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Line 1: {{work}} [[File:How_the_Grinch_Stole_Christmas_cover.png\|thumb\|300px]] ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'' is a children's book written by [[Dr. Seuss]] in 1957.▼ {{quote\|''The Grinch'' hated ''Christmas, the whole Christmas season.'' ''Oh, please don't ask why, no-one quite knows the reason. ''It could be his head wasn't screwed on just right.'' ''It could be perhaps, that his shoes were too tight. ''But I think the most likely reason of all,'' ''May have been that he heart was two sizes too small.'' }} ▲'''''How the Grinch Stole Christmas!''''' is a children's book written by [[Dr. Seuss]] in 1957. It tells the story of a mean-spirited, cave-dwelling creature called [[The Grinch]] who hates Christmas. He proceeds to pilfer all the Christmas paraphernalia from the perky folks living in Whoville in an effort to, well, steal Christmas. Although he succeeds, the Whos happily sing their big Christmas song anyway. Realizing the [[True Meaning of Christmas]], the Grinch has a [[Heel Face Turn\|change of heart]], and returns all the loot as the Whos cheerfully welcome him into their community. [[How the Character Stole Christmas\|This plot]] has become a [[Stock Parody]]. Line 6 ⟶ 15: What? You didn't know the ending? Well, you should have. [[It Was His Sled]], after all. The story was adapted for an [[How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (~~Animation~~animation)\|animated television]] [[Christmas Special]] directed by [[Chuck Jones]] in 1966. In 1998 it became a [[The Musical\|stage musical]] that played Broadway in holiday engagements over 2006-07. In 2000, they made [[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (~~Film~~film)\|~~the~~a live-action movie]] with [[Jim Carrey]] as a [[Large Ham]] version of the title character. And yet another production, this time 3D computer-animated, with [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] as the voice of the Grinch, is scheduled for a 2018 release. ~~----~~ {{tropenamer\|page=How the Grinch Stole Christmas!}} ~~=== Includes examples of: ===~~ * [[The Grinch~~]]: [[Trope Namer~~]]▼ * [[How the Character Stole Christmas]]: [[Trope Namer]] and [[Trope Maker]].▼ {{tropelist\|page=How the Grinch Stole Christmas!}} * [[An Aesop]] * [[Affectionate Gesture to ~~The~~the Head]]: The Grinch pats Cindy Lou Who on the head before he gives her a drink and sends her back to bed. * [[Ass in Aa Lion Skin]]: The Grinch dresses his dog, Max, as a reindeer. * [[Bad Santa]]: [[The Grinch]] disguises himself as one. * [[Cheshire Cat Grin]]: The Grinch's face breaks into one of these when he first hits on his scheme to impersonate Santa. Line 18 ⟶ 31: * [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: The Grinch's only motivation for ruining the holiday is being disturbed by the noises of the Christmas celebration. * [[Dreaming of a White Christmas]] * [[Excited Show Title!]]: The title is ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'', with the exclamation point. * [[Expy]]: The Grinch is a [[Lighter and Softer\|very,]] ''[[Anti-Villain\|very]]'' [[Magnificent Bastard\|loose]] one of [[Beowulf ~~(Literature)~~\|Grendel]]. * [[Grim Up North]]: The Grinch lives "just north of Whoville", and his lair is pretty icy (although that may just be because it's winter.) ▲* [[The Grinch]]: [[Trope Namer]] * [[Heel Face Turn]]: The Grinch, at the end. ▲* [[How the Character Stole Christmas]]: [[Trope Namer]] and [[Trope Maker]]. * [[Lost in Imitation]]: The book was black-and-white with occasional red for emphasis. It was the animated version that made the Grinch green. * [[Neologism]]: Like "scrooge", the word "grinch" has entered the language as a synonym for a stingy, mean-spirited person, particularly one who [[The Grinch\|hates Christmas]], but unlike Scrooge who simply expresses his contempt, a grinch is one who actively attempts to ruin it for everyone. Line 35 ⟶ 46: {{reflist}} [[Category:Children's Literature]]▼ [[Category:How the Grinch Stole Christmas]] [[Category:Literature]] ▲[[Category:Children's Literature]] [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]