(For full effect, read in the voice of Caroll Spinney or Eric Jacobson)
Well since I got nothing better to do, I may as well keep you all entertained with this informative Self Demonstrating character page.
Alright, let's get this over with. I am, if you haven't guessed already, Oscar the Grouch, and I live in my trash-can on Sesame Street, intent on just being miserable, grouchy and mean as I can be, as well as passing it on to everybody else.
Tropes that apply to yours truly, Oscar the Grouch:
- Animal Lover: While I may be a Grouch, I do have a lot of pets.
- Big Eater: My appetite is almost enough to give Cookie Monster a run for his money.
- Deadpan Snarker: When you have to deal with the people I put up with on a daily basis, you'd develop a sharp sense of humor too.
- Enemy Mine: I can't believe I'm saying this, but I've had to help Elmo out once. I may have an unpleasant disposition, but even I share his mutual dislike of Huxley.
- Extreme Omnivore: I love to eat foods most people would find disgusting together, and I'll eat food even if it's expired. Especially if it's expired!
- Friend to Bugs: My many pets include a flea and a worm. I am a Grouch after all.
- Green Is Gross: My fur is green and I love anything gross. Did you know my fur used to be orange? It probably would be again if I took a bath once in a while. Yuck!
- The Grinch: I hate Christmas because everyone's always so happy, they give presents, and the bells hurt my ears!
- Hates Baths: The only bath I like to take is a mud bath.
- Large Ham: Who's to say I can't be both snarky and hammy?
- Grouch With a Heart Of Gold: I took Maria to the hospital when she had to give birth. I was confused by this since Grouches are not supposed to do nice things!
- Multiple-Choice Past: I could've sworn I was grouchy even as a baby, but that one lady insisted I was nice back then!
- Odd Friendship: Yeah it's true. Gonzo's rat buddy Rizzo once offered me to make room in my trashcan for him.
- Only One Finds It Fun: When Elmo wished for it to be Christmas every day, he turned Sesame Street into a Grouch's paradise. Everyone was miserable due to having to celebrate Christmas every day, Maria and Luis were out of practice and their Fix-it Shop went under, Big Bird was upset because Snuffy was celebrating Christmas in Cincinnati with his grandmother, the carolers lost their voices from singing carols every day, and even The Count was sick of counting Christmases! I also got tons of trash in the form of wrapping paper and used Christmas trees. It's a shame that little red menace went and put things right for everyone else. I would have preferred if he got new roller skates like he originally wanted.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: If I'm actually being nice, it's a good bet I'm either sick or the situation is just that serious. Do be warned, however, that I may just be messing with ya.
- The Prankster: One of my favourite things to do is to pull pranks on people, like when I set up that sign saying, "Pull" that would dump stuff on Telly. Too bad that brat's such a slow reader!
- Trademark Favorite Food: I find foods with mold on it to be quite delicious.
Okay, you've stuck around to the end and that's great, but now I just have one thing to say: SCRAM!
