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** The musical introduces [[CanonForeigner the Smythes]], a poor family whose mother had recently died. These characters and their subplot aren't from the book, but they help establish Scrooge's greedy nature (he denies the father's request to delay their mortgage payment for the funeral) and his eventual guilt.
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* MythologyGag: The beggar woman who later becomes the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Be wears a black shawl and bonnet, evoking TheGrimReaper-like appearance of the original character.
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* CanonForeigner: Mr. Smythe and his daughter, Grace, aren't from the book.
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* CanonForeigner: Mr. Smythe and his daughter, Grace, aren't from the book. Scrooge's mother also appears in his childhood, when in the book she's never mentioned.
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* VillainSong: Downplayed as it's not a full villain song, but Old Joe and Mrs. Mops' part in "Dancing on Your Grave" still qualifies, as they sing it while stripping the dead Scrooge of his belongings.
-->'''Old Joe:''' ''These are nice,\\
I’ll give you three and eight, mum.\\
These are nice,\\
And I’ll take these besides.\\
These are nice,\\
And these’ll fetch a great sum!''\\
'''All:''' ''What a lovely profit he provides!''
-->'''Old Joe:''' ''These are nice,\\
I’ll give you three and eight, mum.\\
These are nice,\\
And I’ll take these besides.\\
These are nice,\\
And these’ll fetch a great sum!''\\
'''All:''' ''What a lovely profit he provides!''
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** Marley looked rather grotesque in the stage show, with his actor sporting a prosthetic hook nose and pointed chin. The film greatly tones down his appearance, simply giving Creator/JasonAlexander a wild hairstyle and pale skin.
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** Creator/JesseLMartin's Ghost of Christmas Present is much younger-looking than the traditional character, who's usually portrayed as a large, imposing man with a thick beard.
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* SuddenlyVoiced: Played with; the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Be is traditionally a silent character, who only communicates with a point of the finger. Here, she speaks and sings as a beggar woman, then becomes silent after her true form is revealed.
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* CompositeCharacter: Jacob Marley is combined with Dick Wilkins here, being both Scrooge's co-apprentice and eventual business partner.
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* DecompositeCharacter: There are now ''three'' gentlemen who ask Scrooge for a charitable donation, not two like in the book. This allows their song to be sung as a full trio.
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* TheMusical: Onstage much of the runtime is covered in song, and while the movie has more dialogue it's still mostly sung.
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* TheMusical: Onstage much of the runtime is covered in song, and while the movie has more dialogue dialogue, it's still mostly sung.sung.
* MyGreatestFailure: While reliving his past, Scrooge clearly regrets how he treated the Fezziwigs and not trying to save his relationship with Emily.
* MyGreatestFailure: While reliving his past, Scrooge clearly regrets how he treated the Fezziwigs and not trying to save his relationship with Emily.
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* UngratefulBastard: Scrooge did not bother to help Mr. Fezziwig when the man came to him for financial help, not caring if his former mentor and his wife were reduced to poverty. Mrs. Fezziwig calls out Scrooge for his refusal in helping the man who treated him like a son.
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** After the Ghost of Christmas Present leaves, Scrooge is left alone and asks what he did to be so abandoned, a reference to a similar scene in the [[Film/AChristmasCarol1984 George C. Scott version]]. Like the George C. Scott one, Scrooge meets the charity solicitors in the stock exchange rather than his countinghouse as seen in the novel.
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** After the Ghost of Christmas Present leaves, Scrooge is left alone and asks what he did to be so abandoned, a reference to a similar scene in the [[Film/AChristmasCarol1984 George C. Scott version]]. Like the George C. Scott one, Scrooge meets the charity solicitors in the stock exchange rather than his countinghouse counting house as seen in the novel.
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** After the Ghost of Christmas Present leaves, Scrooge is left alone and asks what he did to be so abandoned, a reference to a similar scene in the [[Film/AChristmasCarol1984 George C. Scott version]].
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** After the Ghost of Christmas Present leaves, Scrooge is left alone and asks what he did to be so abandoned, a reference to a similar scene in the [[Film/AChristmasCarol1984 George C. Scott version]]. Like the George C. Scott one, Scrooge meets the charity solicitors in the stock exchange rather than his countinghouse as seen in the novel.
