Santa Claus

“	Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!	„
	~ Santa's catchphrase

Santa Claus. also known as Kris Kringle, Sinterklaas, Père Noël, Babbo Natale, Belsnickel and others, is a mythical icon of winter and Christmas. On Christmas Eve, he travels around the world and gives presents to all of the good children. Santa Claus's first appearance as a major character in a work of fiction in L. Frank Baum's 1902 novel, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.

Fanon Wiki Ideas So Far[]

As mythological Santa Claus[]

Santa Claus vs Count Dracula (Completed)
Santa Claus VS The Flash (Completed)
Santa Claus vs Thanos

As Violent Night (2022) Santa Claus[]

Santa VS. Hans Grubber (On Pause)
Krampus (2015) vs Santa Claus (Violent Night) (Completed)
Santa Claus (Violent Night) vs SCP-4666

Battle Record[]

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Battle Record

Wins: 3
Losses: 0
Draws: 0

Possible Opponents[]

Hercules (Greek Mythology)
Sun Wukong (Journey to the West)

Death Battle Info[]

Real Name: Kris Kringle
- Other Names: Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Sinterklaas, Marauding Red Night Goblin
Height: Varies
Weight: Overweight or Obese
- Implied to be from eating so much milk and cookies.
- He quickly gains weight shortly before Christmas as 'Kids love a fat Santa' (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer TV Special)
Species: Magical Human and/or Elf
- Fairy (Fairly Odd Parents)
- Asgardian (Marvel Comics)
Santa has origins dating back over 1000 years ago; however the modern depiction originated from the 1800s and popularized (although not created) by Coca Cola advertisements in the 1930s (as he coincidentally shared the soda's iconic red color).
- While his exact age is unconfirmed, it's generally agreed that Santa is canonically at least 100 years old.
- There are exceptions to Santa's age and immortality;
  - Author Christmas has Santa have a realistic lifespand; when a Santa gets too old, a son succeeds him.
  - Family Guy's Santa is 28; he looks old because the stress of his job aged him
Founded and raised by the Elf Queen (Tanta Kringle) and her toy-making elves, just outside of Sombertown (most likely in Germany). This family of Elves were 'The First Toy Makers to The King' and taught Santa their expert toy-making ways. (Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town)
Founded by The Great Ak, the Master Woosdman of the World and his alliance of immortal forest spirits. Raised by the fairy Necile. (The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus)
CEO of his toy factory at the North Pole; which he live near. (the exact location of Santa's workshop is not always in the literal North Pole and so the country it's located in varies on the canon; but is always located within the Artic or Sub-Artic)
- Leads an army of elvish toy builders.
  - Noticable Santa's Helpers include; Zwarte Piet (a black servant. Normally no longer considered canon due to racist controversies: although is still popular in Europe), Knecht Ruprecht, Krampus (although he is sometimes a villain of Santa as he punishes misbehaving children), Père Fouettard (also punishes misbehaving children).
- It's unconfirmed where such a massive income to build and maintain the factory originates from.
Married to Mrs. Jessica Claus
- Sometimes depicted with children; although this is inconsistent.
Only delivers presents at night to avoid being arrested by Burgermeister Meisterburger, and has a beard to obscure his identity. His beard and outfit originated from his Kringle family of elves; who share an almost identical appearance to Santa (excluding their shortness). While Santa's arrest warrant was pardoned after the Meisterburger Dynasty died: Santa maintained his tradition of nightime deliveries regardless. (Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town)
Close allies with various other Christmas and Holiday characters including; Frosty the Snowman and Jesus.
- Knows the Easter Bunny and Jack Frost; although their relationship varies depending on the canon.
- Once had a pet penguin named Topper. (Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town)
- Once had a pet cat named Blinky. (The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus)
- Befriended literally hundreds of other fictional characters including; The X-Men, Gwenpool, Deadpool, Spider-Man, Superman, Pac-Man, Mario and Luigi, Looney Toons, Mickey Mouse and many other Disney characters (as he hosts the Disney Christmas parade), Sonic the Hedgehog, Earthworm Jim, The Powerpuff Girls, The Muppets, Elmo, Big Bird, The Wiggles, Sally the Ragdoll (and the rest of Halloween-Town), The Bean Scouts of Camp Kidney, Kiss Band, Buzz Lightyear and the Galactic Alliance, The Care Bears, Kitty and Mimmy White, the residents of South Park, The Flintstones, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Heathcliff, Inspector Gadget, Winnie the Pooh and the animals of the Hundred Acre Wood, the kids of Disney's Recess, Jackie Chan, Grim, Billy and Mandy, The Kids Next Door, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, the cast of Regular Show, Garfield, the cast of Uncle Grandpa, the cast of Dreamwork's Madagascar, the cast of Ice Age, Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Gang, Phineas and Ferb, CatDog, SpongeBob SquarePants and The residents of Bikini Bottom, Timmy Turner and Fairy GodParents, the Agents of T.U.F.F., Jimmy Neutron, Dora the Explorer, PAW Patrol, Jenny Wakeman and other NickToons.
Favorite food: Milk, Cookies, Coca-Cola, Hot Cocoa, and Carrots.
Self-declared King of Jingling
Possibly related to the Ghost of Christmas Present

