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{{work|wppage=Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)}}{{cleanup|This article starts out as a discussion of the ''Rudolph'' "franchise" and mutates into a page mostly about the Rankin-Bass special. It should be split into a franchise page and individual works pages.}}
[[File:rudolph.png|frame|Do you recall the most famous reindeer of all?]]
'''''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer''''' is a song and popular Christmas story about Santa Claus's ninth and lead reindeer who possesses an unusually red-colored nose that gives off its own light, powerful enough to illuminate the team's path through inclement weather.
The story is owned by The Rudolph Company, L.P. and has been sold in numerous forms including a popular song, a [[Rankin
Johnny Marks decided to adapt May's story into a song, which through the years has been recorded by many artists (most notably by Gene Autry in 1949), and has since filtered into the popular consciousness.
The lyric "All of the other reindeer" can be misheard as the [[Mondegreen]] "Olive, the other reindeer", and has given rise to another fictional character, [[Olive the Other Reindeer
The song in its Finnish translation, ''Petteri Punakuono'', has led to Rudolph's general acceptance in the Finland's folklore as Joulupukki's, the Finnish Santa's, lead reindeer. However, in Finland, Santa's reindeer do not fly. Mike Eheman made the newest version of the song with the actual flying reindeer so Santa can land on rooftops.
Apropos of nothing, the song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T2IW4E-WxM can be sung] to the ''[[Hawaii Five-O]]'' theme music.
[[Trope Namer]] for [[All of the Other Reindeer]].▼
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=== The Rankin/Bass Christmas Special provides examples of: ===▼
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* [[Abusive Parent]]: Some of the things Rudolph's father says and does is seriously close to the border of emotional abuse.▼
** Although [[Values Dissonance|considering the time when the creators were growing up and when the movie was released]], it was probably wasn't intended to come off as abusive and was meant to be a typical father-son relationship. Men being hard on their sons was considered the norm, whether it was fair or not, and could still be considered reasonably well adjusted. ▼
▲* [[Abusive Parent]]: Some of the things Rudolph's father says and does
▲** Although [[Values Dissonance|considering the time when the creators were growing up and when the
*** To be fair, though the narrator does state that Donner felt pretty bad about the way he treated Rudolph when Rudolph runs off.
* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Trope namer.
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** [http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=DF2FC02475741029&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&v=7usbZhBMIjE You want proof?]
* [[Animated Adaptation]]: The Rankin-Bass special, or course. However, many years before the famous stop-motion special, [[Columbia Cartoons]] made a short subject adaptation of the cartoon in [[The Golden Age of Animation|the late 1940s]], directed by none other than [[Max and Dave Fleischer|Dave Fleischer.]]
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]:
{{quote|'''Yukon Cornelius:''' I'm off to get my life-sustaining supplies: cornmeal, gunpowder, hamhocks and guitar strings.}}
* [[Badass]]: Yukon Cornelius, and Hermey, too, for going out of their way in defeating the Bumble (although they didn't ''really'' defeat him).
** [[Badass Beard]]: Yukon Cornelius has one that even fuller than Santa's!
* [[Broken Aesop]]
* [[Captain Obvious]]: Yukon Cornelius crying "Land ho!" ''after'' their ice floe crashes into the shore.
{{quote|'''Hermey:''' No kidding.}}
* [[Cloning Blues]]: The majority of Santa's elves -- most of the males, and all of the females -- seem to be identical copies of each other.
* [[Christmas Elves]]
* [[Christmas Special]]
* [[Cursed
** Rudolph himself. He's considered a freak, but his nose has its uses.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Hermey actually gets in a couple good zingers.
* [[Depraved Dentist]]: Hermey is a rare heroic example. In the climax, he rips out the Bumble's teeth with pliers.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: The Abominable Snowmonster, of course.
* [[Disney Death]]: Yukon Cornelius.
