Santa Buddies
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| Directed by | Robert Vince |
| Produced by | Robert Vince Anna McRoberts |
| Written by | Robert Vince Anna McRoberts |
| Based on | Characters by Paul Tamasy Aaron Mendelsohn Kevin DiCicco Robert Vince Anna McRoberts |
| Starring |
Zachary Gordon Josh Flitter Tom Bosley George Wendt Quinn Lord Christopher Lloyd Danny Woodburn Tim Conway Liliana Mumy Ty Panitz Field Cate Skyler Gisondo Richard Kind Kaitlyn Maher |
| Music by | Brahm Wenger |
| Cinematography | Kamal Derkaoui |
| Edited by | Kelly Herron |
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Keystone Entertainment
Key Pix Productions |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Home Entertainment |
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Running time
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88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Santa Buddies is a 2009 direct to video film. It is the fourth installment of the Air Buddies spin-off series as well as the ninth film in the Air Bud franchise. It was released on November 2, 2009. Tom Bosley's appearance in the film was his final role before his death.
At the North Pole, Santa Claus (George Wendt) and his dog Santa Paws (Tom Bosley) take a look at the magical Christmas Icicle, which is melting because nobody believes in Christmas anymore; if it continues to melt, Christmas will be gone forever.
Puppy Paws (Zachary Gordon), the fun-loving son of Santa Paws, stares at the icicle stating "I wish Christmas would just disappear," causing it to crack. He finds Budderball (Josh Flitter) on Santa's naughty list for eating the Thanksgiving turkey and figures he's just the dog to show him how to be an ordinary puppy. Meanwhile, the Christmas Icicle makes a big crack, shuts off the power at the North Pole, and makes the reindeer weak and powerless.
Budderball and the other Buddies (Field Cate, Liliana Mumy, Skyler Gisondo, Ty Panitz), also lacking Christmas spirit, believe that their father is Santa Paws in disguise, and that the naughty list is a way to scare them to behave. However, Sniffer (Tim Conway) replies that Christmas is about giving and a holiday they must learn to respect.
Puppy Paws makes it to Fernfield to find Budderball in his home. Budderball introduces Puppy Paws to his brothers and sister. The North Pole puppy causes trouble to each of the Buddies: Budderball gets framed for eating the gingerbread cookies as he tries to get back on the nice list, B-Dawg gets beaten by Puppy Paws at dancing and breaks a vase, Puppy Paws shakes dirt out of his fur in the living room after being taught by Mudbud to roll in the dirt, Rosebud gets an extreme Christmas makeover, and Buddha's meditation statue is turned into a snowman as Puppy Paws explains that the snowman is "what citizens of the North Pole meditate in front of".
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