Powers[]

Multiple magical abilities; sometimes depicted as a reality warper.
- Touching his nose is his most iconic way to cast a spell.
  - Allows him to fly up or down chimneys.
  - Was able to erase Princess Morbucks' powersuit from miles away.
  - Can turn others into toys (Marvel Comics)
  - Can manipulate memories (Marvel Comics)
- Can magically watch anyone in the world, to determine if they are naughty or nice.
  - This is either via a magical omnipresence, a magical snowglobe or video surveillance.
- Most likely possesses Hammerspace.
  - This is done by a Cosmic Cube (Marvel Comics)
Appears to have some form of Cryomancy, i.e. summoning snow from out of seemingly nowhere(Marvel Comics)
- This magic is donated to him (for one day a year on Christmas day only) by all the fairies in the universe: making him the most powerful fairy possible. (Fairly OddParents)
(Both Santa and his Sleigh) Must be traveling AT LEAST 2.5 times the speed of light to deliver all his presents; not including the time it takes to eat milk and cookies, occasional moments when he talks to children, and the weight of his sack of presents potentially slowing him down. [1]
- In Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: Santa can fly across galaxies and possesses time control technology.
Granted eternal life by The Mantle of Immortality (although Santa is not invincible). (The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus)
Strong enough to carry an enormous sack of toys for a full night without much fatigue.
Ordainment Morning-star Flail, Axe, Candy Cane Nunchaku [2]
Is a Pokemon trainer who owns multiple Jinxes, Stantlers and Delibirds.
Is a Vampire (Billy and Mandy) (Blade) [3]
Once had the Infinity Gauntlet (although this drove him mad with power) [4]

Sleigh[]

Strong enough to hold all the presents for the good boys and girls
Powered by Santa's reindeer
TimeGlobe
- Can let the user travel back through time, like say, a day

Reindeer[]

8 in total; Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Dunder/Donner, and Blixem.
- Imbued with flight from Magical Feed-Corn owned by Winter Warlock. (Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town)
- Rudolph is sometimes included as the 9th and youngest member (being Donner's son); possessing a luminous nose bright enough to see through the thickest fogs.
Other temporary Reindeer include; Ironman Reindeer (as Skrulls replaced the original reindeer) [5], Olive the Other Reindeer (who is a dog), The Powerpuff Girls, and Pinkie and the Brain (who disguised themselves as reindeer, which somehow succeeds).

Feats[]

Considered to be the most popular fictional character in the world; matching or surpassing the popularity of Ronald McDonald or Superman.
Was able to deliver his presents within 24 hours around the world even after multiple mishaps.
- Delivered his presents across the galaxy despite having his technology temporarily stolen by Emperor Zurg. (Buzz Lightyear of Star Command)
- Delivered his presents even after spending most of the night being tortured by Oggie Boogy Man and wasting extra time taking back the haunted toys delivered by Jack Skellington. (Nightmare Before Christmas)
- Delivered presents even while severely sick. (A Year Without a Santa Claus)
- Redelivered all his presents with help from the Powerpuff Girls.
Reads his list and checks it twice. This list has the names of about 2 billion children: reading such a list twice would take a normal person about 62 years to do.
- If the list contains all 7 billion people of the world (adults and children alike) then it will take 217 years to read the list and check it twice.
Easily one of the richest characters in history (as directly implied in Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer). Estimates are at least in the tens-of-billions of dollars. Has topped the Forbes Fictional 15 list in 2002 and 2005.
His Christmas Spirit touched the hearts of many former villains; including the Winter Warlock and Squidward Tentacles.
- Other characters affected by 'the true meaning of Christmas' include; The Grinch and Skeletor.
(In his first years of being Santa) Led a successful campaign of Civil Disobedience against Burgermeister Meisterburger's Toy-Ban; which led Burgermeister's successors to discard the unjust law. (Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town)
Tanked the impact of a meteor (Camp Lazlo)
- Casually dodged another meteor that was quickly entering the atmosphere near the end of the episode
Revived Frosty the Snowman after Frosty was melted into a puddle.
Is considered a Beyond Omega Mutant and possibly the most powerful Mutant alive (in Marvel Comics). [6]
Assisted Superman in defeating Toyman. (DC Presents)
Managed to deliver coal to Darkseid every year; despite Darkseid's attempts to prevent these deliveries.
Tied with Superman in a race (Robot Chicken) [7].
Killed the satanic Woodland Critters (South Park).
Became a temporary Teen Titan (Teen Titans Go!).
Has won multiple trials against him; either challenging his legitimacy (Miracle on 34th Street) or accusing him of committing a crime (Grandma got run over by a reindeer).
Defeated the Hate Monger; a clone of Hitler (Marvel Comics).
Defeated the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants by turning them into toys (X-Men).
Took back his toy factory from Hydra (Marvel Comics).
His popularity has made him one of the most commonly created Imaginary Friend (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends).
Conquered the Martians (Santa Claus Conquers the Martians)
Shoved a tree up SMG4 Mario's ass, shoving him into a monitor, turned him into "Mario Fooking Dies", and threw it to the sun. (SMG4/Mario Does Things)

