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Santa Claus (1959)
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Prepare yourself for a Big Brother Santa Claus fighting the evil forces of prancing demons with the help of child labor and Merlin.El Santo Claus was directed by Rene Cardona and written by Cardona and Adolfo Torres Portillo. The original film was produced in Mexico in 1959 and features primarily Spanish dialog. It depicts the adventures of Santa Claus in preparation for and during his annual Christmas rounds. Most commercial adaptations of the Santa Claus legend add a distinctive twist to the traditional story, but this film trumps them all with its depiction of an interdimensional Santa doing battle with a demon sent to Earth by Lucifer to ruin Christmas by killing Santa and "making all the children of the Earth do evil." Furthermore, Merlin (yes, that Merlin) serves as Santa Claus' Q, inventing things like The Flower to Disappear for Santa to use.Believe it or not, there's a good explanation for the film's... unique take on Santa Claus. In the late 1950s, Santa remained an unfamiliar figure in much of Mexico, where holiday gift-giving customs still focused on the Magi and their feast day, Epiphany (January 6). Even today, many discussions of Mexican Christmas customs make no mention of the jolly old fat man, instead focusing on such traditional holiday elements as posadas and piñatas. Santa has become more popular only in recent decades. Another odd running theme is the focus on social standing and class, which was a major concern of Mexico during that period; see Los Olvidados.A dubbed and slightly edited English-speaking version was produced for U.S. release in 1960 under the direction of K. Gordon Murray. Santa Claus was considered to be a financial success over several holiday-season theatrical releases in the 1960s and 1970s. Broadcast of the film also became a holiday tradition at several U.S. television stations. The film garnered at least one award, winning the Golden Gate Award for Best International Family Film at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1959.A series of shorts by K. Gordon Murray mixed clips from Santa Claus with new footage shot at the various Santa's Village theme parks. These were riffed by RiffTrax as "Santa's Village of Madness". RedLetterMedia's Best of the Worst reviewed the full version of Santa Claus, which RiffTrax also lampooned on December 4, 2014; both shows used the full version that included Vulcan and other scenes that were edited out of the famous MST3K cut. On December 15, 2020, Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff, as part of their "The Mads Are Back" series, did a livestream riff of a shortened version of the cut used by MST3K, making this the second of only two films to be riffed on three times by MST3K and its alumni (the other being Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, targeted by MST3K, RiffTrax, and Cinematic Titanic).Not to be confused with Santa Claus: The Movie.For the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version, please go to the episode recap page. It was also reviewed in the 2013 Christmas Episode of Best of the Worst. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_10134c97 | type |
Artistic License – Gun Safety | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_10134c97 | comment |
Artistic License – Gun Safety: After being manipulated into believing a violent criminal is outside his residence, a man pulls a gun out of his nightstand. In addition to not checking to see if the thing is loaded, he waves it around carelessly. While waving the gun around he briefly points the gun at his wife. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_14a8974a | type |
Love Potion | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_14a8974a | comment |
Love Potion: A variation. Billy's parents are given a drink that makes them recall that which they love most, and it's their son. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_171ef47c | type |
Not-So-Harmless Villain | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_171ef47c | comment |
Not-So-Harmless Villain: Pitch spends most of the plot just pulling pathetic and often unsuccessful impish pranks. But at one point he decides he's through playing around and kicks it up a notch. He sabotages Santa's magic items, allowing Pitch to sic an angry dog on him and trap him in a tree, plants suggestions in the heads of people living nearby that Santa is a burglar out to murder them all (using one man's sleep-talking to put in a panicked call to the fire department), and stops by Lupita's house just to mock her for not having a doll because she wouldn't listen to him earlier. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_18a84025 | type |
Only Six Faces | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_18a84025 | comment |
Only Six Faces: The multinational groups of Santa's helpers are mostly the same few kids in different costumes. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_19d8d325 | type |
Darkest Africa | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_19d8d325 | comment |
Darkest Africa: How the kids from Africa are cringingly depicted. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_1ec3eb0a | type |
Take Our Word for It | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_1ec3eb0a | comment |
Take Our Word for It: Santa's sleigh "almost ran into the Moon!" Sure it did, Narrator. You keep telling yourself that. Visiting three houses in Mexico City apparently equals delivering toys to all the children on Earth. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_20e1cb81 | type |
Weird World, Weird Food | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_20e1cb81 | comment |
Weird World, Weird Food: In a couple of odd As You Know moments, Pitch exposits to Lucifer about how demons eat red hot coals and Santa talks to one of his young helpers about how in the Fifth Dimension they eat "pastries and ice cream made from soft clouds." | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_21f3aa44 | type |
Good Is Not Nice | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_21f3aa44 | comment |
