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* AdoredByTheNetwork: TBS loves airing this special on the week of Thanksgiving. From the mid-90's up until 2009, it would be aired in a block with other Dr. Seuss specials such as ''WesternAnimation/TheCatInTheHat'' and ''WesternAnimation/DaisyHeadMayzie'', and sometimes ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
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* AdoredByTheNetwork: TBS loves airing this special on the week of Thanksgiving. From the mid-90's [[TheNineties mid-90's]] up until 2009, it would be aired in a block with other Dr. Seuss specials such as ''WesternAnimation/TheCatInTheHat'' and ''WesternAnimation/DaisyHeadMayzie'', and sometimes ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
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For trivia related to the [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas2000 2000 film]], see [[Trivia/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas2000 here]].
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!!The 2000 movie:
* AdoredByTheNetwork: ''And how''. Creator/{{Freeform}} (as ABC Family) loved playing this movie during the ''25 Days of Christmas'' event. For 2016, the cable rights were reclaimed by Creator/{{HBO}}, but their Grinch obsession came back when they got the rights back the following year.
* BreakawayPopHit: "Where Are You, Christmas?" by Music/FaithHill was a crossover hit from the soundtrack.
* CastTheExpert
** Many of the Whos seen performing over-the-top, gravity-defying business in the background of the Whoville scenes are played by Cirque du Soleil performers.
** Reto-vaudeville performer and Clown Hall Of Fame inductee Bill Irwin plays the visibly clown-like Lou Who.
* CelebrityVoiceActor:
** In the Japanese dub, the narrator is voiced by film and television actor Masanobu Takashima.
** The Latin American Spanish dub features TV presenter and actor Juan Ramón Huerta as the narrator.
** The Brazilian Portuguese dub has film and television actor Antônio Fagundes as the narrator.
* CreatorBacklash:
** Creator/JimCarrey was not happy about the studio interference forcing raunchier jokes into the film, especially since he'd gone out of his way to ensure that all of his ad libs would be family-friendly, and admitted that he should have fought harder to prevent it.
** The late Maurice Noble, who worked on the original 1966 animated special, was invited to the premiere of the live-action film. According to a close friend of Noble's, he was so upset by the film he ''cried'', claiming Universal ruined it, [[https://youtu.be/sLA2mnXqVHc?t=2841 as shown here]].
* DawsonCasting:
** The 8-year-old Grinch, who was played by Josh Ryan Evans (born in 1982).
** In the Latin American Spanish dub, the eight-year-old Grinch was dubbed by the 21-year-old Creator/LuisDanielRamirez.
* DescendedCreator: Creator/RonHoward plays a townsperson in Whoville.
* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/JimCarrey found the mask to be horrifyingly claustrophobic and the yak hair used in the suit was constantly itching his skin. The contact lenses used to make his eyes yellow-and-red were apparently even ''worse'', resulting in some shots which were simply digitally altered in post. [[https://www.vulture.com/2017/12/kazuhiro-tsuji-gary-oldman-darkest-hour.html He seriously considered quitting during the first few weeks of the shoot and very little was shot]]; and it got to the point where an interrogation expert who specialized in training special forces to endure torture had to be brought in to help Carrey cope. The expert's suggestion was for Carrey to distract himself from the discomfort was to smoke constantly, to eat everything in sight, and occasionally punch himself in the thigh to give him something else to focus on, which Carrey did throughout production. Carrey also said that ''during'' the makeup process he would concentrate on spinning a smooth stone in his wrong hand. But according to Creator/RonHoward, one thing Carrey '''never''' considered an option was pushing for the makeup/suit to be altered for the sake of comfort -- because that would have compromised its fidelity to the Grinch's appearance. And once Carrey was actually before the cameras and ''performing'', pain was the furthest thing from his mind.
* ExecutiveMeddling: According to Creator/RonHoward, the studio edited most of the raunchier ad libs out, then forced a few more of their own in.
* FakeAmerican: The Canadian-born Creator/JimCarrey affects an American accent as the Grinch.
* FakeIrish: The Irish officer Wholihan is played by the American Jim Meskimen.
* HostilityOnTheSet: According to Creator/JimCarrey's makeup artist, Kazuhiro Tsuji (a.k.a. Kazu Hiro), Carrey spent a good chunk of the film's production being "really mean to everybody" and constantly going AWOL, stalling production to the point where they could only get three days' worth of filming done. Creator/RonHoward eventually confronted Carrey when Hiro attempted to quit, and got him to keep his anger in check for the remainder of filming.
* InMemoriam: At the end of the film, there is a dedication to Creator/RonHoward's mother Jean Speegle Howard ("...who loved Christmas the most."), who died three months before the film's release from heart and respiratory illness.
