Snuffy: The Elf Who Saved Christmas

From the creator of Lumpkin, Bobby Goldsboro, here comes his Christmas equivalent! Santa is always looking for Snuffy to slip up so he can retire him!
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[@Magicghost23]

Phelous Finally reviews a snuff film

[@Wnick1996]

@Magicghost23 damn it, I should have said that

[@SHINOBI-03]

Does A Serbian Film count?

[@mashitandsmashit]

Well, Santa DOES retire him...

[@SpeedyEric1]

@@SHINOBI-03 I was just thinking that.

[@Esirre]

@@SHINOBI-03 lol i looked and you already beat me to it, that review itself was traumatizing i can't imagine actually watching it

[@SammyKablam]

"Ooooo, isn't he dreamy!" Because Sandman. Because dreams. Get it? Sleep.

[@syppy7416]

yeah it's not the best joke but honestly... I have to agree with them... he is kind of hot

[@Black_Revue]

Snuffy, YOU is the Pope of Fools!

[@Bushipunk]

Santa: "I really need to sleep! I cannot emphasize how important it is that I sleep, and am not awoken! If I don't get enough uninterrupted rest, well, you don't even want to know what will happen!" The Sandman: "Hi, I'm here to sprinkle my magical sleeping dust on everyone! Except Santa, I hope that jerk never sleeps again! He knows what he did."

[@vinx.909]

Ducktales reference?

[@TheRoflcer]

The Elf-Retirement home still seems like a better place to remain in than Santa's Penitentiary from Christmas Brigade.

[@Poever]

Yes, that does sound interesting but could you-

[@syppy7416]

I mean TBF... that ain't saying much

[@Wnick1996]

Who said that it was better. I bet they have security 24/7

[@dragonempress8367]

Or the santa cole mines from the shoe maker

[@koichidignitythief7429]

Or being "Santa's Slaves" in the Shoemaking Elves movie from Goodtimes.

[@someidiotmetalhead]

Is "Old Elves' Home" a euphemism for the glue factory here?

[@marknificence2474]

I recognize that sneezy elf's voice. Changing your name and moving to the North Pole won't make you any less of a failure, Grunyon!

[@MrOrcshaman]

Grunyon was doing something gross I'm sure.

[@MrXemnas1992]

This feels like a parody special that'd play on the tv in the background of an actual christmas special.

[@koichidignitythief7429]

Am I the only one getting ATHF vibes from the animation?

[@minespatch]

That and the Walten Files creepypasta.

[@dnmstarsi]

@@koichidignitythief7429 I kinda got a mix between that and Dingo Pictures.

[@mrlaz9011]

any minute now the cartoon will go all silent, only for santa to suddenly appear with a distorted face and garbled audio(they shouldn't have woke him up).

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

Like the green elves cartoon Maggie watches all the time.

[@MforMovesets]

"Without my sand those dolls will never close their eyes." Terrifying.

[@punkysnarks]

Why can't they just build the toys to have closed eyes by default? Why do they have to emerge awake? And does the sand wear off after they get to their new kids?

[@mrlaz9011]

apparently they never figured out the advanced technology of "painting closed eyes"

[@WhiteScorpio2]

"Snuffy" sounds like a name of an elf that went insane and started killing people.

[@Mike0908]

So are the elves who were "retired", the ones who woke Santa up in previous years? Explains why no one wants to wake him now.

[@SpyGuy91]

I nearly had a heart attack at 17:42 because I thought Snuffy was standing over Santa's naked corpse

[@LittleBearMysticNun]

Lmao me too.

[@daydream5120]

Well, now I can’t unsee it

[@mrlaz9011]

it sure is tiring killing your former boss.

[@chocodoeeyes]

If this special ever went viral that Sandman would be the next Tumblr Sexyman

[@WhiteScorpio2]

I mean, Sandman already is a Tumblr sexyman.

