Santabomination}} malfunctioning Santa-suit Santa-suit]] into space where it continued to grow and mutate, Earth in the far future having incased its cities in domes for protection from it and prepared giant plates of cookies and milk to satiate it every year.
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Zim disguises himself as Santa in order to woo adoring Christmas humans to their doom at the North Pole.

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* AbsurdlyIneffectiveBarricade: Zim imprisoned Dib in a jail cell meant to look like candy-canes. Actually, it ''is'' made of candy-cane, Dib managing to break out by complete accident. Because it is ''candy cane''. When Zim's robot elves catch him after this, Zim orders him to put him in the actual impenetrable cage.
* BecomingTheMask: Having programmed his Santa costume with extensive knowledge of Christmas and Santa Claws, Zim is briefly overcome with a personality more appropriate to this image whenever something compels him to act as such, like when he is crowded by children.
* ChristmasEpisode: It is all about Zim using Santa Claws and the spirit of the season in his latest plot.
* EldritchAbomination: After Dib and Zim manages to launch the malfunctioning Santa-suit into space where it continued to grow and mutate, Earth in the far future having incased its cities in domes for protection from it and prepared giant plates of cookies and milk to satiate it every year.
* PuttingOnTheReich: The flag Zim has erected after he manages to have Dib imprisoned uses the Irken symbol, but it wears a Santa hat with a pair of candy canes over and red and white background. While it is trying to look Christmasy, the exclusive use of red, white and black obviously evoke the old Nazi flag.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Mini-Moose. Shut-up, he's always been around!
* RuleOfCute: The Santa suit manages to regain control from Zim, expelling the drill he used to keep it under control, when an absurdly-cute child asked for a hug.

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