The Grinch

Do-Gooder

Full Name

Unknown

Alias

The Grinch

Grinch
Mr. Grinch
Mr. Green-face
Mr. Green Guy
Green Hairy Dude (by Kody Maxwell)

Origin

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Occupation

Hermit

Powers/Skills

Cunning

Super strength
Manipulation
Intelligence

Hobby

Hating Christmas (formerly).

Inventing.
Scheming.

Goals

Put an end to Christmas in Whoville by stealing all of the Whos' presents, food, and decorations (formerly).

Terrorize Whoville and anyone who displeases him (succeeded; formerly).
Mess with the Cat in the Hat (formerly).

Family

Max (pet)

Friends/Allies

Max

The Whos
Cindy Lou Who
The Cat in the Hat

Enemies

The Whos (formerly)

The Cat in the Hat (sometimes)

Type of Hero

Redeemed Trickster

“	Maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more.	„
	~ The Grinch

The Grinch is the main protagonist of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!.

In 1966, he was voiced by the late Boris Karloff. In Halloween is Grinch Night, he was voiced by the late Hans Conried, who also voiced Captain Hook and Mr. Darling in Peter Pan, Lord Duke in Sleeping Beauty (live action performance model for King Stefan in the same film), Horton and Dr. Hoovey in Horton Hears a Who and Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit. In The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat, he was voiced by the late Bob Holt. In 2000, he was portrayed by Jim Carrey as an adult while the late Josh Ryan Evans play as an 8-year-old Grinch.

In 2018, he was voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch.

Character description

The Grinch is depicted as a furry recluse living in seclusion on a cliff overlooking the cheerful, optimistic community of Whoville.

He scorns the Christmas season and the boisterous festivities customarily celebrated during the holiday; apparently irritated by the happiness of others and deriving pleasure from spoiling other people's merriment.

Aided by his long-suffering pet dog, Max, he disguises himself as Santa Claus and breaks into the Whos' homes to steal their holiday decorations and gifts.

Although his plan works, he is infuriated on Christmas morning to find the Whos singing cheerfully despite his actions. Convinced that the holiday must carry a meaning distinct from its decorations and gifts, the Grinch returns and distributes his stolen goods to the Whos, with whom he thereafter celebrates.

Nevertheless, the Grinch is still portrayed as a bitter and ill-tempered character in artwork or other media.

With the character's anti-holiday spirit followed by the transformation on Christmas morning, scholars have noted similarity to Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol.

In both the animated TV special and the 2000 live-action film, he is shown to have superhuman strength when he stops an entire sleigh loaded with presents from going over a cliff and lifts it over his head, although he is also described as "[finding] the strength of ten Grinches plus two" during that moment of crisis.

Thus, his feat of strength may be akin to an adrenaline rush, as he does not appear to exhibit this ability under normal circumstances.

Heroic Side

He saved Cindy-Lou Who from the stamping machine.
He stopped the sleigh from falling off the cliff and saved Cindy-Lou Who.
He gave back the gifts to the people in Whoville.
He pass the Christmas season with the Whos in his cave.

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Trivia

Dr. Seuss disputed casting Boris Karloff for fear that he would make the Grinch too scary.
Boris Karloff's voice changes when he speaks for the Grinch. Originally, he spoke in his "Narrator" voice throughout. After recording was complete, the highs in his voice were mechanically removed for the Grinch, giving him the gravelly voice heard in the finished version.
The Grinch appears in a non-speaking cameo role in both Horton Hears a Who! adaptations.

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