Good Is Not Nice: Santa, oddly enough. He's not above stooping to Pitch's level. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_23c68854 | type |
Mall Santa | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_23c68854 | comment |
Mall Santa: The animatronic Santa in the storefront. Oddly, some naughty kids attacking the animatronic Santa seem to somehow injure the real Santa too. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_2482df9c | type |
Companion Cube | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_2482df9c | comment |
Companion Cube: Surprisingly encouraged by the rich boy's parents, who advise him to practice piano if he ever feels lonely while they're out socializing. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_289008dc | type |
Incorruptible Pure Pureness | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_289008dc | comment |
Incorruptible Pure Pureness: Poor Lupita desperately wants a doll of her own. Although initially tempted by Pitch to steal one, she ultimately refuses. Later during her nightmare when the evil dolls are taunting her, Lupita still stands firm that she refuses to steal because of how wrong it is, even if it means losing her only chance of having something she desires. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_2bfb1856 | type |
Beard of Evil | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_2bfb1856 | comment |
Beard of Evil: Pitch. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_2c9e262 | type |
Catapult Nightmare | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_2c9e262 | comment |
Catapult Nightmare: Lupita has one of these. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_326a740c | type |
Scatterbrained Senior | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_326a740c | comment |
Scatterbrained Senior: Merlin has some difficulty in figuring out the best way to deal with a vicious dog. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_32da548d | type |
Arch-Enemy | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_32da548d | comment |
Arch-Enemy: Pitch is this to Santa. At the beginning of the movie, Lucifer orders Pitch to capture Santa and ruin Christmas, and it's implied that Pitch is given this job every year. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_3a1c2171 | type |
The Man Behind the Man | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_3a1c2171 | comment |
The Man Behind the Man: Lucifer, whose only scene is ordering Pitch to capture Santa Claus. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_3eee0728 | type |
Captain Obvious | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_3eee0728 | comment |
Captain Obvious: The narrator, who describes every single thing that happens on screen. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_3fe6a857 | type |
Public Domain Character | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_3fe6a857 | comment |
Public Domain Characters: Featuring a list of characters not typically in the same movie. Santa Claus, the title character. Merlin, who is basically playing a magical version of Q from James Bond. Satan, and his lesser demon minions who try to steal Christmas. Vulcan | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_41186a50 | type |
Leg Cling | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_41186a50 | comment |
Leg Cling: Santa, out of pity, appears in front of the Lonely Rich Kid... who then grabs Santa's boot and begs for someone to love him. Seriously, if you didn't feel a tug inside during this scene, you have no soul. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_44f5d199 | type |
Pretty in Mink | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_44f5d199 | comment |
Pretty in Mink: Billy's mother wears a silver mink wrap to go with her evening dress. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_4ae690ca | type |
Laughing Mad | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_4ae690ca | comment |
Laughing Mad: That one laughing reindeer is by far the best example of this. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_4b5817c1 | type |
Truth Serums | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_4b5817c1 | comment |
Truth Serums: A variation is found in Santa's "Cocktail of Remembrance" which he gives to the rich boy's parents after they've left him alone at home to attend a dinner party. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_4fc0aaa7 | type |
Makes Just as Much Sense in Context | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_4fc0aaa7 | comment |
Makes Just as Much Sense in Context: Santa and his army of child laborers from the Fifth Dimension (assisted by Merlin) battle a demon sent by Lucifer to persuade the children of earth to do evil. That is the actual plot. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_50b05d30 | type |
Disproportionate Retribution | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_50b05d30 | comment |
Disproportionate Retribution: Pitch's punishment, even if it wasn't done on purpose. He's soaked in water... in the snow. The Narrator brags about how he'll probably catch pneumonia. Given how Pitch is an Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain at worst, it comes off as a little mean-spirited. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_50ed1af4 | type |
Our Demons Are Different | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_50ed1af4 | comment |
Our Demons Are Different: Pitch. He eats fire and brimstone, prances effeminately, and wears red tights. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_52989fee | type |
Narrator | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_52989fee | comment |
Narrator: A particularly obnoxious one, at that. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_539179db | type |
Synchronization | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_539179db | comment |
Synchronization: In one scene the naughty kids throw a rock at an animatronic Santa Claus in a store front... which causes the real Santa in his Fifth Dimension castle to recoil and shout in pain as if he had been hit himself. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_53c37297 | type |
