Talk:The Grinch

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Contents 1 Creation/Development 2 Species/Identification 3 Fair use rationale for Image:TheGrinchSong.jpg 4 Fair use rationale for Image:Grinch.jpg 5 Dr. Seuss's Grendel? 6 Alcoholic drink?

[edit] Creation/Development

For reasons specified on the talk page for How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, I created this article. To sum it up, The Grinch is a cultural icon himself, as a character. Not just as a book (further proved in the three multiple Emmy winning TV specials produced by Dr. Seuss).

I will be adding a lot of information to this in the next days.

[edit] Species/Identification

what species or other identification is Grinch knowed as? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.125.110.223 (talk) 16:22, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:TheGrinchSong.jpg

Image:TheGrinchSong.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:18, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Grinch.jpg

Image:Grinch.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot (talk) 23:16, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dr. Seuss's Grendel?

Has anyone ever noticed the similarities between The Grinch and Beowulf's Grendel? Grendel was a demon, a descendant of the long-ago outcast Cain. Grendel hated the celebrations of the Danish warriors in the Mead Hall. He swore revenge, leaving his roost as ruler of the Fen Lands to do so. Every night, he'd attack anyone inhabiting (usually passed out from drinking) the Mead Hall. He'd kill them and eat their lifeless bodies. Eventually, Beowulf came to the aid of the Danes and defeated Grendel by ripping off Grendel's arm with nothing but his own strength of hand grip. The Grinch, in a more child-friendly way, is very similar Grendel (without the bad ending for Grendel.) Especially in his story, HTGSC, The Grinch shows many similarities. He was sick of happiness, did his misdeeds at night while his victims were asleep, was out to rob society of their happiness as they had "taken" away his (by making him an outcast.) Also, The Grinch's background is never explained, especially as to why he lives independent of mainstream society and why he hated society so much. I think Dr. Seuss was thinking of Grendel when he wrote The Grinch.PokeHomsar (talk) 22:52, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Alcoholic drink?

Today's drink in Facebook's Top Friends app is called a Grinch. Is this a real drink, or something they made up? If it is a real drink, is it notable enough to be mentioned in the article? Dansiman (talk|Contribs) 18:50, 12 March 2008 (UTC)