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** Scrooge scaring Mrs Dilber after his reformation was also done in Alistair Sim's ''Film/Scrooge1951''.
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** Scrooge scaring Mrs Dilber after his reformation was also done in Alistair Sim's Creator/AlastairSim's ''Film/Scrooge1951''.
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** Unlike other incarnations, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come actively torments Scrooge in ways such as bursting out to knock him over, chasing him from atop a stagecoach pulled by stampeding horses, and shrinking him down to an extremely small size.
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** Unlike other incarnations, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come actively torments Scrooge in ways such as bursting out to knock him over, chasing him from atop a stagecoach pulled by stampeding horses, and shrinking him down to an extremely small size. (Given it's specifically presented as Scrooge's LivingShadow, it makes sense it would be cruel.)
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* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailers made it look like a goofy, kiddy version of the story. The actual movie, however, was surprisingly faithful and kept most of the original's story intact, including the dark bits.
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* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailers made make it look like a goofy, kiddy version of the story. The actual movie, however, was movie is surprisingly faithful and kept most of to the original's story intact, including novella -- including/especially the dark ''dark'' bits.
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* HypocriticalHumour: Scrooge confronts The Ghost of Christmas Present on why the latter seeks to close the bakers and other places the poor depend on for cooking their meals on Sundays. And that's coming from the very man who despises the less fortunate and would rather see them see them suffer than help them.
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* HypocriticalHumour: Scrooge confronts The Ghost of Christmas Present on why the latter seeks to close the bakers and other places the poor depend on for cooking their meals on Sundays. And that's coming from the very man who despises the less fortunate and would rather see them see them suffer than help them.
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* AdaptedOut:
** The ghostly hearse on the staircase is in the junior novelization, trailer, and licensed game, but not the movie itself. The movie also removes Belle with her husband and children, though it was filmed and can be seen on the DVD bonus features.
** The junior novelization removes Mrs. Dilber selling Scrooge's items after his death, transitioning from the hearse chase to the scene with Scrooge's body.
** The ghostly hearse on the staircase is in the junior novelization, trailer, and licensed game, but not the movie itself. The movie also removes Belle with her husband and children, though it was filmed and can be seen on the DVD bonus features.
** The junior novelization removes Mrs. Dilber selling Scrooge's items after his death, transitioning from the hearse chase to the scene with Scrooge's body.
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* AdaptationExpansion: In the novel, Ignorance and Want are only shown as feral, almost animalistic children. Here, both age up into adults as the Ghost of Christmas Present dies, with the former becoming a knife-wielding thief and then being imprisoned while the latter becomes a prostitute and is then trapped in a straight jecket. Both throw back a line Scrooge had said earlier in the film ("Are there no prisons?" for the boy, "Are there no workhouses?" for the girl), showing that they are the end result of this line of thinking.
* AdaptedOut:
** The ghostly hearse on the staircase is in the junior novelization, trailer, and licensed game, but not the movie itself. The movie also removes Belle with her husband and children, though it was filmed and can be seen on the DVD bonus features.
** The junior novelization removes Mrs. Dilber selling Scrooge's items after his death, transitioning from the hearse chase to the scene with Scrooge's body.
* AdaptedOut:
** The ghostly hearse on the staircase is in the junior novelization, trailer, and licensed game, but not the movie itself. The movie also removes Belle with her husband and children, though it was filmed and can be seen on the DVD bonus features.
** The junior novelization removes Mrs. Dilber selling Scrooge's items after his death, transitioning from the hearse chase to the scene with Scrooge's body.
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* HypocriticalHumour: Scrooge confronts The Ghost of Christmas Present on why the latter seeks to close the bakers and other places the poor depend on for cooking their meals on Sundays. And that's coming from the very man who despises the less fortunate and would rather see them see them suffer than help them.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Near the beginning of the film at the undertakers Scrooge briefly stops the undertaker's assistant from enclosing Marley's coffin. At first it seems Scrooge wants to say a final goodbye to his deceased friend and partner. But what does he do? He greedily snatches the two coins from Marley's eyes much to the shock of both the boy and the undertaker.
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* DeathGlare: Scrooge does this twice in the film. After leaving the funeral parloer he gives one to a group of carolers who then cower at him. Scrooge does this again this time to Bob Cratchit seven years later after the latter stops working due to being cold and Scrooge stares at him with daggers in his eyes causing poor Bob to return frantically to his job.
