Anthony Hopkins credited as playing...
Narrator
- Narrator: The Whos young and old would sit down to a feast, and they'll feast, and they'll feast.
- The Grinch: And they'll feast, feast, feast, feast. They'll eat their Who-Pudding and rare Who-Roast Beast. But that's something I just cannot stand in the least. Oh, no. I'M SPEAKING IN RHYME!
- Narrator: So whatever the reason, his heart or his shoes, he stood outside his cave, hating the Whos.
- The Grinch: [opens phone book] Alphabetically!
- [looks into book]
- The Grinch: Aadvarkian Abakeneezer Who, I...
- [Yelling]
- The Grinch: HATE YOU!
- [looks into book again]
- The Grinch: Aaron B. Benson Who, I hate *you*.
- [looking into book]
- The Grinch: Hate, hate, hate. Hate, hate, hate. Double hate. Loathe entirely!
- The Grinch: It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes, or bags.
- Narrator: And he puzzled and puzzled til his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before.
- The Grinch: Maybe Christmas...
- Narrator: He thought...
- The Grinch: ...doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas... perhaps... means a little bit more.
- [first lines]
- Narrator: Inside a snowflake like the one on your sleeve, there happened a story you must see to believe.
- Narrator: Then he slunk to the icebox.
- [the Grinch hugs the fridge into place]
- The Grinch: Slunk?
- [opens up the fridge]
- The Grinch: Eee.
- Narrator: He eyed the Whos' feast. He took the Who-Pudding.
- [the Grinch throws a plate of Who pudding away]
- Narrator: He took... the Roast Beast.
- The Grinch: Hike!
- [tosses the Roast Beast in a football hike position]
- Narrator: [as the Grinch messes everything up the fridge] He cleaned out that icebox as quick as a flash. Why, that Grinch, he even took their last can of Who-Hash.
- [the Grinch opens up the cupboard to reveal a last can of Who-Hash inside in it just as Cindy opens her bedroom door]
- Narrator: Then he stuffed all the food up the chimney with glee.
- The Grinch: And now...
- Narrator: ...grinned the Grinch...
- The Grinch: [snatches the tree] ... I'll stuff up the tree.
- Narrator: And the more the Grinch thought of what Christmas would bring, the more the Grinch thought...
- The Grinch: I must stop this whole thing!
- The Grinch: Why, for year after year I've put up with it now. I must stop this Christmas from coming... but how? I MEAN... in what way?
- [last lines]
- Narrator: So he brought back the toys and the food for the feast. And he, he himself, the Grinch, carved the roast beast.
- The Grinch: There's nothing like the holidays. Who wants the gizzard?
- Drew Lou Who: I do.
- The Grinch: Too late. That'll be mine.
- The Grinch: [arrives on the roof with Max] Come on, Max. It's our first stop.
- Narrator: ...the old Grinchy Claus hissed, and he climbed to the roof, empty bags in his fist.
- [the Grinch prepares to go down the chimney with rope on his feet]
- Narrator: He'd slide down the chimney, a rather tight pinch but if Santa could do it, then so could the Grinch.
- The Grinch: [imitating sports announcer] He's planning a double-twisting interrupted by forward-flying 2-and-a-half with a combo tuck and pike. High degree of difficulty.
- [jumps high in the air as bungee jumping while vocalizing]
- The Grinch: Whoo!
- [leans closer to the chimney]
- The Grinch: Laa-Laaa-Laaaaaaa!
- [lands in the chimney upside down, and gets stuck since he gained a couple of pounds from the Whobilation]
- Narrator: He got stuck only once, for a moment or two.
- The Grinch: Blasted water weight. Goes right to my hips.
- [struggles his arms to free himself as he slides down and lands and hits his head by the fireplace]
- The Grinch: Ow! Gee!
- [looks at the view of the living room]
- Narrator: Then he stuck his head out of the fireplace flue...
- The Grinch: [to the narrator; breaking the fourth wall] Shh! A little more stealth, please.
- Narrator: [whispering] ... Where the little Who stockings are all hung in a row.
- The Grinch: These stockings...
- Narrator: [normal voice] ... he grinned...
- The Grinch: ...are the first things to go.
- [picks out a jar of moths]
- The Grinch: Okay, fellas. Chow time.
- [frees the moths, sticks his head back up just as the moths eat the stockings. Then, the Grinch lowers a hose, and sucks everything into his bag, as he laughs evilly]
- Shopper: [the Grinch starts sneaking around people] Merry Christmas!
- The Grinch: Oh, yeah, you bet. Uh... Ho, ho, ho, and stuff.
- [he looks up at the bikers as they get bumped by a shopper]
- The Grinch: Oh, my. Someone has vandalized that vehicle.
- The Grinch: [he looks down] You see, Max? The city is a dangerous place.
- Narrator: The Grinch hated Christmas, the whole Christmas season.
- The Grinch: Top of the day, Flatfoot.
- Narrator: Now, please, don't ask why. No quite knows the reason.
- The Grinch: [he looks at the children] Hey, kids. Here's a present for you. Be sure to run real fast with it. Come on. Double time. Let's go. MOVE, MOVE, MOVE, MOVE, MOVE!
- Narrator: It could be that his head wasn't screwed on just right, Or it could be, perhaps, That his shoes were too tight. But I think that the most likely reason of all, may have been that his heart was two sizes too small.
- Shopper: Merry Christmas.
- The Grinch: Idiot.
- Crazy Mose: Hey, stranger. Won't let you go till you buy a chapeau!
- [the Grinch belches a green odor and blows his head as he faints as the Grinch laughs evilly]