* [[Fingertip Drug Analysis|Fingertip Ore Analysis]]: Yukon Cornelius routinely sniffs and licks his pickaxe to see what it's just been embedded in.
* [[Four-Fingered Hands]]: The elves, and only the elves.
* [[Freak-Out]]: Fireball, at the sight of Rudolph's nose.
* [[Gold Fever]]: Subverted by Yukon Cornelius, who ''seems'' to suffer from this (and its cousin, Silver Fever), but as the uncut version reveals, he's actually been looking for ''peppermint'' when he finally finds what he's been looking for in the polar snow. (Yeah, yeah, we know, just go with it.)
* [[Hand Wave]]: How do Rudolph and especially Hermey survive a night in the open at the North Pole before Yukon Cornelius finds them? "Somehow", that's how.
* [[
** In a way, it almost lampshades ''[[Frosty the Snowman]]''...
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Boss Elf finally realizes that Hermey's dentistry dream really does have potential after hearing how he pulled the Abominable Snowmonster's teeth and lets Hermey open shop as dentist, with the first appointments set for as early as the week after Christmas. The Abominable Snowmonster itself makes the turn after Yukon outwits it with Hermey's help.
* [["I Am" Song]]: "We Are Santa's Elves".
* [[I Am What I Am]]: Rudolph's nose.
* [[Ink Suit Actor]]: Burl Ives' Sam, again.
** As per normal with [[Rankin
* [["I Want" Song]]: "Fame and Fortune" before it was changed back to "We're a Couple of Misfits" fits the bill, also the first half-minute of "The Most Wonderful Day of the Year".
* [[Jerkass]]: While [[All of the Other Reindeer]] naturally qualify, Santa Claus himself is actually quite abrasive in this edition, first tersely dismissing the elves' song
** He even tells Donner he should be ashamed for his son's uncontrollable, uncurable physical abnormality.
*** They all have a [[Heel Realization]] upon hearing Rudolph and Hermey's story about their travels and realizing their abnormalities can be put to good use after all (even Donner admits he had always known Rudolph's red nose could be useful later on).
* [[Large Ham]]: Yukon Cornelius
{{quote|
'''Hermie:''' But I thought you wanted gold.
'''Cornelius:''' I CHANGED MY MIND! }}
* [[Lonely Together]]: Rudolph and Hermey most certainly.
{{quote|
'''Rudolph:''' You wouldn't mind my... red nose?
'''Hermey:''' Not if you don't mind me being a dentist.
'''Rudolph:''' It's a deal! }}
* [[Matryoshka Object]]: One of the Misfit Toys is a clown nesting doll, whose smallest doll contains a wind-up mouse.
* [[Money Song]]: Burl Ives' song "Silver and Gold" sorta straddles the line.
* [[Mrs. Claus]]: Who admonished Santa for not eating enough, and that kids wouldn't want a skinny Santa.
* [[Narrator]]: Sam the Snowman.
* [[Now You Tell Me]]: Yukon Cornelius bellows "Land ho!" the moment the protagonists' ice floe collides with the shore of the Island of Misfit Toys. Hermie the elf then mutters, "No kidding."
* [[Older Than They Look]]: It's implied that Santa's elves are this.
* [[Our Elves Are Different]]: Hermey very literally is!
* [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]]: The elves.
* [[Product Placement]]: The special was originally commissioned and sponsored by GE, which was selling new smaller Christmas Tree lights -- that looked very much like Rudolph's nose....
* [[
** The original 1964 broadcast differs from later versions through Rudolph's and Hermy's performance of "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwlOUAAyPQE We're a Couple of Misfits]," Donner expressing pride in his son guiding Santa's sleigh, Yukon Cornelius striking peppermint, and elves dropping presents from the sleigh during the end credits.
