The Santa Clause 2

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The Santa Clause 2
Film poster for The Santa Clause 2
Directed by	Michael Lembeck
Produced by	Robert F. Newmyer Brian Reilly Jeffrey Silver
Written by	Leo Benvenuti Steve Rudnick
Starring	Tim Allen Elizabeth Mitchell David Krumholtz Eric Lloyd Judge Reinhold Wendy Crewson Spencer Breslin
Music by	George S. Clinton
Cinematography	Adam Greenberg Craig Haagensen
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures
Release date(s)	November 1, 2002
Running time	105 min.
Country	US
Language	English
Budget	$65 million
Preceded by	The Santa Clause
Followed by	The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
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The Santa Clause 2 (2002) is a sequel to the 1994 film, The Santa Clause. All the principal actors from the first film reprise their roles. According to Box Office Mojo, the film cost around $65 million to make and had box receipts approaching $140 million. The actual title is The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause.

The film was followed by another sequel, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, made in 2006.

[edit] Plot summary

Eight years have gone by since Scott Calvin first took up the Santa suit, and became subject to The Santa Clause. Now Santa (Tim Allen) is at the top of his game as Head Elf at the North Pole, and couldn't be happier. Until Bernard and co-head elf Curtis break the news; there is another clause. The Mrs. Clause.

Santa/Scott is now pressed to find a "Mrs. Claus" before the next Christmas Eve, or the Clause will be broken and Christmas will die away. At the same time, Abby the Elf delivers more distressing news; Santa's own son Charlie is on the naughty list. Scott must return to his home to search for a wife and set things right with Charlie. To cover for Santa's prolonged absence, Curtis helps Santa create a life-size toy replica of Santa. However, this larger-than-life legalist cannot find any grace or slack in his plastic heart for minor infractions by children the world over. Toy Santa takes control of the North Pole with a cloned army of life-size toy soldiers. He thinks that everyone is naughty, and he plans to give the entire world lumps of coal.

Scott undergoes a "de-Santafication process" which gradually returns him to Scott Calvin. He has a limited amount of magic to help him. Scott attempts to reconcile with Charlie, who keeps acting up to get attention. He and Charlie both hit the cold, hard wall of the school's Principal Carol Newman (Elizabeth Mitchell).

Charlie confesses to Scott how hard it is for him that Scott is never around like other fathers, and reveals the stress he is under to conceal the secret that his father is Santa. Scott vows to try harder as a dad, and he and Charlie reconcile.

After a few failed dates, Scott finds himself falling for Carol. He accompanies her in a sleigh to their school faculty Christmas party, which turns out to be dull and boring. Using a little of his Christmas magic, Scott livens up the party by presenting everyone with their childhood dream gifts (much like he did for Neil and Laura in the first film). He makes a special presentation to Carol, and, with his last remnant of magic, wins her over. However, she balks when he attempts to explain he is Santa.

Curtis flies in to deliver the dreadful news about the Evil Toy Santa's coal binge. With a little help from the Tooth Fairy (Art LaFleur) Santa and Curtis return to the North Pole. Toy Santa wastes no time in subduing Scott, but Charlie and a now-believing Carol spring him free. While Scott goes after the Toy Santa who has already left with the reindeer, they both crash back into the village. With an army of elves, Bernard, Scott, Carol and Charlie lead a snowball war to overthrow the toy soldiers. Toy Santa is reduced to his normal six-inch height, Carol marries Scott, and Christmas proceeds as it always has.

Producer Brian Reilly said, "Santa has to find a way to deal with being a dad in a time of crisis for his son, and balance that with keeping the North Pole running for all the children of the world. He also has a meeting with other magical people."

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[edit] Trivia

• Towards the end of the film, when Scott is trying to get to Toy Santa while flying in midair, Toy Santa tells Scott that he is, "a sad, strange little man". This line was said by Tim Allen's character Buzz Lightyear in the film Toy Story.
• Near the end of the film, Chet, the reindeer in training, appears to talk to the other reindeer in flight. Scott yells out "Quit the chit-chat, Chet" which is what Tim Allen states in an episode of Home Improvement when his character challenges Bob Vila to a "stump the toolman" game during Tool Time.
• The Sandman is played by Michael Dorn best known for his role as Lt. Worf on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Tim Allen is admittedly a big Star Trek fan.
• Late in the movie, when Scott is mostly "de-Santafied", he captures the Tooth Fairy. The Tooth Fairy, doubting that Scott is Santa Claus, tells him "I know Santa Claus. I'm friends with Santa Claus. You're no Santa Claus." This is a parody of Lloyd Bentsen's famous retort to Dan Quayle during the 1988 Vice Presidential debate.
• In the end, "Mrs. Claus" (Carol Newman-Calvin) is shown dancing. She has curly gray hair in a bun, glasses, and a big red dress. This means, just like her husband Scott Calvin/Santa Claus, she had to go through a transformation.
• In the screen with the Tooth Fairy in the background, a picture of the cartoon character "Kim Possible" is visible.
• The character name of the baby reindeer Chet comes from the first name of a character in the movie Psycho IV: The Beginning, whose surname is Rudolph, which happens to be the name of one of Santa's reindeer.
• A Mickey Mouse plush toy can be seen in several scenes throughout the film.
• When Abby (one of the elves) gives Santa hot chocolate and asks, "What's the bad news?" And she asks "What do you mean?" Santa says, "Every time you play the designer bean card generally it means you have bad news." Abby hands the naughty list to Santa and a hand with blue sleeves reaches out for the list when after it was being reached out Santa was wearing red. And obviously Bernard didn't reach for it(list).

[edit] External links

• The Santa Clause 2 at the Internet Movie Database
• The Santa Clause 2 at All Movie Guide
• The Santa Clause 2 at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Santa Clause 2 at Yahoo! Movies
• The Santa Clause 2 at Box Office Mojo