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Martha May Whovier is a major character and the tritagonist in the live-action adaptation of Dr Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

She was the love interest of The Grinch and Mayor Augustus Maywho. She was played by Christine Baranski as an adult while Landry Allbright played as an 8 year old Martha May.

Her Story

The Past

In her childhood, Martha was the only one who was ever nice to the Grinch as he had a beard despite being only 8. She flirted with him by saying that she loved the colors of red and green, then caressed his face with her hand.

This surprised The Grinch who decided to make a gift for her in reciprocation for her feelings to which he shared.

The next day, when the Grinch presented his gift to Martha, the other classmates laughed and bullied him for shaving in an attempt to impress Martha.

Before Martha could defend him from the ridicule, he destroyed the class Christmas decorations and then left in a rage and has lived on a mountain ever since and she had not seen him since, despite carrying those same feelings for him for many years from when she was a little girl.

The Present

As the years passed by, Martha grew up to become a sultry and beautiful woman. She's also became a rival with Cindy Lou Who's mom, Betty Lou Who, who is challenged to win the light decorating contest each year which Martha wins each year (mostly due to Martha's wealth standing and the mayor's feelings for her).

Later she's seen telling Cindy what she knew about The Grinch whom she's known since childhood, and inadvertently confesses to having had a "crush" on him, though Cindy never asks her.

At the Whobilation One-Thousand Celebration, Martha is seen unimpressed by The Mayor Augustus May Who's behavior. As Grinch arrives, she is seen watching him from the distance and cheering him, but hiding her feelings without being noticed.

At the Gift Pass On, Augustus takes the opportunity to propose to Martha, knowing it would bother the Grinch, after giving him a gift that would purposefully remind him of his tormented childhood. Martha is speechless that Augustus has asked her to marry him as it makes her feel uneasy since she's clearly in love with The Grinch, despite her attempts to hide it.

Before she can answer the proposal, she is interrupted by The Grinch who starts ranting about the commercial and frivolous side of Christmas, and proceeds to disrupt and destroy the celebration.

She decides to think about Augustus's proposal until the next day. On Christmas morning, Martha watches Augustus publicly blame Cindy Lou for what happened, even though the blame was his.

When Lou defends his daughter, Cindy, she listens Lou's speech about the true meaning of Christmas, is touched by it and realizes that Christmas is also about spending time with your loved ones, and realizes who it is she loves and desires to be with.

In the end, Martha, who sees Augustus Maywho's true nature, decides to call off the engagement, give Augustus back his ring, and reveal her true feelings after the Grinch reforms which in turn makes The Grinch happy since he clearly feels the same way.

She is then seen during the song "Welcome Christmas" at the Grinch's side and later at The Grinch's home where he's cutting the roast beast , where Martha and the Grinch can be seen flirting with each other. It would appear they have entered a relationship as they are seen smiling at each other as the film ends.

Appearance

Martha has long brown hair, which was previously straight with two pigtails as a child but is curled as an adult and has similar facial features as other adult Whos. She's shown to wear a black and white shirt and skirt, with white gloves in her childhood.

Later on, she is shown to have matured into a curvy and arousing woman, with a robust chest, and an alluring behind.

She is first seen as an adult wearing a Santa Claus inspired dress, that reveals a large amount of cleavage, and a very short skirt that doesn't cover much. She is later at the Whobilation in a tight red dress, exposing her slim, curvy figure and wears a mistletoe pin in her hair.

She is later seen in her sleeping gown or robe, which is white and light blue, with large sleeves and is floor length.

Trivia

Even though she denies that she has feelings for The Grinch, she has since childhood. She is unafraid of The Grinch, just like Cindy Lou Who, due to caring about him and shows some kindness to The Grinch in turn, though she doesn't see him until years later.

As children, Martha May returns The Grinch's feelings after saying to him that red and green are her favorite colors on Christmas which surprises The Grinch and he decides to give her a gift, until the next day when he is made fun of for both his homemade gift, and his bad shaving job by Augustus and the other children.This causes him to lose him temper, destroy the classroom and run away even though it hurts Martha May's feelings, and she has since felt bad since their childhoods.

