Written and storyboarded by Calvin Wong, Toby Jones, Benton Connor, and Andres Salaff
Mordecai and Rigby must replace the turkey they accidentally destroyed before their families arrive, so they compete in a Thanksgiving song contest where the winner is given a full Thanksgiving feast — but a Donald Trump-esque billionaire with a Dodgy Toupee (or hair that can pass as a dodgy toupee) wants the prize for himself so he can brand it.
Tropes:
- Continuity Nod: Thomas finally takes off his pizza costume according to losing his bet in "Terror Tales of the Park III".
- Disappointed in You: When Benson is chewing out Mordecai and Rigby for ruining the Thanksgiving feast, he drops the anger and says flat-out in a deadpan, disappointed tone that it's the worst thing they've ever done.
- Disaster Dominoes: This is how the initial Thanksgiving Feast at the Park is ruined.
- Driven by Envy: Richard Buckner never gained thanks from the thousands of people who helped his business because they spent time with their families on Thanksgiving. To receive the thanks he always wanted, he wants the Golden Wishbone from inside the turducken in order to grant him a wish to have Thanksgiving all to himself.
- Must Make Amends: Mordecai and Rigby's motivation for signing up for the singing contest to win the Turducken is to atone for ruining Thanksgiving.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Mordecai and Rigby have this written on their faces when Benson is yelling at them for ruining Thanksgiving dinner.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Rich Buckner is modeled off of Donald Trump.
- "Shaggy Dog" Story: After all the mayhem that Mordecai and Rigby go through in order to fix their Thanksgiving Feast for the Park, it turns out their parents simply just brought in their additions while they were gone.
- Thanksgiving Episode: The first and only Thanksgiving episode of the series, complete with pilgrims, Native Americans, football, family gatherings, and turkey.
- Trumplica: Rich Buckner is a trillionaire with a blonde toupee and a huge ego, who also serves as the Big Bad of the special.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Benson wastes no time chewing Mordecai and Rigby out for ruining their Thanksgiving dinner plan.Benson: What have you done?! The guests all arrive in a few hours, NOW what do we do?! Ugh! I can't believe this! It's one thing to ruin my day, that's practically your job! But your own families!? Don't you care about anything!?
