Arthur Christmas: Difference between revisions

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* [[Aloof Big Brother]]: Steve.

* [[Ambiguously Human]]: The Clauses.

* [[Badass Santa]]: While Steve isn't actually Santa, he more or less fills this role. Doubles as [[Badass in A Nice Suit]], since his version of the costume is a {{spoiler|Versace}}.

* [[Badass Santa]]: While Steve isn't actually Santa, he more or less fills this role. Doubles as [[Badass in a Nice Suit]], since his version of the costume is a {{spoiler|Versace}}.

* [[Bland-Name Product]]: The HOHO 3000 trackers are apparently manufactured by [[Sony|Snowy]]. [[Played for Laughs]], given the fact that we see many more [[Sony]] products throughout the film.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Never mess with the wrapping if Bryony is on duty!

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* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|Grandsanta.}} In an extremely touching moment, he sacrifices himself to protect Arthur - but it turns out he {{spoiler|outfell the explosion and shows up a couple minutes later in a wheely bin.}}

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: The high-tech actions of the elves at each landing site are a bit like ''[[Prep and Landing]]'' turned [[Up to Eleven]].

* [[Doing in ~~The~~ Wizard]]: There is very little actual magic in the movie, besides the pixie dust that enables flight. Even the original sleigh had mechanisms in it. (Elfin "magic" in general seems to be a case of [[Clarke's Third Law]] in this setting.)

* [[Doing in the Wizard]]: There is very little actual magic in the movie, besides the pixie dust that enables flight. Even the original sleigh had mechanisms in it. (Elfin "magic" in general seems to be a case of [[Clarke's Third Law]] in this setting.)

* [[Dysfunctional Family]]: The Clauses; they're even described that way in one of the official synopses of the film. Steve and Grandsanta are constantly battling over the way to handle the operation, Malcolm is relatively out of touch with everything, Margaret is the [[Only Sane Man]] who tries to maintain order, and Arthur...just wants everyone to be happy. {{spoiler|By the end of the film, they are.}}

* [[Everyone Is Christian At Christmas]]: According to the statistics, averted. They deliver two billion presents, but only to six hundred million children out of the world's 1.9 billion.

* [[Everything's Worse ~~With~~ Bears]]: The polar bear in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfjMjaN_mEE&feature=relmfu teaser trailer].

* [[Everything's Worse with Bears]]: The polar bear in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfjMjaN_mEE&feature=relmfu teaser trailer].

* [[Genki Girl]]: Bryony.

* [[Grumpy Old Man]]: Grandsanta. He's 136 years old, and doesn't hesitate to act like it.

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* [[Saving Christmas]]: On a small scale for most of the movie. {{spoiler|Then Old Doom-laden Scottish Elf convinces the elves to start of an 1816-style North Pole shutdown and the stakes get higher...}}

** The whole point of the film is that even one child's happy Christmas is worth fighting for.

* [[Shout Out]]: There are a few shout outs to other Aardman films in the movie. For example:

* [[Shout-Out]]: There are a few shout outs to other Aardman films in the movie. For example:

** When Steve {{spoiler|delivers Gwen's bicycle to the wrong house}}, he steps on a ''[[Shaun the Sheep]]'' toy.

** Gwen has a ''[[Chop Socky Chooks]]'' poster in her room.