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RingoRingo He/Hima distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
You must choose one of two Animated Christmas Movies as your Champion to fight and triumph over all other Animated Christmas Movies. Your choice of Champion is either

A) Arthur Christmas (2011) - Set on Christmas Eve, the film centers on Arthur Claus, the clumsy but well-meaning son of Santa Claus, who discovers that his father's high-tech ship has failed to deliver one girl's present. Accompanied only by his free-spirited and reckless grandfather, an enthusiastic young Christmas elf obsessed with wrapping gifts for children, and a team of reindeer, he embarks on a mission to deliver the girl's present personally
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B) Klaus (2019) - Serving as an alternate origin story of Santa Claus independent from the historical take of Saint Nicholas of Myra and using a fictional 19th-century setting, the plot revolves around a postman stationed in an island town to the Far North who befriends a reclusive toymaker (Klaus).
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Some of the enemies your Champion will face include:
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1964)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
...AND MORE


Choose your fighter! 54 votes

KLAUS
94%
The GeekMunkus BeaverInvisibleInkFishmanKalTorakMulysaSemproniusRaijin QuickfootHoukKadithZeroCowLindsay LohanSlacker71tynicKane Red RobeBahamutZEROPerrsunDJ EebsDouglasDangerRanlinFeriluce 51 votes
ARTHUR CHRISTMAS
5%
MachwingRingocursedking 3 votes

Posts

  • MatevMatev Cero Miedo Registered User regular
    KLAUS
    Obviously these are grist for the grinder that is the Muppet Christmas Carol, so the weaker one goes over.

    "Go down, kick ass, and set yourselves up as gods, that's our Prime Directive!"
    Hail Hydra
  • RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    ARTHUR CHRISTMAS
    That's live action though! Which is clearly a tag team affair with the likes of Die Hard/Lethal Weapon, Muppets Christmas Carol/Scrooged, Home Alone/Home Alone 2, etc

  • Mortal SkyMortal Sky queer punk hedge witchRegistered User regular
    Larlar Christmas 2: Larlar Got Run Over by a Reindeer

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    KLAUS
    Arthur Christmas has a deeply offputting art style so Klaus by default

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  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Central OhioRegistered User regular
    edited November 2021
    KLAUS
    Klaus fucking rules

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  • RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    ARTHUR CHRISTMAS
    Arthur Christmas has a deeply offputting art style so Klaus by default

    I have not heard this before!

    Once again, I was not expecting an early blowout. I love Arthur Christmas

  • JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    I've never seen either of these.

  • Bizzaro StormyBizzaro Stormy I am Bizzaro Stormy. I am Bizzaro Stormy.Registered User regular
    I am Bizzaro Stormy.

  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Central OhioRegistered User regular
    KLAUS
    Klaus made me read many wiki entries related to the Svalbard archipelago

    Great cast, super cool story, loved the blood feud and setting

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  • Mortal SkyMortal Sky queer punk hedge witchRegistered User regular
    To engage with the thread unironically for a second, damn yeah I should check out Klaus because I have heard seriously good things

    I have a hard time leaning into casually watching Christmas movies but, if I can figure out where to legally watch it...

  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    KLAUS
    Arthur's character design is bland, paint by numbers Pixar At Home shit.

    Klaus has great character design.

  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Central OhioRegistered User regular
    KLAUS
    Klaus could be a god of war protag

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  • HoukHouk Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2021
    KLAUS
    The first one looks like a straight-to-video Walmart exclusive product

    Klaus has a cool artstyle and neat premise, I might actually watch it someday

    The winner was clear even before I saw the results

    Houk on
  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    KLAUS
    Never saw Klaus, but I didn't like Arthur Christmas

  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
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  • PeenPeen Registered User regular
    KLAUS
    Klaus unironically whips, this isn't a fair fight. Arthur should be going up against The Polar Express, that's pretty even.

