Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Depictions of characters revealing the truth about fictional or mythical figures, such as Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, or the Tooth Fairy, to children who believe in them. This can lead to disappointment, disillusionment, and a loss of innocence.
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TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
138
No
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8
GotSoEmoIFellApart
Santa and Mrs. Claus are shown as their original beginnings as pagan gods, killing people for sacrafice.
TV Show • 2014 Report
Yes
121
No
12
16
Anonymous
In the Christmas special, Bojack's character admits that Santa is a lie in a way that is phrased like denying the existence of God.
TV Show • 1994 Report
Yes
114
No
2
17
An episode where Phoebe learns Santa isn’t real and is upset by it.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
112
No
8
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theanonymouswhisperer
Small comments in some episodes. Santa is definitely spoiled in any of the Christmas episodes.
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
103
No
5
TV Show • 2009 Report
Yes
95
No
0
16
minecrafttorturer
brittany still believes in santa and the rest of them help to keep it that way
Movie • 2010 Report
Yes
82
No
11
38
HayleyMosteller
The villain spoils some magic for kids. They try to mitigate it by inserting something real, so you don't know if he's really spoiling or just "full-of-beans" but it skates the line pretty closely!
Titan: "You're so naive, Roxy. You see the good in everyone, even when it's not there. You're living a fantasy. There is no Easter Bunny. There is no Tooth Fairy. There is no Queen of England. This is the real world, and you need to wake up!"
Titan: "You're so naive, Roxy. You see the good in everyone, even when it's not there. You're living a fantasy. There is no Easter Bunny. There is no Tooth Fairy. There is no Queen of England. This is the real world, and you need to wake up!"
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
78
No
16
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TobyWoby
It should be noted that it is not actually Santa who's a rapist/murderer, it is a man dressed up as Santa.
Movie • 1984 Report
Yes
77
No
2
23
MickeyMurphy
In an infamous scene, a girl describes in great detail how she found out Santa wasn't real.
TV Show • 1997 Report
Yes
76
No
12
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ProfessorProcyon
Not really a show that kids young enough to believe in Santa should be watching, though.
Video Game • 2016 Report
Yes
64
No
5
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ionasd
Goro jokes during an interview that he wishes Santa was real.
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
61
No
2
58
anonymousthefiftieth
Yes, but if a child is watching this show then Santa being spoiled is probably the least of your concerns.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
58
No
19
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noname93
In the Christmas special "Last Christmas" the Doctor says he knows he is in a dream because Santa is there, and Santa isn't real
Movie • 2024 Report
Yes
52
No
1
5
RamonaRamone
Well, a child finds out in a very brutal way that Santa isn’t real in the opening scene.
Art (the antagonist) dresses up like Santa for most of the movie, murdering people in horrible ways, A mall Santa is killed horribly and THOSE poor kids find out what he has in his bag is NOT presents, and they run away screaming..
So I’m pretty sure that counts as Santa being spoiled, with lots of gore accompanying it.
These moments are in the red band trailer, and the original teaser. Director Damien Leone has confirmed all of the above.
Art (the antagonist) dresses up like Santa for most of the movie, murdering people in horrible ways, A mall Santa is killed horribly and THOSE poor kids find out what he has in his bag is NOT presents, and they run away screaming..
So I’m pretty sure that counts as Santa being spoiled, with lots of gore accompanying it.
These moments are in the red band trailer, and the original teaser. Director Damien Leone has confirmed all of the above.
TV Show • 2011 Report
Yes
45
No
6
12
Sarawatchesthings
Bob makes a sly comment to Tina about how they both know Santa's not real but Louise and Gene are still clueless but Tina doesn't pick up on it, hinting that she doesn't know he's not real which surprises Bob.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
45
No
9
6
hump
in a very sunny Christmas, many people dressed as santa go over to a characters mom's house to prostitute her, in the same episode a Santa is brutally attacked by one of the characters
TV Show • 2014 Report
Yes
44
No
0
8
HGAD
But they have a warning at the start of the episode
TV Show • 2009 Report
Yes
42
No
2
16
Doesthesnakediethough
The period fairy definitely is
TV Show • 2019 Report
Yes
39
No
11
7
Aftonstan
There is a scene where a mall santa is revealed to not be the actual santa.
Movie • 2022 Report
Yes
38
No
9
12
Falsebooles123
So actually yes. In one scene a father tells his daughter that santa is not real and its played incredible literally. However this is mitigated by the fact that santa is real within the context of the film and then has an incredible meta conversation about his existence directly afterword.
Movie • 2015 Report
Yes
38
No
11
8
RiftWitch
Being that Krampus is presented as a sort of dark counterpart to Santa Claus, that would imply that Santa himself is also real - though the matter isn't really delved into.
TV Show • 2016 Report
Yes
37
No
1
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hangezoe
Avoid S1 EP16
TV Show • 2013 Report
Yes
37
No
34
24
Truedegenerate
Yes someone says Santa isn’t real but children really shouldn’t watch this at all
Movie • 2021 Report
Yes
36
No
19
7
thesensitivenihilist
At about an hour when the family is eating at the table, there is a joke about Santa not being real.
TV Show • 2005 Report
Yes
35
No
6
5
BrownieLovesWoofls
In one episode, Lily and Marshall are discussing lying to their hypothetical children. Lily flat-out states that Santa is a lie.
Movie • 2019 Report
Yes
35
No
6
13
ReiAlexandraYYC
Not explicitly stated about Santa being real/not real, but there is a mall Santa who it is implied that he's not, and he has a scene where he's swearing a lot and so that all might not go over well with smaller children.
Movie • 1999 Report
Yes
35
No
5
1
Pantalones
In the episode "Road to the North Pole" Santa is technically real, but his situation is horrifying. His elves are inbred slaves, his reindeer are blood thirsty, and Santa himself is so overworked he almost drops dead.
TV Show Report
Yes
34
No
1
0
zmrzlina524
Season 3, episode 2
Movie • 2023 Report
Yes
33
No
2
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Anonymous
There’s one line about Santa in the song Shine a Light (reprise)
Movie • 2021 Report
Yes
32
No
20
4
Cryptid_Crow
Literally Santa gets spoiled oops