History Literature / GreenEggsAndHam

** AlternateAesopInterpretation: Always give in to peer pressure. "No" means "yes."

Creator/DrSeuss does it again, putting a tiny collection of words to excellent - if not annoying - use (especially if you have to read the same book to your kid eighty times in a row... or [[EarWorm just enough to get it stuck in your head]]). He manages this with a text composed primarily of repetitions of the same few lines, with a few minor changes, building up to a climactic ending. His whimsical pictures showcase the crazy world in which this storyline is possible.

An AnimatedAdaptation was featured as part of the TV special ''Dr. Seuss on the Loose''. The Canadian band Music/MoxyFruvous also sang a funky rap song using an adaptation of the book. Music/WeirdAlYankovic sometimes recites the book on stage to the tune of {{U2}}'s "Numb". It also got an adaptation as a LivingBooks title. Inspired the title of the beginner snare drum solo, ''[[PunnyName Green Eggs and Flam]]''.

->''Are you sure you don't want some green eggs and ham?''

-> I would not eat them in a house!
-> I would not eat them with a mouse!
-> I would not eat them here or there!
-> I would not eat them ''anywhere!''
-> [[IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam I do not like green eggs and ham!]]
-> I do not ''like'' them, Sam-I-Am!

Creator/DrSeuss does it again, putting a tiny collection of words to excellent - if not annoying - use (especially if you have to read the same book to your kid eighty times in a row... or [[EarWorm just enough to get it stuck in your head]]).

He manages this with a text composed primarily of repetitions of the same few lines, with a few minor changes, building up to a climactic ending. His whimsical pictures showcase the crazy world in which this storyline is possible.

The book was written as the result of a friendly bet: Seuss's publisher was impressed that ''Literature/TheCatInTheHat'' was written using fewer than 300 different words, and bet Seuss that he couldn't write another one with a coherent plot [[UpToEleven using only 50 different words]]. Seuss hit it right on target.

* NoNameGiven: The poor guy Sam-I-Am keeps pestering.

* ScrewySquirrel: Sam-I-Am

* RunningGag: The fox being chased by hunting dogs.

* GreenEggs: The former trope namer.

* GreenEggs: The trope namer.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: In Israel, any reference to ham was taken out of the translation due to ham being not kosher.

** AlternateAesopInterpretation: Always give in to peer pressure.

Creator/DrSeuss does it again, putting a tiny collection of words to excellent if annoying use (especially if you have to read the same book to your kid eighty times in a row... or [[EarWorm just enough to get it stuck in your head]]).

* TheCatCameBack: Sam pulls this off several times in the book.

* AnAesop: Don't be afraid of trying new things. For some people, however, the message comes off as more [[AccidentalAesop unfortunate.]]
* ArtifactTitle: At the time, some diners had "green, eggs and ham"—where the "green" was a vegetable side—on the menu, hence the joke. [[TheRedStapler Perhaps because of the book]], they're not served anymore.

* TalkingToHimself: Both Sam-I-Am and the nameless guy are voiced by Creator/PaulWinchell.

* ActorAllusion: When the nameless guy eats the green eggs and ham and likes it, he lets out a "Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!" See HeyItsThatVoice below.

* HeyItsThatVoice / TalkingToHimself: Both Sam-I-Am and the nameless guy are voiced by Creator/PaulWinchell. Sam-I-Am sounds somewhat like [[WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines Dick Dastardly]], while the nameless guy sounds almost exactly like [[Disney/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Tigger]].

* IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam: '''''[[CaptainObvious OH]][[TropeNamer REALLY?]]'''''

* IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam: '''''[[CaptainObvious NOOOO]][[TropeNamer OOOOO.]]'''''

* IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam: TropeNamer.

-> I do not ''like'' green eggs and ham!

An AnimatedAdaptation was featured as part of the TV special ''Dr. Seuss on the Loose''. The Canadian band Music/MoxyFruvous also sang a funky rap song using an adaptation of the book. WeirdAlYankovic sometimes recites the book on stage to the tune of {{U2}}'s "Numb". It also got an adaptation as a LivingBooks title. Inspired the title of the beginner snare drum solo, ''[[PunnyName Green Eggs and Flam]]''.

An AnimatedAdaptation was featured as part of the TV special ''Dr. Seuss on the Loose''. The Canadian band Moxy Fruvous also sang a funky rap song using an adaptation of the book. WeirdAlYankovic sometimes recites the book on stage to the tune of {{U2}}'s "Numb". It also got an adaptation as a LivingBooks title. Inspired the title of the beginner snare drum solo, ''[[PunnyName Green Eggs and Flam]]''.

* {{Defictionalization}}: The Friendly Toast, a breakfast joint in Portsmouth, NH (with a second location in Cambridge, MA) is one of the more famous of the GreasySpoon-type places that actually make their own version, though the ham isn't usually dyed green.
** In 2012, as part of promotion for ''WesternAnimation/TheLorax'' movie, International House Of Pancakes offers Green Eggs and Ham, mixing spinach with scrambled eggs.

* AnAesop: Don't be afraid of trying new things. Unfortunately, some people misinterpret the message as giving in to peer pressure.

** The latter gets double points for this because when he tries the green eggs and ham and likes it, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything he laughs with an all-too-familiar "Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!"]].