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This page contains trivia for "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics". Remember, trivia must be factual, provable, and it is always best to cite your source for not-so-obvious trivia. If you would like to dispute a trivia point, please discuss it in the talk page.

Trivia[]

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A side by side comparison of Mrs. Hitler and Jimmy's mother.

  • Hitler's mother uses the same character model as Jimmy's mother.
  • "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is the only unaltered song and is sung by the entire cast in a tribute to Mary Kay Bergman. During the lyric "Happy golden days of yore," clips of most of the characters that Bergman voiced (Wendy Testaburger, Sheila Broflovski, Mayor McDaniels, Veronica Crabtree, and Liane Cartman) are shown in a white haze. They also appear with Sharon & Shelly Marsh, Carol McCormick, Nurse Gollum & Principal Victoria alongside Stan and Kyle.
  • Although "Hooked on Monkey Phonics" was the last episode to feature newly recorded lines from Mary Kay Bergman, this episode is the last to feature her voice being that the album the songs in this episode come from was recorded well before Bergman's death.
  • Tolkien Black and Bill Allen are removed from the 3rd grade classroom starting from this episode.
    • Tolkien is seen again in the 4th grade classroom starting from "Fourth Grade", though Bill isn't.
  • After seeing this episode, Courteney Cox thanked them for "mentioning her in that episode" (referring to Mr. Broflovski's line in "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel") at a dinner for a mutual friend.
  • While most of the songs are featured on the CD, the only song not featured from the episode is Jesus and Santa's Christmas Medley. It was going to be on the CD, but some of the songs could not be legally cleared in time.
  • In "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" the title song was slightly different. In that episode the line "So therefore vicariously he loves you" was "Even if you're a Jew". Though Kyle did sing the "vicariously" lyric earlier in that episode.
  • Mr. Hankey is said to live in the sewers but is living in a pink Christmas house so every Christmas he comes up that toilet.
  • Jesus and Santa, despite having fought each other in the second short, sang together in the episode.
  • Despite being one of the most musical characters on South Park, and voiced by a professional musician, Chef neither sings nor appears.
  • As well as Kenny being crushed by the falling chandelier, Stan and Kyle nearly die after Shelly takes after them with a piano when they mock her during her segment.
  • In the song "Merry Fucking Christmas", Mr. Garrison sings about bringing Christmas to the Middle East. This was eventually done three seasons later in "Red Sleigh Down", which implies Mr. Garrison was not successful (then again, since it is just a song, it was possible that he did not actually go there, just sung about going there).
  • Ms. Crabtree's left hand was not seen during her appearance towards the end of the episode. It actually does get cut off in the episode "Cartman's Incredible Gift".
  • During the song "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", clips and footage from previous episodes such as "Clubhouses", "Ike's Wee Wee" and were all featured.
  • In September 2008, Russian prosecutors filed a motion to ban the series based on complaints received about this episode. The TV station was allowed to keep its license by agreeing not to re-air the program.[1]

References to Popular Culture[]

  • Before and after every commercial break, a live-action segment featuring a news anchor is shown, saying "Fighting the frizzies, at eleven." This is a reference to a bootleg tape of The Star Wars Holiday Special which is the source for most of the bootlegs currently available online. The original tape featured a brief clip at the end from WCBS-TV featuring newscaster Rolland Smith informing viewers, "Fighting the frizzies, at eleven." As a novelty, those who reproduce the tape for others have customarily left this unusual clip intact, rather than editing it out. However, while the original news ad was apparently referring to "frizzy" hair, the ending credits of this episode of South Park features the news anchor boxing a man in a giant fuzzy suit.
  • The song that Santa sings that Jesus says is not about Christmas is "Rio" by the Brit-pop band Duran Duran.
  • The duet is a reference to the 1987 Dustin Hoffman/Warren Beatty spy comedy film Ishtar.
  • The Mailman narrator who is singing the song with the children is a parody of the Rankin/Bass Santa Claus is Coming to Town.

