Grinch - wikipedia Grinch This article is about the Dr. Seuss character. For the video game, see The Grinch ( video game ). For the upcoming film, see The Grinch ( film ). The Grinch Dr. Seuss character The Grinch ( right ) with his dog Max First appearance `` The Hoobub and the Grinch '' ( 1955 ) Created by Dr. Seuss Portrayed by see below Information Nickname ( s ) Mr. Grinch Grinch Gender Male The Grinch is a fictional green character created by Dr. Seuss. He is best known as the main character of the children 's book How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! ( 1957 ). Contents 1 Character description 2 History 3 Popularity within American culture 4 References 5 External links Character description The Grinch is depicted as a furry, green humanoid recluse living in seclusion on a cliff overlooking the cheerful and optimistic town of Whoville. He scorns the Christmas season and the boisterous and rambunctious festivities customarily celebrated during the holiday ; apparently irritated by the happiness of others and deriving pleasure from spoiling other people 's merriment. Aided by his pet dog, Max, he disguises himself as Santa Claus and breaks into the Whos ' homes to steal their holiday decorations and gifts. Although his plan works, he is infuriated on Christmas morning to find the Whos singing cheerfully despite his actions. Convinced that the holiday must carry a meaning distinct from its decorations and gifts, the Grinch returns and distributes his stolen goods to the Whos, with whom he thereafter celebrates. Nevertheless, the Grinch is still portrayed as a bitter and ill - tempered character in artwork or other media. In both the animated TV special and the 2000 live - action film, he is shown to have superhuman strength when he stops an entire sleigh loaded with presents from going over a cliff and lifts it over his head, and he is also described as `` ( finding ) the strength of ten Grinches plus two '' during that moment of crisis. With the character 's anti-Christmas spirit followed by the transformation on Christmas morning, scholars have noted similarity to Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens ' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. Cardiologist David Kass suggested that the rapid growth of the Grinch 's heart at the end of the story indicates that the Grinch has the physiology of a Burmese python. History Dr. Seuss working on How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! in early 1957. The Grinch first appeared in the May 1955 issue of Redbook in a 32 - line poem called `` The Hoobub and the Grinch, '' but made his book debut in the 1957 story How the Grinch Stole Christmas, written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss, published as both a Random House book and in an issue of Redbook magazine. Nine years later in 1966, the story was adapted into an animated television featurette of the same name, which was directed by Chuck Jones and included the song `` You 're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch ''. Boris Karloff serves as both the story 's narrator and the voice of the Grinch. In 1977, Seuss responded to the fan request for more Grinch tales by writing Halloween is Grinch Night, that serves as a prequel to the 1966 film. This was followed in 1982, when Marvel green - lit The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat a TV film starring The Cat in the Hat, also produced by Dr. Seuss ( though under his real name, Ted Geisel ). Although not as successful as the original, the two films both received Emmy Awards. Several episodes of the 1996 Nick Jr. television show The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss featured the Grinch, this time in puppet form, a rare screen appearance for the character without being animated or illustrated. A 2000 live - action feature comedy film based on the story, directed by Ron Howard and starring Jim Carrey as the Grinch, was a major financial success, although it received many mixed reviews and holds a 53 % rating on Rotten Tomatoes. A video game based on the film, simply entitled The Grinch, was released on several consoles and PC in the same year. It was followed in 2007 with the release of a Nintendo DS version that went under the full title of the movie. The Grinch was portrayed on the stage when the story was turned into a musical by the Children 's Theater Company out of Minneapolis. The show made it to Broadway by way of a limited run in 2006, with Julia Leuchtenberg playing the Grinch. The Grinch is also a minor character in Seussical, which is a crossover between various Dr. Seuss stories. The Grinch 's story will be adapted in animated form in 2018 by Illumination Entertainment, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the title character. Popularity within American culture The Grinch has since become an icon of Christmas and the winter holidays, despite the character 's hatred of the season. Over the years he has appeared on various forms of memorabilia such as Christmas ornaments, plush dolls, and various clothing items. The grumpy, anti-holiday spirit of the character has led to the term `` Grinch '' coming to refer to a person opposed to Christmas time celebrations or to someone with a coarse, greedy attitude. In 2002, TV Guide ranked The Grinch number 5 on its `` 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time '' list. References Jump up ^ Philip Nel ( 2005 ). `` Dr. Seuss : American Icon ''. p. 130. Continuum, Jump up ^ Jacob M. Held ( 2011 ). `` Dr. Seuss and Philosophy : Oh, the Thinks You Can Think ''. p. 147. Littlefield Publishers, Jump up ^ Hamilton, Jon. `` Heart 2 Sizes Too Small ? Mr. Grinch, See Your Cardiologist. '' NPR. 22 December 2017. 22 December 2017. Jump up ^ Philip Nel ( 2005 ). `` Dr. Seuss : American Icon ''. The Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 117. Jump up ^ `` The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss. '' The Jim Henson Company. 