<Tr> <Th> Gender </Th> <Td> Male </Td> </Tr> <P> 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). </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

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