In a deleted scene it is revealed that Martha May wins the light contest every year due to the Mayor's unreciprocated feelings for her, and therefore does not want her to lose the contest. In another deleted scene, Augustus asks Martha May on a date, but she politely turns him down.
When the Mayor proposes to her, she is stunned, because she still loves The Grinch and she hopes that The Grinch loves her too. In the end, she calls off the would-be engagement and reveals to everyone including The Mayor that her heart belongs to The Grinch.

Martha is the first girlfriend of The Grinch and the only love interest in this movie.

Martha May Who from How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) would not be included in the Grinch (2018) especially as the Grinch's love interest. It is possible that she was viewed as a gender stereotype.

It is unknown exactly when, or even why Martha May started having feelings for the Grinch, though it is sometime before we see them in grade school, where we can see that she is infatuated with the Grinch. It is implied that she hates the Mayor since school due to his treatment of Grinch, which is further cemented when he publicly ridicule's Cindy Lou on Christmas. It is assumed she falls in love with Grinch due to him being misunderstood and seeing that underneath his exterior he is sweet.

Helen Hunt, Nicole Kidman, Cameron Diaz, Famke Janseen, Joely Fisher, Rene Russo, Michelle Pfeiffer, Drew Barrymore, Sandra Bullock and Catherine O'Hara were briefly considered for the role of Martha May Whovier before Christine Baranski was cast.