** Beginning in 1965, "We're a Couple of Misfits" was replaced with "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GkAylFbnMY Fame and Fortune]," and "We Are Santa's Elves" lost an instrumental scene with physical humor, to make room for commercials. Also, at the request of viewers, a new scene featured Santa collecting the Misfit Toys from the island and a new credits sequence showed elves delivering them to unseen households. As a result, Donner and Yukon Cornelius's witnessing Santa's flight was removed. [[The Other Wiki]] says this is the same version sold on VHS.
** [[Platypus Comix]]'s [http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/misfit28.html review] of a 1979 broadcast
** In 1998, [[CBS]] [[Network to
** Beginning in 2005, ''Rudolph'' got [[Screwed
** Most DVDs, and also the Blu-Ray, feature the cut that most closely matches the original broadcast. It includes "We're a Couple of Misfits" and the uncut "We Are Santa's Elves," and also places Donner's and Yukon Cornelius' final scenes right before the scenes of the Misfit Toys becoming presents. However, it does not include the original end credits sequence, and DVDs produced from 2005-2006 are inexplicably missing Donner's and Yukon Cornelius' final scenes.
* [[Prospector]]: Yukon Cornelius.
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* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: Clarice, somewhat.
** Subverted with Zoey from [[The Movie]] below.
* [[Single Biome Planet]]: Earth, basically, when one storm can blanket the planet (per the newspapers at the beginning).
* [[Sneaky Departure]]: Rudolph feels he's endangering the others because his nose attracts the [[Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti|Abominable Snowmonster]], so he leaves them in the middle of the night.
* [[Spinning Paper]]: The opening sequence of newspaper headlines over footage of extreme winter weather.
* [[Stay in
* [[Stop Motion]]: A classic example.
* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]: Clarice. Red bow and huge eyelashes!
** Elves have this, too.
* [[Titled After the Song]]: Most [[Rankin
* [[Under the Mistletoe]]: Clarice catches Rudolph under it during "Holly Jolly Christmas" towards the end.
* [[Visual Pun]]: The "Christmas seals" at the beginning.
* [[Waxing Lyrical]]: Several times.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Rudolph and his father's relationship can be summed up this way.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Santa Claus. Although not the protagonist of the story, he is meant to be the personification of Christmas and the person everyone at the North Pole happily works for. Remains an insufferable dick for most of the special. [[Karma Houdini|Never apologizes for making hateful remarks and is never called out on it either.]]
* [[Woodland Creatures]]: Used in "There's Always Tomorrow".
* [[Worthless Yellow Rocks]]: A squirrel chucks a gold nugget away after discovering it's inedible.
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▲=== The GoodTimes Entertainment film provides examples of: ===
* [[American Accents]]: Slyly has a bizarre way of speaking, perhaps intended to be an exaggerated New York accent.
* [[Award Bait Song]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0iKdEfUcXo Show Me The Light.] In the film it was performed by the composer and his wife. During the credits.... Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes.
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* [[Expy]]: Zoey to Clarice and Arrow to Fireball. Arrow only ''looks'' like Fireball, and appears to be based on Fireball's attitude on Rudolph after he learned about his nose. Zoey was actually going to be called Clarice but couldn't due to copyright reasons.
* [[Gentle Giant]]: Leonard the polar bear.
* [[Hey,
* [[Jerkass]]: Arrow.
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: Than the Rankin/Bass special. Santa and Rudolph's parents, while still troubled by his nose, are much more fair towards him.
* [[The Movie]]: Inverted. ''[[Rudolph the Red
* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: Let's face it, Eric Idle can't hold onto a Brooklyn accent long enough.
* [[Running Gag]]: A strange one, in which Slyly keeps stealing Rudolph's teddy bear to snuggle with while he sleeps. {{spoiler|Rudolph just gives it to him for Christmas at the end.}}
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* [[Those Two Guys]]: Boone and Doggle the elves.
* [[Under the Mistletoe]]: Happens in this adaption also between Rudolph and Zoey, though much earlier in the film.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Reflected in this adaptation from the Rankin/Bass special.
* [[Winter Royal Lady]]: Stormella
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