Christmas in Tattertown

A Christmas special created and directed by Ralph Bakshi which aired on Nickelodeon in 1988.


 * Ambiguously Jewish: The Christmas tree who owns the comic book store
 * And Call Him George - Why Muffet avoids Debbie like the plague.
 * Animate Inanimate Object - Everyone in Tattertown except Debbie.
 * Fluffy the Terrible - Muffet
 * Genki Girl - Debbie
 * Giant Spider - Sidney the Spider
 * Interactive Narrator - Saxophone
 * Lawyer-Friendly Cameo - Golden Age cartoon stars Flip the Frog and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit can be seen sitting together in a bar, both off-model and unnamed. Oswald also appears early in the film via his trolley.
 * Living Toys - Muffet and Cubby, among others.
 * One-Episode Wonder: This was originally going to be Nickelodeon's first foray into evening television (and a regular children's series for Ralph Bakshi).
 * Perma-Stubble - Muffet, despite being female.
 * Storybook Opening
 * True Meaning of Christmas
 * You Can't Go Home Again - Debbie. Literally, thanks to the series never even starting.