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 Prissy (by Betty Lou Who)
 |origin = ''How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)''
-|occupation = Student (In the past), The Mayor's former fiancée and The Grinch's girlfriend
+|occupation = Student (In the past), The Mayor's former fiancé and The Grinch's girlfriend
 |skills = None
 |hobby = Celebrating Christmas<br>
 Lusting for The Grinch
 |goals = To be with The Grinch and celebrating Christmas (Succeeded)
-|friends = The Grinch (Friend, later boyfriend)
+|friends = The Grinch (Crush, later boyfriend)<br>
+Cindy Lou Who<br>
+Betty Lou Who (Frienemy)<br>
+|enemies = Betty Lou Who (formerly)<br>
+Mayor Augustus (fiancé turned enemy)
+|type of hero = Childhood Crush turned Girlfriend}}
+'''Martha May Whovier''' is a major character and the tritagonist in the live-action adaptation of ''Dr Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas''.
-Cindy Lou Who
+She was the love interest of [[The Grinch (2000)|The Grinch]] and [[w:c:villains:Mayor Augustus Maywho|Mayor Augustus Maywho]]. She was played by Christine Baranski as an adult while Landry Allbright played as an 8 year old Martha May.
-Betty Lou Who (Frienemy)
-|enemies = Betty Lou Who (formerly)
-Mayor Augustus (fiancée turned enemy)
-|type of hero = Childhood Friend turned Love Interest}}
-'''Martha May Whovier''' is a major character in the live-action adaptation of ''Dr Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas''.
-She was the love interest of [[The Grinch (Live-Action)|The Grinch]] and [[w:c:villains:Mayor Augustus Maywho|Mayor Augustus Maywho]]. She was played by Christine Baransk as an adult while Landry Allbright played as an 8 year old Martha May.
 ==Her Story==
 ===The Past===
-In her childhood, Martha was the only one who was ever nice to the Grinch as he had a beard despite being only 8. She flirted with him by saying that she loved the color of red and green, then caressed his face with her hand.
+In her childhood, Martha was the only one who was ever nice to the Grinch as he had a beard despite being only 8. She flirted with him by saying that she loved the colors of red and green, then caressed his face with her hand.
 This surprised The Grinch who decided to make a gift for her in reciprocation for her feelings to which he shared.
-The next day, when the grinch presented his gift to Martha, the other classmates laughed and bullied him for shaving in an attempt to impress Martha.
+The next day, when the Grinch presented his gift to Martha, the other classmates laughed and bullied him for shaving in an attempt to impress Martha.
-Before Martha could defend him from the ridicule, he left in a rage and has lived on a mountain ever since and she had not seen him since, despite carrying the same feelings for him for many years.
+Before Martha could defend him from the ridicule, he destroyed the class Christmas decorations and then left in a rage and has lived on a mountain ever since and she had not seen him since, despite carrying those same feelings for him for many years from when she was a little girl.
 ===The Present===
-As years passed by, Martha grew up to become a sultry and mature woman. She's also became a rival with Cindy's mom Betty Lou Who. Both who challenge to win the light decorating contest each year to which Martha wins each year (mostly due to Martha's monetary standing).
+As the years passed by, Martha grew up to become a sultry and beautiful woman. She's also became a rival with Cindy Lou Who's mom, Betty Lou Who, who is challenged to win the light decorating contest each year which Martha wins each year (mostly due to Martha's wealth standing and the mayor's feelings for her).
-Later she's seen telling Cindy what she knew about The Grinch whom shes known since childhood, but also inadvertently confesses to having had a "crush" on him.
+Later she's seen telling Cindy what she knew about The Grinch whom she's known since childhood, and inadvertently confesses to having had a "crush" on him, though Cindy never asks her.
-At the celebration, Martha is seen unimpressed by The Mayor's behavior. As Grinch arrives, she is seen watching him from the distance and cheering him, but hiding her feelings.
+At the Whobilation One-Thousand Celebration, Martha is seen unimpressed by The Mayor Augustus May Who's behavior. As Grinch arrives, she is seen watching him from the distance and cheering him, but hiding her feelings without being noticed.
-At the moment of Gift Pass On, Augustus takes the oportunity to propose to Martha, she was speechless that Augustus asked her to marry him wich makes her feel uneasy since she's in love with The Grinch. Before she answears the proposal, she is interrupted by The Grinch who starts ranting about the comercial and frivolous side of Christmas.
+At the Gift Pass On, Augustus takes the opportunity to propose to Martha, knowing it would bother the Grinch, after giving him a gift that would purposefully remind him of his tormented childhood. Martha is speechless that Augustus has asked her to marry him as it makes her feel uneasy since she's clearly in love with The Grinch, despite her attempts to hide it.
+Before she can answer the proposal, she is interrupted by The Grinch who starts ranting about the commercial and frivolous side of Christmas, and proceeds to disrupt and destroy the celebration.
-She decides to think about Augustus's proposal until the next day. By Christmas morning, Martha watches how Augustus publicly blames Cindy Lou for what happened, even if the blame was his.
+She decides to think about Augustus's proposal until the next day. On Christmas morning, Martha watches Augustus publicly blame Cindy Lou for what happened, even though the blame was his.
-When Lou defends Cindy, she listens Lou's speech about the true meaning of Christmas and is touched by it and realizes that Christmas is also about spending time with your loved ones.
+When Lou defends his daughter, Cindy, she listens Lou's speech about the true meaning of Christmas, is touched by it and realizes that Christmas is also about spending time with your loved ones, and realizes who it is she loves and desires to be with.
-By the end, Martha decide to call off the engagement and gives Augustus back the ring when the Grinch reforms after revealing her true feelings for The Grinch which makes The Grinch happy.