[@bluezebra8675309]

God, I was here thinking I was the only one to think he fit the criteria

[@RainbyFIN]

You're right and as someone who's spent a lot of time on Tumblr, shhhh do not tempt the sexyman collectors

[@DarkOverlord96]

Ironically, Rise of the Guardians did feature the Sandman... but Jack Frost was the Tumblr Sexyman there.

[@SuperFloxes]

I dislike how right you are.

[@ShinGallon]

I always wondered what the American equivalent of Dingo Pictures would be like, and now I know!

[@kitestar]

don’t wake me up EH HEH HEHEH HEH

[@Carlos-bz5oo]

I dunno, they lack the pizzazz Dingo Pictures has

[@koichidignitythief7429]

Good-byyyee

[@brianhebert6152]

The Lumpkin stickers, MAH GAWD!

[@SgtScorpious]

Bit unfair, Dingo has a far larger “film” library

[@punkysnarks]

It's a wonder Christmas has stuck around for so long in fictionland. It keeps getting in danger of being canceled at the SLIGHTEST mishap.

[@mashitandsmashit]

Too true...

[@crimsondynamo615]

So this must be what the war on Christmas really is

[@mrlaz9011]

it's because Christmas also has the greatest plot armor in all of fictionland.

[@1234StudiosExtras]

Facts

[@Remythechef]

Christmas is ruined! Santa has an ingrown toenail!

[@andreasnickmann370]

This penguin is the reason why tvtropes decided "'Everything's Better With Penguins' is no longer a trope"

[@andreasnickmann370]

"just joking" disclaimer: no, he's not. But might as well be.

[@scottylewis8124]

@@andreasnickmann370 hmmm...

[@charlottecorday8494]

​@@scottylewis8124Ermmm....

[@JinxSanity]

TV Tropes really is out to make a trope out of everything, even short time fads, aren't they?

[@LittleMissLounge]

I feel like The Pebble and the Penguin already did that.

[@grilledpook]

idk why but "YEAAAAH DO THE RETIREMENT" is so funny to me

[@FrenkTheJoy]

I wasn't expecting such a callback, like jfc that line is from a review from like 14 years ago.

[@shoestringVA]

Wait, snuffy is an Old Man? And he’s worried about being Completely Useless now?

[@DingoWalley01]

He should. One slip in the snow and he'll be all wet.

[@TheHeroOfTomorrow]

HYEEEEEE-

[@mrlaz9011]

too bad he doesn't have a child, otherwise he could make bank selling them to the ice witch next door.

[@MinscFromBaldursGate92]

HEEEE-whatever.

[@KGH3000]

I thought snuffy was a raccoon

[@BATCHARRO]

I'm sure lil kids found this narrative about reaching your last years very relatable

[@Shades14]

I sure did since I turned 30 just after this review came out. I'm over the hill, a crochety old grandparent, I'm- I'm- I'm- I'm completely useless now.

[@Arrowdodger]

Instead of the reindeer, wouldn't it have fit the theme better if Snuffy got retired elves from the old elves home to help, to prove they still could contribute? Of course, that'd mean introducing a bunch of character models....

[@markiangooley]

And possibly another person to provide a voice or two? Oh the expense!

[@geeker6350]

The sequence of Snuffy guiding Santa's sleigh was hysterically funny.

[@dnmstarsi]

@geeker6350 And that is why Phelous is a master of Alternate Endings. Because some of us were probably thinking the same thing. LOL

[@crimsondynamo615]

If snuffy won’t accept retirement, Santa will just take care of him another way.

[@JomasterTheSecond]

He did it, boys. He saved Christmas.

[@0deadx21]

There's no shortage of characters who saved Christmas, is there? Who hasn't saved Christmas at this point?

[@loneshewolf74]

@@0deadx21 Ernest, Elmo, Rudolph, Fred Flintstone, The Glo-Friends, Pac-Man, The Smurfs... yeah, I'm old. Seems like most animated Christmas specials are either a "Save Christmas" or a version of A Christmas Carol.

[@SHINOBI-03]

Retirement home is just a nice way to say they'll be sent to the Next Dimension.

