"Silent Night
Holy... CRAP!"
Holy... CRAP!"
Bob: That was intimidation!
Louise: By an adorable candy cane truck!
Louise: By an adorable candy cane truck!
While hunting for a last-minute Christmas tree, the Belchers find themselves hunted by an angry driver in a candy-cane shaped truck. Meanwhile, Teddy falls into the kids' Santa trap.
Tropes
- Animation Bump: Teddy getting his hand caught in the wreath-shaped trap inside the refrigerator and struggling to get it out is animated much more fluidly, done in-house by Bernard Derriman.
- Astonishingly Appropriate Interruption: When Linda tries to pass the time singing Christmas carols, she sees the candy-cane truck has come back to look for them.Linda: Siiiiiilent niiight, hooooooly... (sees the truck) crap!
- Expecting Someone Taller: When the driver (Gary) hops out for a rumble, he turns out to be quite short.
- In the Style of: The Dr. Demento-esque "Jingle In The Jungle." It's even a sound-alike of "Pico and Sepulveda," which Dr. Demento uses as his theme song.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Linda and the kids manage to piss off an irate truck driver who begins stalking the family after they leave the tree lot.
- Pintsized Powerhouse: Despite lacking in height, Gary packs quite a wallop.
- "Shaggy Dog" Story: The Belchers end up giving Gary their Christmas tree (and Dutch baby), rendering the entire trip (and subsequent danger) pointless.
- Skewed Priorities: Teddy is more concerned with Bob opening his Christmas card than getting the fridge off of him.
- The Load: Linda (and the kids) cause every issue that the Belchers have on their trip, such as angering Gary and running down the cellphone battery—not to mention buying two Christmas tree much too early, requiring the trip in the first place. About the only thing that Bob does wrong is irritate the cop, but that doesn't have any actual consequences.
- The Talk: While the Belchers are hiding from the candy-cane truck, Louise picks a really bad time to ask where babies come from.Linda: (whispering) You all come from my vagina.
Gene: (whispering) I knew it! You owe me $10, Tina. - Whole-Plot Reference: The episode is a tamer, christmas-y version of the movie Duel, where a character is followed by a hidden, dangerous trucker.
