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"A Rocket X-Mas" is a special half-hour Christmas episode of the Nickelodeon animated series Rocket Power, produced as the second episode for the show's fourth season. It was originally released as a direct-to-video special featured on the NickToons Christmas DVD on September 30, 2003, and later made its televised premiere on the network on December 15th of the same year.

Synopsis

Three days before Christmas, Ray is buying cones of ice cream topped with candy canes for his kids, Otto and Reggie, as the start of their annual Christmas traditions, even though it is implied that Otto and Reggie do not actually like the flavor of ice cream he just bought. Ray is about to start reminiscing on the family's first Christmas in Ocean Shores when he suddenly spots a classic 10-foot longboard on display in a nearby store window and becomes absolutely entranced by it. After snapping out of his daze, Ray heads off to get the supplies for the paper chains he says he and his kids always make. Immediately after their dad leaves, though, Otto and Reggie express embarrassment at the idea of still making paper chains. Twister comes by, telling the siblings that he's walking Mrs. Maize's poodle while she's busy with her Christmas shopping. When he mentions that he's being paid $20 to walk dogs (he says it's a popular way to make extra money this time of the year), Reggie and Otto also decide to start offering a dog-walking service so they can make enough money to buy the expensive longboard for their dad for his Christmas present.

Reggie on phone

Team Rocket sets up their dog-walking business.

At the Rocket residence, the siblings, with help from Twister and Sam, begin setting up the business when Ray comes in with the Christmas decorations. While Otto and Twister help him bring them in, a photo album drops out of the box and Sam takes a look at it, noticing an old photo of Reggie and Otto on a mall Santa's lap. Ray begins to reminiscence on that Christmas, but the quartet, not comfortable with this, head out to start walking dogs. As they leave, Ray reminds Reggie and Otto that they have to make their annual gingerbread house and then sing the "Kringle Dingle Song" and dance the "antler dance" tonight, much to the pair's embarrassment. After a troublesome afternoon of walking their neighbors' dogs, Otto and Reggie come home late, hoping that their father got tired of waiting for them and went to bed early. However, they come in to see Ray having already decorated the house and singing and dancing the aforementioned song and dance. They tell him that the reason they were gone for so long was because they got food poisoning.

Otto and Reggie go through fake blizzard

The next morning, after they tell him they're feeling better, Ray reminds them that tonight is when they're going to watch his favorite Christmas TV special, Pinkie Pixie's Christmas Flapadoozy. Otto and Reggie aren't looking forward to that, but Reggie tells her brother that they're gonna have to watch it, since Christmas is so important to their dad. That afternoon, Otto, getting tired of the troubles of walking the dogs, finds a way to liven up the job by getting the dogs to chase beef jerky while pulling him on his skateboard, which Reggie and Twister also manage to do (Sam unfortunately does not have the same luck getting the dogs to pull him on his skateboard). That evening, Reggie figures that while they only have one more day to make enough money to buy the longboard, it should provide them with enough pay. But then they remember they're supposed to be watching Pinkie Pixie with their dad right now; when they arrive home, Ray tells them that he taped the special because they missed the broadcast. As they start watching the tape, Otto and Reggie mock the special, much to their dad's annoyance. He becomes even more annoyed with them when they say they want to give it a rest on these Christmas traditions of his, and he storms out, leaving the siblings hoping he'll feel better once they've given him the longboard.

Meanwhile, Tito Makani has been working as a department store Santa among many others in hopes of being the official Santa Claus of Ocean Shores' mayoral ball. However, he loses that position to Peterson and comes to visit Ray at the Shore Shack. Tito pours out about how much he wanted to continue his family's tradition of being Santa's Helper. Ray admits that he feels the same way regarding his kids not celebrating Christmas with him, saying he wishes he could get them to understand what's really important.

On Christmas Eve, Otto and Reggie find themselves doing their dog-walking service without Twister and Sam's help, due to Twister spending Christmas with his family and Sam going to buy a weed-butcher for his mom's present. To make matters worse, Reggie had to pay half of their earlier earnings due to an accident with a Christmas lights display, which may make getting the rest of the money needed for the longboard more difficult. As the dogs pull Otto and Reggie on their skateboards, they pass by several houses with other happy families enjoying Christmas together just like Ray wanted to do with them (including one family watching the very same TV special that Ray wanted to watch), and they feel guilty about this. Realizing that it's 4:00 PM, they get to work returning the dogs to their owners, with Reggie giving Otto the money-sack they've been holding onto, since the surfboard store is on the path he's taking. However, Otto runs into Lars and his gang, who challenge him to a dog-walking race. Otto, being in a hurry, refuses, but eventually accepts the challenge, only for him and Lars to both end up crashing into some signs and scattering all the dogs.

