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[[File:CandaceJeremyMistletoe-cropped 8419.jpg|link=Phineas and Ferb|frame|Looks like Candace is getting ''her'' Christmas wish.<ref>[[Fridge Logic|Hang on]], that's ''holly''.</ref>]]
{{quote|''Ho-ho, the mistletoe, hung where you can see,
''Somebody waits for you, kiss her once for me''
|'''Burl Ives'''|"Have a Holly Jolly Christmas", featured in ''[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]''}}
Mistletoe is a parasitic plant that grows on trees. In some cultures, it's traditional to hang it up somewhere at parties, with the additional custom that if two people meet under it, they ought to kiss. Naturally, this produces some good opportunities for writers. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hilarity may well ensue]] as the wrong people are caught
Mistletoe came to people's attention because it's evergreen and produces berries in winter, and is often one of the only green things in a winter forest. It comes up a lot in mythology - Greeks liked it, the Norse god Balder was killed by it, druids regard it as a symbol of immortality, and an old Christian story holds that Christ's cross was made of mistletoe, and after the Crucifixion all the mistletoe trees shriveled up. But the tradition everyone thinks of is originally Scandanavian - if two people are under a sprig of mistletoe, they must kiss. This was first a tradition that if two armies in a forest saw mistletoe growing, they stopped fighting for a night.
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An usual element of the [[Christmas Episode]].
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== Anime and Manga ==▼
▲== Anime ==
* Used to wonderful effect in the ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' song "Under the Mistletoe." Misty wants it to happen, but Ash doesn't. Again, Hilarity Ensues. (Suffice to say, [[4Kids! Entertainment|4Kids]] are [[Idiosyncratic Ship Naming|Poké]][[Shipper on Deck|shippers]].)
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* In [https://web.archive.org/web/20090105111101/http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/6813047.html one issue] of the yearly ''Marvel Holiday Special'', [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]] hosted a party. There was only one sprig of mistletoe, so Hank Pym put it on a remote-control hovering device and flew it around "to stretch it". Jessica Drew was not impressed.
** It should be noted that at least FIVE guys were in on it (including Spider-Man, while married, and Mary Jane IN THE ROOM), and she only suspects after about 4.
* In a ''[[Vertigo Comics|Vertigo]] Winter's Edge'' special, a boy steals a kiss from a girl he's just met, then points above them and says, "Mistletoe". She responds by stamping his foot, pointing to ''her'' foot and saying, "[[Incredibly Lame Pun|Missile toes]]".
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== [[
* Pick a fandom. Now [[Shipping|pick a pairing]]. Now go on the Internet. No matter how [[Crack Pairing|nonsensical]] or unlikely, there ''will'' be a [[Fanfic]] out there somewhere that uses this trope.
* In ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fanfics (of pretty much every ship), the mistletoe is often enchanted, magically trapping whichever couple that happens to be standing under it until they kiss. Often, these are created and supplied by the Weasley twins. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20181108034713/https://www.fanfiction.net/s/967156/1/A-Different-Yule-Ball A Different Yule Ball]'' by Andrew Aelfwine is a particularly good example.
== Film ==
* In ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]'', Robin tells Morgan Freeman's character that "many a maid has lost her virtue to me, thanks to this little plant." Interestingly, Freeman's response is, "In my country, we talk to our women. We do not drug them with plants."
* In ''[[Batman Returns]]'', Batman and Catwoman have an exchange about it in battle. The Ironic Echo happens when they actually encounter mistletoe at a Christmas party as Bruce and Selina.
* ''[[Rudolph
{{quote|'''Young Zoey:''' Look we're under a mistletoe. Do you know what that means, you have to kiss me.}}
* In the original ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'', Woody is talking to Bo Peep toward the end of the movie, only to look up and see that her sheep are holding mistletoe. When he remarks, "Hey, is that mistletoe?" she replies "Uh-''huh''!" and more or less tackles him.
* In ''[[While You Were Sleeping]]'', Lucy and Jack kiss under the mistletoe.
== Literature ==
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* An ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' Christmas filler features [http://egscomics.com/sketchbook/?date=2010-12-24 a fairy holding mistletoe over two characters.]
* ''The Prime of Ambition'' had a bonus [http://jaadrih.comicgenesis.com/d/20101225.html page] where the cast plays tricks with each other around a mistletoe.
* In ''Living with Hipster Girl and Gamer Girl'', Artur finds lettuce in his burger and removes it — he hates lettuce. "Gamer Girl" Erika glances up from her computer game, sees him holding up the lettuce leaf, and mistakes it for mistletoe (the image in her speech bubble is actually '''holly'''). Neither of them is '''under''' it, but she doesn't let that stop her, planting a big smooch on Artur and then happily going back to her game. Artur has no idea why she just kissed him; when he moved in with Erika and Sophie the "Hipster Girl," he was told "keep your hands to yourself."
* ''[[Sequential Art (webcomic)|Sequential Art]]'' [https://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=1048 offers the warning]: "Beware the snog-weed."
* ''[[Unshelved]]'' warns: [http://www.unshelved.com/2008-12-22 mistletoe is poisonous]. Also, [http://www.unshelved.com/2008-12-24 check whether it's mistletoe] at all.
== [[Web Original]] ==
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