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trinketprince · 3 years

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All the Youkaimatsus so far

JExcept sets that have all of them as the same youkais (Nekomata, Tanuki and the various Kitsune sets from Tabimatsu)

Pinup Poster from the Osomatsu Character Book #6 (July 2016)

A classic. The very first iteration of Youkaimatsu. Kind of hard to find since it was a bonus poster from the character book, so unless you were actively looking for the book, you wouldn’t find this.

Osomatsu - Kitsune (unknown how many tails he has but is often depicted in fan artworks as 6 or 9, 9 meaning strongest/wisest a kitsune has been, Spirit Fox)

Karamatsu - Karasu-Tengu (pun on Kara, Bird Man)

Choromatsu - Dodomeki (usually a woman cursed with long arms littered with many bird eyes because of greed. Most popular one imo)

Ichimatsu + ESP Nyanko - Nekomata (Two-tailed cat, legend says that cats who live longer than a 100 years gain a second tail)

Jyushimatsu - Rokurobi (available in two flavors. Long Neck and Floating Head. He is the former. Theorized to not actually be a youkai but created for entertainment. Also used as a literary device for a wandering soul.)

Todomatsu - Yukki Onna (Also a joke on Todo being scared stiff. Yuki Onna pull tricks on humans that usually end on the person’s death via cold. Has a harsh and soft side)

Youkai Units from The Great Youkai War event from Hesokuri Wars (November 2016)

Most popular Youkaimatsu set, this baby could get milked for miles, but for some reason isn’t. Has a lot of variants (Awakened, Darkness, Snow, Sakura and Hyakki Yagyou) and connected to a lot of other sets: Denki Mystery, Colorless Overalls, Mononoke and a bunch of others. She is the top DOGG set.

Osomatsu - Shuten-Douji (Oni Leader with a penchance for Sake, literally carrying a big ass bottle of it on his back, since he is the leader of the sextuplets and the one seen drinking beer the most)

Karamatsu - Aoandon (Summoned after 100 supernatural stories are told. Originated from the blue (ao) paper lanterns (andon) that were sometimes used to give a chilling atmosphere)

Choromatsu - Daitengu (Great Tengu, Tengus were theorized to be ascended souls, but also has its origins in a Dog Beast that looked like a comet. For some reason Dog Beast turned into Bird Man. The bird man’s beak is often anthropomorphized into long noses. Tells humanity to behave by throwing invisible stones at them)

Ichimatsu - Nine-tailed Kitsune (So wise. So powerful)

Jyushimatsu - Inugami (Dog God that possesses people)

Todomatsu - Bake-Danuki (also known as tanuki, mischievous spirits, mostly known in pop culture for their BIG FAT NUTS)

Dayon is a miko, a shrine maiden. Hatabou is an Onmyoji, an exorcist, Dekapan is a kannushi, a shrine priest. Totoko and Iyami are regular civillians

Youkai Hyakki Yagyou merchandise from Animate Girls Festival (September 2017)

One of the lesser known sets, considering that it’s just designs for a line of merch but their designs are so good? Why don’t people use these designs more often.

Osomatsu - Karasu-Tengu

Karamatsu - Nine-tailed fox

Choromatsu - Shuten-Douji (A possible reference to Season 1 Episode 2 where he gets the most drunk?)

Ichimatsu - Mizuchi (Legendary Water Serpent/Dragon)

Jyushimatsu - Kamaitachi (Beast that rides on dust devils. Cuts people using it’s scythe-like nails. The wounds are sharp but painless)

Todomatsu - Ungaikyou (A haunted mirror that can be used to trap spirits. The spirits in the ungaikyou can manipulate the reflection shown on it’s reflection.)

Kitsune Servant Set from Tabimatsu (September 2017)

Ok I know I said I wouldn’t cover the Kitsune sets from Tabimatsu since there are like 5 different Kitsune sets, but this one is noteworthy cause they have secondary Youkai traits other than the regular kitsune traits.

Osomatsu - Oni’s horns

Karamatsu - Tengu’s wings

Choromatsu - Orochi around his neck

Ichimatsu - True Kitsune (Or Nekomata’s paw?)

Jyushimatsu - Wanyudo (Flaming Wheel)

Todomatsu - I don’t know, but there’s something around his neck?

Japanese Youkai set from Shimamatsu (January 2018)

Shimamatsu was such a good game, what a shame it ended so soon. The 3D models were so cute. Edit: The two designs are from before and after evolution!

Osomatsu - Enma-san (A wrathful god in charge of judging souls in the afterlife. Resides over hell)

Karamatsu - Yamato no Orochi (Eight headed and Eight-tailed serpent/dragon)

Choromatsu - Kamaitachi (wields an actual scythe)

Ichimatsu - Youkai Catman or a Bakaneko (Catboy, furry)

Jyushimatsu - Yobuko (lives in the mountains, repeats whatevers shouted into the mountain, explains the phenomemon of Echos)

Todomatsu - Yuki Otoko (Snowman, a Yuki Onna basically)

“Inn” Osoma and Choroe from Osomatsu Season 2 Episode 17

A BUNCH OF PEOPLE REMINDED ME AND HOW COULD I FORGET THE BEST YOUKAI EVER. Osoma baby,,,, I’m so sorry..... Srsly, this skit was so good, I hope they make more skits like this where they make entirely new characters out of the framework of the sextuplets.

Osoma - A Zashiki-warashi, child spirits who live in store rooms or extra rooms, they died buried in their homes. Pranksters but meeting one is said to bring good fortunes to families. Osoma gets crossovered a lot with the other Youkai sets in JP fanart. A popular pairing is Dodomeki Chorosuke (from Denki Mystery) and Osoma also Kitsune Osomatsu (from the poster) and Osoma.

Choroe - Not necessarily a youkai, in fact in the episode she’s presented as just a regular human. But is theorized often to be a Yama-uba. An old woman banished to the mountains. She provides shelter to weary travelers (in the myth it’s just a humble shelter but you know. an inn is also considered a shelter) before eating them. In one story she eats the recently birthed baby of a woman who had to give birth in the mountains.

Mononoke from Hesokuri Wars (May 2019)

Technically they are all the same type of being, Mononoke, but they look different from each other. Mononoke can posses individuals and cause suffereing and even death. And technically they aren’t Youkais but Onryos, vengeful spirits. But Onryos can also be used to refer to youkais and truthfully I just wanna include this set cause their designs are so cool looking. This set’s attacks contain glimpses of units of other sets.