Otto and Reggie are stuck having to retrieve all the dogs that Otto lost, with Reggie chastising Otto for this. When they arrive at the Dullard residence, where Sam has just given his mom the weed-butcher, they ask for his help; luckily, Sam had anticipated such a possibility and installed a tracking device on each of the dogs. With Sam overseeing things from his room, Otto, Reggie, and Twister look for the dogs. After Twister brings Tito's dog to him, the dog informs Tito of the Rocket siblings' current dilemma. After Otto and Reggie finish gathering the dogs, Tito gives them a lift to the surfboard store, telling them that the customers for their dog-walking service have gathered to pay them there. After being paid the rest of the money by their customers (and a brief disaster where Otto mistakenly thinks he lost the money-sack Reggie gave him to hold onto earlier), Reggie and Otto manage to buy the longboard. Lt. Ryan, impressed by Tito's work, decides to let him be the official Santa for the mayor's ball after all.

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Otto, Reggie, and Ray's new Christmas tradition - surfing.

Reggie and Otto arrive home, willing to celebrate Christmas with their dad, telling him he was right about it being all about traditions. Ray tells them, however, that the actual reason he's been doing all these traditions was in honor of his wife, who'd always loved these traditions when they were little, but what really mattered to her was that they kept spending time as a family. (This is notably a clue to the later revelation that Otto and Reggie's biological mother, Danielle, died prior to the events of the show.) Afterward, Reggie and Otto present him with the longboard. He then gives them a pair of gifts he'd planned to give them when they were old enough - for Otto, a Spanish gold coin that their mother found on a scuba expedition in a sunken wreck off the coast of Barbados; and for Reggie, a music box that their mother won in a women's surfing contest. The kids are touched with these gifts, and with that, they and their dad begin a new Christmas tradition - going surfing together on his new longboard.

Availability

The episode made its debut as part of the NickToons Christmas DVD, on September 30, 2003. It was later included on the Rocket Power: The Complete Fourth Season manufacture-on-demand DVD set, released on June 20, 2014.

Cast

A Rocket X-Mas
Voice actor Character
Joseph Ashton Otto Rocket
Shayna Fox Reggie Rocket
Gilbert Leal Twister Rodriguez
Sean Marquette Sam Dullard
John Kassir Ray Rocket
Santa helper #1
Ray Bumatai Tito Makani
Santa helper #2
R. Lee Ermey Lt. Tice Ryan
Denise Dowse Officer Shirley
Obba Babatundé Conroy Blanc
Townsperson #1
Lombardo Boyar Lars Rodriguez
Townsperson #2
Henry Gibson Merv Stimpleton
Townsperson #3
Edie McClurg Violet Stimpleton
Townsperson #4
Jason Spisak Pi Piston
Townsperson #5
Kim Mai Guest Pinkie Pixie
Robert Pine Peterson

Gallery

Citations

  • "A Rocket X-Mas." Rocket Power (56). J. Ashton, S. Fox, J. Kassir et al. perfs. Los Angeles: Klasky-Csupo. B/c Nickelodeon US, New York 15 Dec 2003.

