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| - Robbie is the eponymous hero, the son of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Like his father, his power is concentrated in his nose; however, Robbie's nose does not glow, instead it can target just about any location in the world and also has other various supernatural powers. Various parts of the original story have been changed for the purposes of plot or jokes. The gender of Donner has changed from the traditional role (Donner has been portrayed as male in previous creations); the most notable result is that Donner, who according to the Rankin/Bass Rudolph storyline would be Robbie's grandfather, is instead Robbie's love interest and eventual wife (a possible play on the common female name of Donna). Vixen's role as the attractive female, as well as Prancer's portrayal as a powerful male, however, are retained nearly intact. A running gag in the program is that none of the characters can ever mention Rudolph by his full name. The reason given is that the villain, Blitzen, is outraged to hear the name of his rival, but the implication for the viewers is that the program's producers were unable to get copyright permission to name Rudolph (while popular and nearly ubiquitous, the character has not yet fallen into the public domain).
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