History YMMV / TheMuppetChristmasCarol

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: This is ''the'' Christmas movie in the United Kingdom. During its original release it topped the box office for two weeks in a row, Channel 4 (Until 2019, when it was bought out by cable network Sky) airs the film every Christmas,[[note]]Traditionally on Christmas Eve, although occasionally on the day itself in the morning or early afternoon[[/note]] and ever since 2012, the uncut version of the film is released into theaters every Christmas in a select number of theaters alongside ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' beginning in 2014.

* VindicatedByHistory: Achieving only modest box office when it was first released, likely due to ''[[Film/HomeAlone Home Alone 2: Lost in New York]]'' taking away a majority of its family audience and after Disney's platform release system at the time got crushed by ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' rather quickly, the film now has a cult following among Muppet fans and people who find it a great Christmas movie, and it's become a holiday institution among Muppet and Charles Dickens fans in particular, especially in the UK.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** The choir of elderly lady Muppets saying that Scrooge must be lonely and sad, then changing their minds when he ignores them, is PlayedForLaughs. Then we discover his backstory, showing they were right.
** Statler and Waldorf play the ghosts of Jacob and Robert Marley... just after their original performers (Richard Hunt and Jim Henson respectively) passed away in a film that's dedicated to their original performers.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: This is ''the'' Christmas movie in the United Kingdom. During its original release it topped the box office for two weeks in a row, Channel 4 airs the film every Christmas,[[note]]Traditionally on Christmas Eve, although occasionally on the day itself in the morning or early afternoon[[/note]] and ever since 2012, the uncut version of the film is released into theaters every Christmas in a select number of theaters alongside ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' beginning in 2014.

** Averted with most of the Muppet characters, who fit their roles like a glove. Highlights include Kermit as the put-upon Bob Cratchit, Robin the Frog as Tiny Tim, and Gonzo narrating the movie as Charles Dickens himself.
* WinBackTheCrowd: People were very skeptical about how well Muppet projects could work without Jim Henson to guide them. This film proved there was still plenty of life in the franchise.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: This is ''the'' Christmas movie in the United Kingdom. During its original release it topped the box office for two weeks in a row, Channel 4 airs the film every Christmas, and ever since 2012, the uncut version of the film is released into theaters every Christmas in a select number of theaters alongside ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' beginning in 2014.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: This is ''the'' Christmas movie in the United Kingdom. During its original release it topped the box office for two weeks in a row, Sky One airs the film every Christmas Day, and ever since 2012, the uncut version of the film is released into theaters every Christmas in a select number of theaters alongside ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' beginning in 2014.

* EarWorm: Every song in the whole movie.
** 'Thankful Heart' has a very catchy tune.

* CriticProof: It wasn't ''panned'' on release, but it got mixed reviews from critics. Talk to most Muppets and/or Dickens fans today, though, and they'll almost certainly tell you that the movie was very good and stands among the best adaptations of the story. [[http://www.toughpigs.com/light-the-lamp-not-the-rat-17-years-later/ This article]] details how much [[VindicatedByHistory the film's reputation has grown]] in the years since its release.

* VindicatedByHistory: Achieving only modest box office when it was first released, likely due to ''Film/HomeAlone2'' taking away a majority of its family audience and after Disney's platform release system at the time got crushed by ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' rather quickly, the film now has a cult following among Muppet fans and people who find it a great Christmas movie, and it's become a holiday institution among Muppet and Charles Dickens fans in particular, especially in the UK.

* NightmareRetardant: When the doorknob turns into Jacob Marley and yells Scrooge's name, Rizzo and Gonzo fall off their carriage because their horse gets spooked by it. The transformation itself is also rather silly.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The first film to ever use a ''green'' screen (instead of a blue screen), which allowed a tremendously beautiful blue nighttime flight scene.

* HeReallyCanAct:

* SpecialEffectFailure: While the green-screen compositing is otherwise done excellently throughout, there's a shot in "Marley and Marley" (during the lines ''"Doomed, Scrooge, you're doomed for all time!/Your future is a horror story written by your crime..."'') where it's a little too obvious that Statler and Waldorf have been superimposed ''over'' the footage of Michael Caine, rather than actually existing in the same space as him. Unfortunate, because the "ghost" effect is otherwise flawless.

** A straighter example occurs when Bob Cratchit protests about having to evict tenants on Christmas Day. Scrooge responds by telling him to ''giftwrap the eviction notices.''
* DracoInLeatherPants: Lampshaded & subverted during the opening number, as sung by a choir of old lady muppets (and their puppeteers):

** The choir of elderly lady Muppets joking that Scrooge must be "lonely and sad" is PlayedForLaughs. Then we discover the truth about his backstory. The ladies were quite close to the truth it seems.

* HarsherInHindsight: [[BadFuture Tiny Tim's death]] might be even more heartbreaking now that his puppeteer, Jerry Nelson, has passed away due to complications from multiple illnesses. Even better, they both had an IncurableCoughOfDeath. Likewise, the eerily sad fading of the Ghost of Christmas Present, also performed by Nelson.

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Outside of the Muppet fanbase, Charles Dickens fans are some of the biggest supporters of the film because, Muppets antics aside, the film is very faithful to the story and uses much of Dickens' original prose in the dialogue.

* BrokenBase: "When Love Is Gone". Dear lord, "When Love Is Gone". You will find fans who feel the movie plays fine without the sequence as it did in the theatrical release and some who feel the addition added to the film's quality. The debate has certainly been blown out of proportion on Muppet fan sites plenty of times, especially when the 2012 Blu-ray release used the theatrical print and didn't even include it as a DeletedScene.

