Santa Claus

Santa Claus is a traditional, secular figure of Christmas good cheer, generally depicted as a jolly, fat old man with a white beard in a red suit. Other nations have their own variations, such as Father Christmas in England and Sinterklaas in the Netherlands. Santa has appeared in several Nickelodeon Christmas specials over the years, portrayed by different actors each time. Nickelodeon characters have sometimes felt the urge to don the familiar beard as well.
==Santa Claus as a character==
===Nicktoons===
Picture	Performer 	Production 	Notes 	
 	Neil Ross 	Rugrats: "The Santa Experience" 	 	
200px 	 	Rocko's Modern Life: "A Sucker For the Suck-O-Matic" 	When Rocko uses the Suck-O-Matic to clean his chimney, he ends up vacuuming Santa and his reindeer. 	
 	Michael Bell 	Oh Yeah! Cartoons: "The Temp!" 	One of his elves, Jeff, escapes from his workshop and poses as a temporary fairy godparent. This is the only time that the Fairly OddParents Santa is shown in a slightly antagonistic light, at least from Jeff's point of view. Santa also has a brief cameo in the next short, "The Zappys!", where he is seen entering the Zappy award ceremony along with Cupid and several other magic beings. 	
200px 	Michael Bell 	Oh Yeah! Cartoons: "Super Santa" shorts 	
Santa and his tough wife, Emma, defend the world from jolly evil. Mike Bell also created the shorts. 	
 	Brian Doyle-Murray 	CatDog: "A Very CatDog Christmas" 	Already disillusioned by the commercialism the kids in Nearburg have succumbed to, Santa decides to cancel Christmas after CatDog sells themselves out. 	
 	Michael Bell 	SpongeBob SquarePants: "Christmas Who?" 	A live-action Santa flies over Bikini Bottom after Squidward finds a note from him. 	
 	Tom Arnold (Corporate Santa);Kevin Michael Richardson (Magic Santa)	The Fairly OddParents 	In "Christmas Every Day!", Santa has the image and personality of a corporate CEO outside of Christmas. Every Christmas Eve, all the fairies transfer their magic to him, transforming him into his more familiar jolly appearance. However, he is always depicted in his familiar jolly form in all of his later appearances on the show (including "Merry Wishmas"). 	
 	 	Merry Nickmas: "Holiday Party" 	Based loosely on the version from the Rankin/Bass special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, he is called St. Nick as a direct reference to the channel's name and laughs to the tune of the Nickelodeon jingle. 	
 	Mel Brooks 	The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius: "Holly Jolly Jimmy" 	Santa is shown to be a supergenius much like Jimmy. 	
 	Pat Fraley 	My Life as a Teenage Robot: "A Robot for All Seasons" 	 	
 	Kevin Michael Richardson 	Back at the Barnyard: "It's an Udderful Life" 	Santa comes down with a case of ferret fever. 	
 	 	The Mighty B!: "Macro Mayhem" 	Bessie dreams of Santa Claus telling her that Christmas needs her, specifically her ability to macrame. After asking Bessie if she'd like to ride the sleigh this Christmas, she covers the entire world in macrame. 	
 	Maddie Taylor 	T.U.F.F. Puppy 	Santa is depicted as an anthropomorphic polar bear. He first appears briefly in the episode "Mission: Really Big Mission" and later has to be rescued in "A Doomed Christmas" (which, confusingly, was aired before "Mission: Really Big Mission"). 	
 	Carl Reiner 	The Penguins of Madagascar: "The All Nighter Before Christmas" 	Skipper and Private try to find Santa in New York but they clash with the charity Santas instead. When Kidsmas was in chaos, Skipper had to stand in, and soon enough Santa arrives. He briefly says hello to Julien, remembering the fun he had on Madagascar (referring to the 2009 special ). He scolds Skipper for knocking out most of the Charity Santa's. He tells Skipper that Santa magic was in him all along. He leaves the zoo and restores the tree that Julien cut down.	
 	John Goodman 	SpongeBob SquarePants: "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" 	Unlike in the first SpongeBob Christmas special, Santa is depicted as resembling an anthropomorphic "sea pig". 	
 	Donavon Stinson 	A Fairly Odd Christmas 	As this movie is a follow-up to The Fairly OddParents, this Santa is the same version from the show. 	
 	Jeff Bennett 	Bunsen Is a Beast: "Bunsen Saves Christmas" 	Santa is captured by Amanda Killman because she was on the naughty list. 	
 	rowspan="2" Lewis Black 	SpongeBob SquarePants: "Goons on the Moon" and "SpongeBob's Road to Christmas"	The version of Santa from "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" returns in traditional animation... 	