[@Trap2Zoid]

Too bad it's Sunday, that bag of sleeping sand would have been filled up tomorrow

[@Carlos-bz5oo]

Should I go with a Dementia Five comment or a the Shadow Realm comment? Guess I'll go with both!

[@koichidignitythief7429]

Too bad it's Sunday, those reindeer would have been hitched to Santa's sleigh, tomorrow.

[@Firestar-TV]

Wood Chipper behind the Workshop

[@DarkOverlord96]

Look! I can see Snuffy's parachute! He's OK!

[@maximummaxiness9958]

Started getting Blade Runner vibes here lol. “This was not called execution. It was called retirement.”

[@1Thunderfire]

Santa is either some sort of badass warrior always protecting Christmas or he runs a dictatorship in which the elves are stuck in a sweatshop 24/7 under threat of permanent retirement. There's no in-between.

[@ahniandfriends123]

Or Santa gets knocked out/sick and someone else must help deliver presents to save Christmas

[@limalepakko6074]

Doesn't he usually quit and become a hobo or something

[@brianhebert6152]

Or he's actually an imprisoned former plumber who was trapped in Santa's village alongside a weird kid with a magical watch and his cousin.

[@philipphalter926]

​@@limalepakko6074 EVERYBOOODY'S A SOOOOOULMAAATE !

[@Shades14]

What about in The Santa Clause? He didn't seem to be a dictator in those. Maybe the toy clone, but he was intentionally written to be evil.

[@shoestringVA]

I knew it! When you reviewed Lumpkin I was like “he’s gonna review that snuffy thing isn’t he?”

[@CalliopePony]

And I guess we can look forward to Easter Egg Morning this spring.

[@dennisflood7246]

Only a matter of time.

[@Mathilde_Bruhn]

Okay, I think I can maybe see how Santa and the Sandman would be allies; the Sandman's whole thing is getting people to sleep, and in a lot of countries Santa comes and leaves presents during the night, but kids are very excited for christmas making it harder to fall asleep or they might try to catch Santa in the act. So basically the Sandman's job would be to help excited kids fall asleep on christmas eve, as well as any kids trying to stay awake to catch Santa

[@phelous]

That would make more sense than him coming to make toys go to sleep.

[@WhiteScorpio2]

"Oh boy, I finally got to see you, Santa!" "Oh no, Billy, I'm not Santa. I'm Santa's little helper, the Chloroform Man!" "Cholofo... mphphmmm" "Shhh, go to sleep, Billy. That's a good boy!"

[@Mathilde_Bruhn]

@@phelous Yeah, they could have literally just changed it to the Sandman delivering a bag of sleep sand to Santa to help kids who are still awake fall asleep, but instead sleep sand is apparently required because the elves are helpless to figure out the mechanic for closing dolls eyes when they lie down

[@sillygrl23]

I don't know if you have heard of a '92 cartoon called 'The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas" which I would totally recommend BTW, but in that one they imply that Santa and the Sandman in that cartoon are cousins.

[@Mathilde_Bruhn]

@sillygrl23 Nope never heard of it

[@heidifedor]

Yeah, but I bet Snuffy never went to Dental school.

[@Longshanks1690]

AN ELF DENTIST?! I’VE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A- Oh wait, we have an academy for that. I guess you and Rudolph have nothing to bond over!

[@ATippingBarn]

Proctologist, actually.

[@tultsi93]

WHY WEREN'T YOU AT THE ELF PRACTICE?!

[@thewarnerchannel7285]

Santa's maximum security prison where he has his way with you, Santa sending elves to work in the mines, Colonel Santa and his anti-Christmas Brigade, retiring elves, why's Santa always such an evil person in these movies?

[@koichidignitythief7429]

Don’t forget eugenics Santa in the Rudolph movies

[@koichidignitythief7429]

Don’t forget Eugenics Santa in Rudolph

[@Hawkfire360]

could NOT say I was expecting a Beddy Bye Eye pony joke. You've hit my niche, dammit

[@cameronstone4495]

Ol' Snuffy will show them, he'll team up with his nephew and a dog to fin d the lost city of Atlantis!

