Here Comes Peter Cottontail is the Holiday Inn of Rankin/Bass outings, managing to fit several special occasions into one hour thanks to a time travel story that sends its titular bunny on a quest to save Easter. To do this, he must win a contest to deliver the most eggs, but alas, he sleeps through the big day, losing the contest to the villainous Irontail, and now he’s desperately attempting to do the job on other holidays to make up for it.
After nearly winning the contest on Halloween, Peter retrieves the stolen eggs from Irontail before he gets the chance to destroy them, but unfortunately the silly time machine can’t park itself mid-air, and he finds himself sent into Thanksgiving.
At this point, Peter is exhausted and really going half-assed with his efforts. He doesn’t even bother to give the eggs “Thanksgiving colors” and disguises himself as a turkey, meaning that Free Birds was not the first time that turkeys and time travel were combined.
Peter encounters a family and attempts to give them his eggs, but they are too busy burping from gorging themselves during NOW WAIT A FUCKING MINUTE WHY ARE THEY EATING THANKSGIVING DINNER OUTSIDE?!? WHO DOES THAT, OTHER THAN CHARLIE BROWN?!?! FUCKING FREAKS!!!
Anyway, Peter fails again because it doesn’t occur to him to have a Black Friday Egg Sale the following day. Also, this family of outdoor weirdos could’ve still taken the eggs and eaten them later. Ungrateful freaks.
Happy Thanksgiving, y’all!