 	Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years: "The Ho! Ho! Horror!" 	...and in CGI animation. 	 	
 	 	Middlemost Post: "Parker Saves Christmas" and "Summer Santa" 	Angus Shackleton greatly envies Santa, who is revealed to be his older brother at the end of "Parker Saves Christmas". He returns in "Summer Santa", in which it is revealed that his beard changes color depending on the season (in the summer, it is as brown as Angus' mustache). 	
 	John DiMaggio 	The Loud House: "Can't Lynn Them All" 	He appears as a good guy wrestler. 	
===Live-action===
Picture	Performer 	Production 	Notes
 	 	All That: Episode 225: Run DMC 	At the beginning of the episode, Santa visits the greenroom, where the cast members tell him what they want for Christmas. Later, he appears in an Adventures of Superdude sketch in which he gets captured by Milkman, but is fortunately rescued by Superdude.
 	 	Kenan and Kel: "Merry Christmas, Kenan"	At the end of the episode, Santa brings Kenan the Roadblazer Deluxe Elite mountain bike that he wanted.
 	Thomasina Gross	The Great Nickmas Tree Sliming 	
===Nick Jr.===
Picture	Performer 	Production 	Notes
 	Howie Dorough 	Dora the Explorer: "A Present for Santa" 	The Backstreet Boys member voiced Santa in the show's first Christmas episode.
 	Harry Chase 	Go, Diego, Go!: "Diego Saves Christmas" 	
 	Conan O'Brien 	The Backyardigans: "The Action Elves Save Christmas Eve" 	Although never seen, Snappy the elf talks to Santa by cell phone.
 	Ron Pardo (Season 1)Marty Moreau (Season 7)	PAW Patrol: "Pups Save Christmas" 	
 	Harry Chase 	Dora the Explorer: "Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure" 	
 	Bob Joles 	Blaze and the Monster Machines: "Monster Machine Christmas"	
 	Carl Reiner 	Shimmer and Shine: "Santa's Little Genies" 	
 	Alfred Molina 	Santiago of the Seas: "A Pirate Christmas" 	
 	Eric Bauza 	Baby Shark's Big Show!: "All I Want for Fishmas" 	This version is named Santa Jaws.
==Characters dressing as Santa Claus==
Picture	Character 	Production 	Notes
 	Mr. Knack 	Eureeka's Castle: "Christmas at Eureeka's Castle" 	Mr. Knack dresses up as Santa for the castle's Christmas play.
 	Chas Finster 	Rugrats: "The Santa Experience" 	Chuckie's dad dresses up as Santa to show his son that Santa isn't scary.
 	Stinky Wizzleteats 	Ren & Stimpy's Crock o' Christmas 	The album's cover art depicts Stinky dressed as Santa. He would later appear as the Yaksmas equivalent of Santa in "A Scooter for Yaksmas", though he did not wear a Santa costume in that episode.
 	Porkchop 	Doug: "Doug's Christmas Story" 	
 	Boney 	The Weinerville New Year's Special: Lost in the Big Apple 	Boney tries to get some money after losing his wallet by getting a job as a charity worker, but he then learns that the money is supposed to go to less fortunate people.
 	Kenan Rockmore 	Kenan & Kel: "Merry Christmas, Kenan" 	Kenan gets a job as a department store Santa (after the original employee is clobbered by a bratty kid) so he can get enough money to buy the Roadblazer Deluxe Elite bike.
 	Ickis 	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters: "Hooked on Phobics" 	Ickis' phobia kit includes a Santa Claus costume, which he uses to scare a couple who are afraid of Santa.
 	The Drifter 	100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd: "A Very Canine Christmas" 	The Drifter caught Eddie ruining his lawn decorations and has to travel him to his old past where he hated Christmas.
 	Squidward Tentacles 	SpongeBob SquarePants: "Christmas Who?" 	After SpongeBob is unhappy that Santa did not come to Bikini Bottom for Christmas, Squidward (who previously refused to believe in Santa) dresses up as Santa to cheer him up and ends up giving away everything in his house.
 	Jonas Foutley 	As Told by Ginger: "An Even Steven Holiday Special" 	Jonas dresses as Santa and collects money for charity on a street corner. Hoodsey thinks that Jonas is the real Santa.
 	Timmy Turner 	The Fairly OddParents: "Christmas Every Day!" 	Timmy wears a Santa suit as he sings "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day".
