Da Grinchy Code / Duck

Episode Summary
Da Grinchy Code: Tom Hanks, Nicolas Cage, and Old Indiana Jones arrive in Who-Town to solve the mystery of who stole Christmas.

Duck: A group of spies recruit a duck on their team in order to solve a case.

Segments
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 * 1) MAD News - The MAD News anchor announces that a monkey celebrates the holidays. (MAD News Segment)
 * 2) Opening Scene
 * 3) Da Grinchy Code (Movie Parody of the Da Vinci Code/Book Parody of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas)
 * 4) Animated Marginals (Animated Marginals Segment)
 * 5) Frosty's wife didn't see his button nose (Animation by M. Wartella) (Spoof on Frosty the Snowman)
 * 6) Narnia Lunchbox (Ad Parodies Segment) (Movie Parody of the Chronicles of Narnia)
 * 7) Rejected Superheroes (Rejected... Segment)
 * 8) Girl asks for presents (Cartoon)
 * 9) Celebrities Without Their Makeup (Christmas Edition) (Celebrities Without Their Makeup Segment)
 * 10) Judge Mantis (Ad Parodies Segment) (TV Parody of Judge Mathis)
 * 11) Red Riding Hood -- JACOB!!! (Stop-motion cartoon) (Spoof on Little Red Riding Hood/Parody of Jacob Black from Twilight)
 * 12) Spy vs. Spy - Secret New Jet (Spy vs. Spy cartoon Segment)
 * 13) Animated Marginals (Animated Marginals Segment)
 * 14) Global warming in ice machine (Animation by M. Wartella)
 * 15) Duck (TV Parody of Chuck)
 * 16) Credits
 * 17) 5-second Cartoon: (From Da Grinchy Code) It turns out every present but a stack of MAD magazines were taken. (5-second Cartoon Segment)

Trivia

 * This episode is the first Christmas special.
 * In Da Grinchy Code, the investigators were Nicolas Cage, Tom Hanks and Indiana Jones, the population for Who-ville was Who-Hundred and the capital of Why-ville was WHY-oming. Also notice that the snowman's eyes were question marks.
 * The Grinch also appeared in the Celebrities Without their Makeup segment.
 * Second appearance of the Celebrities Without Their Makeup segment. First was Pirates of the Neverland: At Wit's End / Batman Family Feud.
 * 3rd time SpongeBob aired on MAD. First WALL·E·NATOR, then Who Wore it Better?, and now Celebrities Without Their Makeup.
 * First time MAD showed a 1957 Dr. Seuss book.
 * The Rejected Superheroes are the Incredible Growing Boy, Sketch, and Altitude.
 * Fifth appearance of the Rejected segment.
 * 2nd time Popeye aired on MAD, first Pirates of the Neverland: At Wit's End and now Celebrities Without Their Makeup.
 * 3rd time Spy vs. Spy was done in Flash.
 * This episode was originally the MAD Season 1 Finale, but it's not.

Voices

 * Hugh Davidson - Frosty the Snowman and Morgan Grimes
 * Grey DeLisle - Sarah Walker, Crystal and Girl on Santa's Lap
 * Larry Dorf - John Casey and Mr. Tumnus
 * Keith Ferguson - Benjamin Gates, Indiana Jones, Rejected Superheroes Announcer and Shopping Mall Elf
 * Rachel Ramras - Betty Lou Who, Little Red Riding Hood and General Diane Beckman
 * Kevin Shinick - Bryce Larkin, Altidude, Narnia Lunchbox Announcer, Celebrities Without Their Makeup Announcer, Werewolf and the MAD News anchor
 * Stephen Stanton - Boris Karloff, The Grinch and Shopping Mall Santa
 * Fred Tatasciore - Robert Langdon, Guard and Judge Mantis Announcer