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''A Christmas Carol'' is a 2009 Creator/{{Disney}} film adaptation of the Creator/CharlesDickens [[Literature/AChristmasCarol novella of the same name]]. Directed by Creator/RobertZemeckis and made using MotionCapture, it stars Creator/JimCarrey as Ebenezer Scrooge and all three of the Christmas spirits.
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''A Christmas Carol'' is a 2009 Creator/{{Disney}} film adaptation of the Creator/CharlesDickens [[Literature/AChristmasCarol novella of the same name]].name]], one of many. Directed by Creator/RobertZemeckis and made using MotionCapture, it stars Creator/JimCarrey as Ebenezer Scrooge and all three of the Christmas spirits.
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* GhostInTheMachine: Scrooge and the three spirits are depicted this way, and [[TalkingToHimself all are played by Jim Carrey]].
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* GhostInTheMachine: Scrooge and the three spirits are depicted this way, and [[TalkingToHimself all are played by Jim Carrey]].Carrey.
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* SssssnakeTalk: The Ghossssst of Chrisssstmasss Passsst - and not just the ssssibilants, but [[UpToEleven all the vowels.]] Considering how the Ghost was represented, its speech could be representative of the wisp of a candle flame...slowly guttering out.
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* SssssnakeTalk: The Ghossssst of Chrisssstmasss Passsst - and not just the ssssibilants, but [[UpToEleven all the vowels.]] vowels. Considering how the Ghost was represented, its speech could be representative of the wisp of a candle flame...slowly guttering out.
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** Jim Carrey plays a [[Film/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2004 cruel old miser]], who must [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas learn to love christmas]], through [[Film/BruceAlmighty encounters with supernatural entities]] who take him for [[Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind a walk down memory-lane]], until [[Film/YesMan he opens himself to what life has to offer]].
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** Jim Carrey plays a [[Film/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2004 cruel old miser]], who must [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas learn to love christmas]], Christmas]], through [[Film/BruceAlmighty encounters with supernatural entities]] who take him for [[Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind a walk down memory-lane]], until [[Film/YesMan he opens himself to what life has to offer]].
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* DeadpanSnarker: Scrooge has his moments of sarcasm especially when he asked the two charity men are there no prisons and workhouses.
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* ForeShadowing:
** Marley lying dead in his coffin foreshadows him haunting Scrooge seven years later.
** The clock tower chiming before Scrooge and Bob Cratchit finish work foreshadows the clocks chiming for the three spirits.
** Marley in chains infamously foreshadows the same fate awaits Scrooge unless he repents.
** Marley lying dead in his coffin foreshadows him haunting Scrooge seven years later.
** The clock tower chiming before Scrooge and Bob Cratchit finish work foreshadows the clocks chiming for the three spirits.
** Marley in chains infamously foreshadows the same fate awaits Scrooge unless he repents.
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* ShownTheirWork: This film arguably follows the descriptions of the characters than other film versions:
** Bob Cratchit is only about 5 foot 5 in the film making him accurate to the way Dickens described him in the book, as he was apparently short in height.
** The ghost of Marley is very accurate to the Marley in the book including being green in colour and his hair and clothes moving on their own accord.
** The Ghost of Christmas Past speaks in a low whisper like voice like the book where Dickens said the ghost had a low far away voice.
** Bob Cratchit is only about 5 foot 5 in the film making him accurate to the way Dickens described him in the book, as he was apparently short in height.
** The ghost of Marley is very accurate to the Marley in the book including being green in colour and his hair and clothes moving on their own accord.
** The Ghost of Christmas Past speaks in a low whisper like voice like the book where Dickens said the ghost had a low far away voice.
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** Creator/GaryOldman's Marley, with his [[MonochromeApparition bluish tint]], deathly calmness and raging howls of anguish somewhat recalls Frank Finlay's portrayal of the ghost in the [[Film/AChristmasCarol1984 1984 film]].
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* {{Bowdlerize}}: The junior novelization changes Fred's wife guessing "an ass" in Yes and No to "a dog," which still gets the same response.
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* {{Bowdlerize}}: {{Bowdlerise}}: The junior novelization changes Fred's wife guessing "an ass" in Yes and No to "a dog," which still gets the same response.
