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In a more general sense, the Grinch is any character who is utterly disgusted with something (or many things) that everyone else likes, and whose alienation drives him to be so completely unhappy that he finally decides to spread the misery around. |
In a more general sense, the Grinch is any character who is utterly disgusted with something (or many things) that everyone else likes, and whose alienation drives him to be so completely unhappy that he finally decides to spread the misery around. |
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[[Real Life]] versions will often be fond of [[Anti |
[[Real Life]] versions will often be fond of [[Anti-Christmas Song|Anti Christmas Songs]]. |
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* [[Sesame Street (TV)|Oscar the Grouch]] dislikes the holiday so much, he's willing to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Cdqx1qFX8 sing about how he hates it]. |
* [[Sesame Street (TV)|Oscar the Grouch]] dislikes the holiday so much, he's willing to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3Cdqx1qFX8 sing about how he hates it]. |
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* [[Scrubs (TV)|I don't like bambastoodles, I loathe dinklewallows, I hate snagtomgoppers, I say, do you follow?]] |
* [[Scrubs (TV)|I don't like bambastoodles, I loathe dinklewallows, I hate snagtomgoppers, I say, do you follow?]] |
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* Kazran Sardick from the [[ |
* Kazran Sardick from the [[Doctor Who]] 2010 [[Christmas Episode]], "A Christmas Carol". |
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* Sue Sylvester, [[Whole-Plot Reference|quite literally]], in the ''[[Glee]]'' Christmas episode. |
* Sue Sylvester, [[Whole-Plot Reference|quite literally]], in the ''[[Glee]]'' Christmas episode. |
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* The eponymous character of ''[[Monk (TV)|Monk]]'' hated the Christmas season, although he had a very sympathetic reason for doing so, as it was around that time of year that Trudy, his wife and pretty much the only person who ever had him see the positives of Christmas, was murdered via Car Bomb, and his early experiences with Christmas were admittedly quite horrible (for instance, in 1964, his mother fell ill, his dad was what he usually was, and Ambrose Monk locked himself in the basement for the whole Christmas season [Monk implies by saying "he was no fool" that Ambrose did this deliberately], and he himself received [[Convenience Store Gift Shopping|only one walkie talkie out of a set]], which his dad explained that he gave the gift to him because he only ever needed one because he didn't really have any friends). |
* The eponymous character of ''[[Monk (TV)|Monk]]'' hated the Christmas season, although he had a very sympathetic reason for doing so, as it was around that time of year that Trudy, his wife and pretty much the only person who ever had him see the positives of Christmas, was murdered via Car Bomb, and his early experiences with Christmas were admittedly quite horrible (for instance, in 1964, his mother fell ill, his dad was what he usually was, and Ambrose Monk locked himself in the basement for the whole Christmas season [Monk implies by saying "he was no fool" that Ambrose did this deliberately], and he himself received [[Convenience Store Gift Shopping|only one walkie talkie out of a set]], which his dad explained that he gave the gift to him because he only ever needed one because he didn't really have any friends). |
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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |
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* In ''[[Guild Wars]]'' [[You Mean Xmas|Wintersday]] celebrations, Grenth and his followers work to spoil the holiday for everyone else. There are a pair of [[Shout |
* In ''[[Guild Wars]]'' [[You Mean "Xmas"|Wintersday]] celebrations, Grenth and his followers work to spoil the holiday for everyone else. There are a pair of [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to the [[Trope Namer]]: Grenth has minions called Grentches, and one Dwayna-supporting quest is called "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grenth." |
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* "Operation Claws", a non-canon scenario for ''[[Starcraft]]'', is about the evil Zergrinch holding Santa Claws hostage on Planet Christmas because he never brings presents to the zerg. |
* "Operation Claws", a non-canon scenario for ''[[Starcraft]]'', is about the evil Zergrinch holding Santa Claws hostage on Planet Christmas because he never brings presents to the zerg. |
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* The [[Villain Protagonist|protagonists]] and supporting characters of ''[[Garden Gnome Carnage (Video Game)|Garden Gnome Carnage]]'' and ''[[Hyper Princess Pitch (Video Game)|Hyper Princess Pitch]]'' hate Christmas. For the latter game it's explained that none of them got any presents as kids/kits, and Pitch herself is heavily implied to have spent all her life on the "naughty" list. |
* The [[Villain Protagonist|protagonists]] and supporting characters of ''[[Garden Gnome Carnage (Video Game)|Garden Gnome Carnage]]'' and ''[[Hyper Princess Pitch (Video Game)|Hyper Princess Pitch]]'' hate Christmas. For the latter game it's explained that none of them got any presents as kids/kits, and Pitch herself is heavily implied to have spent all her life on the "naughty" list. |
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[[Category:Christmas Tropes]] |
[[Category:Christmas Tropes]] |
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[[Category:The Grinch]] |
[[Category:The Grinch]] |
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