Osomatsu - Bear themed

Karamatsu - Wolf themed

Choromatsu - Rooster/Chicken themed

Ichimatsu - Spider

Jyushimatsu - Boar

Todomatsu - Bull or Ox

Edo Rock The Great Youkai Harvest Festival from Tabimatsu (October 2019)

This set is interesting cause rather than youkai alone, they are also musicians. This set also has another set like Hesokuri called The Great Youkai NEET which is basically the awakened versions, properly showcasing more of the youkai traits.

Osomatsu - Shuten-Douji (Again, we need to stage an intervention for you damn)

Karamatsu - Karasu-Tengu (Again)

Choromatsu - Mizuchi (actually riding said serpent)

Ichimatsu - Black Kitsune (Hot Topic, Goth version)

Jyushimatsu - Frog. Just. Frog. (could be a reference to the legend of Jiraiya, the ninja who could shapeshift into a frog/ride big frogs. His mouth is cover just like a ninja is too.)

Todomatsu - Kamaitachi (could be a reference to season 1 where Todomatsu wields a scythe)

Iyami - Oni (not sure if he’s any particular oni but he does have the horns and metal club)

Atsushi - Ibaraki-Douji? (White hair and singular horn, most imporant servant of Shuten-Douji)

Promo Merch from Sega Cafe collab (September 2020)

Edit: Thank you @zenryokubatankyu for notifying me! Another set of promo youkais! You can get them by random by ordering a drink or meal at the now-defunct Sega x Osomatsu collab cafe. And the return of F6? Damn I haven’t seen you since Season 2!

Osomatsu - Oni

Karamatsu - I’m not exactly sure but he seems like a Mizuchi, a water serpent/dragon. He also could be another legendary serpent/dragon though.

Choromatsu - Kappa

Ichimatsu + ESP Nyanko - Karasu-Tengu

Jyushimatsu - I’m not sure, at first i thought it might be a crab youkai judging from the legs, but upon closer inspection he has spider webs on his robes, so they may be spider legs instead. Could be a Jorogumo, a youkai that wields fire breathing spiders with it’s spider legs

Todomatsu - Bakaneko (I think? The veil could be the napkin a bakaneko puts on it’s head)

Ayakashi Sextuplet’s Retro Halloween Cafe merch from Web Kuji (October 2020)

Thank you @gradelstuff for telling me about this! Ayakashi are Youkai that appear above nearby bodies of water. Although the youkais they’re dressed up as (or are?) aren’t really what you would call ayakashi? Although it’s cafe themed, it isn’t actually from a cafe collaboration. These designs are merchandise meant to be won through lottery. So if say you really love Kara and Choro’s designs (I do), then tough luck buddy!

Osomatsu - Oni

Karamatsu - Now you may think he’s Dodomeki since he’s covered with eyes, but turns out there are two other eye-relateed youkai! Mokumokuren is a youkai phenomenon where eyes appear from torn paper walls and tatami floors, initially i thought this was it given the checkered pattern he was wearing. But he might actually be a Hyakume, a youkai covered head to toe in yellow eyes specifically. Underneath those eyes is a body of flesh roughly in the shape of a man. This Youkai isn’t particularly malicious, only detaching one of it’s many eyes to follow you and survey you for criminal activiy. He might also be a BackBeard, a youkai allegedly from the US, err that would make him a cryptid I guess? A Backbeard is often characterized as a shadow with a Yellow eye with a red iris in the center. Note: Backbeard’s true origins are not known as there doesn’t seem to be any cryprid called a Backbeard, it first entered the Japanese public eye as an antogonist in the show Gegege no Kitaro. Although ever since then this “yokai” has appeared in other media and games in Japan.

Choromatsu - He isn’t exactly dressed as it (only themed as it) but the youkai he represents is the one he’s holding, a Kasa-obake, One of my favorite youkais and it’s literally iconic. Thought to be a Tsukomogami, an object that gains a spirit after it turns 100 years old.

Ichimatsu - Edit: I’m not sure but he might be a Kuchisake-Onna. In the description attached to his teaser, it makes mention of specifically his wide smile, his dos dagger and his beautiful shirt. A kuchisake onna is a yokai that wanders in the street covering her face with a mask (skull mask for ichi) and a sharp object (his dos dagger). TW GORE DESCRIPTION: She asks you if you think she’s attractive and depending on your answer she muders you with her scissors, plunging it into you OR she takes off her mask showing her wide smile, her mouth slit at the corners to her ears and asks “how about now?” and depending on your reaction she cuts you in half with her sharp object OR she slits the corners of your mouth to look like hers. END DESCRIPTION. Ichi has the mask, sharp object, wide smile and “attractiveness”. Obviously it would be inappropriate to portray ichi in the same fashion as the kuchisake onna so he was probably given the internal organ tattoos to represent the gory yokai. (internal organs usually = gore in japan). This is speculah and he might be another youkai but this is all i can think of rn.

Jyushimatsu - sailor themed Jiangshi. Jiangshi are basically Zombies originally from Chinese culture. They hop around, and crave for life force. this little jyushimatsu has taken to tomato juice instead. (Bonus: the zombie that osomatsu is in the zombie set in hesokuri wars is also a Jiangshi)

Todomatsu - Kitsune (sly fox)

“The Night Path” Youkai from Osomatsu-san Season 3 Episode 6 (November 2020)

The latest and what sparked me to make this post tbh. This set reuses the Rokurobi design from the very first Youkaimatsu iteration! Full circle yo! I like to think of this set as an addition to the original youkaimatsu, since they’re both from the primary sources.

Jyushimatsu - Rokurobi (Again)

Totoko - Amabie (mermaid with three legs? prophesized about either good harvest or an epidemic, trivia: “Amabie” trended when Covid 19 hit the world)

Hatabou - Azukiarai (a youkai that originated from the sound of something like beans being washed near a river, anyone who comes near will fall into the river)

Dayon - Nopperabou (Faceless spirits that take the form of humans. They are harmless usually, they just scare humans)

Dekapan - Kappa (Mischievous River spirits)

That should be all of them!

Recap:

Osomatsu has been a Kitsune, Shuten-Douji (twice), Karasu-Tengu, Enma-san and an Oni

Karamatsu has been a Karasu-Tengu (twice), Aoandon, Kitsune, Yamato no Orochi and a Mizuchi (?)

Choromatsu has been a Dodomeki, Daitengu, Shuten-Douji, Kamaitachi, Mizuki and a Kappa (No repeats!)

Ichimatsu has been a Nekomata, Kitsune (twice), Mizuchi, Bakaneko and a Karasu-Tengu

Jyushimatsu has been a Rokurobi (twice-ish), Inugami, Kamaitachi, Yobuko, a Frog from Jiraiya and a Jorogumo (?)