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** A nod is also given to ''Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol'' (another Disney incarnation of the tale) when Scrooge is hanging from a root above his own grave while a hellish light beams up from his coffin.
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** A nod is also given to ''Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol'' ''WesternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol'' (another Disney incarnation of the tale) when Scrooge is hanging from a root above his own grave while a hellish light beams up from his coffin.
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* BodyHorror: Marley is shown to be in a state of decay even as a spirit. At one point, during one of his ghostly wailing fits, his cheeks split open, and he dislocates his own jaw, forcing him to manually move it to talk.
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* BodyHorror: Marley is shown to be in a state of decay even as a spirit. At one point, during one of his ghostly wailing fits, his cheeks split open, and he dislocates his own jaw, forcing him to manually move it to talk. This is TruthInTelevision by the way, the jaw tissues are among the first to decay upon death, resulting in the unsettling "screaming corpse" effect, since there's nothing holding it closed anymore. That's the reason for why Marley wears a cloth around his head, that's how corpses were buried before embalming was common.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: When Ignorance and Want transform into adults, Want becomes what is clearly supposed to be a prostitute. It makes sense, considering [[PerpetualPoverty what she's the anthropomorphic representation of]], but still rather shocking for a Disney movie.
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* TakeThat: The movie alters a line of the Ghost of Christmas Present during the discussion about closing the Bake Shops every seventh day by introducing the identifier of "Men of the cloth", changing a criticism of MoralGuardians in general to a shot at clergy in particular.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: When Ignorance and Want transform into adults, Want becomes what is clearly supposed to be a prostitute. It makes sense, considering [[PerpetualPoverty what she's the anthropomorphic representation of]], but still rather shocking for a Disney movie.
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* ActorAllusion:
** Jim Carrey plays a [[Film/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2004 cruel old miser]], who must [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas learn to love christmas]], through [[Film/BruceAlmighty encounters with supernatural entities]] who take him for [[Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind a walk down memory-lane]], until [[Film/YesMan he opens himself to what life has to offer]].
** Scrooge rides on the back of a carriage, waving at people through the street. Many people took this to be a ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' reference - which was unintentional by Robert Zemeckis.
** Scrooge's appearance is also modeled after the puppet shown in ''WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress'', also directed by Robert Zemeckis.
** Jim Carrey plays a [[Film/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2004 cruel old miser]], who must [[Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas learn to love christmas]], through [[Film/BruceAlmighty encounters with supernatural entities]] who take him for [[Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind a walk down memory-lane]], until [[Film/YesMan he opens himself to what life has to offer]].
** Scrooge rides on the back of a carriage, waving at people through the street. Many people took this to be a ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' reference - which was unintentional by Robert Zemeckis.
** Scrooge's appearance is also modeled after the puppet shown in ''WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress'', also directed by Robert Zemeckis.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: In canon, Scrooge was said to be honest even before the ghosts changed him. In this film, he [[RobbingTheDead steals the gold coins that were covering the late Jacob Marley's eyes]].
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* AdaptationalVillainy: AdaptationalVillainy:
** In canon, Scrooge was said to be honest even before the ghosts changed him. In this film, he [[RobbingTheDead steals the gold coins that were covering the late Jacob Marley'seyes]].eyes]].
** Unlike other incarnations, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come actively torments Scrooge in ways such as bursting out to knock him over, chasing him from atop a stagecoach pulled by stampeding horses, and shrinking him down to an extremely small size.
** In canon, Scrooge was said to be honest even before the ghosts changed him. In this film, he [[RobbingTheDead steals the gold coins that were covering the late Jacob Marley's
** Unlike other incarnations, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come actively torments Scrooge in ways such as bursting out to knock him over, chasing him from atop a stagecoach pulled by stampeding horses, and shrinking him down to an extremely small size.
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* BodyHorror: Marley is shown to be in a state of decay even as a spirit. At one point, during one of his ghostly wailing fits, his cheeks split open, and he dislocates his own jaw, forcing him to manually move it to talk.
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* ActionizedAdaptation: The film adds an action scene of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come chasing Scrooge with Jacob Marley's funeral wagon and shrinking him to the size of a rat, none of which was in the book. Scrooge is also physically flung around a lot by the ghosts and the effects of their visits, while in the book he's just spirited to places.
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** The entire "Ghost of Christmas Past" scene simply faded from time period to time period without any cuts.
