A Woody Woodpecker Christmas

A Woody Woodpecker Christmas  is a 2020 traditional animated one-hour Christmas television special directed by Bill Kopp and produced by Lisa Melbye and Deidre Brenner for Universal Television and Universal Animation Studios. The special is based on the cartoon characters created by Walter Lantz, and stars the voice of Billy West, reprising his role as the title character from 2002's  ''The New Woody Woodpecker Show. ''It also features the voices of Jimmy Fallon, Al Roker, Amy Poehler, Mark Hamill, Kristen Bell, John Ratzenberger, Jerry Seinfeld, and country music star Blake Shelton. It celebrates the 80th anniversary of Woody Woodpecker's creation, and is his first appearance in any type of media in 18 years. It premiered on December 4, 2020, on NBC.

Plot
The story begins with Woody (Eric Bauza) getting ready for Christmas, and his best-friend-turned-girlfriend Winnie (Kristen Bell) arranging a first date with him. But due to Santa getting kidnapped by Woody and Winnie's nemesis - Buzz Buzzard - Woody has to enlist the help of his old friend Tommy Walters (Graham Verchere) and his father Lance (Timothy Omundson) in order to save Christmas.

Cast

 * Eric Bauza as Woody Woodpecker/Andy Panda/Wally Walrus
 * Kristen Bell as Winnie Woodpecker
 * E.G. Daily as Knothead
 * Nika Futterman as Splinter
 * Jimmy Fallon as Santa Claus
 * Amy Poehler as Ms. Meany
 * Mark Hamill as Buzz Buzzard
 * Blake Shelton as Smedley
 * Timothy Omundson as Lance Walters
 * Graham Verchere as Tommy Walters
 * John Ratzenberger as Officer Stafford
 * Al Roker as Narrator
 * Jim Cummings as various characters
 * Tom Kenny as various characters