Todomatsu has been a Yuki Onna (twice), Bake-danuki, Ungaikyou, Kamaitachi and a Bakaneko

You can definitely see a trend (lmao), I’m looking forward to more Youkaimatsus from Osomatsu-san!

bonus:

Osomatsu-san cameo from Yokai Watch!!!

#Osomatsu san #Youkaimatsu #Yokaimatsu #妖怪松 #Hesokuri Wars #Shimamatsu #Tabimatsu #I'm not tagging all the matsus lmao #long post

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folkloreguk · 4 years

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❄️December 7th (part1)

A/N: Today’s scenario is actually a kind of continuation from the two last scenarios I wrote for 2017′s advent calendar (so the 19th and 21st)! I tried to write it in a way, so you wouldn’t necesssarily need to read the other two parts first, although (shameless self promo) I love those two scenarios a lot, and I barely ever say that about my writing rip (you’d find them on my masterlist)

words: 1.8k

genre: comedy? / smut in the second part I’ll post on the 9th), optional bias (male), enemies to lovers

Sorry that this stops so abruptly, this is part 1, I’ll post the rest on the 9th of December!

A week had passed since the Christmas party at your job. When you had gotten into a fight with your arch enemy over some Christmas lights and then over organizing the party together. One week, since you had hooked up with him.

And you couldn't say things had changed positively afterwards. You still bickered and fought over your boss' attention and neither of you had reduced the ridiculous amount of Christmas lights outside your houses, which stood opposite of each other. Long story short, you hadn't magically fallen in love with him, like your friend had expected you to be after you had told her what had happened.

But you could say things had changed... slightly. Additionally to the bickering, you now also flirted with each other, in the most subtle way possible. Neither of you would risk being obnoxiously flirty at your loved workplace. You seemed to still hate each other, but to be a lot more attracted to each other simultaneously. And to say it confused you would be an understatement.

He winked at you from across the room, making it hard for you to not flash him your middle finger, while you liked to remind him of the dress you wore a week ago, by setting a photo from the party as his computer's background when he wasn't looking. Although you needed to admit your plan backfired, since he didn't just give you a dirty look, but was also praised by your boss for having planned and enjoyed the party so much. You made a throwing-up expression at him when you saw his holy smile.

You went home that day, exhausted from too much H/N - interaction, as most days. At least you were happy with the work you had done that day, you told yourself, trying to get him off your mind, as most days. You were ready to have a calm evening, watching a Christmas movie and eating some of your favorite snacks.

You had already taken a shower and changed into your comfortable clothes, when you walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. You couldn't believe your eyes when you looked out the window.

Your massive glowing snowman was there in your front yard, practically staring down H/N's much smaller one. But that wasn't what was so unusual. On the steps to his house, H/N sat. One of his hands was buried in his coat's pocket while the other was holding a phone up to his ear. By reading his expression, you could tell he wasn't happy.

His cheeks and nose were red and the way he his shoulders were pulled up made it clear that he must had been freezing.

As much as you hated to admit it, you felt sorry for him. You weren’t sure what was going on, but he clearly couldn’t go inside his house. Who would sit outside in this temperature, voluntarily? If he needed me to help him, he could just come and ring my doorbell, you thought. But the second you had finished the thought, you knew he would never admit to needing your help.

So, you grabbed your coat and headed out the door. In your pajama pants, you crossed the street and found him still sitting on his front porch.

“What do you want now?” he asked, clearly angry at someone and letting it out on you.

“I wanted to make sure you’re not freezing to death out here, if that’s okay with you,” you snapped back. His expression softened slightly.

“I locked myself out and my parents who have a second key only come back into town tomorrow,” he said. “And I refuse to pay an insane amount of money for someone to come and open my door. So now I’ve been calling people to let me stay the night and for some reason no one seems to be at home or have enough space.”

“Okay, I feel you on that part with the money,” you said, and he gave you another annoyed look. “But you know me, and you haven’t tried me yet.”

“You’re not exactly my first choice for a sleepover,” he stated.

“Looks like I’m your only choice,” you replied. His hands were red from the icy temperatures when he pulled them out of his pockets. “Listen. I’m getting cold, so I’m going back inside. If you want to stay at mine, come with me. If you want to wait until your body has turned into an ice cube, that’s fine with me too.”

It only took a few seconds until you heard his footsteps on the pavement behind you. At first, you thought this would be awkward. But he managed to displace that emotion for annoyance in a heartbeat.

“Home sweet home,” he sang, walking into your house like he owned the place. You couldn’t believe he was about to keep you from having a peaceful December evening, but there you were, walking him into the living room.

“Not to sound like a douchebag, but do you have any food at home?” he asked, while he sat down on your couch and put his feet up.

“First of all, get your feet off my favorite pillow,” you said. This guy was unbelievable. “Secondly, I was about to make popcorn.”

You shot him another death glare as you walked off to the kitchen. You just about trusted him enough to leave him alone for five minutes. When you returned with two bowls of popcorn (absolutely not would you risk the awkward hands-touching-as-you-both-reach-for-the-popcorn-incident), he hadn’t moved a centimeter.

"I see you have a heart after all," he stated, as you gave him the bowl.

"Do you want me to throw you out again?" you asked. "Because that's what it seems like."

"I'm joking," he responded. "You know I always am."

"Is that a confession?" you teased.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about,” he went on. “I thought we were good since our little pre-Christmas-party get together.”

He was giving you a look from across the room, since you had chosen to sit on the other end of the sofa. You knew he was just playing with you, and you refused to go with it. Although knowing he was thinking about sex right now only made you think of it too. You remember how well his body was built, and how his hands had touched you, in ways you had never imagined he ever would. But then you snapped out of it.

“We’re watching Home Alone,” you said, getting up to set up the movie.

“Oh, come on,” he began to complain, which only made you more upset.

“My house, my rules,” you said. “Besides, if you don’t know what’s good, I’m sorry for you.”

He seemed sulky for a moment. “Do you at least have a blanket, so I will find this remotely bearable?”

At this comment you could only laugh. Sitting down, you clicked ‘play’ and grabbed a blanket from next to you. Swiftly, you rolled it up into a ball and threw it – at full speed – at him. He half caught it and got half hit, letting out a sound that sounded almost like a genuine laugh.

“Are you trying to start something here?” he asked.

“I’m sorry, I can’t hear you over how good this movie is,” you replied. He only shook his head, directing his eyes to the screen.

And oh how much you would be able to tease him when this was over. Whenever you glanced at him from the side, one thing was crystal clear to you. He was having the time of his life. At first, you thought it was weird to laugh at the same time as him. It felt almost intimate – more intimate than hooking up with him – and you stopped yourself from laughing. But as the movie went on, you gradually stopped caring. You realized you had known him for what felt like forever, but had never really heard him laugh like you did now. And you had to admit, his genuine laugh wasn’t half as annoying as his fake laugh you constantly heard at work.

