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Krampus is [[Our Demons Are Different|an Alpine mountain Christmas demon]] who figures heavily in the Christmas traditions of Central Alpine Europe. According to legend, Krampus accompanies [[Santa Claus|St. Nicholas]] during the early Christmas season. Depending on the story, Krampus is either a regular demon enslaved by St. Nicholas to do the Saint's bidding, or is a demon who willingly and gladly works as St. Nicholas's partner. Krampus acts as the Bad Cop to St. Nicholas's Good Cop, warning and punishing bad children into being good, in contrast to St. Nicholas, who instead rewards good children with simple, small gifts.
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Traditionally, young men in Southern Germany, Austria, Hungary, Switzerland and even Northern Italy dress up as the Krampus during the first two weeks of December, particularly on the evening of December 5, and roam the streets in grand, sweeping parades through town. Often, they will go after adults in the audience who are in on the fun, especially tourists encountering their first "Krampus Parade" or attractive young women. Curiously, despite their fearsome appearance and reputation, the (plural) Krampusi are generally fairly kind to children, generally exempting them from the schenanigans they pull on the adults.
Despite the frightening overtones, Krampus is quite a popular character in the Alpine countries. He brings some harmless "scary" fun to the Christmas season, not unlike what happens at Halloween. He is also not alone as the companion of St. Nicholas. Compare him with [
== [[Film]] ==
* In 2015 a horror film based on the myth, called simply ''[[Krampus (film)|Krampus]]'', was released just around the holiday season.
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In [[Carn Evil]], Krampus acts as the boss of the Christmas stage, although here he's more [[Bad Santa|a demonic green Santa Claus combined with Rudolp the Red-Nosed Reindeer.]]
* The Krampus was added as a boss fight in ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* In ''[[
* In one of ''[[Rhapsodies]]''' annual Christmas episodes a band of Krampusi are part of the staff in the prison naughty children are taken, another year they are sent to take [[Cloudcuckoolander|Kevin]] away.
* In ''Chickenhare'', the character Barry is a Krampus, whose race resemble hairy demonic ape-men that live in the Underworld.
* In ''[[Something
* In the ''[[Erma]]'' strip titled "Erma Strip # 23", the titular [[Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl]] leaves cookies out for the Krampus instead of for Santa.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* He was even on ''[[Cracked.com]]'' as an example of a creepy christmas tradition. [http://www.cracked.com/article_18941_5-creepy-christmas-traditions-from-around-world_p2.html Link].
* A [[Running Gag]] on the ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]'' [[Christmas Special]] has various characters wondering if Jinga and Beru are the Krampus, and if he was just smashed.
* Krampus received his own episode on [https://web.archive.org/web/20130924031311/http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/cr/ff/28993-episode-45-krampus CR's ''Familiar Faces'' series.] [[Couch Gag|Since CR always draws a title card featuring the respective character in a different style,]] [[How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' Christmas Special, the Krampus is accidentally summoned by Hank and Dean and proceeds to punish Rusty Venture.
* ''[[American Dad]]'' has a rather interesting spin on this character. At first, it seems that Santa is benign as he gives presents to good little children and Krampus is malevolent as he punishes children for bad behavior. But as it turns out, Krampus actually DOESN'T punish children for fun. He does it because he wants them to grow up to become productive members of society. When Steve finds out the truth, he and Krampus actually become friends. Santa, in contrast, is secretly the corrupter to children - he corrupts children so that they'll buy more toys from him.
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