[@DarkOverlord96]

But before playing Spyro Reignited Trilogy with a "THICC Spyro" mod.

[@ahniandfriends123]

But he'll then be soaked in water and become useless.

[@crimsondynamo615]

He’ll show them who’s se Nile

[@gargoyles9999]

Santa Ron Swanson: if theres any problems too bad sort it out yourselves like adults

[@Pipkiablo]

Santa being really insistent on the elves solving problems themselves instead of waking him in an emergency kinda reminds me of how my dad once got mad at me for waking him up because the kitchen was on fire.

[@fusetunes]

snuffy being hitched to the sleigh was such a top tier edit. i always look forward to your yearly christmas reviews!

[@GrandCorsair]

You just know Santa is going to ship him off to "mandatory retirement" anyway.

[@thecolourfulpill]

The joke about coffee making Santa sleepy if he has ADHD was unexpected, yet highly appreciated by me. You don't see many people be aware of how sleepy coffee makes us, so it's always a treat (pun?) if someone is!

[@punkysnarks]

Wait is that why I chug two cups' worth and I still feel sleepy?!

[@cool_dragon202]

These two movies are like in between of dingo pictures and golden films

[@mathieuleader8601]

Dr. Hibbert sees Santa coming down the chimney *GOOD LORD GIGANTISM!*

[@andreasnickmann370]

Me (quoting Dr. Nick from the Simpsons): hi, everybody! You (quoting Grant from the Simpsons): What you said didn't really add much. (cocks shotgun) Me (quoting Cletus from the Simpsons): I know. I just wanted to belong. (cocks shotgun)

[@A-Microwave]

not the sandman's fault that the guy who kept sneezing didn't stay away from the bag with the sleeping sand

[@ShadeMeadows]

This is what would happen if Dingo had a few more pennies

[@UJEvans]

This title sounds like a horror movie. Snuffy the Elf is gonna snuff you out.

[@rogue7723]

Or “elf you up”.

[@koichidignitythief7429]

Snuffy: Good Byyyye Elf: SNUFFY PLEASE DON'T-AAACCCKK

[@tultsi93]

To me, it sounds like title of a 🌽🎥

[@Django2k6]

Aren't all Christmas elves, despite apparent age, implied to be immortal like Santa?

[@wstine79]

Snuffy and Gilbert are the Old Man and Wabuu of the North Pole.

[@MrBonesSrIII]

Just what the world needed, another boomer who refuses to retire and let more competent people replace him out of egotism.

[@SpiderGansta]

1:56 Snuffy’s film collection has all the greatest hits, such as every Hostel, all the Human Centipedes, no other Saw film than 7, as well as Salò, A Serbian Film, and Where The Dead Go to Die. Lovely

[@BurnedRetinas]

It's either Santa casting the elderly off into oblivion, or he'll have Burton and Issac's Christmas inventions destroy them. The deeper dive you do into this workshop, the darker it gets.

[@thehonoredone2361]

I always thought when Elfs out lived their Usefulness, Santa takes em out back to the Shed.

[@phelous]

That's what the "Old Elves Home" is.

[@koichidignitythief7429]

"You mean like Santa's Slaves."

[@dancepiglover]

The shed where they endlessly brush a reindeer’s chest.

[@koichidignitythief7429]

"You mean Santa's Slaves."

[@batoutofmel4959]

HOW DARE, everyone knows that Snuffleupagus's closest friends called him Snuffy, and it was very wholesome!

[@mightyfilm]

Snuffy sounds like he's waiting for the paper boy to come by and bring him "some good news."

[@DeathofInk]

Nothing gets me in the Christmas mood more these recent years than a Phelan review of an obscure Christmas animated movie/special!

[@Remythechef]

Not since the Christmas elves have I seen a Santa that was more of a tyrant than a saint

[@ricknuzzy]

It wouldn't be Xmas for me without a deconstruction of low-budget animation without you Phelous, happy holidays my friend.