When the end credits started to roll, you didn’t know what to do next. So, to stall time and figure out what to say, you decided to grab your popcorn bowl and make your way to the kitchen. Suddenly, you heard his voice behind you, as he followed you.

“Before you say anything, I would like to remind you that I haven’t seen Home Alone in years and forgot how funny it was.”

“That’s a weak excuse but I’ll accept it,” you said, setting your bowl down on the counter. He had kind of messed up his hair, and his clothes looked wrinkled, but you couldn’t say he didn’t look handsome.

“How nice of you,” he mocked, but gave you a grin. “I hate that thing.”

You let out a laugh when you saw him staring at the ten-foot snowman outside the window.

“I’m sure it hates you too,” you joked, only making him roll his eyes. You watched as he ran his fingers through his hair, and inwardly cursed yourself at how you admired his hands. Stop being so thirsty, you told yourself. For a moment, neither of you spoke, but then you looked at him and let out an involuntary laugh.

“What?” he asked.

“Nothing,” you said. “I just thought about how I never seem to be able to get away from you.”

“It’s not like I locked myself out on purpose,” he stated. “Oh, and speaking of you not getting away from me. I told our boss we would love to plan the Christmas party again next year.”

“We?” you couldn’t believe your ears. You took a sip of water from a glass you had poured yourself. “So, there’s a we now?”

“Sweetheart there was a we ever since we figured out we disliked each other,” he spoke. You almost choked on the water. In response, he said nothing, letting you take in his words, only making it worse. If he hadn’t already brought up the hook-up earlier, you surely wouldn’t have said what you were about to say.

“Do you ever think about the Christmas party?” you asked.

“About the lovely conversations I had and the amazing food there? All the time,” he said, like he was completely serious. You could have snapped at him, but he unfortunately looked so hot that your head decided it had other plans.

“You know exactly what I’m talking about,” you spoke, setting down your glass and taking a step towards him. “And judging by how much you flirted with me in the past week, I’m going to assume your answer is yes.”

By now, your head was dangerously close to his. If he hadn’t wanted this, now would have been the time he would have stopped you. But he didn’t. Of course not.

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joyofcrime-elinorhigh · 5 years

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Top 10 Obscure Christmas Specials II:

Guys! Guys! I'll get to the review proper in a second, but remember last year when I talked about A Cranberry Christmas? I said that it was lost media. WELL IT'S BEEN FOUND! HALLELUJAH! [link]

Hell-ho ho ho everybody! My name is JoyofCrimeArt, and it's that time of year again! Christmas time is upon us, and there is no escaping it! The radio is playing the same ten Christmas songs on loop (nine if they've already banned Baby, It's Cold Outside.) The feeling of kindness and generosity shared between you and your fellow man. And best of all, their finally airing all those weird ass Christmas and holiday specials. I love Christmas specials! Even the not very good one's usually have SOMETHING good about them! Whether it be some kind of festive ambiance, a good message, or just being very easy to make fun of. Sure, everybody knows about the classics Christmas specials. Frosty the Snowman, The Grinch, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, ect. But that's only the tip of the iceberg. But with Christmas being such a massive holiday, There are THOUSANDS of other Christmas and holiday specials out there that mostly go unnoticed every year! And while most of these specials go unnoticed for a reason, some are actually worth a watch, and act as hidden gems. And that'd why I'm here. To count down five more of these weird, bizarre, and unknown Christmas specials, that way you can check them out before the holidays are over. This is 5 Obscure Christmas Specials You Should Watch Part II. Now, I've done this before last year. (Link here if you haven't seen it. Top 5 Obscure Christmas Specials You Should Watch:) As such I'm going to be following the same rules as I did last time. I'll be ranking these specials not by quality, but by how much you should watch them! Because sometimes a bad or cheesy Christmas special can provide more entertainment value than a really good one. But don't take the number ranking to seriously. This is mostly just a showcase of bizarre specials that you might not have heard of, and the actually number rankings aren't really the focus here. But with all that said, let's get this started with... Number 5: Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas (2018) (Oh, the Cringe!) Just like to remind all of you that this is still running while Daredevil is canceled. Anyway, Jaden Smith is back! Just in case six episodes just wasn't synergy for you, now there is a Christmas special. Neo Yokio's Pink Christmas. This sixty-six minute long movie continues the story of Kaz Kaan, Neo Yokio's second most eligible bachelor and top demon hunter. The special opens with him having a cold around the holidays as his robot butler, Charles, tells him an original Christmas tale to make him feel better. Said tale follows Kaz as he has to prepare for the Neo Yokio top bachelor secret Santa contest. He finds out that he has to find a gift for his arch rival, Arcangelo. Being uninteresting in giving his rival a present, he hires a shopkeeper named Herbert Sims to handle the secret Santa contest for him. And while this is all going on he also has to deal with his Aunt Angelique visiting Neo Yokio for the holidays. But when both demonic forces and Arcangelo have plans to ruin Christmas, it's up to Kaz to set things right. If you've seen season one of this show, this special is more of the same. However, It is a bit more refined in it's doing so for the most part. I feel like there is more INTENTIONAL comedy overall compared to the first season. And I do like how this special manages to balance both the demon hunter and the bachelor aspect of Kaz's character. As oppose to the first season, where it felt like the show forgot half way through that it was suppose to be about demon hunting. We even get some more backstory and world building on the history of Neo Yokio and the Great Demon War, which is definitely a welcome addition. And Arcangelo, much like in season one, continues to be one of the highlights. He's like a cross between Phantom Blood's Dio Brando and Jake Paul. I love him. So I like how this special has him in a more major role. I also like some of the themes presented in the "message" of the special. How corporations around the holidays essentially try to monetize anti-materialism for there own benefit. "Sure, we'll air specials like the Grinch and Charlie Brown. Specials that are meant teach you that Christmas isn't about consumerism. Just as long as you sit through all the ads we place in the middle. It's a legit and kinda smart message that I haven't really seen tackled before. But like Neo Yokio season one I don't really know where the show stands on this topic. Is it pro or against capitalism? Maybe it's trying to show that there's no right or wrong answer, but it ends up feeling more confused than anything else. However, what does annoy me about this special is *Spoiler Warning?* the whole thing is, presumably, not cannon. I know that from the beginning we know that it's all a story told by the butler. But I was expecting some kind of twist where everything we heard would have actually happened somehow. Like Kaz would say "Wait, didn't that all happen last week Charles?" or something. Like a joke. Cause you know, this show is supposedly a comedy. But no, it's all just a story. So all the lore and world building that was actually somewhat interesting serves absolutely no point! *Spoiler Warning Over* I can't believe I let Jaden Smith trick me yet again. In conclusion, what you see is what you get here. If you want to see a Jaden Smith anime Christmas special, than Neo Yokio Pink Christmas is the special for you. Check it out for the clout.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLVazo8J9uE

