Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice

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Directed by:	Kevin Deters Stevie Wermers-Skelton
Written by:	Kevin Deters Stevie Wermers-Skelton
Release date:	December 5, 2011
Running time:	21 minutes
Rating:	TV-G

Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice is a sequel to Prep & Landing, originally aired on ABC on December 5, 2011. It was later featured on ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas on December 21, 2011. The special won the 2011 Annie Awards for Best Character Animation in a TV Production, Best Character Design in a TV Production, Best Music in a TV Production, and Best Storyboarding in a Television Production.

1 Synopsis
2 Hidden gags and Easter eggs
3 Cast
4 External links

Synopsis

SPOILER: Plot details or story follow.

As the special begins, we are introduced to the Coal Elf Brigade, a special unit of Christmas elves that is responsible for delivering lumps of coal to naughty children.

The following year, Wayne and Lanny are informed that they have to recover classified North Pole technology that has fallen into the hands of a hacker identified only as "jinglesmell1337." Desperate to prevent Christmas from descending into chaos, Wayne seeks out (at the insistence of Magee) the foremost Naughty Kid expert to aid in the mission, a bombastic member of the Coal Elf Brigade who also happens to be his estranged younger brother, Noel. Reluctant to take the extroverted Noel along with him, Wayne relents, and Noel joins Wayne and Lanny on their mission. During the trip, Noel and Wayne reminisce about their childhood, when they worked together far better than they do now.

As the trio arrives at the hacker's house, Wayne sets off a trap, imperiling the entire team; Wayne takes a particular beating while Noel is able to defend himself. Lanny, however, is able to infiltrate the hacker's room, only to be taken captive. The hacker then reveals herself to be Grace Goodwin, whose sole mission is to get herself off the naughty list, believing that she had been set up by her toddler brother, who had destroyed her favorite toy and ruined her chances to ask Santa Claus for a new one by his crying. After a somewhat intoxicated Lanny suggests using the "magic words" to get the password for the device that will get her off the list, she does just that: using the word "please" as the password. At first, Grace appears successful in changing her status from naughty to nice, but the device malfunctions, threatening to place the entire planet on the naughty list unless she and the team can pull off a risky operation to fix the problem.

Meanwhile, Wayne is particularly bitter at being "shown up" by his younger brother, prompting a fight in the street in front of Grace's house in which Wayne wishes he never had a brother. Shocked at his statement, Noel (who always idolized Wayne growing up) asks Wayne to say he didn't mean it, then throws what he had intended to give Wayne as a Christmas present at him. The gift - a toy that Wayne had wanted as a boy but was never able to get - prompts Wayne to reconcile with Noel and carry out the mission. Grace, watching the whole argument as it unfolds, learns a powerful lesson and a newfound appreciation for her younger brother.

The next morning, the scene at the Goodwin house shows Grace's toddler brother giving her her new Christmas present - a replacement toy for the one he had destroyed a year prior.

Spoilers end here.

Hidden gags and Easter eggs

A school and report card in the story is based on writer/director Stevie Wermer-Skeleton's elementary school, while the teacher is modeled on one of writer/director Kevin Deters' favorite teachers is depicted within that school.
Grace meets the elves wearing a Disney Princess shirt.
In a flashback scene, as Grace walks away from the store Santa, the next kids in line are Ralphie and the kid with goggles he meets from A Christmas Story.
As Noel goes in for a closer look as what Grace is doing, he goes under a bed complete with stuffed toys, including one of Mickey Mouse.

Cast

Voice actor	Character
Dave Foley	Wayne
Derek Richardson	Lanny
Sarah Chalke	Magee
Rob Riggle	Noel
Chris Parnell	Mr. Thistleton
Emily Alyn Lind	Grace Goodwin
W. Morgan Sheppard	The Big Guy (Santa Claus)
Hayes MacArthur	Thrasher
Phil LaMarr	Crumbles
Christopher Harrison	Gene the New Snowmobile Salesman
Grace Potter	Carol
Kevin Deters	Hop With Me Bunny
Stevie Wermers-Skelton Dorthy McKim	Miscellaneous elves