Faults[]

Depictions are inconsistent in terms of Santa's abilities and limitations.
- Normally depicted without superhuman strength or durability.
Requires Rudolph to see in foggy skies, meaning his eyesight is limited.
Can still get sick. (A Year Without a Santa Claus) (The Flintstones)
Is kind and gentle gift-giver; rarely depicted as a combatant in any way.
Has on multiple occasions; considered skipping Christmas (for various reasons). Normally however, Santa changes his mind.
- Temporarily sold his Toy Factory to Hydra, which is a Neo-Nazi terrorist group (Marvel Comics)
Despite being jolly normally; the stress of his job has made him cranky and grumpy. Depending on the story; Santa can sometimes be sent into a rage or deep depression.
Without his magic; Santa is a capitalist CEO with no superpowers (Fairly OddParents). [8]
- His magic can be drained or stolen.
Allergic to cat and peanut (Santa Claws (2014))

Failures[]

Even he couldn't show Burgermeister Meisterburger the 'Christmas Spirit'. Burgermeister managed to temporarily arrest him in a trap. (Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town)
Defeated by a team of Holiday Mascots consisting of; The Easter Bunny, Baby New Year, Cupid, and The April Fool. (Fairly Odd Parents).
Died after falling off a roof; forcing Tim Allen to be his successor (The Santa Clause).
Killed by Lobo. (DC)
Killed by Darkseid. (DC)
Killed by the Blue Soldier. (TF2)
Died of exhaustion. (Family Guy)
- 'You might think I look great, but I'm 28 (years old)'.
Got his skin burned off by an easter-egg dragon; forcing him to skin to replace his skin with the skin of soccer balls (Aqua Teen Hunger Force).
Was once kidnapped by children and almost killed by Oggie Boogy Man. (Nightmare Before Christmas)
Was temporarily overthrown and replaced by Bowser. (Super Mario Super Show)
Was temporarily overthrown and replaced by Dr. Eggman. (Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog)
Was temporarily overthrown by Scout Master Lumpus. He almost lost a battle against him until a Deus Ex Machina meteorite crashed into Lumpus. (Camp Lazlo).
Was tricked by Princess Morbucks into giving everyone coal except Morbucks; who got all the other presents. (PPG)
Was kidnapped and tortured by Iraqi terrorists (South Park).
Was kidnapped by Nazis (Marvel Comics).
Defeated by Dexter; who shaved off his beard.
Knocked out by Johnny Bravo.
Fainted when he discovered that Red-Green M&Ms existed. [9]
Declared Sonic the Hedgehog to be his successor, without his consent and without any real reason to retire. (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog)
Was a villain of Hulk [10], Ironman [11], Deadpool and other Marvel characters.
Some depictions of Santa are actually evil
- (According to Santa's Slay) Santa was the result of a virgin birth produced by Satan (meaning that Santa is a murderous demonic Antichrist). Christmas was "The Day of Slaying" for Santa until A.D. 1005, when an angel defeated him in a curling match and sentenced him to deliver presents on Christmas for 1000 years.
- According to American Dad: Santa's toy giving is actually a scheme to get kids addicted to toys so that the toy companies that Santa has stocks in make more money.
- Many Psudo-Santas are evil; including Santa Claws from Yugioh (who is literally a demon), Robbie Rotten, Ultron (calling himself Santron) [12], Doctor Doom (Santa-Doom) [13], and Robot Santa Claus from Futurama.
Iscream called the wrong person. (chikn.nuggit)
Lost his memory after being hit in the head by a coconut (Merry Madagascar)
Was outlawed in the Soviet Union and North Korea.

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Trivia[]

The TV special, Shrek the Halls, reveals that Gingy the Gingerbread Man is traumatized by Christmas after witnessing Santa eat his girlfriend Suzy. Gingy sees Santa as a kaiju, due to the size difference.