Lizzie McGuire: Xtreme Xmas

"Xtreme Xmas" is the Christmas episode of the Disney Channel Original Series Lizzie McGuire, produced and aired as the twentieth episode of its second season on December 6, 2002.

Summary
Lizzie, Miranda and Gordo are giving Matt's toys away at a Christmas charity drive which has an unlikely-looking Santa Claus (Steven Tyler of Aerosmith), and he's assisted by Nobby Frostybump (Shelley Berman), a senior citizen playing one of Santa's elves. Timmy says that he totally have some parade floats from the famous movie franchise, in which he's successively building the Spy Kids-themed Christmas float. Lizzie wants to put an elaborate float together for an upcoming Christmas parade. She needs and gets help building it from Gordo. However she has stiff competition from Kate and her cousin Amy, who have their float built by professionals, Zim has some of his invasion plot, and Larry Tudgeman who's building a Star Wars-themed Christmas float, Timmy tells him that is looking pretty good. Miranda tells Timmy that she was so building a Disney's Mulan-themed Christmas float.

To make matters worse, her efforts to build the float are compromised by Nobby, who really apparently thinks he is one of Santa's elves. Nobby usually spends time at a senior citizens home, which had a plumbing problem, and the McGuires, Timmy, Zim, Jorgen, GIR, Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup, Professor Utonium, Miranda & Gordo offer to help fix it. However, the process of doing so gets in the way of Lizzie's ability to finish her float. Lizzie falls asleep with Timmy, and has a dream where she's visited by Nobby Frostybump, and then family members and friends posing as Christmas legends in order to try to show Lizzie the true meaning of Christmas, but Miranda tells Lizzie that chose not to. When she and Timmy wakes up, Lizzie forgoes building the float to help Nobby, and remains content with herself. But much to the surprise of everyone, her float is found fully assembled and being used by Steven Tyler who sings his own rendition of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town."

Trivia

 * Lizzie McGuire and Timmy Turner built the parade float of Carmen and Juni Cortez from the Spy Kids movie, Miranda Sanchez build the parade float of the Professor, Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup and Mojo Jojo from The Powerpuff Girls (classic), and Jo McGuire has the parade float of the three women crimefighters from the 2000 movie Charlie's Angels.
 * There is no clapboard with a production date on it shown at the beginning of the blooper reel like there usually is. (One seen very briefly at the end, but it is impossible to read.) Perhaps the makers of Lizzie didn't want to call attention to the fact this Christmas episode was shot in May of 2002, as well in "Pool Party", which that didn't have a blooper reel.
 * The clip of The Lizzie McGuire Movie has the footage from this episode is shown of Lizzie has the true meaning of Christmas with Gordo, Miranda and Timmy, along with new footage of the Christmas charity drive for this episode.
 * The stock footage of the episode includes cameos from Nobby Frostybump, Santa Claus, and the parade floats, The new footage also heavily features new animations of Zim, getting rage as an Invader, pushing Nobby and Santa far away and destroying the Christmas floats, such as Tudgeman's parade float.
 * Every episode broadcast in which Danny Kessler does not appear.
 * This episode that contains multiple parodies of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Miracle on 34th Street, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
 * Palm trees are seen in the background lining the parade route which is another indication that "Lizzie McGuire" might take place in California.
 * There is the Star Wars-themed Christmas float in this episode. (One seen very briefly in the background, but it is impossible to see in the camera.) Perhaps the Lizzie McGuire series didn't want want to call attention to the fact this episode that the parade float of the Death Star versus X-Wings from Star Wars is getting too blurry in the camera that Timmy put on the magic vision shades.
 * Steven Tyler's performance of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" won "Best Song" in the viewer voting on the Disney Channel's broadcast of "A Raven New Year's Eve" which aired on December 31, 2002.