You know what, I change my mind. Screw "There About to Warp!" this is my new favorite Toonami promo. Number 4: Crunchyroll's Christmas Special (2015) and Crunchyroll's Holiday Special (2017) (Oh, the Cringe!) Now this is as bizarre and obscure as it comes. Just in case Neo Yokio wasn't enough for you to get your fill of vaguely anime themed Christmas nonsense, we have not one but TWO different Holiday specials brought to you from the lovely people of Crunchyroll. For a company as big and professional as Crunchyroll, you would think that any kind of special that they would make would have to be at least somewhat well produced, safe, and marketable, right? But that's not what this is at all. What we basically got here is two half hour long "variety show" style specials that were released on both Crunchyroll and Youtube. Both specials are pretty much the same in terms of content. There both just a smorgasbord of random sketches, out of context anime clips, straight up ads for their own service and merch. All themed around the holidays and anime. This special has a real [adult swim] vibe to it, relying on a lot of surreal humor and anti-comedy. In fact, it might of even out [adult swim]'d [adult swim] in it's sheer bizarreness. It's honestly pretty hard to describe without just telling you to see the special for yourself. Both specials are hosted by some guy named Mike Toole. I don't know who this guy is, but he's one of the best things about these special. He's just portrayed as this bumbling goof who's just unfazed by everything but really loves Christmas and anime. He has some really good comedic timing and his dry but cheerful delivery is a consistently funny thought both specials. The specials aren't perfect however. Not all of the skits land and some of them go on for WAY to long. But that's kinda what happens with any sketch show. You gotta take the good with the bad. But do you know what you should do if you want REAL otherworldly experience? Watch the Neo Yokio Christmas special, but pause it at random intervals and watch this special. Treating the sketches like the bumpers you would get in between the ads of a TV show. It's a horrible idea that I'm not willing to try, but I feel doing so could lead somebody to either madness or true enlightenment. And I want someone else to be the guinea pig for that. If you're a fan of both anime and weird surrealist humor then I would actually recommend checking these specials out. There both up online for free, so what do you have to lose?

Number 3: The OTHER Charlie Brown Christmas Specials (1992, 2002, and 2003) So everybody knows about a Charlie Brown Christmas. It's like, one of the most famous Christmas special of all time. Charlie Browns sad. They hold a play. Snoopy kisses Lucy on the mouth without her consent #MeToo. Linus gives a speech about Jesus to an empty auditorium cause adults don't exist in this world. Everybody sings. THE END. Timeless classic, we all know it. But many are not aware of the OTHER Peanuts holiday specials. There are three. 1992's It's Christmas Time Again, Charlie Brown. 2002's Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales. And 2003's I Want a Dog For Christmas Charlie Brown. Like all the Peanuts specials made after Charles Schulz's death, these are all just a collection of random Peanuts comics that were animated. As oppose to the original Charlie Brown Christmas special that had an original story written by Schulz's himself. All three of these specials are just little vignettes based around the Peanuts gang celebrating Christmas. While none of these specials are as ambitious or as heartfelt as the original special we all know and love, I don't think that their trying to be. While the first Charlie Brown Christmas special tries to tell an important message about the true meaning of Christmas, these other specials are pretty much just jokes without much plot or sentiment. But, given that they are just adaptation of Charles Schulz's writing, you know that there going to be funny. I always forget how much of a little shit Sally is, and these specials remind me. However, sometimes the transitioning between scenes can be a bit wonky. They clearly just copied the strips, without putting much thought in how it would work when put together in a sequence. While It's Christmas Time Again, Charlie Brown and Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales are pretty similar. But I Want a Dog For Christmas Charlie Brown takes a bit more of a different approach. It focuses mostly on Linus's little brother Rerun, and has much more of an overall plot. (Though a lot of it is still just mini vignettes.) However, while I do admire the risk, I'd say it's the weakest of the three. Rerun just isn't that interesting of a character compared to the rest of the Peanuts gang. And that one has an hour long run time, which causing the special to drag a bit. But there still are some fun highlights. If you are a fan of the Peanuts comic strips or specials, I would highly recommend these specials. They're light fluff, but They're good light fluff. They might not give you that warm Christmas feeling, but they will make you laugh. And sometimes that's all you need.

Number 2: Olive the Other Reindeer (1999) 1999's Olive the Other Reindeer use to be a holiday tradition for Cartoon Network every year right long side such other TIMELESS and BELOVED holiday classics as Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer and Legend of Frosty the Snowman. But now, it's seem like it's kinda fallen into obscurity. Which sucks, cause this special is actually really good. The special follows Olive, voiced by Drew Barrymore before her magnum opus Freddy Got Fingered. Olive is a dog who isn't very good at doing traditional "dog" stuff. She's so un-dog like that she actually begins to believe that she might in fact not be a dog at all, but a reindeer. And when one of Santa's reindeer's get's injured right before Christmas, Olive believes it's up to her to trek to the North Pole and save Christmas by flying Santa's sleigh. Despite the fact that she isn't a reindeer and can't actually fly. This is just a nice special, and a lot of that comes from Olive herself. Olive is a precious cinnamon bun who I WILL PROTECC! She's just such a kind and lovable lead, and Drew Barrymore's voice talent really helps extenuate this. But it's not just Olive, there are several other fun supporting characters too. Like Martini, a con artist penguin who accompanies Olive on her journey. There's also a evil postman (played by Dan Castellaneta) who acts as the specials main antagonist. His goal is to ruin Christmas because he hates all the extra work he has to do around the holidays. It's an interesting motivation for a villain, but they kind of ruin it in the last act by adding in a cliche "was always on the naughty list" element to his backstory. But regardless he's a fun villain. Between this and Robot Devil from Futurama Dan Castellaneta really knows how to ham it up as a villain who sings. What, you thought he wouldn't have a villain song? How naive of you. While the special is based on a children's book the adaptation was headed by Matt Groening, which I never realized as a kid. Though that does explain why Dan Castellaneta is here. The special is a departure from his usual style, with art based more on the book instead of his usual Simpson style. The special is done in CGI surprisingly, despite the characters looking entirely flat. I don't really get the point of this. Why go through the effort of trying to use CG to make something look 2D, when you could just animate it in 2D to begin with. But whatever the reason, I do appreciate the pop up book look this special provides. The special also carries a bit of that more adult humor, without going to far. Kind of like Murray Saves Christmas, a special that I talked about last year and also featured a lot of recurring staff members from Futurama. However, the world of this is special is weird. Santa is a known person who does radio interviews, but I guess that makes sense if we are assuming a world where Santa really exist. But then there are other oddities, like how Martini mentions how he use to work at the zoo until he got fired. But we also see Monkey's trying to escape the zoo. If being in the zoo is there job, why are they escaping? Aren't they there willingly? And why does Olive have an owner, but also a pet flea? Is this show set in the same universe as The Moxy Show? These are all questions that need to be answered. The special is cheesey and some parts are just there to fill up time. But overall it's still a really nice special featuring some likable characters and some really funny jokes. While no means perfect, I still recommend you give it a watch if you can.

