A Royal Christmas To Remember

A Royal Christmas To Remember is the 13th episode of Happy Tree Friends: King Beaver's Royal Show and the 13th episode of Season 1. This is the show's first Christmas episode. This episode marks the debut of Heather's friend Tula who wears a gold tutu and ballet slippers. In this episode, King Beaver and his family get ready for Christmas.

## Cast

**Starring:**

* King Beaver
* Queen Ballerina
* The Diaper Prince
* The Diaper Princess
* Prince Smartypants
* Princess Umi
* Prince Baby Mojo
* Duke Gutenberg
* Heather
* Tula (debut)
* Joni
* Odette
* Dorothy
* Debbie
* Jenny Penny
* Lin
* Phoebe
* Terri
* Trisha
* Veronica

**Featuring:**

* The Princess Rabbit Trio
* The Skunk Princesses
* Cuddles
* Giggles
* Petunia
* Toothy
* Kira
* Nona The Gypsy
* The Squirrel Empress
* The Squirrel Emperor
* The Squirrel Prince
* Irene

**Appearances:**

* Lumpy (the lumberjack)
* The Great Foxini
* Generic Tree Friends

## Plot

One winter day at King Beaver's palace, The Princess Rabbit Trio came back with a big tree that Lumpy timbered in the woods for them, King Beaver was amazed that the tree is perfect and pays Lumpy back for getting their Christmas tree for them. The Diaper Princess who only has her diaper on walks around the palace and comes to her mother Queen Ballerina who is finishing with changing Prince Baby Mojo's diaper. The Diaper Princess tells her mom the tree has arrived. Queen Ballerina puts a fresh diaper on Prince Baby Mojo and they head to the foyer to see it. Princess Umi with only her panties comes with her brothers to see the tree. Princess Cera questions why is the Diaper Princess only in her diapers and Princess Umi only in her panties. They say they are getting new outfits for Christmas. Meanwhile, Duke Gutenberg was hanging up stockings near the fireplace. He bends a thumbtack in the process and smashes his finger which made him shout. Princess Tiana comes with the first aid kit and treats Duke Gutenberg.

The Skunk Princesses in red dresses and green capes for Christmas arrived with some gifts. The Princess Rabbit Trio handshakes them, Princess Umi tells them to put the gifts in the basement. The Squirrel Empress, The Squirrel Emperor and The Squirrel Prince arrive at the palace to help out with decorating the palace for Christmas. Princess Hannah handshakes them and directs them to the throne room. Princess Umi tells The Squirrel Empress that she wants a new dress for Christmas with a cape attached to it like hers. She wants that dress to have a red diamond. She also wants the same cape attached separate and the same dress also separate as well. Princess Hannah makes note of it. The Squirrel Empress walks out of the room and comes back wearing another version of her dress without a cape. She tells Princess Umi that she has extra dresses with capes and without capes. She puts on a separate cape to please Princess Umi. The Diaper Princess. felt bored cause she always wears the same gold cape every month even when she ties it on her, So that's why she wishes for a new one with a button on it. The Squirrel Prince comforts The Diaper Princess who is only in her diaper. King Beaver and Queen Ballerina were decorating the Christmas tree, Suddenly Queen Ballerina trips on an empty box and it crushes flat as a pancake. She skinks her elbow and Duke Gutenberg with a splint on his finger brings some bacitracin and a band aid to treat the wound. As soon as they finish the tree, Queen Ballerina heads to her personal ballet studio to practice The Nutcracker. Prince Baby Mojo is longing for a toy train set. The Diaper Prince listening to Hanson on the radio wants Hanson CDs and Princess Luna is considering that as Christmas is only days away. At Irene's Dress Shop, The Squirrel Empress tells Irene to make something for Princess Umi. Irene starts to get to work on what The Squirrel Empress requested.

Later that evening, King Beaver goes out Christmas shopping with Duke Gutenberg. They head to Irene's dress shop and King Beaver asks Irene if she can come to the palace on Christmas Eve as his wife is doing The Nutcracker ballet . Irene agrees and Duke Gutenberg hands her the ticket. The Squirrel Empress says she will also come. At the department store, Duke Gutenberg and King Beaver shop for Christmas presents and King Beaver finds something Prince Baby Mojo might like.

The next day, The royal family went to the opera theater to see Kira's Christmas singing in downtown Happy Tree Town. They were accompanied by their usual fanfare when they arrive in town. They sit front row with Cuddles, Toothy, Petunia and Giggles to see Kira singing Christmas songs. During intermission, Princess Umi tells Cuddles, Toothy, Petunia and Giggles about their plans for Christmas. The 4 are pleased with this.

Meanwhile back at the palace, The Princess Rabbit Trio and The Skunk Princesses are explaining the Christmas eve ballet. Outside, someone walks around in a unusual fashion. The Skunk Princesses go outside and spray that person. It is one of the palace workers. The Skunk Princesses apologize to the Generic. Duke Gutenberg tells Kiki and Roda to prepare the Christmas cookies and Cera and Tiana to get the Christmas lights up which was ordered by King Beaver. They do that and Duke Gutenberg thinks about getting some power tools for Christmas.

