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John Travolta recreates iconic Pulp Fiction dance as Santa Claus in hilarious ad months after wife Kelly’s death
JOHN Travolta recreated his iconic dance scene in Pulp Fiction in a hilarious Christmas advert.
The actor, 66, dressed up as Santa Claus and twisted away with Mrs. Claus in a Capital One commercial.
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In the 1994 cult classic Pulp Fiction, 's character, hitman Vincent Vega threw some shapes with Uma Thurman's Mia Wallace.
The duo started off twisting before branching off into some sillier moves in the scene, which has gone down in pop culture history.
John - who - paid ode to the moment as he reunited with his Pulp Fiction costar, Samuel L. Jackson, in an ad for banking company, Capital One.
The YouTube clip kicks off with John - kitted out in full Santa suit and beard - online shopping for Christmas gifts for his "elves".
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Suddenly, Samuel pops up on John's laptop on a video call, exclaiming: "Hold your reindeers, Santa!"
"Woah, what's up?" John asks, before Samuel explains the joys of shopping with Capital One.
Thanks to Samuel's advice, John saves "a bazillion dollars" on his "145370000" basket items.
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"So, that get me off the naughty list?" Samuel asks, in a wry nod to his character's endless swearing in Pulp Fiction.
"Are you off the naughty words?"; John asks, to which Samuel replies unconvincingly: "Yes..."
John shoots back: "Ho, ho, ho, I don't think so!"
"Why you got to make it so hard?" a wounded Samuel responds, before John ends the call.
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Samuel made another subtle nod to Quentin Tarantino's hit film by wearing a T-shirt that reads "Happy Holidays With Cheese," in reference to the movie's famous quote "Royal with cheese."
The ad ends with John dancing with Mrs. Claus (Dana Daurey) to the tune of Chuck Berry's Run Run Rudolph. In the movie, Chuck Berry's You Never Can Tell was used.
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John has endured a tough few months recently, as his wife of 19 years, .
The Grease actor announced her death in an Instagram post, writing: "It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer. She fought a courageous fight with the love and support of so many."
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He later shared a video of himself to honor of Kelly.
John wrote in the caption: "My daughter @ella.travolta and I dancing in memory of momma. One of Kelly’s favorite things, dancing with me."
Earlier this month, he celebrated by sharing a photo of the couple on their wedding day, as well as a picture of his parents tying the knot.
John captioned the touching tribute: "Happy Birthday hon!
"I found this photo of my mom and dad's wedding. It was nice to see ours alongside theirs. All my love, John."
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