Goofs

 * When Steven Tyler is shown singing on the float, there are some quick-cut shots in which he goes from using a microphone on a stand to a hand-held one without sufficient time to make the switch.
 * After Sam is introduced to Nobby, he says to him, "Hi, Notty."
 * When Sam tells Lizzie how the rest of the family is having trouble fixing the plumbing at the retirement home, they show a quick clip of their haplessness in which Gordo is shown helping, but this is before Gordo and Miranda decides to go and try to help.
 * The McGuires are helpless at fixing the plumbing in the retirement home despite Jo being shown at being a fix-it wiz in "Movin' On Up".
 * When Lizzie tells Timmy about their Christmas parade floats are shown, you can clearly see the Carmen and Juni Cortez from the Spy Kids Movie in a parade float.

Sound Effects Used

 * ADVANTAGE AUDIO FALL SOUND
 * ADVANTAGE AUDIO SIREN WHISTLES
 * ADVANTAGE AUDIO SIREN WHISTLE WHIP
 * ADVANTAGE AUDIO SMALL BLINK SOUND
 * Sound Ideas, MAGIC - GLASS CHIMES RIPPLE
 * Hollywoodedge, Medium Exterior Crow PE140501
 * Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - FLBONK
 * Sound Ideas, SKID, CARTOON - BROKEN SKID
 * LIZZIE MCGUIRE MUSIC
 * Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 02
 * ADVANTAGE AUDIO WHIP CRACK
 * Sound Ideas, SQUAWK, CARTOON - HIT OR FALL HORN BONK 01
 * Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - FIDDLE SLIDE UP, SHORT 02
 * Hollywoodedge, Gooey Splat CRT052406
 * H-B SCI FI - ROCKET BY, NOISY
 * Sound Ideas, SQUAWK, CARTOON - HIT OR FALL HORN BONK 01 (Used when Lizzie pokes Timmy)
 * Sound Ideas, STEREO, TURNTABLE - NEEDLE SCRATCHING RECORD, RECORD PLAYER 02
 * DING, MAGIC POOF WITH DING
 * Hollywoodedge, Bong With Glass Break CRT032506
 * Sound Ideas, TWANG, CARTOON - SAW BLADE TWANG 02
 * Joel Valentine Laser Beam Sound
 * Sound Ideas, SCI FI - ROCKET LAND SPEEDER: START AND AWAY, (Used accent when the PPGs flying fast.)
 * Hollywoodedge, Pottery Drop Break PE112401
 * Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - BRAKE DRUM AND BULB HORN HIT
 * Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SQUAWK - SMALL HORN BONK 01
 * Sound Ideas, BITE, CARTOON - BIG CHOMP
 * Hollywoodedge, Glass Crash Sustaine PE112901
 * H-B CARTOON - TRIP AND CRASH (Used when Animated Lizzie looks at the rocket vehicle during the animated segments)
 * Sound Ideas, RUN, CARTOON - FAST RUN, LONG
 * Sound Ideas, GULP, CARTOON - BIG GULP, HUMAN
 * Darth Vader's Breathing Sound
 * Sound Ideas, STRETCH, CARTOON - RUBBER STRETCH, LONG
 * Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - BIG HEAD HIT
 * Hollywoodedge, Electrical Zaps Arcs PE200501
 * SKYWALKER LIGHTSABER SOUND
 * SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - X-WING FIGHTER GUN
 * SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - TIE FIGHTER GUN
 * SKYWALKER BEEPING SOUND
 * Sound Ideas, RUN, CARTOON - BLOP GALLOP, LONG
 * Joel Valentine Laser Beam Sound
 * Sound Ideas, CARTOON, EATING - STRANGE CREATURES EATING 01
 * Sound Ideas, SKID, CARTOON - BROKEN SKID
 * Sound Ideas, SKID, CARTOON - BENT SKID

Edited Into
The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003) Flashbacks of the scenes from the episode: Including the Parade floats, Santa Claus/Steven Tyler and Nobby Frostybump are shown.

Spoofs
Miracle on 34th Street (1947) Santa's-helper who seems to be the real thing.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) (TV Movie) Gordo as the "Elf who wants be a dentist" in Lizzie and Timmy's dream sequence with Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup.

