"The Santa Clause Problem!" (stylized as "The Santa Clause PROBLEM!") is the 779th episode of SML Movies, the 1,000th video overall and the first Christmas special of 2022.
Synopsis[]
Plot[]
The video begins with Junior and Joseph excited for Christmas. Cody reminds them that he celebrates Hanukkah, but Joseph takes offense to that and thinks he's actually saying "Huh n*****" before Junior has to restrain him. they get a ring at the doorbell. 
Both Junior and Cody walk downstairs to see Santa Claus in the flesh, who is searching for Rudolph. He wants Junior and his friends to find Rudolph, promising to reward them with anything they want. 
However, Junior, Cody and Joseph don't really try to find Rudolph, so they decided to adopt a dying dog named Gizmo from the animal shelter and dress him up as Rudolph by giving him fake antlers and a red nose. After Junior and company give Gizmo to Santa, Santa runs off with Gizmo. 
A while later, Junior, Cody and Joseph heard the shocking news that Santa died due to the fake Rudolph they gave him. Upset, Joseph immediately runs away as usual. After Junior once again criticizes Cody for celebrate Hanukkah, one of Santa's elf barges into the room, saying that either Junior and Cody has to be Santa's replacement. After the two argue over who should be Santa, the elf turns Ken into the new Santa. 
Unhappy at Ken's position as the new Santa, both Junior and Cody decided to do a bad job at delivering the present they're tasked with delivering. So they go into Brooklyn Guy's place and intentionally knock over his Christmas Tree. 
Back at Junior's house, the elf is very mad at Junior, Cody and Ken for no doing a good job at being Santa. Then, Brooklyn Guy shows up to chew the kids out. The elf then suggests the Brooklyn Guy to be Santa, even though he declines.
Suddenly, the news comes back on, revealing that the Santa that died earlier today was just a phony. Brooklyn Guy, however, is still mad at what Junior and his friends did so he chews them out before nibbling Cody's ear. The episode ends with Cody revealing that he's still having his free medium French fries from McDonald's every week before both him and Junior says 'Merry Christmas' to the audience.
Characters[]
- Junior
- Cody
- Joseph
- Tim (debut)
- Ken
- Mint (debut)
- Gizmo (debut)
- Mr. Goodman
- Brooklyn T. Guy
- Karen
- Santa Claus (mentioned)
Trivia[]
- This video was uploaded a year after "Brooklyn Guy's Christmas Problem!", 7 years after "Mario's Christmas Tree Problem!", and 15 years after "Yoshi Takes Mario to McDonald's" and "NES Games "2007"".
- This video is overall the 1,000th video that has been uploaded.
- Prince Charles' puppet was recycled from "Mr. Goodman's Dog!", and it became reindeer-nosed to portray Gizmo.
- The elf was recycled from the Heidi puppet.
- This marks the eighth time Brooklyn Guy has angry eyelids. This previously happened in:
- "No Nut November!"
- "Charleyyy Gets Arrested!" (where Junior and Joseph break Charleyyy out of jail and invite him to his house)
- "Jeffy Gets Arrested!" (where he saw Penelope being hungover at a night party)
- "Duggie Needs Call of Duty!"
- "Jeffy's Trophy!"
- "The Cop Bet!"
- "Junior's Pizza Company!" (where the pizza company is only one second late just earlier to Mr. Goodman to deliver the pizza)
References[]
- The version of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" that Junior and Joseph sang was the version that was sung by several music artists and bands, such as The Crystals, The Jackson Five and Bruce Springsteen.
Errors[]
- Santa Claus' last name is misspelled.
- It could however be a reference to The Santa Clause, which this video might be inspired by. (It was released the same year Logan was born).
- When Joseph Says "N***a," for the first time, it is censored, but when he says it again, it’s uncensored,
- Junior and Joseph forgot that Cody is Jewish.
- Junior claims Christmas is Jesus' birthday, even though it's well-established that Jesus was not born on December 25th. Actual scholars who believe Jesus was a real person who lived, was more than likely born in mid-September. Christmas being celebrated on December 25th mainly has to do with its pagan origins.
Poll[]
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