 	Lou Pickles 	Rugrats: "Babies In Toyland" 	Grandpa Lou plays Santa at the Christmasland park after Angelica drives away the man previously hired to play Santa.
 	Rudy Tabootie 	ChalkZone: "When Santas Collide" 	Rudy fills in for one of ChalkZone's Santas.
 	Hilly Burford 	Back at the Barnyard: "It's an Udderful Life" 	Hilly dresses up as St. Nick and hands out toast.
 	SpongeBob SquarePants 	SpongeBob SquarePants: "Atlantis SquarePantis" 	SpongeBob dresses up as Santa with bubbles during "The Bubble Song".
 	Timmy Turner 	The Fairly OddParents: "Operation Dinkleberg" 	Timmy disguises himself as Santa when infiltrating Sheldon Dinkleberg's house.
 	Chief Herbert Dumbrowski	rowspan="2" T.U.F.F. Puppy: "A Doomed Christmas" 	The Chief plays Santa at T.U.F.F.'s Christmas party.
 	The Chameleon 	The Chameleon disguises himself as Santa and tricks the agents of T.U.F.F. into letting him use one of their transport tubes so he, Snaptrap, and Bird Brain can get to the North Pole.	
 	Stella 	Winx Club: "A Magix Christmas" 	After an ice barrier prevents Bloom from going home for Christmas, Stella dresses as Santa to cheer Bloom up.
 	Mr. Turner 	rowspan="3" A Fairly Odd Christmas 	Timmy's dad appears to be working as a Salvation Army Santa, with Mrs. Turner assisting him, though they don't actually seem to realize that it's Christmas until their son tells them.
 	Timmy Turner 	After accidentally injuring the real Santa, the now-23-year-old Timmy has to fill in for him. 	
 	Cosmo and Wanda 	Timmy's fairy godparents are shown wearing Santa costumes during the party at the end. 	
 	Bud Grouse 	The Loud House: "11 Louds a Leapin'" and "The Whole Picture" 	In "11 Louds a Leapin'", the Louds' crotchety neighbor, in gratitude for them making his Christmas happy, dresses as Santa to leave gifts for them, including giving his old sled to Lincoln. He dresses as Santa again in "The Whole Picture" to help Lincoln re-shoot a photo of a past visit to Santa.
 	Harvey Beaks 	Harvey Beaks: "It's Christmas, You Dorks!" 	In the episode's intro sequence, one of the still images shows Harvey playing Santa.
 	Luan Loud 	The Loud House: "A Pimple Plan" 	One of Luan's attempts to cover up her zit is wearing a fake Santa beard made of cotton candy.
 	George Bramley 	It's Pony: "Bramley Holiday" 	George wears a Santa costume when he and his family try to get to Cliffton to visit his mother by sneaking onto a touring group's bus.
 	Flip 	The Loud House: "A Flipmas Carol" 	The owner of Flip's Food & Fuel dresses as Santa when making up for swindling his customers.
 	Patchy the Pirate 	SpongeBob SquarePants: "SpongeBob's Road to Christmas" 	Patchy dresses up as Santa as a side job in Encino's Christmas Land Theme Park.
 	Cliff the Cat 	The Loud House: "All the Rage" 	Lincoln shows Clyde a photo of Cliff in a Santa suit, explaining that Leni dressed him in that costume for Halloween.
 	Lincoln Loud 	The Loud House: "Snow Escape" 	Lincoln wears a Santa costume when he, Leni, Luan, Lola, and Lisa disguise themselves as a neighbor's Christmas display to avoid Lynn Jr.'s snowball attacks.
==Mentions==
*In The Ren & Stimpy Show episode "An Abe Divided", Stimpy mistakes the Lincoln Memorial for Santa and reads his Christmas list to it. Later, when trying to glue the statue's head back together after he and Ren have broken it open, Stimpy sculpts Santa's head instead.
*In the Rugrats episode "The Blizzard", the Rugrats imagine themselves trekking through the North Pole in search of Santa, because they need him to fix Chuckie's broken fire truck.
*In the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Wishing You Well", Squidward mentions that he is claustrophobic, which SpongeBob thinks means that he's afraid of Santa Claus.
*In the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Krabs a la Mode", Squidward complains about how cold the Krusty Krab is (which, unbeknownst to him and the others, is due to Plankton messing with the thermostat). Mr. Krabs responds "I don't care if Santy Claus and Jack Frost are having ice cream cones!"
*In the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Frozen Face-Off", Mr. Krabs assures SpongeBob that the Abominable Snow Mollusk is "as real as Santy Claus."
