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** Then afterwards, he takes the razor the Mayor gave him [[HoistOnHisOwnPetard and shaves his hair with it]], before proceeding to just ''go to town'' and wreck the Whobilation. After what the Whos did to him back then and showed that they learned nothing even decades later, it's ''so immensely satisfying'' to see Grinch bring hell upon them.

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** Then afterwards, he takes the razor the Mayor gave him [[HoistOnHisOwnPetard [[HoistByHisOwnPetard and shaves his hair with it]], before proceeding to just ''go to town'' and wreck the Whobilation. After what the Whos did to him back then and showed that they learned nothing even decades later, it's ''so immensely satisfying'' to see Grinch bring hell upon them.
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** Then afterwards, he takes the razor the Mayor gave him [[HoistOnHisOwnPetard and shaves his hair with it]], before proceeding to just ''go to town'' and wreck the Whobilation. After what the Whos did to him back then and showed that they learned nothing even decades later, it's ''so immensely satisfying'' to see Grinch bring hell upon them.
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** The movie's version is arguably even more awesome by having the Grinch save not just the sleigh, by Cindy Lou as well!
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-->'''Martha:''' Merry Christmas, August May-Who! I’m afraid I do have something for you. Your ring back. I’m sorry, but my heart belongs to... (''looks directly at The Grinch'') ''[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming someone else]]''.

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-->'''Martha:''' Merry Christmas, August May-Who! I’m afraid I do have something for you. (''Holds out the ring box to him'') Your ring back. I’m sorry, but my heart belongs to... (''looks directly at The Grinch'') ''[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming someone else]]''.
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* The scene near the end of the film where Martha publicly refuses the Mayor’s marriage proposal.
-->'''Martha:''' Merry Christmas, August Maywho! I’m afraid I do have something for you. Your ring back. I’m sorry, but my heart belongs to... (''looks directly at The Grinch'') ''[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming someone else]]''.

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* The scene near the end of the film where Martha publicly refuses the Mayor’s marriage proposal.
proposal. Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
-->'''Martha:''' Merry Christmas, August Maywho! May-Who! I’m afraid I do have something for you. Your ring back. I’m sorry, but my heart belongs to... (''looks directly at The Grinch'') ''[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming someone else]]''.
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* The scene near the end of the film where Martha publicly refuses the Mayor’s marriage proposal.
-->'''Martha:''' Merry Christmas, August Maywho! I’m afraid I do have something for you. Your ring back. I’m sorry, but my heart belongs to... (''looks directly at The Grinch'') ''[[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming someone else]]''.
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** Additionally, Creator/JimCarrey deserves credit for [[HeReallyCanAct managing to convey all of Grinch's emotions]] quite admirably through all those layers of make-up.

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** Additionally, Creator/JimCarrey deserves credit for [[HeReallyCanAct managing to convey all of Grinch's emotions]] quite admirably through all those layers of make-up.make-up.
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* The fact that in the film, the Grinch managed to build a (mostly) working, flying sled, [[HomemadeInventions out of nothing but literal garbage and junk]]. And while this would've most likely taken days for someone to do, he did it in just a ''few hours''!

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* The fact that in the film, the Grinch managed to build a (mostly) working, flying sled, [[HomemadeInventions out of nothing but literal garbage and junk]]. And while this would've most likely taken days for someone to do, he did it in just a ''few hours''!hours''!
* A meta-example: The make-up for the Grinch in the movie is astoundingly detailed and fairly accurate to Seuss's illustrations. [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward The Oscar for Best Makeup]] was well deserved.
** Additionally, Creator/JimCarrey deserves credit for [[HeReallyCanAct managing to convey all of Grinch's emotions]] quite admirably through all those layers of make-up.
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** The movie, while it doesn't repeat this line, does give it much more heft by showing multiple times throughout the movie that even before his HeelFaceTurn, the Grinch was already ''freakishly'' strong.