Ahhh, nothing says Christmas like Santa, Pope John Paul II, Ultraman, and Quasimodo. Number 1: Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999) And to end this countdown, let's end on a Christmas special that just screams wholesome. Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas. Probably the best direct to video product Disney has ever made. (Not that doing so is very hard.) This special is pretty simple. It's three different Christmas specials stitched together to equal an hour long movie, each staring a different Disney character. We got Huey, Dewey and Louie wishing on a shooting star hoping for it to be Christmas everyday. We have Goofy trying to prove to Max that Santa is real in what I guess is a prequel toGoof Troop? And then we have Mickey and Minnie reenacting the Gift of the Magi. All these segments are linked together by a narrator voiced by Kelsey Grammer. His voice is so warm and cozy in this special, and really helps add to the mood. Sure, none of these stories are that original, but that's fine because there well executed. There's just such an earnest sensitivity to this special that it's hard not to not feel all Christmas-y while watching it. The animation, while nothing that fantastic, is good for direct to video. And it manages to do both cartoon-y slapstick and warmer more emotion moments pretty well. The special isn't perfect. Some of the segments can feel a bit longer than they need to be despite the fact that the films so short. They're written like TV episodes but most run close to thirty minutes instead of twenty two. Also the last segment, with Mickey and Minnie, while not bad, is probably my least favorite. So it kinda ends on it's weakest note, though I get why they ended with it. Mickey just isn't my favorite of the Disney cast. I personally prefer the cartoon-y antics of Donald or the kindhearted nature of Goofy more in this special. Goofy is also a precious cinnamon bun who I will protecc. And I ship him with Olive. There was a sequel, Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas, released in 2004. I haven't seen it in a while, but I remember it not being very good. It's goes for five shorter stories instead of three more focused ones, and I remember there being less of a warm Christmas-y essence to it. It was more jokes and less sentiment. Also, they replace the beautiful 2D animation for CGI. In 2004. With a direct to video budget. I can commend the ambition, but that probably wasn't the best movie. But if you want a nice wholesome Christmas special that the whole family can enjoy, than Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas an underrated pick I highly recommend you check out this holiday season.

And so there we have it. five (or technically eight now that I think about it) obscure Christmas specials that I highly suggest that you look into this holiday season. But again, there are WAY more underrated specials that just these out there. So I may have to revisit this idea again at some point in the future and do a part three. What would you all think of that? And what weird, obscure, underrated Christmas specials do you guys watch every year? I'd love to hear all about em in the comments down bellow! I'm always looking for new specials to watch! Please fav, follow, and comment if you liked the review. And I hope you have a Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah (Even though that ended a week ago) Happy Ramadan (Even though that ended in June) Or whatever holiday you celebrate. Life Day? Regardless, Happy Holidays to you all! May your days be merry and bright! Now if you excuse me, I have to go work on 2018 year in review. Have a great day, and see you then! (I do not own any of the images or videos in this review. All credit goes to there original owners.)

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Weekend Top Ten #500

Top Ten 500th Edition Special: Top 500 Films of My Lifetime

Blimey.

I was thinking for ages what to do here, as 500 is a very, very big number. I’d done “Top 100” lists in the past, but stretching it to 500 seemed ridiculous, especially as – if we’re talking films – there are so many that I’ve not seen, or don’t remember seeing. Really big, famous ones! Ones you’d think I’d have seen by now! Could I do 500? Could I go that far?

Also was this meaningful enough? Writing these lists is weird for me. I didn’t want number 500 to just be “bigger” at the expense of any sort of relevance or acknowledgement of how hard it is to do these, especially as time goes on, especially when I’m writing for a living anyway. When I worked at CITV, I don’t know if I was just cheeky or crap at my job (I definitely wasn’t crap at my job, I don’t think I’ve consistently excelled at something as much since I was in school; that’s not to say I’m great at everything, or even especially great at making promos necessarily, but right then and there, in that time and place, I was very good at what I was doing), but I always found time to do a bit of “personal writing” during the working week. Having a cheeky Word doc open in the background, nipping in and out, doing research, that sort of thing. I amended a couple of scripts, I started preliminary work on my book (finished, junked, started again – that’s why it’s nowhere to be seen five years later) – I found it quite easy to be “extra-curricular”. It helped that back then doing this list was easier too. My first few years were really just simple lists of ten things; it’s only relatively recently that I’ve started doing extensive explanation. I feel like just tossing off film titles or whatever is a bit of a cheat as a writing exercise; it turns a creative blog into Letterboxd, basically. But it’s hard work! Could that be reflected in a mammoth list of 500 films?

That’s when I had the ingenious idea to spread the celebration out over a number of weeks. 500 is, indeed, just a big old list – a very, very hard list to compile. Last week, though, was where I got really personal. It wasn’t my intention, but by doing a “Top Ten of Everything”, I ended up baring my psyche more than I anticipated. I hope you approved. And next week should, hopefully, be interesting; it’s not something huge and it’s not something personal but it is an idea I’ve had for a long time and just never quite plucked up the will or the time to write it. But it could be one of my best lists yet.

Anyway, this week; it’s suitably epic, of course. It’s my favourite 500 films that have been released in my lifetime. Why my lifetime? Well, partly because I somehow feel it makes it a bit more personal to me and my experience, but mostly because it helps hide the fact that there are huge gaps in my film-watching knowledge that I’m embarrassed about, especially for films pre-1970. I really must get onto that. And these are all feature-length films, no shorts – so that sadly precludes most of the Wallace and Gromit films, or The Snowman and Father Christmas. And, really, that’s about that. If there’s something missing, maybe I haven’t seen it; maybe I have, but it was ages ago and I don’t really remember it very well; or maybe I just absolutely forgot about it. Five hundred films is quite a lot, you know.