*In The Loud House episode "Absent Minded", an entry in Clyde McBride's journal mentions that he once dressed up as Santa for Halloween, but no one noticed the irony of it.
*In The Loud House episode "Can't Hardly Wait", when Lisa works on her new inventions in the kitchen, Lynn Sr. is heard shouting "Lisa Marie, where are you going with my good zester? Santa's watching!"
*In The Loud House episode "Room and Hoard", after she and Luna stuff their new possessions into the chimney, Luan remarks, "Well, it might be a tight squeeze for Santa next Christmas."
*In The Loud House episode "Family Bonding", Lincoln mentions a David Steele issue where M.A.L.I.C.E. took over the North Pole and held Santa for ransom.
*In The Loud House episode "Much Ado About Noshing", as the kids are debating about who's the person giving bad reviews to Lynn's Table, Leni shouts, "Santa Claus!", thinking they were just yelling out names.
*In The Loud House episode "Flip This Flip", when awoken from a nap, Flip mutters, "I didn't eat the hot dogs, it was Santa!"
*In The Loud House episode "Eye Can't", right before hacking into Royal Woods' transportation grid, Lisa says, "Thank you, Santa, for the nifty satellite set!"
*In The Loud House episode "Save Royal Woods!", when Lincoln suggests they try making up a historical tall tale to save Royal Woods, Lola remarks, "I don't know; is Santa gonna see?"
*In The Loud House episode "Party Fowl", Sergio gets into the Loud house by going down the chimney, saying that he's doing it "just like ol' St. Nick."
==Connections==
The following actors, who have appeared in Nickelodeon productions, have portrayed Santa in other film or television appearances.
*Charlie Adler voiced Santa in All I Want for Christmas is You (2017).
*Tim Allen played Scott Calvin/Santa in The Santa Clause movies (1994-2007) and reprised the role for the Disney+ series The Santa Clauses (2022).
*Ed Asner voiced Santa in The Story of Santa Claus (1996) and Olive the Other Reindeer (1999), and also portrayed him in Elf (2003).
*Dee Bradley Baker voiced Santa in the Codename: Kids Next Door episode "Operation: N.A.U.G.H.T.Y." (2005) and the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episodes "Mickey Saves Santa" (2006) and "Choo-Choo Express" (2009).
*Jeff Bennett voiced Santa in the Dexter's Laboratory episode "Dexter Vs. Santa's Claws" (1998).
*Clancy Brown voiced Santa in Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation! (2009)
*Corey Burton voiced Santa in the House of Mouse episode "Clarabelle's Christmas List" (2002).
*Jim Cummings voiced Santa in the Darkwing Duck episode "It's a Wonderful Leaf" (1991), The Mask: The Animated Series episode "Santa Mask" (1995), the Earthworm Jim episode "For Whom the Jingle Bell Tolls" (1996), The Online Adventures of Ozzie the Elf (1997), and The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (2000), and also provided his singing voice in The Story of Santa Claus (1996).
*John Goodman voiced Santa in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998) and Robot Santa in the Futurama episode "Xmas Story" (1999), and also portrayed Santa in the live-action The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006).
*Gilbert Gottfried voiced Santa in Billy and Mandy Save Christmas (2005).
*Tom Kane and Phil LaMarr voiced two imaginary Santas in the Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends episode "A Lost Claus" (2005).
*Tom Kenny voiced Santa in the Camp Lazlo episode "Kamp Kringle" (2007).
*Mark Hamill voiced Santa in Tom and Jerry: Santa's Little Helpers (2014).
*Christopher Lloyd voiced Santa in the Big City Greens episode "Green Christmas" (2019).
*Les Lye voiced Father Christmas in Babar and Father Christmas (1986).
*Robert Morse voiced Santa in several episodes of Teen Titans Go! from 2015 to 2021.
*Daran Norris voiced Santa in The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show episode "Jingle Bells, Something Smells" (1995) and The Replacements episode "Dick Daring's All-Star Holiday Stunt Spectacular 5" (2008).
*Kevin Michael Richardson voiced Santa in Duck the Halls: A Mickey Mouse Christmas Special (2016).
*Jeffrey Tambor voiced Santa in My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie (2007).
*Fred Tatasciore voiced Santa in Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays (2012).
*Frank Welker voiced Santa in A Chipmunk Christmas (1981) and Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas (1992).
*Jonathan Winters voiced Santa in Santa vs. the Snowman (1997).
*John DiMaggio voiced Santa in the Unikitty episode "Top of the Naughty List".
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