** In fact, Zemeckis seems to be an avid fan of TheOner, since nearly all shots in this film have multiple camera pans.
** In fact, Zemeckis seems to be an avid fan of TheOner, since nearly all shots in this film have multiple camera pans.
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** The entire "Ghost of Christmas Past" scene simply faded fades from time period to time period without any cuts.
** In fact, Zemeckis seems to be an avid fan of TheOner, since nearly all shots in this film have multiple camera pans.cuts.
** In fact, Zemeckis seems to be an avid fan of TheOner, since nearly all shots in this film have multiple camera pans.
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** A nod is also given to ''Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol'' (another Disney incarnation of the tale) when Scrooge is hanging from a root in his own grave while a hellish light beams up from his coffin.
** The way Scrooge falls into his grave is similar to how he fell in ''Film/Scrooge1970'' which is a live action musical based on the novel.
** The way Scrooge falls into his grave is similar to how he fell in ''Film/Scrooge1970'' which is a live action musical based on the novel.
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** A nod is also given to ''Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol'' (another Disney incarnation of the tale) when Scrooge is hanging from a root in above his own grave while a hellish light beams up from his coffin.
** The way Scrooge falls into his grave is similar to how he fell in''Film/Scrooge1970'' which is a live action musical based on the novel.''Film/Scrooge1970''.
** The way Scrooge falls into his grave is similar to how he fell in
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* EekAMouse: Mrs Dilber and Old Joe are startled by a rat and chase it and Scrooge away.
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* ShoutOut: During the opening credits, a few kids are having fun by [[Film/BackToTheFuture clinging onto the backs of carriages and hitching a ride on them.]] Upon being redeemed, Scrooge himself does this too.
** A nod is also given to Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol (another Disney incarnation of the tale) when Scrooge is hanging from a root in his own grave while a hellish light beams up from his coffin.
** The way Scrooge falls into his grave is similar to how he fell in Film/Scrooge1970 which is a live action musical based on the novel.
** A nod is also given to Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol (another Disney incarnation of the tale) when Scrooge is hanging from a root in his own grave while a hellish light beams up from his coffin.
** The way Scrooge falls into his grave is similar to how he fell in Film/Scrooge1970 which is a live action musical based on the novel.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** During the opening credits, a few kids are having fun by [[Film/BackToTheFuture clinging onto the backs of carriages and hitching a ride on them.]] Upon being redeemed, Scrooge himself does this too.
** Scrooge scaring Mrs Dilber after his reformation was also done in Alistair Sim's ''Film/Scrooge1951''.
** A nod is also given toDisney/MickeysChristmasCarol ''Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol'' (another Disney incarnation of the tale) when Scrooge is hanging from a root in his own grave while a hellish light beams up from his coffin.
** The way Scrooge falls into his grave is similar to how he fell inFilm/Scrooge1970 ''Film/Scrooge1970'' which is a live action musical based on the novel.
** During the opening credits, a few kids are having fun by [[Film/BackToTheFuture clinging onto the backs of carriages and hitching a ride on them.]] Upon being redeemed, Scrooge himself does this too.
** Scrooge scaring Mrs Dilber after his reformation was also done in Alistair Sim's ''Film/Scrooge1951''.
** A nod is also given to
** The way Scrooge falls into his grave is similar to how he fell in
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* AllThereInTheManual: Tie-in media clarifies that the hearse that chases Scrooge in the future is Marley's funeral hearse.
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* CreepyChild: Ignorance and Want. This adaptation makes them creepier than usual by adding a sequence where they morph into adults: a thug and an (implied) prostitute, respectively. They also get Present's [[IronicEcho line]] about prisons and [[FreudianSlip wh--]] ''work''houses.
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* CreepyChild: Ignorance and Want. This adaptation makes them creepier than usual by adding a sequence where they morph into adults: a thug and an (implied) a prostitute, respectively. They also get Present's [[IronicEcho line]] about prisons and [[FreudianSlip wh--]] ''work''houses.workhouses.
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* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese version uses [[http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/JUJU---Present/2c28f716b709ceb783219239c2996365 "Present"]] by JUJU as its theme song.
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* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese version uses [[http://www.[[https://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/JUJU---Present/2c28f716b709ceb783219239c2996365 "Present"]] by JUJU as its theme song.
