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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 (Animationanimation)|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 (Filmfilm)|the movie]] with [[Jim Carrey]] as a [[Large Ham]] version of the title character.
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=== Includes examples of: ===
* [[An Aesop]]
* [[Affectionate Gesture to Thethe 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.
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* [[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]]
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