* KidsMealToy: Wendy's had a set of six toys in the 2000 holiday season. There was a light-up sleigh, a pull-back figure of Max, a sticker dispenser, a viewfinder (with red, green, and yellow variants), a Christmas list ornament, and a mirror.
* NonSingingVoice: In the Latin American Spanish dub, Creator/MarioCastaneda provides the speaking voice for the Grinch, while Rubén Cerda does his singing.
* TheOtherMarty: Musically, Music/FaithHill is this to Music/MariahCarey, who also co-wrote "Where Are You, Christmas?" Music/JamesHorner and Will Jennings. Mariah ''did'' record it for the movie but due to ExecutiveMeddling from Sony and interference from her ex-husband Tommy Mottola (chairman and CEO of Sony Music at the time), which she and he were in an ongoing legal battle after they divorced, her version has never been released.
* ProductionPosse:
** A good amount of people from previous Ron Howard films return, including regular composer Music/JamesHorner and producer Brian Grazer.
** Additional orchestrators Steve Bernstein, Richard Stone and Julie Bernstein previously worked together as composers on ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''.
* RealLifeRelative:
** Creator/RonHoward's brother, Creator/ClintHoward, portrayed Whobris, and his daughter, [[Creator/BryceDallasHoward Bryce Dallas]], plays one of the surprised Whos.
** Creator/TaylorMomsen's sister Sloane plays a uncredited role as a "Little Girl Dreaming of Sugarplums".
* RoleReprise: Creator/FrankWelker returns to voice Max after previously voicing him in ''WesternAnimation/TheGrinchGrinchesTheCatInTheHat''.
* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Creator/DrSeuss had been approached about a live-action version of ''The Grinch'' several times in his twilight years, always turning it down because he didn't want a repeat of ''Film/The5000FingersOfDrT''. His widow Audrey Geisel, who founded Dr. Seuss Enterprises shortly after his death, only relented when she saw a stage production at The Old Globe Theater in San Diego in the mid-90s.
* ThrowItIn:
** One afternoon during shooting, Creator/JimCarrey stole Creator/RonHoward's hat and started riffing and impression of him and his directing style. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Howard was so amused that he added the scene of the Grinch "directing" Max on how to be a reindeer, all of which was ad-libbed.]]
** The Grinch reading his schedule out loud was similarly improvised.
** In the script, the TableclothYank was supposed to fail. Carrey actually pulled it off, so he improvised the new punchline where he just knocks all the stuff off the table anyway... And the table as well.
** Carrey even came up with the line "Maybe you need a time out" for Creator/TaylorMomsen to say so ''she'' could get a laugh!
* UncreditedRole: Creator/RonHoward appears as a townsperson in Whoville and Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz is the automated voice on the Grinch's answering machine, but both actors are uncredited.
* UnderageCasting: The older Grinch is played by then 37-year-old Creator/JimCarrey despite the character being over 50 years old. Creator/MarioCastaneda was also the same age as Carrey when the former dubbed the Grinch in the Latin American Spanish dub.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/JackNicholson, Creator/DustinHoffman, Creator/TimCurry, Creator/TomHanks and Creator/EddieMurphy were considered for the Grinch. Amusingly, the movie was shot at the same studio as ''Film/NuttyProfessorIITheKlumps'', so Carrey and Murphy [[https://preview.redd.it/8ktn2talsd661.jpg?auto=webp&s=8996ba0a37cd5062f1ff17112a7031a3cdd0c63b got to interact in-costume]] during filming.
** Creator/TimBurton was offered a chance to direct, but could not due to a conflict with another project (presumed to be what would become, many years later and without his involvement, ''Film/{{Goosebumps|2015}}'') he was working on at the time.
** The Grinch was originally going to have white fur like in the book, but Ron Howard also wanted it to be an adaptation of the 1966 cartoon.
** A lot more CGI post-production work was planned, including a completely "digital backlot" where actors would perform entirely in front of green screens. Max was originally conceived as [[RogerRabbitEffect an all CGI character]].
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* AdoredByTheNetwork: ''And how''. Creator/{{Freeform}} (as ABC Family) loved playing this movie during the ''25 Days of Christmas'' event. For 2016, the cable rights were reclaimed by Creator/{{HBO}}, but their Grinch obsession came back when they got the rights back the following year.
* BreakawayPopHit: "Where Are You, Christmas?" by Music/FaithHill was a crossover hit from the soundtrack.
* CastTheExpert
** Many of the Whos seen performing over-the-top, gravity-defying business in the background of the Whoville scenes are played by Cirque du Soleil performers.