And so is five hundred weeks. Here’s to me! And please, do suggest what I can write about for my 1,000th list. I’ll need all the time I can get…

Paddington 2 (2017)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

WALL-E (2008)

L.A. Confidential (1997)

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-3)

Blade Runner (1982)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Die Hard (1988)

Withnail & I (1987)

My Neighbour Totoro (1988)

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Groundhog Day (1993)

Toy Story 2 (1999)

Schindler's List (1993)

When Harry Met Sally (1989)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2019)

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Toy Story 3 (2010)

Goodfellas (1990)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

Ghostbusters (1984)

Back to the Future (1985)

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Inside Out (2015)

Jurassic Park (1993)

Logan (2017)

Spirited Away (2000)

Toy Story (1995)

Iron Man 3 (2013)

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

Unforgiven (1992)

The American President (1995)

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

The Matrix (1999)

The Iron Giant (1999)

Hamilton (2020)

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)

Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)

Aliens (1986)

Heat (1995)

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

There Will Be Blood (2008)

The Incredibles (2004)

Moulin Rouge! (2001)

The Terminator (1984)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Trainspotting (1996)

Fight Club (1999)

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Inception (2010)

Fargo (1996)

The Shape of Water (2017)

The Usual Suspects (1995)

The Lion King (1994)

John Carpenter's The Thing (1982)

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1993)

Arrival (2016)

Munich (2006)

Paddington (2015)

In Bruges (2008)

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Good Will Hunting (1998)

Coraline (2009)

The Avengers (2012)

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

The Dark Knight (2008)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Moana (2016)

Akira (1988)

John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)

William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet (1996)

Frozen II (2019)

The Sixth Sense (1999)

The Truman Show (1999)

The Fly (1986)

Evil Dead 2 (1987)

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)

Babe (1995)

Ex Machina (2015)

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Leon (1994)

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

Strictly Ballroom (1992)

Palm Springs (2021)

Frozen (2013)

RoboCop

A Few Good Men (1992)

Lincoln (2013)

Knives Out (2019)

Speed (1995)

Truly Madly Deeply (1991)

Brazil (1985)

Coco (2017)

Twelve Monkeys (1996)

Zodiac (2007)

Ratatouille (2007)

The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

Men in Black (1997)

Tangled (2010)

The Princess Bride (1987)

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies! (2019)

Gremlins (1984)

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

The Naked Gun (1988)

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2001)

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

A History of Violence (2005)

Aladdin (1992)

Lethal Weapon (1987)

Let the Right One In (2008)

John Wick (2014)

Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

Apollo 13 (1995)

Gravity (2013)

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)

Get Out (2017)

Brassed Off (1997)

The Post (2018)

Up (2009)

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (1987)

Chasing Amy (1997)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

JFK (1991)

Clerks (1994)

Starship Troopers (1997)

Looper (2012)

Rain Man (1988)

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2014)

Amelie (2002)

Back to the Future Part III (1990)

Notting Hill (1999)

The Talented Mr Ripley (1999)

Children of Men (2007)

Pan's Labyrinth (2007)

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011)

Empire of the Sun (1987)

Scrooged (1988)

Wonder Woman (2017)

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)

The LEGO Movie (2014)

Donnie Darko (2001)

Hot Fuzz (2007)

Stand By Me (1986)

No Country For Old Men (2007)

Jackie Brown (1997)

Beetlejuice (1988)

This is Spinal Tap (1984)

Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

Back to the Future Part II (1989)

The Color Purple (1986)

The Descent (2006)

Seven (1995)

Heathers (1989)

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Out of Sight (1998)

Memento (2001)

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

The Favourite (2018)

The Secret of NIMH (1982)

X-Men 2 (2002)

X-Men (2000)

Brick (2006)

The Fugitive (1993)

The Bourne Identity (2002)

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

The Secret of Kells (2009)

Clueless (1995)

Poltergeist (1982)

When the Wind Blows (1986)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

The Transformers: The Movie (1986)

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)

Skyfall (2012)

Black Panther (2018)

Addams Family Values (1993)

GoldenEye (1995)

Zootropolis (2016)

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

Batman (1989)

Forrest Gump (1994)

Hellraiser (1987)

Barton Fink (1991)

Braindead (1992)

Total Recall (1990)

The Big Lebowski (1998)

The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)

The Man with Two Brains (1983)

American Beauty (1999)

Minority Report (2002)

Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

The Social Network (2010)

Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995)

Black Swan (2010)

Infernal Affairs (2002)

The Ice Storm (1999)

The Rock (1996)

Super 8 (2011)

An American Tail (1986)

Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)

Shaun the Sheep the Movie (2015)

Baby Driver (2017)

Mission: Impossible (1996)

Downfall (2004)

Dunkirk (2017)

The Addams Family (1991)

First Blood (1992)

Bumblebee (2018)

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)

Iron Man (2008)

Porco Rosso (1992)

Ed Wood (1994)

Angel Heart (1987)

Roxanne (1987)

The Dark Crystal (1982)

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

Independence Day (1996)

The Hunt for Red October (199)

Top Secret! (1984)

The Untouchables (1987)

Heavenly Creatures (1994)

Spider-Man (2002)

Army of Darkness (1992)

Enchanted (2007)

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)

Dances With Wolves (1990)

Batman Returns (1992)

Moon (2009)

Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)

District 9 (2009)

Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

It (2017)

Air Force One (1997)

Misery (1990)

Jerry Maguire (1996)

The Full Monty (1997)

Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

Dolemite is my Name (2020)

Richard III (1995)

The Muppets (2011)

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)

The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

Coming to America (1988)

Unbreakable

Annihilation

School of Rock

Big

Monsters, Inc

Gladiator (2000)

Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon (2020)

Hamlet (1996)

Wayne’s World (1992)

Candyman (1992)

Secretary (2002)

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

The Mummy (1999)

Shakespeare in Love (1999)

Videodrome (1983)

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (2017)

Serenity (2005)

Inner Space (1987)

Mona Lisa (1986)

Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)

Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

The Abyss (1989)

Collateral (2004)

Commando (1985)

Batman Begins (2005)

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

Flight of the Navigator (1986)

Matilda (1996)

Field of Dreams (1989)

Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)

Moneyball (2011)

The Fisher King (1991)

The Mask of Zorro (1998)

Howard (2018)

Into the Inferno (2016)

Lilo & Stitch (2002)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

28 Days Later (2002)

Boyz N the Hood (1991)

Avatar (2009)

Face/Off (1997)

The Meaning of Life (1983)

Shrek 2 (2004)

Pride and Prejudice (2005)

Willow (1988)

Shrek (2001)

Bowling for Columbine (2002)

Kill Bill vol 1 & 2 (2003-04)

Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

Magnolia (1999)