External links

Nickelodeon
Productions
Nicktoons "The Santa Experience" • "Son of Stimpy" • "Doug's Christmas Story" • "Rocko's Modern Christmas!" • "Gone Shopp'n" • "A Scooter For Yaksmas" • "Arnold's Christmas" • "Gift Hoarse" • "Let It Snow" • "Have Yourself a Thornberry Little Christmas" • "A Very CatDog Christmas" • "Christmas Who?" • "Christmas Every Day!" • "An 'Even Steven' Holiday Special" • "Babies in Toyland" • Merry Nickmas shorts • "The Most Horrible X-Mas Ever" • "A Rocket X-Mas" • "Holly Jolly Jimmy" • "The Finster Who Stole Christmas" • "A Robot for All Seasons" • "When Santas Collide" • "The Fright Before Christmas!" • "Merry Wishmas" • "It's an Udderful Life" • "The All Nighter Before Christmas" • "A Doomed Christmas" • "A Very Brrr-y Icemas" • It's a SpongeBob Christmas!A Fairly Odd Christmas • "Baconmas" • "A Magix Christmas" • "Huggle Day" • "Happy Chalawunga!" • "A Crustmas Story" • "11 Louds a Leapin'" • Albert • "It's Christmas, You Dorks!" • "Bunsen Saves Christmas" • "Bramley Holiday" • "A Very Casagrandes Christmas" • "Season's Cheatings" / "A Flipmas Carol" • "The Ho! Ho! Horror!" • A Loud House Christmas • "Traditions" • "Just in Time for Christmas" • "Parker Saves Christmas" • "SpongeBob's Road to Christmas" • "Snow Escape" • Twas the Night Before SpongemasA Very Patchy Holiday Stream Special • "Twas the Fight Before Christmas" • "Sandy's Country Christmas"
Live-action shows and movies "X-Mas Eve" • "Ride, She Said" • "Christmas" (Roundhouse) • "The Gift" (The Secret World of Alex Mack) • All That Episode 225 • "O' Christmas Pete" • "Merry Christmas, Kenan" • "Starwalk" • "Miracle on 32nd Skeet" • "The Mystery of the Mice That Roared" • "A Very Canine Christmas" • The Nick at Nite Holiday Special • "A Little So'em So'em for Christmas" • Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh • "iChristmas" • "The Naked Brothers Band Christmas Special" • "Telling Amanda" • "The Good, the Bad and the Ickie Doll" • "Big Time Christmas" • "A Christmas Tori" • "Epic Christmas" • "How to Rock Christmas" • "See Dad Run Christmas Into the Ground" • "The Gift of the Maggies" • Santa Hunters • "Santa's Little Harpers" • "Winter Thunderland" • "The Thank You Mask" • "Christmas Danger" • "A Reggae Potato Christmas" • Nickelodeon's Ho-Ho Holiday Special • "The Gift" (Make It Pop) • "Jingle Bell Rock" (School of Rock) • Tiny Christmas • "Holiday Punch" • The All-Star Nickmas Spectacular • "Down Goes Santa" • "Friendiversary" • All That Episode 1134 • "Krampapalooza" • "A Mouth Noise Christmas" • "Fa-La-La-La-La-La-La-Lay Lay" • "Waiting for Santa" • Nickelodeon's Treasure TruckThe Great Nickmas Tree Sliming • "A Very Delivery Van Christmas" • "All I Want for Christmas is Lay Lay"
Nick Jr. Christmas at Eureeka's Castle • "Waiting for Grandma" • "Mr. Cook's Christmas" • "A Gullah Gullah Christmas" • "Blue's Big Holiday" • "Merry Christmas, Little Bill" • "A Present for Santa" • "Blue's First Holiday" • "Blue's Holiday Wishes" • "Christmas Wishes" • "Diego Saves Christmas!" • "Christmas" (Yo Gabba Gabba!) • "Save the Reindeer!" • Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure • "Great and Grumpy Holiday" • "The Super-Special Gift" • "The Action Elves Save Christmas Eve" • "Santa's Little Fixers" • "Christmas" (Hi-5) • "Happy Holidays, Mr. Grumpfish!" • "A Very Awesome Christmas" • Peter Rabbit's Christmas Tale • "Pups Save Christmas" • "Wally Saves the Trollidays" • "A Very Guppy Christmas" • "Monster Machine Christmas" • "Have a Very Mutty Christmas" • "Santa's Little Genies" • "Christmas 2.0" • "Best Christmas Ever" (Sunny Day) • "The Knight Before Christmas" (Nella the Princess Knight) • "Rusty Saves Christmas" • "The Sugar Plum Fairy!" • "Merry Woodsmas" • "Ryan's Merry Playdate" • "A Top Wing Christmas" • "A Pirate Christmas" • "Pups Save a Bah-Humdinger" • "Blue's Night Before Christmas" • "The Guppies Save Christmas!" • "Ryan's Christmas Time Special!" • "All I Want for Fishmas" • "Christmas is Coming!" • "The Present" • "Charger's Christmas Adventure" • "The Crew Builds a Christmas Show" • "Tiny Chef’s Marvelous Mish Mesh Special" • "Face's Holiday Countdown Party"
Albums
Ren & Stimpy's Crock O' ChristmasRugrats: Holiday ClassicsNick HolidayNick Jr. Winter WonderlandDora's ChristmasMerry Nickmas . Baby Shark's Big Fishmas SpecialNick Jr.'s Holly Jolly Jams
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