History Literature / GreenEggsAndHam

** Guy recites his longest list of places he won't eat the food while falling through the air.

* DemotedtoExtra: Sam-I-Am does not drive his car onto the train in this version of the story.

* AnAesop: Don't be afraid of trying new things.

For such a simple book, it's received a surprising number of adaptations: the first was as a segment in ''Dr. Seuss on the Loose'',[[note]]retitled ''Green Eggs and Ham and Other Stories'' on home video[[/note]] an animated package film TV special hosted by The Cat In The Hat (the second and final time he would be voiced by Creator/AllanSherman) which also adapted ''The Sneeches'' and ''The Zax''. It's had two musical adaptations, first as {{Funk|rock}}/RapRock song by Canadian band Music/MoxyFruvous and another by Music/WeirdAlYankovic as a parody of Music/{{U2}}'s "Numb" which he'd occasionally perform in concert (due to [[ScrewedByTheLawyers push back from the Seuss estate]], he's never recorded a studio version). Tangentially, it inspired the title of the beginner snare drum solo, ''[[PunnyName Green Eggs and Flam]]''. It also has a ''VideoGame/LivingBooks'' adaptation.

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Guy recites his longest list of places he won't eat the food while falling through the air.

The story follows a [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} nutty]], but [[{{Determinator}} persistent]] character named Sam-I-Am, who hangs around a tall grumpy, unnamed, dog-face man. Throughout the book, Sam pursues the man around, asking him if he would like to eat the eponymous foodstuff? No? How about ''this'' way, or ''that'' way...? His increasingly exasperated victim denies his offer each time, until finally he gives in just so that Sam will leave him alone...

* ButtMonkey: The unnamed man constantly has to put up with the antics Sam-I-Am pulls off just to get him to eat the green eggs and ham.
* TheCatCameBack: Sam pulls this off several times in the book. Especially in the animated adaptation, in which only the man lands on the train instead of Sam's car.

* DoesNotLikeSpam: The unnamed man does not like green eggs and ham. At least, not at first.

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: The unnamed man recites his longest list of places he won't eat the food while falling through the air.
** This is {{averted|Trope}} in the cartoon version. By then, the man has escaped from the train using a handcar and made it to the boat first. Then he meets Sam and does his rant, which is cut off at "Not on a train!" when the train reappears and lands on the boat as in the book, but this time it's more violent.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: The man finally agrees to try the titular food just so Sam-I-Am will stop pestering him.
* TastesBetterThanItLooks: The man refuses to try green eggs and ham, but he eventually gives in. He takes a bite and realizes that he really, really likes it.

* HandcarPursuit: The man uses a handcar once the train goes into the tunnel, just to get away from Sam-I-Am.

Would you eat them on our site?''

->''I do not like them in a house.\\

** This is {{averted|Trope}} in the cartoon version. By then, the man has escaped from the train using a handcar and made it to the boat first. Then he meets Sam and does his rant, which is cut off at "Not on a train!" when the train reappears and lands on the boat as in the book.

* ButtMonkey: The unnamed guy constantly has to put up with the antics Sam-I-Am pulls off just to get him to eat the green eggs and ham.
* TheCatCameBack: Sam pulls this off several times in the book. Especially in the animated adaptation, in which only the guy lands on the train instead of Sam's car.

* {{Determinator}}: Sam will ''stop at nothing'' to get the poor guy to eat those eggs and ham.

** This is {{averted|Trope}} in the cartoon version. By then, the guy has escaped from the train using a handcar and made it to the boat first. Then he meets Sam and does his rant, which is cut off at "Not on a train!" when the train reappears and lands on the boat as in the book.