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  • The Grinch's facial expressions. Special mention goes to his infamous smile when he gets "a wonderful, awful idea!"
  • The downhill sled ride to Whoville at the beginning.
    • During the ride, the sled starts picking up so much momentum that it ends up passing Max. Special mention to Max sitting on the back of the sled, shrugging and waving.
    • Special mention to a brief shot where the sled hits a loop-de-loop that winds up bringing Max and the Grinch face-to-face. Max grins sheepishly and waves, while the Grinch fixes him with a Death Glare, before abruptly realising they're about to fall and grabs onto the Grinch as tightly as he can manage. Because of this, the Grinch has to force him off of his body like he's stepping out of a swimming ring.
  • If you can listen to one verse of "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" without at least cracking a smile, you must have garlic in your soul.
  • All of the interaction between the Grinch and Max. All of it.
    • Especially when the Grinch whistles to start the trip - Max leaps, mid-whistle, like a flying reindeer and excitedly gazes down at the town, eyes twinkling, sitting in the sleigh obviously expecting to ride in it - cut to the Grinch and the best Aside Glance ever.
  • Most of the visual gags during "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch", especially when the Grinch rounds up a bunch of globe ornaments by playing pool with them.
  • When Max waves before everything goes tumbling down.
  • As The Grinch's sleigh comes barreling back down the mountain, ready to give the gifts back to everyone, the Whos joining hands move aside to let him into the middle of their circle by parting like a gate.

The PS1 video game:


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