Line #41 WesternAnimation/AChristmasCarol1997


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3	''A Christmas Carol'' is an AnimatedAdaptation of Charles Dickens' ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' produced by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox and Creator/DiCEntertainment, starring Creator/TimCurry as Scrooge.
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5	The adaptation is fairly straightforward and keeps in many smaller details from the book, while streamlining the main story. Scrooge was also given a bulldog pet named Debit for comic relief purposes. Other stars include Creator/WhoopiGoldberg as the Ghost of Christmas Present, Creator/MichaelYork as Bob Cratchit, Creator/EdwardAsner as Jacob Marley, and Creator/JodiBenson as Belle.
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7	Not to be confused with ''WesternAnimation/ChristmasCarolTheMovie''.
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10	!!This movie contains examples of:
11	* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: Lens flares and smoke are superimposed over the screen when magic happens.
12	* AdaptationalDiversity: The Ghost of Christmas Present is black and female in this version.
13	* AdaptationalVillainy: In this version Scrooge's father didn't relent, so Fan invited him home herself.
14	* AdaptationDistillation: In the future, Scrooge sees the people robbing his body while the crime's in progress, and instead of Scrooge going to Fred's party he invites Fred to bring the party to Bob Cratchit's house.
15	* AdaptationExpansion: Scrooge's tavern dinner is expanded to include an entire musical number.
16	* AdaptedOut: Ignorance and Want were left out of this adaptation.
17	* BerserkButton: Scrooge claiming Christmas is a selfish holiday to the Ghost of Christmas Present gets him dropped in the snow.
18	* BigFun: The Ghost of Christmas Present, who calls Scrooge "Mr. Grumpyface" and revels in wishing happiness to everything and everyone.
19	* BullyBulldog: Scrooge keeps Debit around to chase off people he doesn't like, and tries to sic him on Marley.
20	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Scrooge present Belle with something round, shiny and the key to their future--not a ring, but the profits from his first business venture.
21	* CounterpointDuet:
22	** "Random Acts of Kindness" is about everyone in the tavern talking about how rewarding kindness is, while Scrooge feels kindness will come back to hurt you. Its reprise is about Mr. and Mrs. Cratchit arguing over whether to thank Scrooge or not.
23	** "Cross This Bridge" is about Belle breaking up with Scrooge, outlining their different views of life via song.
24	* {{Disneyfication}}: Debit was an animal added for comic relief, and Fred helps a tiny mouse to show his goodwill. Ignorance and Want are also left out.
25	* GenderFlip: The Ghost of Christmas Present is a woman, played by Creator/WhoopiGoldberg. It's also a RaceLift to African-American.
26	* GenerationXerox: Scrooge sees Tiny Tim reading ''Literature/RobinsonCrusoe'' at the fire just like he did as a child.
27	* LargeHam: The Ghost of Christmas Present, since Christmas itself is supposed to be an obviously joyful time.
28	* MinorCharacterMajorSong: The tavern waitress leads "Random Acts of Kindness", emphasizing the differing philosophies between the patrons and Scrooge.
29	* TheMusical: The cartoon has 8 original songs.
30	* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Scrooge believes in this philosophy, outlining it in one of the songs and to the Ghost of Christmas Present, who he believes saved him from falling so she could annoy him further.
31	* PetTheDog: Literally. Scrooge pets Debit during the Past scenes, then catches himself doing it and stops.
32	* PowerGlows: The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come has a bright purple aura around it, while Jacob Marley has a green aura at first but it vanishes early on.
33	* RapidAging: The Ghost of Christmas Present ages gradually during the final scenes, and at midnight she disappears in a red flash.
34	* ReadingIsCoolAesop: Scrooge sees Tiny Tim reading ''Robinson Crusoe'' at the fire and implores him to keep reading, exulting over how exciting the story was.
35	* TheScrooge: Yup. This version finds it hard to believe in something better than gold at first.
36	* ShooOutTheClowns: Debit stays at home for the Present and Future scenes.
37	* ShownTheirWork: Scrooge uses steel pens, while most adaptations, even animated ones, anachronistically use quill pens.
38	* TrillingRs: The Ghost of Christmas Present uses these when speaking.
39	* TruerToTheText:
40	** Scrooge remembering the storybook characters he loved in the Past sequence is usually left out for brevity's sake, with this version being one of the few that keeps it.
41	** This is one of the few versions to feature Marley’s face appearing on the tiles of Scrooge's fireplace. Another noticeable version to have this part intact is the [[Film/AChristmasCarol1999 1999 one]] staring Creator/PatrickStewart.
42	* VoidBetweenTheWorlds: Scrooge meets the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come in a dark, purple void.

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