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* LyricalDissonance: Surely you're expecting a dark, gloomy song to fit in with show about a holiday getting cancelled, right? No, this is Rankin Bass. None of the songs aside from "Blue Christmas" give off any sadness.
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* EvilIsHammy: Both the Miser brothers, though they aren't exactly evil. Their hamminess is even lampshaded by Mrs. Claus. (The sharp-eyed will catch Ignatius rolling his eyes at the Heat Miser.)
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* EvilIsHammy: Both the Miser brothers, though they aren't exactly evil. Their hamminess is even lampshaded by Mrs. Claus. (The sharp-eyed will catch Ignatius rolling his eyes at the Heat Miser.)
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* EvilIsHammy: Both the Miser brothers, though they aren't exactly evil. Their hamminess is even lampshaded by Mrs. Claus. (The sharp-eyed will catch Ignatius rolling his eyes at the Heat Miser.) )
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* AnAesop: Siblings shouldn't fight, but get along instead.
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* MythologyGag: Flashbacks during the Miser Brothers' childhood years depicts them wearing the clothes they wore in the original 1974 special.
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* AnticlimaxBoss: Mother Nature is hyped up to be a dangerous, hot-headed woman, whom even her vicious children fear. The main characters are nervous but bravely go to confront her... only to have a charming friendly lunch with her and have all of their problems peacefully solved without any hesitation from Mother Nature.
** Although we definitely get the feeling [[GoodIsNotNice she CAN be scary if she wants to be]] --she's able to frighten her sons into obedience, at least. (With ''lightning.'')
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* PaperThinDisguise: The elves disguise Vixen as a dog by putting a pair of brown socks over her ears.
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* PaperThinDisguise: The elves disguise Vixen as a dog by putting a pair of brown socks over her ears.ears.
* PhysicalGod: Mother Nature and the Miser Brothers each is powerful enough to destroy the whole planet with ease.
* PhysicalGod: Mother Nature and the Miser Brothers each is powerful enough to destroy the whole planet with ease.
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* ArgumentOfContradictions: * Snow Miser and Heat Miser. "White Christmas!" "Green Christmas!" "White Christmas!" "Green Christmas!" ....
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* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Vixen, while [[AssInALionSkin disguised as a dog]], barked at and chased a cat. One could argue that she was really in character, but even so.
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** The song is so catchy that it was reprised in the sequel.
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**Mrs Claus outright says so, at least for Snow Miser.
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* AwesomeMccoolName: '''Ignatius Thistlewhite.'''
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* EvilIsHammy: Both the Miser brothers. Their hamminess is even lampshaded by Mrs. Claus. (The sharp-eyed will catch Ignatius rolling his eyes at the Heat Miser.)
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* EvilIsHammy: Both the Miser brothers.brothers, though they aren't exactly evil. Their hamminess is even lampshaded by Mrs. Claus. (The sharp-eyed will catch Ignatius rolling his eyes at the Heat Miser.)
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* VillainSong: "Not Santa, Just Me", where North Wind sings about his plans to take over Christmas and become the new Santa Claus.
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* VillainSong: "Not Santa, Just Me", where North Wind sings about his plans to take over Christmas and become the new Santa Claus.Claus.
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!!A Miser Brothers Christmas contains examples of:
* BigBad: Heat Miser and Snow Miser's big brother North Wind.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: North Wind's punishment for trying to take over Christmas is to spend the next thousand years doing chores for Mother Nature.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: While the Miser brothers are more unwilling to get along than evil, they choose to stop their quarrel when they see Santa because they do not wish for Santa to get harmed in the crossfire, but more importantly that it would get them in trouble with Mother Nature.
* FreudianExcuse: A flashback where the Miser Brothers are seen as babies implies that they hate one another because of exposure to the opposite elements. To elaborate, we see baby Snow Miser react in discomfort to getting hit by a warm spark from the fireplace and we see baby Heat Miser react negatively to having a snowflake enter his clothes.
* VillainSong: "Not Santa, Just Me", where North Wind sings about his plans to take over Christmas and become the new Santa Claus.
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A Live Action remake aired on NBC in 2006, starring John Goodman as Santa. (No, it wasn't. Nothing to see here. Move along...)
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* SeventiesHair: One of Santa's elves has a bowl cut similar to [[StarWars Luke Skywalker's.]]
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* OneSceneWonder: Okay, so they've got slightly larger parts. The one thing people remember from this special is the Miser Brothers, in no small part because of [[EarWorm those SONGS.]] Half this page is devoted to the guys, even.
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A RankinBassProductions' StopMotion puppet animated (called "Animagic") [[ChristmasSpecial holiday special]] from 1974. This time, SantaClaus (voiced by Mickey Rooney, reprising the role from 1970's ''[[SantaClausIsCominToTown Santa Claus is Comin' to Town]]'') decides to take a holiday from Christmas when he becomes convinced that nobody really cares anymore. In an effort to get Christmas back on, Mrs. Claus (voiced by Shirley Booth) sends a pair of elves out to find enough Christmas spirit left in the world to make Santa change his mind. HilarityEnsues, contributed to in no small part by the memorable obstructiveness of the climate-ruling Miser Brothers, Snow Miser (Dick Shawn) and Heat Miser (George S. Irving).
