He’s sort of like Cthulhu: the only one of his kind, who came into the world fully formed to represent the idea of Grinch and nothing else. He’s not the third child of Mr. and Mrs. Grinch, who works as a quantity surveyor, has a love of crosswords and Italian opera, once wanted to be a baseball player and happens to be miserly about Christmas.
It's his name. You can see in the school flash back, when he's still part of civilised society, that his nameplate says Grinch.
But interestingly the book of Who says the term "Grinchy" should apply when Christmas spirit is in short supply.
And we're given the impression the book of who is an old foundational text. So it would appear the old ladies named him after the term Grinchy. So they're really just assholes.
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Zachariah@lemmy.world · 160 pts · 254d
Grinch was the scientist, but the character commonly called “The Grinch” is really Grinch’s monster, created by Grinch.
IcedRaktajino@startrek.website · 26 pts · 254d
Or maybe he's like the Hulk and turns back into a regular Who when he's in a better mood?
Zachariah@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 254d
Is that why he’s naked? His regular clothes are too small when he grinches out?
IcedRaktajino@startrek.website · 11 pts · 254d
This theory is making more and more sense. Which also implies there's no Who Tony Stark to make him the uber-stretchy pants.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 253d
Too large by three sizes. His transformations start with the heart.
ch00f@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 254d
He doesn't like Christmas because that's when he turns into the monster.
rockerface@lemmy.cafe · 5 pts · 253d
Not many realize that Grinch the scientist is the actual monster of the story
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 60 pts · 254d
I mean I think it's a slur
saltnotsugar@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 254d
Holy Moses this is a racist song!
“Uhhh…just change that term to Grinch.”
Hey, this would make a great Christmas cartoon!
RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 253d
Damn Grinches ruining this country!
RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works · 41 pts · 254d
"You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch" The clue is in the song.
sidelove@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 253d
I mean, "You're a mean one, Mr. Assface" still works despite being more of an insult than a proper name
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 253d
Mr. Assface had plenty of time to change his name legally
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 253d
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 253d
You're a fugly piece of shit
Etterra@discuss.online · 4 pts · 253d
Codsworth recognizes Assface as a proper name, but that was in 2077 so maybe we just haven't gotten there yet, culturally.
Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 254d
'The grinch had a heart that was three sizes too small.' It gets ambiguous very quickly
fascicle@leminal.space · 6 pts · 253d
Thats just his full name
Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 253d
Mr The Grinch? I can see it. It would probably at least partly explain why he hated everyone too.
rockerface@lemmy.cafe · 25 pts · 254d
Slur? I think you'll find I pronounce it quite clearly
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 254d
Yes
CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 19 pts · 253d
His full name is Theodore Grinch, but his friends (numbering 0) call him The.
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 14 pts · 253d
He’s sort of like Cthulhu: the only one of his kind, who came into the world fully formed to represent the idea of Grinch and nothing else. He’s not the third child of Mr. and Mrs. Grinch, who works as a quantity surveyor, has a love of crosswords and Italian opera, once wanted to be a baseball player and happens to be miserly about Christmas.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 253d
He had a mother in this 1982 cartoon.
chaogomu@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 253d
Since Theodor Seuss Geisel was publishing new material until shortly before his death in 1991, that's probably canon, if that term could apply here.
Sabata11792@ani.social · 5 pts · 253d
Cuthulu is offspring of Nub, who is offspring of Yog Sothoth and has other relatives.
There must be an all knowing Grinch grandparent and parent that is absent and uncaring in his life.
TexasDrunk@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 253d
Who is the offspring of the Nameless Mist. Who is the offspring of Azathoth, the blind idiot. If Azathoth wakes up we're all fucking goners.
It's a hierarchy of horrors starting with Boo from Mario Bros, on through The Grinch and Cthulhu, and topped off by Azathoth.
naught@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 253d
IMO it seems like he's been forced to live atop Mt Crumpet due to Who-gentrification or more disturbingly because of an ethnic Grinch cleansing
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 253d
According to the Star Trek: The Next Generation tie-in comic book there's a whole species of them.
ohellidk@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 253d
Yes
rarbg@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 253d
Calling him a green one is a slur.
stringere@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 253d
Yes
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 253d
It’s a slur
gmtom@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 253d
It's his name. You can see in the school flash back, when he's still part of civilised society, that his nameplate says Grinch.
But interestingly the book of Who says the term "Grinchy" should apply when Christmas spirit is in short supply.
And we're given the impression the book of who is an old foundational text. So it would appear the old ladies named him after the term Grinchy. So they're really just assholes.
Dasus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 252d
So the ladies just named him the equivalent or Boaty McBoatface, but for his attitude. Lol. Grand-Karens.
djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 253d
It was a name the Whovians gave him right? sure sounds like a slur to me
KombatWombat@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 253d
lol_idk@piefed.social · 2 pts · 253d
It's his species
ghost9@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 253d