[@redcomet_622]

This special is one of the closest things to American Dingo Pictures

[@TheVanishing87]

Not going to lie, but the name, Snuffy makes me think of an elf who deals drugs behind Santa's back and makes the mistake of sniffing his own stash. "Hiya kids, the name's Snuffy, the friendly neighborhood drug dealing elf here to introduce you all to the miraculous wonders of marijuana and coke; you know that sort of thing. Just don't tell Santa. He might retire me if he ever found out."

[@BATCHARRO]

Not to overthink this 2 voice actor Christmas special but youd think Snuffy being the oldest elf would imply he's a guy Santa's known for centuries but Santa as a Detached Boss is also a take I guess.

[@Svecke80]

Goddamnit the Snuffy sleeping and farting bit almost slayed me - thank you for catering to my level of humor

[@dancepiglover]

You could even say it “sleighed” you.

[@liambrowne3370]

If you're doing all the Bobby Goldsboro cartoons as their respective holidays come I hope we get an Easter Egg Mornin' video this April. It's all I want for Chri- Easter this year

[@Firestar-TV]

My Assumption from just reading the Title: Santa got kidnapped. The Gangsters threaten to break his Kneecaps and kill him unless they get to see a Snuff Film. One brave little Elf goes on the Journey to save Santa by creating the best Snuff Film they've ever seen. Probably better than what it's actually about

[@StupidIdiot3000]

WE NEED THIS

[@EpicJasonX9000]

13:01 “Sorry I’m late, but apparently my hands were eaten off by a bunch of polar bears!”

[@GeneralKenobi75]

Well...Snuffy got more merchandise than Lumpkin at least. Go Suffy???

[@mikevltg3]

"A person shouldnt retire because of their age, but because they feel like it." That sounds like toxic logic, shut that elf up. "Snuffy" him.

[@wstine79]

Two Phelous videos in the same week? He's spreading lots of Christmas cheer.

[@jasonjones7461]

The best elf themed Christmas movie that gets me in the spirit is called "Elves" and it stars "Dan Haggerty", aka "Grizzly Adams" as the struggling mall Santa with a heart of gold. Theres a beautiful line of dialogue that Haggerty delivers with such conviction that it made me believe 🥲. "What are you some kind of Nazi or something!, is that ELF yours?!". Such poetry...

[@swingindoorspro2]

Clearly why he was cast to narrate The Christmas Light

[@JamieSwitzer]

7:51 I thought I was hearing chains clanking around & thought "are they being held captive here?" then realized it's just the china dishes. 😆

[@JamieSwitzer]

14:04 Hahaha, what a story, Mark!

[@JamieSwitzer]

15:17 LOL!

[@WolfmanArt]

When Easter rolls around, you should look at the Bobby Goldsboro Easter special

[@eduardopena5893]

Or play the video of Joe Biden's wrangling bunny.

[@ShinigamiNyx]

ASMR Santa. The greatest of Santas since Defeatist Santa from The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog 's Christmas special!

[@sussybaka119]

My favourite part of Christmas is Phelous reviewing horrible Jolly old films 😂❤

[@vgtrp]

I don't know if Snuffy aired on TV, but if The Christmas Tree and Rapsite Street Kids had TV airings, I suppose anything is possible.

[@themadkingatmey]

Man, too bad we never got a teamup special with Lumpkin and Snuffy like Grinch and The Cat in the Hat got. They could have called it Snuffy the Elf Snuffs Out Lumpkin the Pumpkin

[@Poever]

I first learned about this years ago through good old Rebel Taxi

[@koichidignitythief7429]

Good-byyyyee

[@Longshanks1690]

14:25 I was so worried for most of this that despite retirement being a key plot point of this story, we hadn’t yet had one “DO THE RETIREMENT” reference. Almost thought Phelous had sold out to Big “Don’t do the retirement” for a second.

[@kaijukidsam]

17:42 Why....why did they make it look like Snuffy's leaning on someone's naked backside next to a giant ass? How did NO ONE else notice this?!