The script was written by Wiliam Keenan (instead of Rankin-Bass stalwart Romeo Muller), with the studio's usual mixture of classic Christmas tunes with original songs by Maury Laws and co-producer Jules Bass.
A Live Action remake aired on NBC in 2006, starring John Goodman as Santa.
Followed in 2008 by the '''non'''-Rankin/Bass ''A Miser Brothers Christmas'', in which Heat Miser and Snow Miser are forced to work together to save Christmas.
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!!This holiday special contains examples of:
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Vixen, while [[AssInALionSkin disguised as a dog]], barked at and chased a cat. One could argue that she was really in character, but even so.
* AllJustADream: It's implied in the closing song that the whole story is something Santa dreamed. Though that wouldn't explain the sequel.
* AnticlimaxBoss: Mother Nature is hyped up to be a dangerous, hot-headed woman, whom even her vicious children fear. The main characters are nervous but bravely go to confront her... only to have a charming friendly lunch with her and have all of their problems peacefully solved without any hesitation from Mother Nature.
** Although we definitely get the feeling [[GoodIsNotNice she CAN be scary if she wants to be]] --she's able to frighten her sons into obedience, at least. (With ''lightning.'')
* AssInALionSkin: See ''AllAnimalsAreDogs'', above.
* ChristmasSpecial
* DontTellMama!:
* DeusExMachina: When Mrs. Claus can't persuade the Miser brothers to cooperate, she goes over their heads and calls on their mother. Their mother happens to be Mother Nature.
* DifferentAsNightAndDay: The Miser Brothers, of course. Aside from the obvious, Snow Miser seems to be more of a joker who likes the Clauses while Heat Miser is, well, [[IncrediblyLamePun hot-headed]].
* [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Elemental Demi-Gods Love Their Mamas]]: "See what you did, you old blizzard? She's ''gonna tell Mother!''"
* EvilIsHammy: Both the Miser brothers. Their hamminess is even lampshaded by Mrs. Claus. (The sharp-eyed will catch Ignatius rolling his eyes at the Heat Miser.)
* FireIceLightning: The Miser Brothers supply the first two, of course, while Mother Nature causes bolts of lightning when she summons and scolds them.
* FlatEarthAtheist: Apparently, most children don't believe in Santa anymore. The question is how do they explain the presents that their parents never bought. Or the fact that Santa gave interviews to several reliable newspapers who also publish photos of him.
** Likely they just assume the adults are tricking them--once Iggy brings the issue up to his parents they actually convince him pretty easily.
* [[HeyItsThatVoice Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Jangle the Elf sounds very much like [[TennesseeTuxedoAndHisTales Tennessee Tuxedo]]'s walrus pal, Chumley -- because both were voiced by Bradley Bolke.
* IAmSong: The Miser Brothers.
* AnIcePerson: Snow Miser.
* IronicEchoCut: When Santa learns that Jingle and Jangle are AWOL in the mortal world, he says, "Poor little guys. They must be scared to death," which is followed by a hard cut to Jangle saying "I'm scared to death!"
* LargeHam: The Miser Brothers are, well, ''too much''.
* LetThereBeSnow
* LiveActionAdaptation: The 2006 TV movie with John Goodman as Santa, [[DesigningWomen Delta Burke]] as Mrs. Claus, [[ThisIsSpinalTap Michal McKean]] as Snow Miser, Harvey Fierstein as Heat Miser, and Carol Kane as Mother Nature. Among other famous faces. Despite rather dramatic changes from the original story, it still retained [[EarWorm those SONGS.]]
* MrsClaus
* OurElvesAreBetter: The elves here are rather Keebleresque, and a bit shorter than the children.
* OneSceneWonder: Okay, so they've got slightly larger parts. The one thing people remember from this special is the Miser Brothers, in no small part because of [[EarWorm those SONGS.]] Half this page is devoted to the guys, even.
* PaintingTheFrostOnWindows: Snow Miser, Heat Miser and Mother Nature.
* PaperThinDisguise: The elves disguise Vixen as a dog by putting a pair of brown socks over her ears.
* PlayingWithFire: Heat Miser.
* SantaClaus
* SavingChristmas: From Santa's ennui, no less.
* SweetHomeAlabama: Part of the plot depends on bringing a snowy day to "Southtown, U.S.A." (partially averted in that only the mayor and the policeman sound as if they came from anywhere south of Staten Island).
* TriumphantReprise: "There'll be no year without a Santa Claus".
* VillainSong: The Miser Brothers' songs (mentioned under "Ear Worm" on YMMV).