Days later on Christmas Eve, Queen Ballerina and her ballet friends Joni, Debbie, Dorothy, Jenny Penny, Odette, Phoebe, Lin, Terri, Trisha, Veronica, Heather and Tula practice for the big show coming later in the evening, When practicing, Lin trips and falls down on her back. She dusts herself off and gets back up and resumes practicing. Terri loves Tula's golden tutu and slippers and Tula is pleased. Meanwhile Duke Guttenberg is setting up milk and cookies in the foyer but the cup of milk falls and breaks. The Great Foxini shows up and magically fixes the cup. Then evening came as the Christmas ballet begins when the audience are sat down in the stage room. Nona The Gypsy does an opening dance and The Nutcracker ballet begins. Queen Ballerina and the others in sparkly tutus dance to the music of The Nutcracker. King Beaver and the rest of his family sit in the front row as his wife dances up a storm. Once the ballet is over, the crowd cheers and throw roses at Queen Ballerina.

Later, Christmas eve dinner happens and Queen Ballerina and King Beaver serve up some nice hickory smoked ham and mashed potatoes and fresh bread to their family and The Squirrel Empress and her family. The Squirrel Prince and his mom wearing only their capes loved how Queen Ballerina danced during the ballet. Queen Ballerina thanks them.

Christmas morning comes and King Beaver and his family open presents with The Squirrel Empress and her family. The Diaper Princess gets a new cape with a button on it so that is much easier for her to put it on and off. She finds out The Squirrel Prince gave it to her. She puts it on and the family is happy with her cape. Princess Umi gets a new golden dress with cape attached. She also gets a a separate cape and capless dress. Princess Umi goes to the next room and comes out wearing her new dress. The Squirrel Empress said she made it with help from Irene. Prince Baby Mojo gets a toy train set and loves it. King Beaver gives Prince Baby Mojo a diamond. Prince Baby Mojo loves it and puts it in his diaper. The Diaper Prince gets a stereo boombox and Hanson CDs. Prince Smartypants gets a new HP pavilion laptop with numeric keypad. The Princess Rabbit Trio each got a journal. The Skunk Princesses got art supplies. Duke Gutenberg gets power tools and the kind he got is Black & Decker. King Beaver got some cookbooks and Queen Ballerina got a ballet dancing DVD for Christmas. The Squirrel Empress gets a pressure cooker from Duke Gutenberg. The Squirrel Emperor opens his gift and gets a deluxe chess game. He said that he had the same old chess game he got as a wedding present when he married The Squirrel Empress and he wanted to upgrade. He gives his old chess game to King Beaver. The Squirrel Prince gets a Deluxe Wheel Of Fortune Board Game from The Diaper Princess. He kisses her for doing that. Everyone is pleased with their gifts, ending the episode.

Moral: "Have a good holiday season!"

## Injuries

* Duke Gutenberg smashes his finger while hanging the stockings.
* Queen Ballerina trips on an empty cardboard box and skinks her elbow.
* A Generic Tree Friend gets sprayed by The Skunk Princesses skunk sprays.

## Destruction

* A thumbtack gets bent Duke Gutenberg tries to hang King Beaver's stocking.
* The box Queen Ballerina trips on gets crushed flat like a pancake.
* A cup of milk falls and shatters on the floor (The Great Foxini uses her magic to fix it).

## Trivia

* The Diaper Prince and The Diaper Princess don't soil their diapers or have anything happen to them.
	+ Prince Baby Mojo puts the diamond he got for Christmas from his father King Beaver in his diaper but he does not soil his diaper. However in one scene, Queen Ballerina is finishing with changing Prince Baby Mojo's diaper making it unknown if Prince Baby Mojo peed or pooped his diaper.
* Lumpy has a brief role as a lumberjack similar to his role in the HTF Canon episode Out on a Limb. Here Lumpy doesn't suffer any injuries and he cut the tree down off camera without any problems most likely The Princess Rabbit Trio helped him.
* Queen Ballerina and her ballet friends dance to music from The Nutcracker, Here they sport sparkly tutus.
* The episode's title is a reference to the Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers song "A Christmas To Remember", there is also a Christmas special of the same name starring Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers as well.
* Princess Umi wears only her panties until Christmas Day.
* The Diaper Princess wears only her diaper until Christmas Day.
* The Diaper Princess got a new royal cape for Christmas replacing her old cape.
* Princess Umi got a new dress and cape for Christmas.
* The Diaper Prince got a new stereo boombox for Christmas along with some Hanson CDs.
* Prince Smartpants got an HP Pavilion laptop for Christmas.
* In addition to the diamond, Prince Baby Mojo got a toy train set for Christmas.
* Queen Ballerina got a ballet dancing DVD for Christmas.
* King Beaver got some cookbooks for Christmas and The Squirrel Emperor's old chess game.
* The Princess Rabbit Trio got journals for Christmas.
* The Skunk Princesses got art supplies for Christmas.
* Duke Gutenberg got some power tools for Christmas.
* The Squirrel Empress got a pressure cooker for Christmas and it is the Ninja brand.
* The Squirrel Emperor got a deluxe chess game for Christmas.
* The Squirrel Prince got a Deluxe Wheel Of Fortune Board Game for Christmas from The Diaper Princess.
* The Diaper Princess and Princess Umi are the only characters to get new clothes for Christmas while the others get their basic necessities.
* The Skunk Princesses wear red dresses with green capes at the start and wear their regular dresses for the rest of the episode.
* This is the first episode where The Skunk Princesses use their skunk spray,
* This is also the first episode to have The Squirrel Empress wear her capeless dress with her separate cape. She also wears her normal dress. At the Christmas eve feast, she only wears her separate cape. This is also the first episode where The Squirrel Prince wears only his cape but only at the feast while he wore his coat at the beginning and the end.