Stealing the Spotlight/Trivia

==Trivia==
*For an unknown reason, Nutty was given a starring role on the Winter Break TV special, despite having a featuring appearance in the actual episode. This may have been a goof.
*Character revelation: Lumpy is shown to be very competitive and perhaps envious. When he sees Pop and Cub decorating their house, he gets very angry and envious (because his decorations are broken and minuscule compared to Pop and Cub's decorations) and uses a lot of lights to make his house more decorated.
*Despite this episode having a somewhat high number of characters (twelve), only four of the them have obvious deaths (excluding the Generic Tree Friends deaths).
*Truffles makes two appearances in the Blurb version of this episode, first when Nutty bends over and second behind Pop and Cub's house.
*This is the second episode to be animated by FatKat Animation, the first being Class Act.
*This is one of many episodes to be remastered for the Blurb version.
*This is the only regular Christmas episode where Lumpy survives.
*Cub's crying sounds a lot deeper here when compared to his crying voice in other episodes.
*The ending of this episode is somewhat ironic, as The Mole cannot see and yet, he can somehow recognize that Lumpy's lights have out-shined his competitors.
*This is the only episode where Pop constantly injures Cub, yet doesn't end up being the one responsible for his death at the end of the episode.
*Lumpy is responsible for every death in the episode.
*If one looks closely, the Generic Tree Friends that end up being vaporized look like tailless cats. This is due to their animation sprites being reused ones from Lifty, albeit completely purple like the usual Generic Tree Friends and lacking a tail.
*This is one of the ten Season 2 episodes that don't have a quick shot moment, the others being Out of Sight, Out of Mime, Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark, Better Off Bread, Water Way to Go, Hello Dolly, The Way You Make Me Wheel, Ski Ya, Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya!, and Suck It Up.
*When Cub is giggling because his tooth is back, he makes the same sound as in Rink Hijinks.
*This is one of only two episodes where Pop dies before Cub. This also happens in Havin' A Ball.
*This is one of the many episodes where a character makes "puppy eyes". The other instances are Lumpy in Class Act, Toothy in Better Off Bread, Nutty in Icy You, Russell and Lumpy in Get Whale Soon, Flaky in Ski Ya, Wouldn't Wanna Be Ya!, Lumpy in In a Jam, Lifty in Easy For You to Sleigh, Lumpy in Letter Late than Never, Fliqpy in Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow, Sniffles in Wrath of Con, and Lumpy in All In Vein and Aw, Shucks!.
*Despite Lammy not appearing in this episode, the Blurb mentions her.
*The YouTube thumbnail for the original episode spoils Pop's death, and the thumbnail for the Blurb version spoils Lumpy's injury.
*If Lifty and Shifty don't die, this would be the only internet episode that they have survived so far.
*This is the only time where something outside of the planet is destroyed.
*Cuddles is the only primary character to not appear in this episode.
*This, along with A Bit of a Pickle and Banjo Frenzy, is the only antagonistic role Lumpy has survived. 
*Part of the music used in this episode is reused in the HTF Break short Seize the Day. 
*The Cursed Idol is confirmed to be in the episode, but its location is unknown.
*This is (Debatably) the only episode Pop dies in the episode with more surviving characters than dead characters.
==Cultural References==
*The term "stealing the spotlight" means to grab all the attention, which describes Lumpy's behavior throughout the episode.
*The moral means to consider the positive aspects of a negative situation.
*This episode could be a reference to the scene in the 2000 film How The Grinch Stole Christmas where Martha shows off her Christmas lights to a jealous Betty.
*Cub's injury is a reference to Pinhead from the Hellraiser horror film series.
*Toothy's death might be a reference to the Blast shadows from the Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
==Superlatives==
*Nutty's death is similar to Sniffles' deaths from Tongue in Cheek and In a Jam and Giggles' death in Double Whammy Part I.
*Cub's death is similar to Sniffles' death in Happy Trails Pt. 2: Jumping the Shark.
*Toothy's death is similar to his own death in Easy Comb, Easy Go, Mime to Five, Handy, and Cub's deaths in Gems the Breaks.
*Giggles' death is similar to that of Betty's death in 1000 Ways to Die segment, "Bad Hair Day".
==Production Notes==
*This is the first episode where Jerome Rossen composed the music for the first time.
*From this episode to Wrath of Con, Ellen Connell replaced Dana Belben as the voice of Cub, Petunia, and Giggles.
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