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[[File:300px-German-Its-a-Very-Merry-Muppet-Christmas-Movie-DVD1_8000.jpg|frame|A regular staple of any Muppet Fan's holiday.]]
[[File:300px-German-Its-a-Very-Merry-Muppet-Christmas-Movie-DVD1_8000.jpg|frame|A regular staple of any Muppet Fan's holiday.]]
Take the basic story of ''[[It's a Wonderful Life (Film)|It's a Wonderful Life]].'' Add Muppets.
Take the basic story of ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]].'' Add Muppets.


This 2002 movie is what you get. And it's every bit as good as you'd think.
This 2002 movie is what you get. And it's every bit as good as you'd think.
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** [[Star Wars|Yoda]] has a brief cameo while Daniel is attempting to send Kermit back to his own reality.
** [[Star Wars|Yoda]] has a brief cameo while Daniel is attempting to send Kermit back to his own reality.
** And the cast of ''[[Scrubs]]'' appeared during the scene showing Miss Piggy's brief "professional acting career" on that show (she plays a dying patient who is lying motionless under a sheet the whole scene).
** And the cast of ''[[Scrubs]]'' appeared during the scene showing Miss Piggy's brief "professional acting career" on that show (she plays a dying patient who is lying motionless under a sheet the whole scene).
* [[Coincidental Accidental Disguise]]: While carrying a big sack of money, Fozzie gets covered in green paint and is mistaken for [[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Literature)|The Grinch]] by a Who girl who randomly appears for this gag.
* [[Coincidental Accidental Disguise]]: While carrying a big sack of money, Fozzie gets covered in green paint and is mistaken for [[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (novel)|The Grinch]] by a Who girl who randomly appears for this gag.
* [[Conspicuous CGI]]: The giant dragonfly concocted by Whoopi Goldberg just because she can.
* [[Conspicuous CGI]]: The giant dragonfly concocted by Whoopi Goldberg just because she can.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Rachel Bitterman
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Rachel Bitterman
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* [[Eye Scream]]: To get to the alternate universe, Daniel sprinkles snow into Kermit's eyes. {{spoiler|To get out of it, Daniel actually}} {{spoiler|''spits''}} {{spoiler|into Kermit's eyes.}}
* [[Eye Scream]]: To get to the alternate universe, Daniel sprinkles snow into Kermit's eyes. {{spoiler|To get out of it, Daniel actually}} {{spoiler|''spits''}} {{spoiler|into Kermit's eyes.}}
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: Pepe the prawn, who leaves the Muppets to work for Bitterman, followed by his inevitable [[Heel Face Turn]] back.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: Pepe the prawn, who leaves the Muppets to work for Bitterman, followed by his inevitable [[Heel Face Turn]] back.
* [[Fun With Acronyms]]: Bitterman Bank And Development ('''B.B.A.D.''')
* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: Bitterman Bank And Development ('''B.B.A.D.''')
* [["Gift of the Magi" Plot]]: Spoofed in the beginning of the film, when several Muppets exchange gifts only to discover that they've given up prized possessions to do so.
* [["Gift of the Magi" Plot]]: Spoofed in the beginning of the film, when several Muppets exchange gifts only to discover that they've given up prized possessions to do so.
** [[Subverted]] [[Rule of Three|the third time]] with Johnny Fiama and Sal, because while Sal has sold his moped to buy Johnny a solid gold record player, Johnny apparently hasn't even ''thought'' of getting Sal anything.
** [[Subverted]] [[Rule of Three|the third time]] with Johnny Fiama and Sal, because while Sal has sold his moped to buy Johnny a solid gold record player, Johnny apparently hasn't even ''thought'' of getting Sal anything.
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: Rachel Bitterman is a very bitter, cynical individual. Inverted with her father, with whom the Muppets are implied to have had a good relationship.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Rachel Bitterman is a very bitter, cynical individual. Inverted with her father, with whom the Muppets are implied to have had a good relationship.
