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  • Crosses the Line Twice: Chuckie's recap of his bullying at the hands of the meanie at daycare sounds quite traumatizing...but the way it's told and keeps escalating is just hilarious.
    "The teacher came over and dug me out of the sand, and then she made us both take a nap."
  • Jerkass Woobie: While Angelica's being a brat as usual, it's hard not to feel a little sorry for her when the TV smashes and she's left a bawling mess at not getting to watch 'A Very Cynthia Christmas'.
  • One-Scene Wonder: The Film Within a Film 'Santa vs the Aliens' features a Badass Santa taking on aliens with a bazooka shaped like a chimney, and firing Christmas tree themed missiles. No more need be said.
  • Unconventional Learning Experience: The episode teaches a lot about Chanukah traditions, and the history behind the holiday.
  • Values Resonance: It was actually rather bold of Rugrats to center an episode around Chanukah, and Passover as well - and it holds up as one of the few mainstream shows to really portray Jewish culture and traditions beyond tokenism. With all the discussions about the lack of good Chanukah themed holiday films, Forbes did a piece on the importance of it.
    "Jewish kids who grew up watching these specials never forgot them (and continue to watch them every year) because a children’s network — one that probably worked hard to appeal to the widest audience it could — was willing to acknowledge a small portion of its viewers, affirming that while their religious observance was different, it was no less deserving of media representation."

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