  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    Arthur Christmas is surprisingly good, actually.

  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    KLAUS
    #pipe wrote: »
    Arthur Christmas is surprisingly good, actually.

    but not good enough for your vote!

  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    KLAUS
    Weaver wrote: »
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    Fear not unarmored infantry and rally to my light so bring even the enemy can clearly see us.

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    Xaquin wrote: »
    #pipe wrote: »
    Arthur Christmas is surprisingly good, actually.

    but not good enough for your vote!

    I disagree with the forced binary choice

  • RanlinRanlin Oh gosh Registered User regular
    KLAUS
    I've never seen either, but Klaus is built like a house and could take them all on at once from the looks of it, even if that's not what you meant

  • RanlinRanlin Oh gosh Registered User regular
    KLAUS
    The first one looks like a straight-to-video Walmart exclusive product

    Klaus has a cool artstyle and neat premise, I might actually watch it someday

    The winner was clear even before I saw the results

    I do really like the clean style and angularity to Klaus.

  • RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    ARTHUR CHRISTMAS
    Arthur Christmas is a movie about dysfunctional family dynamics, it doesn't really need to lean on its art style all that much. Also it's clever and fun, has ridiculous tacticool home invasion elves, and a ton of heart.

    People should be aware that both these movies are fun and watchable.

    Honestly thought there'd be more decrying the Champions vs the 60s classics

  • cursedkingcursedking Registered User regular
    ARTHUR CHRISTMAS
    arthur christmas rules, love that movie

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  • Virgil_Leads_YouVirgil_Leads_You Proud Father House GardenerRegistered User regular
    KLAUS
    Started watching Klaus. Feels very Emperor's New Groove. Feels like Jason Schwartzman is doing a David Spade impression. Like it so far/

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  • MatevMatev Cero Miedo Registered User regular
    KLAUS
    Yah, Arthur Christmas is pretty good, the art style doesn't even factor in.

    But I would take pretty much any of the champions mentioned over it, borne on tides of ages, crusted with tradition and hardened by older wars buoyed by commercials.

    "Go down, kick ass, and set yourselves up as gods, that's our Prime Directive!"
    Hail Hydra
  • PinfeldorfPinfeldorf Yeah ZestRegistered User regular
    A fighting game with only two characters? Hard pass, fam.

  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Central OhioRegistered User regular
    KLAUS
    Ranlin wrote: »
    I've never seen either, but Klaus is built like a house and could take them all on at once from the looks of it, even if that's not what you meant

    This is a major topic of the movie!!!

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  • Virgil_Leads_YouVirgil_Leads_You Proud Father House GardenerRegistered User regular
    edited November 2021
    KLAUS
    Klaus was a lot of fun, thanks Ringo!

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  • Lost SalientLost Salient blink twice if you'd like me to mercy kill youRegistered User regular
    edited November 2021
    KLAUS
    Klaus made me have some weird feelings about Santa that I resented but was funny (in an Emperor's New Groove way for sure) cute and made me cry at the end

    E: also the art style was pretty

    haven't seen Arthur Christmas

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  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    KLAUS
    I haven't seen either, and I always liked the Santa origin in Santa Clause is Coming to Town, but the Klaus Santa looks like a brick shit house who kicks all kinds of ass

  • RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    ARTHUR CHRISTMAS
    Klaus was a lot of fun, thanks Ringo!

    Heck yeah, I'm making a difference!

  • honoverehonovere Registered User regular
    I haven't seen Arthur Christmas but decking out Santa Claus and the elves with military clothes and medals is very off-putting

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  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Central OhioRegistered User regular
  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Central OhioRegistered User regular
    KLAUS
    Someone should fix that track

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  • RingoRingo He/Him a distinct lack of substanceRegistered User regular
    ARTHUR CHRISTMAS
    Someone should fix that track

    I dunno, it's kinda catchy

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    KLAUS
    I like trains

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
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