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** The movie, while it doesn't repeat this line, does give it much more heft by showing multiple times throughout the movie that even before his HeelFaceTurn, the Grinch was already ''freakishly'' strong. It even went back to childhood when, fed up with all the bullying he's had to suffer through, the young Grinch lifts an entire Christmas tree and all its trimmings over his head and throws it across the room.
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** The movie, while it doesn't repeat this line, does give it much more heft by showing multiple times throughout the movie that even before his HeelFaceTurn, the Grinch was already ''freakishly'' strong.
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--> '''The Grinch''': ''Of course they are. That's what it's all about, isn't it? That's what it's always been about! Gifts. Gifts. Gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts! Do you know what happens to your gifts? They all come to me. In your garbage. You see what I'm saying? In. Your. GARBAGE! I could hang myself with all the bad Christmas neckties I found at the dump! And the avarice... the avarice never ends! "I want golf clubs!" "I want diamonds!" "I want a pony so I can ride it twice, get bored, and sell it to make GLUE!" Look, I don't wanna make waves, but this whole Christmas season is... stupid! Stupid! Stupid! ''(looks up to and advances towards Martha May Whovier)'' There is, however, one teeny-tiny Christmas tradition I find... quite... meaningful. Mistletoe. ''(Holds the Mistletoe over his behind)'' Now pucker up and kiss it, Whoville! Boiiiiiiiiinggggg!''

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--> '''The Grinch''': ''Of Of course they are. That's what it's all about, isn't it? That's what it's always been about! Gifts. Gifts. Gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts! Do you know what happens to your gifts? They all come to me. In your garbage. You see what I'm saying? In. Your. GARBAGE! I could hang myself with all the bad Christmas neckties I found at the dump! And the avarice... the avarice never ends! "I want golf clubs!" "I want diamonds!" "I want a pony so I can ride it twice, get bored, and sell it to make GLUE!" Look, I don't wanna make waves, but this whole Christmas season is... stupid! Stupid! Stupid! ''(looks up to and advances towards Martha May Whovier)'' There is, however, one teeny-tiny Christmas tradition I find... quite... meaningful. Mistletoe. ''(Holds the Mistletoe over his behind)'' Now pucker up and kiss it, Whoville! Boiiiiiiiiinggggg!''Boiiiiiiiiinggggg!



* The film's glorious recreation of the Grinch's Christmas heist.

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* The film's glorious recreation of the Grinch's Christmas heist.heist.
* The fact that in the film, the Grinch managed to build a (mostly) working, flying sled, [[HomemadeInventions out of nothing but literal garbage and junk]]. And while this would've most likely taken days for someone to do, he did it in just a ''few hours''!
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* The Grinch's ENTIRE [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tirade against the Whos]], calling them out on their hypocrisy and avarice. JerkassHasAPoint, ''indeed''!

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* The Grinch's ENTIRE [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tirade against the Whos]], calling them out on their hypocrisy and avarice. JerkassHasAPoint, ''indeed''!''indeed''.
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* The Grinch's ENTIRE [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tirade against the Whos]], calling them out on their hypocrisy and avarice.

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* The Grinch's ENTIRE [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tirade against the Whos]], calling them out on their hypocrisy and avarice. JerkassHasAPoint, ''indeed''!
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** Just the fact that they got ''Boris Karloff'' - one of the most famous and respected horror actors in history - to voice the Grinch is all kinds of awesome.

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** Just the fact that they got ''Boris Karloff'' - one of the most famous and respected horror actors in history - to voice the Grinch is all kinds of awesome.awesome.
* The film's glorious recreation of the Grinch's Christmas heist.

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-->'''Geisel:''' It was an exhausting day. Everything went wrong. At the end of the day, we were all wilted…except Boris. As we dragged ourselves off, he left whistling.

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-->'''Geisel:''' It was an exhausting day. Everything went wrong. At the end of the day, we were all wilted…except Boris. As we dragged ourselves off, he left whistling.whistling.
** Just the fact that they got ''Boris Karloff'' - one of the most famous and respected horror actors in history - to voice the Grinch is all kinds of awesome.
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* A meta example for Boris Karloff, the narrator of the cartoon special. At the time of voicing, Karloff was ill and nearing the end of his life. A cardiologist visiting the studio was stated as not believing Karloff would last through the film's production. Ted Giesel (Seuss himself) recollected the end of that day:
-->'''Giesel:''' It was an exhausting day. Everything went wrong. At the end of the day, we were all wilted…except Boris. As we dragged ourselves off, he left whistling.

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* A meta example for Boris Karloff, the narrator of the cartoon special. At the time of voicing, Karloff was ill and nearing the end of his life. A cardiologist visiting the studio was stated as not believing Karloff would last through the film's production. Ted Giesel Geisel (Seuss himself) recollected the end of that day:
-->'''Giesel:''' -->'''Geisel:''' It was an exhausting day. Everything went wrong. At the end of the day, we were all wilted…except Boris. As we dragged ourselves off, he left whistling.