A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) (TV Movie) last-minute "true meaning of Christmas" monologue spoofed

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) (TV Short) Crocker's monologue poem uses some Grinch catchphrases

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) Numerous parodies including: Ms. Keane discuss the film. Dib Membrane quotes Darth Vader's famous line "The force is strong with this one!". Mojo Jojo refers to the film. Death Star versus X-wings parade float with TIE Fighters. Blossom refers to Nobby Frostybump as "Obi-Frosty Kenobi". Princess Morbucks mentions Tatoonie. Timmy uses a lightsaber, including sound effects. Professor Utonium talks about the movie. Buttercup mentions Stormtroopers. Lizzie has Princess Leia hair when she and Timmy looks at all of the parade floats.

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Numerous parodies including: Blossom mentions the Ice planet Hoth. Lizzie grips Timmy as they look at the parade floats, just like Leia and Luke. Gordo has the video camera that record the footage of the parade floats. Jorgen is trying to fix the hyperdrive in his parade float. Ms. Keane carrying the AT-AT Imperial Walker toy from "The Empire Strikes Back". Professor refers to Nobby Frostybump as "Darth Vader". Han Solo frozen in carbonite makes a cameo. Zim imitates Yoda. Buttercup quotes Han Solo's famous line "Never tell me the odds." Bubbles refers to the film. Miranda references the movie. Mojo Jojo says that Santa/Steven Tyler look like Lando Calrissian. Poster is seen. Ethan Craft mentions Darth Vader cuts off Luke Skywalker's hand to Dib Membrane.

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) Lizzie and Timmy's relationship is the same as Luke and Leia's relationship.

Quotes
Lizzie: "Sweetie, what's the theme of your float?

Timmy: "I call it, Spy Kids Christmas."

(The parade float of Carmen and Juni Cortez from Spy Kids is shown)

Ms. Keane: Remember: he's watching you.

Blossom: That monkey mayhem gone wrong about their plan of crimefighting, and I was using my laser vision!

[Note: This is a reference to "The Powerpuff Girls Movie".]

Princess: And your point is...?

(Princess carrying the frozen Han Solo in carbonite and put on the wall)

Ms. Keane: Okay, kids...ooh! Hold your horses. Blossom, tell about the show-and-tell for the Star Wars movie.

Miranda: "If Kate was learned anything from The Empire Strikes Back, she's stack!"

Lizzie: (wearing Princess Leia's A New Hope hairdo) "So, Miranda. I love my hairstyle as aged before beauty of a princess, and what's the theme of your float?"

Miranda: "I call the theme of a christmas parade float, from the movie Mulan."

(The parade float of Mulan, Mushu and other characters from the Disney animated movie Mulan (1998) is shown)

Jorgen: "I wonder if I can battle Darth Maul with my mighty magic wand turned into being a lightstick."

Red: "So, what's the theme of your float?"

Larry: "Death star Christmas."

Blossom: Let's take a look of this thing! (flying and looks at the Death Star parade float, which comes with X-wings and TIE Fighters) It comes with X-wing fighters?

Mojo: Ooh, and even including TIE Fighters in the Death Star trench from Star Wars.

Zim (Imitates Yoda): "A very shiny red nose Rudolph had..."

Dib: "Yes."

Zim: (laughs) "Filthy human."

Lizzie: "Hey guys, can you help me out?"

Bubbles: "I need something for his float."

Miranda: "Lizzie, you wouldn't happen to have an exhaust assembly system for a rebel force's X-Wing fighter, would you?"

Timmy: "You mean... the trench run that one of the plan for the space station that I was so piloting my flying vehicle and that blown up in space?"

Gordo: "This could still be the best Christmas ever."

Timmy: "Uh... Whoa! We're gonna need reinforcements."

(Timmy pulls out a lightsaber)

Timmy: "It's like they're scrubbing all my troubles away... and That's a lot of punishment with Danny Kessler!"

* igniting blue lightsaber*

(Timmy swings his lightsaber (light blue) around)

Zim: "GIR. You've seen the Smoke machine that Jorgen got for Tudgeman's float?"

Mojo: (pans up to Tudgeman's parade float, the smoke comes out, then cuts to him) Unbelievable!

Dib: "This is going to make all the stupid X-wings and TIE Fighters crashing in from the Death Star look really authentic.. and really stupid."

Larry: "Right, 'cause nothing says "Merry Christmas."