Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (TV special)
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''Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer'' is a 2000 animated direct-to-video special directed by Phil Roman. It airs every year on Cartoon Network and recently on The CW network during the Christmas season. Since The WB network produced this special, The CW has the broadcast rights to this special and Time Warner owns the copyrights.
[edit] Plot
When Jake Spankenheimer's grandma is a victim of a hit-and-run and her body goes missing, he plans to find her before Cousin Mel buys the family store.
[edit] Cast
- Elmo Shropshire - Narrator, Grandpa
- Alex Doduk - Jake Spankenheimer - The central character in this movie. He and his grandfather and the only ones in Citiesville that still believe in Santa Claus, and is determined to find his grandma, stop his cousin, and save Christmas.
- Susan Blu - Grandma - The owner of the Spankenheimer Department store. She is accidentally hit by Santa's reindeer and disappears; which results in temporary amnesia.
- Michele Lee - Mel - Jake's greedy, moneygrubbing, and yet evil cousin. Like in the song, she is called " Cousin Mel ". She hates Christmas and intentially hid the evidence of Grandma's wearabouts so that she could inheret the rights to the family store and sell it.
- Maggie Blue O'Hara - Daphne Spankenheimer - Jake's sister.
- Jim Staal - Santa Claus - The jolly old man in the red suit.
- Cam Clarke - Austin Bucks - A monoplozing store tycoon that wants to buy the store from the Spankenheimers.
- Kathleen Barr - Additional Voices
- Venus Terzo - Additional Voices
[edit] Notes
- The song "Grandpa's Gonna Sue the Pants off of Santa" was a song originally sung by Elmo Shropshire, and instead of it being sung by Grandpa, it is sung by Cousin Mel and her attorney I.M. Slime. The original recording was sad and melancholy, while the recording in the special was a lively calypso number.
- The song "Grandma's Killer Fruitcake" is another song originally sung by Elmo Shropshire, but it was sung by the person singing "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" for the film.
- The song "Grandma's Spending Christmas with the Superstars" is another song originally sung by Elmo Shropshire, but it was sung by the person who sings "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" for the film.
- The song "Feels Like Christmas" is yet another song originally recorded by Elmo Shropshire, and instead of it being sung by Elmo Shropshire, it is sung by the person who sung "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" for the film.
- Several of the character models appear to have been recycled from Histeria. I.M. Slime looks strikingly like network censor Lydia Karaoke. Santa's head elf looks quite a bit like Bill Straitman. The jury foreman resembles an older, thinner Lucky Bob.
- The fictional product "reindeer-nip" has the same effect as catnip. It's strongly implied--by yellowish odor lines coming off the cake and its foul taste--that it might actually be the urine of a pregnant female deer, often used to attract the male and to conceal a hunter's scent.
- The female cop seems to be heavily influenced by a character in the film Fargo, in appearance and her heavy Minnesota accent.
- When the state's district attorney-general Hartung tells the police to arrest Cousin Mel, the crimes spoken against her are obstruction of justice and almost ruining Christmas.
