The Grinch

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Name:	The Grinch
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Fandom:	Dr. Seuss
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The Grinch is the main character of How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss, as well as related media.

Shipping

The Grinch is not usually shipped with other characters, leading some to question whether some fans are likely to ship the Grinch with himself, as they did with another Dr. Seuss character, the Once-ler.

Alternatively, a few fans on Tumblr ship the crack crossover pairing of the Grinch x Tony the Tiger, as a result of voice-actor fusion.

Interestingly, though The Grinch Who Stole Christmas is narrated by Boris Karloff, the big musical number is sung by the late Thurl Ravenscroft - an American voice actor better known as the voice of Tony the Tiger. My headcanon is that the Grinch and Tony the Tiger had a bad breakup, and “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” is the resulting breakup song.

This idea is usually met with one of two reactions:

if i had to read this you do too

I’m not only not bothered, I’m freaking invested. I’m having actual empathetic sadness for The Grinch. I want them to go into couple’s counseling. I want the “ten years later” when Tony visits Whoville on business and meets the reformed Grinch whose heart has grown 3 times its usual size. I want them to reminisce over a shared dinner of roast beast and wine, then spend a drunken night together, then realize that maybe things are different and people really do change. I want a 3-act story where there’s a long dark night of soul searching and the realization that maybe we’ve all got a little bit of bad banana with greasy black peel inside us, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make a damned fine banana bread if someone will give us a chance.

External Links

• The Grinch works on AO3
• Tumblr thread on Tony the Tiger x the Grinch, including fan art. Inspired Gaud's Grinch x Tony Fix-it Fic.