Flash Step | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_53c37297 | comment |
Flash Step: Apparently, not only can demons teleport, but it sounds like a piano key being struck. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_5558641 | type |
Gratuitous Japanese | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_5558641 | comment |
Gratuitous Japanese: One of Santa's child helpers is a Japanese boy who speaks in unsubtitled Japanese. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_5b0a14b1 | type |
Thinly-Veiled Dub Country Change | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_5b0a14b1 | comment |
Thinly-Veiled Dub Country Change: Surprisingly Averted in the English dub, which was uncommon for back in the time it was dubbed. The setting of Mexico is still kept, and the Mexican characters' names are not changed. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_5f70322e | type |
Public Domain Soundtrack | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_5f70322e | comment |
Public Domain Soundtrack: Just count how many times "Jingle Bells" plays as background music. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_6265e75a | type |
Rump Roast | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_6265e75a | comment |
Rump Roast: Santa gets his bottom burned when Pitch lights a fire in a chimney he's trying to go down. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_68068108 | type |
Evil Laugh | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_68068108 | comment |
Evil Laugh: The animatronic Santa doesn't sound jolly so much as this. The real Santa's laughs aren't much better. Pitch has an evil laugh of his own, but sadly it just doesn't compare. The clockwork reindeer as well. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_6d7026fa | type |
Punny Name | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_6d7026fa | comment |
Punny Name: The Flower to Disappear was originally named "La Flor de No Te Veo" (the flower of "I can't see you"), which is a play on the phrase "no te veo" and "Nochebuena", the Spanish name for the poinsettia. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_6f189981 | type |
Unusual Ears | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_6f189981 | comment |
Unusual Ears: Pitch. They're pointy, and very big. Not to mention Santa's "earscope," a satellite dish with a giant plastic ear in the center. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_6f572188 | type |
Another Dimension | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_6f572188 | comment |
Another Dimension: Instead of the North Pole, this version of Santa lives on a Floating Continent in the Fifth Dimension. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_71b28b78 | type |
Culture Equals Costume | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_71b28b78 | comment |
Culture Equals Costume: Santa's helpers, who are all dressed in stereotypical outfits according to their nationalities. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_7abba202 | type |
The Faceless | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_7abba202 | comment |
The Faceless: Lucifer, who never appears as anything but a booming voice and a burst of flames. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_7d7a5f3 | type |
Carpet of Virility | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_7d7a5f3 | comment |
Carpet of Virility: Vulcan has what looks to be an actual fabric sample glued to his chest. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_83adb272 | type |
Crystal Dragon Jesus | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_83adb272 | comment |
Crystal Dragon Jesus: Santa Claus. The full version of the movie states that Santa is in fact a being from the Fifth Dimension. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_8767b1f3 | type |
Black-and-Gray Morality | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_8767b1f3 | comment |
Black-and-Gray Morality: Though as the film progresses, it descends into Gray-and-Gray Morality territory — Pitch seems less evil than intended. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_879b744c | type |
Badass Santa | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_879b744c | comment |
Badass Santa: With all of the powers that Santa has and with Merlin as his Q, Santa is able to defeat a centuries-old demon with ease, multiple times! | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_88965d8d | type |
TricksterArchetype | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_88965d8d | comment |
Trickster Archetype: Pitch. Most of his attempts to stop Santa revolve around sneaky (if poorly considered) plots. | |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_8bff32a8 | type |
Creepy Doll | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_8bff32a8 | comment |
Creepy Doll: Lupita has to face some of these in her Pitch-induced nightmare. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_8bff32a8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_8bff32a8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_8bff32a8 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_8e9cf84e | type |
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Santa Claus (1959) / int_8e9cf84e | comment |
"Blind Idiot" Translation: The awkwardly named Flower To Disappear is a good example of this. It's a literal translation of a pun that doesn't work in English, see Punny Name below. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_8e9cf84e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_8e9cf84e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_8e9cf84e | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9381f239 | type |
Clockwork Creature | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9381f239 | comment |
Clockwork Creature: The reindeer which pull Santa's sleigh are this, complete with wind-up key. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9381f239 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9381f239 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9381f239 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_967b9ebe | type |
