Rankin/Bass
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Rankin/Bass was an American production company known for its seasonal animated stop motion holiday specials, primarily from Christmas and winter. Their most notable specials include Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Santa Claus is Coming to Town. They also produced the animated television show ThunderCats.
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- Halloween Fairstival — The Poopsmith dresses as Lion-O from the Rankin/Bass cartoon show, ThunderCats.
- Email modeling (DVD Commentary) — Matt Chapman asks if Parson Brown is a clergyman, and Mike says, "I would assume so. He married Frosty." This is a reference to the Rankin/Bass Christmas special Frosty's Winter Wonderland, where the children build a snowman preacher named Parson Brown to marry Frosty and his snow wife.
- Happy Dethemberween — The TV special Homestar and the others watch, Brundo the Decemberween Yak and the Sword of St. Olaf, contains elements of the Rankin/Bass TV specials Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, and Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey.
- 8-Bit is Enough — The TrogSword references ThunderCats, in particular Lion-O's transformation sequence.
- Which Ween Costumes? — The King of Town and Strong Mad dress up as Heat Miser and The Abominable Snowman, respectively. Homestar describes Strong Mad's stop-motion-inspired animation as "so Rankin/Bass".
