Christmas in the Atlas

Christmas in the Atlas is the eleventh episode of the first season of The New Adventures of The Wild Thornberrys.

Summary
While in the Atlas Mountains for Christmas and to film Africa's only Deer, the Barbary Deer, While in Africa for Christmas, Eliza, Darwin, and Irwin find a displaced reindeer who claims to be one of Santa's reindeer. Even though Eliza, Darwin, and Irwin don't believe him they reluctantly try to help Rudolph get back to the North Pole before Christmas. Meanwhile Debbie is teaching children from an Islamic Community about the birth of Jesus Christ and how it stacks up to Islam.

Main Cast

 * Lacey Chabert as Eliza Thornberry
 * Tom Kane as Darwin
 * Jason David Frank as Irwin
 * Flea as Donnie
 * Danielle Harris as Debbie Thornberry
 * Tim Curry as Nigel Thornberry
 * Jodi Carlisle as Marianne Thornberry

Guest Stars

 * Kathleen Barr as Rudolph: Santa's lead reindeer
 * John Goodman as Nicholas: A reindeer handler who is actually Santa Claus. He is also the owner of Rudolph. He enjoys photographing deers, most likley out of respect for his reindeer.
 * Mark Hamill as Hussian: A merciless striped hyena out for Rudolph's flesh. He will stop at nothing to eat Rudolph (even if it means that he has to follow him all the way to the North Pole). However, he was defeated when Santa hits him over the head with a piece of wood and Rudolph headbutting him in the backside and sending him soaring out while howling in pain. He was last seen eating several large turkey carcasses (given by Santa because "He is only evil because we think he is evil") in his lair.

Animals Featured in this Episode

 * African Collared Dove
 * Aoudad
 * Barbary Deer
 * Barbary Macaque
 * Common Genet
 * Cuvier's Gazelle
 * Domestic Cattle
 * Domestic Goat
 * Domestic Horse
 * Domestic Pig
 * Domestic Poultry
 * Domestic Sheep
 * Dromedary Camel
 * Eurasian Spoonbill
 * Fennec Fox
 * Greater Flamingo
 * Ratel
 * Reindeer
 * Striped Hyena
 * White Stork
 * Wild Boar

Trivia

 * There is a slight parody of 300 entitled "400", as a movie Debbie is watching.