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There would appear to be no shortage of things to like about Christmas: presents, family, at the very least a little time off from work or school. Who could possibly have any objections toward this most hallowed of holidays? The Grinch, that's who. This character flat-out hates Christmas, and they'll keep on kicking Christmas-themed dogs until everyone knows it. Usually, when it's revealed exactly what this person has against Christmas, it will turn out to be either over something completely petty (like having never gotten a gift they wanted) or something downright tragic (such as losing their parents on Christmas). Though occasionally Truth in Television, the Grinch is primarily found in Christmas-themed movies, specials, and episodes, especially the innumerable retellings of A Christmas Carol. The character's role in the story may be that of a protagonist or antagonist, but in any case you can be sure they will change their ways (after The Power of Friendship throws out An Aesop that teaches them the True Meaning of Christmas) before the closing credits roll. In a more general sense, the Grinch is any character who is utterly disgusted with something almost everyone else enjoys, and whose alienation drives them to be so completely unhappy that they finally decide to spread the misery around. Comparable to (and frequently overlaps with) the Hollywood Atheist, in that the Grinch's hatred of Christmas will usually be due to some Dark and Troubled Past, their feelings about the holiday will make them grumpy and unpleasant, and they will inevitably change their ways by the end. Real Life versions will often be fond of Anti-Christmas Songs. See also Crappy Holidays, for works that more or less take the Grinch's viewpoint. If the Grinch follows his namesake to its Whole-Plot Reference conclusion and actually steals the holiday, you have How the Character Stole Christmas. See also The Scrooge, another character who is usually a Christmas hater, but tends to just ignore the holiday rather than actively try and ruin it for everyone else. Compare Fun-Hating Villain and Evil Cannot Stand Cuteness. Contrast with The Anti-Grinch, who loves Christmas, but ends up nearly destroying it (the Grinch's core goal), albeit unintentionally. For the animated feature film adaptation of the Trope Namer, see The Grinch (2018). Examples |
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In one episode, Mr. Burns is also stated to have stolen Christmas in 1986. In one future episode, a character again alludes to Mr. Burns having stolen Christmas, this time apparently permanently. | |
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Gym Leader Volkner from Sunyshore has shades of this in the first Holiday Special of Pokémon Reset Bloodlines, partly because he feels underappreciated for all the work he does to set up the city for the holidays. However, the second Holiday Special shows that he's grown out of this and seems much happier than the previous year, to the point he even accepts an invitation for dinner with the family of his apprentice Sho. | |
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Goku thinks that the villains in Lord Slug Abridged are this, but in reality they've never heard of the holiday and think he means Freeza Day. The movie isn't even set around the holidays; it's July and the only reason there's snow everywhere is because Slug blocked out the sun. | |
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Another episode has Skinner showing kids at the school his favourite movie about "a Grinchy little character who tries to steal Christmas". To the surprise of the kids, it turns out to not be the Grinch, but instead an interminably long and terrible movie featuring "the Christmas hobgoblins" as antagonists who try to ruin Christmas. | |
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The protagonists and supporting characters of Garden Gnome Carnage and 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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Count Dregon, the Big Bad of Masked Rider. One of his evil plans is an attempt to set an ambush for Santa Claus. He is confirmed as this trope when the plan fails, when he says outright that he "hates Christmas". | |
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Far more malicious is Grumpas, who can only be fought by players who can access the Broken Isles. Legends state that he kidnaps naughty children and creates his minions using their tears. Of course, he's no legend, and makes his lair in the frozen wasteland of Frostfire Ridge, a dangerous arctic region with volcanic activity. | |
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Prior to the Ghostbusters' accidental Time Travel detour where they meet Scrooge and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, Peter Venkman was not a fan of Christmas, due to his dad never being around for it when he was a kid. | |
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See Anti-Christmas Song for an entire genre expressing this viewpoint. | |
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Red China | |
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The Communist Chinese government views Christmas as a pro-Western/religious holiday and tries to suppress it accordingly. | |
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Hollywood Atheist | |
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Britta, as the resident Hollywood Atheist and Soapbox Sadie on Community, makes a series of rather smug and snide dismissals of the trappings of the festive season, such as Christmas songs, which cause her to come off as a bit of a killjoy. Curiously, due to Characterization Marches On she comes off as a lot more easy-going about the holidays in the season 1 Christmas episode ("Comparative Religion"). | |
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Sue Sylvester, in the Glee Christmas episode. | |
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Repeatedly subverted in Sheep in the Big City, where General Specific's comments sound like they're expressing a hatred for Christmas, but actually aren't in-context. For instance, he keeps saying "humbug", but is actually being bothered by a bug that is humming. When he orders someone to make "these idiot" stop celebrating happily, he specifically meant to get rid of these idiots (some random, half-naked men who had wandered into the base) and didn't care when his soldiers started celebrating. | |
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