The show is about a little reindeer named Niko who wants to learn how to fly. Apparently his dad is one of Santa’s flying forces A.K.A. reindeer and he wants to find him. He lives with his mother and a flying squirrel voiced by Norm McDonald. The first problem with this special is that they give minimal back story to our characters, sure we know about Niko having a deadbeat dad that delivers present to all children except his own but we never find out why he’s hanging out with a flying squirrel. Also aren’t flying squirrels supposed to live in Asia or South America? Not the North Pole!
Back to the story; Niko decides that he shouldn’t try to fly with all the reindeer watching him, so he decides to go to the outskirts of the valley where the other reindeer never go because it’s too dangerous. Not only does he go but he takes his girlfriend with him. Sounds like Simba and Nala from Lion King to me. Meanwhile there’s a pack of wolves living in a cave. The wolves are starving because they can’t find any deer to eat. Now the leader of the pack is one of the most clichéd villains I’ve ever seen. He’s a wolf, raspy voiced and has red eyes. The pack leader sends two of his pack members to find food and of course they run into our protagonist. The pack members chase Niko, his girlfriend and Norm McDonald until they finally lose them. Niko goes and tells his girlfriend’s dad about it and the herd asks if they followed them here. Niko says no and is wrong. The wolves chase after the herd and Niko’s girlfriend’s dad is apparently Super Elk because he was able to knock down a tree which causes an avalanche. But unfortunately he is injured. “MUFASA!!!! I mean NIKO’S GIRLFRIEND’S DAD!!!” Sorry about that but I can’t help but to notice the content they ripped off from the Lion King.
Now the herd has to move on and is of course pissed at Niko. Niko feeling the animosity towards him decides to go off to Santa’s workshop and find his father. Norm McDonald tags along. Meanwhile a poodle wanders into the lair of the wolf pack. The wolves are about to eat her but she says that if they eat her Santa would put them on the naughty list. Just then the Flying Forces fly though their lair just to assholes. The pack leader suddenly has an idea. His pack should go and eat the Flying Forces and the wolves would then take their powers and be able to fly too. What are they, Sylar? On Niko’s journey they come across a weasel hanging upside down. The weasel is voiced by some R&B singer which foreshadows an R&B song coming up later in the show. They then break the branch that the weasel was stuck on. The weasel says that now she has to tag along and save their lives to repay them. Then the wolves come and give chase to Niko. Apparently these are the slowest wolves in the world seeing how they couldn’t catch up with a baby deer. Alas poor Niko gets cornered and the wolves are about to eat him but then R&B weasel causes an avalanche and our heroes escape.
The journey continues where they are almost at Santa’s workshop but come across a cave. R&B weasel tells our heroes that Santa’s workshop is on the other side of that cave but nobody goes into that cave and comes out ALIVE, sounds Christmassy. So our heroes go into the cave and come out the other side with little to no trouble. The wolves on the other hand go into the cave but get trapped. Now at Santa’s workshop Niko meets the Flying Forces so they go inside to get some drinks. Here R&B weasel sings a song that has a tune completely ripped off of the Christmas song Santa Baby
After this rendition the Flying Forces decide to test if Niko is really one of their sons, so they make him jump off a cliff to see if he could fly. Yeah, that’s very mature and responsible. The way they fly is that they run through the air without fear, funny I thought all you needed to fly was a happy thought and some pixie dust. On the test Niko jumps but fails, luckily the reindeer aren’t completely jerks and saves him.
Meanwhile at the cave, the pack leader has found a way out of the cave by howling so the glass that’s blocking their way shatters. The wolves then charge in going after the Flying Forces. The Flying Forces don’t fly because they are too scared of the wolves. The wolves are chasing around the Flying Forces and during all this; Santa and the elves aren’t anywhere to be seen. Somehow a psychic that knows when kids are sleeping or playing in Uganda, doesn’t notice the commotion in his own backyard. Anyway the leader of the pack mad at Niko gives chase. So Niko goes up a tree, the pack leader then extends his retracted claws to climb up a tree. Wait a minute, this goes against Biology; Reindeer don’t climb tree, Wolves don’t have retractable claws and don’t climb trees. Mountain lions have retractable claws and climb trees, in fact that’s what they should’ve been mountain lions. Mountain lions would’ve been less clichéd.
Soon Niko reaches the top of the tree and is cornered by the pack leader; suddenly R&B weasel stabs one of the reindeer in the butt. This forces the reindeer to fly fast into the pack leader and Niko. High in the air Niko and the pack leader falls hundreds of feet in the air, but Niko learned how to fly and flew away while the pack leader falls to his death. Merry Christmas everyone! Anyway Niko got accepted into the Flying Forces so Norm McDonald goes away to tell Niko’s mom. Santa finally shows up and we learn that Niko’s dad was Prancer the one that was the same color as him. However, we learn that Prancer is a complete dead beat so Niko returns to his herd. Niko says that he went looking for his father but he realized he’s been with his real father all along; Norm McDonald. Oh my gosh, he’s half squirrel?! (Note: I know that he meant sentimentally but what kid would get that?) In conclusion this is one of the worst Christmas specials I have ever seen.
I give it 1 ½ out of 5 stars.
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