History YMMV / HalloweenIsGrinchNight

* NightmareFuel: It goes without saying that the Paraphernalia Wagon sequences are this.

* CompleteMonster: The Grinch, this time around. While at Christmas he was annoyed by the Whos celebrating and stole their stuff, which was still a jerkish move, in this special he uses circumstances that the Whos have no control over as an excuse to terrorize them, which he clearly enjoys doing anyway. He takes care to crush any (possibly sentient) flower in his path. He gleefully puts a ''child'' through mind-bending horrors in the Paraphernalia Wagon, and was going to do the same to the entire town. To top it all off, he is even more abusive towards Max the dog than ever before, and even taunts him about being sad. It's a little easier to believe that in this one, he doesn't so easily have a change of heart.

* CompleteMonster: The Grinch, this time around. While at Christmas he was annoyed by the Whos celebrating and stole their stuff, which was still a jerkish move, in this special he uses circumstances that the Whos have no control over as an excuse to terrorize them, which he clearly enjoys doing anyway. He gleefully puts a ''child'' through mind-bending horrors in the Paraphernalia Wagon, and was going to do the same to the entire town. To top it all off, he is even more abusive towards Max the dog than ever before, and even taunts him about being sad. It's a little easier to believe that in this one, he doesn't so easily have a change of heart.

* TheWoobie: Dear God, Max.

* {{Sequelitis}}: ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas'' is considered a classic; this...is not.

** In all fairness, that isn't a bad Aesop.

* AccidentalAesop: Don't climb into stranger's cars.

* FoeYay: "Will...will you please scare me some more, sir? I-I, I sort of like it." Well, Ukariah, that's certainly one way to stall the Grinch.
* FridgeLogic: For all the complicated nonsense the Whos are able to build for Christmas, they don't have indoor plumbing?
** FridgeHorror: Max could be just a victim of StockholmSyndrome, so he went back to The Grinch on his own accord.

* TheWoobie: Dear god, Max.
** Also, the flower that the Grinch intentionally crushes with his wagon wheel. It weakly tries to rise up as though it were sentient -- and given the nature of Dr. Seuss, probably is.

** There's also the SlasherSmile the Grinch at the title card, giving you a good idea of how different this one is.

* CompleteMonster: The Grinch in ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas'' was a redeemable AntiVillain, but this one, he's just a dick who {{Mind Rape}}s people ForTheEvulz and abuses his dog.

* NightmareFuel: The sequence caused by the Grinch's paraphernalia wagon.
** Pretty much the whole thing. ''HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' was the ''kid'' version of this one. Even Ukariah's victory is made pretty trivial when the Grinch points out that the sour-sweet wind will, in fact, blow again...and this time Ukariah's relatives might be able to keep him indoors.
*** The evil laugh certainly does it in.

* [[Sequelitis]]: ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas'' is considered a classic; this...is not.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The "Ooga Booga" number. It comes out of nowhere and doesn't do much besides confuse and annoy the three bystanders. In fact, the Grinch's laughter at the end suggests he did it for the sole purpose of amusing himself.

* TheWoobie: Dear god, Max.

** Pretty much the whole thing. The Grinch Who Stole Christmas was the ''kid'' version of this one. Even Ukariah's victory is made pretty trivial when the Grinch points out that the sour-sweet wind will, in fact, blow again...and this time Ukariah's relatives might be able to keep him indoors.