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''A Christmas Carol'' is a 2009 Creator/{{Disney}} film adaptation of the Creator/CharlesDickens [[Literature/AChristmasCarol novella of the same name]]. Directed by Creator/RobertZemeckis and made using MotionCapture, it stars Creator/JimCarrey as Ebenezer Scrooge and all three of the Christmas spirits.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AdaptedOut:
** The ghostly hearse on the staircase is in the junior novelization, trailer, and licensed game, but not the movie itself. The movie also removes Belle with her husband and children, though it was filmed and can be seen on the DVD bonus features.
** The junior novelization removes Mrs. Dilber selling Scrooge's items after his death, transitioning from the hearse chase to the scene with Scrooge's body.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In canon, Scrooge was said to be honest even before the ghosts changed him. In this film, he [[RobbingTheDead steals the gold coins that were covering the late Jacob Marley's eyes]].
* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese version uses [[http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/JUJU---Present/2c28f716b709ceb783219239c2996365 "Present"]] by JUJU as its theme song.
* BerserkButton:
** Jacob Marley with Scrooge. Poor guy was so frustrated he ''dislocated his own jaw'' during one of his ghostly wailing fits.
** The Ghost of Christmas Present may be a jolly figure, but do not bring up what the current bureaucracy of the Church of Christ is doing in Christ's name, like closing places once a week when the poor are so in need of help. He does not take such mentions well and considers them not of ''his'' church.
* {{Bowdlerize}}: The junior novelization changes Fred's wife guessing "an ass" in Yes and No to "a dog," which still gets the same response.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Bob Cratchit narrates the ending directly to the camera.
* ChewOutFakeOut: As Scrooge passes the carolers on Christmas Day, he pretends to be his normal miserable self, cowing the carolers into mumbling the chorus quietly as he passes. He then belts out the chorus with gusto, as they resurge happily. He then gives them [[PetTheDog an extremely extravagant tip]] before gleefully continuing on his way.
* CoinsForTheDead: Scrooge's EstablishingCharacterMoment comes when he takes the pennies that had been placed on his recently deceased partner's eyes, saying "tuppence is tuppence".
* CreepyChild: Ignorance and Want. This adaptation makes them creepier than usual by adding a sequence where they morph into adults: a thug and an (implied) prostitute, respectively. They also get Present's [[IronicEcho line]] about prisons and [[FreudianSlip wh--]] ''work''houses.
* DueToTheDead: The film begins with Jacob Marley's death and his corpse being prepared for burial with two pennies covering his eyes to keep them closed. Scrooge stole them from the body.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Scrooge pockets the coins off the dead Marley's eyes.
* GhostInTheMachine: Scrooge and the three spirits are depicted this way, and [[TalkingToHimself all are played by Jim Carrey]].
* TheHyena: The Ghost of Christmas Present, continuing to laugh even as he turns into a skeleton and then crumbles to dust.
* IncredibleShrinkingMan: Scrooge is shrunk in the Future scene for a while.
* InkSuitActor: As usual for Zemeckis' motion capture movies, the main characters all resemble their actors.
* JumpScare: The movie practically relies on these. An example is the scene where Scrooge sees Marley's face on the knocker, he reaches out to touch it...and Marley's eyes snap open and some of his teeth fly out!
* LargeHam:
** Creator/JimCarrey as Scrooge ''and'' all the ghosts, matching up with...
** Creator/GaryOldman as Jacob Marley in HamToHamCombat.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Scrooge [[RobbingTheDead robs the late]] Jacob Marley out of two coins and the Ghost of Christmas Future shows a future where a deceased Scrooge is robbed out of curtains and the clothes his corpse would be buried with.
* LivingShadow: The Ghost of Christmas Future is Scrooge's shadow.
* MindScrewdriver: The tie-in novel and licensed game clarify that the hearse chasing Scrooge in the future is the same one that took Marley to his resting place and chased Scrooge on the stairs in his house.
* MoodWhiplash:
** At one point, Marley yells so powerfully that he dislocates his jaw, then says the next line by moving his lower jaw with his hand (borders between disturbing and funny) before attempting to put it back and in the process folding his face up tightly to the point where he cannot speak (just plain funny).
** One minute, Scrooge is being chased by demonic shadowy horses, the next he's crawling through a sewer pipe with a chipmunk voice. And then, back to the horses.
* MotionCapture: This technique was how the movie was made.
* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailers made it look like a goofy, kiddy version of the story. The actual movie, however, was surprisingly faithful and kept most of the original's story intact, including the dark bits.
* TheOner:
** The five-minute title scene, starting with one conversation with Scrooge, flying all around London and then back down to the other side of the city, finishing with him approaching his house.
** The entire "Ghost of Christmas Past" scene simply faded from time period to time period without any cuts.
** In fact, Zemeckis seems to be an avid fan of TheOner, since nearly all shots in this film have multiple camera pans.
* PlayingGertrude: Scrooge's nephew Fred is played by Colin Firth, who is actually older than Jim Carrey. The use of motion capture makes this less obvious than it might have been in a fully live-action movie.
* RobbingTheDead: In his EstablishingCharacterMoment, Scrooge takes the two coins off of Marley's eyes. Like in the book, Scrooge is shown as a future victim of this by the Ghost of Christmas Future.
* SandInMyEyes: When Scrooge gets emotional at the sight of his boyhood home, he dismisses the tear on his cheek as "Nothing. Something in my eye."
* ShoutOut: During the opening credits, a few kids are having fun by [[Film/BackToTheFuture clinging onto the backs of carriages and hitching a ride on them.]] Upon being redeemed, Scrooge himself does this too.
** A nod is also given to Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol (another Disney incarnation of the tale) when Scrooge is hanging from a root in his own grave while a hellish light beams up from his coffin.
** The way Scrooge falls into his grave is similar to how he fell in Film/Scrooge1970 which is a live action musical based on the novel.
* SssssnakeTalk: The Ghossssst of Chrisssstmasss Passsst - and not just the ssssibilants, but [[UpToEleven all the vowels.]] Considering how the Ghost was represented, its speech could be representative of the wisp of a candle flame...slowly guttering out.
* StealthPun: Many of the songs played in the background are Christmas carols, making this adaptation the literal version.
* TruerToTheText: Aside from the shrunken Scrooge chase scene, much of the movie is extremely faithful to the book, including a sequence almost always left out of adaptations where Scrooge asks the Ghost of Christmas Present about the bad things the Church does in God's name.
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''A Christmas Carol'' is a 2009 Creator/{{Disney}} film adaptation of the Creator/CharlesDickens [[Literature/AChristmasCarol novella of the same name]]. Directed by Creator/RobertZemeckis and made using MotionCapture, it stars Creator/JimCarrey as Ebenezer Scrooge and all three of the Christmas spirits.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AdaptedOut:
** The ghostly hearse on the staircase is in the junior novelization, trailer, and licensed game, but not the movie itself. The movie also removes Belle with her husband and children, though it was filmed and can be seen on the DVD bonus features.
** The junior novelization removes Mrs. Dilber selling Scrooge's items after his death, transitioning from the hearse chase to the scene with Scrooge's body.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In canon, Scrooge was said to be honest even before the ghosts changed him. In this film, he [[RobbingTheDead steals the gold coins that were covering the late Jacob Marley's eyes]].
* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese version uses [[http://www.jpopsuki.tv/video/JUJU---Present/2c28f716b709ceb783219239c2996365 "Present"]] by JUJU as its theme song.
* BerserkButton:
** Jacob Marley with Scrooge. Poor guy was so frustrated he ''dislocated his own jaw'' during one of his ghostly wailing fits.
** The Ghost of Christmas Present may be a jolly figure, but do not bring up what the current bureaucracy of the Church of Christ is doing in Christ's name, like closing places once a week when the poor are so in need of help. He does not take such mentions well and considers them not of ''his'' church.
* {{Bowdlerize}}: The junior novelization changes Fred's wife guessing "an ass" in Yes and No to "a dog," which still gets the same response.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Bob Cratchit narrates the ending directly to the camera.
* ChewOutFakeOut: As Scrooge passes the carolers on Christmas Day, he pretends to be his normal miserable self, cowing the carolers into mumbling the chorus quietly as he passes. He then belts out the chorus with gusto, as they resurge happily. He then gives them [[PetTheDog an extremely extravagant tip]] before gleefully continuing on his way.
* CoinsForTheDead: Scrooge's EstablishingCharacterMoment comes when he takes the pennies that had been placed on his recently deceased partner's eyes, saying "tuppence is tuppence".
