Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol
Dropping in for the holidays!
2025 • 22 min • Animation · Comedy · Fantasy · Family
Synopsis
Christmas elves Lanny and Wayne panic when their holiday missions go awry, leaving Wayne thinking he's in BIG trouble with Santa and accidentally revealing other merry mishaps.
Our family guide
Best from age 5- 0 Reviewers · 1 · 59%
- 68 Audience · 37 · 41%
Christmas elves Lanny and Wayne are back, and their latest holiday mission is going completely off the rails! As things go hilariously awry, Wayne worries he's in deep trouble with Santa, revealing a series of comical holiday mishaps.
- Violence & peril
- 1/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 0/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 0/10
- Scary moments
- 1/10
Heads up
- Minor cartoon slapstick
- Brief moments of peril, quickly resolved
What it models well
- Teamwork and friendship
- Problem-solving
- Holiday spirit
Talk about it after
- What makes a good friend?
- Why is it important to admit mistakes?
- How do Lanny and Wayne use their skills to help Santa?
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Top billed cast
Director: Shane Zalvin • Crew: Hilary Helding, Colleen Evanson
Dave Foley
Wayne (voice)
Derek Richardson
Lanny (voice)
Sarah Chalke
Magee (voice)
Debi Derryberry
Nog (voice)
- C
Colleen Evanson
GBM Voice (voice)
Manny Jacinto
Renato (voice)
Danny Pudi
Chef Geoff (voice)
Dulcé Sloan
Janice (voice)
Christopher Swindle
The Big Guy (Santa) (voice)
Joy Regullano
A Whisper on the Wind (voice)
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Reviewer notes
Not recommendedTrusted family reviewersThis is a pretty big nothing of a special. The plot is just Lanny & Wayne mess up a mission. They try to keep it a secret, but then they are called in by Santa for a secret meeting. Where Wayne then proceeds to ty and figure out what secret thing Santa has called him in to talk about, he then proceeds to talk about two missions that went bad, which he assumes are the reason he is there.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 6.8/10 (37)
- Age rating
- G
- Status
- Released
- Franchise
- Prep & Landing Collection
- IMDb
- tt32594892