How Can Santa Deliver All Those Toys? | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_967b9ebe | comment |
How Can Santa Deliver All Those Toys?: According to the shorts culled from the film, Santa uses the fifth dimension to be everywhere at once, so Merlin apparently discovered quantum entanglement and superposition. In the film, however, Santa visits three households before returning back to the North Pole. It actually attempts to retcon in the rest of the world; when Santa first gets to Mexico, it's explicitly his first stop, then a little while later, his helper mentions he's already been everywhere else. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_967b9ebe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_967b9ebe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_967b9ebe | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9843be73 | type |
As You Know | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9843be73 | comment |
As You Know: Santa and Merlin go back and forth on how to use his various magic gadgets. Both keep pointing out how they should both really know all of this, but their memories are terrible. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9843be73 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9843be73 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9843be73 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_99e87707 | type |
When You Coming Home, Dad? | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_99e87707 | comment |
When You Coming Home, Dad?: The Lonely Rich Kid thinks this, if he doesn't actually say it. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_99e87707 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_99e87707 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_99e87707 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9b54d536 | type |
Evil Counterpart | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9b54d536 | comment |
Evil Counterpart: Lucifer and Pitch as evil counterparts to Santa and Merlin, due to them sharing the same dub voice actors, respectively. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9b54d536 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9b54d536 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9b54d536 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9bf3470e | type |
Santa Claus | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9bf3470e | comment |
Santa Claus, the title character. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9bf3470e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9bf3470e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9bf3470e | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9f6fb586 | type |
Leitmotif | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9f6fb586 | comment |
Leitmotif: Pitch has one. Appropriately enough for a demonic servant of Lucifer himself, it's...a goofy-sounding bassoon piece. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9f6fb586 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9f6fb586 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_9f6fb586 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_a1b74f5d | type |
And That's Terrible | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_a1b74f5d | comment |
And That's Terrible: The narrator seems to believe the Viewers Are Morons since he is incapable of letting any of Pitch's shenanigans go without commentary and sometimes even admonishment. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_a1b74f5d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_a1b74f5d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_a1b74f5d | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_a54534a0 | type |
Parental Neglect | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_a54534a0 | comment |
Parental Neglect: The rich boy is constantly left home alone by his parents while they go out socializing. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_a54534a0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_a54534a0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_a54534a0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_a7016efe | type |
Lonely Rich Kid | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_a7016efe | comment |
Lonely Rich Kid: One subplot involves a rich boy whose parents frequently socialize, even on Christmas. Naturally, he writes a letter to Santa wishing for his parents to come home. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_a7016efe | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_a7016efe | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_a7016efe | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_ad1db87c | type |
Oh, Crap! | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap!: Santa has one of these moments when he realizes his sleep powder and Flower To Disappear are gone... and there's a big dog coming right at him. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_ad1db87c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_ad1db87c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_ad1db87c | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_ae254ead | type |
Narrating the Obvious | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_ae254ead | comment |
Narrating the Obvious: The narrator spells out every last little thing about the story, no matter how apparent it might already be. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_ae254ead | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_ae254ead | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_ae254ead | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_b00a7c5e | type |
Robe and Wizard Hat | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_b00a7c5e | comment |
Robe and Wizard Hat: Merlin wears these while working in his magic lab. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_b00a7c5e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_b00a7c5e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_b00a7c5e | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_b0cd3349 | type |