[@dancepiglover]

I can’t unsee it!

[@Turner_Strait]

How on earth is the lighting in your background so CLEAN?! You really have an eye for detail, it's a joy to see! ...nile

[@koichidignitythief7429]

This is one Christmas movie we'd all be happy to say "Good-Byyyeee" to.

[@Account_Not_Applicable]

If only this had been the Christmas elf special that became lost media instead of The Soulmates in the Gift of Light

[@shioq.]

a snuffy film for christmas

[@mikekz4489]

Laserdisc is an astonishing video format. Not a whole of people had a laserdisc player, yet even a cartoon like Snuffy got released on it.

[@cateyes22Q]

In theory, the message about ageism isn’t a bad one. Just wish it was featured in a better Christmas film.

[@loneshewolf74]

"Why did anyone think Snuffy was a good name?" Idk, Mr. Snuffleupagus is usually known to Big Bird and his other friends as "Snuffy".

[@gracestarkes2644]

You know what really bugs me? When Christmas specials show Santa still in the North Pole on Christmas Eve, getting everything ready. But realistically, he’d already be on his way delivering presents to the other side of the world where it’s night. Even as a kid, I knew that.

[@SharkGangViceCity]

Don't wake Santa or he'll show you Snuffy's film collection !

[@cameronstone4495]

I can't believe this! All the money Phelous gets in Patreon subs and he can't spring for Snuffy the Elf on Laserdisc (and a Laserdisc player no doubt)! The world deserves to see this crap in the highest definition possible! /s

[@DarkOverlord96]

To be fair, given the home media stuff he has managed to get his hands on, I was kinda expecting him to be like "Oh OF COURSE I own this stupid thing on LaserDisc."

[@jonothanthrace1530]

The elves' laughter sounds like there's a dolphin mixed in.

[@windowcreeperbird9669]

The peguin looks a lot like the one on those ice boxes at the grocery store

[@jakenbake3127]

Phelous's voice for Virgil was better than the real one

[@classymarowak7001]

Snuffy is the name of an elf you do NOT want find in the dark-side of an alley way. He'll "Snuff" you life out. Not as merciful as OLD MAN if he gets his hands on you.

[@jonothanthrace1530]

Snuffy The Elf died doin' what he loved. *Slowly eats potato chips*

[@magicmoonart]

I laughed all the way through that one. 😂😂😂😂😂Hilarious jokes. Christmas can get fucked. 😅Don't wake me up

[@hikimi18]

Snuffy: Goodbye Rebeltaxi: Dammit Snuffy!

[@InnocentDarkside]

The old man lived long enough to see himself become completely useless now.

[@kiracaroso]

I could have sworn this was a fever dream. Anytime I told people I saw a VHS about an elf named "Snuffy" growing up, they assumed it was me having a dark sense of humor.

[@tfmaster96]

12:23 vegeta: how did you know about the parts you weren't there for?

[@vanguardangel6912]

Tis a good day when Phelous uploads!

[@bloodrunsclear]

Remember kids: retirement IS WORSE THAN DEATH!

[@toastrave7820]

So this is what Snufkin is up to when he gets old

[@mathieuleader8601]

the Old Elf Home is actually in the Home for Infinite Losers as St. Nick is a spoilsport when it comes to having losses

[@dnmstarsi]

2:46 The Next Mutation writers: I think all of us here owe you an apology. Phelous: No. (Awkward silence)

[@DarkOverlord96]

windblowing.mp3

[@madisonlynn2419]

My favorite tradition!! Watching all of Phelous’ classic Christmas reviews to get into the spirit!! ❤

[@ottobaron6392]

With the foreman sneezing on the toys being given out to Children around the world, we have a film that predicted the origins of Covid, and how it spread.

[@a.c.9639]

Gilbert looks like a discount Chilly Willy.

[@nefarioussness]

We want Chilly Willy!

[@koichidignitythief7429]

He looks like one of the bullies from Ben 10