* [[The Muppets]]: Of course.
* [[The Muppets]]: Of course.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Starting with this movie, all of Frank Oz' characters have been recast -- Miss Piggy, Fozzie and Animal (and Yoda) are performed by Eric Jacobsen, while Sam the Eagle is [[Sesame Street (TV)|Kevin Clash]]. Scooter and Janice also get significant dialogue for the first time since Richard Hunt's death, and are now voiced by Brian Henson (for this movie only -- they'd both get recast again for future projects).
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Starting with this movie, all of Frank Oz' characters have been recast -- Miss Piggy, Fozzie and Animal (and Yoda) are performed by Eric Jacobsen, while Sam the Eagle is [[Sesame Street|Kevin Clash]]. Scooter and Janice also get significant dialogue for the first time since Richard Hunt's death, and are now voiced by Brian Henson (for this movie only -- they'd both get recast again for future projects).
* [[Our Angels Are Different]]: Heaven, at least the part where Daniel works, is a giant cubicle farm.
* [[Our Angels Are Different]]: Heaven, at least the part where Daniel works, is a giant cubicle farm.
** So.. basically I die, then go to work with [[Dilbert]]?
** So.. basically I die, then go to work with [[Dilbert]]?
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* [[Post-Kiss Catatonia]]: Not quite, but very nearly when Kermit kisses Piggy toward the end.
* [[Post-Kiss Catatonia]]: Not quite, but very nearly when Kermit kisses Piggy toward the end.
* [[Race Against the Clock]]: Bitterman is counting on the Muppets failing to pay the rent by the time specified on the modified lease so she can evict them and tear down the theater.
* [[Race Against the Clock]]: Bitterman is counting on the Muppets failing to pay the rent by the time specified on the modified lease so she can evict them and tear down the theater.
* [[Recycled in Space]]: ''[[Its a Wonderful Life]]'' <small>WITH MUPPETS</small>!
* [[Recycled in Space]]: ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]'' <small>WITH MUPPETS</small>!
* [[Santa Claus]]: Fozzie accidentally gives the rent money to a street-corner Santa (actually a Salvation Army volunteer) instead of delivering it to Bitterman by the deadline.
* [[Santa Claus]]: Fozzie accidentally gives the rent money to a street-corner Santa (actually a Salvation Army volunteer) instead of delivering it to Bitterman by the deadline.
* [[Shout-Out]]/[[Mythology Gag]]: A big one to the original ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'', when Kermit discovers that in the world where he never existed, Doc Hopper did successfully open his chain of french-fried frog legs restaurants.
* [[Shout-Out]]/[[Mythology Gag]]: A big one to the original ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'', when Kermit discovers that in the world where he never existed, Doc Hopper did successfully open his chain of french-fried frog legs restaurants.
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* [[Station Ident]]: Because the movie originally aired on NBC, there's a humorous moment where Kermit displays the NBC peacock logo on the bottom of one of his feet.
* [[Station Ident]]: Because the movie originally aired on NBC, there's a humorous moment where Kermit displays the NBC peacock logo on the bottom of one of his feet.
* [[Statler and Waldorf]]: In the alternate reality, they go broke at Bitterman's nightclub buying drinks for girls.
* [[Statler and Waldorf]]: In the alternate reality, they go broke at Bitterman's nightclub buying drinks for girls.
* [[Tongue On the Flagpole]]: A [[Running Gag]] features a frog attempting to pull his free, and instead stretching it to ridiculous lengths.
* [[Tongue on the Flagpole]]: A [[Running Gag]] features a frog attempting to pull his free, and instead stretching it to ridiculous lengths.
* [[Wildlife Commentary Spoof]]
* [[Wildlife Commentary Spoof]]
* [[Wonderful Life]]: Kermit needs to be reminded that he has one, hence the story.
* [[Wonderful Life]]: Kermit needs to be reminded that he has one, hence the story.
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