* CreepyAwesome: The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, in the finest Dickensian tradition. '''Scariest. Muppet. Ever.''' Viewers can be forgiven for wondering what [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings The Witch-King of Angmar]] is doing in a Muppet movie.
* CriticProof: It wasn't totally ''panned'' on release, but it got mixed reviews from critics. Talk to most Muppets and/or Dickens fans today, though, and they'll almost certainly tell you that the movie was very good and stands among the best adaptations of the story by a long shot. [[http://www.toughpigs.com/light-the-lamp-not-the-rat-17-years-later/ This article]] details how much [[VindicatedByHistory the film's reputation has grown]] in the years since its release.
* CrossesTheLineTwice: Jacob and Robert Marley reminiscing about the time they shut down an orphanage, joyfully recalling the poor children and their frostbitten teddy bears.
** Subverted when they shudder directly after laughing. They regret their actions.

* DracoInLeatherPants[=/=]JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Lampshaded & subverted during the opening number, as sung by a choir of old lady muppets (and their puppeteers):

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The choir of elderly lady Muppets joking that Scrooge must be "lonely and sad" is PlayedForLaughs. Then we discover the truth about his backstory. The ladies were quite close to the truth it seems.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: This is '''the''' Christmas movie in the United Kingdom. During its' original release, it topped the box office for two weeks in a row, Sky One airs the film every Christmas Day and ever since 2012, the uncut version of the film is released into theaters every Christmas in a select number of theaters alongside ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' beginning in 2014. It helps that this film is one of the most faithful adaptations of this story.

* HoYay: Rizzo randomly kisses Gonzo's nose at one point.
** It's not really that random. Gonzo had gotten his nose crushed by door for the sake of Rizzo's jelly beans, and it needn't have happened if Rizzo had just looked in his pockets in the first place.
* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Outside of the Muppets fanbase, Charles Dickens fans are probably the biggest supporters of the film. This is primarily because, Muppets antics aside, the film is one of the most faithful adaptations of the novel and uses much of Dickens' original prose in the dialogue, and a great many people, critics and outlets, up to and including ''the British Broadcasting Corporation'', believe that Sir Michael Caine's Scrooge is one of the best portrayals of the character ever put to media.
* NightmareRetardant: When the doorknob turns into Jacob Marley and yells Scrooge's name, Rizzo and Gonzo fall off their carriage because their horse gets spooked by it.
* OlderThanTheyThink: Several years prior, a Muppet-based adaptation of ''A Christmas Carol'' appeared in comic form in an issue of ''Muppet Magazine''. Although it was an all-Muppet-character cast (including Sam the Eagle as Scrooge and Animal as Jacob Marley), it did cast Kermit as Bob Cratchet (probably following [[Disney/MickeysChristmasCarol Disney's casting strategy]]) and Miss Piggy as his wife; and like the scenario mentioned in the WhatCouldHaveBeen trope on the Trivia page, Gonzo as the Ghost of Christmas future (he didn't say anything because he forgot his lines).
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Inverted: The majority of Muppet fans can't stand the fact that the widescreen DVD and Blu-Ray more closely match the original theatrical version, in contrast with the VHS, laserdisc, and pan and scan DVD, by cutting "When Love is Gone."
* UncannyValley: The Ghost of Christmas Past. The effect of a human-like puppet operated in a water tank and added in via green-sceen is properly eerie. Granted, it's markedly less strange than the thing described in the book, which is more like an EldritchAbomination in appearance.
* VindicatedByHistory: Achieving only modest box office when it was first released, likely due to ''Film/HomeAlone2'' taking away a majority of its family audience and after Disney's platform release system at the time got crushed by ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'' rather quickly, the film now has a cult following among Muppet fans and people who find it a great Christmas movie, and it's become a holiday institution along with the likes of ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'', ''Film/HomeAlone'' and its sequel, and ''Film/MiracleOnThirtyFourthStreet''. [[http://www.toughpigs.com/light-the-lamp-not-the-rat-17-years-later/ Here's the full story.]]

* WTHCastingAgency: "Oh sweet, they're going to do a version of Christmas Carol with Muppets. Fun! Wait, with ''Sir Michael Caine''?!" Of course, it ends up working way, ''way'' better than you might initially think. Caine went on record as saying he had a ball with the production, adding that the best way to interact with the Muppets is to treat them all as though they're members of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
** Although averted with most of the Muppet characters, who fit their roles like a glove. Highlights include Kermit as the put-upon Bob Crachit, Robin the Frog as Tiny Tim, and Gonzo narrating the movie as Charles Dickens himself.
** Piggy as a loving, caring wife. Yeah...
* WinBackTheCrowd: People were very skeptical about how well Muppet projects could work without Jim Henson to guide them. This film proved there was still plenty of life in the franchise.

* CreepyAwesome: The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, in the finest Dickensian tradition. '''Scariest. Muppet. Ever.'''

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Outside of the Muppets fanbase, Charles Dickens fans are probably the biggest supporters of the film. This is primarily because, Muppets antics aside, the film is one of the most faithful adaptations of the novel and uses much of Dickens' original prose in the dialogue, and a great many people, critics and outlets, up to and including ''the British Broadcasting Corporation'', believe that Michael Caine's Scrooge is one of the best portrayals of the characters ever put to media.

* HeReallyCanAct: Many doubted how anyone could replace Jim Henson as Kermit, but after the film, most would say that he's in good hands with Steve Whitmire, though not quite as good as Henson.