History Series / AChristmasCarol2019

* RewatchBonus: [[spoiler: The feminist theme changes the interaction with The Ghost of Christmas Past; when Scrooge's sister saves him from the boarding school by holding the headmaster at gunpoint, it's initially portrayed as if the ghost is showing how much his family actually loved him. With the ending in mind; the scene changes into the ghost shaming him for becoming just as bad as his headmaster for sexually extorting Mrs Cratchit, despite being saved by a woman when he was in a similar situation.

* FeministFantasy:
** [[spoiler: The ending reveals that the miniseries has feminist themes by having Mrs Cratchit curse Scrooge for sexually extorting her so she get the money to save Tiny Tim's life. The reveal that the ghosts were in league with Mrs Cratchit changes the story from a Christmas plot to a pro-feminist revenge plot. Scrooge's sister is another example; after Scrooge's father suddenly dies, she gets the will to save Scrooge from his paedophilic headmaster by holding him at gunpoint. However, Scrooge was too traumatised to realise this or show gratitude, leading to him becoming just as abusive as his father in his adulthood.]]

** [[spoiler: The ending reveals that the miniseries has feminist themes by having Mrs Cratchit curse Scrooge for forcing her to undress as part of a private social experiment and for being lead to believe that she was going to be forced to have sex with him. The reveal that the ghosts were in league with Mrs Cratchit changes the story from a Christmas plot to a pro-feminist revenge plot.]]
** [[spoiler: Scrooge's sister is another example; after Scrooge's father suddenly dies, she gets the will to save Scrooge from his paedophilic headmaster by using a gun. However, Scrooge was too traumatised to realise this and doesn't show gratitude. Like his father before him, Scrooge became an amoral nihilist who has no qualms with leading a woman to believe that she was going to prostitute herself for her child's survival.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: Scrooge is clearly traumatised by the abuse his father and the headmaster inflicted on him, and has flashbacks that might be a sign of PTSD. He also counts everything (often out loud to himself as if he can't even help it), memorises numbers to an obsessive degree (such as the total income and expenditure for 'every year' that he's run his business), and when he's counting out the coals in the first episode he seems overly concerned about the smudges they leave, leading several reviewers and fans to suggest he might have OCD or similar.

->''"This is not a game of reason against fancy Ebenezer. I will put hot tweezers to your soul and remove the splinters. I am gonna take you on a long journey, measured not in yards and miles but in days and years...Come with the Ghost of Christmas Past who feels your heart beating."''

* TheEndingChangesEverything: [[spoiler: The ending suggests the ghosts themselves were actually instruments of Mrs. Cratchit's curse towards Scrooge for sexually exploiting her as part of a social experiment (he didn't rape her, but scared her into believing that he would).]]

* RealityEnsues: The series delves into and shows the natural consequences of cutting costs in factories and mines and other places of hard manual labor. Fires and collapses and losses of livelihood abound.

* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: [[spoiler: Scrooge believes he's a good person because he chose not to rape Mrs. Carchit after forcing her to undress, The Ghost of Christmas Future doesn't accept this as Scrooge's epiphany.]]

* TheEndingChangesEverything: [[spoiler: The ending suggests the ghosts themselves were actually instruments of Mrs. Cratchit's curse towards Scrooge for sexually exploiting her as part of a social experiment (he didn't rape her, but scared her into believing that he would.]]

* TheEndingChangesEverything: [[spoiler: The ending actually suggests that the series has feminist themes and the ghosts themselves were actually instruments of Mrs. Cratchit's curse towards Scrooge for sexually exploiting her as part of a social experiment.]]

* AdaptationalVillainy: While Scrooge in other adaptations is cruel and miserly, he never inflicts psychological harm on other people for his own amusement (or "experimentation"). This version of Scrooge, on the other hand, [[spoiler:gets Mary Cratchit to perform sexual favours in exchange for money for a life-saving operation for Tiny Tim]]. [[spoiler:While he does not actually follow through on this threat and does give her the money, it is only after she has stripped to her undergarments in his presence and he has taunted her with the knowledge that she would have performed said acts. All this happens on Christmas Day, to boot.]] The Ghost of Christmas Past even calls this Scrooge's "act of greatest evil."

* AscendedExtra: Mary Cratchit, who typically only appears in one scene with Scrooge and Christmas Present, has a much bigger role here. This is combined with NamedByTheAdaptation, since Mrs. Cratchit does not typically get a first name.

* DarkerAndEdgier: '''Extremely''' so. This version amps up Scrooge's cruelty to a degree that it nears the MoralEventHorizon, gives him a horrendously tragic past, and cuts out almost all of the original story's lighthearted moments.

* FreudianExcuse: Scrooge gets one here. [[spoiler: He was molested by the headmaster of his boarding school, in an arrangement agreed upon by his abusive father.]]
** FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: More or less what Christmas Past says to Scrooge after he tries to use the above-mentioned excuse to justify his present-day cruelty.
* RaceLift: Mrs. Cratchit is played by black actress Vinette Robinson, when most adaptations portray her as white.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:According to Mary there's still work to do even after Scrooge changes his ways.]]

* RedemptionRejection: [[spoiler: Scrooge attempts this near the end, declaring that he doesn't deserve to be redeemed. The spirits give him another chance anyway.]]

** This adaptation also makes mention of a Christmas Eve mine collapse, which Scrooge and Marley are directly responsible for, having reduced the amount of wood propping up the mine's roof in order to save money.

* FreudianExcuse: Scrooge gets one here. [[spoiler: He was molested by the headmaster of his boarding school, in an arrangement agreed upon by his abusive father.]]

* AdaptationalNameChange: Scrooge's sister, while typically named Fan, is named Lottie in this adaptation.

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!!Tropes:

* AdaptationalVillainy: While Scrooge in other adaptations is cruel and miserly, he never inflicts psychological harm on other people for his own amusement (or "experimentation"). This version of Scrooge, on the other hand, [[spoiler: gets Mary Cratchit to perform sexual favours in exchange for money for a life-saving operation for Tiny Tim.]] [[spoiler: While he does not actually follow through on this threat and does give her the money, it is only after she has stripped to her undergarments in his presence and he has taunted her with the knowledge that she would have performed said acts. All this happens on Christmas Day, to boot.]] The Ghost of Christmas Past even calls this Scrooge's "act of greatest evil."

* CoolBigSis: Lottie Scrooge, who [[spoiler: pulls a gun on Scrooge's schoolmaster]] when the latter refuses to let him go home for Christmas.