22 December 2017. Jump up ^ Oscar awards 2001 Jump up ^ `` How the Grinch Stole Christmas ( 2000 ) ''. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 07. Jump up ^ `` How the Grinch Stole Christmas at Rotten Tomatoes ''. Rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 07. ^ Jump up to : Fee, Christopher R., ed., and Jeffrey B. Webb, ed. `` American Myths, Legends, and Tall Tales : An Encyclopedia of American... '' Google Books. 22 December 2017. Jump up ^ Franich, Darren. `` Benedict Cumberbatch is the new Grinch. '' Entertainment Weekly. 13 April 2016. 22 December 2017. ^ Jump up to : TV Guide Book of Lists. Running Press. 2007. p. 158. ISBN 0 - 7624 - 3007 - 9. ^ Jump up to : Serf_12 December 17, 2009 7 : 21 PM EST ( 2009 - 12 - 17 ). `` Citigroup Suspends Foreclosures : Grinch 's Heart Grows Three Sizes ! - Econwatch ''. CBS News. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 07. Jump up ^ `` Orlando Grinch ? Former Osceola County courts supervisor faces tri ''. www.palmbeachpost.com. 2010 - 11 - 02. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 07. Jump up ^ Felps, Bruce ( 2010 - 11 - 09 ). `` Grinch Grabs Salvation Army Kettle NBC 5 Dallas - Fort Worth ''. Nbcdfw.com. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 07. Jump up ^ `` S WTAM - Local News - The BIG One - WTAM 1100 ''. WTAM. Retrieved 2012 - 07 - 07. External links Media related to Grinch at Wikimedia Commons Grinch at Don Markstein 's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016. 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Characters Grinch Book How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! ( 1957 ) Music `` You 're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch '' ( 1966 ) Adaptations Dr. Seuss ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! ( 1966, TV special ) Halloween Is Grinch Night ( 1977, TV special ) The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat ( 1982, TV special ) Dr. Seuss ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! The Musical ( 1994 ) Dr. Seuss ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas ( 2000 live action film ) Dr. Seuss ' The Grinch ( 2018 animated film ) Related Dr. Seuss Memorial Dr. Seuss Characters The Cat in the Hat The Grinch Horton the Elephant Bartholomew Cubbins Bibliography And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins The King 's Stilts The Seven Lady Godivas Horton Hatches the Egg McElligot 's Pool Thidwick the Big - Hearted Moose Bartholomew and the Oobleck If I Ran the Zoo Scrambled Eggs Super ! Horton Hears a Who ! On Beyond Zebra ! If I Ran the Circus How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! The Cat in the Hat The Cat in the Hat Comes Back Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories Happy Birthday to You ! Green Eggs and Ham One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish The Sneetches and Other Stories Dr. Seuss 's Sleep Book Dr. Seuss 's ABC Fox in Socks Hop on Pop I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew Come over to My House The Foot Book I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today ! and Other Stories My Book about ME Mr. Brown Can Moo ! Can You ? : Dr. Seuss 's Book of Wonderful Noises ! The Lorax Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now ! Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are ? The Shape of Me and Other Stuff Wacky Wednesday Great Day for Up ! Oh, the Thinks You Can Think ! The Cat 's Quizzer I Can Read with My Eyes Shut ! Oh Say Can You Say ? Hunches in Bunches The Butter Battle Book You 're Only Old Once ! I Am Not Going to Get Up Today ! Oh, the Places You 'll Go ! There 's a Wocket in My Pocket I Wish That I Had Duck Feet Daisy - Head Mayzie My Many Colored Days Hooray for Diffendoofer Day ! The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories What Pet Should I Get ? Adaptations Television The Gerald McBoing - Boing Show ( 1956 -- 57 ) Dr. Seuss ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! ( 1966 ) Horton Hears a Who ! ( 1970 ) The Cat in the Hat ( 1971 ) The Lorax ( 1972 ) Dr. Seuss on the Loose ( 1973 ) The Hoober - Bloob Highway ( 1975 ) Halloween Is Grinch Night ( 1977 ) Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You ? ( 1980 ) The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat ( 1982 ) The Butter Battle Book ( 1989 ) In Search of Dr. Seuss ( 1994 ) Daisy - Head Mayzie ( 1995 ) The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss ( 1996 -- 98 ) ( episodes ) Gerald McBoing - Boing ( 2005 -- 07 ) The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That ! ( 2010 -- present ) ( episodes ) Green Eggs and Ham ( 2018 ) Film Horton Hatches the Egg ( short ; 1942 ) Gerald McBoing - Boing ( short ; 1950 ) How the Grinch Stole Christmas ( 2000 ) The Cat in the Hat ( 2003 ) Horton Hears a Who ! ( 2008 ) The Lorax ( 2012 ) The Grinch ( 2018 ) The Cat in the Hat ( TBA ) Other media Welcome ( Russian short film ) Seussical ( musical ) Dr. Seuss ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! The Musical The Grinch ( video game ) Dr. Seuss : How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! ( video game ) `` You 're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch '' ( song ) The Lorax ( play ) Other works Private Snafu The Pocket Book of Boners Your Job in Germany Our Job in Japan Design for Death The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. Hejji Society of Red Tape Cutters Flit Related A Fish out of Water Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum Beginner Books Dr. Seuss Goes to War The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss National Memorial Geisel Award Geisel Library Geisel School of Medicine Helen Palmer PM Political messages of Dr. Seuss Read Across America Seuss Landing as `` Theo. LeSieg ''. Posthumous. 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Question: 7. what is the name of the grinch's dog
Answer: Max