Promotional poster for the special.
Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice is a half-hour sequel to Prep & Landing, that premiered on ABC on December 5, 2011.
Synopsis
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As the special begins, we are introduced to the Coal Elf Brigade, a special unit of Santa Claus's 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 Gabriel, 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.
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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 | Misc. Elves |
| Dorthy McKim |
Release
The short will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on November 13, 2012.
External links
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