At a sure point , as we grow up , we all see the hard accuracy that Santa Claus is n’t genuine . And then , as we grow up some more , we describe that ’s a lie , and Santa is totally existent . We know this because TV show — many of them seemingly for adult — have gone out of their way to show St. Nick as a living , breathing , plaything - distributing being . Here are just a few of them .
1 ) Lois & Clark : The New Adventures of Superman , “ Season ’s Greedings ”
The Man of Steel is n’t the only super - powered being facilitate others in the ‘ 90s serial Lois & Clark . In the show ’s first holiday installment , Superman takes a bit of fourth dimension to aviate a sleigh — stop Perry White as an Elvis - themed Santa — around Metropolis . Later , Lois hear someone bellowing “ Ho ho ho ! ” from the sky , and assumes Superman is but dragging Perry White around some more . However , Clark Kent , standing beside her , is much more confused .
2 ) ER , “ City of Mercy ”
This medical drama usually stuck to the drama , but thing got a picayune uncanny in this 13th time of year episode . After Morris ( played by Scott Grimes ) pretend to be Santa for a sick little girl , he ’s filled with the Christmas spirit — and kind of nettled at himself for it . He cry , “ There is no freaking Santa Claus ! ” at which peak he like a shot sees something in the sky . The camera focuses on Morris , his jaw agape love , as sleigh bells jingle and someone cries out “ Ho ho ho ! ” See for yourself .
3 ) Home Improvement , “ Yule Better Watch Out ”
This episode of the Tim Allen sitcom begin when Mark , the youngest member of the Taylor kindred , write his annual missive to Santa , and his two older brothers Brad and Randy tell him Santa is dead , because Brad and Randy are insufferable SOB . Mark is distraught , as an 8 - year - onetime might be expected to be , until their lovable neighbour Wilson ( that bozo whose face is never fully picture ) comes by as Santa to assure small Mark that his death has been enlarged . A few hour later , Tim go steady Wilson and thank him for assuaging his Word , only for Wilson to confusedly swear he ’s been working in his backyard all afternoon .
4 ) Might Morphin ’ Power Rangers , “ I ’m Dreaming of a White Ranger ”
It ’s the holiday in Angel Grove , and Lord Zedd is even more annoyed than usual . He resolve to take dominance of Earth ’s children by giving them all special top that make he can use to mind control them . But where to make these crest ? Why , Santa ’s Workshop , of course . Zedd sends his brother - in - police force Rito Revolto ( Rita ’s boney bro ) to the North Pole to force Santa and his elves to make the tops ; the Power Rangers of track head North to face them , despite Santa ’s innate conjuration somehow rendering the Power Rangers powerless . I wo n’t spoil who win , but I happen it very recount that somehow Santa and the Rangers ’ powers are so unfitting .
5 ) Gilligan ’s Island , “ Birds Got ta aviate , Fish Got ta Talk ”
On their first Christmas out from civilization , the Ishmael decorate a bamboo Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and discuss what they wish they were receive as presents . When Gilligan makes the obvious wishing that everyone would get rescued , of a sudden a radio broadcast comes through : a ship is lead their way after some kind of Navy recon machine spotted them . It ’s a Christmas miracle ! Alas , after a series of flashback to their first day of the island , it move around out the Navy was verbalize about another chemical group of survivor stranded on another island . The pariah are down in the dumps until Santa arrives and severalize them to be thankful for what they do have ( each other and coconuts , chiefly ) . As Santa leaves , everyone assumes it ’s the Skipper in camouflage except 1 ) no one on the island has a Santa suit and 2 ) the Skipper arrives half a minute later from the opposite direction . No one points out how Santa completely ignored Gilligan ’s Christmas wish .
6 ) Doctor Who , “ Last Christmas ”
Yeah , yeah . We all know in last year ’s Doctor Who Christmas special , in which Simon Pegg ’s good chum Nick Frost play St. Nick , that Santa was was technically a aspiration , as everyone — the Doctor and Clara included — were captured by Dream Crabs , who give their victim pleasant dream while they devour their brains . Of naturally , because no Moffat - led Doctor Who episode can be that childlike , thing get Inception - y , there are dreams within dream , and Santa is there struggle besides the Doctor throughout all of it . But when everyone return to reality and Santa appears to return to nonexistence , there ’s still the topic of a tangerine on Clara ’s windowsill , which Santa had prognosticate to give her earlier in the instalment …
7 ) Night Court , “ Santa Goes business district ”
In what was somehow the very second sequence of the ‘ 80 situation comedy , a bum who arrogate to be Santa Claus is brought before the motor inn for vagrancy . As it turn out , he ’s supposedly a humanity named John Stevens who somehow lam every December from a psychiatric hospital , but inevitably returns every February . However , this does not excuse his omniscience , as he knows anything anyone has ever received for Christmas , the fact that prosecutor Dan Fielding used to be held down by his mother when she gave him medicine , and other very specific facts he should n’t and could n’t possibly love .
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer , “ The Body ”
Santa never made a physical coming into court in Buffy the Vampire Slayer , but in the otherwise harrowing installment “ The Body , ” the demon Anya casually note that Santa Claus is quite material , and is one of the name for a ogre that pass the 16th century riding in sleighs , breaking into citizenry ’s homes by climbing in their chimneys , and disemboweling youngster . So … yeah .
9 ) The Librarians , “ And Santa ’s Midnight Run ”
There ’s no nicety about Santa Claus in the world of The Librarians . He only exists as an avatar of undecomposed will — he salt away it up over they year and loose it every Christmas so people stop being so grumpy . In this installment , he ’s captured by the Serpent Brotherhood so they can steal all his mightiness , but the Librarians delivery , and Santa gets poke by some Old World mistletoe . So he keep switch over into dissimilar interlingual rendition of himself ( e.g. , Odin - Santa ) and other alert havoc ensues . Really , all you need to know is that Bruce Campbell act Santa , which alone should make it deserving seek out .
10 ) Smallville , “ Lexmas ”
In this rather insane episode , Clark blemish a drunk man in a Santa suit about to jump off a construction , all because “ the Christmas spirit is idle . ” Clark deliver him and explain that in fact the souse St. Nick interrupt him as he was deliver present tense ( at super speed ) to the children of Metropolis ; the man is so enthralled he finds Chloe to assist her and Clark to deliver say presents . Once Chloe agrees , this Santa and the present disappear , and Chloe figures the humankind must have been the real Santa Claus . Which mean that this episode of Smallville start with a Santa so depressed that he was about to place suicide . well-chosen holidays , everybody !
H / t toLoree Starkfor the feature estimate , and toTV Tropesfor research assistant .
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