Fridge Brilliance | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_b0cd3349 | comment |
Though with Santa out of the way, and only children left to guard his castle, the resources Santa uses could indeed be used for much darker intentions than giving children presents. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_b0cd3349 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_b0cd3349 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_b0cd3349 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_c007c53 | type |
Cool and Unusual Punishment | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_c007c53 | comment |
Cool and Unusual Punishment: If Pitch fails to capture Santa this year, Lucifer is going to force feed him chocolate ice cream: a double whammy since not only is Pitch lactose intolerant he's also incapable of tolerating cold foods due to a usual diet of red hot coals. In the original version, Lucifer threatens to dip Pitch in chocolate ice cream instead of feeding it to him, which is almost as bad. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_c007c53 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_c007c53 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_c007c53 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_c3bafbce | type |
Satan | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_c3bafbce | comment |
Satan, and his lesser demon minions who try to steal Christmas. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_c3bafbce | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_c3bafbce | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_c3bafbce | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_cdb2653e | type |
Africa Is a Country | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_cdb2653e | comment |
Africa Is a Country: When Santa's helpers from Africa are introduced, not one African country is directly mentioned and we just see a bunch of black kids in leopard skins with bones in their hair who play bongos. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_cdb2653e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_cdb2653e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_cdb2653e | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_d1814802 | type |
Big Red Devil | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_d1814802 | comment |
Big Red Devil: Pitch. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_d1814802 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_d1814802 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_d1814802 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_d397657d | type |
Hoist by His Own Petard | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_d397657d | comment |
Hoist by His Own Petard: Pitch, at the end. So, Pitch has gotten Santa stuck in a tree and plans to expose him to the world. To do this, he uses his dream powers to make a sleeping man sleep-call 911 and report a fire. The Fire Department arrives, sees the flames and smoke put off by Pitch, and hose the devil down. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_d397657d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_d397657d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_d397657d | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_d68c925d | type |
Creator Provincialism | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_d68c925d | comment |
Creator Provincialism: Santa allegedly delivers gifts to all the children of the world, but we only see a few stops in Mexico City. Santa also has children from every country helping at his workshop, and naturally one of the Mexican kids is Santa's right-hand helper and gets more screen time than the others (of course that kid was also shown as part of the American and Spanish groups, so who the hell knows). | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_d68c925d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_d68c925d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_d68c925d | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_d99a228f | type |
Unusually Uninteresting Sight | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_d99a228f | comment |
Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Lupita's reaction to seeing giant, evil dollies in her dream is... Dull Surprise. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_d99a228f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_d99a228f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_d99a228f | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_dfa71e43 | type |
Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_dfa71e43 | comment |
Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Pitch. He was obviously intended to be evil, but his portrayal is really more buffoonish. Most of his shenanigans seem designed more to irritate Santa rather than capture or kill, and in the end, he manages to defeat himself purely by accident. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_dfa71e43 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_dfa71e43 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_dfa71e43 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e1ff8ff6 | type |
Fantasy Kitchen Sink | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e1ff8ff6 | comment |
Fantasy Kitchen Sink: Downplayed, but for the typical Santa elements, this film throws many other elements in there. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e1ff8ff6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e1ff8ff6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e1ff8ff6 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e3d2f2 | type |
The Fool | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e3d2f2 | comment |
The Fool: Pitch, basically. He bumbles his way through everything so ineptly that sometimes it seems like he wouldn't even be able to survive a trip to the grocery store without his magic. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e3d2f2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e3d2f2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e3d2f2 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e540d1e6 | type |