Goofs[]

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Ms. Crabtree on the right, with her left hand missing.

Kenny's Death[]

  • During the final song, Kenny is crushed by the chandelier that was decorated by Kyle and Stan earlier.

Dubbing Changes[]

International Titles[]

Language Title Translation
Czech Vánoční koledy pana Hankeyho Mr. Hankey's Christmas Carols
Finnish Jouluhenkilön paluu The return of the Christmas man
French Les Chants de Noël de Monsieur Hankey Mr. Hankey's Christmas Carols
German Halleluja! Mr. Hankeys klassische Weihnachten Hallelujah! Mr. Hankey's classic Christmas
Hungarian Kula bá ünnepi klasszikusai
Italian I classici di Mr. Hankey Mr. Hankey's classics
Japanese Mr.ハンキーのクリスマスDEショー
(Mr. Hankī no kurisumasu DE shō)
Mr. Hankey's Christmas show
Mandarin Chinese 黃金先生耶誕特集
(Huángjīn xiānshēng yé dàn tèjí)
Mr. Hankey's Christmas special
Polish Świąteczne piosenki pana Hankeya Mr. Hankey's Christmas songs
Russian Классические рождественские песни от мистера Хэнки
(Klassicheskiye rozhdestvenskiye pesni ot mistera Khenki)
Classic Christmas songs from Mr. Hankey
Spain (Latin America) Clásicos de Navidad del Sr. Mojón Mr. Hankey's Christmas classics
Spain (Spain) Los Clásicos del Sr. Mojón Mr. Hankey's classics
Ukrainian Класичні Різвяні Пісні Від Містера Генкі
(Klasychni Rizvyani Pisni Vid Mistera Henki)
Classic Christmas carols from Mr. Hankey

Common[]

  • Table of songs that are dubbed or re-recorded:
Song CS DE ES-ES ES-LA FR HU JA PT-BR UK ZH
"Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" Icon no Icon check Icon check Icon check Icon check Icon no Icon no VO Icon check
"Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel" Icon no Icon check Icon check Icon check Icon check Icon no Icon no Icon check Icon check Icon check
"O Tannenbaum" Icon no Icon check Icon check Icon no Icon no Icon no Icon no VO Icon check
"Christmas Time in Hell" Icon no Icon check Icon check Icon check Icon check Icon no Icon no Icon check VO Icon check
"Carol of the Bells" Icon no Icon check Icon check Icon check Icon check Icon no Icon no Icon check Icon no Icon check
"O Holy Night" Icon no Icon check Icon check Icon check Icon check Icon no Icon no VO Icon check
"Merry Fucking Christmas" Icon no Icon check Icon check Icon check Icon check Icon no Icon no Icon check VO Icon check
"I Saw Three Ships" Icon no Icon check Icon check Icon check Icon check Icon no Icon no VO Icon check
"Christmas Medley" Icon no Icon check Icon check Icon check Icon check Icon no Icon no VO Icon check
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" Icon no Icon check Icon check Icon check Icon check Icon no Icon no VO Icon check

French[]

  • All "Howdy-ho!" lines following the "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics" title card are removed.

Mandarin Chinese[]

  • List of cultural references found in the individual songs:
  • List of other changes to the songs:
    • The lyrics of "Drink eggnog and eat some beef" in "Merry Fucking Christmas" is changed to "Drink wine and eat some beef".
    • Part of the lyrics in "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" are changed where the voice actors for major characters in the dubbing are brought up by the singing crew.

References[]

  1. Russia attempts to ban South Park. The Guardian (September 25, 2008).


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Story Elements

Mr. HankeyMailman • "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo" • "Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel" • "O Tannenbaum" • "Christmas Time in Hell" • "O Holy Night" • "Merry Fucking Christmas" • "I Saw Three Ships" • "Christmas Medley" • "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" • "Carol of the Bells" • Anchorman

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Release

South Park: The Complete Third SeasonChristmas in South ParkChristmas Time in South Park

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