Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (film)
| Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Christmas special, fantasy, comedy-drama, musical |
| Directed by | Phil Roman |
| Starring | Michele Lee |
| Voices of |
Elmo Shropshire Michele Lee Alex Doduk Susan Blu Cam Clarke Christopher Gaze Phil Hayes Scott McNeil Pauline Newstone Maggie Blue O'Hara Venus Terzo Jim Fisher Jim Staahl Kathleen Barr |
| Narrated by | Elmo Shropshire |
| Composer(s) |
Nathan Wang Randy Brooks |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Phil Roman |
| Producer(s) | Jim Fisher Noel-Quinn Roman Jim Staahl |
| Running time | 51 minutes |
| Production company(s) | The Fred Rappoport Company, Inc Phil Roman Entertainment SFM Entertainment |
| Distributor | Warner Home Video |
| Release | |
| Original network | The WB |
| Original release | October 31, 2000 |
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer is a Canadian–American animated Christmas special, directed by Phil Roman. The special first aired October 31, 2000 on The WB. It has subsequently aired on The CW (the successor to The WB) and Cartoon Network during the Christmas season. Since Warner Home Video distributed this special, Time Warner owns the copyrights. The title and plot are based on the novelty song of the same name.
The show begins by introducing Jake Spankenheimer, along with his family, most notably his Grandma, who owns a small general store in the town of Cityville. The store happens to be the only piece of property not owned by Austin Bucks, the wealthiest man in town, whose CEO corporation specializes in making Christmas easier and less involved for the town's busy residents. Grandma, however, tells Austin that his method of trying to make Christmas easier is not really for the best and refuses to sell the store. This runs afoul of the gold-digging Cousin Mel, who plans to sell the store anyway.
Jake loves the holiday season, as does his grandmother, though most of his family is not as excited about it. Jake and his sister, Daphne, argue over Santa Claus' existence, as Jake's parents gently try to break the news to him that Santa is not real. Meanwhile, Cousin Mel comes up with a plan to sabotage Grandma's famous fruitcake recipe, secretly add an extra ingredient with hopes that they won't sell, forcing Grandma to sell the store to Austin. Grandma, who hasn't taken her medication that evening, then takes the fruit cake with her when she leaves the house on Christmas Eve night, but Santa and his reindeer fly overhead, suddenly out of control, crash into her. Jake witnesses the accident, but the family refuse to believe him. The next morning, however, Grandma is missing, and the police find an imprint of her in the snow, along with her belongings. Cousin Mel also finds a letter that she quickly hides from the others.
Nine months pass without Grandma and the store's business drops; during this time, Cousin Mel comes up with a new plan to sell the store to Austin, by tricking Grandpa into giving her his power of attorney. However, when Jake objects, Austin agrees to give him another week in order to find Grandma before going through with the deal. Adamant in his belief that Santa ran over her, Jake emails Santa, and soon Quincy, Santa's head elf, comes to take Jake to the North Pole. It turns out that Santa had taken Grandma back to the North Pole for medical treatment. Unfortunately she since has amnesia, and until receiving Jake's e-mail Santa been unsure of who she was. As Jake explains the situation, Santa, Quincy and the amnesiac Grandma agree to go with him to stop the deal.
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