Camp | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e540d1e6 | comment |
Camp: Pitch can out-effeminate HIM at times. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e540d1e6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e540d1e6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e540d1e6 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e54326a2 | type |
Hell | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e54326a2 | comment |
Hell: In a Christmas movie? That's... different... | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e54326a2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e54326a2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e54326a2 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e5448c9 | type |
Pimped-Out Dress | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e5448c9 | comment |
Pimped-Out Dress: Billy's mother wears a very fancy dress when going out. It has a beaded bodice, and pleats all around. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e5448c9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e5448c9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e5448c9 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e8f2d4f2 | type |
The Devil Is a Loser | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e8f2d4f2 | comment |
The Devil Is a Loser: Pitch fits this to a tee. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e8f2d4f2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e8f2d4f2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_e8f2d4f2 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_ec0bf4a1 | type |
Take Over the World | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_ec0bf4a1 | comment |
Take Over the World: Pitch declares that he will rule the world with Santa out of the way. Apart from his plan making very little sense to begin with, not only is he in the service of Lucifer, but the way he says it implies that he thinks Santa is the incumbent ruler of the world... Though with Santa out of the way, and only children left to guard his castle, the resources Santa uses could indeed be used for much darker intentions than giving children presents. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_ec0bf4a1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_ec0bf4a1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_ec0bf4a1 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_ecd42310 | type |
Goldfish Poop Gang | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_ecd42310 | comment |
Goldfish Poop Gang: The trio of "bad boys" who plot to kidnap Santa. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_ecd42310 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_ecd42310 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_ecd42310 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_eef90616 | type |
Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_eef90616 | comment |
Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: One letter sent to Santa asks for, among other items, a bicycle, a baseball bat, an atomic laboratory, a machine gun... you know, typical children's toys. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_eef90616 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_eef90616 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_eef90616 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_f4aeb714 | type |
Human Aliens | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_f4aeb714 | comment |
Human Aliens: Santa who, as stated, is from the Fifth Dimension. Possibly Santa's helpers as well. They're said to be from Earth and are even given Earthly nationalities, but at the same time they seem to know very little about Earth, with one boy asking Santa about the types of food Earthlings eat and being shocked at the answer. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_f4aeb714 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_f4aeb714 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_f4aeb714 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_f51dd9ec | type |
Americans Are Cowboys | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_f51dd9ec | comment |
Americans Are Cowboys: All the kids from around the world hanging about Santa's workshop are decked out in the most stereotypical garb imaginable. Naturally, the two kids from the United States are wearing colorful plastic cowboy hats and "western" clothes. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_f51dd9ec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_f51dd9ec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_f51dd9ec | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_f8b3482c | type |
Stop Trick | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_f8b3482c | comment |
Stop Trick: Done in very obvious fashions in scenes involving Pitch popping in and out of view. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_f8b3482c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_f8b3482c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_f8b3482c | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_fe64d5a1 | type |
Evil Is Petty | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_fe64d5a1 | comment |
Evil is Petty: After Santa avoids the bad boys' ambush, Pitch contents himself with manipulating them into fighting each other. By this point, he's seemingly desperate for any kind of win. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_fe64d5a1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_fe64d5a1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_fe64d5a1 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_fff850d | type |
Flaming Devil | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_fff850d | comment |
Flaming Devil: Pitch, and Lucifer as well. | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_fff850d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_fff850d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
Santa Claus (1959) | hasFeature |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_fff850d | |
Santa Claus (1959) / int_name | type |
ItemName | |
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