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== TV Special ==
 
* Now don't tell me none of you laughed during the downhill sled ride to Whoville at the beginning.
* 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.
* 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.
 
== Movie ==
* The Grinch hating everyone in Whoville in alphabetical order. When this troper saw the Grinch going through the phonebook, this troper thought: [[Fridge Brilliance|This is the reason the movie is 90 minutes longer than the special]].
* Crash-testing the Grinch's sled, especially afterward:
{{quote| '''The Grinch''': ''(staggering away from wreck of his sled)'' Airbag's a little slow...''(Air bags deploy)''...but that's what these tests are for!}}
* When the Grinch is debating on whether or not to go to the Whovilation:
{{quote| '''The Grinch''': The nerve of those Whos. Inviting me down there - on such short notice! Even if I wanted to go my schedule wouldn't allow it. 4:00, wallow in self pity; 4:30, stare into the abyss; 5:00, solve world hunger, '''tell no one'''; 5:30, jazzercize; 6:30, dinner with me - I ''can't'' cancel that again; 7:00, wrestle with my self-loathing... I'm booked. Of course, if I bump the loathing to 9, I could still be done in time to lay in bed, stare at the ceiling and slip slowly into madness. ([[Beat]]) But what would I ''wear''?}}
* The Grinch arguing with his own echo:
{{quote| '''The Grinch''': I tell you Max, I don't know why I ever leave this place. I've got all the company I need right here. ''(shouts)'' Hello?<br />
'''Echo''': Hello, hello, hello...?<br />
'''The Grinch''': How are you?<br />
'''Echo''': How are you... how are you... how are you...?<br />
'''The Grinch''': I asked you first.<br />
'''Echo''': I asked you first... first... first...<br />
'''The Grinch''': Oh right, that's ''REALLY'' mature, saying exactly what I say.<br />
'''Echo''': ...Saying exactly what I say... what I say... what I say...<br />
'''The Grinch''': I'm an idiot!<br />
'''Echo''': ''You're'' an idiot... an idiot... in idiot...!<br />
'''The Grinch''': ''(whispering)'' Alright fine! I'm not talking to you anymore! In fact, I'm going to whisper! So that by the time my voice reverbarates off the walls, and gets back to me, I won't be able to hear it.<br />
''[[Beat]]''<br />
'''Echo''': You're an idiot... an idiot... an idiot! }}
* The Grinch's answering machine:
{{quote| '''The Grinch's voice''': If you utter so much as one syllable, '''''I'LL HUNT YOU DOWN AND GUT YOU LIKE A FISH!!''''' If you'd like to fax me, press the "star" key.}}
* How about when he gets a wake up call by singing the Whobilation song?
** His efforts to drown them out are even more hilarious. "Play, monkey! '''PLAY'''!"
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* "WE'RE GONNA DIE! I'M GOING TO ''THROW UP'', AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DIE!"
** Once the sled becomes stabilized:
{{quote| '''Grinch''': (exhaling; calmly) Almost...lost my ''cool'' back there.}}
* The opening scene where he knocks people over with a marble and wreaks havoc on Whoville. He does stuff like go into the post office and [[Poke the Poodle|switching and throwing letters into peoples' mailboxes]], mostly notices for "jury duty" but you can also hear "blackmail", "pinkslip", "chain letter", and "eviction notice".
* The theatrics that the Grinch resorts to trying to scare Cindy Lou Who out of his cave are hilarious. Also, they don't work.
{{quote| ''The Grinch jumps off-screen, and then back in wearing a white T-shirt, which he begins ripping apart while screaming.''<br />
'''The Grinch''': RUN AWAY, BEFORE I '''''KILL''' AGAIN!'' }}
* The scene when they sled out of control down Mt. Crumpet, fully detailed on the Heartwarming page.
 
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