* CreepyChild: Ignorance and Want. This adaptation makes them creepier than usual by adding a sequence where they morph into adults: a thug and an (implied) prostitute, respectively. They also get Present's [[IronicEcho line]] about prisons and [[FreudianSlip wh--]] ''work''houses.
* DueToTheDead: The film begins with Jacob Marley's death and his corpse being prepared for burial with two pennies covering his eyes to keep them closed. Scrooge stole them from the body.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Scrooge pockets the coins off the dead Marley's eyes.
* GhostInTheMachine: Scrooge and the three spirits are depicted this way, and [[TalkingToHimself all are played by Jim Carrey]].
* TheHyena: The Ghost of Christmas Present, continuing to laugh even as he turns into a skeleton and then crumbles to dust.
* IncredibleShrinkingMan: Scrooge is shrunk in the Future scene for a while.
* InkSuitActor: As usual for Zemeckis' motion capture movies, the main characters all resemble their actors.
* JumpScare: The movie practically relies on these. An example is the scene where Scrooge sees Marley's face on the knocker, he reaches out to touch it...and Marley's eyes snap open and some of his teeth fly out!
* LargeHam:
** Creator/JimCarrey as Scrooge ''and'' all the ghosts, matching up with...
** Creator/GaryOldman as Jacob Marley in HamToHamCombat.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Scrooge [[RobbingTheDead robs the late]] Jacob Marley out of two coins and the Ghost of Christmas Future shows a future where a deceased Scrooge is robbed out of curtains and the clothes his corpse would be buried with.
* LivingShadow: The Ghost of Christmas Future is Scrooge's shadow.
* MindScrewdriver: The tie-in novel and licensed game clarify that the hearse chasing Scrooge in the future is the same one that took Marley to his resting place and chased Scrooge on the stairs in his house.
* MoodWhiplash:
** At one point, Marley yells so powerfully that he dislocates his jaw, then says the next line by moving his lower jaw with his hand (borders between disturbing and funny) before attempting to put it back and in the process folding his face up tightly to the point where he cannot speak (just plain funny).
** One minute, Scrooge is being chased by demonic shadowy horses, the next he's crawling through a sewer pipe with a chipmunk voice. And then, back to the horses.
* MotionCapture: This technique was how the movie was made.
* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailers made it look like a goofy, kiddy version of the story. The actual movie, however, was surprisingly faithful and kept most of the original's story intact, including the dark bits.
* TheOner:
** The five-minute title scene, starting with one conversation with Scrooge, flying all around London and then back down to the other side of the city, finishing with him approaching his house.
** The entire "Ghost of Christmas Past" scene simply faded from time period to time period without any cuts.
** In fact, Zemeckis seems to be an avid fan of TheOner, since nearly all shots in this film have multiple camera pans.
* PlayingGertrude: Scrooge's nephew Fred is played by Colin Firth, who is actually older than Jim Carrey. The use of motion capture makes this less obvious than it might have been in a fully live-action movie.
* RobbingTheDead: In his EstablishingCharacterMoment, Scrooge takes the two coins off of Marley's eyes. Like in the book, Scrooge is shown as a future victim of this by the Ghost of Christmas Future.
* SandInMyEyes: When Scrooge gets emotional at the sight of his boyhood home, he dismisses the tear on his cheek as "Nothing. Something in my eye."
* ShoutOut: During the opening credits, a few kids are having fun by [[Film/BackToTheFuture clinging onto the backs of carriages and hitching a ride on them.]] Upon being redeemed, Scrooge himself does this too.
** A nod is also given to Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol (another Disney incarnation of the tale) when Scrooge is hanging from a root in his own grave while a hellish light beams up from his coffin.
** The way Scrooge falls into his grave is similar to how he fell in Film/Scrooge1970 which is a live action musical based on the novel.
* SssssnakeTalk: The Ghossssst of Chrisssstmasss Passsst - and not just the ssssibilants, but [[UpToEleven all the vowels.]] Considering how the Ghost was represented, its speech could be representative of the wisp of a candle flame...slowly guttering out.
* StealthPun: Many of the songs played in the background are Christmas carols, making this adaptation the literal version.
* TruerToTheText: Aside from the shrunken Scrooge chase scene, much of the movie is extremely faithful to the book, including a sequence almost always left out of adaptations where Scrooge asks the Ghost of Christmas Present about the bad things the Church does in God's name.
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