Release
Furrball Cat: "Get ready, and all set on Woody Woodpecker's house and glow." "A Woody Woodpecker Christmas Special" Queen Berenice Rdz: "This is beautiful, and Santa Claus is coming soon the night before Christmas." Woody Woodpecker: "Yeah I'm sure he will come." Furrball Cat: "So let's see is the button is red switch of off or green switch of on." (Christmas Lights Off) Furrball Cat: "Red switch." "Hello everybody I'm Queen Berenice Rdz and this my friend Woody Woodpecker." Woody Woodpecker: "Hi everyone (laughing) so I'm getting ready for Christmas, today is Christmas Eve everyone is going to be so excited for the holidays." "Everyone is having a great Christmas, right Woody Woodpecker." ("Christmas Comes Tomorrow" Song) Queen Berenice Rdz: "Woody Woodpecker, Winnie's Woodpecker is here for the date." Woody Woodpecker: "Goody." Queen Berenice Rdz: "Hi Andy Panda, Wally Walrus, and the others, thank you for coming to Woody Woodpecker's house for Christmas party and put the presents under the Christmas tree." (Buzz Buzzard kidnaps Santa Claus and taken to the his house with guards and the captain of the guard and ruined Christmas.) Queen Berenice Rdz: "Woody Woodpecker your dad is here." Woody Woodpecker: "Dad." (Woody Woodpecker's Father reunited his son) Queen Berenice Rdz: "Everyone this is Mr. Woodpecker the father of Woody Woodpecker." (Everyone greeted with hospitality) Queen Berenice Rdz: "Everyone the elves from the North Pole received the bad news: Santa Claus is kidnapped by Buzz Buzzard to his house with guards surrounded with the captain of the guard." (Everyone gasping and saying) Queen Berenice Rdz: "It's up to us to save Santa Claus and make a rescue party for the first rescue expedition." Woody Woodpecker: "That's a great idea but we're going to pack everything then we rescue Santa Claus we all work together as a team group." ("Santa Claus Expedition" Song) Queen Berenice Rdz: "Is everyone ready to rescue Santa Claus." Everyone: "Yeah!" Woody Woodpecker: "Let's go, onward and yonward!" (Everyone is began the rescue expedition to save Santa Claus by walking) Queen Berenice Rdz: "Oh what are you doing out there." 7 year old Daphne Blake: "Well we like to come along with you with my friends Velma, Freddy, Shaggy and a pup named Scooby Doo with some help along the way." Queen Berenice Rdz: "Of course, Woody Woodpecker can they come along too please." Woody Woodpecker: "Yes." Everyone: "Sure." Stefano the Sea lion: "And me." Gurgi and the others: "And me too." Woody Woodpecker and Everyone: "Sure, we all go, this way." (Everyone walking to the forest was beautiful night out there) Queen Berenice Rdz: "Everyone, the way to get to the North Pole is to follow the star called The North Star." Everyone: "Ooh!" Woody Woodpecker: "Let's go." (Everyone is walking the others stopped to rest.) Andy Panda: "It's night out there we should get some sleep for tomorrow morning to eat breakfast and then rescue Santa Claus." (Everyone and Woody Woodpecker, Winnie Woodpecker, and Mr. Woodpecker agreed) Queen Berenice Rdz: "Yes indeed, so we got cozy sleeping bags everyone." Everyone: "Yes." Queen Berenice Rdz: "Good Night everyone." Everyone: "Good Night!" (The Next Day the animals of the forest gathered at the campfire to wake up everyone.) Queen Berenice Rdz: "Good Morning everyone." Everyone: "Good Morning." Woody Woodpecker: "Let's eat breakfast." (The others agreed) Queen Berenice Rdz: "Andy Panda, get some eggs for breakfast." Andy Panda: "Ok." Queen Berenice Rdz: "We packed some juice, Winnie Woodpecker packed some sandwiches, and The Pink Berets packed some pizza slices for everyone, good thing we got was a pan with a pot to make hot chocolate with marshmallows and food to cook." (Everyone is eating breakfast.) Queen Berenice Rdz: "Well are we finished eating breakfast." Everyone: "Yes." Woody Woodpecker: "We're going to rescue Santa Claus, let's go." (Everyone is walking to follow the North Star to the North Pole and Didi Conn and Bernard singing "Santa Claus is coming to Town") ("Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" Song) (Stefano the Sea lion is singing "I'll Be Home For Christmas" Song) ("I'll Be Home For Christmas" Song) Winnie Woodpecker (sadly): "Oh, the song make me crying." Timothy Mouse (sadly) "Oh Winnie Woodpecker, dry up." Timothy Mouse blows nose on tissue: "Thank you." Furrball Cat (sadly): "Incredible, Stefano the Sea lion's singing voice is beautiful and amazing." (blow nose on tissue) Woody Woodpecker: "Stefano the Sea lion, I like that you sang and it's beautiful." Stefano the Sea lion: "Thank you." (Everyone walking to outside of the forest there's a place call "The Valley of the Snowman" everyone is amazed that the snowman is big and Gurgi was frightened by the snowman is moved and began to talk the other snowmans are talking to them.) Queen Berenice Rdz: "We're going to the North Pole, the elves sent us the rescue expedition." Snowman: "Sure, we will take you." ("Christmassy Place" Song) Mr.Woodpecker: "There it is, the North Pole." Queen Berenice Rdz: "We made it." Winnie Woodpecker: "Let's go." (Woody Woodpecker taste the North Pole stick like peppermint and one more lick.) (Everyone made to the North Pole in time, the crowd of elves gathered here for the plan to save Santa Claus and Winnie Woodpecker saw the elf in person and fainted and Furrball Cat got her in arms." Queen Berenice Rdz: "We found this