<P> Sam the Snowman welcomes the viewers to Christmastown at the North Pole and introduces Santa and Mrs. Claus who live in a castle located north of the Christmas Tree Forest . Mrs. Claus fusses over Santa as she wants him to fatten up by Christmas Eve . Sam then recalls the year Christmas was almost cancelled due to a snowstorm and tells the story of how a very special reindeer saved the day . </P> <P> Donner, Santa's lead reindeer, and his wife have given birth to their new baby fawn, Rudolph . Upon admiring him, they are surprised to see that Rudolph has been born with a glowing red nose . When Santa arrives, he warns Donner that Rudolph will not make the sleigh team because of his nose . Donner then decides to hide the nose by covering it with mud to allow Rudolph to fit in with all the other reindeer . </P> <P> Over Rudolph's first year of life, Donner trains him in the basics of being a reindeer, including hiding from the Abominable Snow Monster of the North . Rudolph enters the reindeer games, competing against his fellow fawns . During flight practice, Rudolph meets a doe named Clarice who tells him he is cute, and kisses him, which causes an elated Rudolph to fly higher and faster than everyone else . However, while celebrating with the other bucks, Rudolph's nose cover pops off, and the others react with fear, then scorn and finally rejection as Rudolph is kicked out of the Reindeer Games . Walking away, Rudolph walks with Clarice, who supports him, until her father firmly tells her to never have any more contacts with a red - nosed reindeer . Then, Rudolph meets up with Hermey, an elf who ran away from Santa's workshop because he wanted to be a dentist instead of making toys, and they decide to run away together . The pair then meet a prospector named Yukon Cornelius, who has fruitlessly searched his whole life for silver and gold . After escaping the snow monster on an ice floe, the trio crash land on the Island of Misfit Toys where unloved or unwanted toys live with their ruler, a winged lion named King Moonracer . The king allows the group to stay one night on the island in exchange for returning to Christmastown to ask Santa to find homes for the unwanted toys . However, Rudolph leaves the island in the middle of the night on his own, fearing that his nose, which attracts the snow monster, will endanger his friends . </P> <P> Time goes by and Rudolph grows into adulthood; he tries and fails to find a place to settle where he will be accepted despite his nose . Returning home, he finds that his parents and Clarice have been looking for him for months . He sets out once again to find them, only to discover that the snow monster has captured them . Rudolph tries to save Clarice from being eaten, but the monster hits him in the head with a stalactite, dazing him . Hermey and Yukon return to Christmastown and go to save Rudolph . Hermey, posing as a pig, lures the monster out of his cave and Yukon drops rocks on his head to knock him out . Hermey then pulls out all the monster's teeth . Realizing Yukon drives the toothless (and now terrified) monster back, only to follow it over the cliff with all his pack dogs . Mourning Yukon's presumed death, Rudolph, Hermey, Clarice, and the Donners return home where everyone apologizes to them . After hearing their story, Santa welcomes the group back to Christmastown, promises that he will find homes for the Misfit Toys, Hermey opens his own dentist's office, and Clarice's father apologizes for being so hard on Rudolph . Yukon then returns with a reformed snow monster (Yukon notes that they bounce) and demonstrates the beast's ability to trim a Christmas tree . While everybody's celebrating, Santa interrupts, grimly informing everyone that because of the storm, he is forced to cancel the Christmas trip . Santa is soon distracted by Rudolph's red nose and realizes that its light could cut through the storm . He asks Rudolph to lead the sleigh and Rudolph agrees . The team then flies off to the island and pick up the toys . The special ends with Santa wishing the viewers a merry Christmas as he and Rudolph fly off into the night . </P>

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