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.
Grinch was the scientist, but the character commonly called “The Grinch” is really Grinch’s monster, created by Grinch.
Not many realize that Grinch the scientist is the actual monster of the story
Or maybe he’s like the Hulk and turns back into a regular Who when he’s in a better mood?
Is that why he’s naked? His regular clothes are too small when he grinches out?
Too large by three sizes. His transformations start with the heart.
This theory is making more and more sense. Which also implies there’s no Who Tony Stark to make him the uber-stretchy pants.
He doesn’t like Christmas because that’s when he turns into the monster.
Calling him a green one is a slur.
It was a name the Whovians gave him right? sure sounds like a slur to me
I mean I think it’s a slur
Holy Moses this is a racist song!
“Uhhh…just change that term to Grinch.”
Hey, this would make a great Christmas cartoon!Damn Grinches ruining this country!
It’s a slur
His full name is Theodore Grinch, but his friends (numbering 0) call him The.
- You see, the Grinch is a Who who always… Actually, not a Who, he’s more of a…
- A what?
- Exactly, honey. And he’s a What who doesn’t like Christmas.
“You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch” The clue is in the song.
I mean, “You’re a mean one, Mr. Assface” still works despite being more of an insult than a proper name
Mr. Assface had plenty of time to change his name legally
Codsworth recognizes Assface as a proper name, but that was in 2077 so maybe we just haven’t gotten there yet, culturally.
‘The grinch had a heart that was three sizes too small.’ It gets ambiguous very quickly
Thats just his full name
Mr The Grinch? I can see it. It would probably at least partly explain why he hated everyone too.
Yes
Slur? I think you’ll find I pronounce it quite clearly
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.
He had a mother in this 1982 cartoon.
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.
According to the Star Trek: The Next Generation tie-in comic book there’s a whole species of them.
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.
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.
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
Yes
It’s his species
Yes