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--> '''The Grinch''': ''Of course they are. That's what it's all about, isn't it? That's what it's always been about! Gifts. Gifts. Gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts! Do you know what happens to your gifts? They all come to me. In your garbage. You see what I'm saying? In. Your. GARBAGE! I could hang myself with all the bad Christmas neckties I found at the dump! And the avarice... the avarice never ends! "I want golf clubs!" "I want diamonds!" "I want a pony so I can ride it twice, get bored, and sell it to make GLUE!" Look, I don't wanna make waves, but this whole Christmas season is... stupid! Stupid! Stupid! ''(looks up to and advances towards Martha May Whovier)'' There is, however, one teeny-tiny Christmas tradition I find... quite... meaningful. Mistletoe. ''(Holds the Mistletoe over his behind)'' Now pucker up and kiss it, Whoville! Boiiiiiiiiinggggg!''

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--> '''The Grinch''': ''Of course they are. That's what it's all about, isn't it? That's what it's always been about! Gifts. Gifts. Gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts! Do you know what happens to your gifts? They all come to me. In your garbage. You see what I'm saying? In. Your. GARBAGE! I could hang myself with all the bad Christmas neckties I found at the dump! And the avarice... the avarice never ends! "I want golf clubs!" "I want diamonds!" "I want a pony so I can ride it twice, get bored, and sell it to make GLUE!" Look, I don't wanna make waves, but this whole Christmas season is... stupid! Stupid! Stupid! ''(looks up to and advances towards Martha May Whovier)'' There is, however, one teeny-tiny Christmas tradition I find... quite... meaningful. Mistletoe. ''(Holds the Mistletoe over his behind)'' Now pucker up and kiss it, Whoville! Boiiiiiiiiinggggg!''Boiiiiiiiiinggggg!''
* A meta example for Boris Karloff, the narrator of the cartoon special. At the time of voicing, Karloff was ill and nearing the end of his life. A cardiologist visiting the studio was stated as not believing Karloff would last through the film's production. Ted Giesel (Seuss himself) recollected the end of that day:
-->'''Giesel:''' It was an exhausting day. Everything went wrong. At the end of the day, we were all wilted…except Boris. As we dragged ourselves off, he left whistling.
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* Lou standing up to the Mayor, saying he's glad the Grinch stole his presents, because it helped him realized what Cindy spent the whole movie saying, that Christmas is nore than all the gifs and contests, it's about love. Also counts as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.

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* Lou standing up to the Mayor, saying he's glad the Grinch stole his presents, because it helped him realized realize what Cindy spent the whole movie saying, that Christmas is nore more than all the gifs gifts and contests, it's about love. Also counts as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.



--> '''The Grinch''': ''Of course they are. That's what it's all about, isn't it? That's what it's always been about! Gifts. Gifts. Gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts! Do you know what happens to your gifts? They all come to me. In your garbage. You see what I'm saying? In. Your. GARBAGE! I could hang myself with all the bad Christmas neckties I found at the dump! And the avarice... the avarice never ends! "I want golf clubs!" "I want diamonds!" "I want a pony so I can ride it twice, get bored, and sell it to make GLUE!" Look, I don't wanna make waves, but this whole Christmas season is... stupid! Stupid! Stupid! (looks up to and advances towards Martha May Whovier) There is, however, one teeny-tiny Christmas tradition I find... quite... meaningful. Mistletoe. (Holds the Mistletoe over his behind) Now pucker up and kiss it, Whoville! Boiiiiiiiiinggggg!''

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--> '''The Grinch''': ''Of course they are. That's what it's all about, isn't it? That's what it's always been about! Gifts. Gifts. Gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts! Do you know what happens to your gifts? They all come to me. In your garbage. You see what I'm saying? In. Your. GARBAGE! I could hang myself with all the bad Christmas neckties I found at the dump! And the avarice... the avarice never ends! "I want golf clubs!" "I want diamonds!" "I want a pony so I can ride it twice, get bored, and sell it to make GLUE!" Look, I don't wanna make waves, but this whole Christmas season is... stupid! Stupid! Stupid! (looks ''(looks up to and advances towards Martha May Whovier) Whovier)'' There is, however, one teeny-tiny Christmas tradition I find... quite... meaningful. Mistletoe. (Holds ''(Holds the Mistletoe over his behind) behind)'' Now pucker up and kiss it, Whoville! Boiiiiiiiiinggggg!''
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* One has to admit, the Grinch lifting up the entire sleigh toward the end of both the cartoon TV special and the live-action movie is pretty damn cool.

