Headscratchers / The Christmas Toy

• At the start of the film, Rugby knows so little about Christmas that he thinks it's a one-time event and is surprised to learn that it's happening again. Yet in the songs he sings, he says "no Christmas tree ever felt so tall." This implies a knowledge of multiple Christmases. What?
  • I think the song is just to illustrate his ego. There's a lot of hyperbole in that second account of his unboxing, after all (Rugby describes brass bands, trumpets, spotlights, and banners which almost certainly weren't there). He's aware at this point that Christmas is an annual event, but he still thinks it's all to celebrate him.
• HOW THE FRACK DID THE HUB GET THE RIGHTS TO THIS?
  • The film is still owned by the Henson Company, as is Fraggle Rock. Being the Hub showed Fraggle Rock, this was probably part of the deal.
• How DID the other toys know about the magic song that brings frozen toys back to life before Rugby came up and told them about it?
• If a Toy freezes 'forever' when they're found in the wrong spot, what would happen if 2 people see the toy in 1 spot, then 1 person moved the toy to another spot, only to be discovered by the other person? Do they freeze then, or does that not count?
  • I don't think it would count. The rule about being frozen forever seems to be "If you're found in a place where a human didn't leave you, you're stuck." In your hypothetical example, a human was the last person to move the toy, so it would be OK—presumably the second person could say "Oh, I moved that when you weren't around." It's about maintaining The Masquerade: if a toy is ever found in a place they couldn't have reached unless they had traveled there themselves, it would give away the secret, so there has to be a punishment for it.
  • It's also to avoid having someone Mis-blamed. Both times the mother finds a toy out of place, she grumbles (once at the cat, for all the sense that makes) and is probably thinking of giving the kids a talking-to for not picking up after themselves. If someone else moved the toy, they can say something ("Oh yeah, I left that there yesterday") and no one will get in trouble for something they didn't do.
• Near the end when Mew is "frozen forever" Rugby gives a heartbreaking speech apologizing for making fun of him, and sings a song about how much Mew means to him... and that brings him back to life! Fair enough, but then the camera cuts back to the playroom, where we see the rest of the toys singing the EXACT SAME SONG to the pile of other frozen toys to bring them back! But Rugby and Mew haven't returned yet! How the heck did the other toys learn that it was THAT ONE SONG that brings back their frozen friends if Rugby hadn't yet told them?
  • Maybe they were overhearing their conversation from upstairs?

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