Thelma and Louise (1991)

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

Deadpool (2016)

The Big Short (2015)

Trading Places (1983)

Galaxy Quest (1999)

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

Tremors (1990)

Bound (1996)

Catch Me if You Can (2002)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

Predator (1987)

Blade (1998)

The Prestige (2006)

Near Dark (1987)

Atonement (2007)

Demolition Man (1993)

Jack and Sarah (1995)

Three Amigos! (1986)

Rare Exports (2010)

No Way Out (1987)

The Jungle Book (2016)

Hugo (2011)

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Being John Malkovich (1999)

Mandy (2018)

Lost in Translation (2003)

The Piano (1993)

Lost Highway (1997)

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

True Grit (2010)

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

Ran (1985)

Short Cuts (1993)

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

The Princss and the Frog (2009)

Detective Pikachu (2019)

Steve Jobs (2015)

Spaceballs (1987)

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

Hot Shots! (1991)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)

South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (1999)

Lethal Weapon (1989)

Miller's Crossing (1990)

Crimson Tide (1995)

Jackie (2016)

Elf (2003)

King Kong (2005)

The Wrestler (2008)

Ali (2001)

Batteries Not Included (1987)

Mrs Doubtfire (1993)

Les Miserables (2012)

Hellboy (2004)

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

The Little Mermaid (1989)

Mulan (1998)

Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Mars Attacks! (1996)

Get Shorty (1995)

Tombstone (1993)

Parenthood (1989)

Mr and Mrs Smith (2005)

Casino Royale (2006)

The Keep (1983)

12 Years a Slave (2013)

Shutter Island (2010)

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

Copland (1997)

Closer (2004)

The Burbs (1989)

Green Room (2015)

Hairspray (1988)

Ant-Man (2016)

Pleasantville (1998)

A Scanner Darkly (2006)

The Truth About Cats and Dogs (1996)

BlacKkKlansman (2018)

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Thirteen Days (2000)

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

Man on the Moon (1999)

Conan the Barbarian (1982)

Mimic (1997)

Star Trek Beyond (2016)

The Mist (2007)

Armageddon (1998)

The Producers (2005)

The Martian (2015)

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)

Hook (1991)

Tin Cup (1996)

Doctor Strange (2016)

Desperado (1995)

Re-Animator (1985)

Creepshow (1982)

The Player (1992)

Stardust (2007)

Always Be My Maybe (2019)

The Quiet American (2002)

Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

Captain Marvel (2019)

Ransom (1996)

The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Definitely, Maybe (2008)

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

Walk the Line (2005)

Cliffhanger (1993)

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)

Klaus (2019)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

About a Boy (2002)

The Prince of Egypt (1998)

Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)

The Greatest Showman (2017)

Tenet (2020)

Eddie the Eagle (2016)

Timescape (1992)

Interstellar (2014)

The Artist (2011)

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

Mallrats (1995)

Contact (1997)

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

Dumb and Dumber (1994)

Bad Santa (2003)

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

Antz (1998)

Hairspray (2007)

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

Braveheart (1995)

Erin Brockovich (2000)

One Hour Photo (2002)

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2006)

Wall Street (1987)

Basil the Great Mouse Detective (1986)

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)

Stargate (1993)

Monster House (2006)

Million Dollar Baby

Cool Runnings (1993)

Scream (1996)

True Romance (1993)

American Pie (1999)

Titanic (1997)

The Others (2001)

High Fidelity (2000)

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017)

Aquaman (2018)

The Land Before Time (1988)

Fallen (1998)

Cold Mountain (2003)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

Last Orders (2001)

Pump Up the Volume (1990)

Philadelphia (1993)

Labyrinth (1986)

The Simpsons Movie (2007)

The Road to El Dorado (2000)

Sense and Sensibility (1995)

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)

The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988)

Falling Down (1993)

300 (2006)

While You Were Sleeping (1995)

The Wedding Singer (1998)

The Fifth Element (1997)

The Greasy Strangler (2016)

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

Explorers (1985)

Cruel Intentions (1999)

Legend (1985)

The Quick and the Dead (1995)

500 Days Of Summer (2009)

The Thin Red Line (1998)

Secrets and Lies (1996)

TMNT (2007)

Arachnophobia (1990)

Dog Soldiers (2002)

Child's Play (1988)

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

Three Kings (1999)

Adaptation (2001)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

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madeinx83 · 6 years

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Merry Christmas, baby

“Thank you,” Shawn said to the security guard after he opened the door to the hotel room.

“No problem,” he assured him. “Do you need anything else?”

He looked down at the bags in his hands and shook his head no. “I’m all set. Do you know what time the show ends?” he asked.

He looked down at his watch. “Usually around 11,” he replied.

“Then I better move fast,” Shawn said with a chuckle.

After he left Shawn tossed the parcels onto the bed. It has been months since he and Niall had been in the same room. Between touring, recording, and promo there just hasn’t been time. But there was no way Shawn could let Christmas pass without a meet up. And he certainly couldn’t let Niall celebrate alone in a hotel room.

In order to hype up the fans for his upcoming tour Niall joined the 2017 Jingle Ball tour. Shawn was just finishing up his own world tour and was beyond exhausted so despite wanting to be a part of the show it just wasn’t in the cards this year.

The Jingle Ball tour had brought the boys together last year and now it was going to bring them again this year.

Shawn began to empty the bags full of Christmas decorations and presents. He set up a small pre-decorated tree on the table and hung some garland above the headboard. On the bedside table he placed a cute little light up snowman that he figured Niall would get a kick out of. He pulled out a pair of stockings filled with candy and hung them on the mantle.

Just then Shawn heard the door handle click. Quickly he haphazardly tossed the presents onto a chair near the tree.

“What the…” Niall trailed off as he walked into the room. “Shawn?”

“Surprise!” Shawn said, smiling so hard he was surprised his face didn’t break in half.

“You’re here…” Niall started to say, but didn’t finish the thought. He quickly closed the space between them, wrapping Shawn up in his arms and pressing their lips together.

Shawn smiled against his lips, more than happy to return the kiss. “Merry Christmas, baby,” he mumbled.

“It’s not Christmas,” Niall pointed out after he pulled back for air. “It’s still a week away.”

“Well, I know, but it’s going to be our Christmas,” Shawn explained. “With you going back to the UK and me going home…”

“You’re so sweet. This is perfect,” he said as he looked around the room. “You really went all out…a tree and stockings. Ah, look at that guy!” he said referring to the snowman. “I don’t know what to say…”

“I think an I love you would work,” he said, unable to wipe a grin off his face.

“I love you,” Niall replied as he drew Shawn closer.

There was really no need for any more words now.

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