Comments on: Was the Original Ending to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Changed Due to Viewer Complaints? https://popculturereferences.com/was-the-original-ending-to-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-changed-due-to-viewer-complaints/ Brian Cronin takes a look at interesting pieces of pop culture history from the worlds of TV, film, music and more. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:14:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Alex Widen https://popculturereferences.com/was-the-original-ending-to-rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-changed-due-to-viewer-complaints/#comment-82196 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:14:02 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=7663#comment-82196 That might explain an odd detail in that final ending. One of the Misfit Toys is a bird who swims instead of flies (and isn’t a penguin). In the ending we all know, Santa gives each of the Misfit Toys an umbrella that they use to safely float down to Earth after leaving his sleigh.

Except for the swimming bird, who Santa just releases in the air. WHOOPS! I guess he’s dead.

But considering it had been a year since they’d animated the rest of the special, it’s probable that the animators and writers just forgot all about that detail.

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