Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever (partially found commercials for Lifetime comedy film; 2014)

A promotional poster for the film.

Status: Partially Found

Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever is a Lifetime original made for TV film, and originally released on November 29th, 2014. The film, which centered around the titular cat, has a very meta sense of humor, referencing the animal's celebrity status and merchandising, as well as featuring a scene of Aubrey Plaza, the real life actress who voiced Grumpy for the film.

In addition to traditional trailers for the film, a series of ad spots were produced with both Grumpy Cat and Aubrey Plaza with the intention of creating buzz online. Like the movie, these ad spots were often Christmas-themed, with one portraying the pair sharing hot chocolate together and another showing Plaza playing "Jingle Bells" on the piano. Most of these ad spots were fairly simplistic, featuring the same set and costumes - with the notable exception of one ad which took place in a large nativity scene and portrayed Plaza as the Virgin Mary and Grumpy as a baby Jesus, who Plaza dubbed "the Meowsiah."

At the time of Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever, Plaza was already well-known for her role as April in Parks and Recreation, leading some to make GIFs and share still images of the ad spots.^[1]^[2] The ad spots were also shared to some news sites, including celebrity gossip site AceShowBiz. Unfortunately, the versions of the videos in these articles have since been privated.^[3]

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A promotional still of "Grumpy Cat" and actress Aubrey Plaza.
A promotional image featuring the same set and costumes as in the majority of the ad spots.
Set image from the "meowsiah" ad spot, originally posted by Buzzfeed UK.