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A RankinBassProductions' StopMotion puppet animated (called "Animagic") [[ChristmasSpecial holiday special]] from 1974. This time, SantaClaus (voiced by Mickey Rooney, reprising the role from 1970's ''[[SantaClausIsCominToTown Santa Claus is Comin' to Town]]'') decides to take a holiday from Christmas when he becomes convinced that nobody really cares anymore. In an effort to get Christmas back on, Mrs. Claus (voiced by Shirley Booth) sends a pair of elves out to find enough Christmas spirit left in the world to make Santa change his mind. HilarityEnsues, contributed to in no small part by the memorable obstructiveness of the climate-ruling Miser Brothers, Snow Miser (Dick Shawn) and Heat Miser (George S. Irving).
The script was written by Wiliam Keenan (instead of Rankin-Bass stalwart Romeo Muller), with the studio's usual mixture of classic Christmas tunes with original songs by Maury Laws and co-producer Jules Bass.
A Live Action remake aired on NBC in 2006, starring John Goodman as Santa.
Followed in 2008 by the '''non'''-Rankin/Bass ''A Miser Brothers Christmas'', in which Heat Miser and Snow Miser are forced to work together to save Christmas.
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!!This holiday special contains examples of:
* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Vixen, while [[AssInALionSkin disguised as a dog]], barked at and chased a cat. One could argue that she was really in character, but even so.
* AllJustADream: It's implied in the closing song that the whole story is something Santa dreamed. Though that wouldn't explain the sequel.
* AnticlimaxBoss: Mother Nature is hyped up to be a dangerous, hot-headed woman, whom even her vicious children fear. The main characters are nervous but bravely go to confront her... only to have a charming friendly lunch with her and have all of their problems peacefully solved without any hesitation from Mother Nature.
** Although we definitely get the feeling [[GoodIsNotNice she CAN be scary if she wants to be]] --she's able to frighten her sons into obedience, at least. (With ''lightning.'')
* AssInALionSkin: See ''AllAnimalsAreDogs'', above.
* ChristmasSpecial
* DontTellMama!:
* DeusExMachina: When Mrs. Claus can't persuade the Miser brothers to cooperate, she goes over their heads and calls on their mother. Their mother happens to be Mother Nature.
* DifferentAsNightAndDay: The Miser Brothers, of course. Aside from the obvious, Snow Miser seems to be more of a joker who likes the Clauses while Heat Miser is, well, [[IncrediblyLamePun hot-headed]].
* [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Elemental Demi-Gods Love Their Mamas]]: "See what you did, you old blizzard? She's ''gonna tell Mother!''"
* EvilIsHammy: Both the Miser brothers. Their hamminess is even lampshaded by Mrs. Claus. (The sharp-eyed will catch Ignatius rolling his eyes at the Heat Miser.)
* FireIceLightning: The Miser Brothers supply the first two, of course, while Mother Nature causes bolts of lightning when she summons and scolds them.
* FlatEarthAtheist: Apparently, most children don't believe in Santa anymore. The question is how do they explain the presents that their parents never bought. Or the fact that Santa gave interviews to several reliable newspapers who also publish photos of him.
** Likely they just assume the adults are tricking them--once Iggy brings the issue up to his parents they actually convince him pretty easily.
* [[HeyItsThatVoice Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Jangle the Elf sounds very much like [[TennesseeTuxedoAndHisTales Tennessee Tuxedo]]'s walrus pal, Chumley -- because both were voiced by Bradley Bolke.
* IAmSong: The Miser Brothers.
* AnIcePerson: Snow Miser.
* IronicEchoCut: When Santa learns that Jingle and Jangle are AWOL in the mortal world, he says, "Poor little guys. They must be scared to death," which is followed by a hard cut to Jangle saying "I'm scared to death!"
* LargeHam: The Miser Brothers are, well, ''too much''.
* LetThereBeSnow
* LiveActionAdaptation: The 2006 TV movie with John Goodman as Santa, [[DesigningWomen Delta Burke]] as Mrs. Claus, [[ThisIsSpinalTap Michal McKean]] as Snow Miser, Harvey Fierstein as Heat Miser, and Carol Kane as Mother Nature. Among other famous faces. Despite rather dramatic changes from the original story, it still retained [[EarWorm those SONGS.]]
* MrsClaus
* OurElvesAreBetter: The elves here are rather Keebleresque, and a bit shorter than the children.
* OneSceneWonder: Okay, so they've got slightly larger parts. The one thing people remember from this special is the Miser Brothers, in no small part because of [[EarWorm those SONGS.]] Half this page is devoted to the guys, even.
* PaintingTheFrostOnWindows: Snow Miser, Heat Miser and Mother Nature.
* PaperThinDisguise: The elves disguise Vixen as a dog by putting a pair of brown socks over her ears.
* PlayingWithFire: Heat Miser.
* SantaClaus
* SavingChristmas: From Santa's ennui, no less.
* SweetHomeAlabama: Part of the plot depends on bringing a snowy day to "Southtown, U.S.A." (partially averted in that only the mayor and the policeman sound as if they came from anywhere south of Staten Island).
* TriumphantReprise: "There'll be no year without a Santa Claus".
* VillainSong: The Miser Brothers' songs (mentioned under "Ear Worm" on YMMV).
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