History Recap / SouthParkS3E15MrHankeysChristmasClassics

* *O Holy Night" – Cartman

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: The episode doesn't have a real plot; it's simply the characters performing holiday songs.
** In-universe, Santa starts singing Music/DuranDuran's "Rio" ("HER NAME IS RIO AND SHE DANCES ON THE SAND!") in the middle of his and Jesus's big medley. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that St. Nicholas felt left out because Jesus is the subject of many more songs than him, and so performed the first thing that came to mind.

* AbsenteeActor: Despite being one of the most musical characters on the show, and voiced by [[Music/IsaacHayes a professional musician]], Chef neither sings nor appears.

Mr. Hankey hosts a Christmas MusicalEpisode, featuring South Park characters singing twisted renditions of classic Christmas songs.

* "Dreidel Dreidel Dreidel" – Kyle, Stan, Cartman, Sheila and Gerald

* "Christmas Time in Hell" – {{Satan}}

* AbsenteeActor: Despite being one of the most musical characters on South Park, and voiced by [[Music/IsaacHayes a professional musician]], Chef neither sings nor appears.
* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: This episode doesn't have a real plot. It just consists of the show's characters performing holiday songs.

* DidISayThatOutLoud: Kyle's dad singing about how hot Creator/CourteneyCox is while everyone else is at least sorta singing about the Dreidel.
* FallingChandelierOfDoom: Kenny falls victim to one during the last song.

* GreenEyedMonster: When Santa and Jesus team up for a medley of songs about themselves, the former gets upset because Christ has many more numbers in his repertoire, forcing jolly old St. Nick to sing Duran Duran's "Rio" just to get a few notes in edgewise. Jesus, being the ultimate NiceGuy, apologizes and coaxes Santa into a final duet of "Let it Snow" to cheer him up.
* MusicalEpisode: The episode features ten vignettes where the South Park characters perform holiday songs.

** The "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolland_Smith#%22Fighting_the_frizzies,_at_11%22 fighting the frizzies]]" newscast gag is a reference to a similar clip that can be seen on most bootleg copies of ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial''.
** The opening song is sung by a postman that looks a lot like Postman S.D. from ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown''.
** The duet is a reference to the 1987 Dustin Hoffman/Warren Beatty spy comedy film Ishtar.
* TakeAThirdOption: Jesus and Santa use their medley to sing songs about their own lives (replacing their names with first-person pronouns), but Santa feels left out because there are so many more songs about the Savior than him. Jesus realizes the mistake and instead starts singing "Let it Snow," a song which doesn't mention either of the two. This placates Santa enough to join in.

** In-universe, Santa starts singing Duran Duran's "Rio" ("HER NAME IS RIO AND SHE DANCES ON THE SAND!") in the middle of his and Jesus's big medley. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that St. Nicholas felt left out because Jesus is the subject of many more songs than him, and so performed the first thing that came to mind.

* TheyKilledKennyAgain: [[FallingChandelierOfDoom A chandelier falls down and crushes Kenny]] during the last musical number.

** The "fighting the frizzies" newscast gag is a reference to a similar clip that can be seen on most bootleg copies of ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial''.

* MusicalEpisode: The episode features ten vignettes where the South park characters perform holiday songs.

* DidISayThatOutLoud: Kyle's dad singing about how hot Courtney Cox is while everyone else is at least sorta singing about the Dreidel.

* VillainsOutShopping: "Christmas Time In Hell" has Satan throwing his own Christmas celebration in Hell, with all the damned and demons singing, dancing, laying cookies out for Santa Claus, stringing up Christmas tree, and literally shopping for gifts.

* InMemoriam: The episode is dedicated to Creator/MaryKayBergman (the voice of most of the female characters), who committed suicide three weeks before the episode premiered. Bergman's characters gathered together in "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas".

* TheyKilledKennyAgain: [[FallingChandelierOfDoom A chandelier falls down and crushes him]] during the last musical number.

* InMemoriam: The episode is dedicated to Creator/MaryKayBergman (the voice of most of the female characters), who committed suicide three weeks before the episode premiered.

* GoKartingWithBowser: Satan shows up on the surface at the end, not to take over the world, but to sing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" with the rest of the cast.

* GoKartingWithBowser: Satan comes to join the rest of the cast, not to take over the world, but to sing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" with the rest of the cast.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Cartman's rendition of "O Holy Night" is largely about him being thankful for Jesus' birth because it means he (Cartman) gets presents for Christmas. He even takes the Wise Men's gifts!

* ShoutOut: The "fighting the frizzies" newscast gag is a reference to a similar clip that can be seen on most bootleg copies of ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial''.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: [[ChandelierOfDoom A chandelier falls down and crushes him]] during the last musical number.

* ShoutOut: The "fighting the frizzies" newscast gag is a reference to a similar clip that can be seen on most bootleg copies of ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial''.