** Reto-vaudeville performer and Clown Hall Of Fame inductee Bill Irwin plays the visibly clown-like Lou Who.
* CelebrityVoiceActor:
** In the Japanese dub, the narrator is voiced by film and television actor Masanobu Takashima.
** The Latin American Spanish dub features TV presenter and actor Juan Ramón Huerta as the narrator.
** The Brazilian Portuguese dub has film and television actor Antônio Fagundes as the narrator.
* CreatorBacklash:
** Creator/JimCarrey was not happy about the studio interference forcing raunchier jokes into the film, especially since he'd gone out of his way to ensure that all of his ad libs would be family-friendly, and admitted that he should have fought harder to prevent it.
** The late Maurice Noble, who worked on the original 1966 animated special, was invited to the premiere of the live-action film. According to a close friend of Noble's, he was so upset by the film he ''cried'', claiming Universal ruined it, [[https://youtu.be/sLA2mnXqVHc?t=2841 as shown here]].
* DawsonCasting:
** The 8-year-old Grinch, who was played by Josh Ryan Evans (born in 1982).
** In the Latin American Spanish dub, the eight-year-old Grinch was dubbed by the 21-year-old Creator/LuisDanielRamirez.
* DescendedCreator: Creator/RonHoward plays a townsperson in Whoville.
* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/JimCarrey found the mask to be horrifyingly claustrophobic and the yak hair used in the suit was constantly itching his skin. The contact lenses used to make his eyes yellow-and-red were apparently even ''worse'', resulting in some shots which were simply digitally altered in post. [[https://www.vulture.com/2017/12/kazuhiro-tsuji-gary-oldman-darkest-hour.html He seriously considered quitting during the first few weeks of the shoot and very little was shot]]; and it got to the point where an interrogation expert who specialized in training special forces to endure torture had to be brought in to help Carrey cope. The expert's suggestion was for Carrey to distract himself from the discomfort was to smoke constantly, to eat everything in sight, and occasionally punch himself in the thigh to give him something else to focus on, which Carrey did throughout production. Carrey also said that ''during'' the makeup process he would concentrate on spinning a smooth stone in his wrong hand. But according to Creator/RonHoward, one thing Carrey '''never''' considered an option was pushing for the makeup/suit to be altered for the sake of comfort -- because that would have compromised its fidelity to the Grinch's appearance. And once Carrey was actually before the cameras and ''performing'', pain was the furthest thing from his mind.
* ExecutiveMeddling: According to Creator/RonHoward, the studio edited most of the raunchier ad libs out, then forced a few more of their own in.
* FakeAmerican: The Canadian-born Creator/JimCarrey affects an American accent as the Grinch.
* FakeIrish: The Irish officer Wholihan is played by the American Jim Meskimen.
* HostilityOnTheSet: According to Creator/JimCarrey's makeup artist, Kazuhiro Tsuji (a.k.a. Kazu Hiro), Carrey spent a good chunk of the film's production being "really mean to everybody" and constantly going AWOL, stalling production to the point where they could only get three days' worth of filming done. Creator/RonHoward eventually confronted Carrey when Hiro attempted to quit, and got him to keep his anger in check for the remainder of filming.
* InMemoriam: At the end of the film, there is a dedication to Creator/RonHoward's mother Jean Speegle Howard ("...who loved Christmas the most."), who died three months before the film's release from heart and respiratory illness.
* KidsMealToy: Wendy's had a set of six toys in the 2000 holiday season. There was a light-up sleigh, a pull-back figure of Max, a sticker dispenser, a viewfinder (with red, green, and yellow variants), a Christmas list ornament, and a mirror.
* NonSingingVoice: In the Latin American Spanish dub, Creator/MarioCastaneda provides the speaking voice for the Grinch, while Rubén Cerda does his singing.
* TheOtherMarty: Musically, Music/FaithHill is this to Music/MariahCarey, who also co-wrote "Where Are You, Christmas?" Music/JamesHorner and Will Jennings. Mariah ''did'' record it for the movie but due to ExecutiveMeddling from Sony and interference from her ex-husband Tommy Mottola (chairman and CEO of Sony Music at the time), which she and he were in an ongoing legal battle after they divorced, her version has never been released.
* ProductionPosse:
** A good amount of people from previous Ron Howard films return, including regular composer Music/JamesHorner and producer Brian Grazer.
** Additional orchestrators Steve Bernstein, Richard Stone and Julie Bernstein previously worked together as composers on ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''.
* RealLifeRelative:
** Creator/RonHoward's brother, Creator/ClintHoward, portrayed Whobris, and his daughter, [[Creator/BryceDallasHoward Bryce Dallas]], plays one of the surprised Whos.
** Creator/TaylorMomsen's sister Sloane plays a uncredited role as a "Little Girl Dreaming of Sugarplums".
* RoleReprise: Creator/FrankWelker returns to voice Max after previously voicing him in ''WesternAnimation/TheGrinchGrinchesTheCatInTheHat''.
* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: Creator/DrSeuss had been approached about a live-action version of ''The Grinch'' several times in his twilight years, always turning it down because he didn't want a repeat of ''Film/The5000FingersOfDrT''. His widow Audrey Geisel, who founded Dr. Seuss Enterprises shortly after his death, only relented when she saw a stage production at The Old Globe Theater in San Diego in the mid-90s.
* ThrowItIn:
** One afternoon during shooting, Creator/JimCarrey stole Creator/RonHoward's hat and started riffing and impression of him and his directing style. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Howard was so amused that he added the scene of the Grinch "directing" Max on how to be a reindeer, all of which was ad-libbed.]]
** The Grinch reading his schedule out loud was similarly improvised.
** In the script, the TableclothYank was supposed to fail. Carrey actually pulled it off, so he improvised the new punchline where he just knocks all the stuff off the table anyway... And the table as well.
** Carrey even came up with the line "Maybe you need a time out" for Creator/TaylorMomsen to say so ''she'' could get a laugh!
* UncreditedRole: Creator/RonHoward appears as a townsperson in Whoville and Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz is the automated voice on the Grinch's answering machine, but both actors are uncredited.
* UnderageCasting: The older Grinch is played by then 37-year-old Creator/JimCarrey despite the character being over 50 years old. Creator/MarioCastaneda was also the same age as Carrey when the former dubbed the Grinch in the Latin American Spanish dub.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/JackNicholson, Creator/DustinHoffman, Creator/TimCurry, Creator/TomHanks and Creator/EddieMurphy were considered for the Grinch. Amusingly, the movie was shot at the same studio as ''Film/NuttyProfessorIITheKlumps'', so Carrey and Murphy [[https://preview.redd.it/8ktn2talsd661.jpg?auto=webp&s=8996ba0a37cd5062f1ff17112a7031a3cdd0c63b got to interact in-costume]] during filming.
** Creator/TimBurton was offered a chance to direct, but could not due to a conflict with another project (presumed to be what would become, many years later and without his involvement, ''Film/{{Goosebumps|2015}}'') he was working on at the time.
** The Grinch was originally going to have white fur like in the book, but Ron Howard also wanted it to be an adaptation of the 1966 cartoon.
** A lot more CGI post-production work was planned, including a completely "digital backlot" where actors would perform entirely in front of green screens. Max was originally conceived as [[RogerRabbitEffect an all CGI character]].
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** Creator/JimCarrey was not happy about the studio interference forcing raunchier jokes into the film, especially since he'd gone out of his way to ensure that all of his ad libs would be family-friendly, and admitted that he should have fought harder to preventit.it.
** The late Maurice Noble, who worked on the original 1966 animated special, was invited to the premiere of the live-action film. According to a close friend of Noble's, he was so upset by the film he ''cried'', claiming Universal ruined it, [[https://youtu.be/sLA2mnXqVHc?t=2841 as shown here]].
** Creator/JimCarrey was not happy about the studio interference forcing raunchier jokes into the film, especially since he'd gone out of his way to ensure that all of his ad libs would be family-friendly, and admitted that he should have fought harder to prevent
** The late Maurice Noble, who worked on the original 1966 animated special, was invited to the premiere of the live-action film. According to a close friend of Noble's, he was so upset by the film he ''cried'', claiming Universal ruined it, [[https://youtu.be/sLA2mnXqVHc?t=2841 as shown here]].
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* KidsMealToy: Wendy's had a set of six toys in the 2000 holiday season. There was a light-up sleigh, a pull-back figure of Max, a sticker dispenser, a viewfinder (with red, green, and yellow variants), a Christmas list ornament, and a mirror.
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** Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/JackNicholson, Creator/DustinHoffman, Creator/TimCurry, Creator/TomHanks, and Creator/EddieMurphy were considered for the Grinch. Amusingly, the movie was shot at the same studio as ''Film/NuttyProfessorIITheKlumps'', so Carrey and Murphy [[https://preview.redd.it/8ktn2talsd661.jpg?auto=webp&s=8996ba0a37cd5062f1ff17112a7031a3cdd0c63b got to interact in-costume]] during filming.
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** Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/JackNicholson, Creator/DustinHoffman, Creator/TimCurry, Creator/TomHanks, Creator/TomHanks and Creator/EddieMurphy were considered for the Grinch. Amusingly, the movie was shot at the same studio as ''Film/NuttyProfessorIITheKlumps'', so Carrey and Murphy [[https://preview.redd.it/8ktn2talsd661.jpg?auto=webp&s=8996ba0a37cd5062f1ff17112a7031a3cdd0c63b got to interact in-costume]] during filming.
