The Muppet Christmas Carol: Difference between revisions

* [[Ambiguous Gender]]: This movie's version of the Ghost of Christmas Past. It's... possibly a girl. We think. Maybe. At the very least it's ''voiced'' by a woman.

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: During the Cratchit family dinner:

''[daughters gasp]'' }}

* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]/[[Large Ham]]: The Ghost of Christmas Present.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Gonzo, of course, in this film [[Interactive Narrator|narrating]] as Charles Dickens.

* [[Comically Missing the Point]]:

'''Rizzo''': ''[shaking his head]'' No, no, no, don't tell us your hand, tell us the ''story''! }}

* [[Cut Song]]: "When Love Is Gone" is absent from both the original theatrical release and some versions of the DVD, but appeared on the many TV airings (before later Christmas specials supplanted it) and the VHS copy. Especially [[Egregious]] because it's reprised at the end with different lyrics...

** There's another verse on "Marley and Marley," but only on the soundtrack:

The future's up to you!'' }}

*** The way the track is set up on the OST makes it sound like the explanation of the spirits originally came after ''this'' part, but in practice it probably ran on a little too long and was cut from the final filmed version.

* [[Ghost Song]]: "Marley and Marley"

* [[Greek Chorus]]: Gonzo and Rizzo, who often provides commentary not only on the story events, but on the narration itself.

'''Rizzo''': It's a good beginning. It's creepy and kinda -- hoo hoo! -- spooky. }}

* [[Happily Married]]: Scrooge's nephew Fred and his wife Clara; The Cratchits.

* [[In Memoriam]]: The movie starts with white text on a black background: ''In loving memory of Jim Henson and Richard Hunt''.

* [[Interactive Narrator]]: Gonzo, although Rizzo doesn't quite buy it... until Gonzo starts getting ''everything'' right.

* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Implied by the ''very'' blended Cratchit family, headed by Bob (Kermit) and Emily (Miss Piggy).

* [[Made Myself Sad]]: Scrooge is visited by the Marley brothers, a.k.a. Statler and Waldorf. They openly admit that, in life, they were selfish and heartless bankers, and they even reminisce about evicting an entire orphanage in the middle of winter. This makes them break out into their trademark laugh, which almost immediately degenerates into a shudder, and they move on to warn Scrooge to repent from the mistakes they made.

* [[The Other Darrin]]: This was the first appearance <ref> In film. Whitmire previously voiced Kermit for the prime time "The Muppets Remember Jim Henson" special</ref> of Steve Whitmire as Kermit and Beaker, Jerry Nelson as Statler, and Dave Goelz as Waldorf.

* [[Parental Bonus]]: Loads (it ''is'' a Muppet movie, after all), such as the [[Stealth Pun]] below, or the following exchange:

'''Gonzo''': It's OK; this is culture! }}

* [[Running Gag]]: Gonzo and Rizzo always seem to be in front of a window that needs opening...

* [[Theme Twin Naming]]: Belinda and Bettina.

* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: Gonzo's weird tendencies are given a nod when Rizzo takes a tumble into the Cratchit household.

'''Gonzo:''' (''dejected'') You have all the fun! }}

* [[We All Live in America]]: Lampshaded below:

'''Sam the Eagle''': Hmm. ''(looks around, confused)'' }}

* [[We Are as Mayflies]]: True to the original work, the Ghost of Christmas Present is born, lives, ages and (it's implied) passes away in twenty-four hours.

* [[We Could Have Avoided All This]]: Gonzo and Rizzo don't make it into Scrooge's house before he closes the door because Rizzo is searching for his bag of jelly beans. Later, while Gonzo is narrating, Rizzo offers him a jelly bean, saying, "I had them in my pocket all along."

** Just after that scene, they have to get past a gate. Gonzo makes it, but Rizzo is left standing atop it, afraid to jump. After Gonzo comically fails to catch him, Rizzo realizes he's left his jellybeans behind and takes the fastest route back: through the bars.

'''Rizzo''': What? ''What?'' Hey, what? }}

** Somewhere, [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?|Roger Rabbit]] is nodding, saying that [[Rule of Funny|Rizzo could only do it when it was funny.]]

* [[The Wonka]]: Gonzo. Or is it Charles Dickens?

* [[You Just Told Me]]: How Scrooge knows the Ghost of Christmas Present took him to the Cratchits'.

'''Ghost of Christmas Present:''' [[Actually Pretty Funny|No, I'm a LARGE absent-minded spirit!]] }}

 

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''Gonzo:'' You think that's good, [[A Christmas Carol|you should read the book.]]

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