9/28/2023 0 Comments Magical christmas tree comminao![]() She's full of holiday cheer and is perhaps the most upbeat person in the entire office, but she's secretly dealing with the pain of her husband cheating on her then divorcing her. Stepford Smiler: Ellering is the Depressed type.Standardoffice Setting: An accounting and property management firm.Pointy Ears: Buddy the elf has pointy ears.Our Elves Are Different: They are genderless beings who live in the woods of Los Angeles protecting it.Non-Human Non-Binary: Somewhat subverted in that while Buddy is definitely non-binary they may or may not be non-human.Nature Spirit: Buddy the elf has the power to call down the wrath of the forest they protect.However, their parents were largely unsupportive and even forced them into conversion therapy, which has made them critical of humanity. Muggle Foster Parents: While it's possible that Buddy may or may not actually be human, they insist that they're an elf and were raised by adoptive human parents.Stirling claims he was visited by ghosts who taught him the meaning of Christmas, but the office generally agrees he's gone off his rocker and is way too enthusiastic about the holiday), the park ranger briefly mentioning issues with goblins and leprechauns in the park, and Buddy briefly mentioning other elves (such as a Noodle Incident working for Santa and the Keebler Elves being commercial sell-outs) and cryptomining mermaids, but none of these are shown on-screen and could be a case of Unreliable Expositor. The setting does have quite a few throwaway lines about other magical beings existing, such as ghosts ( Mr. Furthermore, Buddy was raised by Muggle Foster Parents who did not understand them and forced them into conversion therapy Buddy insists it was because humans didn't understand an elf child, but there's also the possibility that they were simply a neurodivergent, queer child that believes they're an elf. While there's nothing proving they aren't an elf, this is called into question multiple times - a park ranger insists they're simply a deluded homeless person, and Pace occasionally takes Buddy's insistence they're an elf with a grain of salt. Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: Buddy appears to be an elf and insists that elves are real.Lewd Lust, Chaste Sex: The movie stops for a long scene of Buddy washing their face. ![]() It's a Wonderful Plot: Alluded to in one of Stirling's speeches.I Didn't Mean to Turn You On: The second half of the movie has a lot of that.Head Butt Of Love: The poster shows this.As such, their bad experience with not only their parents, but also the ill-treatment they received from humans, has made them distasteful of most humans. Hates Their Parent: Justified with Buddy they were adopted into a human family who did not understand their elf heritage, and then forced them into conversion therapy.Ghibli Hills: The setting for most movie outside of Los Angeles.Gift of the Magi Plot: In order to buy a chain for a pocket watch, Billis is given a razor by force.Geek Physiques: Pace, a nerd, is rather small and thin.Everyone Is Christian at Christmas: Subverted to a point in the Muslim character who is forced to participate in a lot of nonsense.Endearingly Dorky: We first see Pace collecting stuffed animals.Doorstop Baby: Buddy was adopted by two humans who found them on their doorstep, presumably left by elves.Christmas Songs: We get a reggae version of Joy to the World at one point.The Anti-Grinch: Stirling is a Scrooge-like character who after an offscreen change of heart wants to bring Christmas joy to everyone.The movie stars Socks Whitmore, Ky Mullen, Shane Ryan, Chris Spinelli Raven Miles and Jaclyn Malffugi. There they meet Buddy, an elf and protector of the forest dead set on preventing them from chopping down the tree. It follows Pace Howard, a non-binary accountant living in LA whose employer-after being visited by the three Ghosts of Christmas-sends them out to find a magical Christmas tree in the hills of Los Angeles. The Magical Christmas Tree is a 2021 American Tubi original Christmas movie/romantic comedy. ![]()
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