+In the end, Martha, who sees Augustus Maywho's true nature, decides to call off the engagement, give Augustus back his ring, and reveal her true feelings after the Grinch reforms which in turn makes The Grinch happy since he clearly feels the same way.
-Later, she was last seen during the song "Welcome Christmas" and at The Grinch's home where he's cutting the feast and they both flirting for a while. It seem that they're in relationship after they smiles at each other before the movie was over.
+She is then seen during the song "Welcome Christmas" at the Grinch's side and later at The Grinch's home where he's cutting the roast beast , where Martha and the Grinch can be seen flirting with each other. It would appear they have entered a relationship as they are seen smiling at each other as the film ends.
 ==Appearance==
-Martha has long blonde hair, which was previously straight hair with two pony tails but became curly in adult and similar facial features a other whos. She's shown to wear a black and white shirt and skirt, with white gloves in her childhood.
+Martha has long brown hair, which was previously straight with two pigtails as a child but is curled as an adult and has similar facial features as other adult Whos. She's shown to wear a black and white shirt and skirt, with white gloves in her childhood.
-Later on, she is shown to have matured into a curvy and arousing woman, with a robust chest, and alluring behind.
+Later on, she is shown to have matured into a curvy and arousing woman, with a robust chest, and an alluring behind.
-She wears a Santa Claus designed suit, with her front ends revealing her cleavage and a very short skirt line which barely covers her waist line. She is later seen in a tight red dress, exposing her built figure and wears a mistletoe pin in her hair.
+She is first seen as an adult wearing a Santa Claus inspired dress, that reveals a large amount of cleavage, and a very short skirt that doesn't cover much. She is later at the Whobilation in a tight red dress, exposing her slim, curvy figure and wears a mistletoe pin in her hair.
-She is later seen in her sleeping gown, that is white and light blue, with large sleeves and cloak.
+She is later seen in her sleeping gown or robe, which is white and light blue, with large sleeves and is floor length.
 ==Trivia==
-*Even though she denies that she have feelings for The Grinch, she still does since childhood. Making her not afraid of The Grinch like [[Cindy Lou Who]], due to caring about him and show some kindness to The Grinch.
+*Even though she denies that she has feelings for The Grinch, she has since childhood. She is unafraid of The Grinch, just like [[Cindy Lou Who]], due to caring about him and shows some kindness to The Grinch in turn, though she doesn't see him until years later.
+*As children, Martha May returns The Grinch's feelings after saying to him that red and green are her favorite colors on Christmas which surprises The Grinch and he decides to give her a gift, until the next day when he is made fun of for both his homemade gift, and his bad shaving job by Augustus and the other children.This causes him to lose him temper, destroy the classroom and run away even though it hurts Martha May's feelings, and she has since felt bad since their childhoods.
-*Martha May have love rival, but she love The Grinch and doesn't return her feelings to Mayor Augustus after seeing that Augustus was being mean and selfish to The Grinch since childhood.
+*In a deleted scene it is revealed that Martha May wins the light contest every year due to the Mayor's unreciprocated feelings for her, and therefore does not want her to lose the contest. In another deleted scene, Augustus asks Martha May on a date, but she politely turns him down.
-*Martha May returns The Grinch's feeling after saying that Red and Green is her favorite color on Christmas which it surprised The Grinch and decide to give her a gift until the next day he was making fun of when he shave himself, lost his temper and run away which it hurt Martha May when she feel bad for him since childhood.
+*When the Mayor proposes to her, she is stunned, because she still loves The Grinch and she hopes that The Grinch loves her too. In the end, she calls off the would-be engagement and reveals to everyone including The Mayor that her heart belongs to The Grinch.
+*Martha is the first girlfriend of The Grinch and the only love interest in this movie.
-*In delete scene, Martha May won the light concert every year because of The Mayor have feelings for her and don't want her to lose by Betty Lou Who. The other deleted scene is when the mayor ask her out on a date which she kindly refuse.
+*Martha May Who from ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)'' would not be included in the ''Grinch (2018)'' especially as the Grinch's love interest. It is possible that she was viewed as a gender stereotype.
-*When the Mayor proposed to her, she was stunned and was afraid, because she still love The Grinch and she knows that The Grinch still love her too. At the end, she call off the engagement and tell everybody include The Mayor that she's in love and love The Grinch which that makes The Grinch very happy.
+*It is unknown exactly when, or even why Martha May started having feelings for the Grinch, though it is sometime before we see them in grade school, where we can see that she is infatuated with the Grinch. It is implied that she hates the Mayor since school due to his treatment of Grinch, which is further cemented when he publicly ridicule's Cindy Lou on Christmas. It is assumed she falls in love with Grinch due to him being misunderstood and seeing that underneath his exterior he is sweet.
-*Martha was the first girlfriend of The Grinch and the love interest in this movie.
+*Helen Hunt, Nicole Kidman, Cameron Diaz, Famke Janseen, Joely Fisher, Rene Russo, Michelle Pfeiffer, Drew Barrymore, Sandra Bullock and Catherine O'Hara were briefly considered for the role of Martha May Whovier before Christine Baranski was cast.
-*It's unknown if she'll be back in The Grinch (2018), but if she does, it's great to see her again to be The Grinch's love interest once more or just a minor character that one of them does look like her.
+==Navigation==
-*It's unknown why she was in love with The Grinch, but she did give us a hint that she have a secret crush on him and she don't like The Mayor since he have a mean, bad attitude to The Grinch and Cindy Lou Who.
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Changes: Martha May Whovier

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