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* One has to admit, the Grinch lifting up the entire sleigh toward the end of both the cartoon TV special and the live-action movie is pretty damn cool.
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* Lou standing up to the Mayor, saying he's glad the Grinch stole his presents, because it helped him realized what Cindy spent the whole movie saying, that Christmas is nore than all the gifs and contests, it's about love. Also counts as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.
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--> '''The Grinch''': ''Of course they are. That's what it's all about, isn't it? That's what it's always been about! Gifts. Gifts. Gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts! Do you know what happens to your gifts? They all come to me. In your garbage. You see what I'm saying? In. Your. GARBAGE! I could hang myself with all the bad Christmas neckties I found at the dump! And the avarice... the avarice never ends! "I want golf clubs!" "I want diamonds!" "I want a pony so I can ride it twice, get bored, and sell it to make GLUE!" Look, I don't wanna make waves, but this whole Christmas season is... stupid! Stupid! Stupid! (looks up to and advances towards Martha May Whovier) There is, however, one teeny-tiny Christmas tradition I find... quite... meaningful. Mistletoe. Now pucker up and kiss it, Whoville! Boiiiiiiiiinggggg!''

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--> '''The Grinch''': ''Of course they are. That's what it's all about, isn't it? That's what it's always been about! Gifts. Gifts. Gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts! Do you know what happens to your gifts? They all come to me. In your garbage. You see what I'm saying? In. Your. GARBAGE! I could hang myself with all the bad Christmas neckties I found at the dump! And the avarice... the avarice never ends! "I want golf clubs!" "I want diamonds!" "I want a pony so I can ride it twice, get bored, and sell it to make GLUE!" Look, I don't wanna make waves, but this whole Christmas season is... stupid! Stupid! Stupid! (looks up to and advances towards Martha May Whovier) There is, however, one teeny-tiny Christmas tradition I find... quite... meaningful. Mistletoe. (Holds the Mistletoe over his behind) Now pucker up and kiss it, Whoville! Boiiiiiiiiinggggg!''
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* The Grinch's ENTIRE [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tirade against the Whos]], calling them out on their hypocrisy and avarice.

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* The Grinch's ENTIRE [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tirade against the Whos]], calling them out on their hypocrisy and avarice.avarice.
--> '''The Grinch''': ''Of course they are. That's what it's all about, isn't it? That's what it's always been about! Gifts. Gifts. Gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts-gifts! Do you know what happens to your gifts? They all come to me. In your garbage. You see what I'm saying? In. Your. GARBAGE! I could hang myself with all the bad Christmas neckties I found at the dump! And the avarice... the avarice never ends! "I want golf clubs!" "I want diamonds!" "I want a pony so I can ride it twice, get bored, and sell it to make GLUE!" Look, I don't wanna make waves, but this whole Christmas season is... stupid! Stupid! Stupid! (looks up to and advances towards Martha May Whovier) There is, however, one teeny-tiny Christmas tradition I find... quite... meaningful. Mistletoe. Now pucker up and kiss it, Whoville! Boiiiiiiiiinggggg!''
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* Lou stopping the Grinch's speeding sled with ONE HAND.

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* Lou stopping the Grinch's speeding sled with ONE HAND.HAND.
* The Grinch's ENTIRE [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tirade against the Whos]], calling them out on their hypocrisy and avarice.
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--> ''As the Grinch found the strength of ten Grinches. Plus two.''

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--> ''As the Grinch found the strength of ten Grinches. Plus two.''two!''
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* The movie amps it up by recreating the Grinch's classic evil grin.

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* The movie amps it up by recreating the Grinch's classic evil grin.grin.
* Lou stopping the Grinch's speeding sled with ONE HAND.
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--> ''And then, the true meaning of Christmas came through,''
--> ''As the Grinch found the strength of ten Grinches. Plus two.''
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* One has to admit, the Grinch lifting up the entire sleigh toward the end is pretty damn cool.

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* One has to admit, the Grinch lifting up the entire sleigh toward the end of both the cartoon TV special and the live-action movie is pretty damn cool.
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* One has to admit, the Grinch lifting up the entire sleigh toward the end is pretty damn cool.

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* One has to admit, the Grinch lifting up the entire sleigh toward the end is pretty damn cool.cool.
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