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Merry Christmas. Neural disruption for all. }}
** Then there was the time the Illuminati let Santa use the ''Infinity Gauntlet''...
* The classic ''[[Batman]]'' story "Wanted: Santa Claus -- dead or alive!" Though the
* In fact, Batman has fought crooks dressed as Santa several times.
* ''Batman Black & White'', "A Slaying Song Tonight": A hitman plans to get near his target by taking the place of a [[Mall Santa]] hired to put in an appearance for the target's daughter. Batman figures it out in the nick of time and stops the hitman just before he reaches the
* ''[[The Tick (animation)]]'' brought us Multiple Santa - an evil Santa impersonator who can clone himself, parodying the way children react to hearing news that Santa Claus is making personal appearances in many different places all at once throughout December.
** It was made into a [[Christmas Episode]] of the cartoon show. His ability to clone himself comes from electricity, leading the Tick to believe he killed him when he first gains his power. Worse, he keeps believing he's the real Santa until the actual Santa Claus (complete with elves) shows up. This has the side effect of restoring Arthur's faith on Christmas. At the end, since the Tick can't bring himself to fight even a villain who resembles Santa, he shakes him, which causes all his copies to disappear. Giving the Santas noogies makes them disappear.
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* Nicholas Angel's recovering hand wound at the beginning of ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'' came at the hands of a maniac dressed as Father Christmas (and played by [[Peter Jackson]]).
* French film ''[[The City of Lost Children]]'' begins with dozens of Santas invading a child's house while he's in bed. The kid goes from thrilled to confused to frightened as the Santas grow from one to two to many.
* David Lynch's ''[[Wild at Heart]]'' briefly features Lula's Santa-obsessed cousin "Jingle" Dell (Christian Glover) who isn't so much
* ''[[Jingle All the Way]]'' featured a scene of a warehouse full of mall Santas and elves who turned out to be scamming imposters. Or, as Arnold put it, "sleazy con men in red suits."
* The ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei69bYwwCvc Rare] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkyqODDF-LU Exports]'' shorts. Just...watch them. But not in the presence of children. There's also a full length film version revealing {{spoiler|that the original Santa Claus is a giant horned monster frozen in a man made mountain.}}
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* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' Christmas specials "The Christmas Invasion" and "The Runaway Bride" featured killer robot Santas.
* The final episode of ''[[Woops]]!'' featured a Santa who caused the deaths of Mrs. Claus and the elves when he locked them out of his bomb shelter.
* In "Mr. [[Monk]] and the Man Who Shot Santa," Monk shoots a man dressed as Santa
* For a good portion of the 2007 ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' Christmas story "A Very Supernatural Christmas," the brothers consider the possibility that the [[Monster of the Week]] is an "anti-Claus," although it later turns out to be something else. When they realize they may have made a mistake, they call a more experienced hunter for advice:
{{quote|'''Dean:''' What'd Bobby say?
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