Santa's sack in our home." (The Elves getting the sleigh with the reindeer to ride on to rescue Santa Claus.") Queen Berenice Rdz: "Ok everybody on." (Everyone on the Santa's sleigh to Buzz Buzzard's house and three elves say "Reindeer Away!" to fly in the night sky up high.) ("Dot in the Sleigh" Song) ("The Sleigh Song" by Nature Kitten, Daisy Bunny the baby bunny, Hal the puppy, and Squeeks Mouseling) Woody Woodpecker: "There's Buzz Buzzard's house, let's land here." Queen Berenice Rdz: "Yeah, let's land here without being seen by the guards." (The sleigh landed on the sidewalk to have a plan.) Queen Berenice Rdz: "I got a plan but we have to work together as a team group. Here the plan: first Woody Woodpecker and Winnie Woodpecker to go up the chimney to rescue Santa Claus while Gurgi to stall Buzz Buzzard to the kitchen and the Pink Berets to get kitchen keys front and back door and lock it up and bury in the snow, and Velma, Shaggy and Scooby Doo gives Pink Berets a tranquilizer darts to shoot the guards and two poison tranquilizer darts to Buzz Buzzard and Captain of the guard after Freddy set some booby traps for the guards was nets, Daphne, Me, Furrball Cat, Timothy Mouse and the others are going fight them on the inside and rescue accomplished." Everyone: "Yeah." Woody Woodpecker: "The three elves are giving us the signal, right." Queen Berenice Rdz: "Yes, let's do it." (Woody Woodpecker and Winnie Woodpecker to go up the chimney to rescue Santa Claus, Freddy set some booby traps for the guards was nets, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby Doo gives Pink Berets a tranquilizer darts to shoot the guards and two poison tranquilizer darts to Buzz Buzzard and Captain of the guard, Gurgi to stall Buzz Buzzard to the kitchen and the Pink Berets to get kitchen keys front and back door and lock it up and bury in the snow, Daphne, Me, Furrball Cat, Timothy Mouse and the others are going fight them on the inside.) (The elves gave them a signal.) Queen Berenice Rdz: "There's a signal, Now!!" (The fight begins now with karate skills, shooting tranquilizer darts to the guards, get kitchen keys to the doors front and back are locked and burying the key in snow, Buzz Buzzard is trapped in the kitchen, and Woody Woodpecker and Winnie Woodpecker save Santa Claus and Pink Berets will shoot at Buzz Buzzard and Captain of the guard tied up in rope with two poison tranquilizer darts and it did.) Queen Berenice Rdz, Woody Woodpecker, and Everyone: "Yay!! we did it, we save Christmas!" Santa Claus: "Well we better get going, the children are going be up in the morning, we will deliver the presents." Woody Woodpecker: "Excuse me Santa, we're just wondering can we offer your help." Santa Claus: "Of course all of you could help me deliver the presents." Everyone: "Yea!!" (Everyone in the Santa's sleigh with three elves Santa Claus say "Reindeer Away!" to fly in the night sky up high to deliver the presents around the world.) ("Christmassy Place" Reprise Song) (They made it home to outside Woody Woodpecker's house.) Mr. Woodpecker: "Everybody off." Queen Berenice Rdz, Woody Woodpecker, Winnie Woodpecker: "We're gonna miss you, Santa Claus." The Three Elves: "After all you did save Santa Claus, Merry Christmas be sure you're looking for us." Santa Claus: "Reindeer away!" The three elves: "Bye Queen Berenice Rdz, bye Woody Woodpecker, bye Winnie Woodpecker!" Santa Claus: "Merry Christmas!! and to all and good night." (Everyone waved goodbye to Santa Claus and thank him for the help.) Queen Berenice Rdz: "Knothead, Splinter guess what we saved Santa Claus." Furrball Cat and Andy Panda: "That is the best Christmas ever." Timothy Mouse: "Now we can open our presents." Wally Walrus: "Yeah, let's go." (Everyone went inside the Woody Woodpecker's house and Queen Berenice Rdz and Winnie Woodpecker saw Woody Woodpecker was thinking.) Queen Berenice Rdz: "Woody Woodpecker is everything alright." Woody Woodpecker: "Well I have a memory, you see after all we did save Santa Claus, but now I'm happy." Queen Berenice Rdz: "Woody Woodpecker here's Winnie Woodpecker you two have a date I'll go over there to the entrance." (Woody Woodpecker and Winnie Woodpecker kiss each other and Mice Trio saw it so lovely.) Woody Woodpecker and Winnie Woodpecker: "So we're ready to go inside the house it's cold outside." Queen Berenice Rdz: "Yes we can." ("Christmastime is Here Now" Song) "Merry Christmas from Woody Woodpecker and his friends." The End.

Criticism from religious groups
The special has gained criticism from certain religious and conservative groups. The Family Research Council, an organization labeled as a hate and extremist group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, criticized its alleged "pot shots" at Christians and the alleged "subliminal message about Christmas being hijacked by religious people from the Pegans." The Media Research Center, a conservative "media watchdog group", issued a statement regarding the special, saying "Hollywood's liberal values and attacks on religious belief invade even what's supposed to be a harmless holiday special aimed at children and their families. A Woody Woodpecker Christmas, whose title character has been irrelevant since the 1970's, continues their vicious assault on Christianity in particular by claiming it's "hijacked" the Christmas season from the Pegans. It's no surprise it would air on the liberal NBC network."